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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa media is reporting that two of the three people who appeared in court with alleged links to the Vietnam shooting involving two Samoan men were remanded for two more weeks by the District Court.
In court, all three individuals were presented together. Prosecutor...
HONOLULU — The crew of USCGC Hollyhock returned to Honolulu Sunday after completing their first Operation Blue Pacific patrol.
The Hollyhock crew departed Honolulu in April and traveled more than 7,500 nautical miles over 42 days, making port calls in Pago Pago, American Samoa, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Safata MP says compensation for the sinking of HMNZ Manawanui is on its way.
Nearly two years on from the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel on Safata reef in Smaoa, residents say compensation has still not been paid.
Residents have told the Samoan Observer that no...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In what's believed to be a first, a new exhibition underway in Nelson is dedicated entirely to the mountain daisy Tikumu, once a taonga for weavers the knowledge of weaving techniques had almost been lost.
"The beauty in tikumu is that it's not like harakeke that grows...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that Samoa Police have said they are not aware that the wanted Sydney alleged murder suspect, Anthony Pele, is currently in Samoa, despite information received by the Observer suggesting he is in the country.
Pele, a Sydney underworld...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the U.S. government prepares to auction off slices of the seabed in federal waters, experts, including the former director of the federal agency overseeing deep-sea mining, say the regulations that would govern this activity are outdated and lack important oversight...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's national hospital is rationing critical medicine due to a low supply, with outside help offering temporary relief.
Last week, the Health Ministry received an urgent air freight shipment from Fiji-based Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH), covering only about half...
HONOLULU — The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council completed its review of several key fisheries science and management issues at its meeting last week.
The SSC endorsed the 2026 American Samoa Bottomfish Stock Assessment Update as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The briefing, What does 'Consent of the Governed' mean in U.S. territories? was organized in coordination with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and held on June 4th at the U.S. Senate. Congressman Pablo José Hernández (D-PR)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Tsunami Warning Centre issued advisories for parts of the Pacific following a massive earthquake in the Philippines.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck at a depth of 63km at Mindanao.
The warning center forecast tsunami waves to be less than 0.3 meters above the...