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STRANDED CITIZENS
Honolulu, HAWAII — American Samoa has sealed off its borders since March, leaving hundreds of its residents stranded in Hawaii and elsewhere in the United States.
Now some of those who were stuck have died.
There are roughly 600 American Samoans stranded in the US.
At last official word,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has granted approval for repatriation flights for citizens of Samoa stranded in American Samoa as well as the resumption of inter island cargo service between the two Samoas.
However, there are specific requirements that apply to both requests,...
Suva, FIJI — Fiji's government says efforts are being made to repatriate its citizens stranded in the Middle East due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister's Office said while the government had been able to repatriate on family, there are others who remain in the region who want to get home...
Dear American Samoa Government,
The Government has one job and that job is to do right by its people! However, the American Samoa Government has failed not only myself but my family and its citizens. By making us feel like unimportant irritants and pariahs to society.
We’ve exhausted every measure...
Dear Governor Lolo,
Samoa muamua le Atua. We have that on our American Samoa Government seal and we have always prized ourselves as God fearing people and people of faith. We have always prized ourselves also as loving people.
But the past few months since the outbreak of COVID-19 things have been...
This undated photo, provided by Epifania Rapozo, center, shows her with her two children Malia, left, and Levi, right, on a hillside overlooking a scenic site on American Samoa's main island of Tutuila. Rapozo, a native of American Samoa, and her children, from Washington State have been stranded...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “It is still the Department of Health’s position that we do not recommend travel to and from areas of known COVID-19 infections,” said DoH Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa during the department’s coronavirus presentation at last Thursday’s emergency cabinet meeting....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After hearing from Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga — the Chief Medical Officer at LBJ Hospital and also a Coronavirus Task Force member — that there are no plans at this stage for repatriation flights, the House of Representatives plans to send a resolution to the governor...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Air New Zealand’s first flight to Tonga since the Covid-19 lockdown has taken off on Tuesday morning.
Flight NZ970 was due to land at Fua’amotu International Airport at 1.30pm local time.
It is the first Air NZ repatriation flight of Tongans since border restrictions were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa’s borders closed for about two-months now due to the coronavirus pandemic declaration, questions have been raised as to why ASG can’t charter a flight to uplift stranded local residents in the US to bring them home and that same flight could take...