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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five Pacific Islands Forum member states are set to be permanently included in a United States visa bond program that will require nationals from those countries to post up to US$20,000 to be able to travel to America as a temporary visitor.
This is after the US State...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — World Rugby has denied reports that it gave Samoa an ultimatum to sort out problems over which body governs the sport in the country, or face a ban from international competition.
This follows reports that the Samoa government was given 24 hours — until Friday — to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata attended last week’s early celebration of the upcoming 236th birthday of the Coast Guard, officially on August 4th.
While this wasn’t a formal meeting, Congresswoman Amata took time to discuss the merits of Pago Pago Harbor and how the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi says the country faces suspension by World Rugby today because of "a dirty political move" by the government.
Tuilaepa's spoke to RNZ Pacific after the government announced that it was pulling its support of Lakapi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Emmy award-winning costume designer has described the opportunity to work on Disney's Moana live-action film as a "dream come true".
Liz McGregor, who hails from Kolomotu'a in Tonga but is based in Auckland, said she received an email "that came out of the blue" from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fossils found in north-west Queensland have given paleontologists "direct evidence" of the behavior of prehistoric animals in the Eromanga Sea 100 million years ago.
This is one of the clearest — and only — examples of "three-tier predator interaction" ever discovered...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lisa grew up in a small rural village in Tonga.
Her family are farmers and the 23-year-old lived a simple life.
But she always dreamed of something bigger.
So when a Tongan woman living in China contacted her through a family member with an offer of a better life, she...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming this week’s House passage of a government funding extension bill that would keep the federal government open after the end of the fiscal year September 30.
The extension would fund the government across the board until December 4,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Opposition is growing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to a United States congressional proposal that would end automatic citizenship for many children born in American territories from 2027.
CNMI delegate to the US Congres Kimberlyn King-Hinds...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Far North Mayor Moko Tepania has a blunt message for shop owners selling pipes for smoking meth — stop it now.
While methamphetamine is a banned class A drug with stiff penalties for dealing and possession, meth pipes are sold openly in vape stores, $2 shops and dairies...