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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Josh Green of Hawaii visited American Samoa during the 125th Flag Day celebrations, marking a significant moment in the Territory's history. Governor Green, a physician by training, was joined by the Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula of American Samoa during the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa now has the Navy on island year round. Sailors, community leaders, veterans, and families gathered during Navy Week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of the new recruiting station in American Samoa, strengthening the Navy's commitment to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Depending on the perspective, seabed mining is seen as an economic boon or an ecological disaster.
In a press release issued this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is betting on President Donald Trump’s executive order signed last week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 21, 2025, a police officer contacted the Tafuna Police Substation and reported that a female allegedly stole a vehicle from a victim in Malaeloa.
The suspect was later apprehended and charged with Count 1: Tampering in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February of this year an investigation revealed that a man allegedly assaulted his wife who was carrying their child in her arms.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele received formal notice of his removal from the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund board last Friday, he got a letter from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Tuaolo M. E. Fruean denying his request to attend a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the implementation of President Donald Trump’s tariff packages, American Samoa's inflation rate for the first quarter of 2025 is at 1.3%, which reflects a slight increase from last quarter of 2024’s rate of 0.9%. And while airfares to Honolulu have gone down,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 13, 2025, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) Captain assigned officers to investigate an alleged rape case regarding a minor in response to a call from an elementary school’s principal and a teacher, both alerting the authorities regarding the allegations....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 24, 2025, Tafuna Police Substation received a call from an individual reporting an alleged assault.
The suspect was later apprehended and charged with:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree (DV), a class D felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2023 Census of Agriculture data for American Samoa and Guam this past Friday.
The most widely used statistics in the agriculture industry, the Census of Agriculture, is conducted...