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Congresswoman Amata in the Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples
Washington, D.C.— This past week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a variety of hearings, including examining a fishing report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reviewing efforts to protect veterans from online fraud, along with hearings on supporting rural and...
 A team from the local Dept. of Health - stationed at the Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — People traveling between here and the independent state of Samoa are being given MMR shots at the Pago Pago International Airport, as part of a massive effort to prevent a measles outbreak in the territory. DOH clarified last week, that for families planning to travel to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has charged Kome Lafitaga with public peace disturbance, and Judge Elvis P. Patea says the defendant needs to find a way to address his alcohol problem. During arguments regarding the defendant’s bail, the judge said it’s clear from court records that...
American Samoa Executive Office Building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In its report, the governor’s appointed Minimum Wage Task Force provided criteria and further explanation on the three options for consideration to address — and among other things — sustainability and economic feasibility pertaining to the federally mandated minimum...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer who is serving a 28-month jail term at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) was in High Court last week for a probation review hearing. Lafaele Tagaloa, 32, entered American Samoa on a 30-day visitor’s permit in 2017. He was in the territory...
American Samoa Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has turned away four travellers for not having proof of vaccination for measles. The measure was introduced as part of a public health emergency recently declared, to try and prevent a measles outbreak, in the US territory. The Director of Health Motusa...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cost of chicken legs and price of eggs faced a major decline in average retail price in October, according to the Basic Food Index (BFI) October report released this week by the ASG Commerce Department. Besides chicken legs and eggs, other foods items — rice, pork...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Census Office is on track with moving the 2020 census forward —  hiring of staff for field work — with the actual count to begin next March, says Census Area Manager Meleisea Vai Filiga. Samoa News has received public inquiries about the 2020 census...
Facing the camera, Carlos Sanchez, a co-owner of several US- American Samoa based longliners is seen with the PBS TV crew.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This Samoa News photo on Oct. 30, shows boat owners of the locally based US longline fleet being interviewed by the TV news crew of PBS Newshour weekend program, based out of New York City. The crew of three — including one based in Los Angeles — was en route to the Rose...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “There is currently no reliable measure of individual number of fishermen in the American Samoa bottom fish fishery,” wrote Kitty M. Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). “...

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