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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health’s Environmental Services Division is on a roll and if you’ve got a business they’ll be there to inspect you.
In the last few months, the Environmental Services Division has closed stores, restaurants and other business they “deemed” condemned and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man convicted of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth) was released from custody this week, after the Court decided that the 8 months he spent in custody while awaiting the outcome of his case is enough punishment.
Faafetai Eneliko appeared before Acting...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed final Senate passage of the PACT Act, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law, as it was passed in mid-July by the U.S. House of Representatives. PACT stands for Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, and the official full...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A much lower fertility rate (number of children born per woman of childbearing age) and continued out-migration has been attributed to the slight decreased in American Samoa’s mid-year 2022 population count, which is estimated at 51,269 — a drop of 292 persons from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Health has banned one of the most popular snack foods among children on island — “Tako” is banned effective immediately.
A letter from Director, Motusa Tuileama Nua dated the July 20, 2022 and obtained by Samoa News was addressed to “all...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s 2022 mid-year population is estimated at just over 51,000 — which is slightly lower than the 2021 estimated mid-year count, according the latest data released yesterday by the Statistics & Analysis Division of the ASG Commerce Department.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s phone directory is “coming soon” and will be part of American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority’s (ASTCA) “new and improved website.”
This was confirmed by ASTCA’s Marketing manager Marjorie Steffany in an email to Samoa News over the latest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The budgets for the newly established agencies under the authority of the Governor’s Office — the American Samoa Search and Rescue Agency and the American Samoa Correctional Facility are included in the proposed fiscal year 2023 budget.
The two agencies were initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 53-year-old man charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth) after he was caught smoking ice in a Tafuna restaurant parking lot has appeared in High Court for a Change of Plea (COP) hearing.
Amituana’i was initially charged with unlawful possession of...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of $4,547,979 for American Samoa’s Head Start program, a major grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This significant funding for Head Start is a discretionary grant distributed through the Administration for...