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Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata attended the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and gave her thoughts on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I took part in a briefing a few days ago, but events in Ukraine continue to move fast,” said Congresswoman Amata. “Members of Congress heard from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Notice on the door to the Food Stamp program — Closed due to Code Red.
It’s unknown at this point how Social Services will be handling the dispersing of its food stamps as there has been no official word or advertisement of how it will be providing services during the “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is expecting about 13,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive this Saturday while the community spread of the coronavirus continues — reaching the territory’s total count of 135 — as of 7p.m. on Mar. 2, according to the American Samoa COVID-19 Outbreak...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Since the start of the pandemic and the territory’s first confirmed positive border case of COVID-19 around September of last year, wearing a face mask inside buildings that are open to the public has become an issue for many American Samoa storeowners.
And now that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The following information from the Attorney General’s Office about Price Gouging in the Territory was sent to Samoa News this week after we published our Price Gouging story on Monday, Feb. 28th.
In our story, the Attorney General’s Office was named the point of contact...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Owners of vehicles whose license plate sticker expired during the Code Red elevated threat level as well as residents whose Immigration IDs have expired, are being asked by Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale to be patient while the government works on addressing these...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the community spread of the deadly COVID-19 continues to increase — reaching 94 as of Tuesday night, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has requested Executive Branch departments, agencies and offices to provide updated vaccination records of employees to Human...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of unlawful possession of illegal drugs told the court that the 12 months he spent at TCF was more than enough to teach him to become a better man in the future.
Lafitaga Ta’ala, who has been in custody since his arrest last year, unable to post a $5,000...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bill introduced this week, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act.
“The rising costs of fuel are sure to be heavily felt in island locations like ours where it must be shipped in, and rising fuel costs always...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of 8p.m. Tuesday, March 1, the territory’s cumulative total of positive COVID-19 cases had reached 94, as the Health Department awaits a new shipment of vaccine for adults due to arrive this coming Saturday, Mar. 5, according to the DoH report released Monday night....