American Samoa Travel News

December 03, 2009 WHO knew? McDonalds and Coca-Cola tied to the most obese countries in the world..DUH! latest obesity report, America has landed in at #3 as the worlds Fattest people closely followed by Germany.

Jean and Enele Purcell and their 7-year-old daughter, Evangeline, were living in American Samoa in 2007 when Jean, 31, gave birth to a second baby girl, Eros, who was born two months premature.

Swine flu vaccinations for pregnant women in American Samoa are set to start on Monday and are expected to last up to two weeks as the Health Department awaits another shipment to arrive next month.

Swine flu vaccinations for pregnant women in American Samoa are set to start on Monday and are expected to last up to two weeks as the Health Department awaits another shipment to arrive next month.

Second grade students at Lupelele Elementary School marked Thanksgiving Day yesterday with a showcase of the abundance of foods grown locally.

Officials of RCA Consultants, the off-island group contracted to produce the American Samoa Tourism Master Plan at Wednesdaya s meeting with the private sector hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and the Governora s Economic Advisory Council.

Attracting more cruiseships to call into the Port of Pago Pago is another target market for the American Samoa Visitor's Bureau, whose chief executive officer David Vaeafe plans to promote American Samoa in an international cruise ship conference next year.

A 5-year-old boy flown here from American Samoa about a month ago for treatment of flulike illness died earlier this week of complications related to H1N1 influenza, said state epidemiologist Sarah Park.

Another child with the H1N1 virus has died in Hawaii. State health officials say a five year old boy from American Samoa passed away this week after flying to Honolulu for emergency treatment.

Afuafu Tuilaepa is the senior lady and matriarch of Chief Tuilaepa Fua'ava's family clan at Manono Island.

GUAS Director Tupua Roy Fua and his staff celebrate National GEAR UP Day earlier this year.

Gov. Togiola Tulafono shakes hands with US Air Force Tech. Sgt. Terry Grace, a native of Jackson, Miss.

Federal subpoenas for the Territorial Office of Homeland Security specifically targeted personnel, payroll information, travel expenses and records and contracts or agreements.

The U.S. Emergency Management Agency has provided a grant funding of more than $170,000 to help the American Samoa government with immediate crisis counseling for people affected by the Sept.

Local Department of Homeland Security director Mike Sala confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has an active investigation concerning homeland security funds awarded to American Samoa, but dismissed some of the allegations reported by the CNN television network in a recent two-part series.

Almost $300,000 in financial contributions to American Samoa for the relief and recovery effort have been recorded and overseen by the newly created American Samoa Disaster Relief and Recovery Program .

When Steve Ade flew to American Samoa last month, he expected the worst. By the time the Salina resident left the South Pacific island three weeks later, he had seen the best of humanity.

When an earthquake-triggered tsunami cascaded into this tiny island in late September, the result was 34 lives lost and untold millions in property damage.

The FBI is investigating alleged government corruption in tsunami-ravaged American Samoa, according to a CNN report shows millions of your taxpayer dollars that were supposed to create a tsunami warning system went missing.

U.S. Army Reserve Chief, Lt. General Jack Stultz during an interview Saturday. Stultz is the commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command.