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HONOLULU — Consumers bracing against Covid-19 have raised demands not only for health and safety products but also for many food staples, including tuna. According to an NPR report yesterday, tuna sales were up more than 31 percent last week compared to the same time last year.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 45-year-old man from Samoa who has two different names in the court system, was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders upon release from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), after being convicted of 2nd degree assault....
Washington, D.C— Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming House passage late Monday of revised economic legislation, H Res 904, in direct response to the Coronavirus and helping people during its impact on economic conditions. This Resolution updated the bill, H.R. 6201, the Families First...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To avoid social contact to prevent the spread of corona virus, the Department of Education has decided to hold off all Special Projects and student activities until further notice — including the following:
1 Math Competition (Grades 8- 12)2 HOSA Competition3 Speech...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News received these photos of Don’t Drink the Water restaurant’s building addition yesterday that our reader said their research has found is “un-permitted’ — no PNRS permit — which would review the environmental impact of the building addition to the beach. If...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga submitted last Friday to the federal government American Samoa’s Response and Action Plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the territory is “highly vulnerable because our current health care system grossly lacks the capacity to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With allegations of price gouging — especially last month when consumers encountered a sudden hike in price for certain goods after arrival of containers vessels were delayed — the Consumer Protection Bureau (CPB) of the ASG Department of Legal Affairs has launched a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 33-year-old man accused of violating local drug laws has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Daisy Mareko, who has been in custody since his arrest last year appeared in High Court last week for his Change of Plea (COP) hearing.
Mareko is represented by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 12, the National Marine Sanctuary American Samoa education team coordinated a Career Day requested by Lauli`i Elementary School. Lauli`i has a student population of 145 students ranging from 1st through 8th grade. The education teams from NMSAS and American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Latest visible satellite loop shows some fair-weather clouds and high cirrus clouds associated with an extratropical low far south of the territory. Present upper air soundings continue to show an extremely dry and moist atmospheric profile associated with a strong...