American Samoa

Business licence fees in American Samoa could increase by up to 1000 percent if a bill proposed by the administration is enacted into law.

Hotel and motel owners in American Samoa have called a proposed five percent hotel tax unfair.

Business licence fees in American Samoa could increase by as much as 50 to 90 percent if a proposed bill is passed into law.

The United States Department of Transportation has granted another waiver to the Samoa government operated Polynesian Airlines so it can continue domestic flights to Manu'a.

The American Samoa Governor has signed an agreement to allow AVM Bernardo Engineering to look for a company to manage a proposed food plant, after the Government turned down an offer to invest in the…

In American Samoa, the man believed to have been the driver of the car from which shots were fired at the Leone police substation last year was charged in the District Court yesterday.

American Samoa's Congresswoman, Aumua Amata Radewagen, has charged the Obama administration with environmental colonialism.

The Tautai o Samoa Longline and Fishing Association says an exemption for longliners to fish in protected American Samoan waters will help the local fleet survive.

Matagi David Sialega Mauga has won a special election in American Samoa. He replaces Lemapu Suiaunoa Talo.

There is strong criticism in American Samoa of a decision by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council to allow longliners to fish in waters now reserved for small boats or alia.

The American Samoa governor is considering a cut in the working hours of government employees because of a lack of money.

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has approved exemption for longliners in protected American Samoan waters.

Award winning New Zealand chef, Robert Oliver, wants to help improve the health of young people in American Samoa.

The American Samoa government is proposing a hotel occupancy tax of 5% of the daily room rate.

The police in American Samoa arrested two men yesterday in connection with the search of a fourth suspect in the shooting of the Leone police substation last November.

Hawaiian Air is adding ten extra flights on the Honolulu to American Samoa route.

American Samoa's representative to the US Congress says a mainland court should not be deciding the question of citizenship of American Samoans.

The Governor of American Samoa has called proposed exceptions to fishing rules an 'invasion of American Samoa's 50-mile zone'.

A third suspect in American Samoa has been charged in connection with last year's shooting of a police station in Leone.

The American Samoa Marine and Wildlife Department is against a proposed US federal ban on removal of coral, saying the ban will impact the fishing culture.