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“Atonu ua tatau ona tatala se lala o le Fa’amasinoga i Manu’a, ina ia mafai ai e le fa’amasinoga ona iloilo mataupu faapenei e afua mai i Manu’a, ma fa’asao ai tupe a tagata o le Manu’atele i le ta
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_27.jpeg?itok=XnCEIzKA "[SN file photo]")
A church minister from Samoa, who entered American Samoa last week on a 14-day permit, was taken into custody late Tuesday night for allegedly assaulting a male relative
![[Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AYFS%20matais%20update.jpg?itok=NHfhY7up "[Courtesy photo]")
Our local team - the AYFS Matais - were scheduled to play yesterday but were declared winners by way of forfeit, after the San Diego United team failed to field a complete team of eleven players.
![[photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/taputimu%20shoreline.jpg?itok=CP_NUKQy "[photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]")
Heavy equipment and machinery belonging to contractor McConnell Dowell are in place at Taputimu, to carry out the Shoreline Protection and Road Repair Project in that area.
![Si Ufaga Moana was charged Wednesday with abuse of a family member in the presence of a child. [photo: HPD]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/web1_20170623-WEB-siufaga-moana-MUG.jpg?itok=4NnWr0qT "Si Ufaga Moana was charged Wednesday with abuse of a family member in the presence of a child. [photo: HPD]")
A 22-year-old Kalihi Valley man allegedly punched and kicked his pregnant wife after she asked him for money to buy food for their 2-year-old son.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/STP%20photo%200260web_3.jpg?itok=qTsaHRIE "[SN file photo]")
Tri Marine International has dismissed a public claim that “most of the gear” at its Samoa Tuna Processors Inc.
A representative from the AS-EPA speaking to some of the kids who attended the Progressive Agriculture Community Safety Day for Children held yesterday at the ASCC gymnasium.