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Suva, FIJI — Tens of thousands of people in Fiji marked the Easter holiday weekend without electricity because power supply to almost 80 percent of homes in the country is yet to be restored.
State-owned Energy Fiji Limited said assessments were being carried out on its power lines on the main...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech today announced a final award of $11,833,000 to the American Samoa government under the American Samoa Government Operations grant for fiscal year (FY) 2020. These funds provide...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — CNBC News reported over the weekend that the entire country, except for the territory of American Samoa is now under a major disaster declaration for the coronavirus pandemic after the U.S. death toll reached the highest in the world on Saturday.
President Donald Trump...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has sent a request to U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chairman of the US House Committee on Homeland Security, to assist with securing ventilators for American Samoa, as the two recent federal shipments didn’t included ventilators.
In his request...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A flash flood watch is in effect for Tutuila, Aunu'u, Manu'a, and Swains through Saturday night. An elongated, stationary surface trough, stretching from the Solomon Islands to the Cook Islands, will remains anchored through the weekend. This surface boundary will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man taken into police custody two weeks ago for allegedly using a kitchen knife to stab another man has been released by the court on his own recognizance, after the government was unable to file additional charges against him.
According to court information, Pelema...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of violating local drug laws was sentenced to 5 years probation by the Court last week.
During Filemoni Aleki’s sentencing, the court said the only option in cases like this, is to send the culprits back to their countries, to save local resources.
Aleki...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government employees working from home under the current Code-Blue work schedule format, are prohibited from working in the private sector or another workplace other than from home, according to Human Resource director Eseneiaso J. Liu in a memo outlining guidance for...
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was able to bring up the need to reopen fishing access as a matter of national food security during a call with Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.
Congresswoman Amata brought up directly two aspects of American Samoa’s fishing industry...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of breaking into a family’s property and stealing a vehicle has entered into a plea agreement with the government last week, during a Change of Plea (COP) hearing before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia. Mealeaga Ale, who has been in custody since his arrest...