‘Samoan’ souvenirs on sale at Fagatogo market. Another natural tourist market would beSamoansfrom neighbouring Samoa, however they are required to apply for a visa to enter the territory and few Samoans I spoke to had ever visited theotherSamoa. Despite the visa requirement, 49% of arrivals...
The department would have to allocate 3% of grant funding to tribal governments; 1% to each state, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and 0.25% each for American Samoa, Guan, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Of the remaining amounts 50% would be split between ...
Meanwhile, a U.S. government evaluation team has found that corruption and white collar crime are rampant in American Samoa, and have recommended that the authority of federal courts be extended to the territory. At present Samoa is the only American territory over which federal courts do not h...
Recovery efforts are underway in American Samoa, which was struck last week by a major earthquake and tsunami, along with the nearby nations of Samoa and Tonga. One-hundred-77 are confirmed dead in the three island groups. Life is returning to normal for many survivors, but they face a mas...