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The Coast Guard successfully completed pollution response efforts Monday for the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chu Zai Fa No. 1 grounded approximately 300-yards off Leone Bay.
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Prevention along with contracted personnel conducted assessments of all...
![This photo provided by Ocean Marine Brokerage Service shows the tugboat Peggy H in the waters of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. ASG Port Administration finalized the tugboat’s purchase for the Port of Pago Pago last Friday. The governor will make the official announcement later of the tugboat’s new name. [photo: Ocean Marine]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tugboat%20purchase.jpg?itok=Gi6nAhkV "This photo provided by Ocean Marine Brokerage Service shows the tugboat Peggy H in the waters of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. ASG Port Administration finalized the tugboat’s purchase for the Port of Pago Pago last Friday. The governor will make the official announcement later of the tugboat’s new name. [photo: Ocean Marine]")
Port Administration Department has completed the purchase of a second tugboat, a requirement by the US Coast Guard, which gave the Port of Pago Pago an extension for compliance until the middle of next month.
“The tugboat is officially ours, after the purchase was completed last Friday,” Port...
A man, accused of firing a gun into the air outside a nightclub on the night of Super Bowl LII was arrested by police on Monday afternoon, and he’s being charged with weapon possession.
Hapakuki Fotuaika made his initial appearance before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia yesterday with his private...
Proposed funding for American Samoa’s basic government operations and capital improvement projects (CIP) in fiscal year 2019 will be reduced from FY 2018, under the Interior Department's Office of Insular Affairs proposed FY 2019 budget submitted to Congress by the Trump Administration, according...
![A breadfruit tree standing with a lot of damage to its fruit and leaves caused by Tropical Storm Gita last weekend. Concerns about food security have caused the Department of Agriculture to put two teams on the ground to do assessments about crop damages from the storm. [photo by AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Ulu%20tree%20after%20stormDSC_0771.jpg?itok=OKbn5jG1 "A breadfruit tree standing with a lot of damage to its fruit and leaves caused by Tropical Storm Gita last weekend. Concerns about food security have caused the Department of Agriculture to put two teams on the ground to do assessments about crop damages from the storm. [photo by AF]")
While the main focus of Tropical Storm Gita recovery efforts are on water and power, damaged houses and lost homes — with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the ground doing assessments — the devastation to agriculture crops could actually be one of the biggest problems Gita has...
![Starkist president and chief executive officer, Andrew Choe [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Starkist%20Andrew%20Choe.jpg?itok=eIIoCOQb "Starkist president and chief executive officer, Andrew Choe [SN file photo]")
StarKist Co. has commended the US Congress for passing federal legislation, which includes a provision reinstating the American Samoa Economic Development Tax Credit (30(A) for the 2017 tax year.
The company’s president and chief executive officer, Andrew Choe, said StarKist is “especially...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_87.jpeg?itok=4uxxVUfI "[SN file photo]")
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES IN COURT
Another domestic violence case came before District Court last week for sentencing and District Court Judge Fiti Sunia told the male defendant that he court doesn’t take these cases lightly. He told the defendant that a week doesn’t go by without these cases...
Specific “direct federal assistance” requests sent by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to US President Donald J. Trump following last Friday’s Tropical Storm Gita includes generators, medical supplies and first aid kits.
And in the wake of the damage caused by the storm, all public schools will be closed...
![O nisi fo'i o le aufaigaluega a le Koluse Mumu, o e na ofo mai le tautua, ua latou fa'amaumauina uma mea ua fa'aleagaina a aiga na vala'au mai mo se fesoasoani, ae maise ua latou fa'amaumauina fo'i mea na foa'i atu, mo lea lava taimi. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fale%20pau%20laau.jpg?itok=0SpuIK0U "O nisi fo'i o le aufaigaluega a le Koluse Mumu, o e na ofo mai le tautua, ua latou fa'amaumauina uma mea ua fa'aleagaina a aiga na vala'au mai mo se fesoasoani, ae maise ua latou fa'amaumauina fo'i mea na foa'i atu, mo lea lava taimi. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Gita Restoration Update: 12 February 2018, 6pm
POWER:
- All Feeders (Primary lines) are energized 100%
- Total of 7,200 out of 12,000 (60%) customers have power now
- Aunuu has power to all customers
- Manua has power to all customers
Facilities on Generators:
- Masefau Water Wells
- Coconut Pt. 1...
![[Photo by Barry Markowitz]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cool%20stuff_0010.jpg?itok=3cM61TLE "[Photo by Barry Markowitz]")
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Catalyst iphone X Waterproof Case ($89.99) is 33- ft (10 meters for water, dirt, snow, & sand) submergible safe, 6’ 6” (2 meters) drop safe,...