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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manaia Su’a is being charged with possession of controlled substance, to-wit: methamphetamine (meth) in violation of drug laws of American Samoa. The alleged crime is said to have occurred on July 1, 2021, in Futiga, according to the court affidavit.
Bail is set at $5,...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming progress for the recently introduced Coast Guard Authorization Act, which includes a legislative policy improvement she requested for U.S. Nationals working on U.S. flagged vessels, along with authorizing the Coast Guard’s next two years of functions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year old man confined at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) has been charged with escape, and while outside allegedly committing burglary, stealing, and trespassing in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) compound.
Joeita Fa’aliga, according to the court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Emergency Declaration dated Apr. 24 and publicly released after 6p.m. Monday, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga declared that a public health emergency exists in American Samoa for “measles” — as the number of probable cases of measles increases to 31, while American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the territory’s public and private schools closed due to the measles outbreak, students are waking up in the morning to face their tablets, laptops or desktop computers from their homes for online learning.
Here, a student of Samoa Baptist Academy is in uniform and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Apr. 24 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga appointed 8 new members of the American Samoa Renewable Energy Committee (ASREC) to fill vacant seats on this ASG panel, which includes two members appointed from the private sector.
According to the governor, the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement celebrating the life of the late Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, His Excellency, The Most Reverend Alapati Lui Mataeliga:
“I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga of Samoa, and it...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Airport firefighters demonstrated their skills to their Samoa counterparts and other delegates to the Atoa o Samoa talks April 12 & 13 where ongoing discussions took place on available resources for capacity building of first response communities for effective...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the territory under an emergency declaration due to the measles outbreak, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has urged his cabinet members to help and support ongoing efforts by the Health Department and the LBJ Medical Center to prevent the further spread of the virus.
And...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Director General of health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma said there could "definitely" be a measles case in the country based on American Samoa reporting an escalating count.
However, he said so far nobody in Samoa had tested positive.
"We are very mindful of the fact that measles...