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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advisory issued late last night, the Health Department announced that on Wednesday, Feb. 23, eleven cases of COVID-19 were identified at the Tafuna Health Center and LBJ Medical Center.
Nine of the 11 cases were fully vaccinated, according to the advisory, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at yesterday morning’s news conference, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is also the Governor’s Authorized Representative (GAR) called on the community not to panic as the territory is now under Code Red — as declared Monday night by the governor.
“We are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — No exemption is being given to StarKist Samoa under provisions of the Code Red threat level as declared Monday night by Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, after community spread of COVID-19 was detected, according to Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, responding...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs this week announced that grant funding applications will be considered to develop grant writing capacity, grant administration, and oversight in the Insular Areas.
Applications that support building grant application and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her with a knife was arrested and charged with assault involving domestic violence. However, when the defendant was apprehended, cops discovered illegal drugs in his possession.
(Samoa News has chosen not to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department officials explained that the positive COVID-19 spread into the community started from a Health Department employee assigned to one of the quarantine sites and this individual infected seven family members.
DoH revealed this during yesterday morning’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen has raised his concern over the closure of the EMS headquarters in Faga’alu by Health officials.
As a member of the LBJ Medical Center Board, Faimealelei said he conducted a site visit to the EMS main office last week and discovered...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the House of Representative taking rumors that the ANZ Bank is preparing to leave the territory very seriously, one of the questions that was raised in the House Chamber last week is whether the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) can handle all of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the November 2022 midterm election only months away, the Election Office has issued a reminder to all “unformed services voters, overseas voters and local students” attending institutions of learning outside of American Samoa to submit their request for an 2022...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives has approved the Senate version of a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with the veto override power, which currently rests with the Secretary of Interior.
The measure that the House acted on last Friday is the Senate version of the...