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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Island Cargo Support has updated their Emergency Bunker Surcharge (EBS) affecting shipments from the West Coast to the Pacific Islands, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Bunker Adjustment Factor was listed as:
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BANGKOK, Thailand — (March 11, 2026) A productive Fuel Suppliers Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 2 to 3, 2026, bringing together the Office of Disaster Management and Petroleum Management, representing the American Samoa Government, and senior executives from Pacific Energy and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The closure of schools in Manuʻa has had an immediate impact on students and families. Elementary schools in Fitiuta, Faleasao, and Ofu remain closed while repairs and clean-up efforts continue.
There is no word when these schools will re-open. Samoa News understands...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The rising cost of doing business during the Israeli-US war has arrived on American Samoa shores.
Last Friday, March 13, 2026, Island Cargo Support, a business that handles commercial & personal shipping and delivering of cargo in the territory recently sent to its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Felisi Mai Project is a place where local student voices are heard.
What do you want to talk about? Students can share their views on what is happening in the world through essays, poems and/or pictures.
For more information email: fatoata.amsamoa@gmail.com
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health has issued an alert concerning Leptospirosis. The alert states that the DOH is currently seeing an increase in leptospirosis cases in the community “due to constant rainfall, and residents are encouraged to take simple steps to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce that Alek Timuialatogo West of Vatia has been accepted for admittance to both the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He has accepted his first choice to attend the Naval...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The remoteness of American Samoa is, for the most part, to our benefit when it comes to the health of our island's ecosystems. Being in the middle of the ocean, away from everything, has its advantages. Our ocean waters are still relatively clean. Although we deal with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) will probably continue to have a problem issuing a driver’s license card as it does not have the ‘blank’ cards in supply. The shortage has been ongoing since last year November, and there is no assurance that the matter will be resolved...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Jan. 30, 2026, police arrested So’olefai Sitagata after he allegedly threatened his uncle during a disturbance at a residence in Pago Pago.
Mr. Sitagata was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C misdemeanor punishable...