PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — AS-DOE is delaying the opening of schools until Monday, September 8, 2025 in order to ensure that students return to schools that are not only safe from a continued rise in Dengue Fever, but also to address both health concerns and the readiness of school facilities.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaali’i N. Pula has released a response to high winds and flooding in the Territory in a memorandum, dated Jan. 9, 2025.
The memo states that “severe weather is affecting American Samoa, and a High Wind Warning has been issued.
“Some parts of our Territory are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The condition of bathrooms and cafeterias are just two of the many reasons why a number of public schools on Tutuila and in Manu’a will not be opening when the new school year starts next month.
This was the statement provided by a Health Inspector during a House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The new school year - 2021-2022 — for public schools opens Aug. 23, according to the local Education Department, which has been holding training and other special sessions in the past weeks and continuing this week for educators, administrations and principals.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa, with more than 2,000 workers, is scheduled to resume production today, after its two-week annual end of the year holiday shut down. At the same time, all public and the majority of private school students return to class today, which means busy early...





![In this Samoa News file photo, StarKist workers enter the canning plant in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo] StarKist workers enter the canning plant in Pago Pago, American Samoa.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/starkist_gate_0648_0.jpg?itok=eeN467-s)