April 2017
![The 2017 Flag Day Fautasi Regatta for the 117th American Samoa Flag Day Festivities is tentatively set for this Wednesday for the heats, and Thursday for the final. But who knows — with the Lt. Gov. Lemanu P. Mauga saying it depends on the ocean tides, fair weather. Seen here is the Fuao during practice yesterday. It will race in the first heat comprising nine fautasi. [Photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fuao%20III.jpg?itok=MdgwhR8T "The 2017 Flag Day Fautasi Regatta for the 117th American Samoa Flag Day Festivities is tentatively set for this Wednesday for the heats, and Thursday for the final. But who knows — with the Lt. Gov. Lemanu P. Mauga saying it depends on the ocean tides, fair weather. Seen here is the Fuao during practice yesterday. It will race in the first heat comprising nine fautasi. [Photo: TG]")
Without “state of emergency”, price of ciggies dictated by ‘free market’
American Samoa operates under a “free market” when it comes to the prices of goods sold to consumers while the local “price gouging” law, applies only when the governor has issued an “emergency dec
Fed concerned about possible improper gov’t influence on TBAS
Territorial Bank of American Samoa has already made additional submissions to the federal regulator to confirm that there is no government or political influence on decisions by the bank, which as
Political Status and Constitutional Review Student Forum
Some of the students from Samoana High School who were selected by their school to participate in the Political Status and Constitutional Review Student Forum yesterday morning at the Gov. H.
Fa’aitiitia itula tagata faigaluega Fono ae le o aofia ai Senatoa ma Faipule
Ta’ita’i o le Fono Faitulafono ma ni isi o le aufaigaluega i le savali mo le aso e fa’ataua ai tagata faigaluega i le atunu’u i le tausaga na te’a nei i le stadium i Tafuna. [ata AF]
O le vaiaso nei lea ua aloaia ai le amata fa’aitiitia o itula faigaluega a tagata faigaluega uma a le Fono Faitulafono, mai le 80 itula i le 70 itula faigaluega i totonu o le piriota totogi a le ma
Togisilia ia Tavila Collin tauvaga aoga tulaga muamua i tala faasolopito
O se va’aiga i le tamaita’i o Harmony Leo [tupito i le taumatau] ma lona tina o Tala Ropeti Leo fa’atasi ma lona uso laititi sa auai i le taimi na taua’ao ai fa’ailoga o Harmony i lona tulaga muamua i lana galuega fa’atino, ae tulaga lua i le aotelega o galuega fa’atino o le tala fa’asolopito i galuega na fa’amasinoina mai a’oga tulaga muamua i le teritori. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O se va’aiga i le sui ua sauni nei e malaga atu i fafo e suia atoa galuega fa’atino mai fanau i a’oga tulaga muamua i le teritori, aua o ia lea ua togisilia lana galuega fa’atino i lenei tausaga. O le a malaga o ia i le masina o Iuni 2017. [ata:Leua Aiono Frost]
Mai le vasega o fanau sa tauva i le Tauvaga o Galuega Fa’atino Tau le Tala Faasolopito lea sa fa’aautu i lona manulauti - “Tu & Lele Malie lau Ti’a i Tala Fa’asolopito,” ua mae’a nei tauvaga mo
Pasia Faipule le pili fa’aopoopo ai nofoa itumalo o Maopu i le Tualauta
Le afioga i le tama’ita’i faipule ia Vui Florence Saili Saulo, lea sa fa’aulufaleina le pili taufa’aofi e fa’aopoopo ai nofoa mo le itumalo o Maopu poo le itumalo o Tualauta e pei ona silafia ai e le to’atele i le taimi nei i le maota o sui o le Fono Faitulafono. [ata AF]
E 18-0 le palota fulisia na pasia ai e le maota o sui a le Fono Faitulafono i le taeao ananafi, le tulafono taufa’aofi na fa’aulufale e le afioga i le tama’ita’i faipula ie Vui Florence Saulo, mo s
Fa’aauau pea su’esu’ega Senate iugafono faaopoopo ai nofoa mo Manu’a
O lo o fa’aauau pea iloiloga a le maota maualuga a le Senate i le vaiaso nei, i le iugafono lea sa fa’aulufale e Senatoa mai le itumalo o Manu’a, mo se avanoa e fuafua ai suiga i le Fa’avae o Ameri
Manu’a lawmaker hopes ‘BugBling’ comes to American Samoa
![These students volunteered to model, the BugBling, a new “mosquito repellent band” product not yet available in the territory. The mosquito repellant band can be worn on the wrist - as a wrist watch, a person’s ankle (see student model, second from far right) and clipped on a student’s backpack strap (see student model, first from far right.) [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/BugBling%200787.jpg?itok=-53RcYQd "These students volunteered to model, the BugBling, a new “mosquito repellent band” product not yet available in the territory. The mosquito repellant band can be worn on the wrist - as a wrist watch, a person’s ankle (see student model, second from far right) and clipped on a student’s backpack strap (see student model, first from far right.) [photo: AF]")
![An up close look at the BugBling, a new “mosquito repellant band” worn on the wrist of these two volunteer hand models last Friday afternoon. The product is not available in American Samoa, but there is hope for local acceptance of the product as well as a local distributor. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/BugBling%200791.jpg?itok=UX7MkYeA "An up close look at the BugBling, a new “mosquito repellant band” worn on the wrist of these two volunteer hand models last Friday afternoon. The product is not available in American Samoa, but there is hope for local acceptance of the product as well as a local distributor. [photo: AF]")
With the widespread mosquito borne diseases such as Dengue fever and Zika virus in American Samoa, Rep.