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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ board of directors has approved the appointment of Rowena Reid as Human Resources Director for the hospital.
Advertisement for a new HR director was closed on February 3, 2023 and there were eight applications received.
This was confirmed by Vice Chair of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The medical community is calling for the governor to re-appoint, the chairman of the LBJ Board of Directors Dr. Malomatumua Tuiolosega and the Vice-Chair Dr. Jean Anderson whose terms in office will end this month.
Several letters addressed to Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A transgender individual was arrested last Friday over sexual accusations involving three male students from St Frances Elementary School last week.
The incident led to the early closing of the Catholic school on Thursday and for the full day Friday, with classes...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) proposed budget for the new fiscal year 2024 includes a request for $28.1 million to support American Samoa government operations, according to the FY2024 OIA budget summary document released last week —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Officials of two U.S based non-profit organizations have recommended changes on how the U.S Census Bureau collects and publishes data on the people in U.S. territories, arguing that millions of U.S citizens and residents living in the territories “are rendered invisible...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting efforts underway in the Natural Resources Committee to rein in rising energy and fuel costs around the country, which is a major factor in inflationary price increases on food and other products due to the added burden in shipping and transport...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Scientific advisors to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet March 14-16, 2023, to provide advice and comments on on protected species interactions with the commercial Hawai‘i deep-set and American Samoa longline fisheries, domestic and international...
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...
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...
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...