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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department data on confirmed COVID-19 cases in the community shows the numbers continue to increase following tests conducted Saturday, Feb. 26.
The DoH data report also amends the numbers for Feb. 25 with the number of positives at 10 — instead of the initial...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following message in Samoan and in English reacting to news of community transmission of covid-19:
“American Samoa has been deeply blessed to have had so many months without Covid on our shores, particularly during seasons when some of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three defendants arrested after armed detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants two years ago in Tafuna and Malaeimi has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Kaleti Iosua, who has been in custody since his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male driver and a female passenger of a vehicle pulled over by police officers for a seat belt violation last month are now in custody after officers discovered illegal drugs and paraphernalia, and ammunition inside the vehicle.
The driver, Malaki Taavili and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread on Tutuila island, reaching as far as Fagasa and Vatia — to the East Side, according to the Health Department’s report at 8p.m. on Feb. 25 and released late last night.
DoH reports that on Friday, Feb. 25, a total of 563 tests were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The arrival of the next Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu will not change and the government has been prepared for two years now in the event of the COVID-19 pandemic spread into the community, said Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale — responding to media questions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has informed directors and deputy directors that they “should be flexible in sustaining their operations as we navigate through” the current Code Red threat level.
“Executing our critical mission while accommodating the health and safety of our...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a long criminal history was taken into custody last month after police picked him up for a public peace disturbance (PPD) matter in Petesa in the Tafuna area.
Fred Lilomai’ava, a.ka. Fereti Lilomai’ava, 42, who has a previous assault and stealing conviction...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta Rep. Larry S. Sanitoa has requested the Lemanu Administration to place “two important projects” in Tualauta county on the government’s list of “urgent projects” to be funded with American Samoa’s share of $100 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More local residents have tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus, as community spread widens.
In a health advisory issued late last night, the Health Department says that on Feb. 24, a total of 22 out of 301 people tested positive at its testing locations. This...