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New graduates of the American Samoa Community College have been told that the enormous task in their future, besides getting a job, is the political future of the territory and its relationship with the United States.
 
They were also told by Congressman Faleomavaega Eni that Samoa has been an independent country for 50-years and the changes they have made over the last five decades were done of their own free will, without any outside influence.
 

A study from a United States university has sparked concerns about a link between formula milk and overweight and obese infants.

Dr Stephen McGarvey of Brown University is studying the feeding patterns of Samoan babies and the effect it has as the child grows.

Dr McGarvey says a previous study showed children who put on the most weight for their body length, had been fed with formula milk as infants.

He says if this pattern continues, the children will become overweight as they enter kindergarten age.

This year’s 2012-2013 American Samoa High School Athletic Association (ASHSAA) sports have concluded with a season that witnessed its share of fights and cancellation of playoffs, along with one real surprise in this year’s competition.
 
As each school year begins, so does football season which is the biggest draw of all of the ASHSAA sports. It was no surprise in this year’s football season, as the Varsity Tafuna Warriors dominated the regular season going into the playoffs, where they dominated again.
 

StarKist Co., owner of StarKist Samoa, has called on the federal government to renew a federal law that would continue to provide duty free access of its tuna products from Ecuador to the U.S. saying that a lapse in the federal program “could cause irreparable damage”.