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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Marking the 10th anniversary of the Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) initiative, the “2023 YPL Amazing Race: Alumni Voyages” is a program focused on celebrating a decade of the program and outstanding Pacific leadership. The “YPL Amazing Race: Alumni Voyages” will convene YPL...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa and her Cabinet were gifted $20,000 in cash and kind by the American Samoa government representatives as part of the fa'aoso (traditional gift exchange).
The presentation by Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga and his delegation marked the conclusion of the 4th...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the 2,600 multinational tourists that made landfall into Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa yesterday morning, with 700 of them took advantage of the Cultural Bus tours of the island of Tutuila; while taxi drivers were also there to take advantage of extra dollars and...
Washington, D.C. — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month along with Awareness Day — today, Friday October 13, reminds Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata who is a cosponsor of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (H.R. 549).
Amata was in the first group to cosponsor this...
Apia, SAMOA — The fourth Atoa o Samoa executive meeting concluded on Thursday night with the leaders of the American Samoa and Samoa Governments saying the discussions had been fruitful.
The farewell reception was hosted at the Stevensons Hotel in Manase after a long day of visits around the big...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 71 million Americans will increase 3.2 percent in 2024, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by more than $50 per...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Requiem Mass was held for the late Pubic Defender and long time local attorney David Vargas on Wednesday, Oct 11, 2023, at the Holy Family Cathedral.
Yesterday Acting Governor Talauega E.V. Ale directed that the flags of the United States and American Samoa “shall be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nineteen-year old Nua Taimalie appeared in District Court yesterday for his initial appearance on a drug charge with his preliminary examination scheduled for December 5, 2023.
THE CASE
On January 5, 2023, the Vice and Narcotics Unit was dispatched to a call at Tafuna...
Apia, SAMOA — On Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, during a meeting at the Samoa Prime Minister's Office, StarKist Samoa Co. General Manager Injoo Ha presented Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa with a Charlie the Tuna Faafetai Award, honoring the PM for her support of the Samoa workforce employed at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The bi-annual meeting between the two Samoas — Atoa o Samoa- Day 2 — in Savaii, Thursday, October 12, 2023, has been an eventful experience for the close to 40 delegates from American Samoa, headed by Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and includes representatives of his...