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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 3, 2024, a traffic stop resulted in the arrest of Kid Bartley who allegedly refused the Standardized Field Sobriety Test.
The defendant was arrested and charged with Count 1: Resisting Arrest — a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to one year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Extreme low tides and coral bleaching exacerbated by global climate change, are causing widespread loss of coral, according to the Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources (DMWR), which is calling for collaboration between communities, governments, and conservation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 24, 2024, a woman walked in at the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a male individual who broke into her home and was sleeping on the floor.
The suspect was apprehended and charged with Count 1: Trespass — a class B misdemeanor punishable by...