American Samoa

The American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority says it is confident that the Hawaiki submarine cable will help it with its financial problems.

Seventeen firefighters from the National Park of American Samoa may prolong their time in California due to the severe nature of the fires in the state.

The impact of climate change in American Samoa has been painted graphically by the US Coral Reef Task Force.

American Samoa's population is continuing to drop with the 2018 estimate putting it at 59,600.

Delegates from the US Coral Reef Task Force are visiting a unique site in American Samoa before the start of a disaster preparedness meeting this week.

There's been strong support for raising the age that young women are allowed to marry at a forum in American Samoa.

American Samoa's Power Authority is embarking on a major alternative energy project which its acting executive director, Wallon Young, says will save the ASPA about $US6 million annually.

The owner of American Samoa's StarKist cannery wants the territory's help to sway the federal government.

The American Samoa bill to raise the marriage age for women from 14 to 18 has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.

American Samoa is expected to receive $US66.7 million in federal government assistance following Cyclone Gita.

A supermarket in American Samoa has been accused of selling cigarettes to minors and could face fines of more than US$500.

American Samoa's governor is proposing legislation to protect the elderly and disabled population in the territory from abuse and neglect.

The government in American Samoa has launched an outreach programme to educate people on the veto override referendum that coincides with November's general election.

Eradication of the Lopa tree has been put on hold in American Samoa.

A high-ranking member of the US Secret Service has visited American Samoa to build partnerships with local law enforcement agencies to fight cyber crime and threats to the US payment system.

A Northern Marianas man has been named as the new commander of the American Samoa Detachment Unit of the US Army Reserve in Pago Pago.

A major health clinic in American Samoa was closed last week because doctors couldn't access medical records at the main LBJ Hospital.

A former American Samoa police officer is now in prison after being extradited to the territory from the US state of Washington.