![Senate President ProTem, Nuanuaolefeagaiga Saoluaga Nua (left) lookong on, as Senate legal counsel Mitzie Jessop-Ta’ase reads for senators, local law which requires Fono approval of money in the law enforcement fund to finance purchases of new police vehicles. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Senate%20counsel%200303.jpg?itok=2yrUcAR0 "Senate President ProTem, Nuanuaolefeagaiga Saoluaga Nua (left) lookong on, as Senate legal counsel Mitzie Jessop-Ta’ase reads for senators, local law which requires Fono approval of money in the law enforcement fund to finance purchases of new police vehicles. [photo: FS]")
Some senators have voiced their displeasure over the Department of Public Safety using revenues from the $10 collected by the court for traffic violations to purchase brand new police vehicles wit
First Lady Cynthia Moliga welcomed the donation of approximately 32,000 books from the Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset in Hawaii. “These books include student textbooks, teacher instructional manual
Afioga i Faipule i le iloiloga ma le Faatonusili o Aoga a le malo i le vaiaso nei. [ata AF]
O le iloiloga sa fa’ataunu’uina i luma o le Komiti o Aoga a le maota o sui i le vaiaso nei, na fa’amanino ai e le Faatonusili o Aoga a le malo le atoatoa lea o tapenaga a le Matagaluega o aoga, mo
O le laina o sasao ai le vasega tofia o ta'ita'i o le LDS i Amerika Samoa. [ata: foa'i]
O le va'aiga lea i le tumu o le fonotaga na auai vaega ta'itasi a le Ekalesia a Iesu o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai i Amerika Samoa. [ata: foa'i]
O le fa'ae'ega i luga o le taualuga o le Maota Fono i Apia, Samoa. [ata: foa'i]
Fonotaga Komiti Tete'e Fuala'au ma Ta'ita'i LDS - AS
![South Pacific Distribu¬tors general manager Mike Tolmie, G.H.C Reid & Co. acting general manager Cherith Lober, G.H.C. Reid president Olivia Reid-Gillet, TMO vice president Francine Gaisoa-Liulevaega, appeared Tuesday during a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on three of five administration bills in the Fono. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/biz%20officials%200282.jpg?itok=D-Nlbgjk "South Pacific Distribu¬tors general manager Mike Tolmie, G.H.C Reid & Co. acting general manager Cherith Lober, G.H.C. Reid president Olivia Reid-Gillet, TMO vice president Francine Gaisoa-Liulevaega, appeared Tuesday during a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on three of five administration bills in the Fono. [photo: FS]")
Locally-owned TMO company, has joined G.H.C Reid in opposing the proposed 7% sales tax, but if the government insists on such a tax, the companies suggest lowering the percentage to 2% as a startin
![Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoaPM_17.jpg?itok=sy2iy1wS "Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]")
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi is not overly concerned about being ruthlessly attacked online.
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_4.jpg?itok=XJ7tjJwt "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
With an estimated 7% loss in local revenues for the government due to the upcoming five-week closure of StarKist Samoa cannery operations, Gov.
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) — An eight-year-old girl is very far from her American Samoa home as she undergoes what will be a life-altering operation.
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata with President Hilda Heine in the Congresswoman’s Washington, D.C. office. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/With%20President%20Heine.jpg?itok=IsbHgZDm "Congresswoman Aumua Amata with President Hilda Heine in the Congresswoman’s Washington, D.C. office. [courtesy photo]")