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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways has been fined US$1,000 dollars for allowing a second foreign national in a month to board one of its planes to American Samoa without a proper permit.
The fine stemmed from a New Zealand passport holder who was allowed to travel to the US territory without...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A project that is studying the interactions among the Tonga slab, the Lau back-arc basin and the Samoan mantle plume, using seismology, geochemistry and petrology is underway in local waters where a group of American scientists are currently studying Samoa's underwater...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 75 years of the Legislature of Tutuila and Manu'a, on Nov. 30, 2023, united surviving leaders from the current and former governments to celebrate the success of American Samoa's stability under their leadership.
The celebration was held at the Governor H. Rex Lee...
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said Sunday it agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal, including debt, putting it on track for a potential clash with a Biden administration that has shown wariness about higher fares in the industry.
The combined company would keep both airlines’...
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — Closing Ceremony of the 2023 17th Pacific Games at Honiara’s National Stadium on Saturday night, Dec. 2, was vibrant in every sense of the word,
It was colorful, it resonated with happy sounds, lively and musical with the unique touch of the Hapi Isles or the Solomon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Ford door latch recall involves more than 45,000 model year 2015 Ford Fiesta, 2016 Ford Fusion and 2016 Lincoln MKZ vehicles with doors that may open while driving. The recall involves models sold in American Samoa and Hawaii.
A complete list for the recall includes:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga has served notice to directors of government agencies that they need to follow the procurement rules and regulations on all projects.
He said any project underway without a properly executed contract must stop.
In a statement, Lemanu wrote that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 22, 2023, a mother called the Tafuna Police Substation to report that her son, Tovio Poynton, allegedly assaulted her with a wooden stick and tossed her out of the house by grabbing her body and throwing her out of the front door of the residence.
According to...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Attorney General has fined Samoa Airways after the airline allowed Samoa's former Police Associate Minister Fepuleai Faasavalu Faimata Su'a to board the flight without a valid permit to enter American Samoa.
The Samoa Observer reported Su'a was subsequently asked to resign...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is set to receive financial support from the U.S. government for ferry services, parks and recreational areas, and coral reef conservation, according to three press releases issued from the D.C. office of Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata.
GRANT FOR FERRY...