January 2019
Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival
The local Filipino Community's Catholic Church Organization recently celebrated the Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival. Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus.
Team Amerika Samoa is winning the hearts of Guamanians
Agana GUAM — The American Samoa U18 National Baseball Team is on island, and they have been sensational.
StarKist reaches $20m settlement with Walmart over price-fixing claims
Pittsburg, PENNSYLVANIA — StarKist Co.
Trump announces deal to end record-long shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll sign legislation shortly to reopen shuttered government departments for three weeks — until Feb. 15.
No bail for man charged after alleged attempt to cut his sponsor’s throat
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man charged with second degree attempted murder and first degree assault for allegedly trying to slice his sponsor's throat is remanded to custody without b
Federal judge rules that High Court has jurisdiction to hear Castaneda case
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in California has ruled that the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction to hear a wrongful death lawsuit brought by surviving members of a fisherm
AS-EPA deputizes new officers for enforcing environmental laws in the territory
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) introduced new officers to its line of enforcement personnel in a ceremony held last week at the age
Tonga striving to lift communications capacity after cable cut
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — The Tonga communications utility says it is striving to lift capacity as the country tries to bounce back from a communication shut down.