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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Thursday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight heading to Pago Pago returned to Honolulu before it arrived in the territory due to a lavatory issue on the aircraft prompting the delay of flight-arrival in the territory until early Friday morning, according to an airline...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Kanana Fou Theological College is celebrating a momentous milestone — since the college’s founding 40 years ago, there have been over 400 theological student graduates. This is according to General Secretary for the CCCAS, Rev Nafaatali Falealii in an exclusive interview...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Known environmentalists for over 20 years in American Samoa have decided to give their legal argument recently dismissed in a Hawaii Court a rest.
When asked about her next move following a decision by Hawaii Judge Seabright suggesting she take her case to the American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov Lemanu P.S. Mauga drew a parallel between his administration’s initiatives on youth and First Samoan Full Gospel Pentecostal Church’s same commitment in his keynote address at the dedication ceremony of the church’s newly constructed Peteli Academy Hall on June 28,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Our scientists recently set sail aboard NOAA Ship Rainier to conduct coral reef surveys and high-resolution hydrographic surveys in American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. This expansive mission includes multiple NOAA programs, including the Coral Reef...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It has been six months since Moefaauo Bill Emmsley resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the American Samoa Medical Center Authority (ASMCA), or as often referred to simply as LBJ hospital, and the position is now being advertised, according to Acting CEO Dr. Jean...
Hawaiian Airlines passengers queuing up at the check-in counters for flight 465 early Friday morning June 30, 2023 after the arrival time was rescheduled from 9:30pm Thursday night to 3:45am Friday morning due to a maintenance issue. The flight departed for Honolulu at 5:45am. [photo: Asi A. Fa’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Most residents of American Samoa live near the shorelines, in coastal plains that surround steep, rugged peaks.
But as seas rise, ocean water is creeping into these low-lying areas. And a huge earthquake in 2009 caused the land to settle and sink, accelerating the...
After Kite Runner uproar, AG’s Office looking into policy for vessels entering and leaving territory
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Monday, June 26 the Attorney General’s office was still waiting for the full report into the documentation from the Department of Port Administration and the Department of Homeland Security generated for the departure of the American Samoa pleasure vessel Kite...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Friday, June 23, 2023 at the Tradewinds Hotel McDonald’s- American Samoa awarded $56,000 in scholarships to four local recipients — two are graduates of ASCC who will be going off island to further their education and two are High School graduates who will be...