Letter to President Donald Trump
Subject: Stranded Samoan Lives Matter Talofa President Trump, I am High Chief Papali’i Su’a Lucia Bartley, a proud resident of American Samoa. I’m also a U. S. Citizen, Army Veteran. Mr. ...Read more
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Deadline to Screen Patients for Charter is Noon Today
(Press Release)…The deadline for screening all patients for the medical charter this Friday for the patient referral list is 12:00pm on Monday, October 19. Please contact the LBJ Off-Island ...Read more
Church Service Sunday for Suicide Prevention
The Department of Health is hosting a church service for Suicide Prevention this Sunday, October 18 at Kanana-fou CCCAS. The service is at 2pm. The community is invited to come together in unity ...Read more
EPIC Rolls Out SOS in Schools
More information about the Signs of Suicide Program that community service organization, EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islanders in Communities), is rolling out in schools has been provided by Associate ...Read more
Samoa Airways Pilots in Quarantine
Pilots for Samoa Airways are being quarantined at the Department of Health quarantine center in Tafuna. The two pilots replace the ones who have been flying to Manu’a for the last several months ...Read more
SGA puts Spotlight on Cyber-Bullying & Suicide
The Student Government Association (SGA) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) recently held a forum on cyber-bullying and suicide, two issues of increasing concern to both students and ...Read more
DOH Maintains No Repatriation at this Time
The Department of Health retains its position regarding a repatriation flight to bring home residents stranded across the mainland and Hawaii. And that is no flight at this time. Nevertheless DOH ...Read more
Admonishment, Thanks at Emergency Cabinet Meeting
At an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday morning at the Argosy Building the governor and lt governor expressed appreciation to the leaders and medical staff of the Department of Health for their ...Read more
Should Schools Return to 5 Days a Week?
Play Audio will-question The President of the Tafuna High School Parents Teacher Association Will Spitzenburg asking a question at the Tafuna High School “Let Your Voices be Heard,” ...Read more
Clinic Named Manumalo Alofa RHD Clinic
A celebration to mark the one year anniversary of the Rheumatic Heart Disease Clinic at the Department of Health was held at the Tafuna Community Health Center today. American Samoa has one of the ...Read more
