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ASCC Nursing Program Director Lele Ah Mu with students
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Nursing program at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) includes community outreach components such as the student nurses volunteering to assist at LBJ Hospital, as well as activities where they take their services directly to the public. This week, the ASCC...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who is accused of giving juveniles marijuana to sell for him has asked the Court to set his case for jury trial. The trial is now set for 2023. Talitiga Malo appeared in court last week for his pretrial conference. He was represented by Assistant Public Defender...
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Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a grant of over $400,000 for American Samoa’s Head Start program through the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS). Specifically, the discretionary grant of $400,891 is directed to the American Samoa Department of...
DHR director Lynn Pulou- Alaimalo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Apr. 12th decision, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), Marie A. Alailima reversed the firing of the 17-year career service employee — Irene Uhrle-Annipale — at the Department of Human Resources, whose director Lynn Pulou- Alaimalo, terminated her last month. Annipale...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first round of the third federally-funded Economic Impact Payment (EIP) — or stimulus checks — which is $1,400 per qualified tax payer — is expected to be released next week, the first week of May. Responding to Samoa News inquiries, Maryann Olo with the ASG Tax...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Department of Labor ((USDOL) has opened an investigation into an industrial incident that claimed the lives of two men at the main dock of the Port of Pago Pago two weeks ago, says a federal labor official, who was responding to Samoa News inquiries. The probe is...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife, who was sentenced by the High Court to 5 years probation, is now in custody after being arrested by police last week and accused of child abuse of his 3-year-old nephew. The man, Tino Tapuaiaalupe made his initial appearance in...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 23-year-old man from Kokoland accused of burglarizing a store in Tafuna and taking off with several items has admitted to the allegations against him. Tala’ave Aviata, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared in High Court...
Sign in at vaccine site this past Friday
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A “Vaccine Station” sign indicates one of the areas were the COVID-19 vaccination doses were given out last Friday at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium vaccination site. Everyone inside the auditorium was required to wear a face mask. Residents are told — among other things...
Back wall around TCF
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drugs entering the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and prisoners having access to drugs has been an ongoing problem in the territory for many years now. Despite building a wall around the facility, inmates are testing positive for methamphetamine and marijuana,...

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