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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three U.S. territories – Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa – have finalized plans to close vast Internet coverage gaps under the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
If approved, the plans would be transformational for the Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?” You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Many Samoans face serious health risks due to poor nutrition, which is partly attributed to the high cost and limited availability of healthy food in the country, a diet analysis report has found.
The Cost of the Diet Analysis report published by Samoa's Ministry of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks in a moment of both mourning and transition. On Sept. 28, 2025, a shooting and arson at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Michigan killed four people and wounded eight more. What’s more,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s government recently met with Safata villagers to discuss how to disburse the ST$10 million HMNZS Manawanui payment from the New Zealand Government.
The Samoa Observer reports that a meeting was held on Wednesday, with representatives from the district, government...
Unpaid overtime for kitchen staff leaves hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital without meals
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital, the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages.
The inpatient capacity of the national hospital is around 200 beds....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the world watches the unfolding events in the Middle East, including the emotional reunions between the last of the Israeli hostages and their loved ones, support for the State of Israel continues to resonate in Samoa, thousands of miles away from the Holy Land....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — July 1970. The Cold War is thawing, but far from over; the Nixon government is retreating from Vietnam in the face of an enormous anti-war movement; and a corporation called Deepsea Ventures is conducting the world’s first deep sea mining test on the Blake Plateau, 300...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fijian Teachers Association (FTA) is advocating for "some form" of corporal punishment to enforce discipline in primary and secondary schools, but the government says physical punishment cannot be the solution to indiscipline.
The association's general secretary...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tonga's health ministry has launched its long-awaited National Mental Health Strategy and Policy at Vaiola Hospital.
Health officials have described the move as a milestone in strengthening mental health services and coordination across Tonga.
The nation's head...