August 2019
AS U-19 Women’s Handball Team places 4th at New Caledonia
Noumea, NEW CALEDONIA — With two wins and three losses, the American Samoa National U-19 Women's Indoor Handball Team placed 4th at the conclusion of the 2019 International Handball Feder
Truck blazes
At approximately 11a.m. Sunday morning, Samoa News captured this image — a full size truck, on fire, in front of the Laufou Shopping Center in Nuuuli.
Former employee of Western Union's local agent pleads guilty to stealing
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the two women accused of stealing money from Western Union's local agent, Pacific Holdings American Samoa, has entered into a plea agreement with the government.<
American Samoa geared up to host two police conferences this week
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some of the delegates for the three-day 48th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) Conference, which opens Wednesday at the Ottoville Professional Building in
Man pleads guilty to stealing after using someone else's credit card
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of fraudulently using another person’s credit card has admitted to the stealing charge against him.
Teens, veterans, and even the elderly got a piece of the action — 2019 ‘Get Into Your Sanctuary’ a HUGE success
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) celebrated the annual Get Into Your Sanctuary (GIYS) weekend — earlier this month — with a variety of ev
Samoa village allows suspect in PM's assassination plot to return
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoan village has backtracked on a move to banish a villager allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.
Pacific aid could lead to exploitation, academic warns
Suva, FIJI — There is a "lingering fear that the strings attached to development aid" may expose the region to exploitation, an expert in Pacific arts and culture says.
Convicted murderer accused of stabbing an inmate at TCF last week
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who is serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of his brother several years ago in Aunu’u, appeared in District Court las