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Chief of Staff Loa Tauapa’i Laupola
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney for NightHawk Company, Marcellus Talalelei Uiagalelei confirmed that his client has an existing lease where the new hospital is set to be built in the Tafuna Industrial Park.  “The lease was signed by [former] Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga the last week he was...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C  — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is announcing the launch of the Capital Readiness grant competition by the US Department of Commerce. The CRP grant competition is funded by the US Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which is a program that aims to...
Dr. Ingrid Ahlgren
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Harvard Museum Oceania Curator Dr. Ingrid Ahlgren was in American Samoa earlier this month to open a dialogue with traditional chiefs and dignitaries, academics, curators, archaeologists, librarians, archivists, artists, students and the general public community about a...
June Talamoni checks on a sow
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division has completed its second Swine Artificial Insemination (AI) Project for local pig breeders. The three-month long project familiarized pig farmers with AI as a...
Chief of Police Poua'amea Tuaolo Supapo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief of Police, Pouu’amea Tuaolo Supapo has hit back at Deputy Attorney General, Roy Hall over questioning the number of criminal cases pending prosecution.  “The numbers are accurate — in January 2022 alone there were more than 100 cases referred to the Attorney...
Bainivalu Davetawalu with Am Samoa flag
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoana student and environmental advocate, Bainivalu Davetawalu, who was born in American Samoa and is a proud member of the Fijian community was chosen to represent both countries at the three-day Intertribal Agriculture Council Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
Tenelle Luafalemana
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoan singer-songwriter from Carson, California and the new Hip-Hop rage from Apia will perform at a free concert tonight at the DYWA gymnasium Tenelle Luafalemana will be performing with Ventry Parker, whose stage name is Poetik 685. They performed in Apia...
Lt. Governor Talauega E.V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The number of positive cases from the community spread of COVID-19 remains very low at single digits, according to the Health Department’s COVID 19 Situational Report for the week of Dec. 12 to Dec. 18. Of the 54 individuals tested at DoH Laboratory and LBJ Medical...
Health director Motusa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s Office is preparing a statement to officially announce that American Samoa’s borders will fully re-open on Jan. 01, 2023, and welcoming back cruise ships, with the first one in February. This was revealed during the weekly COVID-19 Task Force meeting on...
Pene Pati, Moses Mackay, and Samson Setu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week’s red carpet event, the Stars of the Pacific Opera Gala was a “huge success” said event organizer and president of Pacific Island Foundation, Ethan Lake. Held at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, the evening’s red carpet gala was the cherry on top of a day that...

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