Dr. Saleapaga: Too Many Lives Lost to Suicide
Two young lives were lost to suicide on the same day this week. The deaths were confirmed by Chief Medical Officer of the LBJ Hospital Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga who said, “We have a suicide ...Read more
Two young lives were lost to suicide on the same day this week. The deaths were confirmed by Chief Medical Officer of the LBJ Hospital Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga who said, “We have a suicide ...Read more
After hearing from the Chief Medical Officer at LBJ Hospital and Coronavirus Task Force member Dr Iotamo Saleapaga that there are no plans at this stage for repatriation flights, the House of ...Read more
The Emergency Operations Center has raised concerns regarding the COVID-19 protocols used with two travelers that arrived on the Samoa Airways flight from Samoa last Friday. And KHJ News ...Read more
The American Samoa Community College continues to face funding challenges, partly caused by a shortfall in local subsidies from ASG. For FY2020, ASCC had requested $3.9 million based on its ...Read more
A veteran who traveled from Apia on the return flight of the Samoa Airlines plane that went for maintenance last week was admitted to the LBJ Hospital upon arrival in the territory. According to ...Read more
The driver of the vehicle that was involved in a fatal accident Sunday morning in Utusia’ has been arrested and charged. 19 year-old Manuita Sofeni of Atu’u is charged with homicide by vehicle ...Read more
In a first for budget hearings, the semi autonomous entities of ASG were let off lightly without much questioning by lawmakers. All of the authorities: the LBJ Hospital, American Samoa Power ...Read more
The LBJ Hospital has requested the Medicaid Office for another medical flight to take patients needing treatment off island. This was revealed by the Medicaid Director Sandra King-Young during ...Read more
Two men arrested last week by police on allegations they tried to rape a mentally challenged girl have waived their rights to a preliminary examination and will have their pretrial conference next ...Read more
The exercise that will test protocols and response to a repatriation flight bringing stranded residents from Hawaii and the US mainland is taking place but not tomorrow as announced by the ...Read more