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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s representative at the Young Pacific Leaders Conference, July 18-21 in Hawaii, Mary Cheung-Fuk is hosting a school supply drive to prepare our students for the upcoming school year.
“Upon completion of the Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Conference in Hawaii...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has confirmed the recent seismographic activities are not primarily caused by the Vailulu'u seamount, American Samoa's most active submarine volcano, this according to scientists and NOAA researchers.
However, they do not rule out that the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is being held on $30,000 bail on three charges of felonious restraint and four counts of third-degree assault.
Victor Stanley made his initial appearance in the District Court yesterday. He’s accused of assaulting his girlfriend. According to the Government’s case...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Climate Action Network (AS-CAN) is a community-based initiative that aims to empower and equip US-Affiliated Pacific Islanders (USAPI) with the political knowledge and advocacy skills to engage in environmental discourse at a national level.
In doing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite the citation of “closure” issued for the LBJ hospital’s cafeteria, by the Department of Health, the cafeteria remains open.
The Head of the DoH Environmental Health Services Division, Aileen Solaita confirmed the closure notice in response to Samoa News questions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and a team of directors left Monday morning for Manu’a to conduct a site visit of the islands, in order to check out the reports of volcano activity. The team was expected to return to Tutuila later in the day, yesterday.
This was confirmed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG's Student Youth Employment Program's (SYEP) event themed “Reaching for the STARS,” highlighted SYEP students who were nominated by their private or government worksite as being an “SYEP Student of the Week,” having exhibited professionalism and excellent work ethic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health has yet to respond to queries on the outbreaks of illnesses confirmed in neighboring Samoa that include fever and rashes affecting children ages 0 to 4.
This is aside from the influenza and the COVID-19 currently spreading in Samoa and American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court issued a bench warrant to arrest a probationer for failure to appear in High Court last week for his “Order to Show Cause” (OSC) hearing.
Aukusitino Lupe was scheduled to appear in court for his OSC for failure to comply with conditions of his probation,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Frustrated and disappointed with the ASG’s TALOFAPASS websystem, which screens entry into American Samoa, people have signed on to two separate petitions circulating online calling for the elimination and dismantling of TALOFAPASS, that launched in the latter part of...