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police motorcycle traffic accident with one on the ground
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman who allegedly caused the crash of two police motorcycles, landing the officers in the hospital, was arrested and charged by police last week. Dimary Stowers, who was bailed out on Thursday, made her initial appearance in the district court on Friday. According to...
Dr Tarr
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For almost a year, Dr Audrey Tarr, a medical missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been supporting women’s health in American Samoa. As a missionary, Dr Tarr is also called “Sister Tarr.” A farewell was held recently to thank her and her...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Recent censuses conducted for American Samoa did not go through scientific- demographic assessments for complete counts,” according to the “Population” section of the 2020 American Samoa Statistical Yearbook recently released by the Commerce Department’s Statistical and...
Governor’s Chief of Staff, Loa Tauapa’i Laupola
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu and Talauega Administration has directed the Dept. of Agriculture (DoA) to “stop importation of eggs from Samoa until further notice.”  This was confirmed by the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Loa Tauapa’i Laupola in an email to the media.  “The Department of...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa is being held on bail of $15,000 over alleged sexual assault charges. Tala Laloata is charged with sodomy, sexual abuse first degree and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The defendant made his initial appearance in the District Court...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga, through a Mar. 07 memorandum, created the nine-member ‘Steering and Construction Management Committee’ to move the new hospital construction project forward more efficiently. As previously reported by Samoa News, the Health Department now leads...
Gov Lemanu speaking about Red Cross Centennial Day
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG will celebrate the American Samoa Red Cross Centennial Day on April 17, 2023, which is also Flag Day, to acknowledge the long history of dedicated and compassionate service to the residents of the territory and support their humanitarian mission. A proclamation...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata at desk
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted this week’s continuation of series of House/Senate Joint Hearings on veterans’ issues, passage of four Veterans’ bills, and the DC office visit of the VFW of Hawai’i to talk about issues of importance to Veterans. Taking part in the...
LBJ HOSPITAL CAMPUS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A total of 62 Security Officers are working at the LBJ hospital and in total are paid close to a million dollars. “According to healthcare industry standards for security planning at a hospital, 62 security officers at a price tag of one million dollars for a hospital...
ASPA POWER PLANT
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some homeowners, may have noticed a slight drop in the overall cost on their electricity bill for February — compared to late last year —  and it’s a great savings for those who use a lot of electricity. And the reason, as explained by the American Samoa Power Authority...

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