American Samoa

Three prisoners in America Samoa have alleged police brutality and inhumane treatment as reasons why prisoners escape from the Territorial Correctional Facility.

American Samoa's Director of Health is urging parents to make sure their children have been immunised.

American Samoa's governor wants the US Senate to approve funding for the territory's infrastructure needs.

A man in American Samoa has been found guilty of shooting at a police vehicle at the Tony Solaita Baseball Field in December 2017.

A lawmaker in American Samoa says his government could owe more than $US13 million to the territory's hospital.

The American Samoa public defender Michael White has added his voice to calls for a drug rehabilitation centre to be built in the territory.

American Samoa is asking the US Senate for more support with food assistance as it struggles with the ongoing impact of last year's Tropical Cyclone Gita.

A major tuna cannery in American Samoa is defending the hiring of hundreds of workers from neighbouring Samoa.

Fiji's Amalgamated Telecom Holdings has bought controlling interest shares in the Bluesky group of companies.

American Samoan authorities have ordered health check ups for inmates and improvements to the territory's prison.

The Fiji Meteorological Service says a tropical depression to the west of the Samoas could develop into a cyclone within the next six to 12 hours.

The potential for a tropical depression northwest of Samoa to develop into a cyclone is high, the Samoa Meteorology Division says.