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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Saturday the Dept of Health reported one new death related to COVID-19 . The report did not give any other details on the latest fatality.
The number of new COVID cases in the latest report on April 8 was 79, out of 753 tests conducted by the Department of Health and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s now going on to 7 weeks since the first community case of COVID-19 was reported on Feb. 21 and some families are still trying to readjust their lifestyle and figure out how to overcome financial hardship due to the closure of work places, schools and day care...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa has posted on its website a notice of a shutdown over the Easter weekend.
The notice advises that TBAS has scheduled a ‘required’ server maintenance project to begin the evening of Saturday, April 16 that will take all banking...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga signed into law the Samoan Language Commission Bill on April 5, 2022. This law will establish a Samoan Language Commission in American Samoa, establish both Samoan and English as the official languages in the Territory; and will amend the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faipule support the idea that there should be more funds allocated to fund and support the nursing program at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC). They believe that this is the only solution to the problem of not enough nurses serving at the LBJ Tropical Medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male individual was arrested by police last month for assaulting his male cousin at his cousin’s house during a verbal altercation. However, during his arrest, cops discovered drugs in his possession.
Alapati Wayne made his initial appearance in court last month via...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “There are not enough government employees to go out and manage and regulate every single business, every single funeral [service] on this island,” said Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, during Monday’s news conference.
“So we will set the requirements, set the rules and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has budgeted $2 million for the Cash Assistance Program (CAP), to provide relief to non-essential businesses impacted by COVID-19 restrictions declared under the current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, according to DOC documents submitted to ASG’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested and now being charged for assaulting a woman while holding a machete in his hand.
The defendant, Siaosi Laulu made his initial appearance in Court in February of this year.
Laulu is charged with two counts of 2nd-degree assault, both class D felonies,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (also known as the Alliance), held a virtual reading and signing this past Friday, April 1, proclaiming the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month, where Gov. Lemanu Peleti...