American Samoa News

The first single from pop singer-songwriter Jobob Taeleifi's self-titled debut CD, will be released November 11th on CD Baby.

The following is the full text of the testimony offered on Nov. 4, 2009 before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Hearing on H.R. 3583, the American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources and Employment Act by Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa.

Vehicles as tsunami traps highlighted by the debris piled up at more than 12m elevation at Poloa, American Samoa.

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.

Tsunami eyewitnesses are interviewed by Professors Costas Synolakis of USC and Hermann Fritz of Georgia Tech to evaluate warning, evacuation and survival strategies on Manono Island, Samoa.

The head of a Hawaii committee formed to help victims of the Sept. 29 earthquake and tsunami in Samoa is asking residents to donate money for residents of Independent Samoa.

The Help Samoa Disaster Relief Coalition for American Samoa/Samoa headquartered in Carson, CA, is a volunteer non-profit relief organization whose membership comprises a large group of community members .

It's time to "fall back" again. At 2 a.m. Sunday, you'll have to turn your clock back one hour, because it's the end of daylight saving time.

Say goodbye to sunlit evenings. Unless you're waking up Sunday in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands or Arizona, the end of daylight saving time means clocks "fall back" one hour.

Pava'ia'i Elementary School K-5 students and their teacher Mrs. Moi, yesterday, when the class celebrated Halloween in their classroom.

On September 29, a tsunami swept across the island of American Samoa after a powerful earthquake hit the South Pacific.

Visitors to our islands as well as local residents will be pleased to hear that Part Three of "A History of American Samoa" will be aired on KVZK TV this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Written and directed by Dr.

Top defense officials from 24 nations in the Asia-Pacific region discussed how to combat piracy and deliver disaster assistance at a meeting in Hawaii.The U.S. Pacific Command hosted the three-day Chiefs of Defense conference at Ko Olina resort in West Oahu.Bangladesh and Japan were among the two dozen nations represented at the meeting.

Close to $300,000 in financial donations have been received in American Samoa in the month following a tsunami that claimed 34 lives in the U.S. territory.The territorial government said Thursday about $30,000 came from individuals and organizations in Hawaii.

Good news: Most Americans can get an extra hour of sleep this weekend.Standard time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, with clocks falling back to offer an extra hour of rest.Daylight saving time returns March 13.Some states and territories do not observe daylight saving time: Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the ...

Public schools in the Commonwealth turned over yesterday a $6,000 check donation for the tsunami-hit schoolchildren in American Samoa.

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.

Four weeks after the devastating tsunami that killed almost 200 hundred people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has received more than $250,000 in a generous response from New Zealanders giving to the relief effort.

The Pacific Judicial Council concludes its four- day conference at the Fiesta Resort and Spa, today, Oct.

Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Anthony M. Babauta has sent a letter to Governors Linda Lingle and Felix Camacho to notify them that they will be receiving 11,228,742 and $16,827,026 in Compact Impact funding for Hawaii and Guam respectively.