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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the government pushing for a 90% or more vaccination rate for American Samoa, one question that continues to circulate in the community, on social media and those from off-island interested in local issues, is when will the government fully reopen borders —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has extended to next month the deadlines for Executive Branch employees to comply with being fully COVID-19 vaccinated and for “overstayers” in American Samoa to apply for the 2021 Amnesty Program.
The deadline extensions are among a few new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The low turnout during the mass COVID-19 vaccination for the Western District last week Wednesday and Thursday — especially on Thursday, Dec. 9th — is being attributed by the Health Department to possibly, the distribution of the federally funded Advance Child Tax Credit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 55-year-old man convicted of violating the local drug laws is going to jail. The court sentenced Albert Amataga to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 5 years probation.
Amataga appeared in High Court last week for...
A 25-year-man accused of unlawfully entering a home and attempting to sexually assault a woman after he allegedly had broken into the woman’s home three time was arrested by police last week after he was pulled over during a traffic stop in the Iliili area.
Palauni Afasene is charged with one...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage Wednesday of the Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021, H.R. 4555.
This bipartisan bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop an oral health literacy strategy to reach...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leader of the Dioceses of Samoa Pago Pago, Bishop Peter Brown announced a few days ago new appointments and assignments for Diocesan priests following last week’s annual retreat of priests of the Diocese.
According to the statement, issued in the Samoan language, Fr...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man convicted of stealing from his former employer has been sentenced to 20 months detention, as a condition of his 5-year probation term.
Execution of the jail term was suspended for Tipasa Filipo, who was formerly employed by Terry’s Mart in Tafuna. He will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the five inmates convicted of escape from confinement around October 2019 while serving a 10-year sentence was sentenced by the High Court last week to a term of 5-years probation with conditions.
The decision was handed down by Associate Justice Fiti Sunia,...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has endorsed their Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) recommendation to use a single-species, age-structured management approach for the next American Samoa bottomfish stock assessment scheduled for 2023. The...