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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A maintenance crew from the Department of Public Works seen last Wednesday with the vacuum-truck working on draining the swamp water on the road next to Hope House, in front of the cemetery in the Fatuoaiga area.
Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa sought DPW’s help in draining...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s request to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a waiver of the local 25% cost share for the COVID-19 national emergency declaration is “being held until the actual obligations for this disaster has been calculated.”
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Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is highlighting ongoing CARES Act federal funding for COVID-19 response national emergency efforts in American Samoa.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are making available $259,066 in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was taken into custody recently for contempt of court after he failed to pay child support last year.
According to court records, the defendant was behind on payment of over $2,000 since January of 2019 until February of this year. The man was ordered to pay $150...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor’s exemption of StarKist Samoa operations and its supporting businesses from the current emergency declaration allows the company’s production to continue and supports US President Donald Trump’s mandate to keep food supply manufacturing in production.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASTCA services on Ofu and Olosega were stabilized on April 16, following several days when ASTCA services were not working properly.
At the present time, landline phone services are working properly and reliably. Broadband internet, mobile voice services (VoLTE), and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has charged a 28-year-old man with unlawful possession of illegal drugs and for trying to break into a store in Futiga in November of last year. Iulio Afasene, a.k.a “JULIO” made his initial appearance in District Court last week.
Afasene, who has a long...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As American Samoa on Friday, Apr. 17th was celebrating its 120 year relationship with the United States, US Vice President Mike Pence announced in Washington D.C. — more than 7,000 miles away from Pago Pago, that US President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —The one-hour 2020 Flag Day ceremony, which got underway around 6:30a.m on Friday, Apr. 17th, was a small one for American Samoa with no fanfare or jubilant celebration, as the deadly coronavirus forced necessary preventive measures — especially social distancing, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Amid more public concerns over allegations of some stores that have suddenly raised prices on several goods, the Department of Legal Affairs’ Bureau of Consumer Protection has issued a reminder to businesses that local law “prohibits the practice of price gouging on...