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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the fuel crisis, Pacific Island countries have scrambled to secure their own fuel supply, forcing them to lean on their wealthy neighbors and multilateral donors.
This triggered a region-wide economic slowdown and driven a managed, yet sharp, increase in fuel and...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — American Samoa participated as a member of the United States delegation to the U.S.-Pacific Island Parties Tuna Treaty Consultation Meeting in Wellington, New Zealand on June 22, 2026.
The meeting brought together representatives of the United States and Pacific Island...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's acting police commissioner says Vietnamese authorities have denied a request for the in-person interviewing of two Apia men who could face execution for the murder of a suspected Sydney gang boss.
Joseph Vaa and Steve Tofa are in custody after they admitted their...
Two researchers in two countries found we all have one thing in common
RNZ — Science has now confirmed it; we prefer to move in a counterclockwise direction.
Two researchers, Dr. Iñaki Echeverría Huarte from the University of Navarra in Spain and Dr. Claudio Feliciani from Waseda University, Tokyo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, millions of Americans who live outside the 50 states are excluded from full participation in its democracy.
Roughly 3.6 million residents of U.S. territories – including Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana...
RNZ — Science has now confirmed it; we prefer to move in a counterclockwise direction.
Two researchers, Dr. Iñaki Echeverría Huarte from the University of Navarra in Spain and Dr. Claudio Feliciani from Waseda University, Tokyo, have been conducting crowd experiments and have come to some...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi claims the government has neglected two Apia men looking at execution in Vietnam for the murder of a Sydney gang boss.
However, the government released a statement on Wednesday regarding the two men in Vietnam,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Top Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) officials have welcomed US President Donald Trump's executive order, which will open up nearly half a million square kilometers of protected Pacific waters for commercial fishing, despite warnings from conservation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — El Niño has been declared in the Pacific — and a forecaster says there's reason for concern.
An El Niño event occurs when the ocean becomes warmer than usual, affecting rainfall and wind patterns.
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways Chief Executive Officer Fauo'o Fatu Tielu says that budget preparations for the new financial year, beginning 1 July 2026, are now underway.
The airline will soon determine whether to add a fuel surcharge of US$5 to US$10 (about $13.50 to $27) to one-way...