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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has new imported COVID-19 cases after five travelers on the Nov. 18th flight from Honolulu tested positive and the passengers, along with their family members, who traveled with them, were immediately taken into isolation, Health Department’s Dr. Fiona...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a meeting with Fono Leadership this past Tuesday, Nov. 22, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale discussed plans for the 2022 Constitutional Convention with Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean and Speaker of the House Savali Talavou...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has denied a motion by the defense attorney of James Fatu earlier this month to reduce Fatu’s bond from $2,000 to $500, and allow him to be housed at the LBJ Medical Center due to his heart condition.
Fatu is one of the two men arrested from the Tafuna area...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 25-year-old man from Tafuna accused of burglarizing a store in Happy Valley in the Tafuna area and taking off with several items has admitted to the allegations against him.
Jerry Uputaua, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Nov. 19th memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga announced that local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) director, Samana Semo Ve’ave’a traveled off island on official business on Nov. 19th.
In his absence, the governor appointed deputy director Vinnie Atofau as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Education announced approval this week of the American Samoa Department of Education’s (ASDOE) implementation plan for funding received through the American Rescue Plan. The plan details how American Rescue Plan funds will be used to sustain the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG will once again offer a $100 incentive for first and second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine during the mass vaccination drive scheduled for first-three Wednesdays of December, according to a COVID-19 Task Force news release following Monday’s weekly task force meeting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of three-consecutive days of mass vaccinations with ASG operations closed down, the COVID-19 Task Force has come up with a new plan, with vaccinations to be administered on consecutive Wednesdays — Dec. 1st, 8th and 15th — with village and school based clinics...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa joins the rest of the U.S and Americans around the world tomorrow in celebration of Thanksgiving Day — a federal and public holiday, as many in the nation are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row.
“Thanksgiving Day is a time to...
Ologsega, MANU'A — “Olosega is a beautiful village, and it gives me great hope in seeing our people work together in protecting and preserving the island’s natural beauty and habitat,” said ASCC-ACNR Forestry Program Manager Denis Sene, Jr. at the completion of its Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR...