American Samoa

The US tuna company StarKist has agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge of price fixing for its role in a conspiracy to rig the price of canned tuna.

The meeting of Swains Islanders to select their member of the House of Representatives for the next two years has been postponed to October 30.

Two ex guards at the Juvenile Detention Center in American Samoa Alofagia Letuli and Olafou Wilson, have been sentenced to 10 year jail terms for crimes they committed while working at the detention…

Tonga suffered a narrow 7-5 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago this morning in a high-octane women's futsal match at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

American Samoa's election authorities have set a date for Swains Islanders to meet to select their delegate to the territory's House of Representatives.

American Samoa have recorded the first victory by a Pacific Island team at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

It's been a tough start for Pacific Islands athletes at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

Palau and Wallis and Futuna have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem, while a mass eradication campaign is underway in American Samoa.

New see-through ballot boxes and single ballot papers have been brought in for the general election in American Samoa next month.

In a huge victory for American Samoa and its air services, the US Senate has passed a bill that includes long-sought reforms to improve air service and lower air fares within the territory.

A champion boxer in American Samoa will be sentenced next month after he pleaded guilty this week to drug possession.

Tributes are pouring in following the death of American Samoa Power Authority's executive director, Utu Abe Malae.

Leaders of American Samoa's legislature are calling a meeting this week to discuss how to proceed on the construction of the new Fono building.

The American Samoa Power Authority executive director, Utu Abe Malae, died this morning at the LBJ Medical Center in Pago Pago.

The new 40 cents per hour federally mandated minimum wage increase has come into force in American Samoa this week.

Family of those who died on the western side of American Samoa's Tutuila during the 2009 earthquake and tsunami have marked the anniversary of the disaster with a ceremony.

Senate approves legislation protecting the US territory's elderly and disabled adult population.

A former mayor of Honolulu has been hired by the American Samoan Government to lobby for it in Washington.

The World Health Organisation is planning a mass drug campaign to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa.