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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's national hospital is rationing critical medicine due to a low supply, with outside help offering temporary relief.
Last week, the Health Ministry received an urgent air freight shipment from Fiji-based Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH), covering only about half...
HONOLULU — The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council completed its review of several key fisheries science and management issues at its meeting last week.
The SSC endorsed the 2026 American Samoa Bottomfish Stock Assessment Update as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The briefing, What does 'Consent of the Governed' mean in U.S. territories? was organized in coordination with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and held on June 4th at the U.S. Senate. Congressman Pablo José Hernández (D-PR)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Tsunami Warning Centre issued advisories for parts of the Pacific following a massive earthquake in the Philippines.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck at a depth of 63km at Mindanao.
The warning center forecast tsunami waves to be less than 0.3 meters above the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine has told a high-level forum in Japan that island states need greater access to finance, and technology to better manage their oceans.
Heine is among a handful of Pacific leaders — including Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Women often apologize when there is nothing to apologize for. But do women need to apologize less — or should everyone apologize more?
Gabriela Cryan, a 23-year-old who works in sales in the US once apologized for bringing the wrong coffee order to her colleagues at work...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Latu has been acquitted in an electoral bribery case.
Kaniva Tonga reports that a former cabinet minister alleged he paid a town officer a substantial sum during the election campaign last November.
However, the Supreme Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over 400 ocean policy and environmental justice advocates gathered this week in Washington, D.C. for Upwell 2026: A Wave of Ocean Justice. The two-day conference addressed ocean conservation issues, prioritizing the experiences of communities who have been historically...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nauru has banned the sale and import of tobacco products for one day of the year.
As per a new law passed by Nauru's parliament earlier last month, 31 May has been declared "Our Day to Let Go of Tobacco", and sellers will face an AU$2000 fine or a 12-month prison stay...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt claims the country's youth are being "used" by international drug rings who are luring them with hefty pay checks.
This is the first time the Prime Minister has spoken out following shocking revelations ten days...