American Samoa News

The boys of our local American Samoa All Star team in action during their practice yesterday morning at the Tafuna High School football field.

From all of us at Samoa News "we wish the people of American Samoa and our Toa o Samoa, Merry Christmas." [photo: Jim McGuire] A peaceful American Samoa joins Christians around the world tomorrow to celebrate Christmas 2009, although in other places on Earth, conflicts and war mar the celebration of Christ's birth.

Assistant Attorney General Kornegay says that "the raising of these prices for necessities harms the people of American Samoa and its economy". He argues that his statement is a "fact". However, Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren of the Cato Institute argue in their essay, Let 'Em Gouge: A Defense of Price Gouging, that "price gouging - like spinach ...

The F/V Cape Elizabeth [photo: tunaseiners.com] The Fishing Vessel "Cape Elizabeth", formerly the "Tradition" sank on Dec.

The Fishing Vessel "Cape Elizabeth", formally the "Tradition" sank on Dec. 20 after a fire reporedly started in the galley.

As far as Lloyd Sapiga and his family and friends in Samoa are concerned, Christmas came early this year, with former Louisiana Tech University and NBA legend Karl Anthony Malone as Santa.

More than 1,000 people were feared dead and many more were trapped under collapsed buildings on Wednesday night after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The Election Office will not have any problem meeting the new federal election law which requires absentee ballots for overseas military personnel to be sent out 45-days prior to the election.

Department of Treasury choir performing during the first night of the Territorial Christmas Program, Wed., Dec.

This map shows the tracks of all cyclones greater than 74 mph during the 10-year period 1994-2003. It helps put some perspective on American Samoaa TMs susceptibility to tropical cyclones.

Congressman Faleomavaega announced Friday that on Dec. 16, 2009, the House passed, by a vote of 217212, legislation to boost employment and provide fiscal relief to local governments.

Researchers have unveiled stunning new pictures of a volcanic eruption deep underwater.

Bay Farm Elementary School's Media Center buzzed with activity. A group of fourth-grade girls moved quickly from piles of books stacked on the floor to boxes labeled, "toddler," "fiction" and "nonfiction." Three boys stood at a round table trimming slogans printed on paper that read, "get hooked on a book" and "may reading be with you." Outside the ...

Pacific Symposium for Science and Sustainability second place finisher Faa aloloa i Tea o , a Tafuna High School junior, her mentor Dr.

A new federal law now in affect requires ballots for active military personnel be mailed out 45-days prior to election of federal offices.

A federal agency is surveying the waters around American Samoa to determine the extent of coral reef damaged by man-made debris left by the Sept.

High resolution Submerged marine debris off Amanave Village in southwestern Tutuila.

The tsunami devastation on Samoa's southern Upolu coastline. Photo: NZ Defence Force.

A delegation from the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu, led by Consul General Leoncio Cardenas, made a courtesy call on American Samoa Gov.

Lotovale Sila of Masausia 'new vetiver grass establishing on his steep slopes where he grows his taro.