American Samoa

US House leaders have sidelined legislation to improve air services within American Samoa until the new Congress in January. The House will not take up the omnibus territories legislation passed...

American Samoa's StarKist Samoa cannery has commended the US Government Accountability Office's suggestions to ease concerns about federally mandated increases in the minimum wage.

Tonga has officially submitted a request to the US to extradite Dean Jay Fletcher, the US citizen wanted for the murder in Tonga.

Only 100 workers at Americian Samoa's Samoa Tuna Processors will keep their jobs when the cannery closes its canning operations next week.

The Tuna Commission is urging its members to focus on managing fish stocks instead of short-term financial gains.

A federal court in Hawaii has ruled to detain without bail a United States citizen wanted in Tonga for the murder of his wife.

Employees of the American Samoa Power Authority have been told to expect significant cuts to jobs and services in February next year.

The US-based American Tunaboat Association is calling for a "level playing field" and the protection of US fishing rights at a regional fisheries meeting in Fiji.

American Samoa's House of Representatives is poised to make Savali Talavou Ale the next Speaker after running unopposed in this month's election.

The extradition hearing for an American wanted for murder in Tonga has been set for January next year.

American Samoa's government has trapped thousands of myna birds over the past few months as part of its eradication programme.

Director of Homeland Security Utualii Iuniasolua Savusa has advised the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority to be aware that Congress has banned telecommunications supplies from a Chinese…

The start of a new police academy for the Department of Public Safety in American Samoa has been pushed back in order to select more police recruits before classes begin.

The Federal court in Honolulu has set for next week a detention hearing for an American man wanted by Tongan authorities for the murder of his wife.

American Samoa's Congresswoman has praised President-Elect Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to withdraw the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP.

The Department of Health and LBJ Hospital in American Samoa are closely monitoring babies born to mothers who had contracted the Zika virus during pregnancy.

The American Samoa Director of Nursing at the Department of Health Margaret Sesepasara says she believes residents are letting their guards down regarding the Zika virus. She said this was...

The American Samoa Power Authority calls for public support to get US military funding to clean up fuel.

A member of American Samoa's house of representatives says he wants the territory to look at options for increasing trade in the region.