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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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A conservation group has condemned Donald Trump's decision to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument.
President Trump signed an executive order June 11 opening protected waters around Hawai'i, American Samoa and the Northern...
"As Chinese, we're so used to using chopsticks so we don't really think about how it's made, but when you actually try to make it, you'll realize that the most traditional designs has its own reasons."
To feel comfortable in hand, chopsticks need to be thin at one end and thick at the other, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa police arrested 6 youths Friday night after two visitors were attacked and robbed in two separate incidents in Apia that same night.
In one incident a group of youth attacked an American Samoan national in front of the Tanoa Hotel. A previous, similar attack took...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 11, 2026, President Trump signed an "Executive Proclamation Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific," opening additional prized fishing grounds to American fishermen and United States flagged fishing vessels. This Executive action opens more economic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa media is reporting that two of the three people who appeared in court with alleged links to the Vietnam shooting involving two Samoan men were remanded for two more weeks by the District Court.
In court, all three individuals were presented together. Prosecutor...
HONOLULU — The crew of USCGC Hollyhock returned to Honolulu Sunday after completing their first Operation Blue Pacific patrol.
The Hollyhock crew departed Honolulu in April and traveled more than 7,500 nautical miles over 42 days, making port calls in Pago Pago, American Samoa, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Safata MP says compensation for the sinking of HMNZ Manawanui is on its way.
Nearly two years on from the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel on Safata reef in Smaoa, residents say compensation has still not been paid.
Residents have told the Samoan Observer that no...