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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting at the Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium, US Interior Department Field Representative Lydia Faleafine-Nomura was recognized by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga with a Governor’s Resolution — “honoring and expressing profound gratitude” from the out-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has charged a 32-year-old man with unlawful possession of illegal drugs and for trying to break into a store in Fagaima in July of last year. Faasoo Gasetoto, a.k.a “BLOOD” made his initial appearance in District Court last month.
Gasetoto, who has a long...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Even before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the second vaccine by Moderna Inc. to fight against the coronavirus, the federal government has already allocated more than 2,000 dose of the Moderna vaccine for American Samoa expected to arrive by the end...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Palau’s International Coral Reef Center on marine protected areas, including the establishment of a sister sanctuary arrangement between Puipuiga lautele o le...
Tafuna, AS — The yearly JROTC Air Rifle meet is a competition looked forward to between all local public high schools and Kanana Fou, the only private school with a JROTC program.
The JROTC curriculum Marksmanship course educates cadets on the safe and responsible use of firearms through its gun...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga is the first in American Samoa to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. He chose to receive the vaccine first as a show of confidence to our people to encourage them to consider taking the vaccine.
The vaccine arrived Saturday on a weekly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the safe arrival of the Pfizer vaccine over the weekend, patients and escorts approved for the medical charter next month, overseen by the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — the Medicaid Office, were given the vaccine yesterday inside the “Quarantine Tent” at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A crewmember on a container ship in port in American Samoa tested positive for Covid-19.
The vessel, Coral Islander, arrived Friday and the Department of Health team boarded to carry out coronavirus tests for the crew.
One of the 20 crew members yielded a positive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the FDA last Friday issued an emergency use of the second-vaccine, developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health, the territory’s first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine arrived safely last Saturday on the weekly cargo flight.
Moderna has about 5.9 million...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has a pending matter in the Family, Drug and Alcohol (FDA) court was arrested and charged with criminal contempt.
Salesa Aifili made his initial appearance in District Court two weeks ago.
According to the government's case, police got a call for assistance on...