November 2021
Mageo family halts plans for a new prison facility on their Pago land
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A plan to use a large piece of land belonging to the Mageo family on the hillside area of Pago Pago known as Happy Valley or Autapini as the site for a new corr
Update: Five new imported COVID cases detected from Nov. 18 flight
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five passengers on the Nov.
Young men drinking and fighting lands one in jail on drug charges
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man arrested for disturbing the public peace (PPD) in front of his uncle’s home in the Tafuna area is now charged with violating local drug laws.
Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern
Somerset, UNITED KINGDOM — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a
Mass vax drive extended to two days for Tutuila’s districts
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 70 children ages 5 to 11 years old have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while the Health Department along with its partners are prepar
Scientists meet this week to advise WesPac on fishing issues
Honolulu, HAWAII — Scientists will meet this week — Nov. 30 to Dec.
Manu Samoa at Twickenham, England photo & caption
The rugby clash between Manu Samoa and the Barbarians at Twickenham, England was axed 90 minutes before its scheduled kick-off as four Barbarians and two members of that team’s staff tested positiv


![This is the actual part of the Mageo family land on the hillside area of Pago Pago known as Happy Valley or Autapini that the family Sa’o, Rev. Mageo Patolo Mageo told Samoa News was the proposed site for the location of the new Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), which has now been stopped by the family. (A photo published in the Samoa News last week, Nov. 22, showed the general area of the proposed prison site. This latest photo points to the then proposed site a lot further up the side of the mountain — away from the houses.) [photo by AF] This is the actual part of the Mageo family land in Pago](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hillside_at_autapini_0551.jpg?itok=f30KbHNl)





![WesPac’s Scientific and Statistical committee may provide comments on the U.S. proposal to increase the domestic longline fleet’s catch limit for bigeye tuna. [photo: John Kaneko via WCPFC] Fishing boat docked](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hi_pelagic_fishing.jpg?itok=frqyK17y)
![“Stop Vaccine Mandates” was the clear message from the ASAM (Amerika Samoa Ala Mai), a non-profit organization during their peaceful rally last Saturday. (See story for details.) [photo by AF] A vaccine mandate protester](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/protester_0944.jpg?itok=3k_5w9Dt)
