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Businesses claim significant losses due to new DOH policy
Retailers and wholesalers are feeling the effects of the Department of Health’s decision not to extend the shelf life of food items and goods past their expiration and best-used-by dates. Two weeks ago, DOH announced that, effective immediately,...
Owner: Larry Fuss
Pacific economies will grow in 2025, but turbulence likely ahead
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is offering a sunny outlook on the Pacific economy, but with clouds on the horizon. In its latest forecasts, the Bank puts economic growth at 4.1 percent regionwide, while projecting a...
Owner: Annesley Family
Are American Samoans not traveling to Samoa as much?
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The answer is “YES” — at least for the month of August 2024. American Samoans are not traveling to Samoa as much — according to the latest Samoa Bureau of Statistics travel numbers which show a drop of 60 percent....
Owner: Annesley Family
How will the US government shutdown affect American Samoa?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government. Republicans supported a short-term measure to fund the government generally at...
Owner: Annesley Family
Bill would remove off island directors from ASPA Board
Seventeen of the twenty-one members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that eliminates the requirement that two members of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Board of Director be from off-island. According to the bill,...
Owner: Larry Fuss
American Samoa Showcases Cultural Heritage with Inaugural Paogo Cultural Week 2025
The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) proudly marked a milestone for the territory’s tourism and cultural calendar with the successful staging of the first Paogo Cultural Week, held 22–26 September 2025 at Suigaula. Dedicated to honoring the...
Guam at the Pacific Islands Forum: ‘Business as Usual’ Despite External Partner Ban
At this year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting, the story that seemed to capture headlines was the decision by this year’s host, Solomon Islands, to disinvite all external partners from attendance. The reporting around this decision...
Owner: James Pach
Unpaid excise taxes of $713,216 is for an aircraft
No names were mentioned, but it was revealed at a Senate hearing Thursday that a single company owes 90% of the total outstanding excise tax balance owed to ASG, which amounts to $793,998. The importer owes $713,216.17 in taxes and according to...
Owner: Larry Fuss
Saelua Medical Corporation opens new Primary Care Clinic
The Saelua Medical Corporation announces the opening its New Primary Care Clinic at the Tafuna Industrial Park Wednesday, October 1. A US licensed medical doctor, Dr Gloria DJokoto, who is licensed both in New York and American Samoa has joined...
Owner: Larry Fuss
Amount of businesses & individual excise tax liabilities mounting up
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manai Fruean has convened a formal hearing to address the pressing issue of excise tax liabilities affecting both businesses and individuals within the community. Following consultations with the...
Owner: Annesley Family
American Samoa receives $250,000 grant for audit help
On August 30, 2025, Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) of American Samoa stated that the territory will receive $250,000 from the US Office of Insular Affairs. The money will help the Treasury Department examine how public money is used....
Owner: Pasquines Inc.
Senate VP clarifies that the Treasurer can permit partial payments on excise taxes for imported vehicles
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Senate hearing yesterday morning, Magalei Logovi’i, the Vice President of the Senate, emphasized the authority granted to the Treasurer under the Administrative Code regarding Customs. He clarified that the...
Owner: Annesley Family
How will the US government shutdown affect Pacific?
President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine, and President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo, US President Donal Trump and President of the Republic of Palau Tommy E. Remengesau. Photo: Faceook/ US Embassy...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Army enlists 33 people in mass soldier swear-in ceremony in American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — “Se mea lava a faigata o le tautua e moe i le pologa o le loto ala i le tiga.” The sound of a traditional Samoan song of service filled the air, sung by 33 young men and women as they marched into the Army Reserve...
Owner: American Government
American Samoa Power Authority to deploy Itron’s AMI solution
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) will implement Itron, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ITRI) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solution to modernize its electricity distribution network, according to a press release statement. Itron,...
Owner: Annesley Family
Seabed Mining Under the Microscope: A Techno-Economic Reality Check
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a global expert on minerals processing and battery minerals, Lyle Trytten. We were closing out an engagement to do a...
Owner: Zachary Shahan
Making American Samoa Healthy Again
South Pacific Watersport and Fitness has launched a major new health campaign to tackle American Samoa’s obesity crisis. Following its 10th anniversary, the gym unveiled the Make American Samoa Healthy Again—or MASHA—movement. With more than 90...
Owner: Larry Fuss
Bank of Guam® announces 2025-2026 APIA scholars- Bank of Guam cohort, awarding $50,000 to five students
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Hagåtña, Guam – Bank of Guam is proud to announce the 2025–2026, APIA Scholars - Bank of Guam Cohort, marking another milestone in the Bank’s long-standing commitment to investing in the next generation of leaders from Guam and the Micronesia...
Owner: Ho S. Eun
Bank of Guam awards $50K to five 2025-26 Asian Pacific Islanders American Scholars recipients
This year, over 1,000 applications were received for APIA Scholars’ Scholarships from across Guam, Saipan, Palau, American Samoa, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Rota, Tinian, Kosrae, Yap, the Marshall Islands, and Hawaii.
Owner: Pacific Telestations LLC
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington (UPDATE)
October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place their Annual EEO...
Owner: Aviva Cuyler