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Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor the 2023 Graduation season, beginning with Manumalo Academy’s K-5 class of 2023 that held their ceremony yesterday, Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
A prelude to their journey to 1st grade, the young students are seen here with their congratulatory balloons and ula...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local consulting company that counts the American Samoa Government and the Department of Commerce among its clients has created an “infographic” that they say “sheds light on the estimated economic impacts of the proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote Island Marine...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School's (THS) Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program has secured a resounding victory by claiming the prestigious American Samoa Multiple School Unit Commander's Shield. This esteemed accolade recognizes THS JROTC as the top JROTC...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has called on cabinet members to encourage Executive Branch employees to use their annual leave and spend time with loved ones, especially now as the summer months approach.
The governor’s call was outlined in a May 22, memorandum, titled “Annual...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Typhoon Mawar hit Guam overnight Wednesday-Thursday morning, with winds of up to 140 miles per hour and torrential rain.
Yesterday afternoon Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata said, “I am praying for the people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands who are enduring Super...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Spay & Neuter clinics project has been a success, despite a poor turnout in Fagaitua, and things continue to look up in the local animal world — cats included — as a new permanent veterinarian, Dr. Josephine ‘Jo’ Olver is on-island, according to local Coconut...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa-based businessman, Nathan Ilaoa, owner of Flying Fox Gastropub, in his comment letter opposing the proposed designation of the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA) as a sanctuary, declared that: “Fishers are not opposed to protecting fish stocks if it is done...
[In a press release issued yesterday, the Pacific Remote Islands Coalition presents its view of the impact of expanded protections around the Pacific Remote Islands (PRI). Here is the release in its entirety.]
Honolulu, HAWAIʻI — A new study shows, despite claims otherwise, industrial fishing is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Council) has called on the U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure that the “Governors of the U.S Pacific Territories are consulted with” as the National Marine Sanctuary designation process...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is getting an economic boost of more than $3.5 million, through tax refunds for Batch #7, which the ASG Treasury Department says will be released tomorrow, Thursday, May 25, 2023, giving consumers who are getting refunds additional buying power.
In a brief...