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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Coronavirus Task Force chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira has confirmed that the three crew members of a container vessel who tested positive for COVID-19 are considered “transit” cases not local and American Samoa remains under Code Blue threat level, and therefore...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa govt has confirmed the container ship, Fesco Askold which arrived in American Samoa on Sunday, 8th November (American Samoa time) where three crew members aboard tested positive for COVID had previously docked at Matautu in Samoa for less than 24 hours.
According to a Samoa...
United Nationa, NEW YORK CITY — The United Nations says the introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world's poorest people including those in the Pacific could help slow the current surge in Covid-19 cases in the region.
According to the World Health Organisation, as of 14 October there...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The container vessel, Fesco Askold, with three of its 17 crew members testing positive for COVID-19, will remain anchored out at sea for a minimum of seven days, says ASG Coronavirus Task Force chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira
The vessel, whose crew has remained on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 late afternoon the territory was rift with rumors that one of the members of a fishing vessel testing positive for COVID-19, when a test was administered by the Dept. of Health, upon arrival of the vessel in the harbor.
However, at 4p.m, the...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Tourism in the South Pacific has been hit hard by COVID-19 border closures with thousands of people out of work.
Tourism normally provides one in four jobs in Vanuatu and one in three jobs in Cook Islands. It contributes between 20% and 70% of the GDP of countries spanning...
Dear Governor Lolo,
Samoa muamua le Atua. We have that on our American Samoa Government seal and we have always prized ourselves as God fearing people and people of faith. We have always prized ourselves also as loving people.
But the past few months since the outbreak of COVID-19 things have been...
Honolulu, HAWAII — As the pandemic drags on, following COVID-19 prevention guidelines can feel like more and more of a challenge.
This kind of fatigue is not unique to pandemic precautions like sticking with social distancing, masking up and keeping your hands washed. With all kinds of health-...
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school.
For Talamoa, his actions weren’t just about football. They were about helping the young people in the hardscrabble neighborhood...
Na asia e le EFKAS i D.C. Maryland & Virginia, le sili atu ma le 10 alo ma fanau a Samoa ua faaiuina a latou AIT (Advanced Individual Training), I le Aso To’onai, Setema 19, 2020, i le U.S. Army Base iFort Lee, Virginia.
O nei alo ma fanau, ua lē mafai ona toe fo’i i AmerikaSamoa, ona o tulaga...