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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a notice of intended action, the Commerce Commission — the local government’s regulator for public transportation and commercial vehicles — is proposing to increase aiga bus rates and establish a new high school and elementary school bus fare under the American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred about 176 miles southwest of Savaii island in Samoa around 5:02a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 in American Samoa, according to a bulletin notice issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.
And based on all...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For today’s feature story highlighting local teachers of American Samoa, as part of celebrating not only the Territory’s Teachers Awareness Week from last week, but also National Teachers Awareness Week being spotlighted this week in the U.S., we have Blessing Faalata...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fagaitua High school Class of 1993 made their way back home to American Samoa, to not only celebrate their 30-year reunion, but also to give back to their alumni and their community by donating a gift, in the form of an electronic scoreboard.
During KVZK’s program Manuo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa wants more involvement at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
It wants associate member status after being a Forum observer since 2011.
Other PIF observer countries and territories include the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Guam, Timor Leste, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One measure, already submitted by the Administration for Fono review and approval when lawmakers convene in July for the 2nd Regular Session of the 38th Legislature, is Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga’s appointment of Rep. Vailoata Eteuati Amituana’i to the Immigration Board....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of manually recording hours that employees work, the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) has called on the Health Department to evolve towards increasingly automated methods of recording and reporting of employee work times.
This is according to one of the issues of...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrated every May.
“We have an ancient culture in American Samoa, and our heritage is very important to us here and for our people living throughout the United States,” said Congresswoman...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Intersections will be joining over 40 organizations, both nationally and locally, in an effort to provide culturally-specific, community-based support for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 76-year-old man from Puapua is being charged with the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old minor; while the mother of the minor was also arrested for allegedly not reporting the abuse to police after being told of it by the minor’s school principal.
It is reported that on May...