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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has provided $26,670,000 in fiscal year 2022 funding to the American Samoa government to support the operations of public schools, the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, the community college, and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced this week the first set of meetings for its newly appointed American Samoa Advisory Committee. As previously reported by Samoa News, the Commission announced in March this year the appointment of members to the newly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last month, a 41-year-old man made his initial appearance in District Court on two misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault and private peace disturbance after he allegedly assaulted his wife.
The defendant is a Samoa national who works as a bus driver to support his...
Madison, WISCONSIN — “How risky is being indoors with our 10-year-old granddaughter without masks? We have plans to have birthday tea together. Are we safe?”
That question, from a woman named Debby in California, is just one of hundreds I’ve received from concerned people who are worried about...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 5, Samoana high school student Daniella Fagota was selected to receive a 2022 $500 King-Size Hershey Heartwarming Young Hero Grant to promote youth engagement in a Global Youth Service Day project.
The Global Youth Service is the world's largest youth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a “new approach to solving substance abuse problems” in the territory, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, has established the American Samoa Comprehensive Substance Abuse Council, to coordinate local efforts to fight drug use through “education, enforcement, and treatment.”...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man from Vaitogi convicted of assault and unlawful possession of an illegal substance was ordered by the court to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of his 5 years probation.
Solomona Gauta, who has been in custody since...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a May 16 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga appointed the Agriculture Department director Solialeaofiotagaloa I.T. Mutini to serve as chairman of the government’s Food Security and Safety Committee.
The local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) director Samana Semo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bail is set at $1,500 for a man arrested by police last month on the allegation he assaulted his wife inside their house. The man made his initial appearance in Court and he was remanded back to the custody of the government until bail is posted.
The defendant, who is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has granted approval to at least two more restaurants for dine-in service, according to documents presented at Wednesday’s task force briefing.
The documents also show that the government has approved two...