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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan fashion stylist says Arthur Folasa Ah Loo was not only the best Samoan fashion designer she had come across but also “very authentic” on a personal level.
Tributes continue to pour in for fashion designer Arthur Folasa Ah Loo — known as Afa Ah Loo — who was shot...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Monday, June 16, 2024, A CDC food safety alert regarding a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections was posted: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/pistachiocream-06-25/index.html
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Four people in two states have gotten sick with the same strain of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chanting under the midday sun and holding signs that read 'No Kings in America' and 'In Solidarity with Los Angeles,' more than a dozen residents and visitors gathered in northern Guam on Saturday to join a national day of protest opposing what organizers describe as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A renowned Samoan fashion designer has been confirmed dead after he was shot at the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.
The 39-year-old, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a Utah resident, was shot at the demonstration and despite life-saving efforts died Saturday...
WASHINGTON — [Date: June 12, 2025] Delivering on President Donald J. Trump’s bold agenda to restore American energy and mineral independence, the Department of the Interior today announced the publication of a Request for Information and Interest to explore the potential for seabed mineral leasing...
HONOLULU — (11 June 2025) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council took final action today to authorize the use of electronic monitoring (EM) as a mandatory tool for data collection aboard longline vessels operating under Hawai‘i and American Samoa limited-entry permits.
The Council’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An expert says there is pushback from environmental groups when it comes to cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Bradley Nolan, waste management adviser at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), spoke at the 32nd Pacific Islands...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA [Monday, 9 June 2025, 8:23 pm] — A new report launched today reveals that the deep sea mining plans of California-based company Impossible Metals pose serious environmental risks, despite the company’s claims of “sustainable” and “selective” operations.
Timed to coincide...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tonga's Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho is calling for whales to have legal rights.
"The time has come to recognize whales not merely as resources but as sentient beings with inherent rights," Princess Angelika told the One Ocean Science Congress in France....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Plans for the military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday as part of the celebrations around the Army’s 250th birthday this month are well underway as first detailed by The Associated Press last month, calling for about 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles and 50...