August 2017
AS Boxing Team will fight in Samoa next week
The list of those will be representing American Samoa in the upcoming Annual Teuila International Boxing Championships in Apia was finalized last week.
Having DPS officers at the airport rattles some Customs agents
Concerns allegedly voiced by Customs officers over the presence of DPS police officers inside the arrival area at Pago Pago International Airport prompted questions from
Fire destroys home in Laulii
Last Thursday morning, firefighters and first responders were called to Laulii, after receiving calls that a two-story home located only a few feet away from several power lines was burning — rapid
“REALITY CHECK”
Dear Editor,
Let's face it… with a population of approximately 55,000, we have a two-class society.
Paradise of Samoa hosting annual luau Sept. 2 in Oregon
Paradise of Samoa, a Polynesian dance and culture nonprofit group based in Salem, began in 2006 with a question: Why didn’t something like it already exist?

![American Samoa's boxing team who will be traveling to Samoa for the Annual Teuila Boxing Championships next week: (l-r) Elisapeta Tuavela, Falaniko Tasi, Mamona Tafa and Keresema Tafa. [photo: AF] American Samoa's boxing team who will be traveling to Samoa for the Annual Teuila Boxing Championships next week: (l-r) Elisapeta Tuavela, Falaniko Tasi, Mamona Tafa and Keresema Tafa. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AS%20team_0382.jpg?itok=3UmV8d9p)
![Four-time boxing gold medalist, Kaisa Ioane. [photo: AF] Four-time boxing gold medalist, Kaisa Ioane. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Kaisa%20Ioane_0866.jpg?itok=eZL2VmLG)
![American Samoa boxing officials, with local boxers, following a training session last week in Tafuna. The group will be traveling to Samoa this weekend to take part in the Annual Teuila Boxing Championships. See story for full details. [photo: AF] American Samoa boxing officials, with local boxers, following a training session last week in Tafuna. The group will be traveling to Samoa this weekend to take part in the Annual Teuila Boxing Championships. See story for full details. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/team%20n%20officials_0384.jpg?itok=K_TetsOq)
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![This 2017 photo provided by the non-profit group Dreams Soar, shows female aviator, Shaesta Waiz, with her Dreams Soar single engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 plane. Waiz began her global solo flight in May this year from Dayton, Florida. She landed at Pago Pago International Airport last Friday afternoon for a two-day stop over to refuel and rest before departing yesterday. On the plane’s body are flags of some of the countries and territories where she made stops, including the American Samoa Flag — shown on the last row of flags. [photo: Dreams Soar] This 2017 photo provided by the non-profit group Dreams Soar, shows female aviator, Shaesta Waiz, with her Dreams Soar single engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 plane. Waiz began her global solo flight in May this year from Dayton, Florida. She landed at Pago Pago International Airport last Friday afternoon for a two-day stop over to refuel and rest before departing yesterday. On the plane’s body are flags of some of the countries and territories where she made stops, including the American Samoa Flag — shown o](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Shaesta%20Waiz.jpg?itok=nwPtld9X)
![[photo: BC] [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fire%20in%20Laulii.jpg?itok=3sc41aBn)
![A rare skink thought to be extinct in Niue has been found again, alive and well on the island. Called the Olive Tree skink, the reptile is endemic to Niue and American Samoa. [Photo: 123rf via RNZI] A rare skink thought to be extinct in Niue has been found again, alive and well on the island. Called the Olive Tree skink, the reptile is endemic to Niue and American Samoa. [Photo: 123rf via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Olive%20Tree%20skink46712079_l.jpg?itok=6gi3gOZD)
![[photo: Blue Chen-Fruean] [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fono_40.jpg?itok=JGyhuEAe)

![The now demolished central Fono building before it was torn down this past Saturday, Aug. 26. [SN file photo] The now demolished central Fono building before it was torn down this past Saturday, Aug. 26. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fono%20demolition_5.jpg?itok=eC3gjbCd)