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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two American Samoan women stepped up a few years back to help alleviate the doctor shortage at LBJ Hospital, which has now gained two new fledgling doctors as a result of a six-year program at the Fiji National University.
Dr. Nerisa Faumuina who hails from Nua and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Entry Permit Waiver Program (PW7) — which is the “7 Days Entry Permit Waiver Program for Samoa citizens” entering the territory, will become effective Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, American Samoa time, according to a notice that was posted as of yesterday morning on the...
Raise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Most of us would raise our hands to doing at least one of those weekly, or even daily.
As people age, it can become more and more...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court is allowing a defendant facing drug charges to return to Honolulu and not be sentenced for three years.
Iosefa Su’a was charged in February of this year for possession of controlled substances, believed to be liquid marijuana and marijuana pill capsules....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Owner of F&F Electronic Repair Shop contacted the Tafuna Police Substation on October 5, 2023 at 10:39 AM, in regards to a woman who had allegedly stolen an iPhone 6S plus that was displayed inside the phone case cabinet of his business.
Officers responded to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions, Tuasivi John Marsh, said he “sees no reason to sell the Territorial Bank of American Samoa” during a House hearing on October 4, 2023, when he testified on administrative bill 38.6, which seeks to amend the enabling...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean who was recently in Samoa for the Atoa o Samoa Talks told the media in Apia that the Kite Runner vessel should have been locked up and investigated when it illegally entered Samoa in late April.
“I do not interfere with how Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 10, 2023 at 9:59 PM, a correctional officer contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that an inmate, identified as Joseph Mosegi, allegedly assaulted another inmate at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TFC) in the Charlie Unit.
Department of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bluesky Communication began the month of October celebrating Customer Service Week, an international celebration of the importance of customer service and of the people who serve and support customers daily.
The month of October is also internationally recognized as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna Police Substation received a call from a woman on October 2, 2023, at 12 noon regarding her husband, Levini Tavae, who she claims assaulted her when he threw his personal cell phone at her, and struck her in the eye. In addition to that the woman said, Tavae...