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McDonald’s American Samoa awards $104,000 in scholarships
Talanei
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June 19, 2025
McDonald’s American Samoa Wednesday presented scholarships totaling $104,000 to four graduates of the American Samoa Community College and three high school graduates to pursue higher education. The scholarships were presented at a luncheon that...
Operation and Structure of the GENIUS Act of 2025 on Payment Stablecoins
JD Supra - California
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June 24, 2025
1. Introduction. The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the “GENIUS Act” and the “Act”) establishes a regulatory infrastructure for defining, managing, custodying and issuing a specific kind of...
US takes first step for potential mineral lease sale near American Samoa
KFGO - North Dakota
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June 12, 2025
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it was publishing a request for information and interest to explore the potential for seabed mineral leasing offshore American Samoa. The step will launch a...
THS Major Galoia named U.S. Army JROTC Instructor of the Year
Samoa News
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June 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) announced earlier this month that Major Siimoa Malaefono Galoia of Tafuna High School has been awarded the United States Army Cadet Command (USACC) JROTC Instructor of...
Trump administration sees deep-sea mining opportunity near American Samoa
Pasquines
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May 27, 2025
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has found an opportunity in deep-sea mineral mining near the coast of American Samoa. After the signing of an executive order allowing the United States to take steps toward commercially mining the...
Canadian technology could be used to mine the deep seas, but there's growing alarm over the risks
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 6, 2025
In dark waters near Collingwood, Ont., a giant yellow machine with metallic claws precisely snatches tiny rock balls from the lakebed, kicking up sediment with each grab. While it looks like a claw game at an arcade, for Impossible Metals, it's a...
15 receive AEPDA certificates from ASCC Automotive Technology Division
Samoa News
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June 3, 2025
Pago Pago - AMERICAN SAMOA A total of 15 community members proudly graduated from the Automotive Engine Performance & Drive Ability course offered by the Automotive Technology Division at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC). The 10-week...
Local students compete in world’s largest pre-college science fair
Samoa News
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May 30, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five local students competed in the 75th Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held this year in Columbus, Ohio, from May 10- 16, 2025. Recognized as the world's largest pre- college science...
Google adds earthquake alerts to Wear OS
DevX
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June 23, 2025
Google is expanding its innovative earthquake alert system to Wear OS smartwatches. This move aims to enhance real-time earthquake detection and safety measures directly from the convenience of your wrist. With this upgrade, Wear OS smartwatch...
GHC Reid commissions state of the art bottling line for Vaimalu
Talanei
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June 20, 2025
GHC Reid officially commissioned a new state-of-the-art bottling line for Vaimalu, American Samoa’s locally bottled water, during a special blessing ceremony held at the company’s Vaimalu Warehouse in Petesa, Thursday, June 19, 2025. GHC Reid...
Major Siimoa Galoia is 8th Brigade JROTC Instructor of the Year
Talanei
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June 18, 2025
Retired US Army Major Siimoa Malaefono Galoia of Tafuna High School has been awarded the 8th Brigade US Army Cadet Command JROTC Instructor of the Year Award. The 8th Brigade consists of JROTC programs in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,...
ASCC Strengthening Institution Program offers free college placement training
Samoa News
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June 17, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Strengthening Institution Program (SIP) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) seeks to significantly increase the number of high school graduates to prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education....
Free College Placement Training at ASCC
Talanei
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June 17, 2025
The Strengthening Institution Program (SIP) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) aims to significantly increase the number of high school graduates prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The SIP is offering a free...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
Works by 2 Alaska authors selected for National Book Festival
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Debbie S. Miller’s “Glaciers are Alive,” and Michael Engelhard’s "Arctic Traverse, A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range" have both been selected to represent Alaska in the National Book Festival in September in Washington, D.C. A...
Comment period for deepsea mining request begins today
Talanei
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June 16, 2025
The 30-day comment period for the Request for Information and Interest (RFI):Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore American Samoa, begins today. The public notice on the deepsea mining proposal was posted today on the...
How to enable earthquake alerts on your Android phone (including these Samsung models)
ZDNet
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June 20, 2025
bymuratdeniz/Getty ImagesThe next time you get an alert on your Android phone, it might just be life-saving information. Google expanded its earthquake alert system last fall; this week, Samsung introduced its own version that might be even...
How Android earthquake alerts work (and how to enable them)
ZDNet
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June 20, 2025
bymuratdeniz/Getty ImagesThe next time you get an alert on your Android phone, it might just be life-saving information. Google expanded its earthquake alert system last fall; this week, Samsung introduced its own version that might be even...
Caution called for on Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup
Samoa News
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June 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An expert says there is pushback from environmental groups when it comes to cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Bradley Nolan, waste management adviser at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
Tafuna High School graduates 247 Warriors: “E Gase Toa Ae Ola Pule”
Samoa News
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June 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two hundred and forty-seven Warriors graduated from Tafuna High School this past Tuesday morning, June 10, 2025, during the 40th Commencement Exercises held at the Kanana Fou Gymnasium. The Class of 2025 theme was: “E...