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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) conducted an emergency disaster exercise yesterday, Sept. 05, in the Manu’a island group, which has been experiencing ongoing tremors for several weeks.
The Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) says in a media statement...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa joins the rest of the Nation today, Monday, Sept. 05 to celebrate Labor Day 2022 as Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has declared a holiday in the territory.
“Labor Day is a time to honor and recognize the labor movement and all laborers for their contributions to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that the next round of data from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses would be released in October 2022.
The new data will be released as a Demographic Profile and will provide the four U.S. Island Areas — American Samoa, the Commonwealth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was taken into custody after police picked him up for a public peace disturbance (PPD) matter in Happy Valley in the Tafuna area. During his arrest, cops discovered drugs in his possession.
Tomasi Opetaia who has a previous assault conviction from 2015, made his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident is now charged with violating local drug laws after cops found drugs inside his vehicle.
Falaula Filipo, 30, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana and one count of unlawful possession of meth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release issued late last week, American Samoa Medicaid State Agency director, Sandra King Young announced that the local Medicaid office is resuming immediately the non-emergency patient referrals to New Zealand.
“Now that NZ and Samoa have reopened borders...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health’s Environmental Health Services Division continued its site visits to school buildings on Friday in line with the opening of the new school year next week.
“We're conducting follow-up on schools this week.
“We couldn't do it earlier as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the fourth-week in a row, the number of COVID-19 positive cases from the community spread of the pandemic remains at double-digits, according to the Health Department (DoH) Situational Report presented to the COVID-19 Task Force weekly briefing held Tuesday afternoon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend outside of their house was arrested and is now in custody. When he was arrested at the scene, a glass pipe containing meth was found inside his pants pocket.
The man is charged with one count of unlawful possession of meth, an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S Interior Department’s Office of Insular Affairs policy director Basil Ottley was on hand when Lisa Tuato’o, Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) director, who is also the ASG’s team lead for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Working...