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Washington, D.C. — Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior assistant secretary, insular and international affairs, applauded President Donald J. Trump for signing the Executive Order on Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders or AAPI.
“I applaud the specific recognition...
Washington, D.C. — The Social Security Administration has announced the most popular baby names in American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands for 2018. Olivia and Lucas topped the list.
The top five boys and girls names for 2018 in American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands were:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It took one year for Sau Ia Bodybuilding officials, Peter Reid and Sala McMoore, to get everything squared away and ready to go. And this past Monday, the dream came to fruition when the Sau Ia team opened the doors to the territory's newest gym — Sau Ia Bodybuilding and...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deal with the “illegal” seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States, state media said on Saturday.
“This act of dispossession has clearly indicated that the United States is indeed a gangster...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Aukuso Faumui appeared in District Court last week where he pled guilty to public peace disturbance. With his guilty plea, Faumui admits that on April 5, 2019, he was engaged in a fight with others who were unloading fish in Satala.
In return, his 2017 case was dismissed...
Pago Pago, AMERICA SAMOA — The Department of Health (DOH) spearheaded Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) relief screenings at local schools earlier this month.
The BYU RHD Relief Team visited the territory to provide the screenings at Pava'ia'i Elementary School, on Thursday May 2nd; and Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has continued the hearing for Sefulu Maifea’s motion for early release, to allow the him and his defense team to provide more meaningful information to support their motion.
Former Customs Office supervisor Sefulu Maifea, who is serving 28...
Washington, D.C. — The 2009, magnitude-8.1 Samoa earthquake dealt a great deal of damage to the Samoan Islands: Tsunami waves as high as 14 meters (46 feet) wiped out multiple villages, claiming nearly 200 lives and severely damaging water and electrical systems.
New research reveals the damage is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Co., is facing a new civil lawsuit, and this time, a “class action complaint” filed at the federal court in San Francisco, alleging — among other things — that the company violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and misled...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two high school students accused of stoning a police car while cops were driving to the Leone Substation from Malaeloa in March of this year have entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Susi Fiso and Jeremiah Moe, both 18, appeared in High Court this week...