52 hotels in Samoa closed due to pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have forced the closure of 52 hotels in Samoa and have affected 3,877 jobs in the visitor industry alone. Samoa Tourism Authority Chief Executive Officer, ...Read more
The global COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have forced the closure of 52 hotels in Samoa and have affected 3,877 jobs in the visitor industry alone. Samoa Tourism Authority Chief Executive Officer, ...Read more
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed the announcement of $344,292 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and congratulated the American Samoa Criminal Justice ...Read more
Yesterday was the second Covid tests for travelers who arrived on the September 13th Hawaiian Airlines flight. According to health officials all those quarantined at Tradewinds Hotel and Sadies by ...Read more
An overstayer who admitted assaulting his niece with a metal pipe will be deported as soon as arrangements have been made for him to leave the territory. Lomi Fuatia has been in custody since ...Read more
The Samoa Chamber of Commerce says it supports the Samoa Government’s mass immunization roll out, but there is a need for improvement. Samoa Observer quotes the Chamber’s Chief Executive ...Read more
House leaders have agreed to avert the islands’ “Medicaid Cliff” in a temporary spending bill to avoid the cliff and a government shutdown October 1st. KHJ News Washington DC corr. Matt ...Read more
The Director of Medicaid, Sandra King-Young, is strongly advocating that American Samoa moves to individual enrollment for the Medicaid program. She says this will increase the federal match for ...Read more
The discovery of a COVID-19 positive case in American Samoa is causing concern in Samoa with Parliamentarians urging the government not to open borders to overseas travel. During debate on the ...Read more
A former Country Manager of ANZ Bank in American Samoa Joanne Rasmussen has been appointed as Head of Pacific Retail Distribution with the insurance firm Tower Insurance. Tower is the parent ...Read more
The school closest to the Dept of Health Alternate Care Facility at Tafuna where the confirmed coronavirus case is being isolated, Tafuna Elementary School, is taking protective measures. Vice ...Read more