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 […]

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 […]

Yale Ph.D. candidate and Leone High School graduate Mata’u Faiai is part of a vital research study aimed at preventing non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, among youth in American Samoa. The study focuses on high blood […]

The extradition of fugitive Barry Aileone from Alaska required cooperation between the governments of American Samoa and the state of Alaska. Attorney General Fainuulelei Alailima-Utu explained that the Criminal Division of the AG’s Office has […]

Director of Marine and Wildlife Resources Taotasi Archie Soliai is ecstatic that American Samoa has been granted observer status in the Forum Fisheries Agency. The Deputy Director General of the FFA, Dr. Pio Manoa, informed […]