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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators last week rejected an Administration bill to expand arrest powers to other departments, which would then be in addition to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers having such powers.
The bill is one of the measures by proposed by the Admin to counter the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The release last week by the Commerce Department’s Statistical and Analysis Division of the American Samoa 2020 Statistical Yearbook, which includes data from past elections, reaffirms what political observers and election officials have said in the past years on the low...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Loe Iopu is held on bail of $10,000 on drugs charges in relation to a police raid in Pago Pago earlier this month.
Iopu is one of the six defendants charged from the raid and he appeared last week before the court. The other co-defendant’s are Meriko Lomu, Desmond Tupa’i...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Chief Executive Officer, Moefaauo Bill Emmsley has called for unity amongst the hospital staff.
“Pulling together and not against each other is what we need at LBJ to remedy our current healthcare delivery predicament.
“Though as staff members, we need ‘fuel’ to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is celebrating the announcement of a $3,425,012 federal grant from the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) for American Samoa.
The grant, part of the CDC’s Strengthening US Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three men were arrested on Monday afternoon in relation to an armed drug raid by the DPS Vice and Narcotics Unit when they executed a search warrant on a home at Mesepa. Drugs were uncovered, such as methamphetamine (meth) or ‘ice’, as well as drug paraphernalia and cash...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Attorney General’s office cites corporate privilege and government privilege among the reasons its filed a motion to quash in part a subpoena from the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) for “all” documents regarding the bidding process and subsequent...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight Carl’s Jr employees were possibly affected by unidentified fumes in the restaurant on Saturday. All eight were taken to the hospital, with six later cleared to go home while two remained at the hospital for observation.
Carl’s Jr’s Manager Phil Love told Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ’s new newsletter — O Le Taulasea — launched on Friday, November 18, 2022 with the hospital’s CEO Moefa'auo William Emmsley saying, "It is time for us to tell our story” It was a soft launch to promote the newsletter that Acting CMO, Dr. Akapusi Ledua, said is to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Department of Marine Wildlife and Resources director, Taotasi Archie Soliai, continues his plea for US tuna boats to be given Small Island Developing States (SIDS) status.
Taotasi made the comments at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries...