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Apia, SAMOA — To date, 53 measles related deaths have been recorded, with 5 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
The young are the most vulnerable with the following statistics released by the National Emergency Operation Center as follows: Age group of 1- 4 years comprises the greatest amount of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has been a U.S. territory since 1900. But unlike every other territory in he U.S., it has no federal court because it’s an “unorganized territory.” It’s also the only U.S. territory that refuses to obey the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech congratulated the U.S. Census Bureau (Census) for recently opening census offices in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the U.S. Virgin...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) Summit will be hosted on Jan. 28, 2020 by American Samoa, the new chair of the regional group, and among the issues expected to be discussed is the new Manatua undersea fiber optic cable.
This is according to PLG’s current chair, Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — James Barlow, a 72-year-old gay U.S. citizen currently imprisoned in American Samoa, is battling with the U.S. territory’s High Court over a 24-year prison sentence allegedly spearheaded by “a fanatic prosecutor [with] a homophobic vendetta.”
While his case is unique (...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was stopped for speeding, found not to have a driver’s license, and when apprehended, allegedly punched and kicked a police officer while resisting arrest, had further bad luck when the vehicle he was driving was searched at the police station, and illegal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Health Department is stepping up requirements for proof of immunisation for travelers from Samoa entering the territory.
As the Mumps Measles and Rubella vaccine takes 14 days to build up one's immunity to measles, the Department is now requiring...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thanksgiving officially kicks off the holiday season, and the shopping season — Samoa style.
In observation of Thanksgiving Day 2019, Samoa News will not publish today and Friday, but will return on Monday, Dec. 2nd.
Most businesses will resume operations on Friday,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tomorrow, American Samoa joins the rest of the United States and Americans around the world in celebration of Thanksgiving Day — a federal and public holiday. Like the rest of the nation, many local residents will mark Thanksgiving with prayers and celebrations through...
Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Miss Pacific Islands host Papua New Guinea welcomed their island brothers and sisters from across the Pacific this week as the weeklong pageant got underway with Miss American Samoa Epifania Petelo drawing the Contestant #3 position.
Coming together in PNG – the ...