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Members of the Starkist Samoa management team (at the back) led by General Manager Jason Kim (far left) and Senior Manager Faafoi Palepua (far right) celebrate Starkist employees who have attained 5 to up to 20 years of service with the cannery. One of them is Ms. Loretta Mika (front, at far left...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Based on a written “plea” from Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, who sought additional time for American Samoa to provide more Health Department units to quarantine arrival passengers, Hawaiian Airlines cancelled its flight on Monday, Mar. 23rd, between Honolulu and Pago Pago...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOAS — All public and private schools, American Samoa Community College and day care centers will be closed, effective Monday, Mar. 23rd - under an amendment made Friday night by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to his Declaration order issued Mar. 18th, that extended the State of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In extending his original State of Emergency Declaration due to the global spread and threat of the coronavirus, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga revealed the government’s new three color-coded threat system, which is effective Monday, Mar. 23rd, with Code Blue.
As reported...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With as many as eight people being investigated by the Samoa Ministry of Health for Coronavirus (COVID-19), the public is reminded that there is a continuing public health emergency and effective Monday, March 23, all entry permits are suspended and all public and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the suspension of all flights from Samoa to American Samoa, under the Samoa government’s State of Emergency Declaration, that leaves no air service for the Manu’a island group, served by Samoa government owned Samoa Airways.
Samoa’s state of emergency, which became...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Surf heights of 15 to 17 feet (locally higher sets), will impact American Samoa's south facing shoreline through tonight (Friday).
Expect beach erosion, coastal flooding, dangerous surf, deadly rip currents and debris and water lifted to road surfaces along American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While a drug defendant was sentenced to probation and ordered to leave the territory after serving 20 months of his 5-year sentence, the court also ordered the government’s attorney in the case to bring all the contraband and the paraphernalia that police seized from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Mar. 12th memo, American Samoa Community College President Dr. Rosevonne M. Pato announced the college’s action plan in response to the coronavirus epidemic, which has resulted in closure of many college campuses across the US.
Some in the community have questioned...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming the prompt action this week by both the U.S. Senate and President Trump, who signed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, into law. This is the second legislative response to the coronavirus, with a third major bill —...