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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite claims by Manu’a #1 Representatives that students of the Manu’a High School (MHS) did not receive food for either breakfast or lunch Wednesday thru Friday during the first week of school, a report from MHS, which was distributed to faipule during a House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has submitted for Fono confirmation nominees for the directors to three Executive Branch agencies — the Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM),the Territorial Energy Office (TEO), and the Office of Public Information (OPI...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 41-year-old man who is on probation for drug and assault convictions was arrested by police last month on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a house and assaulted his ex-partner who was with her new lover.
However, when police apprehended the defendant, drugs, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week was the deadline for registration under the immigration amnesty program announced late last year by Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga.
Last Thursday, Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui urged that the Fono be given a report on this latest amnesty program, which follows one that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While members of the Tongan community in American Samoa are urging their families and friends around the world to keep the people of Tonga in their prayers after the volcano and the tsunami that affected the islands last Friday (Saturday in Tonga), locals are also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Apia-based Samoa Airways on Jan. 7 filed with the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) an application for renewal of its cabotage exemption to continue flight operations between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group.
According to the Samoa government owned airline, the...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — There is significant damage to the western coast of Tonga's main island of Tongatapu.
The New Zealand High Commission says the damage is centered along the western coast, where there are many resorts, and the waterfront of the capital, Nuku'alofa.
A thick layer of ash...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu HI at 11:00 am sst Sunday, Jan 16, 2022 has cancelled the tsunami advisory for American Samoa.
During the advisory period sea level readings at pago pago harbor registered a wave with an amplitude of 36 cm, exceeding...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued the following advisory shortly before 9a.m. this morning for American Samoa:
The sea level readings at Pago Pago harbor registered a wave with an amplitude of 36 cm, exceeding advisory level of 30 cm.
This might be from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A school bus driver was arrested when police officers pulled over the school bus he was driving after a student inside the bus called his father’s cell phone and informed him that the driver was speeding and would swerve the vehicle from time to time.
The driver, Joseph...