American Samoa

Papua New Guinea have all but sealed the Oceania Cup rugby title after beating American Samoa 36-22 in the second round of matches in Port Moresby yesterday.

The US Department of Labor has found minimum wage and overtime violations involving three-jointly owned businesses in American Samoa.

American Samoa and Papua New Guinea will meet in a top of the table clash in the Oceania Cup rugby competition in Port Moresby today.

Extra steps are being taken to ensure school children in American Samoa are protected against the dengue virus before school starts.

Authorities in American Samoa are putting a recent spike in dengue cases down to better record keeping, and not a resurgence of the virus.

Papua New Guinea and American Samoa made a winning start to the Oceania Cup rugby competition at the weekend.

The Samoa government-owned Polynesian Airlines is seeking a six month United States federal waiver to operate American Samoa's domestic flights.

Another effort is being made in American Samoa to have government workers and elected officials undergo drug testing.

An American Samoa legislator Larry Sanitoa says he does not support another delay in the next minimum wage increase.

American Samoa's governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called a meeting to ensure all interests are addressed regarding an impending minimum wage hike.

Fiji Football has welcomed the opportunity for their senior team to play a couple of friendly matches against Tonga and American Samoa.

Production is continuing at American Samoa StarKist cannery for now.

A man in American Samoa has been charged with murder in relation to a body that was found in bushes last week in Vailoa.

The owner of the Philippines company, AVM Bernardo, hopes it can start building a food processing plant in American Samoa before the end of this year.

The American Samoa Fisheries Task Force says the territory needs to make more noise over the lack of fishing access for local US tuna boats.

American Samoa's Governor has instructed his cabinet to spend the week going out to schools under the Adopt-A-School Initiative to make sure they are clean, safe and ready for the school year.

Police in American Samoa have taken into custody a 21 year-old man from Leone in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found in Vailoa.

The chairman of the Board of the American Samoa government Employees Retirement Fund Fanene Morris Scanlan has resigned.

A 16-person National Park of American Samoa fire crew is heading to northern California to help the fight against wild fires in the state.

In American Samoa, the number of probable cases of dengue fever seen at LBJ Hospital and the Community Health Centers went up by just under 50 in one week.