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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The animal kingdom is a dynamic place, filled with plenty of action and drama. Freeze and capture any moment in time and an animal's behavior can become hilarious.
A dancing gorilla, a smoking duck and frog teamwork are among the 40 images shortlisted for this year's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa government is urging parents and caregivers to get children under two years old immunized against measles amid reports of increasing measles cases in New Zealand and Australia.
In New Zealand, eight cases of measles have been confirmed, and health officials...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States research vessel E/V Nautilus was officially welcomed at Avatiu Wharf on Wednesday local time with a traditional ceremony celebrating a new era of ocean exploration and scientific partnership in the Cook Islands.
Hosted by the Cook Islands Seabed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) will host a virtual dialogue “Effects of Militarization in U.S. Territories,” bringing together leading scholars to examine how the rapid expansion of joint exercises, base build-outs, and live-fire training across the Pacific and Caribbean is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three U.S. territories – Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa – have finalized plans to close vast Internet coverage gaps under the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
If approved, the plans would be transformational for the Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?” You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Many Samoans face serious health risks due to poor nutrition, which is partly attributed to the high cost and limited availability of healthy food in the country, a diet analysis report has found.
The Cost of the Diet Analysis report published by Samoa's Ministry of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks in a moment of both mourning and transition. On Sept. 28, 2025, a shooting and arson at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Michigan killed four people and wounded eight more. What’s more,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s government recently met with Safata villagers to discuss how to disburse the ST$10 million HMNZS Manawanui payment from the New Zealand Government.
The Samoa Observer reports that a meeting was held on Wednesday, with representatives from the district, government...
Unpaid overtime for kitchen staff leaves hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital without meals
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital, the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages.
The inpatient capacity of the national hospital is around 200 beds....