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In addition to testing, masking and social distancing it is essential to keep classrooms clean and sanitary as schools open this week to hybrid learning with in-class instruction on alternating days. Dept. of Education admin staff and sanitizers worked over the weekend to ready school buildings and...
Members of the Lions Club of Pago Pago taking a brief break for a photo, from their clean up on Earth Day last Friday at Lions Park in Tafuna. American Samoa joined the rest of the world on that day to mark Earth Day. [photo: courtesy Lions Club]
Health Department medical personnel conducting training this week in order for teachers and school officials to administer COVID-19 tests when schools reopen this coming week with staggered in-person classroom instruction. “It’s important that schools implement safety measures to keep schools open...
Screen shot of student participants at the virtual launch on Monday of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency’s (ASEPA) “Lumana'i Initiative”, which runs through Apr. 29. Other participants include ASEPA director and officials. The weeklong online classroom allows students to learn...
East Lancing, MICHIGAN — Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after announcing his bid for the company. Twitter announced that the public company will become privately held after the acquisition is complete.
In a filing with the...
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — This past Monday, Samoa News Photojournalist, Cool Stuff, was greeted by an onboard pilot announcement (on his return from the Vancouver Rugby 7s) happily announcing that inflight mask requirements were just made officially optional.
Then we all heard the good news that...
Custom Agents were busy examining people’s packages at the check point in front of the U.S Post Office in Fagatogo last week. In a culture that gathers its strength from community interaction: Social distancing during the pandemic tends to be a problem — but definitely mask wearing is not. [photo...
LBJ Medical Center team under the tent where visitors to the hospital are screened before entering the facility. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
Gift packages seen in this courtesy photo are sorted for distribution to inmates housed at the Territorial Correctional Facility in Tafuna, as a community service project of the Lions Club of Pago Pago, which worked with others in the private sector for the contribution, providing a little kindness...
The gas-pump at one of the local gas stations early yesterday morning shows the retail price of unleaded gasoline at $5.13 per gallon. When asked, an attendant at the station told a Samoa News staffer that retail price for land diesel fuel is also over $5 per gallon. Retail prices — exceeding the $...