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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Isabella AhMu-Mageo is an American Samoa-based fashion designer and in 2013, graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with a background in fashion design and returned home and has since been teaching fashion design at the only trades school on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The claim filed in the lawsuit against the American Samoa Government involving police officers who allegedly assaulted Setope Faalata is $1.5 million plus medical expenses, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.
This is according to Faalata’s attorneys’ “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Administration’s proposed appropriation bill, already submitted to the Fono for approval, includes more than $100,000 for partial settlement of litigation against the American Samoa Government in the High Court of American Samoa.
The local litigation, according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Additional pay and incentives for Health Department employees during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the importance of effective employee training were two separate issues raised by the Territorial Audit Office in its Performance Audit report of the more than $14...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has begun the process to consider a national marine sanctuary in and around the waters of the Pacific Remote Islands. Public scoping is the first phase in the designation process, during which the public can comment through...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and expert witnesses together strongly emphasized the importance of the U.S. Pacific fishing fleet and American-produced tuna in a Tuesday hearing on countering the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Pacific Islands, as well as highlighting how...
Washington, D.C. — Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that American Samoa received planning grants for deploying high-speed Internet service networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Passing by, on your way to Forsgrens? These lovely DoH nurses were just outside, ready to administer MMR and flu shots to the public — just have your hospital number in mind, they’ll check and then certify that you have had your shots right there on site.
The certified...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways — owned by the Samoa government — is now including the Samoa airport departure tax of $65 Samoan tala, in the price of its airline tickets for travelers on the inter Samoa route from Apia to Pago Pago.
Privately owned carrier Apia-based Talofa Airways, is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Luaao Wasko was named Nurse of the Year as nurses with 20- 50 years of service were recognized at the Nursing Service Awards ceremony held at the DDW Cafe in Utulei yesterday, Tuesday May 16, 2023, closing off National Nurses Week 2023. The theme this year was “Nurses...