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dog with bandage on head
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Not many dogs go through life without an injury.  The world is full of things that can harm your dog, on purpose or by accident.  Practice prevention and preparation. Any injury should be assessed by a veterinarian as soon as possible but all injuries need First Aid. ...
Dr. Rosevonne Pato (center), HTC Uta Dr. Laloulu E. Tagoilelagi (left) and Dr. Gertrude Iuli Sala
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Friday, March 15, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) reached another milestone with the grand opening of its new Cafeteria Building, which was preceded by the groundbreaking ceremony for the adjacent Smart Art, Community & Higher Education Building (...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) coverage area is much different than other VA locations since Veterans cannot simply drive from American Samoa to get to an appointment on Oahu. But the VA Beneficiary Travel department works hard to help Veterans with...
ESA@50 Art Contest participants
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local students ranging from kindergarten to high school got together at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on Tuesday March 19, to celebrate Conservation Arts Day by highlighting through art, the importance of conserving and protecting endangered marine species. The...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency (ASMSA) has suspended all its services, as of Mar. 1, 2024, due to depletion of the local match, it now looks like the government is not even paying Medicaid bills that should be paid with local match funds that have already...
Hawaii wind turbines
Honolulu, HAWAII — The effects of climate change — along with seismic activity that is prompting the islands making up American Samoa to sink — are part of a one-two punch raising questions about the sustainability of human life on narrow islands in the South Pacific made up largely of flat...
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Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is receiving notification of $3.8 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency within HHS. The same amount was just announced on February 28, covering a...
Congresswoman Amata with Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley Simina
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met with Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley Simina on Wednesday as a follow up to the recent passage of the Compact of Free Association Agreements with the FSM, Palau, and the Marshall Islands (RMI) to discuss implementation,...
Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The power to arrest suspected violators of the law which had rested solely with police officers, has now been given to security officers of the Department of Port Authority. This follows the governor’s signing of a Senate bill which will “allow the Director of the...
DYWA PAGO PAGO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 25, 2023, the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) received a call to report an unknown male who allegedly broke into the Department of Youth and Women’s Affair (DYWA) in Pago Pago. Joseph Aetonu was apprehended and charged with Count 1: Trespass — a class B...

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