repatriation flights
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repatriated passengers quarantined at the Tradewinds Hotel, eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine will be vaccinated prior to being released from their required 14-day quarantine period, says Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, during a news conference last Friday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga — during a Friday press conference at the Governor’s Office conference room — gave an update on the first repatriation flight, which arrived on Feb. 1st, with all 159 passengers now going through the required 14-quarantine at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As television news footage out of Honolulu on the morning of Feb. 1st showed some American Samoa residents at the Honolulu airport heading for check-in for the first repatriation flight to the territory, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga posted a message on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the government conducting repatriation flights, with the first arriving on yesterday with a 159 passengers from Honolulu, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga is making it mandatory to wear masks and observe social distancing in both the public and private...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG employees, who also work part time for Hawaiian Airlines are required to submit a leave form to their supervisors if their government work schedules conflict with arrival of repatriation flights bringing home hundreds of local residents stranded off island since the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Mrs. Elisapeta T. Lesatele Alaimaleata and the Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, received with humble hearts a donation from Mr. Nick Peters on behalf of the Peters Family from Mesepa and also Nick's rugby club in Hawaii, in support of American Samoa's future...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Any person entering American Samoa will be required to provide two negative COVID-19 tests and be quarantined for 15 days, while all regular scheduled passenger flights to and from the territory remain suspended, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a Jan. 25 memorandum to his cabinet members, explained a few issues that must be addressed and clarified regarding repatriation and Medicaid charter flights.
And in a separate memorandum to the public, the governor announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a news release last Friday afternoon, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, gave his support for the extended 12-days quarantine — from the original 10-day quarantine period — at the White Sands Hotel in Honolulu for the now 161 passengers on the first...
Some members of the American Samoa COVID-19 Task Force appeared before the House Health Committee last week discussing issues regarding the now delayed repatriation flight. Update on the flight and other issues at the ASG quarantine site in Hawaii — in Monday's issue. [photo by AF]


![Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga (left at head table), along with Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale (right at head table) along with members of the COVID-19 Task Force before the start last Friday, Feb. 5th) of the governor’s press conference at the Governor’s Office conference room. [photo: FS] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, Lt. Gov.Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale and COVID-19 task force members](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_n_repat_update.jpg?itok=zVvPoUYC)
![This Feb. 1st Samoa News photo shows an American Samoa Power Authority vehicle pulling up on front of the entrance — manned by police — to the Tradewinds Hotel, where 159 passengers from Monday’s repatriation flight are in quarantine for 14-days. A banner — produced by Tagata Tutu Fa’atasi of American Samoa Alliance — on the side fence welcomes home the repatriated passengers. The entrance has a tent with police officers and other security personnel to stop unauthorized people. [photo: FS] Police vehicle and policeman blocking road into Tradewinds Hotel](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/quarantine_site.jpg?itok=cehuDgdZ)

![“To ensure a smooth airport flight operation during the upcoming repatriation flights, all ASG employees who are also employed part-time at Hawaiian Airlines shall be excused from work should the [repatriation] flight schedule conflict with their ASG job schedules,” Lemanu declared in his memo. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu_head_shot_2.jpg?itok=iW6OJKs8)
![Mr. Nick Peters (left) on makes donation on behalf of the Peters Family from Mesepa and also Nick's rugby club in Hawaii, in support of American Samoa's future repatriation flights. [courtesy photo] Mr. Nick Peters (left) and other family members](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/le_fetuao_donation_photo_1_.jpg?itok=Kyoc7yqj)
![The Governor and Lieutenant Governor may authorize flights based on the needs of the territory and passengers of any permitted flight must comply with entry requirements listed here and any additional requirements contained in the governor’s or lieutenant governor’s written authorization. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu and Lt. Gov. Talauega](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu_n_talauega_3.jpg?itok=-9Qmb0FH)
![Lemanu made clear that repatriation flights are not intended for the purpose of leisure travel and visiting family in American Samoa with the intention to return on the next schedule Medicaid charter flight. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu-web_2.jpg?itok=dLxmUTXZ)

