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MANILA – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was part of the first U.S. congressional delegation to meet with recently inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., in the Philippines.
The group of five Members of Congress, led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center is defending not closing the hospital’s cafeteria, which was found to be “unsafe and unsanitary” last month by the Department of Health and deemed “closed”.
In an announcement released by LBJ Chief Executive Officer, Moefaauo William Bill...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Samoa Heritage Initiative Program (SHIP) was held earlier this month from August 6 -12 in Honolulu, Hawai’i, hosted by the American Samoa Government — Hawai’i Office and a press release issued over the weekend quotes Lt. Governor Talauega E. V. Ale saying, “It is the vision...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of assaulting another woman allegedly due to family issues was arrested and charged. Lusi Taumaoe made her initial appearance in Court last month.
She is charged with 2nd-degree assault, a class D felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 5...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the second-week in a row, the number of COVID-19 positive cases from the community spread of the pandemic remains at double-digits, according to the Health Department (DoH) Situational Report presented to the COVID-19 Task Force weekly briefing held Tuesday afternoon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hawaiian Airlines flight last night, Thursday, is now re-scheduled to depart Pago Pago for Honolulu at 1:30p.m today, according to an airline advisory issued early this morning. Ticket counter check in opens from 9a.m. to 1p.m with security checkpoint to open from 10a.m...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Yesterday’s peaceful protest seeking to eliminate and terminate the ASG’s TALOFAPASS websystem “was a success,” declared Tanya Ma’o-Aab, who organized the event with Feo Lagafuaina, with some 20-plus participants who showed up with placards waiving to motorists along the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Earthquakes have been felt since late July in the Manuʻa Islands of American Samoa in the South Pacific. These earthquakes are likely associated with magmatic activity beneath the islands. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is working closely with federal partners,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government is seeking to postpone the Atoa o Samoa talks scheduled in September and set it for October 13-15 instead.
This was confirmed in a letter to Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, dated August 17, 2022 from Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga citing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Leone man accused of assaulting his wife is being held on bail of $20,000 on charges of assault in the second-degree and third-degree along with private peace disturbance.
The alleged assault occurred in the presence of their children.
The defendant made his initial...