WASHINGTON, D.C. — Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Justin R. Clark, Senior White House Advisor Douglas W.
Sui o le aufaigaluega o le Faletupe o le Teritori o Amerika Samoa (TBAS) i le aso na tatala aloaia ai le tautua a le Faletupe mo le atunu’u i le masina o Novema 2016. [ata AF]
Totonu o le Faletupe fou a le malo (TBAS). [ata AF]
Ua i luma nei o le Fono Faitulafono se pili e fa’aulutalaina, o se tulafono e fa’aopoopo ai le malosi fa’atausi mavaega i le Faletupe Fa’ateritori o Amerika Samoa (TBAS), mo le fa’atinoina lea o ni
Ua fa’atautaia e le a’oga tulaga muamua a Lupelele le polokalama ua fa’aigoaina: “Fa’ataua Tautua Tagata Fesoasoani i le Atunuu” ma e faia mo le vaiaso atoa lenei.
A village council of chiefs in Samoa has unanimously agreed to ban all foreign businesses on customary land.
![[Photo: 123RF via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_35142113_s.jpeg?itok=9Y8En-2s "[Photo: 123RF via RNZI]")
Samoa is one step closer to getting faster, cheaper internet with the start on the Savaii component of the country's new submarine cable.
![[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Overall%20winner%20science_0.jpg?itok=VQA9b1lv "[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
The Overall Winner of this year’s Territorial High School Science Fair Competition is Ms. Gabrielle Langkilde of Fa’asao Marist High School.
![In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, second left, of Ohio participates in a ceremonial House swearing-in ceremony for Del. Eni H. Faleomavaega, third from right, D-American Samoa, on Capitol Hill in Washington. American Samoa’s longest serving non-voting delegate to the U.S House of Representatives Faleomavaega died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at age 73. [AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AP%20photo%20Eni%20003.jpg?itok=d-pHqlgw "In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, second left, of Ohio participates in a ceremonial House swearing-in ceremony for Del. Eni H. Faleomavaega, third from right, D-American Samoa, on Capitol Hill in Washington. American Samoa’s longest serving non-voting delegate to the U.S House of Representatives Faleomavaega died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at age 73. [AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File]")
US Rep. Elliot L.
![Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Motusa%200198web.jpg?itok=aFO3HZiq "Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua [SN file photo]")
Although it still receives financial support from the World Health Organization, there has however been a decrease in the funding amount allocated for the local Health Department, says Health direc
![Sen. Magalei Logovi’i [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Magalei%20Logovii_0419.jpg?itok=HJ9YdFvS "Sen. Magalei Logovi’i [SN file photo]")