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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified Thursday before the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding American Samoa’s Operations funding derived from the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), in which she requested an increase based on inflation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The new veterinarian on island is warning the community about the presence of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease carried by rats. In 2020, the former acting head of the veterinary clinic, As As early as 2020 the late Tanya Tarasawa who managed the clinic at that time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center recorded a new COVID-19 related death on Wednesday and the deceased is a 74-year old male, according to officials who attended yesterday’s COVID-19 Task Force daily briefing from the Emergency Operations Center.
The new fatality was announced by LBJ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With remote-virtual learning for public schools on Tutuila ongoing since the government’s partial lockdown after the first community case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 21, a large number of students are not participating in these online classes, according to Lt. Gov....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of nearly $1.5 million in Fiscal Year 2022 in federal funding for transportation.
Specifically, American Samoa will receive $1,488,150 in funding through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula programs this year. These...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man arrested during a public peace disturbance in the Tafuna area is now charged for violating local drug laws after police officers discovered illegal drugs in his possession.
The government alleges that on Mar. 12, 2022 around 9:30p.m, the TPS received a call from a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Agents with TEMCO division of the local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) will assist local residents with the paperwork to apply for the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for financial assistance with COVID-19 related funeral costs, says Lt. Gov....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his mother and his little brother at their house in Leone is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month.
Paea Fifita made his initial appearance in Court.
He is charged with one count of abuse of a child, a class D felony,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the official closing of the 3rd Regulation Session last Friday, the Senate confirmed the governor’s nomination of Vaiausia E. Yandall to the Development Bank of American Samoa board of directors, while a Senate bill calling a special election for a “legislative...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local veterinary clinic now has a U.S. certified veterinarian, Dr. Barbara Kahl, who arrived on island on Mar. 3, 2022 and she’s working with the local staff to help keep local animals healthy.
Dr. Kahl is from Oregon and she became a Veterinarian in 2006 after 9...