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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A look at some of the local students during Monday’s opening ceremony at the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center for this year’s American Samoa Government-sponsored Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) which includes at least 8 who are American Samoan students attending school...
![Sasa Family members [l-r] Serita Sasa-Marsiglia, Lua Langkilde, LBJ hospital’s procurement manager Sinasina Joe Langkilde, Henrietta Sasa-Fata, and Nanavale Sasa-Ta'amu](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sasa_family_donation.jpg?itok=EzLsHBXK "This photo provided by LBJ Medical Center shows, [l-r] Serita Sasa-Marsiglia, Lua Langkilde, LBJ hospital’s procurement manager Sinasina Joe Langkilde, Henrietta Sasa-Fata, and Nanavale Sasa-Ta'amu, in January this year, after the Sasa Family made a $500 donation to LBJ Medical Center. [photo: LBJ]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ hospital recently received two “gestures of kindness and gifts” from a local group and a family to help the only hospital in American Samoa and LBJ chief executive Faumuina John Faumuina has expressed sincere appreciation to them.
The most recent “wonderful gift...
Funafuti, TAVALU — There will be three new members at the next Polynesian Leaders Group scheduled for Pago Pago, American Samoa. New Zealand, Hawaii and Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, have been admitted as members of the Polynesian Leaders Group.
The three add to the group's existing nine members:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit is set for this upcoming week with the theme, “Self-Determination and Hope”, and is spearheaded by the ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review & Federal Relations, which is led by Tapa’au Dr. Daniel Aga.
Tapa...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is pleased to announce that joint efforts between herself, Governor Lolo, and their respective teams in American Samoa and Washington, D.C. resulted in President Trump’s Administration further reviewing American Samoa’s needs related to the impact from...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Commerce Department this week announced the appointment of 30 members to the eight regional fishery management councils that partner with NOAA Fisheries to manage ocean fish stocks. Twenty-nine of the new and reappointed council members will serve three-year terms from...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata offered an amendment to the VA COST SAVINGS Act that was passed with bipartisan support.
In an active week centered on veterans’ legislation, she voted Wednesday in support of seven bills passed by the Subcommittee, including one on which she was an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Weather Service in Tafuna has urged residents to heed all advisories and warnings being issued especially when it comes to coastal waters, with expected surf heights up to 12 feet and higher at times, while high winds are expected of up to 25 mph on land....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against one of the defendants from a case where police raided two homes in Pago Pago last month and allegedly found illegal drugs, was dismissed without prejudice by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia this week, after the court was unable to find probable cause and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local Department of Homeland Security is conducting an investigation this week into the case involving a Filipino woman who refuses to leave the territory and her former sponsor and employer — who is Rep. Vui Florence Saulo, the owner of the FSA Land Development,...