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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chairman of the LBJ Hospital Board, Dr Malouamaua Tuiolosega yesterday shared with Samoa News correspondence outlining new Chief Medical Officer Dr Joseph Shumway’s plans for healthcare at LBJ hospital.
This comes after reports of an alleged petition by some senior LBJ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vice Chair of the hospital board Dr Jean Anderson has “pleaded” with LBJ personnel to “trust the board” citing that decisions made are for the best interest of medical care in the territory.
Dr Anderson was responding to questions over reports of an alleged petition by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Board of directors has selected Dr Joseph Shumway as the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
He was one of the three applicants that applied for the position. This was confirmed by Vice Chair of the LBJ board, Dr Jean Anderson in response to Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite the high ‘cement’ walls, the Tafuna Correctional Facility on Thursday afternoon once again saw the escape of an inmate; and, this latest escape has again led to a number of local residents calling for an overhaul of the prison to stop further escapes.
Pou Launiu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the American Samoa Statistical Act — which includes provisions establishing the American Samoa Statistical Advisory Council — was enacted in 2003, the Council’s first ever meeting was only held last week Tuesday.
This was revealed by Commerce Department director...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man in his 20s was taken into the custody of police over the weekend after the beating death of a 45-year-old man from the village of Sailele.
Senior police officers at the Central Station confirmed this with Samoa News as efforts to get official comments from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga met earlier this month with high-ranking officials from the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the White House to enlist federal support for the Governor’s effort to have a federally insured...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deputy Immigration Chief, Sam Soliai is leading a delegation to Fiji for the Pacific Immigration Development Community Meeting.
Mr. Soliai is accompanied by Senior Immigration Officer Ipi Ieli.
The PIDC members that include heads of Immigration or senior executive staff...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force Operations financial report covering 2022, provides a new update of what the government plans to do with the TALOFAPass online platform, that was utilized to pre-screen travelers entering the territory during the COVID restrictions.
There was much...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A team of NOAA scientists from the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) presented a draft stock assessment of nine out of eleven federally managed bottomfish unit species to a panel of reviewers from the Center of Independent Experts (CIE) and Scientific and...