American Samoa

The top advisor to American Samoa's governor says the decision to increase the minimum wage by 40 cents per hour will devastate American Samoa.

Employees at American Samoa's largest tuna cannery say they are happy their wages have increased, but have reservations about their job security.

The American Samoa governor has vetoed parts of the bill for this year's budget.

Over 90 workers at the American Samoa Department of Health, employed under a training programme, have been sacked.

The remote American Samoa island of Ofu and Olosega will have a longer wait for fuel supplies, after a ferry bringing fuel was forced to turn around and return to Pago Pago.

American Samoa's minimum wage will likely increase this week, despite the US House of Representatives extending a wage moratorium.

The House of Representatives has voted to delay a 50 cent minimum wage increase in American Samoa until 2017.

Today marks six years since the Pacific tsunami that claimed 189 lives across Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. On Saturday, American Samoa held a memorial service for the 34 victims...

The US government has announced the release of more than seven million US dollars worth of grant funding to American Samoa.

Agencies in American Samoa have been holding exercises this past weekend to test the territory's preparedness for a tsunami.

Jean-Michel Cousteau has added his voice to widespread protest about US boats fishing in American Samoa.

The American Samoa Governor wants the US Government to dismiss a call for longliners to be allowed to fish in the territory's Large Vessel Protected Area.

The next Samoa Bowl will be held in Hawaii.

The head of American Samoa's government owned shipyard says it needs improving in order to attract investors.

Ofu and Olosega Islands in Manu'a in American Samoa are out of gasoline and this has grounded the school bus.

Reports from American Samoa show that the threat from dengue is starting to subside.

A senator has accused the governor of violating the law by paying new employees with money set aside for current workers.

A dispute in American Samoa between the Education Department and a senator is causing confusion over the language of instruction in the country's schools.

People in American Samoa are being asked to refrain from burning rubbish as a dry spell sets in on the territory.

American Samoa's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources is hoping more villages will participate in a community-based Marine Protected Area programme.