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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fa’avi Sefuluiva is facing criminal charges of burglary and property damage.
The defendant is being held on bail of $15,000 in relation to an incident that occurred in September this year.
According to the government’s case, Sefuluiva and four other men were involved. It...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government owned Territorial Bank of American Samoa has received the coin order that was announced last month.
Therefore the bank has scheduled a designated merchant coin distribution pick up date and time for today, Friday, Dec. 09 at the Centennial Branch in Utulei...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Tuesday’s ceremony at the United States Capitol Rotunda honoring the Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, who responded to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. They were awarded the U.S. Congress’s highest...
Washington, D.C. — Two grants for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) will increase data collection and analysis, as well as further COVID vaccination support in American Samoa.
“I am very thankful to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) for these awards,” said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Newly appointed Director General of Health in Samoa, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma said their nursing curriculum is acceptable to institutions in Samoa, and that every country has its own curriculum.
Samoa Observer reported that Samoa needs at least 500 more nurses to have full...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If you’re thinking of bringing masi saiga and masi Samoa from neighboring Samoa for personal use and instead then turn around and sell it at local stores to make some cash, think again!
As part of inspections for business license renewals for the new year, the Department...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s tax lost each year to tax haven abuse is $1.62 million USD.
This is according to an international tax group called the Tax Justice Network (TJN), which was officially launched in the British Houses of Parliament in March 2003.
The TJN publishes...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Chief Executive Officer of LBJ hospital “stands by resolutely” with his earlier statement of facts regarding the reason behind hiring nurses from Fiji and the Philippines instead of neighboring Samoa.
“To address LBJ's lingering shortage-of-nursing conundrum, several...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety’s criminal investigation into the attempted burglary of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa Tafuna branch last month “is ongoing”.
“We have not received all the evidence from the bank, hence the delay in prosecuting this matter. All I...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A resident of Manu’a is expressing disappointment with the Legislature over amendments made to the $7.4 million supplemental budget bill, in which Manu’a was to receive $4.1 million for emergency response to the Manu’a earthquakes.
The Senate and the House concluded its...