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Photo of Amouli Health Center
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was the high cost of the “change order’ from the construction company doing the repairs for the Amouli Health Center that caused the delay to the work, according to Motusa Tuileama Nua during his House hearing for confirmation as Dept. of Health director. He said...
ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second round of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) — or stimulus checks, as part of the federal COVID Related Tax Relief Act, will be distributed in three batches, with the first-batch to be released next week, says ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga in a statement yesterday...
Police vehicle and policeman blocking road into Tradewinds Hotel
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As television news footage out of Honolulu on the morning of Feb. 1st showed some American Samoa residents at the Honolulu airport heading for check-in for the first repatriation flight to the territory, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga posted a message on the...
Governor and others in Zoom conference with stranded residents
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Saturday, January 30, 2021, Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga  accompanied the COVID-19 Task Force during a final briefing and After-Action Report after the last exercise on the same day. They discussed all phases of the repatriation operation and offered the...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through two separate memorandums last week, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga appointed new board members for the American TeleCommunications Authority and the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority. ASTCA BOARD Because ASTCA has continued to operate under an...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Iliili accused of attempting to assault his uncle’s wife while she was holding her 18-month-old grandson was arrested last month. Ameperosa Viliamu, 32, made his initial appearance in District Court where Judge Elvis P. Patea granted a motion from the defense...
Senators during official opening of Senate in 2021
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Retirement Committee, chaired by Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, has scheduled for Thursday this week, a hearing on a bill sponsored by Sen. Magalei Logovi’i and introduced in the Senate yesterday that seeks to increase members’ contribution to the American...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 47-year-old man convicted of violating the local drug laws is going to jail. The court sentenced Finau Alatasi to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 5 years probation. Alatasi appeared in High Court last week for...
Amata wearing a face mask
Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata released a welcome home message on the occasion of the first repatriation flight: “Talofa and welcome home everyone! First, I want to thank God for this blessing. I want to thank everyone at Hawaiian Air for taking you home on this flight...
Young boy holding welcome banner
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement yesterday, the Health Department reminds the public that all 159 passengers on the first repatriation flight from the US, which arrived yesterday afternoon at Pago Pago International Airport tested negative three-times for COVID-19. The reminder comes amid...

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