The Solomon Islands will not compete in the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2026 in Fiji, citing unresolved issues stemming from last year’s pageant in Honiara, involving a Samoan pageant judge, ...Read more
Former customs agent Sheehan Sam Seigafo was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Jan 8, however the court has granted a continuance to Tuesday, Jan 13. Seigafo’s attorney Neal Connors asked ...Read more
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has announced that Kalilimoku Sola August Hunt and Tuputausi May Hirata Hunt, have been selected as the president and matron of the Pago Pago, ...Read more
The village council of Moata’a has decided to banish drug suspects identified by the police if they are found guilty by the court. Samoa Observer reports the decision was taken after a ...Read more
By Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele, ASGERF Member In Part One of this series, I discussed national research showing that weakening pension systems increases income inequality and slows economic ...Read more
Three police officers who have been accused by members of a family in Leloaloa of assaulting one of their relatives have been reassigned to desk jobs while the complaint against them is being ...Read more
Lt. Governor Pulu Ae Ae Jr. has asked the Department of Public Works to board up the ANZ Building in Tafuna to prevent further vandalism. The Lt. Governor said he was shocked when he entered the ...Read more
Why isn’t the road repaired immediately after ASPA contractors dig it up to make water pipe repairs underground? That’s a common question concerned residents have asked ASPA ...Read more
The U.S. House advanced key funding legislation for American Samoa this week. KHJ News Washington D.C., correspondent Matt Kaye has the details. The FY 2026 Interior Appropriations bill is finally ...Read more
Acting Treasurer Brett Butler The Tax Office has relocated to the first floor of the Tedi of Samoa Building in Fagatogo Square. Doors will open to the public on Monday, January 12. For tax payments ...Read more
