Renowned Samoan poet and novelist Papalii Sia Figiel has been discovered dead in her cell at Tanumalala Prison where she was awaiting the result of her trial for the murder of American Samoan ...Read more
The American Samoa Government ended the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 with a $7.8 million surplus. The first quarter financial report for the period from October 1 to December 31, 2025, was ...Read more
Tributes for poet, writer, teacher, and environmentalist John Enright are being widely shared on Facebook. John, who spent 26 years in American Samoa, died Tuesday in Rhode Island. He was 80. In an ...Read more
Students from American Samoa pursuing graduate and undergraduate studies at New Mexico Highlands University will pay in-state tuition under a Joint Proclamation between the university and American ...Read more
Should bonds issued by the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) be submitted to the Fono for appropriation? This question was posed by Senator Olo Uluao Letuli posed to Acting ...Read more
A matai representing the Iliili Village Council has presented a petition to the Territorial Zoning Board to rescind a variance that the Board granted for a two-story commercial building to be added ...Read more
The Samoa Government has approved the Unit Trust of Samoa (UTOS) starting the registration of shareholders in Samoa Airways’ international jet operations, planned to be revived by end of this ...Read more
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata renewed American Samoa’s opposition to deep sea mineral mining at a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing, and secured an assurance on any profit sharing ...Read more
A woman who has made her mark in banking, politics, business, church, and community, has passed away. Poiali’i Fiasili Puni Haleck served as the first female Vice President of locally owned ...Read more
One of the experts that local non-profit group, Finafinau, has brought here to help residents learn more about deep sea mining is impressed with the awareness people have shown about the issue. The ...Read more
