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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The majority of students at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), as either US Nationals or US Citizens, qualify for federal financial aid in the form of the Pell Grant, which covers the cost of a student’s first two years of college. Students born outside the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a customer advisory dated May 2, Hambug Süd announced that effective May 27, 2023, the shipping company will be withdrawing its South Seas service.
“We have served this lane proudly for many years and are grateful to our customers for the years we have worked together...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Incident Management Division, District Fourteen District Response Advisory Team, and Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa participated in a four-day oil spill response and exercise deployment training last week.
The first two days of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cast from ASCC club’s House of Flying Daggers production of the hit play and movie musical Grease wowed the audience for two nights last week — but it wasn’t enough.
Don’t miss the encore performance tonight at 6pm at the college’s Multi-purpose Center.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The strength of every profession in the territory grows out of the knowledge and skill that teachers instill in our children, and many have had a teacher who believed in them when no one else did — making the job of a teacher so critical to the success of our people and...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has ordered for a full report on an incident where a boat from American Samoa allegedly entered Samoan waters without customs clearances.
In a press conference on Thursday, Fiame said border security should have seized the Kite Runner, owned...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government’s new Fiscal Year 2024 budget threshold for local revenue is set at 5% above the current fiscal year and deadline for submission of proposed budgets for ASG entities is no later than May 22, according to Office of Program Planning and Budget...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has reached another historical milestone with the appointment of faculty member To'oto'o'ole'a'ava Dr. Evile Fa'atauao Feleti of the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) as chairman of the Governing Board of REL (Regional Educational...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Facebook post is revealing a shortage of supplies — including food — on Aunu’u.
Written by an Aunu’u resident, the post circulated yesterday, April 4 pleading for help to arrange a boat to assist them with food delivery. The shortage of goods and other supplies is due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to travel demand on the Honolulu- Pago Pago route, Hawaiian Airlines is adding three extra flights — on Wednesday nights — for the month of May, and this means, the airline is starting early its busy summer travel for 2023.
In a flight notification issued Tuesday...