American Samoa

American Samoa is asking the US Senate for more support with food assistance as it struggles with the ongoing impact of last year's Tropical Cyclone Gita.

A major tuna cannery in American Samoa is defending the hiring of hundreds of workers from neighbouring Samoa.

Fiji's Amalgamated Telecom Holdings has bought controlling interest shares in the Bluesky group of companies.

American Samoan authorities have ordered health check ups for inmates and improvements to the territory's prison.

The Fiji Meteorological Service says a tropical depression to the west of the Samoas could develop into a cyclone within the next six to 12 hours.

The potential for a tropical depression northwest of Samoa to develop into a cyclone is high, the Samoa Meteorology Division says.

The American Samoa Power Authority is sending samples of brown-coloured water being pumped from water wells at Tafuna for testing off island.

A tiny hole has been found in the hull of a ferry in American Samoa that started to sink while docked in Fagatogo.

American Samoa's Deputy Treasurer Keith Gebauer has rejected claims from Samoa that most of the hard drugs found there are brought in from the territory.

A ship belonging to the American Samoa government has taken on water while docked in Fagatogo but authorities have managed to stop it from sinking.

Heavy rain in American Samoa has contaminated wells with dirty water forcing the local power authority to shut them down.

American Samoa, Guam and Samoa have been added to a new EU blacklist on money-laundering and terrorism financing.