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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa residents are being urged to exercise extreme caution before investing in BG Wealth Sharing LTD or its associated cryptocurrency trading platform, DSJ Exchange (DSJ EX), following a series of regulatory actions and public warnings issued across the Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the Trump administration works to open commercial fishing to U.S. fleets across the Pacific, some of its strongest allies in that push will soon fill open seats on the influential council that oversees fishing grounds around Hawaiʻi and the Western Pacific.
Last week...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring the life of Senator Lindsey Graham, a Veteran, and a statesman, who championed a strong U.S. military and the nation’s obligations to Service Members, and a belief in a pro-active foreign policy that emphasized freedom.
“I was blessed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traditional Māori navigators use celestial bodies, as well as ocean currents, winds and other natural signs, to guide them across vast distances of ocean, with no GPS and no technology, not even a watch.
Hinerapa Rupuha captained the double-hulled canoe Ngāhiraka Mai...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A group of former Pacific prime ministers, presidents and senior diplomats has warned that Pacific Islands countries are at a crossroads as geopolitical competition reshapes the region.
This comes after China fired a test nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New Zealand says China's testing of nuclear-capable weapons into the South Pacific is at odds with peace and stability in the Islands region.
China briefed regional governments on Monday of its intention to fire a long-range, nuclear-capable missile with a dummy warhead...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s official: El Niño is back. By late fall 2026, forecast models give a 2-in-3 chance of a strong-to-very strong El Niño affecting the weather, climate and ocean temperatures across the planet.
El Niño is the climate system’s biggest player and one side of the El Niño-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US National Weather Service issued a warning to residents of the Northern Marianas to prepare for super typhoon Bavi, before storm force winds hit the area on Sunday night.
The category five typhoon was expected to make landfall on Monday morning.
However, seas were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New Zealand says no new payment is being negotiated over the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel, HMNZS Manawanui, despite a report in Samoa to the contrary.
Official correspondence between the two governments shows Samoa agreed to not pursue further payment for...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata greeted and congratulated newly confirmed U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Eunjoo Steel. She is Congresswoman Amata’s friend and former colleague, as Ambassador Steel represented California in the U.S. House for four years.
Ambassador Steel...