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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa can expect periods of locally heavy rainfall capable of producing Flash Flooding, along with elevated winds over 25 to 30 mph through the weekend.
Current trends suggest that the risk of heavy rainfall and strong winds will linger into the beginning of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga announced Thursday the virtual graduation ceremonies for all public high schools, and dates it will be aired on KVZK-TV, via a live link and includes the combined baccalaureate ceremony.
She said that the Department of Education...
Pago Pago, AMRICAN SAMOA — As mandated by federal law, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO released yesterday its latest report on the minimum wage for American Samoa and the report — which doesn’t make recommendations on whether or not to increase or decrease local minimum wage — was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local resident and US citizen, Bryan Jackson, is seeking — among other things — $4 million in punitive damages through a lawsuit filed Wednesday with the Trial Division of the High Court against Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and the American Samoa Government in connection...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On the night of May 23, 2020, two police officers observed Allen Fuluasou throwing a black plastic bag out of a vehicle in which he was riding, in front of an Asian store in Iliili. They picked up the black plastic bag that Fuluasou threw out and discovered that it was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal marine accident investigation has determined the “probable cause” of a collision last year between two US purse seiner vessels that were more than 1,000 miles northeast of American Samoa when the collision that caused an estimated damage of $8.3 million to both...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is honoring the 245th anniversary of the Army, in advance of June 14th, which marks the founding of the Army in 1775. June 14 also commemorates the nation’s adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777. She released the following statement:
“This year, on 14 June...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasury Department has issued a “special release” of the federally funded Economic Impact Payment, or stimulus, checks valued at more than $400,000, correcting an error pertaining to qualified dependents for those who received EIP checks since the second...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The number of local residents stranded in Samoa needing repatriation back to American Samoa has been reduced down to just over 200, while a meeting was scheduled for yesterday to finalize the ASG repatriation plan, says Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, chairman of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 28-year-old mother accused of abusing her 7-year-old daughter by using a rubber slipper is now in custody after she was arrested last week by investigators pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court.
The case against the defendant reached authorities after the father...