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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Director of Education Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga confirmed this week that all public schools — ECE, elementary and high schools — would return to class on Jan. 6, 2020.
And she advised parents to take note that students who remain unvaccinated have been contacted by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Sunday’s cabinet briefing on the measles update, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga said there were no changes to current policies implemented for the outbreak, but he did issue a verbal directive that all students — both public and private schools — be vaccinated before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Good weather and a better year — financially — are on the minds of many local residents, as American Samoa prepares to welcome 2020 at the stroke of midnight tonight, the last in the U.S. “family” to do so. Guam will be the first U.S. possession to ring in the New Year....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man accused of assaulting another man in Tafuna by striking the victim’s head with a metal pipe made his initial appearance in District Court last week. Asolelei Tagaloa is charged with one count of second degree assault, a class D felony.
Bond is set at $...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While death is often referred to as part of the natural order of our lives, it is not an easy thing to accept, especially by family members and friends, whether the departed were public figures or otherwise. Each loss is keenly felt and mourned, with the hope that time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the bomb threat for Hawaiian Airlines Flight 465 from Honolulu to Pago Pago that sent everyone in a frenzy last Thursday evening has been declared ‘non-credible’, questions continue to mount and concerns are being voiced by local residents.
A local business woman,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man with several bench warrants has been arrested for drugs. Anthony Viliamu, charged with one count of unlawful possession of meth, made his initial appearance in District Court last week. Bail is $5,000 surety.
If he is able to post bond, Viliamu has to - among...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea found probable cause to bind the case against Wayne Talaleu to High Court, following a preliminary examination last week.
The defense had argued that no drugs were found on Talaleu but Judge Patea said it’s clear from the evidence that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor's Dec. 8th public health emergency declaration due to the measles outbreak remains in effect, and American Samoa is looking at sending a request to the US President for a disaster declaration of public health that will lead to federal support.
Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security has called in the FBI to investigate a bomb threat.
A caller claimed there was a bomb on board an Hawaiian Air flight from Honolulu to Pago Pago.
Homeland Security director, Samana Semo Ve'ave'a, told KHJ News the matter...