![Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_4.jpg?itok=weBgreEk "Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]")
The budget review process for ASG entities last week were very brief - some agencies lasted only 5 minutes - as the Fono Joint Budget Committee hearings are only focusing on specific questions rega
In a little less than a year, the number of confirmed dengue fever cases in the territory has climbed to 201, while the confirmed number of Zika cases has reached 93.
![Pitonu’u Ah Sue securing the two-point conversion catch in the end zone during the opening half of a varsity game between Faga'itua and Leone last Saturday. Ah Sue helped the Vikings win 50-20 [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_5751.jpg?itok=YrMRhuXz "Pitonu’u Ah Sue securing the two-point conversion catch in the end zone during the opening half of a varsity game between Faga'itua and Leone last Saturday. Ah Sue helped the Vikings win 50-20 [photo: TG]")
![A Leone Lions running back, carrying the ball during the second half of a junior varsity game against the Vikings. Leone lost 0-16 in their second game of the regular season. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_5752.jpg?itok=Hx5iqYiw "A Leone Lions running back, carrying the ball during the second half of a junior varsity game against the Vikings. Leone lost 0-16 in their second game of the regular season. [photo: TG]")
![Jessie Toilolo getting tackled in the backfield by a Leone defender in the second half of a JV game last Saturday, between the Lions and the Vikings. Toilolo helped the Vikings to a 16-0 win. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_5768.jpg?itok=6sHx0b5R "Jessie Toilolo getting tackled in the backfield by a Leone defender in the second half of a JV game last Saturday, between the Lions and the Vikings. Toilolo helped the Vikings to a 16-0 win. [photo: TG]")
![Leone’s quarterback getting sacked in the back field by three Viking defenders in the opening quarter of a JV game last Saturday. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_5873.jpg?itok=7FCw0ybk "Leone’s quarterback getting sacked in the back field by three Viking defenders in the opening quarter of a JV game last Saturday. [photo: TG]")
![Iverson Ta’ase running towards the end zone to score his second touchdown of the game in the third quarter of play. Ta'ase and the Lions lost against the Vikings 20-50. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_6019.jpg?itok=xgDWMH61 "Iverson Ta’ase running towards the end zone to score his second touchdown of the game in the third quarter of play. Ta'ase and the Lions lost against the Vikings 20-50. [photo: TG]")
![Advent Migi of the Vikings running this one straight into the end zone for his first touchdown of the game in the second quarter of play against the Lions last Saturday morning. Migi led the Vikes in a 50-20 win against Leone. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_6070.jpg?itok=jVBtME8L "Advent Migi of the Vikings running this one straight into the end zone for his first touchdown of the game in the second quarter of play against the Lions last Saturday morning. Migi led the Vikes in a 50-20 win against Leone. [photo: TG]")
![Iverson Ta’ase of the Lions trying to recover from a tackle in the third quarter of a varsity game against the Vikings last Saturday. Faga'itua won 50-20 in their second game of the regular season. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk%202_6101.jpg?itok=p0PoKZL3 "Iverson Ta’ase of the Lions trying to recover from a tackle in the third quarter of a varsity game against the Vikings last Saturday. Faga'itua won 50-20 in their second game of the regular season. [photo: TG]")
Last Saturday morning, the American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) kicked off Week #2 of football action, where fans and supporters witnessed the Vikings get into an unstoppable r
![Local wrestler Sealiitu Mauga [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Sialeiitu.jpg?itok=fpxvup8g "Local wrestler Sealiitu Mauga [courtesy photo]")
Team American Samoa has arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games - a first for the territory.
Hello Conversationalists in American Samoa! It is my honor to be with you once again this week.
![Matau'aina Gwendolyn Toomalatai, le Tausala Lalelei o Amerika Samoa 2017-2018. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Ms%20AS.jpg?itok=t1zWsqta "Matau'aina Gwendolyn Toomalatai, le Tausala Lalelei o Amerika Samoa 2017-2018. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Mai le tauvaga tausala lalelei o lenei tausaga, "Toe Tepa Tasi", ua manumalo ai le tamaita’i ia Matauaina Gwendolyn Toomalatai lea na lagolagoina e le Fashions Boutique i le Laufou Shopping Center
Matau'aina Gwendolyn Toomalatai is the 2017-2018 Miss American Samoa. She was crowned Friday night, after a 4-hour event that included 5 other contestants.
The days of paying the $10 facility fee to obtain services at the Department of Health's community health centers (CHC) in Leone, Tafuna, Amouli, Ofu, and Ta'u are gone.
![Artist Lureen Cascara helps Koa Kaeka Baptista, 9, with his painting while Michelle Florido helps her son Tristan, 3, and Corinne Ebias, 9, with their painting during the Aloha Festival at the Napa Valley Expo on Saturday. [Maria Sestet, Napa Valley Register]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/alohafestival.jpg?itok=wQAhz-w3 "Artist Lureen Cascara helps Koa Kaeka Baptista, 9, with his painting while Michelle Florido helps her son Tristan, 3, and Corinne Ebias, 9, with their painting during the Aloha Festival at the Napa Valley Expo on Saturday. [Maria Sestet, Napa Valley Register]")
For some, the Napa Valley Aloha Festival is just a fun thing to do over the weekend, but for others, attendance is almost mandatory.
Thai Union Group, the owner of the Chicken of the Sea US shelf stable seafood brand, confirmed it’s US division is the whistleblower in the probe of price fixing in