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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several students from American Samoa are studying at colleges and universities from around the U.S. and earning degrees and honors. Four more are featured here in the latest news releases.
REBECCA MAY TANIELU EARNS ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE
Rebecca May Tanielu of...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met with Rear Admiral Matthew W. Sibley, head of the historic 14th District Coast Guard.
The 14th District has more than 1,150 active duty, 150 reserve, 80 civilian, and 400 Auxiliary men and women, and covers the Coast Guard’s largest area of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Public Health, with the State of Hawaii Department of Health's guidance, last week acted swiftly and diligently to ensure the safety of all travelers in the current repatriation quarantine quarters in Honolulu, HI, according to a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has launched a survey to find out the public’s “attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine”. For the person who answers, “no”, to the question as to whether you have taken one dose or none, the survey asks — “which best describes why you would not take a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The fifth repatriation flight is still scheduled to depart on June 1st from Hawaii with plans for immediate discharge of ALL fully vaccinated travelers to their families following swab test results, according to a statement from the COVID-19 Task Force this week....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The process by the Samoa Government of not accepting its citizens back home in Samoa despite a court order for deportation being issued due to their being overstayers in the territory and their travel documents have expired — did not sit well with the High Court....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 52-year-old man who is on probation for 12 months was arrested last month on the allegation that he assaulted his neighbor while he was intoxicated.
Faasega William made his initial appearance last month. He is charged with 3rd degree assault, trespass, resisting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memorandum issued yesterday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga ordered the United States flag to be flown at half-staff until sunset, May 30th, “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated” on May 26th in San Jose,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While supportive of federal conservation efforts, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga says he does not support additional federal regulation for coral critical habitat that are already protected under American Samoa law.
“American Samoa is already highly-federally...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The Insular Cases are the problem, not the solution,” declared local attorney Leiataua Charles V. Alailima in May 26th written testimony to the US House Committee on Natural Resources, saying that he supports H.R. 279 — “Insular Cases Resolution — pertaining to “Insular...