Regional
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Supreme Court of Samoa has rendered a sentence of up to 4 years and 6 months on Filipo Filipo for possession of scales and utensils, and importing 99 grams of methamphetamine (aisa) from American Samoa.
The 38 year-old Filipo had entered an earlier guilty plea to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally.
The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company's diesel...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spiking global oil prices and shipping insurance costs threaten to create a connectivity crisis for the Pacific Islands region. Higher fuel and freight rates will make shipping and aviation more expensive and less frequent, undermining the transport links that underpin...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Guamanians are being urged to continue sheltering in place as Typhoon Sinlaku slowly tracks away from the neighboring Northern Mariana Islands, according to the latest AP report.
The US National Weather Service in Guam says typhoon Sinlaku is weakening as it slowly moves...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States was founded on the rallying cry of “no taxation without representation. Yet, 250 years later 3.6 million people in U.S. territories pay over $5 billion in federal taxes each year, all without any say in what federal taxes — or other federal laws — they...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A preliminary check of the latest Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice identifies several notable appearances of Pacific Island countries.
Where Pacific Islands people or places are mentioned in the deceased convicted paedophile's emails, they...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States Department of War has acknowledged mounting economic pressure in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), warning it could have implications for Washington's strategic posture in the Indo-Pacific.
In a letter to CNMI's delegate to the US...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Seven employees of the Samoa Shipping Corporation have been sacked after an internal investigation found they were involved in selling methamphetamine.
The matter has been referred to the police for further investigation.
Acting Police Commissioner Leiataua Samuelu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 2, 2026, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court took up the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Trump v. Barbara, a criminal defendant in Alaska is relying on the Citizenship Clause to defend against allegations he “falsely” claimed to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Supreme Court on April 1, 2026, heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the case that challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the children of immigrants without legal status from birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the terms of the 14th Amendment...