American Samoa

American Samoa's Department of Health is carrying out further testing to determine if there's a new type of dengue fever present in the territory following confirmation that two people died from…

The International Boxing Association says it will not recognise the American Samoa Boxing Association meeting and election of officers held earlier this year.

Health authorities in American Samoa are concerned by the deaths of two people from dengue fever.

American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources says it wants the community to report signs of bleaching and other damage effecting coral reefs.

The American Samoa boxer George Tanoa Jr says he's already won the battle of his life against drugs and alcohol ahead of the Pacific Games, which start in July.

The American Samoa government plans to strongly oppose a plan to open up an area now reserved for local fishing boats to longlners.

Residents have been shaken in American Samoa and Samoa by a morning earthquake, intially believed to be magnitude 6.2.

In American Samoa, almost 200 litres of diesel fuel was removed yesterday from the long-liner that has run aground on the reef off the airport, the Seahawk 68.

The American Samoa government's finances remain dire but it will not be cutting the hours of public servants.

American Samoa's Congresswoman Aumua Amata says she supports having the territory determine its own minimum wage instead of the US Congress.

Efforts to salvage a longliner which ran aground in American Samoa on Friday are being hampered by bad weather. Audio

There's concern up to 4,000 litres of fuel and tonnes of dead fish could be spilled into the ocean in American Samoa where a fishing vessel ran aground.

The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce plans to establish a Tax Reform Committee charged with reviewing current tax laws, and recommending changes to the government.

All 22 crew members of a longliner which ran aground on a reef near American Samoa's international airport in Pago Pago are safe.

The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce says it doesn't believe the government's 'living wage' document is going to impress the U.S. Congress.

An investigation is underway in American Samoa after a longliner ran aground in bad weather this morning.

The American Samoa National Olympic Committee expects it will cost $200,000 to send a team to the upcoming Pacific Games in Port Moresby.

American Samoa has told the United Nations it should remain on the UN's list of Non-Self Governing Territories until its people determine what its future political status should be.

The American Samoa National Olympic Committee president says he was surprised to learn through the media that the national sevens team is not participating in the Pacific Games.