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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson has called on the public to stop complaining about police enforcing provisions of the governor’s COVID-19 emergency declaration — the ASG’s COVID-19 Task Force has received complaints on police going into stores to allegedly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Without an emergency ruling waiving the required fishery observer on board US fishing vessels during the coronavirus pandemic, there will be a serious impact affecting not only the US fleet but StarKist cannery operations in American Samoa.
This is according to San Diego...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two bus drivers were arrested last week on allegations that they were not in compliance with the COVID-19 enforcement, which allows only 10 passengers at a time per bus
Ene Asovale and Saumani Semi made their initial appearances before Judge Elvis P. Patea last Friday....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata on Monday welcomed a second health grant — this one $740,000 — to American Samoa from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) specifically to support our COVID-19 response.
Combined with the CDC’s previous $370,000 grant to American Samoa in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for a drug conviction was arrested by police two weeks ago on the allegation that he assaulted his wife and his wife’s lover in a domestic violence incident at the male victim’s house in Tafeta. However, when police apprehended the defendant,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The machine, purchased for LBJ Medical Center with support from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, to conduct local testing of the coronavirus arrived last Friday on the cargo flight, while the building to house the machine will be completed soon.
ASG’s...
![Health Department senior officials [l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_officials_3710_1.jpg?itok=JYc2xaEU "Health Department senior officials [l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono in a December 2019 Samoa News file photo. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nine more samples from individuals in American Samoa who may be infected with coronavirus were transported last Thursday on the US Coast Guard C-130 aircraft heading to Honolulu for testing at the Hawaii state laboratory while another 8 samples await an outgoing flight...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s charter flights to and from the Manu’a islands, operated by the Samoa government owned Samoa Airways is to “address emergency issues” including medical evacuation, while limiting the movement of residents between the islands, to combat the coronavirus.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court last week ordered a man, who was convicted of violating one of the conditions of his probation, that he not set foot in the area called, “Le Filifili” to find a job or end up back in jail.
“Mr. Sagote, this will be your last chance, so seek gainful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman arrested for disturbing the peace at her grandmother’s home in Nuuuli last month is now facing felony charges, after police found out that she has an active arrest warrant from two years ago where she forged a signature on a business check belonging to her mother...