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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Before and after the plaintiff’s lawsuit was filed in 2021, there was no American Samoa statute, no American Samoa administrative rule or regulation or any policy that had the effect of law, which prohibited services dogs from being imported to American Samoa,” argued...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While American Samoa has already been allocated $10 million for broadband infrastructure under the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, additional funds are expected later under a separate federal grant for infrastructure that includes broadband, and both...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man was arrested last month on the allegation that he stabbed a man with a kitchen knife after he punched him in the face. Then when he was being taken into custody, illegal drugs were found in his possession. And to top off his day, while he was being...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Second Regular Session of the 37th Legislature ended last Friday. However, a joint closing planned for last Friday did not take place, and each chamber had its own closing then a luncheon followed in the Senate Guest House.
Speaker of the House, Savali Talavou Ale...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second COVID-19 test for all passengers who arrived on the Sept. 13th flight from Honolulu has come back negative and, meanwhile, they all remain in quarantine, according to Health Department officials during a news conference yesterday providing the latest update on...
Tafuna High School students, and Commerce Department (DOC) officials pose for a photo late last week following an educational tour of the Nu'uuli wetlands area, as part of Coast Weeks in the territory last week.
[photo: DOC]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department (DoH) will send the test sample from the local resident, who arrived on the Sept. 13th flight from Honolulu and tested COVID-19 positive, to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) laboratory “to determine the variant”, according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his niece with a metal pipe was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders as a condition of his 5 years probation.
Lomi Fuatia, who has been in custody since his arrest in August of last year unable to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed the announcement $344,292 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and congratulated the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency.
“Like this past week’s grants to help prevent domestic violence, this grant to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Recognizing the importance of a swift and hassle free transition into the digital world and being environmentally conscientious, Bluesky is proud to announce the launch of American Samoa’s first digital eSIM activation service.
This advanced mobile telecom service allows...