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The High Court has ordered Apelu Saito Lilo, convicted of having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl, to depart American Samoa and return home to Samoa, upon serving his jail term at the
![Le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr [ata AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Vesi_0944.jpg?itok=xqwajuHY "Le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr [ata AF]")
Ua fa’aalia le tagialao mai o ni isi o tama fanau a le atunu’u sa tautua i vaega ‘au a le malo tele o Amerika, o lo o autova’a atu i le falema’i mo Fitafita Tuai i Hawaii mo togafitiga, i le fa’ale
![US Army PFC Auva'a of American Samoa is urging local leaders to fight for the right of transgender individuals, to serve in the US military. See FP story for full details. [photo: courtesy]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Princess%20Auvaa%20web.jpg?itok=5P95JuYQ "US Army PFC Auva'a of American Samoa is urging local leaders to fight for the right of transgender individuals, to serve in the US military. See FP story for full details. [photo: courtesy]")
(Editor’s Note: President Donald Trump announced last Wednesday that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity" in the US armed forces.
A batter from the central zone gets ready to hit the ball during one of the many cricket matches held this month at Fagaalu Park for the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago's 2017 summer games.
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O le itula e 9:00 i le taeao nei lea ua fa’atulaga e molimau ai le Pulesili o le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga a le malo i luma o le Fa’amasinoga, mo le tu’uina atu o le tali i le fesili a le fa’amasinoga l
O se vaaiga i le fanau sa auai i le polokalama ua fiafia e fa’ailoa mai a latou Upeti Samoa ua mae’a taina mai laupapa sa saunia e le Arts Council ina ia aoaoina ai i latou mo lea fo’i tomai fa’apitoa. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Mai le 4 vaiaso talu ai, sa fa’atautaia ai le Polokalama a le Arts Council mo le fanau 5 tausaga se’ia o’o i le 16 tausaga le matutua, ua mae’a nei ma ua fiafia fa’atasi i latou ma o latou aiga i l
Le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga a o feiloa’i atu i ni isi o le atunu’u i le fa’amanatuina o le aso fa’apitoa mo tagata matutua i le masina o Me o le tausaga nei. [ata AF]
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Na fa’ai’u le saunoaga a le afioga i le ali’i Kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i le taimi na molimau ai i se iloiloga sa faia i luma o le Komiti o Atina’e mo Atumotu, a le maota o sui o le Konekeresi
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It has never been easier to get poke, the marinated raw ahi tuna that is the unofficial food of Hawaii, on the mainland.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lyndon-b-johnson-tropical-medical-center-office_10.jpeg?itok=EAeAtBj8 "[SN file photo]")
During his testimony before the members of the Subcommittee of Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs this week, LBJ Medical Center CEO Taufete'e John Faumuina focused on areas of challenges or
![[Photo: Asian Development Bank]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_ADB_Solomon_Islands_Honiara.jpg?itok=lDMU8Nh4 "[Photo: Asian Development Bank]")
Better information technologies and transport infrastructure are seen as key in the Pacific to increase economic opportunities and better access to goods and services.