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$2.5 million in summer food distribution benefits begin for qualifying students
Samoa News
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June 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP) will issue S-EBT benefits, in the form of food coupons, for qualifying students who are verified by the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) for the...
Tafuna High School graduates 247 Warriors: “E Gase Toa Ae Ola Pule”
Samoa News
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June 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two hundred and forty-seven Warriors graduated from Tafuna High School this past Tuesday morning, June 10, 2025, during the 40th Commencement Exercises held at the Kanana Fou Gymnasium. The Class of 2025 theme was: “E...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Board Approves Key Resolutions to Strengthen Regional Tourism Governance and Sustainability
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 19, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) Board of Directors convened this week to deliberate on strategic and operational matters critical to the effective management of the organisation and the sustainable development of tourism in the region....
Woman who alleges she was assaulted found in a car near the PX
Samoa News
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June 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 18, 2025, an individual contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that she witnessed a man allegedly assaulting a woman inside a vehicle. The officers were able to track down the vehicle and found...
‘Wrong Move at the Wrong Time’: Trump’s Pacific Monument Fishing Reversal Raises Alarm For Biodiversity and Island Nations
Earth.Org
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May 27, 2025
Drastically reversing prior marine protections, US President Donald Trump recently signed a proclamation opening the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) to commercial fishing. Conservationists are worried this move will erase...
Polynesian pride: Track star with island roots driven by family
RNZ
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May 27, 2025
Laiana McClinton with medals she has won over her young career. Photo: Supplied Laiana McClinton's family were not surprised when the 17 year old claimed double wins at the Florida State high school athletic meet on May 10. To them, the top of the...
HT This Day: May 27, 1969 -- Apollo men are back: Pin-point landing in South Pacific
Hindustan Times
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May 26, 2025
Aboard USS Princeton: Climaxing a voyage of discovery, the Apollo-10 moon explorers came safely home from the heavens today blazing back through the earth’s atmosphere to a bull’s eye landing in the South Pacific within sight of the recovery ship...
Parkop calls for Pacific unity as PNG’s 50th anniversary nears
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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May 26, 2025
NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has called for greater Pacific unity and cultural pride as Papua New Guinea prepares to celebrate its 50th Independence Anniversary. He told a crowd at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium that “our Pacific...
Samoa PM warns of growing geopolitical interest in Pacific
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says it's a tough time for the Pacific region as leaders navigate a dynamic geopolitical arena, with various countries seeking more involvement and influence. Speaking to RNZ Pacific...
Deep sea mining frontrunner set to sidestep UN oversight — pivots to US
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) has confirmed it will not apply for a mining license through the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in June, instead it will exclusively apply through US...
A look at the Pacific Islands and the U.S. territories there
Whittier Daily News - California
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May 23, 2025
Islanders May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so today we look at the Pacific Islands and the American territories there. A kingdom, a territory, then a state One hundred years before Hawaii became a territory annexed by the...
Arizona students deserve Asia American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history
Arizona Capitol Times
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May 24, 2025
Maria Chacon As longtime members of the Arizona Education Association (AEA) and active Arizona educators — with one of us teaching middle and high school social studies in Mesa for 30+ years and the other teaching high school social studies in...
Seven ASCC graduates awarded ASG off-island scholarships
Talanei
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May 22, 2025
Seven graduates of the American Samoa Community College Spring Class of 2025 have been awarded ASG scholarships for undergraduate studies off island. The scholarships are $5,000 per semester for two years which totals $20,000. The students signed...
AS Economic Development Council welcomes DOI announcement
Talanei
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May 21, 2025
The Executive Director of the American Samoa Economic Development Council, John Wasko welcomes the announcement by the US Department of Interior that it’s initiating the process to evaluate a potential mineral lease sale in the waters off shore of...
Mandatory Electronic Monitoring for longline fleets in AS & Hawaii approved
Talanei
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June 12, 2025
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council took final action Wednesday to authorize the use of electronic monitoring (EM) as a mandatory tool for data collection aboard longline vessels operating under Hawai‘i and American Samoa...
U.S. Eyes Request To Extract South Pacific Ocean Minerals Near Samoa
Forbes
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Photo of American Samoa.getty For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Department of the Interior plans to consider a lease to extract minerals in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf with a focus on South Pacific waters around American Samoa....
Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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May 23, 2025
The fishing has resumed in the deep ocean waters that were designated off-limits over a decade ago. Honolulu longliners wasted little time cashing in on President Donald Trump’s decision last month to lift the commercial fishing ban in the deep...
Memorial Day honors the sacrifice of US service members
Talanei
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May 23, 2025
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring Memorial Day 2025 and the memories of all the U.S. Service Members who gave their lives in service of the country with the following statement: “On Memorial Day, we are forever grateful to those Service...
'Every Man And His Dog Is Coming': Samoan PM Warns Of Growing Geopolitical Interest In Pacific
Scoop
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Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Presenter/Bulletin Editor Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific Bulletin Editor Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says it is a tough time for the Pacific region as leaders navigate a dynamic geopolitical arena, with various...
High level political Talanoa Talks in Apia
Samoa News
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May 20, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific islands Forum Review of the Regional Architecture, which began in 2024, is a strategic undertaking to ensure that the Pacific’s regional system is responsive and fit for purpose to implement the 2050...