Local News
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 6, 2023, at about 9:00pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a distraught father seeking assistance regarding a fight that broke out at his home in Seetaga between his two sons — Apelu Vilisinimisa and Pati Taaloga.
Both were charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public and private high schools came together this past Friday during the annual Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competition at DYWA gymnasium in Tafuna on February 9, 2024. The event served as a platform for students to demonstrate their healthcare...
As part of a major upscaling of their local cargo services TransAM has appointed Michelle Brunt as their new NPDL Senior Sales Manager, covering American Samoa and Samoa. These initiatives include a substantial increase in the line’s general and refrigerated cargo capacity in the California-South...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center, yesterday, proudly announced the addition of eight highly skilled nurses from Thailand to their healthcare team, continuing their efforts to expand the “wealth of expertise and knowledge” available at the facility to “maintain a full-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of Vaifanua District have been faced with the problem of not being able to drink the water supplied by ASPA for more than 30 years.
This was revealed by Vaifanua Senator Satele Aliitai Lili’o during a hearing of the Senate ASPA Power & Water Committee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Agricultural Census for 2023 is underway in American Samoa and enumerators are now visiting selected farmers and households for the survey.
For the purposes of the Agricultural Census, a farm is defined as a household producing agricultural products for sale and/ or...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the Cook Islands should have the freedom to investigate deep sea mining before being criticized.
Peters made the comment while in Rarotonga during his Pacific Mission last week.
"The reality is you're talking about massive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the US National Weather Service Pago Pago continues to monitor the active South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ), expect a wet week with strong and gusty winds while the potential for a tropical system to develop within the area remains high.
A flash flood watch...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. citizens who live in a foreign country can vote in federal elections, but former Hawaii residents who live in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands or American Samoa cannot. A lawsuit challenging this reality will be heard by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga has signed the “Polystyrene Foam Container Ban” into law. The bill prohibits the import, sale and distribution of polystyrene foam containers in American Samoa and will take effect 60 days after the end of the current legislative session.
According...