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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Virginia-based StarKist Co. has named a new company president and chief executive officer, who will take over the leadership post, as of Jan. 01, 2023, from out-going boss, Andrew Choe.
In a brief statement released late Monday afternoon, StarKist announced that Mr. Chae...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is pleased to announce that the applications for Fiscal Year 2023 funding under the Office’s Technical Assistance Programs can now be submitted to www.Grants.Gov.
Eligible to apply are Insular Area government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s male population is slightly higher, at 50.8% compared to the female population at 49.2% in 2020, according to data from the American Samoa’s demographic profile of the 2020 Island Area Census released last Thursday by the U.S Census Bureau.
Of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu and Talauega Administration’s Chief of Staff, Loa Tauapa’i Tuimavave Mulipola has expressed “disappointment” of government departments that are not “abiding by laws and policies” when it comes to steps taken before implementing any government project.
“This...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father of four young children who is on probation after being convicted of felony drug possession is now back in custody after police allegedly discovered a quantity of illegal drugs in his possession during a traffic stop last month in Matu’u.
Peneuefa Vaiavi’i is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Oct. 20 general memorandum, Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga established the ‘Dementia-Friendly American Samoa Action Team’, chaired by First Lady Ella Mauga, and the membership is made up of representatives from various government and non-profit groups.
“It is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A quantity of methamphetamine (meth) was allegedly found on a man from Tafeta when police arrested him in the Malaeimi area last month, for his involvement in an incident where he and another man broke into a store in Tafuna in July of this year and stole several items....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) is conducting a research study on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) in the territory to assist and protect the memories of the elders.
This comes at a time when the governor has just established the ‘...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Directors will have additional responsibilities added to their workload as they are now also in charge of ensuring their staff undergo mandatory drug testing, according to a policy change explained by Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua during his presentation on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Travelers to American Samoa are, for now, still required to register on the TALOFAPass websystem to enter the territory and must be fully COVID-19 vaccinated — according to Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga’s new COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, issued Oct. 21 and becomes effective...