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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A group of young and enthusiastic Physicians Assistant (PA) students enjoyed for the first time, the taste of a typical Samoan feed, as part of the 18th annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival in Alega on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Fresh from the umu, their plates were filled...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Exports from American Samoa — driven by increased U.S consumer demand for canned tuna — contributed to the spike in exports from Pacific Islands economies in 2020 to the United States, according the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report released yesterday on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Students in grades K through 12 have been invited to celebrate threatened and endangered species in the Pacific Islands region with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual art contest.
Winning artwork will be featured in an exhibition and online.
For...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 18th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival at Tisa's Barefoot bar 2023 in Alega, successfully celebrated the completion of its first malofie and malu on Saturday night, October 28, 2023.
The celebration of the first completed pair started at 8pm, with an evening service in "...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Leone High School NOAA Planet Stewards are taking on an ambitious mission to remove invasive leadtrees (Leucaena leucocephala) from their community. This initiative is driven by a commitment to restore the island's native ecosystems and protect its unique...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa delegation to the U.S Coral Reef Task Force Meeting in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) led by Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga participated in one of the activities leading up to the event that allowed the opportunities for task force...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), is one of 119 lawmakers taking part in a bipartisan, bicameral letter led by U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), urging Congress to preserve the Building Chips in America Act in the Fiscal Year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reuniting families is one important aspect of the 18th Annual Tattoo Arts Festival in American Samoa, 2023.
For great-aunty Christine or Tine Kruse as most people know her, it’s playing host to her nephew Felix McBride and his son Jacob from Perth, Australia for two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tapaau Dr. Dan Aga, director of the ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and Federal Relations, says that the “chance to speak to a U.S mainland audience is an opportunity to provide a local perspective” on the issues pertaining to American Samoa’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s unique relationship with the United States has again attracted interest from students and law professors at another U.S college campus and this time, the Yale Law School where Tapaau Dr. Dan Aga, director of the ASG Office of Political Status,...