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“Fesoasoani mo Samoa Fundraising” Committee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $40,000 was donated by the community on Wednesday, the first day of the ASG-organized “Fesaosoani mo Samoa Fundraising”. Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has appealed directly to the private sector — in a letter — for their support to assist Samoa with the deadly...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Be cautious about the news being shared on personal profiles, such as Facebook — be suspicious of its origin,” the Department of Health’s Command Center epidemiologist Aifili Tufa, PhD replied, when Samoa News asked him about the latest report on Facebook that “it has...
Fonoifafo Seumanu administering am MMR shot to a child
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Effective immediately, children 0-4 years old and pregnant women traveling from countries affected by the measles outbreak will NOT be allowed to enter American Samoa. This is according to an updated announcement signed this week, December 4th, by Public Health director...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer from Samoa who pled guilty to meth possession is ordered to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 5-year probation sentence. Kalolo Aleki Jr, who has been in the territory illegally for 3 years, appeared in...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed cabinet members to employ returning college students assigned to their agencies under the administration’s Apprenticeship Program, which was implemented as an incentive so local students would return home to work after graduating...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  A man charged with a single count of second degree assault, a felony, waived his right to a preliminary examination yesterday morning in District Court. (To protect the identity of the victim, who is the defendant's wife, Samoa News is withholding the names of all...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata advised constituents of more details regarding the growing U.S. and international response effort to provide medical support to Samoa and help prevent the spread of measles. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced $200,000 to...
Taupau Tauleave Toluono (standing) along with ASG personnel
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government-organized “Fesoasoani mo Samoa Fundraising” to help the Independent State with its measles epidemic officially kicked off yesterday morning where Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga made a $10,000 donation. The opening ceremony...
Taupau Tauleave Toluono (standing) along with ASG personnel
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government-organized “Fesoasoani mo Samoa Fundraising” to help the Independent State with its measles epidemic officially kicked off yesterday morning where Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga made a $10,000 donation. The opening ceremony...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Malaeimi who was arrested and charged for burglarizing his uncle’s home told police that he traded most of the stolen electronic items and “other stuff” at his friend’s home in Vaitogi for drugs. William Tagaloa, 39, did not reveal his friend’s name. Tagaloa...

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