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Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
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IOE SE ALII I MOLIAGA O LONA UMIA O VAEGA O FUALAAU FAASAINA
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Taeao Manuia. Taeao Totoa, i le mamalu o le tatou aufaitau nusipepa i lenei taeao fou.
Five appointments for new cabinet directors: 2 new, 2 replacements, 1 repeat
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five appointments for new directors for the Pulaali’i and Pulu Administration have been announced, with two of the appointments replacing two nominees that were
Police break up peace disturbance before it got violent
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 21, 2024, traffic officers came upon a disturbance between two male individuals, resulting in one of the men being arrested for disturbing the peace
Mother calls police to remove unruly son from her home
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 21, 2024, a concerned mother called the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) for assistance regarding her son who was allegedly causing a disturbance by at
Pacific News Briefs
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trump administration's decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funding means "nothing's safe right
Samoa offers reward for escaped prisoner
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa govt is offering a $ST5000 cash reward to anyone that has information on the whereabouts of a rapist that leads to his arrest.
Turtle Caregivers in Tokelau start at a young age
Nukunonu. TOKELAU — In Tokelau, communities are looking after baby turtles after they washed up on the shores of islands in the remote atolls.








![The US Agency for International Development headquarters in Washington as seen on September 9, 2019. [photo: Graeme Sloan/Sipa /AP via CNN] USAID building](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/usaid_building.jpeg?itok=BN533AUe)

![Ilissapesi Sakalia holding her turtles "Popo" and "Uto" — two of the more than 30 sea turtles found in Tokelau in 2025. "We're looking after them so that they can go back into the ocean when they're big enough, so that they don't get eaten by the other sea creatures, like sharks," Pasilio said. [courtesy photo] Ilissapesi Sakalia holding her turtles](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/girl_with_sea_turtles.jpeg?itok=47OmCRgB)