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ILOILOINA E LE FAAMASINOGA APILI MATAUPU TAU I ‘ABSENTEE VOTING’ O le aso ananafi na iloiloina ai e le Faamasinoga Apili (9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) i le laumua i Uasigitone, ia se tagi sa faauluina e ni sitiseni o Amerika na aumau i Hawaii, ae ua faamautu nei i Puerto Rico ma Virgin...
turkey tails
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index for the month of January 2024 has experienced a slight increase of 1.8% over December 2023 with a hike in prices for six food commodities, according to the Basic Food Index (BFI), released this week by the Commerce Department’s Statistics &...
American Samoa District Court
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 6, 2023, at about 9:00pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a distraught father seeking assistance regarding a fight that broke out at his home in Seetaga between his two sons — Apelu Vilisinimisa and Pati Taaloga. Both were charged with...
HOSA students
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public and private high schools came together this past Friday during the annual Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competition at DYWA gymnasium in Tafuna on February 9, 2024. The event served as a platform for students to demonstrate their healthcare...
Michelle Brunt
As part of a major upscaling of their local cargo services TransAM has appointed Michelle Brunt as their new NPDL Senior Sales Manager, covering American Samoa and Samoa. These initiatives include a substantial increase in the line’s general and refrigerated cargo capacity in the California-South...
The eight Thai nurses that have been added to the LBJ Hospital
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center, yesterday, proudly announced the addition of eight highly skilled nurses from Thailand to their healthcare team, continuing their efforts to expand the “wealth of expertise and knowledge” available at the facility to “maintain a full-...
Ryan Tuato’o and Junior Sisifo Lauvao
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of Vaifanua District have been faced with the problem of not being able to drink the water supplied by ASPA for more than 30 years. This was revealed by Vaifanua Senator Satele Aliitai Lili’o during a hearing of the Senate ASPA Power & Water Committee...
CENSUS BUREAU
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Agricultural Census for 2023 is underway in American Samoa and enumerators are now visiting selected farmers and households for the survey. For the purposes of the Agricultural Census, a farm is defined as a household producing agricultural products for sale and/ or...
deep sea nodule field
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the Cook Islands should have the freedom to investigate deep sea mining before being criticized. Peters made the comment while in Rarotonga during his Pacific Mission last week. "The reality is you're talking about massive...
Weather report graphic
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the US National Weather Service Pago Pago continues to monitor the active South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ), expect a wet week with strong and gusty winds while the potential for a tropical system to develop within the area remains high.  A flash flood watch...

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