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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 vaccine for 5 to 11 years olds has been put on hold by the Health Department for selected schools on Thursday, Dec. 16th and today, Friday, Dec. 17th at the vaccination sites, according to a DoH health advisory sent out late Wednesday afternoon.
And this is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a red pick-up truck pulled over by police last month for a traffic violation is also facing charges after he allegedly assaulted a man last year.
Lipea Tulouna made his initial appearance in District Court last month and the government has filed two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 44th Annual Holiday Music Festival hosted by the Council on Arts, Culture, and Humanities came to a close Wednesday evening.
Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga reflected on the music festival’s impact on the Territory. “As we come to a close to this year’s Arts Council...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who allegedly told his niece to shut up before he cuts her with a knife has been told by District Court to keep the peace within his family and refrain from making threats towards his niece or any other family member.
Talosaga Filo is charged with public peace...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed yesterday bipartisan Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, sending the major legislation to President Biden to be signed into law.
This Act, passed last week by the House of Representatives...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has granted approval to American Samoa’s request to extend the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) application deadline for households to claim benefits for School Year 2020- 21 and the summer of 2021.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) will hold its 75th Commencement Ceremony this Friday, December 17, beginning at 10 a.m. outdoors on the lawn adjacent to the Multi-Purpose Center.
This semester, 117 prospective ASCC graduates will receive their degrees and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A drop in the number of purse seiner fishing boats calling into American Samoa, as a result of conservation and management measures (CMMs) imposed by a regional fishing commission has caused a “loss of about $54 million so far this year,” as well as the negative impact...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Domestic violence cases involving the beating and abuse of wives, girlfriends, and in some cases husbands by their spouse or partner, at their homes, is one of the rising offenses in the territory over the last two months. Often, alcohol is involved, sometimes drugs, as...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A drive to increase Hawaii longliners’ bigeye tuna quota has again fallen short at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
The U.S. delegation to the WCPFC requested that its longline bigeye quota be increased by 3,000 metric tons, noting stocks appeared to not be...