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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center (LBJTMC) has recently launched a new initiative to provide free reading glasses to patients with vision impairments who seek assistance at the Eye Clinic.
Dr. Akapusi Ledua, the Chief Executive Officer of the LBJTMC, expressed his profound...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Oceanside native and first-generation American Samoan, Mackenzie Rubish, started competing May 25 to win the title of season 2’s “America’s Best Amateur Baker.”
She will appear on ABC’s The Great American Baking Show with seven other contestants. She said she learned how...
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is in line for a Bureau of Reclamation $11 million available among four U.S. territories for projects to provide domestic water supplies to U.S. territories. The combined funding requested across all proposals submitted by a territory under this opportunity cannot...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Horizons School, home of the Navigators, graduated 16 during their 19th Annual Commencement Ceremony, on Saturday morning, May 25 at Kanana Fou Hall in Ottoville.
The 2024 PHS Graduating Class was welcomed by Principal Caroline Tuiolosega, with the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Observed on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day — formerly known as Decoration Day — commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service.
Extended to a three-day weekend, Monday, May 27, 2024 is a federal and local holiday for most of the nation’s workers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Farm Bill recently introduced in the U.S. Congress authorizes U.S. agricultural policies for five years, promotes national food security, and grant efforts in American Samoa.
“The Farm Bill is known for setting policy for the great breadbasket of U.S. food production...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Bar Association (ASBA) recently elected new executive officers to coordinate the association’s annual activities and help accomplish their mission to promote justice, the rule of law, and the interests of the legal system.
The new executive board...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 199th meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will convene in-person June 24-26, 2024, at the Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Ballroom, in Honolulu, HI.
The Council will consider and may take action on two issues, including any public comments on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — May 20th to June 2nd, 2024, has been named the national "Click It or Ticket" law enforcement mobilization period and is being observed in the territory after Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga signed a declaration on May 16, urge all citizens to always wear seat belts when driving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The MV Lady Naomi vessel which used to sail to American Samoa and the Cook Islands from Samoa is likely to be sunk in the deep.
The vessel was built in 1998 and of late continuous mechanical and structural problems have caused the vessel owned by Samoa Shipping...