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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man, with a criminal history and who resides in Alaska was sentenced last Friday by the federal court in Anchorage to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release “for being a felon in possession of a firearm.”
According to court documents, on July...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has closed the inspection and investigation into an industrial accident last year at the Port of Pago Pago that claimed the lives of two male employees of Peter E. Reid Stevedoring after a final penalty of just...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Biden-Harris Administration announced last Friday that due to passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), American Samoa has received a record $651,226 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) available this fiscal year.
As part of a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The volcano that erupted in Tonga and caused rumbling sounds, and coastal inundation in American Samoa overnight continues to remain active. The National Weather Service Pago Pago is advising Am Samoa residents who live along the coasts, please be cautious near...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday halted the implementation of a U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccination rule, which applies to businesses with at least 100 workers.
A U.S. Labor Department official last week confirmed to Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While a detailed report on American Samoa’s 2021 COVID-19 Task Force Operation is still to come, the Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report states that more than $33 million in local and federal funds were used for the “Repatriation, Quarantine and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Is it safe to hold a full-fledged 2022 Flag Day Celebration amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was the focus of Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono’s question during the Senate session on Wednesday, after Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale at last week’s cabinet meeting announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — All public schools are closed today, Friday, Jan. 14, according to a Jan. 13 memo signed by local Education Department director Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli — and the memo is posted to the department’s Facebook page as well as the main ASG page.
The closure of public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with an outstanding warrant for stealing is now charged with unlawful possession of illegal drugs after police discovered them in his possession.
Makesi Poloma made his initial appearance in court last month.
The government has filed two separate cases against...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Public Information (OPI), which operates state-run KVZK-TV, had contracted — during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 — the services of New Zealand-based Melanesia Media Group (MMG), to upgrade KVZK's broadcast system from analogue to digital format....