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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man who has a pending matter in the Family, Drug and Alcohol (FDA) court was arrested last month and charged with criminal contempt, along with violating local drug laws.
According to the government's case, police got a call for assistance on Tuesday night...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed the COVID-19 travel risk notice for America Samoa compared to the federal agency’s notice issued Aug. 6th in which CDC says that “COVID-19 risk in American Samoa is high”.
As of yesterday, the CDC...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In addition to local residents stranded in the U.S., many U.S. residents are stranded in the territory. Pete Battaglia and dozens of other San Diegans working in the tuna industry have been stuck in Amerian Samoa since the shut down amid COVID-19 concerns.
NBC San Diego...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men arrested and charged for disturbing the peace inside their homes by assaulting their wives and making unreasonable noise told investigators that the alleged domestic violence occurred after they consumed alcohol with their friends.
The first case occurred in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Co., owner of StarKist Samoa cannery in American Samoa, is supportive of the Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee whose report, which places “strong emphasis” on seafood in relation to public health.
The 835-page advisory...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Representative Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr, chairman of the House Health Committee says the government is lacking any plan to safely bring home residents.
But Rep. Vesi is not giving up.
He said the committee meeting on Wednesday showed there was no plan to bring home at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Apprentice/Workforce Development (AWD) program, now offered for the seventh continuous year by the Trades & Technical Department (TTD) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), gives the Territory’s trade practitioners the opportunity to upgrade their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Coronavirus Task Force is taking it one step at a time to find ways to bring local residents stranded in Hawaii and the mainland back home without facing any consequences afterwards from the coronavirus.
This was the statement by Dr. John Tufa, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “Tagata Tu Fa’atasi Alliance” group has launched an online petition calling on Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and territorial government leaders for a repatriation flight to bring back home American Samoa residents stranded in the US since flights between Honolulu and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Executive branch deputy directors are prohibited from taking government vehicles home and the Police Commissioner is tasked with enforcement of this prohibition including repossessing all ASG vehicles not in compliance with this set policy.
This is according to Gov. Lolo...