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Taupa'u Tauileave Toluono with Bluesky
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bluesky last week officially announced their partnership with the Marist Pago Sports Club American Samoa as the Major Sponsor for the upcoming 5th Coca Cola Marist Pago Flag Day International Sevens 2024 Tournament, with a total value of $20,000. The local communication...
Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the Senate’s rejection of the administration bill requesting the appropriation of $36 million in surplus revenues to supplement the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget last year, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean yesterday morning declared that the Fono would approve it....
Map of the U.S. EEZs of Western Pacific Region
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) convened its 198th meeting last week, where the voices of the fishing community advisors were calling out the challenges facing the industry, including escalating anxieties over fishing area closures and the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 25, 2024, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and explained that her friend contacted her via Facebook messenger (FB) and asked her to contact the authorities to report that her husband was beating her up. The defendant was apprehended and...
U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed House passage of the second round of six appropriations bills for the fiscal year, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, sending the bill to the Senate. [It was quickly approved by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Biden...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has joined a multi-year preparation to commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the United States of America, which will be held on July 4, 2026. Executive Order 002-2024...
Amata in committee
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a busy week of Committee activities in her three committees, including multiple hearings and votes last week. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE A hearing of the full Committee (HFAC) examined the administration’s withdrawal from...
Christina Hudson accepts her award
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local students ranging from kindergarten to high school got together at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 to celebrate Conservation Arts Day by highlighting through art, the importance of conserving and protecting endangered marine species....
Pulu Ae Ae, Jr.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — High Chief Pulu Ae Ae, Jr. has confirmed his candidacy for lieutenant governor of American Samoa and as the running mate of candidate for governor, Pula Nikolao Pula in the 2024 gubernatorial race. In an exclusive interview with Samoa News, Pulu revealed that he had...
Gov Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s been two weeks since the Fono went on their mid-term recess, and Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga has called back the Fono for a Second Special Session of the Thirty-Eighth Legislature to be convened today, Monday, April 25, 2024. This past Saturday, Senate President...

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