American Samoa

American Samoa's nearly half-a-billion dollar budget has been effectively approved by both houses in the legislature.

Government employees - including elected officials - in American Samoa will soon have to undergo drug and alcohol testing.

American Samoa's governor has made a move to return to the fold of a regional body which looks at development in the US Pacific territories.

Huge increases are being proposed for the registration of land, leases and matai titles in American Samoa.

An American Samoa-based company has had to pay over $US37,000 in overtime to workers after it was found that they had failed to fulfil their requirements under the labour law.

The rights of workers in American Samoa has been a focus of workshops by the Honolulu office of the Equal Employment Opportunity commission.

A US fishing company has had its penalties for negligence reduced after it contested the findings of the occupation safety regulator.

American Samoa's new inter-island ferry is out of action again, this time with a broken bow thruster.

Thousands of people in American Samoa had their crops damaged by Cyclone Gita in February according to the territory's agriculture director.

Members of the purse seine and longline fishing industries have provided a sobering view of the sector in American Samoa.

A federal judge has granted, in part, the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata's motion for "permissive intervention" in the US citizenship lawsuit.

The owner of an American Samoan sports bar which has been the subject of a number of large scale police raids has been arrested on drug-related charges.

A three cent hike in the tax on cigarettes, cigars and tobacco has been proposed in American Samoa.

The bill in American Samoa changing the marriage age for girls from 14 to 18, has been signed into law by the territory's governor Lolo Moliga.

A former senior police officer in American Samoa has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to sexually harassing a female police officer.

American Samoans expecting to be away for the American mid-term election in November can vote early starting from tomorrow.

American Samoa's economy appears to be shrinking. The territory's economy decreased by more than 5 percent last year.

Two sitting members of American Samoa's House of Representatives are running unopposed in the November 6 elections.