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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “We were never trained to do CPR when it comes to an emergency.”
This was the response from several police officers Samoa News asked last week amid criticism from members of the public about the way DPS and EMS crews responded to an emergency when a player at a pickle...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Barry Lemisio made his initial appearance in Court last month after he was caught with meth while on probation for the same offense.
He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of meth, a felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than five nor more...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-IA) announces $27,720,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) grant funding for priority needs across the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa employees are the first to receive checks under Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s Cash Assistance Program (CAP), which provide aid for workers whose employment was affected due to the COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions.
The CAP for impacted workers, which is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG has scheduled 4 early morning wreath ceremonies to commemorate Memorial Day 2022.
At 5:30a.m. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga will lay a wreath at the Satala Cemetery before boarding a police patrol boat to cast a wreath into the ocean just past the mouth of Pago Pago...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a May 25 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga directed the American Samoa Constitutional Review Committee to resume its meetings early next month after it was suspended in February after the community spread of COVID-19 was first recorded on Feb. 21.
According to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A total of $9.1million of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) funded projects carried out by the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) were completed in fiscal year 2021 to improve the quality of water services in the territory.
Whereas $2 million was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Malae Faleulu was ordered to serve 20 months at the TCF as a condition of his 5-year probation and was released after sentence was stayed.
Faleulu, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond, appeared in Court last week for sentencing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With recent photos in the media of clearly labeled ASG vehicles illegally parked in marked handicap parking spots, the Governor’s acting chief of staff Jason Mitchell issued a memorandum to directors, reminding them of their duty to public accountability.
Samoa News has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A peaceful protest organized by some parents, held yesterday early morning, called out to government leaders to reconsider their vaccination mandates and let the people decide what to put inside their own body.
At approximately 7:50a.m, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga passed by...