American Samoa

A court ruling in the United States that people born in American Samoa do not qualify for automatic US citizenship has been described by the governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga as the right decision.

An American Samoa government building closed its doors yesterday afternoon because of a bad odour from dead rats believed to be in the walls and ceiling.

An entomologist in American Samoa says the two mosquito types identified as dengue carriers in the territory breed in anything which contains water.

The Governor of American Samoa Lolo Matalasi Moliga has suggested hiring teachers from countries like India to help improve education in the territory.

The Dialysis Unit at American Samoa's LBJ Hospital has reopened after a three-day closure.

The American Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen is pleased with a landmark decision by the US Court of Appeals on citizenship.

The Federal appeals court in Washington D.C. has ruled that people born in American Samoa are not automatic U.S. citizens.

American Samoa's Department of Health is carrying out further testing to determine if there's a new type of dengue fever present in the territory following confirmation that two people died from…

The International Boxing Association says it will not recognise the American Samoa Boxing Association meeting and election of officers held earlier this year.

Health authorities in American Samoa are concerned by the deaths of two people from dengue fever.

American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources says it wants the community to report signs of bleaching and other damage effecting coral reefs.

The American Samoa boxer George Tanoa Jr says he's already won the battle of his life against drugs and alcohol ahead of the Pacific Games, which start in July.

The American Samoa government plans to strongly oppose a plan to open up an area now reserved for local fishing boats to longlners.

Residents have been shaken in American Samoa and Samoa by a morning earthquake, intially believed to be magnitude 6.2.

In American Samoa, almost 200 litres of diesel fuel was removed yesterday from the long-liner that has run aground on the reef off the airport, the Seahawk 68.

The American Samoa government's finances remain dire but it will not be cutting the hours of public servants.

American Samoa's Congresswoman Aumua Amata says she supports having the territory determine its own minimum wage instead of the US Congress.

Efforts to salvage a longliner which ran aground in American Samoa on Friday are being hampered by bad weather. Audio

There's concern up to 4,000 litres of fuel and tonnes of dead fish could be spilled into the ocean in American Samoa where a fishing vessel ran aground.