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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Jan. 25 memorandum, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola informed cabinet members of the government’s Island Wide Clean-up for the month of January, set for today, Friday Jan. 28. And that all departments, agencies, offices and authorities are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ten food commodities contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) in December 2021, according to the BFI report released recently by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division. It also says that the BFI in December registered a “substantial increase of 2...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force Operations Report 2021, released Monday by the Governor’s Office provides a summary breakdown on how much was paid in operations costs to local and off-island vendors — starting with the repatriation flights and then to limited commercial flights...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga in a Jan. 25 memorandum to cabinet members has asked that all employees of the American Samoa Government contribute to the ASG’s humanitarian relief fundraising drive for Tonga, devastated following a tsunami more than a week as a result of a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce the nominations of 12 excellent students for consideration by the service academies.
These nominations are selected each year based on the high quality of the students' combined academic records, essays, along with letters...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal law mandates that amendments to the American Samoa Constitution are subject to approval of the U.S. Congress.
But senators want that changed, with the Senate Rules Committee endorsing a verbal motion to send a resolution to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has called on the U.S Justice Department (USDOJ) not to “exclude ASG from future enforcement action” and to keep the territory in mind when and if there are negations involving violations of federal law in territorial waters, says American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by police pursuant to a warrant on the allegation that he attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl at the her residence in the Tafuna area. During his arrest, cops discovered two glass pipes containing white crystalline substance and a small stamp sized...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the past month the Key Reef Species Program Division and Community Based Fisheries Management Program has been conducting Reef Flat Monitoring Surveys around the coastal villages of our island, Tutuila. Some of the villages that have been surveyed are Faga'alu, Auto...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa extended its nationwide lockdown yesterday for another 24 hours as a precautionary measure as the Samoa government is now reporting 27 positive COVID-19 cases.
A press release from the Samoa government issued yesterday afternoon reports all 27 positive cases —...