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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) is inviting all community members, fishermen, environmental advocates, and key stakeholders to join them in developing sustainable solutions for managing stranded FADs (fish aggregating devices) and preserving the health of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three events which have occurred at the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris, France have provoked sadness, disbelief, disgust and disappointment by the president of the American Samoa Boxing Association (ASBA) Paepaetele Mapu Jamias.
In a telephone interview Monday,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On May 31, 2024 at about 8:20am, as police officers were on stationary patrol in the village of Avau, they conducted a traffic stop of a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) traveling towards the west due to the passenger not wearing his seatbelt.
As officers approached the...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this past Friday announced more than $374 million for airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at 299 airports in 46 states and American Samoa.
“The Biden-Harris Administration continues to...
Washington, D. C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highly supportive of the new bipartisan Task Force appointed to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump and all related security and procedural questions.
The Task Force announced Monday follows bipartisan House passage...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ghaydah Amazing Grace Mageo Salave'a, a high school student from Pago Pago, American Samoa, has been selected as one of only 15 students nationwide for the esteemed NOAA Youth Changemakers Fellowship. This exclusive program, which kicks off with a summit in Washington, D...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At the opening of the Fourth Regular Session of the 38th Legislature, Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga submitted an FY2025 budget request for $733,683,167. Of that amount, the local budget of $165,907,000 represents 23% of the total. It also represents a 16% increase over the...
Washington, D.C. — Greenpeace USA celebrates American Samoa’s decision to impose a moratorium on seabed mining in its waters. Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga’s order underscores the severe risk of deep-sea mining, including threats to marine biodiversity, habitat destruction, pollution, and disruption...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 1, 2024 at about 10:04am, a woman walked into the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report an incident that occurred between her 15-year-old niece and a 22-year-old male individual, who the victim identified as her boyfriend.
The defendant was charged with the...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House last week passed the Department of the Interior’s Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025, H.R. 8998, that funds American Samoa’s DOI Operations fund, and all federal interior and insular grants and services, as well as local EPA...