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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department is keeping the COVID-19 Task Force abreast with the latest development on the global monkeypox outbreak, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an international public health emergency, with an increasing number of confirmed cases...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu and Talauega Administration have been “informed” the budget hearings for the new financial year 2022-2023 scheduled to start on Sept. 06, 2022 will proceed as planned.
Senate President, Tuaolo Manaia Fruean confirmed this during the Senate session on Friday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a July 28 health advisory, the Health Department announced that American Samoa, “is currently experiencing an outbreak of the flu which can present similarly to COVID-19 symptoms.”
The advisory comes on the heels of reports from LBJ Medical Center where nurses told...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deportation of Samoan citizens serving time at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) was among the many issues discussed during the 2Samoa Talks, now officially called Atoa o Samoa or Oneness of Samoa.
The two-day meetings held last Wednesday and Thursday at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former cop, Steven Tuato’o is scheduled to appear in High Court on Aug. 17, 2022 at 9am for Disposition Hearing after he admitted to violating conditions of his 2020 probation after testing positive for illegal drugs.
Tuatoo, 49, who was sentenced by Acting Associate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two travelers onboard Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu last Thursday night tested COVID-19 positive and were placed in isolation, while two crew members on the MV Lady Naomi voyage last Wednesday also tested positive and were isolated on board the Samoa government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who allegedly threatened a neighbor family with a machete was arrested in June of this year and is being held without bond after he appeared in court last month.
The defendant, Malaki Seumanu, is charged with multiple felonies which include unlawful possession of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pago Faatuatua I le Atua Ua Tasi (FAST) Party supporters gathered at Suiga ula ole Atuvasa beach last Friday morning to celebrate the visit of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa and a delegation from Samoa.
Around noon, the Prime Minister officially visited with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men accused of burglarizing a home in Pago Pago last month and stealing power tools and several items belonging to the owner of the house are now in custody after they were arrested by police.
Fred Ilimaletofi, a.k.a Fred Tofi and James Filipo made their initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Transportation Department (USDOT) approved on July. 26, Polynesian Limited d/b/a Samoa Airways’ application for renewal of its cabotage exemption to continue flight operations between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group.
“We are granting Samoa Airways’ request to...