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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advisory released Sunday night, the Health Department announced that quarantine for travelers of the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu has been extended to Friday, Feb. 11 in “light of the number of recent positive cases identified in quarantine.”
DoH data released at...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) regarding Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) programs that are inaccessible to American Samoa and the other territories under inconsistent federal interpretation of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of stealing and unlawful possession of illegal drugs was released from custody last week, after the court sentenced him to time served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF).
Laneselota Sefulu, a.k.a Lance Sefulu who has a prior criminal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu administration is seeking to amend current locals laws for implied consent testing of breath for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases, by including implied consent testing of blood to confirm drivers suspected of drug-impaired driving and drivers involved...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of the unlawfully use of a weapon when he threatened his ex-girlfriend with a gun before he fired two shots into the ground and into the air — was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for 90 days to seek and secure gainful employment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One new, but minor change has been made to the requirement for full vaccination for travelers entering American Samoa, through Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s latest COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, dated Feb. 4 and released yesterday by the Governor’s Office.
The minor change...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Though a Feb. 4 executive order, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga created the American Samoa Constitutional Review Committee and announced the initial membership — from both the public and private sector as well as community and lawmakers — with the first meeting set for 9a.m....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US Army Reservist, Herman Tatupu convicted of stealing from the PX and violating local drugs was sentenced to serve 60 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of his probation.
His co-defendant, Anthony Sanft, also a member of the US Army...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaifanua Representative Lavea Fatulegaee Palepoi Mauga believes that the governor’s chief of staff should not serve as a member of the Retirement Fund Board of Trustees. This was Lavea’s statement during the House Retirement Committee discussion last week before the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuala-uta Representative Larry Sanitoa officially mentioned during House Session last week that since December of last year there’s been talk about ANZ Bank leaving the territory.
According to Sanitoa, senior executives of ANZ Bank were in the territory last December and...