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NFL draft
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — History was made at the 2026 NFL Draft, with three Samoans drafted in Round 1. Samoan standouts Spencer Fano, Francis Mauigoa, and Olaivavega ‘Vega’ Ioane all drafted in the top 15.  They were joined by fellow Polynesian talents Makai Lemon and Caleb Lomu also drafted in...
Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cook Islands environmental groups have slammed the recent merger of an American minerals investment company with Odyssey, calling it "an industrial colonial takeover of our ocean". American Ocean Minerals Corporation (AOMC) recently announced its merger with Odyssey,...
CORALS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA researchers are headed to American Samoa and the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument for coral reef surveys, April- July 2026, and you’re invited behind the scenes!  Join our Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center through an interactive StoryMap of...
M&Ms
  Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The candy-covered chocolates have updated their list of ingredients and allergens this month. The new ingredient list for peanut M&Ms includes a product that contains gluten, meaning the candy-covered chocolates are off the menu for coeliacs. "This allergen...
SAMOA SUPREME COURT
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Supreme Court of Samoa has rendered a sentence of up to 4 years and 6 months on Filipo Filipo for possession of scales and utensils, and importing 99 grams of methamphetamine (aisa) from American Samoa. The 38 year-old Filipo had entered an earlier guilty plea to the...
Majuro hospital
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company's diesel...
SAMOA AIR JET
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spiking global oil prices and shipping insurance costs threaten to create a connectivity crisis for the Pacific Islands region. Higher fuel and freight rates will make shipping and aviation more expensive and less frequent, undermining the transport links that underpin...
SAIPAN damage
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Guamanians are being urged to continue sheltering in place as Typhoon Sinlaku slowly tracks away from the neighboring Northern Mariana Islands, according to the latest AP report. The US National Weather Service in Guam says typhoon Sinlaku is weakening as it slowly moves...
RTD logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States was founded on the rallying cry of “no taxation without representation. Yet, 250 years later 3.6 million people in U.S. territories pay over $5 billion in federal taxes each year, all without any say in what federal taxes — or other federal laws — they...
EPSTEIN
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A preliminary check of the latest Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice identifies several notable appearances of Pacific Island countries. Where Pacific Islands people or places are mentioned in the deceased convicted paedophile's emails, they...

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