March 2017
![O le va’aiga i le tama’ita’i o le Moso’oipala ua matua fuli e fai le fa’aluma latou ina ia fa’aleaga ai le talitua a tama’ita’i mai Fagasa. O se ta’aloga matagofie lea fetauiga. [ata: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Mosooi%20vs%20Fagasa3450.jpg?itok=FyHFPODq "O le va’aiga i le tama’ita’i o le Moso’oipala ua matua fuli e fai le fa’aluma latou ina ia fa’aleaga ai le talitua a tama’ita’i mai Fagasa. O se ta’aloga matagofie lea fetauiga. [ata: THA]")
![O se va’aiga i le ituaiga siva e sisiva ai tama’ita’i o le pe o se tasi o le ‘au tata ae oso ai ma’i o le vaega talitua’a. O ia a lena, ae sau fo’i i le aiga ua tiga vae. O aga o le ta’aloga e matua e fia maimoa ai. [ata: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Mosooi%20talitua%27a.jpg?itok=vOUcSu_W "O se va’aiga i le ituaiga siva e sisiva ai tama’ita’i o le pe o se tasi o le ‘au tata ae oso ai ma’i o le vaega talitua’a. O ia a lena, ae sau fo’i i le aiga ua tiga vae. O aga o le ta’aloga e matua e fia maimoa ai. [ata: THA]")
![O se va’aiga i le Au Malosi mai Fagasa i lenei tausaga, o tou mama na! [ata: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Fagasa.jpg?itok=itmdsO7L "O se va’aiga i le Au Malosi mai Fagasa i lenei tausaga, o tou mama na! [ata: THA]")
![O se va’aiga i le lima lelei o tama o le Lega mai Poloa. Ua toe see nei tama o le Lega i le latou aga e masani ai! Malo le sapo lelei. [ata: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Lega%20Fa%27apulou.jpg?itok=zeXWOZcA "O se va’aiga i le lima lelei o tama o le Lega mai Poloa. Ua toe see nei tama o le Lega i le latou aga e masani ai! Malo le sapo lelei. [ata: THA]")
![E to’atele e tamomo’e ae tatali lima o le ua tu’u i ai pe maua le polo pe fiti. A fiti e mautinoa lava e maua i le au fa’aleoleo. [ata: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Lega%20sapo%20lelei.jpg?itok=hYamNxRp "E to’atele e tamomo’e ae tatali lima o le ua tu’u i ai pe maua le polo pe fiti. A fiti e mautinoa lava e maua i le au fa’aleoleo. [ata: THA]")
![O se va’aiga i le Seaula ma le puipuiga o le latou 71 ‘ai, ae faigata ua se’e mai tama o le Lega ma fao le manumalo. [ata:THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cricket-Seaula%20.jpg?itok=ozt-PIdq "O se va’aiga i le Seaula ma le puipuiga o le latou 71 ‘ai, ae faigata ua se’e mai tama o le Lega ma fao le manumalo. [ata:THA]")
Mass 'sorcery' murder trial begins in PNG
![A photo taken on February 6, 2013 shows a crowd watching as a young mother accused of sorcery, is stripped naked, reportedly tortured with a branding iron, tied up, splashed with fuel and set alight on a pile of rubbish topped with car tyres, in Mount Hagen city in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. [Photo: AFP / Post Courier via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_000_Hkg8252441.jpeg?itok=LtxqAlIu "A photo taken on February 6, 2013 shows a crowd watching as a young mother accused of sorcery, is stripped naked, reportedly tortured with a branding iron, tied up, splashed with fuel and set alight on a pile of rubbish topped with car tyres, in Mount Hagen city in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. [Photo: AFP / Post Courier via RNZI]")
A trial has begun in Papua New Guinea of 122 people accused of wilful murder, in what is the country's largest sorcery-related court case.
Amata: American Samoa not affected by Federal health care vote
![Congresswoman Amata and House Speaker Ryan discuss the need for healthcare reform in the U.S. territories in the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata%20n%20ryan.png?itok=462dejGx "Congresswoman Amata and House Speaker Ryan discuss the need for healthcare reform in the U.S. territories in the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — “Although House leadership has pulled the bill for now it would not have affected American Samoa in the first place,” said Congresswoman Aumua Amata.
Thousands at Pasifika Festival
![Moe ,who is Samoan, says her brother made her dress for the festival. See dress next photo. [RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_p36.jpeg?itok=jMG3_y_e "Moe ,who is Samoan, says her brother made her dress for the festival. See dress next photo. [RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]")
![Moe ,who is Samoan, says her brother made her dress for the festival. [RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/full_p38.jpeg?itok=UJH16kCg "Moe ,who is Samoan, says her brother made her dress for the festival. [RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]")
![Traditional Tahitian dancing at the Tahiti village at Pasifika Festival 2017. [Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/full_pasifika3web.jpg?itok=Af4zikJy "Traditional Tahitian dancing at the Tahiti village at Pasifika Festival 2017. [Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins]")
Despite the challenging Auckland traffic and a weather forecast predicting light showers, thousands of people were at Auckland's annual Pasifika Festival Saturday.
Council report: StarKist supports local longliners by paying for MSC certification
StarKist Co., sees the value of working together with its partners in American Samoa and this includes the US flag longline fleet, which is currently undergoing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) cer
Over the Rainbow
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW: Nothing is as beautiful as a sparkling day in Pago Pago Harbor, unless it is a sparkling day complete with a rainbow. Thanks to our reader for sending this photo!
Tala I Vaifanua
Valerie Stephanie Pu’a mai Amouli lea ua taliaina e ia e ulufale i le Iunivesite o texas i Permain Basin ma o le a ta’alo ai fo’i o ia i le ‘au Volley Ball lea e maua ai lana Sikolasipi. [ata: foa’i]
O se vaaiga i nisi o tama’ita’i sa matua fiafia ina ua ausia fo’i se isi matati’a aoga i a latou a’oa’oga ma ua fa’aulufale i latou i le NHS i le sauniga sa fa’atautaia i le Fale’ai o le Laumua lava i Leone i le afiafi o le aso Tofi, 16 Mati. [ata: Tainamu]
O se va’aiga i le susuga le ali’i Leoleo Ernest Logoleo ma nisi o ana uo mamae i San Francisco. O ia lea ua na mauaina le pine fa’apitoa: Medal of Honor ma o le a taua’aoina aloaia lea fa’ailoga ia te ia i le ‘aiga fa’apitoa e fa’ataunu’uina ia Mati 30, 2017 i San Francisco, California. [ata: foa’i]
VALERIE PU’A SIKOLASIPI VOLLEYBALL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Fia malamalama atili Faipule i le mataupu va malo ma le NOAA
Afioga i Faipule i le taimi o a latou galuega fa’atino i aso ta’itasi. [ata AF]
O le iloiloga lea ua valaauina e le maota o sui i le vaiaso fou ma le Loia Sili a le malo ia Talauega Eleasalo Ale, fa’apea ai ma le Fa’atonusili o le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Vaomatua ma le