June 2021
ASTCA services partially restored in Manu’a — phones still out
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASTCA stated in a press release Monday night that the semi-antonymous government agency chartered a Samoa Airways aircraft to the Manu’a Islands on Sunday durin
Lemanu admin moves to bring biz license applications into 21st century
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Applying and getting a business license in an expeditious manner — via online platform — is among the Lemanu Administration’s broadband development projects sum
Fears of COVID-19 bring on a 'time-bomb' of sorcery accusations
Port Moresby PNG — Unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder, as fears build of a COVID-19 'time bomb' in Papua New Guinea.
Year old burglary cases may have been solved after recent PPD arrest
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man suspected of burglarizing two stores in the Tafuna area along with a store in Nu’uuli within a period of one week around May of last year is now in custod
Fa’asao Marist duo wins honors at HOSA leadership conference
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Talalelei Roberts and Princess Viesca from Fa’asao Marist High School are among the TOP 10 teams, in the Community Awareness category in the HOSA-Future Health
Samoa taxi driver pleads guilty to marijuana charge
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samuel Utaga, 42, a taxi driver from Samoa, pled out last week on a drug charge.
TBAS names GreenBox as its exclusive payment tech provider
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Territorial Bank of American Samoa (“TBAS”) announced over the weekend a partnership with GreenBox, an emerging financial technology company leveraging propriet
Caretaker PM says Samoa’s post election process not yet complete
Apia, SAMOA — Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi says the post election process is not yet complete, and all 51 electoral constituents of Samoa have to be represented
FEMA still taking applications for COVID funeral reimbursement
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Households in American Samoa continue to apply through the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for assistance with COVID-19 related funeral costs, how