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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement yesterday, American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — the ASG Medicaid Office — announced yesterday that a special Medicaid charter flight operated by Hawaiian Airlines is scheduled for May 30 to meet the needs of patient referrals as well as medical staff...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Restaurants approved by the COVID-19 Task Force to provide dine-in service, are also required to submit a plan for approval if they are going to also serve alcoholic beverages inside their place of business, as the government does not want restaurants licensed to serve...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale said the government is committed to addressing the alarming obesity rate among young people, under 50-years old as reported in the LBJ Medical Center’s Preliminary COVID-19 Mortality Analysis.
Talauega gave the comments at last week’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a man from Tafuna on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a home in Happy Valley and stole items from inside.
Taulagi Tufugalele appeared in Court last month for his initial appearance.
Tufugalele, who was convicted for receiving stolen property in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With weekly flights between Honolulu and Pago Pago starting in June, the COVID-19 Task Force and the Health Department will reduce COVID testing prior to departing for American Samoa to only one — but it has mandated for travelers 12 years and older to get the booster...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested and charged in connection with an incident where he allegedly assaulted a 62-year-old man in Kokoland last month.
The defendant, Joseph Olotele made his initial appearances in District Court last month.
He is charged with one count of unlawful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another round of tax refund checks — totaling more than $1.9 million — is scheduled for release today, Tuesday, May 17, providing more cash infusion into the local economy.
ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga, in a brief statement last Friday afternoon, announced that the 8th...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal lawsuit brought by the “Salemeana’i Family” in American Samoa against the U.S Secretary of Interior, over family land in Tafuna, has been dismissed without prejudice, allowing plaintiffs to re-file the claim with the proper federal court jurisdiction,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four travelers on Hawaiian Airlines flight last week Thursday from Honolulu tested COVID-19 positive and were immediately placed in supervised isolation at the Health Department’s facility in Tafuna, according to the DoH’s COVID-19 Situational Report as of May 12.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 33-year old man from Mapusaga Fou wanted for assaulting a man on Christmas eve last year is now in custody after he was arrested last month for another assault incident.
During his arrest, police discovered illegal substances in his possession
Kalifa Malaesaili made...