September 2017
![A Vaiala Tongan player, left, and PanSa opponent battle for possession of the ball during a women’s Match Day 2 game of the 2017 National League on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. Vaiala Tongan won 2-1.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/VT%20PS%20W%20action_5641.jpg?itok=RsS3HxwH "A Vaiala Tongan player, left, and PanSa opponent battle for possession of the ball during a women’s Match Day 2 game of the 2017 National League on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. Vaiala Tongan won 2-1.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
![Pago Youth’s goalie Chinfu Ta’ase in action during the men’s FFAS National Cup game of Match Day 2 of the 2017 FFAS National League at Pago Park Soccer Stadium on Sept. 9, 2017.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/PY%20GB%20M%20action_5699.jpg?itok=B6GFkNpf "Pago Youth’s goalie Chinfu Ta’ase in action during the men’s FFAS National Cup game of Match Day 2 of the 2017 FFAS National League at Pago Park Soccer Stadium on Sept. 9, 2017.
[FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
Tax on resold used cars imported from off island - Who knew?
G.H.C Reid & Company president Olivia Reid-Gillet has shared with senators what she believes is another area in which the American Samoa Government is losing excise tax revenue, and this deals
Flights cancelled from Auckland
Disgruntled passengers of a Virgin Airways flight to Samoa were left wondering what to do after their flight was cancelled due to a jet fuel shortage.
Tala I Vaifanua
O le Vasega 8 ma le latou faia'oga o Ms Sene, lea ua fiafia fa'atasi e maua se latou ata i le amataga o lenei tausaga aoga fou. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O le vasega o tama'ita'i o lo'o i le Ofisa o le Manulele Tausala, e fiafia e tautuaina fanau ma matua i le aso na fa'avasega e talanoa ai matua ma faia'oga e tusa o latou a'oga i lenei tausaga a'oga. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O le fanau ua fiafia aua ua a'e fo'i le a'oga ae o le toe aso foi lenei o le vaiaso. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Manulele Tausala - Mana'omia Tusi mo Mataupu Saeanisi & Numera
Team American Samoa welcomed to the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
![, Team AS Chef de Mission Herrietta Molesi presents American Samoa's gifts. [Photo:ASNOC\TC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asia%20games_6983.jpg?itok=e1dw0u8K ", Team AS Chef de Mission Herrietta Molesi presents American Samoa's gifts. [Photo:ASNOC\TC]")
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan — Three members of Team American Samoa to the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were on hand to attend the first Team Welcoming Ceremony held Friday Sept. 15.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week.
Man jailed for sex with girlfriend’s sister
![JAILED: Taseni Tarzan Savea. [Samoa Observer]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/images%7Ccms-image-000030769%20copy.jpg?itok=ubb3m6e2 "JAILED: Taseni Tarzan Savea. [Samoa Observer]")
A man found guilty of raping his girlfriend’s younger sister has been jailed for four years and eight months.
Tonga timber deal with American Samoa formalized
![With ta'ovala are Soane Ramanlala and Penisimani Vea, the Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Aotearos-Tonga Forest Product Ltd, 12 September 2017, Apia, Samoa. [Matangi Tonga photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tonga%20timber%20deal%20copy.jpg?itok=GTK3xr4Y "With ta'ovala are Soane Ramanlala and Penisimani Vea, the Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Aotearos-Tonga Forest Product Ltd, 12 September 2017, Apia, Samoa. [Matangi Tonga photo]")
A deal worth US$205,000 for Tongan Caribbean Pine power poles was signed last week in Apia, between American Samoa and Aotearoa-Tonga Forest Products Ltd, a former Tonga G
American Samoa dominates ring
![Despite tough competition in Apia, the American Samoa Amateur Boxing Association team that represented the territory during the Teuila International Boxing Championships returned home victorious, winning the Samoa Championship Trophy. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/officials%20n%20boxers_0589.jpg?itok=Ge8yVeZI "Despite tough competition in Apia, the American Samoa Amateur Boxing Association team that represented the territory during the Teuila International Boxing Championships returned home victorious, winning the Samoa Championship Trophy. [photo: AF]")
The American Samoa boxing team returned home with the Teuila International Boxing Championship title that they won in Apia last week.