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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One measure, already submitted by the Administration for Fono review and approval when lawmakers convene in July for the 2nd Regular Session of the 38th Legislature, is Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga’s appointment of Rep. Vailoata Eteuati Amituana’i to the Immigration Board....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of manually recording hours that employees work, the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) has called on the Health Department to evolve towards increasingly automated methods of recording and reporting of employee work times.
This is according to one of the issues of...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrated every May.
“We have an ancient culture in American Samoa, and our heritage is very important to us here and for our people living throughout the United States,” said Congresswoman...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Intersections will be joining over 40 organizations, both nationally and locally, in an effort to provide culturally-specific, community-based support for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 76-year-old man from Puapua is being charged with the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old minor; while the mother of the minor was also arrested for allegedly not reporting the abuse to police after being told of it by the minor’s school principal.
It is reported that on May...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; If you are planning for a decade, plant trees; If you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” (attributed to a Chinese philosopher/ thinker)
Last week Friday, SamoaNews kicked off its celebration of the Territory’s Teacher...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an update regarding a Facebook post, written by an Aunu’u resident that circulated Thursday, April 4, 2023, pleading for help to arrange a boat to assist them with food delivery, the local Department of Homeland Security sent out a boat with a handful of cases of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Beverly Annesley Canales, 5, a member of Samoa Baptist Academy’s K-4 class looking elegant in her taupou attire during the school’s Samoan Day, an event promoting the importance of the Samoan culture by showcasing beautiful Samoan attire and the performance of Samoan...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several employees of the Health Department were underpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Territorial Audit Office has called on DoH to maintain complete and “accurate employees[‘] pays and their rates.”
This is one of the issues listed under “Other Matters” that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The World Health Organization (WHO) declared last Friday, that the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency, and that comes as US authorities issued new guidelines as the federal COVID public health declaration ends on May 11 — which is also...