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Deidra Harrington-Latu
Salt Lake City, UTAH — The Fox News affiliate in Salt Lake City is reporting that the dozens of families from American Samoa who have been stranded in Utah since the COVID-19 pandemic began are a step closer to returning home.  “I just want to go home,” said Deidra Harrington-Latu. She traveled to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department physicians will assess the ability of travelers who submit an application for repatriation from the US “to endure up to 24-days” of quarantine including pre-boarding quarantine at a designated hotel in Hawai’i.   This is according to DoH’s response...
Brigitte Moala and her 85-year-old father, Noaese Taeatafa with other family members
Honolulu, HAWAII — The American Samoa Department of Health announced it is currently accepting applications from qualifying residents who wish to be repatriated. American Samoa had sealed off its borders since March, leaving hundreds of its residents stranded in Hawaii and elsewhere in the United...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Health Department’s “Online for Repatriation to American Samoa” site has been quietly launched, without any fanfare or public notice that the online-portal for some estimated 600 local residents wanting to return home to register is open. Samoa News only learned...
United States Army four-star General Gustav Perna
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Inc., the start of repatriation flights — to bring home an estimated 600 American Samoa residents stranded in the US — is being pushed back to February — giving ASG time to reconfigure local entry...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first repatriation flight to bring home some 600 local residents stranded across the United States will be some time in January or February next year, depending on the implementation of the 10-day quarantine protocols in Hawai’i. This is according to Gov. Lolo...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has given provisional approval to the government’s Repatriation Plan and has agreed to the ASG Coronavirus Task Force’s suggestion of the first repatriation flight in mid January for the estimated 600 American Samoa residents stranded in the U.S...
Veterans waving thank you to Hawaii VA
Honolulu, HAWAII — Local veterans currently awaiting American Samoa’s border opening, have reached out to say “THANK YOU” for Wednesday’s feast treat by a Hawai’i VA group. “Your thoughtfulness to reach out last week to organize a feast for our veterans for Veterans Day is so appreciated with...
People providing food for veterans
Honolulu, HAWAII — Working closely with the Matsunaga Veteran Affairs Beneficial Travel office, resources and training were launched for American Samoa’s veterans stranded in Hawai’i. Many of them were standing at food banks and were referred to the Keiki to Kupuna Foundation, that provides weekly...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The more than 600 absentee ballots cast by American Samoa voters, under the COVID-19 absentee provision, provide some solid data on the number of American Samoans stranded off island due to border closure — but of course it does not include a count on the local legal...

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