March 2017
Social media users distracted by VERY handsome Samoan man in tourism ad
![Samoa Tourism posted an image of a handsome man on its Instagram account last week with the hopes of enticing tourists to the country. [photo: Samoa Tourism]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoatourism.jpg?itok=VGNZ_Dnd "Samoa Tourism posted an image of a handsome man on its Instagram account last week with the hopes of enticing tourists to the country. [photo: Samoa Tourism]")
Samoa may see a rush of visitors this year after its tourism agency posted an image of a handsome man posing on one of the country's famously blue beaches.
MP lobbies to make it easier for Am Samoans to come to their casinos
![Member of Parliament Fonotoe Lauofo Pierre [photo: JL]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fonotoe.jpg?itok=nR_FRcxS "Member of Parliament Fonotoe Lauofo Pierre [photo: JL]")
Apia, SAMOA — Member of Parliament Fonotoe Lauofo Pierre is calling on the Samoa Government to amend their policies to make it easier for visitors from American Samoa to visit the country’
2017 Territorial Math Competition
The overall school winner for this year’s Territorial Math Competition, the Dolphins from South Pacific Academy.
Fa’alauiloa galuega mo le toe fa’aleleia uafu o va’a fagota alia i Fagatogo
Se vaaiga i le uafu e taula ai va’a fagota alia ma va’a faila i le Malaloa. [ata AF]
O se tasi o vaega o le ripoti mai le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Vaomatua ma le Gataifale a le malo (DMWR), lea ua tu’uina atu i le fonotaga lona 169 a le Komiti o Faiga Faiva i le Pasefika i le
Tala I Vaifanua
O se va’aiga lea i le va’a fagota, ‘Yie Sheng Wang’ o lo’o fa’asala, i le le sa’o ona sisiina le fu’a a Amerika Samoa. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O se va’aiga i le tama’ita’i Fa’atonu o le TAOA ia Evelyn Lili’o Satele ua fiafia tele ia latou ie fou fa’ato’a mae’a ona fa’atautauina i le latou faleoloa i Pago Pago lava. [ata: leua Aiono Frost]
FA’ASALA VA’A FAGOTA ‘YIE SHENG WANG’ - LE SA’O SISIGA FU’A AS
Boys Varsity Basketball Champions Samoana
A look at this years ASHSAA Boys Varsity Basketball Champions – Samoana High School’s Sharks Basketball Team, led by Head Coach Carl Schuster – Schuster was also named the “Coach Of the Year”. [ph
![[courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pasifika_festival_0.jpeg?itok=TSGarvsc "[courtesy photo]")
PM declines to champion monetary awards for anything but the “GOLD”
Apia, SAMOA —Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi did not welcome suggestions by Member of Parliament Faumuina Wayne Fong for the government to consider a change in the policy where only gold meda