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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — President Trump has issued a new executive order targeting birthright citizenship, which, among other things, focuses on the question of citizenship for anyone “born in a territory … of the United States.” It specifically targets anyone born in a territory “where...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "Don't Mine the Moana" is a powerful rallying cry and peaceful protest movement led by Indigenous Pacific Islanders, environmental groups like Greenpeace, and organizations such as Finafinau.
They are fighting against commercial deep-sea mining across the Pacific Ocean...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last month a local student and teacher pair — Jaceyline Foketi Siliva and Ms. Grace Alesana from Manumalo Academy — represented American Samoa as one of 27 teams from across the US and the world to participate in the third annual Young People's Continental Congress, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee was informed during a Wednesday hearing on an administration bill proposing a 12‑month moratorium on the special provision clause that a total of 3,489 foreign workers are currently employed in the Territory...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Recovery of the Samoa Airways aircraft involved in a runway inciden at Fitiuta Airport could take at least two to three months, according to a report published by the Samoa Observer.
Samoa Airways and the Port Administration of American Samoa (PAAS) are coordinating a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is pleased to welcome notice of a health services grant providing maternal and child health care services.
“Thank you in particular to Dr. Anaise Uso for her work on grants like this one, and the medical care and services she and other professionals...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Many residents of Manu‘a are only now learning that they are collectively entitled to benefit from lease payments generated by businesses operating on the trust land in Atu‘u — property formally placed under a 1911 indenture by Paramount Chief Mauga Moimoi of Pago Pago....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index (BFI) for American Samoa has reported a monthly increase of 0.8% for July 2026.
A jump in price for ten food items, led by turkey tails contributed to the 0.8% increase, according to the BFI report released this week by the Commerce Department’s...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulates Fatiatamai “Ma’i” Puapa’e Folau of Tafuna, American Samoa, on completing the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Congressional Fellowship, and now serving as a Legislative Correspondent in the U.S. House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eighteen community-based environmental and cultural organizations from across all five territories have joined together in a Supreme Court filing urging that the U.S. Air Force be required to follow federal environmental and community engagement standards when making...