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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has recorded a new COVID-19 related death bringing American Samoa’s total cumulative mortality to 25, says LBJ’s acting chief of staff Dr. Akapusi Ledua, during yesterday’s COVID-19 Task Force virtual news conference.
Dr. Ledua summarized that the new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Information provided by the American Samoa COVID-19 Task Force recently about free meals for people who are in home isolation is escalating the anger felt by some of those who were isolated but never received free meal delivery.
Over the past two weeks, the Task Force...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S-based StarKist Co., has confirmed monetary assistance and tuna products for StarKist Samoa employees who tested COVID-19 positive or isolated due to family member who tested positive and have urged all eligible cannery employees to get their booster dose.
Based on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man convicted of violating the territory’s drug laws was given a huge break by the court when he was sentenced to serve 20 months rather than 5 full years at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as one of the conditions of his 5-year probation....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Because COVID-19 federal funding is “temporary”, cabinet members have been informed not to include these funds in their proposed fiscal year 2023 budget but instead submit the funding separately and have it their possession should there be questions from lawmakers during...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman was arrested by police last month and accused of abusing her 12-year-old son.
The defendant is charged with one count of abuse of a child involving domestic violence, a class D felony; along with one count of 3rd degree and one count of endangering the welfare of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed notice of $115,789 in COVID-19 grants for the American Samoa Community College’s efforts to educate the community on COVID-19.
The grant, which is a program of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families of several nurses who have been placed on leave without pay after they failed to comply with the Governor’s mandate for all first responders and health workers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 — including the booster shot, have spoken out for the first time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another round of tax refund checks - totaling more than $1.8 million - is scheduled for release today, Monday, Apr. 25, bringing new cash into the local economy and giving consumers new purchasing power, that will keep stores and other outlets busy this week.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man accused of assaulting a man in Aua by striking the victim’s head with a piece of timber made his initial appearance in Court last month.
Si’u Amosa is charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, an unclassified felony, punishable by...