June 2012
Coast Guard: Sunken boat used as a dumping site
In American Samoa, there’s a lot more debris on the fishing boat that sank at the Malaloa Marina than expected.
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS
The Kanana Fou High School — home of the Stallions— held their Commencement Exercises last Friday, June 1, in the Ua Taunu’u Chapel on Kanana Fou Theological Seminary grounds, with 58 graduating S
Victim’s sa’o believes ifoga was enough in student rape
Assistant Public Defender Michael White representing Tone Pulou, a former teacher who has pled guilty to raping his 13-year old student, has recommended that his client be sentenced to jail for ei
Health insurance plan for territory unlikely says LBJ CEO
LBJ Medical Center chief executive officer Mike Gerstenberger believes a health insurance plan for American Samoa would not work due to the health problems of local residents and a lack of custome
Lolo resigns from DBAS to devote time to campaign
Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga has tendered his resignation as president of the Development Bank of American Samoa to “pursue another pathway” in his life “embracing my hope and continued commitment
Pacific Regional News
SPC SAYS DIABETES ON RISE IN PACIFIC, HIGHEST IN AMERICAN SAMOA
Fisherman rewarded for recovering 50,000th tuna tag
A Papua New Guinean fisherman has won USD500 for recovering a plastic tag that was attached to the back of a yellowfin tuna.