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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A small but determined group gathered last Saturday along the sidewalks of the airport road at the Daniel K. Inouye Industrial Park, where organizer Wendy Malepeai led a local installment of the nationwide “No Kings” protest movement. Though only about twenty...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Christians around the world, including those in American Samoa, are commemorating Good Friday tomorrow, the day they believe Jesus Christ was crucified and died on the cross to save us from our sins.
Good Friday is marked with morning services by some church...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bridging Culture Worldwide LLC. (BCW), a leading Korea-US business intelligence and advisory firm, announced it will provide investor advisory support to the American Samoa Economic Development Council (ASEDC) under its growing investor advisory practice.
The engagement...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 28, 2026, a concerned mother contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that her son allegedly threatened to kill his stepfather in the village of Nu’uuli.
The suspect, Arona Amituana’i was arrested and later charged with Count 1: Private Peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 27, 2026, a victim of a domestic dispute contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that Danna Feleti was allegedly causing a disturbance in their home.
She was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of a $400,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) to replace two aging diesel trucks with modern utility diesel trucks that fulfill EPA requirements, lower emissions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For coastal Indigenous communities in American Samoa, giant clams are deeply rooted in fa‘a Sāmoa (the Samoan way of life) and local food systems.
According to the findings of a study published in PeerJ, it is village-based protections like fa‘asao (fishery closures)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Although the Senate President and House Speaker declined his invitation for a private meeting, Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula has emphasized that he remains committed to open communication and a functional working relationship between the executive and legislative...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An article looking at deep-sea mining (DSM) and how decisions about the ocean are made for American Samoa focusing on the Deeds of Cession of 1900 and 1904 and how decisions about our ocean are still connected to those agreements has recently been published in the ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 1st, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to defer to the Trump Administration’s attempts to redefine the long-settled understanding of the Citizenship Clause to exclude children born to parents who are temporary or unauthorized immigrants. As the...