Under local law if a Senate vacancy exists less than 3 months before the end of the current legislature, the Governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill such a vacancy. It was under this […]

All cabinet positions for the incoming administration of Governor-elect Pulaalii Nikolao Pula and Pulu Ae Ae Jr are now being advertised on line at hope2024.com Forty-one director positions are listed along with duties and responsibilities […]

The Department of Health on Friday issued an alert regarding an outbreak of whooping cough or pertusiss in Samoa. Samoa’s Ministry of Health declared the outbreak after six confirmed cases of whooping cough, which is […]

A new senator for Manu’a District #2, which includes Ofu, olosega and Sili is to be sworn in this morning and will serve the remainder of the term of former senator Malaepule Saite Moliga. The […]

The American Samoa Government (ASG) ended Fiscal Year 2024 with $139.2 million in General Fund revenues, falling short of its $143 million budget by $3.8 million. This marked a steep decline from FY2023’s extraordinary $188.4 […]

American Samoa is once again pushing a proposal to exempt US purse seines that deliver their catches to StarKist Samoa from current fishing limits in waters governed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, […]

An interim report has found that the HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sank off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error. The Royal New Zealand Navy ship hit a reef on the southern […]

High Chief Magalei Logovii will be returning to the Senate as one of the two senators for Tuala-uta in the new Legislature. Magalei, a former ASG Treasurer and Budget Director, was Senate President Pro Tem […]

An accredited status enables an institution to qualify for federal grants and contracts, to distribute federal financial aid to its students, and for students’ credits to be more easily transferred to other accredited institutions. In […]