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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The nation’s eight Regional Fishery Management Councils commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Council system this week during the Council Coordination Committee meeting in Homer, Alaska. The Council system was established by Congress through the Magnuson-Stevens...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $9.457 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in American Samoa communities that need it most. This new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Security College says a regional strategy is needed to combat the growing methamphetamine crisis in the region.
The Australia-based college has released a new report proposing a regional summit to address the crisis.
The Turning the Tide Together report says...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Highlighting a commitment to regional digital sovereignty, the Office of the Governor and the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) have concluded a three-day diplomatic mission to Samoa.
The delegation held intensive meetings with various Government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa cabinet has approved a 40-sene increase to Samoa’s minimum wage, with hourly pay set to rise to $5.24 from $4.84, taking effect in July 2026, Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt announced on Wednesday.
Speaking at his weekly press conference,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The return of a centuries-old Māori warrior's cloak to Aotearoa New Zealand has brought surprise, intrigue, and an ancestral connection for the traditional Māori weaving experts studying it.
The cloak, a pauku, is one of only seven warrior cloaks known to exist around...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A major review of 50 years of data warning that deep-sea mining could cause long-lasting damage to Pacific marine ecosystems has reinforced the Cook Islands' cautious approach to seabed minerals exploration, according to Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) commissioner...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Technology is enabling drug networks to adapt and refine tactics to evade detection in the Pacific, including Samoa, resulting in a trafficking system that is distributed and resilient.
Associate Professor and head of the Pacific Regional Security Hub, Macmillan Brown...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A United States government report has revealed a slow breakdown in funding mechanisms for the Freely Associated States (FAS).
The renewed Compact of Free Association (COFA) agreements signed in 2023 with Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and the Republic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The leaders of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam are seeking a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the Marianas.
CNMI governor David Apatang and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero also want to see refroms at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (...