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Nat'l Women's Softball and Volleyball teams race to secure travel funds
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the clock ticking down to the May 23 deadline, American Samoa’s women’s softball and volleyball teams are in a race not of speed, but of finance. As the Pacific Mini Games, set for June 29 to July 9 in Palau, draw...
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...
Scaling Smarter: How a Modern Tech Stack Fuels Diagnostic Lab Growth
BioPharma Dive
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2025 AS High School Boys Soccer League Championship
Samoa News
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May 21, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After multiple postponements due to relentless rain and the Swains Island Centennial Flag Day holiday, the highly anticipated championship matches of the 2025 American Samoa High School Boys' Soccer League finally took...
Samoa’s first waterpark will open in former home of Fiafia Park
Samoa News
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May 22, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Always one to surprise with his ventures, Tupai Bruno Royale is set to launch a first for the region. Located on a four-acre site formerly home to Fiafia Park in Tafaigata, the new development is split between a...
First Samoan woman Dreamliner captain marks milestone
Samoa Observer
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When Captain Emma Nevena Hamilton landed a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Faleolo International Airport on 31 May, it marked a personal and professional full-circle moment. The first Samoan woman to captain the aircraft, Hamilton said the flight home...
‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI
The Guardian
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May 31, 2025
‘They called it an experiment aimed at younger audiences’ Mateusz Demski, 31, journalist, Kraków, Poland I’ve been a freelance journalist for 10 years, usually writing for magazines and websites about cinema. I presented a morning show on Radio...
National Parks Battle For Bragging Rights
Forbes
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The National Park Service provides the most authoritative rankings through raw visitation data it collects across its more than 400 sites, including 63 national parks. (Photo credit BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The...
63rd Samoa Independence Day a scaled down event
Samoa News
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May 20, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Special guests invited for Samoa’s 63rd Independence celebration are American Samoa Governor, Pulaali’i Nikolau Pula and Ulu o Toelau, Esera Fofo Tuisano. The independence commemoration starts on Sunday, June 1, with a...
Even in politics, the law needs to be followed
Samoa Observer
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We are at an interesting point in Samoa’s history. How did we get here? The answer is simple. It is the failure by some in power to follow the law and think that their positions make them untouchable. We have reached a point where entering a...
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...
ASG provides update on ARPA projects
Talanei
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May 22, 2025
As of December 31, 2024, American Samoa had successfully obligated the full $494 million it was awarded under the American Rescue Plan Act. This funding is being utilized across various initiatives aimed at stimulating the economy, enhancing...
ASDOE request to extend time limit on millions in funding rejected
Samoa News
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May 19, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) is facing the possible loss of millions of federal dollars that were to fund 14 construction projects that it says would help mitigate the loss of academic services and...
‘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...
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....
Hawaii Job Corps to close
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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May 30, 2025
Two unique job training centers in Hawaii are slated for closure in a Trump administration move to terminate the federal government’s 61-year-old Job Corps program. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday that Job Corps operations...
‘Voices of the Pacific’ is our story, a call for action on impact of plastic pollution on Pacific communities
Island Times
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May 30, 2025
APIA (SPREP) — “Voices of the Pacific”, a film which spotlights the profound impact of plastic waste, sourced from foreign countries and choking our Ocean’s arteries, earned widespread applause from Pacific countries following its world premiere...
AI is helping rescue a nearly extinct bird species
Mashable SE Asia
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May 29, 2025
The Colossal Foundation has developed an AI algorithm that can detect the critically endangered tooth-billed pigeon's calls, helping conservationists locate the lost species. Partnering with the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS), Colossal...
Trump team mulls selling seabed leases
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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May 22, 2025
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potential first step in a wider industry push to allow deep-sea mining that...
SteamFest 2025 photo & caption
Samoa News
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May 22, 2025
The American Samoa Department of Commerce Resource Management Division hosted an informational booth at this year's 2025 STEAM Fest. It was an amazing turnout for students, communities and government agencies to raise awareness and simply engage...