Local News
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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) director Lisa Tuato’o and ODAPM’s Public Assistance Grants Coordinator, Lologa Olo joined more than 30 state, territorial and tribal officials at last week’s Public Assistance Working Session hosted by the U....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The citations closing down Government buildings due to unsanitary conditions are the responsibility of the Department of Health’s Environmental Health Services Division, but any legal actions against government agencies not adhering to the citation falls on the Director...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist employees got tested on their response to a chemical exposure during a weeklong training at the plant recently. In this scenario, employees help to bring a coworker down from a second story building where he had been working in a confined space and played the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The call to action for a “peaceful protest” this morning in Utulei against the ASG’s TALOFAPASS websystem, followed many public complaints to lawmakers and on social media as well as the “financial hardships” people have encountered due to the system, which screens entry...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the more than 900 travelers who tested upon arrival at Pago Pago International Airports on board flights from Honolulu and Apia for the week of Aug. 08 to Aug. 14, a total of 15 travelers tested positive, and were placed in ASG supervised isolation in accordance with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The delay that some families are experiencing receiving their P-EBT benefits is due to inconsistency of information between what is filed online, versus the information provided by the Department of Education.
“I also encourage our people to have patience and...