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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Territorial Coordinating Officer (TCO), Samana Semo Ve’ave’a, who is also director of the local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS), has responded to questions about the reported six travelers who arrived on Monday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The StarKist family held a gathering at DDW Beach Café on Friday evening, July 29, 2022 to bid farewell to their outgoing plant director Jason Kim (second from far right). Kim led StarKist in reaching several accomplishments in his 3-year tenure including achieving the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Six passengers who traveled on Monday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu were not tested for COVID-19 upon arrival at Pago Pago International Airport, says Health Department Clinical Service director, Dr. Elizabeth Lauvao in an email update to the local media...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office budget has increased from $324,000 to $521,500. This is outlined in the proposed budget for new financial year starting Oct. 01, 2022.
The total salary cost is $459,071 out of the $521,500 budget.
According to the proposed budget under...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife in front of their children is going to jail. He was ordered by the Court to serve 28 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of 7 years probation.
The defendant, who has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health’s Environmental Services Division is on a roll and if you’ve got a business they’ll be there to inspect you.
In the last few months, the Environmental Services Division has closed stores, restaurants and other business they “deemed” condemned and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man convicted of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth) was released from custody this week, after the Court decided that the 8 months he spent in custody while awaiting the outcome of his case is enough punishment.
Faafetai Eneliko appeared before Acting...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed final Senate passage of the PACT Act, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law, as it was passed in mid-July by the U.S. House of Representatives. PACT stands for Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, and the official full...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A much lower fertility rate (number of children born per woman of childbearing age) and continued out-migration has been attributed to the slight decreased in American Samoa’s mid-year 2022 population count, which is estimated at 51,269 — a drop of 292 persons from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Health has banned one of the most popular snack foods among children on island — “Tako” is banned effective immediately.
A letter from Director, Motusa Tuileama Nua dated the July 20, 2022 and obtained by Samoa News was addressed to “all...