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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The number of new COVID-19 positive cases continues to decline and remains at double digits, and the Health Department has received its first shipment of the monkeypox vaccine for American Samoa, according to the latest DoH Situational Report presented at Tuesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three travelers who arrived on the Monday night, Aug. 22 Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu tested COVID-19 positive upon arrival at Pago Pago International Airport and were placed in isolation in accordance with local protocol, according to a Health Department...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bail of $3,000 has been set by the District Court for Christopher Patu on charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
The defendant is on probation on a separate matter and for allegedly “failing to comply with the court’s order to submit to random testing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division 4-H Program, in collaboration with the Oceania Tautua 4-H Club and several partner agencies, recently hosted a STEAM Summer Expo event at the Great Life United 684...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Commerce does not “dictate to a business owner how they should operate” was the response from its Director, Petti Matilla to concerns raised by the Department of Health’s Head of Environmental Health Services Aileen Solaita, about businesses operated by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s been weeks since Samoa opened its borders after years of the COVID-19 pandemic throwing international travel into turmoil, Samoa’s beautiful shorelines are once again welcoming international travellers after the first direct flights from American Samoa, Fiji,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Procurement Office has adopted an “emergency rule” through the regulatory process of the American Samoa Administrative Code (ASAC) and it doesn’t require legislative approval, “in order to increase the threshold for small purchases,” according the agency’s notice,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Breweries Ltd (SBL) has confirmed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been reached with Charlie Va’ai and Beatrice Ott to produce Vailima Beer in Samoa.
This is outlined in a statement issued by the SBL after its earlier announcement in June to move production...
Honolulu — Uifa’atali Amata, who took part in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) in which the five Members of Congress held multiple meetings and visited various sites in Taiwan, Cambodia, and the Philippines, but also received briefings at each stopover in Alaska and Japan, and finally...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Scientists with the US Geological Services (USGS) in Manu’a have yet to determine the source of earthquakes occurring on a daily basis as there is a need for more assessments and that requires time. According to the latest USGS report, it will probably be 1-2 weeks...