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COVID-19

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure that American Samoa has set-policy when borders are re-opened for flights in and out Pago Pago, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has instructed certain members of the COVID-19 task force to start drafting specific policy that includes among other things, which...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second person convicted by the court for failure to comply with the requirements set by the government during the Governor’s declaration for the COVID-19 enforcement was ordered to pay a fine of $500. However, the court deferred $450 and ordered the defendant, Fofoga...
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Rep. Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C. —  Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in an effort on Friday led by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and supported by the bipartisan Members of Congress from Hawai‘i and the U.S. Island Territories. Together, these Representatives sent a letter to U.S. House leaders urging them to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended for another 30-days the coronavirus state of emergency through a Fifth Amended Declaration effective June 1st as American Samoa remains under the Code-Blue health threat level. The extended declaration, which lifts some local...
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HONOLULU — Leaders of the nation’s eight Regional Fishery Management Councils convened the first of their biannual meetings in 2020 yesterday by teleconference. The Council Coordination Committee (CCC) meeting provides the Councils and heads of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to...
People standing in line to cash stimulus checks
A crowd of people seen standing in line outside of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) waiting for the bank to open so they could cash their stimulus checks on Saturday, May 23, 2020. [photo AF]
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of paying overtime — with some overtime payments as much as $2,000 per person — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga wants directors to “bring in new people” to work in ASG agencies, with the millions of dollars in federal money garnered by American Samoa since the COVID-19...
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett
(AP) — The NFL is taking baby steps toward full reopenings for its teams. It has no other choice. No long throws downfield. Mostly halfback dives into the line. There are so many issues that must be addressed with the opening of team facilities across the nation. Just because a handful of clubs...
ASG Deputy Treasurer for Revenue, Keith Gebauer
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Deputy Treasurer for Revenue, Keith Gebauer has provided a “clarification” on what  “good standing” is — as used in a statement issued Tuesday by ASG Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a regarding the release of the first round of the Economic Impact Payments (EIP) —...
The typical Sunday in Samoa is rather calm. Only a few sounds are ever allowed throughout the day. The sounds of umu in the early dawn. The clangour of church bells and the harmonious choral singing throughout the day. While in the afternoon, only quiet conversations over supper serve to disrupt an...

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