Na taua e le afioga i le ali’i Faipule mai le itumalo o Saole, o le pemita a le malo o Samoa lea e tatau ona totogi ona fa’atoa mafai lea ona malaga tagata Amerika Samoa i Samoa, o se faiga e matua
![Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_6.jpg?itok=CWZDHuNW "Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]")
Although the Legislature’s fiscal year 2018 budget has not gone through the Fono Joint Budget Committee review, the House has moved forward with the passage of the governments’ final 2018 financial
![Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele smiling as she shakes hands with senators following a Senate committee hearing yesterday morning on an administration bill seeking to hike port fees and charges. See story for details. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Port%20director%200318.jpg?itok=7wt7FSKx "Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele smiling as she shakes hands with senators following a Senate committee hearing yesterday morning on an administration bill seeking to hike port fees and charges. See story for details. [photo: FS]")
Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr.
![Members of the Commission of Inquiry into family domestic violence in Samoa. [RNZ Pacific/ Tipi Autagavaia Tipi]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pac%20News-%20family%20violence%20commissio.jpg?itok=1-jKA2OX "Members of the Commission of Inquiry into family domestic violence in Samoa. [RNZ Pacific/ Tipi Autagavaia Tipi]")
EVIDENCE DISAPPEARS IN POLICE OFFICER TRIAL
A gun being used as evidence in the trial of a police officer facing firearm charges in Samoa has disappeared from court.
![Daniel Heleta Misaalefua [SN photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/w_banner%20Daniel.jpg?itok=FNziemi2 "Daniel Heleta Misaalefua [SN photo]")
The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games being hosted in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is in full swing, with Team American Samoa participating for the first time ever.
![Afioga i faipule o le maota o sui i le taimi o le latou tauaofiaga ananafi [ata AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/house_0682.jpg?itok=wTZfQiD3 "Afioga i faipule o le maota o sui i le taimi o le latou tauaofiaga ananafi [ata AF]")
Ua pasia e le maota o sui le pili mo le fa’asoasoaina o le paketi a le malo mo le tausaga tupe fou 2018, e ala i le palota fulisia e 19-0 i le taeao ananafi, e ui e le i talanoaina e le Komiti Soof
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_37.jpeg?itok=mMon4nbl "[SN file photo]")
District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia has dismissed the latest drug case against a man from Pago Pago after the court was unable to find probable cause and sufficient evidence to bind the case over to H
American Samoa Sprinter Isaac Silafau is done with his competition here at the 5th Asian indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat Turkmenistan.
Soldiers from the local US Army Reserve unit jogged from Avau to Utulei with the flag of the Special Olympics this past Monday, as organizers of the Special Olympics are preparing for the "Road to
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Ua fautuaina e le afioga i le ali’i Senatoa mai Alataua, afioga Paepae Iosefo Faiai le Komesina o Leoleo, tofa Le’i Sonny Thompson, ina ia fa’atulaga ni polokalame a lona Ofisa e faia ai ni fa’asal