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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Different reactions, from the highly emotional to peaceful calm, were in evidence as people rushed to get a booster shot yesterday morning causing over-crowding at two of the three vaccination sites — the Tafuna DYWA and the Samoana High School gym.
The third vaccination...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some 55 federal officials, including those from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are scheduled to arrive today on a charter flight to provide support after community spread of COVID-19 was identified in the territory, and as the total number reached 135...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, announced in a news conference Thursday morning that the COVID-19 Task Force has approved the food stamp distribution plan by the Department of Human and Social Service (DHSS) and it is set for next week.
He said DHSS would notify all...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the territory continues under Code Red, prompting the closure of government services, except for essential ones, members of the public have raised questions on how they are to obtain specific documents from the LBJ Medical Center — such as birth certificates, death...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) has been designated as the ASG agency for “Assistance for Non-Profit Organizations” category funded through the territory’s share from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Act of 2021.
ASG’s Oversight Office for ARPA...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu-Talauega Cabinet “Zoomed” on Tuesday this week for the first virtual Cabinet meeting brought about after the Code Red shutdown put in place by Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga when community spread of the Coronavirus was first detected.
Code Red has now been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A total of 19 individuals tested positive yesterday, Mar. 3, taking American Samoa’s total cumulative COVID-19 cases to 154 positives, according to the Health Department’s report released last night by the Emergency Operations Center.
There are no reported...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families are voicing their frustrations and disappointment with government delays by agencies that should be providing services for families who have lost a loved one.
Families say they have been unable to pick up death certificates to begin their funeral plans for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Only essential businesses will be allowed to operate” during the current “Code Red” threat level and operation hours are from 5a.m to 4p.m., according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s latest COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, dated yesterday and effective through Apr. 1.
It...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Mar. 1 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga provided his cabinet members additional information on ASG operations under the Code Red threat level and reports required from directors.
Based on data from the Health Department, “the number of positive COVID-19...