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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While American Samoa’s vaccination numbers are still not at the level that health authorities say would adequately protect the territory if COVID-19 were to make its way here, the American Samoa Government (ASG) is looking at other ideas to encourage people to get...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Continued reliance on a single industry and significant pension liabilities remain fiscal risks in American Samoa,” so declared the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its US Territories Public Debt Outlook — 2021 Update, released yesterday to the US Congress...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Seven repatriation flights later and the Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center, under the leadership of Mrs. Elisapeta T. Lesatele Alaimaleata (in green in background), is still going strong in its donations toward American Samoa’s repatriation quarantine at the Ohana Waikiki Hotel in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of one of the four defendants in the copper wire theft ring, which was continued by the High Court from last month due to the defendant’s illegal immigration status was heard before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia this week.
The defendant, Theresa Samata-Ala, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local health authorities are highlighting the spread of Covid-19 in Fiji in an effort to encourage more residents to get fully vaccinated.
Around 37,000 people are eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the territory.
As of this week, 68.5 percent of those had...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's caretaker prime minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, is risking jail time as he continues to defy a court order to convene Parliament.
The judiciary is warning anyone who stands in the way of its ruling could face criminal penalties.
Tuila'epa's announcement Wednesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been charged with disturbing the public peace (PPD) after he allegedly shouted threats and yelled the Samoan War Cry (faaumuumu) outside of a restaurant parking lot in the Tafuna area.
Peau Petelo made his initial appearance in court two weeks ago where he was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government minimum wage increases by more than $2 to $7.25 under the Lemanu Administration salary reclassification and hikes, which is effective today, July 1st, along with a hike in entry level pay for degree holders, says Human Resources director, Lynn Pulou-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga is being asked to “seriously look” at the millions of dollars American Samoa is allocated under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to address infrastructure access roads and flooding throughout Tualauta county.
The June 28th...
![[l-r] Vaitupua Maina, Tumua Lokeni and Ilaiakimi Atu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asepa_group.jpg?itok=_-49Jh28 "[l-r] Vaitupua Maina of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School; Tumua Lokeni of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) Education Division; Ilaiakimi Atu of Samoan High School; and Liu Lafaele of ASEPA Education Division — posed for a photo yesterday at the KSBS-FM studio. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaitupua Maina and Ilaiakimi Atu — both 16-years old — are two of the 12 students working at ASEPA under the Governor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. The two students shared with KSBS listeners yesterday why they choose to work at ASEPA. They were interviewed on the...