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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa will be welcoming the New Year at the stroke of 12 midnight tonight, Saturday, Dec. 31, ushering in 2023, with hopes of new blessings as the territory fully reopens in borders, and welcomes in cruise ships, after the community spread of COVID-19 this year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga has signed into law an act amending former Governors’ monetary allowance of 60 percent to reflect the current salary of the Governor in Office.
The bill was signed into law on December 20, 2022 and confirmed in a letter sent by Governor to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local boxer who pleaded guilty to assaulting two young boys with a tree branch has been sentenced to 24 months probation.
Sentencing for Paofe Iopu Se’eti was handed down by Acting Associate Justice Elvis Patea, who was accompanied on the bench by Associate Judges...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga and First Lady Ella Mauga hosted an appreciation dinner for the Cabinet prior to the Christmas week, at the Governor’s Maugaoalii residence in Fagatogo.
“January 3, 2023 will mark the two year anniversary of our Administration. On behalf of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging employers in Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to enhance safety measures to protect workers against crane hazards following a Nov. 25, 2022 crane-related...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While death is often referred to as part of the natural order of our lives, it is not an easy thing to accept, especially by family members and friends, whether the departed were public figures or loved members of your family. Each loss is keenly felt and mourned, with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As some of the striking nurses return to work, the Lemanu- Talauega Administration is stepping in to “make sure we address these concerns as soon as possible.” However, it is a “wait & see” for the returning nurses, with payday coming up this Friday — will the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s official. The Department of Corrections has now become independent from the Department of Public Safety, after the House bill creating the department was signed into law by the governor.
This was confirmed in a letter signed by Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga dated Dec...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police are puzzled as to how a Samoan woman in her 20s managed to pass through immigration and airport security get on a Fiji Airways aircraft, hide in the lavatory, and make her way to Fiji.
This happened on Christmas weekend.
The woman was caught sleeping in the lavatory by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Haleck family is carrying forth the mission of their founder with the opening of the Graceland Family Center, a multi-level soft playground facility equipped with a child care center and two food vendors, privately owned by the by the family.
The opening program last...