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Some of the 29 missionaries boarding the charter flight
At the Pago Pago International Airport yesterday after 11a.m. are some of the 29 missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as they boarded a Delta Air Lines charter flight to uplift them out of Pago Pago. See story for details. [photo: J Pritchard/Photogenix/Port Admin]
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has informed the ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank, Territorial Bank of American Samoa and the Development Bank of American Samoa, that he and his administration stand ready to provide any assistance with programs available to help local businesses through...
Line of shoppers outside a Costco
(AP) — Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. The IRS tweeted Saturday that it had begun depositing the funds into taxpayers’ bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as possible. The one-time payments were approved by Congress...
Many of the volunteers who put the care packages together
Honolulu, HAWAII — Thank you kindly to First Lady of American Samoa Cynthia Malala Moliga and Lt. Gov’s wife, Ms. Ella Perefoti-Mauga for the generous COVID-19 packages for our Samoan students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Chaminade University. Faagaetia le agaga i alofaaga mo nai a...
Donations from Chamber of Commerce member, Wightman Crane & Stuart
American Samoa received a huge donation from one of its Chamber of Commerce members,  Wightman Crane & Stuart. “We are grateful to our Chamber members for their concern and compassion towards our healthcare providers, other public servants, and community leaders,” said Chamber chairperson, Ella...
Tupa'i Sale'imoa Va'ai
Apia, SAMOA — The Covid-19 stimulus package passed by Samoa's Parliament last week may have come too late for some hotels and their workers. The government announced a $US23.6 million package to deal with the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus, however the Samoa Hotel Association (SHA) indicated...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — CNBC News reported over the weekend that the entire country, except for the territory of American Samoa  is now under a major disaster declaration for the coronavirus pandemic after the U.S. death toll reached the highest in the world on Saturday. President Donald Trump...
Example of a ventilator
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has sent a request to U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chairman of the US House Committee on Homeland Security, to assist with securing ventilators for American Samoa, as the two recent federal shipments didn’t included ventilators. In his request...
Hospital entrance
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii reported two new COVID-19 fatalities Friday — one each on Oahu and Maui — bringing the state’s death toll from the virus to eight. The latest losses, officials said, are a grim reminder of the danger coronavirus poses to the community. And they urged to residents to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government employees working from home under the current Code-Blue work schedule format, are prohibited from working in the private sector or another workplace other than from home, according to Human Resource director Eseneiaso J. Liu in a memo outlining guidance for...

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