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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Weather Service Office in Tafuna “predicts” two to four Tropical Cyclones “in the area within 300 nautical miles from Tutuila” for this cyclone season, which formally begins on Nov. 1 and runs through April 30, according to the Tropical Cyclone Outlook...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As part of the Moso’oi Festival, a new category called the Tama’ita’i Talks was hosted at the ASCC MPC this past Monday. Tama'ita'i Talks is a prerequisite event for the Miss Moso’oi Scholarship pageant, which is being Saturday — October 28, 2023 at 6 PM.
The Miss Moso’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division’s Media Specialist, Daniel Helsham, has been selected by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program as a member of its SARE Fellows program,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Thursday’s passage by the Natural Resources Committee of a bill she sponsored with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor — the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 1792, which passed for consideration by the full House of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s reciprocal travel arrangement in answer to American Samoa’s entry permit waiver program for 7-day travel to the Territory has been welcomed by US Nationals or people born in American Samoa wanting to enter Samoa.
This was agreed to at the recent Atoa o Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jacob McBride during his second tattoo session while family members remain close to him to give him the spiritual strength and courage needed during the session, as it is considered disgraceful behavior to complain or cry from the pain. Singing and words of encouragement...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Chair Taulapapa Will Sword made an impassioned plea for assistance on the proposed Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) national marine sanctuary at a national meeting of the regional fishery management councils.
In a discussion on the process...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Corrections (ASDC) announced its first Corrections Academy as a new department and kicked off with a church service this past Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 at the CCCAS Pago Pago Church.
During the church service, acting Governor Talauega E. V....
Washington, D.C. — On the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., autumn begins to show its true ‘colors’— perhaps helping Republicans to finally vote in a new Speaker of the House on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 — Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), allowing the House to get back to its main work,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The territory's new airline, Pago Wings, hopes to begin offering charter flights on November 1 while it applies for US Government approval for scheduled air service.
Pago Wings, owned by businessman Papali'i Laulii Alofa, will be operating the charters under Hawaii-based...