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Honolulu, HAWAII — The coronavirus Omicron variant has been diagnosed in a patient in Hawaii, State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said. The Hawaii Department of Health’s (DOH) State Laboratories Division (SLD) confirmed the Omicron diagnosis in an unvaccinated an Oahu resident who had previously...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — A prompt bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate, only hours after the House vote Thursday, fully funds the U.S. government through February 18, 2022, sending the bill to President Biden to be signed into law in time to prevent a shutdown. Without action, a shutdown would have started...
Children line up to get COVID vaccine
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 1,800 shots were administered for COVID-19 at ten sites during day-one of the government mass vaccination drive on Wednesday for the Central District, which had it’s second day of vaccination yesterday, according to preliminary Health Department data. Teams...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been arrested after allegedly grooming and repeatedly raping his own biological daughter over a 3-year period, according to the court affidavit. The alleged crime occurred when the mother was not at home. The victim was 13 years old when the alleged sexual...
Man standing in front ofSamoa Baptist Academy’s Samoan fale
This Health Department photo posted on its Facebook page shows the Samoa Baptist Academy’s Samoan fale, which was one of the designated vaccination sites yesterday for the Central District.  [photo: DoH Facebook]
StarKist workers entering the cannery
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa, the territory’s largest private employer, has started enforcing a full COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its more than 2,000 workers while the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has put on hold a temporary vaccination rule for...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG employees will be allowed to take paid leave — to either get their own COVID-19 shot or accompany their children to the vaccination site, during the government’s mass vaccination drive with the goal of reaching a 90% or more vaccination rate. In support of the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the Omicron variant . According to a press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After reviewing a workshop report on American Samoa bottomfish data evaluation, The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council supported a single-species management approach for the next stock assessment...
Veterans Stadium
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting a man in the Veterans Stadium parking lot was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine as a condition of his 12-month probation. Natu Moana, who had been released on bond, appeared in High Court last week for sentencing. Moana was initially charged with...

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