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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Aunu’u community was joined by Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, First Lady Ella, and members of the Fono and cabinet last week to dedicate a new classroom building and multi- purpose center at the A.P. Lutali Elementary School.
Elementary Principal Mrs. Faaofia Siamu-Pulu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the first time — in the case of the Hawaiian Airlines /Alaska Air merger — the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) is requiring airlines to agree to a binding consumer protection in order to close the merger. By locking in terms upfront, the DOT says it’s establishing a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public Works Director Faleosina Voigt and Paramount Builders owner Papalii Laulii Alofa testified before the Senate Public Works Committee yesterday morning regarding the new Fono Building. The hearing aimed to determine whether the construction would be completed before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center announced recently that it has extened complimentary Wi-Fi access throughout the hospital.
This service ensures patients and their families that they can easily access the internet at the LBJ Hospital facility and stay connected and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted its annual Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute (GEPA) from September 11-13 in Birmingham, Alabama. The event brought together over 90 participants, including representatives from U.S. states and four territories—...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s Criminal Justice Planning Agency is set to receive $617,851 in federal funds for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program under the leadership of CJPA Director Mariana Timu-Faiai.
“Thank you to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last Friday unanimously passed in final reading, a bill introduced by Senator Togiola T.A. Tulafono which prohibits the conversion of communal land to individually-owned land.
The proposed bill’s preamble emphasizes the fact that the Samoan people and culture...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 6, 2024, a male individual contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that he had allegedly been assaulted by four individuals.
The suspects: Gauta Satele, Avele Satele, Sialia Fesagaiga, and Tagiilima Samu were later arrested and all charged with the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For many years, Vaitogi village has enforced a 24-hour curfew from 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 to 6 p.m. Sept. 16 in commemoration of a devastating fire that occurred in the village decades ago.
The curfew permits no movement, with village ‘aumaga blocking off the entrance to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Underwater Minerals Conference (UMC) is an annual international forum, with representatives from over 25 countries that since 1970 has brought the marine minerals community together.
UMC is the world’s largest gathering of ocean mineral stakeholders, including...