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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three options were presented to student delegates assigned to consider the House Reapportionment Amendment during the virtual 2022 American Samoa Student Constitutional Conference, and returned with the option to increase the number of faipule for Ituau and Tualauta...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 34-year-old male from Samoa accused of stabbing someone in the neck, shoulder and back multiple times over a year ago, has admitted to the accusation. Anesi Asaeli appeared in court this week for a Change of Plea hearing. Asaeli was initially charged with one count of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hourly employees at StarKist Samoa — including workers who tested COVID-19 positive — are getting extra financial assistance in their paychecks this week, as well as cases of tuna, according to some cannery workers and/or their relatives. Samoa News was informed by the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hawaiian Airlines has given approval to the governor’s request for an additional flight next month and weekly flights between Honolulu and Pago Pago starting in June while the Honolulu-based carrier is no longer mandating wearing face masks on board the aircraft,...
CDC masking chart
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA — On April 18, 2022, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mandate requiring passengers on mass transit to wear masks. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends that passengers mask up while on planes, trains or buses, it is no longer a...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of punching a male cashier in a store in the Tafuna area and then taking off with $400 cash and a suitcase containing essential documents and a laptop, two months ago, is now in custody after he was arrested last month pursuant to an arrest warrant from the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man from Iliili was arrested by cops last month on the allegation that he assaulted his wife while he was under the influence of alcohol. The wife was present with noticeable bruises on her right eye when her husband made his initial appearance in District...
LBJ HOSPITAL
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s fatalities relating to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continue to climb slowly and have reached total cumulative mortality of 23 coronavirus related death, according to the LBJ Medical Center presentation at Tuesday’s COVID-19 Task Force briefing from the...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga is reminding cabinet members of new COVID-19 restrictions that mandate proof of COVID-19 vaccination or evidence of a negative test is required for persons entering any government owned or leased building. “It is incumbent on all directors and...
JUST SAY NO TO MARIJUANA
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was during sentencing that the court advised a man not to hide behind his sick father and sister — If he wanted a second chance. This was the message from the court during the sentencing of a 42-year-old man convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance,...

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