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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The new Senate and House of Representatives will be sworn in at noon on January 3, 2021, and the Secretary of the Office of the Samoan Affair, Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega told Samoa News this week that the new Legislature needs to work closely with the new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In American Samoa the marriage of the old time doctor’s house call and transformational technology offer a realistic promise of better community health.
Back in the day, when junior was running a fever or mom was about to deliver a new baby, the family doctor, black bag...
Apia, SAMOA — The recent COVID19 scare involving crew members of the Fesco Askold has prompted ASG to request all container ships heading to the two Samoas to dock first at American Samoa before heading to Apia.
And the offer Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi noted, will impact the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department estimates that close to 1,800 first responders, including healthcare workers will be the first local residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, with the first shipment to arrive this Saturday on the weekly cargo flight.
This is according to health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s estimated gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 1.4% in 2019, according to data and information released last Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce.
Responding to a request for comments or reaction to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former Territorial Correctional Facility inmate, James Glenn Barlow has appealed directly to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to grant his application for a pardon and commutation of sentence — a request already submitted a few months ago.
“I beg you to please grant me a pardon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the sentencing of a 49-year-old man from Samoa convicted of assaulting another man, the government attorney stated to the court that there are many non-violent ways to settle disputes in American Samoa, and wielding a machete is not one of them.
Filemoni Tagaleoo had...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During her special remarks at the American Samoa Community College’s 73rd Commencement ceremony last Friday morning, ASCC President Dr. Rosevonne Pato congratulated the graduating class of 2020 and welcomed all who attended the ceremony at the “Home of the Chiefs” at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 25-year-old man, who was convicted of stealing, was released from custody last week after the High Court determined that the 18 months he served at the TCF to await sentencing was enough.
Niusila Faamanatuga, under a plea agreement with the government, pled guilty to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force co-chairmen, LBJ Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Faumuina John Faumuina and Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua were accompanied by medical personnel from the task force during a news conference yesterday...