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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It isn’t often that you hear someone getting emotional about a building. about a building. After all, it doesn’t have a heart or soul, and it’s a man-made object. Plus, most people think of a building as being “just a building”. But take it from me, I am not talking...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu that was initially scheduled to return last Thursday evening didn’t depart Pago Pago until after 2p.m last Friday, and passengers were given meal vouchers valued at $15 to $30 at the airport.
The flight from Honolulu last Thursday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memorandum issued this past Wednesday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga re-launched the Adopt-A-School Program, an initiative started by the previous Lolo Administration, providing support and other needed services for both public and private schools.
The Lemanu-Talauega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The District Court has set bail of $3,000 for recent drug defendant, Gubernatorial Paulo. He made his initial appearance in court last week.
According to the criminal complaint on August 04, 2022 Vice and Narcotics Division of the Department of Public Safety was...
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...