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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Testimony by LBJ Medical Cemter officials during a House Health committee hearing this week concerns many faipule. LBJ issues include the ongoing problem of shortage of nurses and that LBJ is not ready to deal with COVID-19 cases.
LBJ Hospital CEO Faumuina John Faumuina’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male driver and a female passenger in a vehicle pulled over by police officers for a seat belt violation last month are now in custody after officers discovered illegal drugs and paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Moreover, the male passenger was the same person allegedly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Lefiti Atiulagi Pese informed senators yesterday that three DPS officers have been given termination letters after their drug test results came back positive.
Lefiti made the public revelation, responding to a query from Sen. Fonoti Tafa’ifa Aufata...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to the lack of school bus service for some elementary schools in the Eastern District, the Department of Education is reaching out to local bus owners for help to transport students to and from school everyday, while DOE is still waiting for fifteen new school buses...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burning his friend’s house with the intention of killing him and his uncle told police that the reason he planned to murder his friend and his uncle was to pay back what his friend had done to him — consistently lying to him and borrowing money from him...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 69-year-old great uncle from Faleniu convicted of sexually assaulting his 10-year-old great niece has been sentenced to serve 12 straight years at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF).
The court told the defendant, who is a citizen of the Independent State of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal investigation recovered $23,358 in back wages for eight employees of a Pago Pago employer who failed to pay eight workers for work performed before and after their scheduled shifts. The employer required the work but failed to record the time and pay for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his virtual remarks delivered to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga called on the federal government to allow American Samoa “more flexible usage” of federal funding awarded to the territory from the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted several needs, especially a modernized hospital, along with pandemic-caused concerns, including visa overstayers, obstacles for Army recruits, and the Census numbers which were compiled while up to 2,000 residents were away. She...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Encouraging American Samoan women to acknowledge the importance of their roles in family, village, church and government is the theme of a program promoting women’s empowerment called, “Toe Timata le Upega” — promoted by the Women’s Division of the Department of Youth...