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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga is meeting with Hawaii’s Governor Josh Greene and Major General Kenneth Hara of the Department of Defense regarding the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy.
Samoa News has received calls from families whose children have enrolled in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In efforts to ensure that nurses and doctors “don’t walk out from the hospital”, LBJ’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Akapusi Ledua said the management should “walk the talk”.
Dr Ledua told Samoa News leaders of the hospital should be “honest” with their staff.
“What...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been charged for arson over allegations that he set a home on fire in Petesa belonging to a church minister.
Peni Toso is in custody with bail at $30,000 and is facing one count of arson, a class B felony, which is punishable with jails terms between five to 15...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — World Health Organizations are in the territory on their first official visit. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the government this week.
“World Health Organization (WHO) Official Dr Kim Eva Dickson, along with several members of their WHO team, completed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bail of $1,000 has been set for Patrick Ale over charges of property damage, third-degree assault and private peace disturbance.
The defendant appeared in the District Court yesterday. According to the government’s case this matter was reported last month.
A woman...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the important topics of discussion at last week’s US Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG) meeting for the first quarter of 2023, was building codes.
At the meeting held at FEMA headquarters in Washington D.C., the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ eye clinic yesterday received a $70,000 laser eye machine, thanks to Kathy Deggendorfer, founder of the Roundhouse Foundation.
Deggendorfer is part of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) team that is currently on island.
Deggendorfer — an artist by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga has joined others in the territory with growing concerns over the drop in American Samoa’s 2020 Census population count, telling a U.S Congressional committee last week that the population count does not reflect the actual number of the territory’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “We need a new hospital,” Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga told the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on the state of U.S. territories, and noted that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had recommended that American Samoa build a new hospital.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 23-year old man from Petesa is facing charges of Private Peace Disturbance (PPD) in the District Court after an outstanding bench warrant for violation of his probation in the High Court that was issued last year December.
Solomona Siaumau appeared in the High Court...