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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division has completed its second Swine Artificial Insemination (AI) Project for local pig breeders. The three-month long project familiarized pig farmers with AI as a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief of Police, Pouu’amea Tuaolo Supapo has hit back at Deputy Attorney General, Roy Hall over questioning the number of criminal cases pending prosecution.
“The numbers are accurate — in January 2022 alone there were more than 100 cases referred to the Attorney...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoana student and environmental advocate, Bainivalu Davetawalu, who was born in American Samoa and is a proud member of the Fijian community was chosen to represent both countries at the three-day Intertribal Agriculture Council Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoan singer-songwriter from Carson, California and the new Hip-Hop rage from Apia will perform at a free concert tonight at the DYWA gymnasium
Tenelle Luafalemana will be performing with Ventry Parker, whose stage name is Poetik 685.
They performed in Apia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The number of positive cases from the community spread of COVID-19 remains very low at single digits, according to the Health Department’s COVID 19 Situational Report for the week of Dec. 12 to Dec. 18.
Of the 54 individuals tested at DoH Laboratory and LBJ Medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s Office is preparing a statement to officially announce that American Samoa’s borders will fully re-open on Jan. 01, 2023, and welcoming back cruise ships, with the first one in February.
This was revealed during the weekly COVID-19 Task Force meeting on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week’s red carpet event, the Stars of the Pacific Opera Gala was a “huge success” said event organizer and president of Pacific Island Foundation, Ethan Lake.
Held at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, the evening’s red carpet gala was the cherry on top of a day that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The final segment of the latest National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) condition report outlines that the Fa’a Samoa, the traditional Samoan way of life, provides the cultural context for all sanctuary activities and functions as the Sanctuary supports...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is reporting that elements of the 2022-2023 Appropriations legislation, unveiled Tuesday, notably includes a permanent federal matching rate of 83 percent for all Medicaid expenses for the four smaller territories, as well as a $1 million increase...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata attended Wednesday’s speech to Congress by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, and was honored to shake his hand during this historic time. She is highlighting the ongoing bipartisan support and commitment to Ukraine’s right to independence from Russia.
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