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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Help is on the way for children under 19 years old with orthopedic and burn problems.
Representatives from the Shriners Hospital of Honolulu will be in the territory next month to see patients during the week of April 24-30.
Parents and guardians of children who need...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cyclone Gita has had a noticeable impact on the habitats of birds and bats, according to American Samoa's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
Since the storm nocturnal bats have been appearing in broad daylight and birds which make their homes in forests are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on Friday delayed final action on an amendment to modify the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) until its next meeting to be held June 11 to 14, 2018, on Maui.
The amendment would reduce the size of...
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_28.jpg?itok=Mwzt0eg_ "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended for 30-days the current State of Emergency declaration as American Samoa continues to recover following last month’s Tropical Storm Gita, while the American Red Cross is planning to complete its local disaster relief operation the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Governor Lolo Moliga is not wavering on the 2018 Flag Day commemorations despite concerns that the focus should be on dealing with the impact of Cyclone Gita.
The governor has told local American Samoa radio station KHJ that natural disasters have not led...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A ‘war of words’ erupted in the House of Representatives this week, after a male faipule interfered while a female faipule was speaking.
“All faipule are equal and we were selected to voice issues that can benefit our constituents and the people of American Samoa," said...
![This undated photo provided by United Fishing Agency Ltd., shows Tagaiivasa Tipa, recruited from American Samoa, and now working at the Honolulu fishing unloading and receiving operation of United Fishing Agency. Tipa is one of two former Samoa Tuna Processors cannery workers hired by United Fishing, on a one-year contract. [photo: United Fishing Agency]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tagaiivasa.jpg?itok=M325SucL "This undated photo provided by United Fishing Agency Ltd., shows Tagaiivasa Tipa, recruited from American Samoa, and now working at the Honolulu fishing unloading and receiving operation of United Fishing Agency. Tipa is one of two former Samoa Tuna Processors cannery workers hired by United Fishing, on a one-year contract. [photo: United Fishing Agency]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two former workers of the closed Samoa Tuna Processors Inc. cannery are now working for United Fishing Agency Ltd. which last year looked at American Samoa’s labor force, especially cannery workers, to recruit for its Honolulu-based operation.
STP, owned by US based Tri...
![DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside the District Court after their initial appearance yesterday morning. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pite%20N%20Iakopo_0960.jpg?itok=1hV6s9_g "DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside the District Court after their initial appearance yesterday morning. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The three inmates accused of escaping from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) this year made their initial appearance before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia yesterday morning. They are: Joe Togitogi, Joseph Iosefa Iakopo, and Ryan Pite.
Togitogi and Iakopo are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of two subdivisions of Tafuna village impacted by Tropical Storm Gita are next on the list of those to register today, Thursday, at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) inside the Pago Pago Community Youth Center for disaster assistance.
The DRC, operated jointly...
Pago Pago, AMERIAN SAMOA — The Territory of American Samoa’s large vessel prohibited area (LVPA) federal lawsuit pending on appeal, also remains in mediation, where details are “confidential”, with the federal government to file a brief later this year in June, according to officials with the US...