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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former Manu’a #1 faipule and current Department of Health deputy director, Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr assured the current Manu’a #1 Faipule Alumamalu Filoiali’i Ale that he will not run in the upcoming election, instead, he along with his family will fully support the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Pago Pago accused of hitting another man with his pick-up truck was arrested and he’s now being charged with two felony counts of driving while under the influence of alcohol causing death or bodily injury and 2nd-degree assault, both class D felonies,...
Reston, VIRGINIA — StarKist Co. this past Tuesday, April 5, opened its corporate and administrative headquarters in Reston, Virginia, at 1875 Explorer Street, with room for more than 70 employees.
"StarKist is proud to make Reston our official global headquarters," said Andrew Choe, President and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Magalei Logovi’i is the sponsor of a bill seeking to amend the Tobacco Restriction Act and the American Samoa Smoke Free Environment Act to include electronic cigarettes — commonly referred to as e-cigarette — to the definition of tobacco products and the definition...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife is now in custody after being arrested by police last month. Not only DID he assault his wife and sister, but he also threatened to kill his wife and his children.
The defendant made his initial appearance in Court last month.
He is...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified Thursday before the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding American Samoa’s Operations funding derived from the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), in which she requested an increase based on inflation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The new veterinarian on island is warning the community about the presence of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease carried by rats. In 2020, the former acting head of the veterinary clinic, As As early as 2020 the late Tanya Tarasawa who managed the clinic at that time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center recorded a new COVID-19 related death on Wednesday and the deceased is a 74-year old male, according to officials who attended yesterday’s COVID-19 Task Force daily briefing from the Emergency Operations Center.
The new fatality was announced by LBJ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With remote-virtual learning for public schools on Tutuila ongoing since the government’s partial lockdown after the first community case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 21, a large number of students are not participating in these online classes, according to Lt. Gov....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of nearly $1.5 million in Fiscal Year 2022 in federal funding for transportation.
Specifically, American Samoa will receive $1,488,150 in funding through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula programs this year. These...