October 2017
Vikings prevail in a stunning comeback victory over Leone
![Yes, it’s Pinktober every Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, as coaches and players come out with their pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured is the Faga’itua Vikings coaching staff with their pinktober uniforms. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0482.jpg?itok=xUukTPnC "Yes, it’s Pinktober every Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, as coaches and players come out with their pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured is the Faga’itua Vikings coaching staff with their pinktober uniforms. [photo: TG]")
![Ball carrier for the Vikings moving the chains downfield during a Junior Varsity game against the Lions last Saturday morning, where the Lions won 26-14. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0368.jpg?itok=X_nydTF0 "Ball carrier for the Vikings moving the chains downfield during a Junior Varsity game against the Lions last Saturday morning, where the Lions won 26-14. [photo: TG]")
![Ron Fuala’au of Leone slipping away from a tackle by Tau Lopesi, as he looks downfield for more open gaps for a huge Leone gain. Fuala’au scored two touchdowns in their 26-14 win against the Vikings. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0459.jpg?itok=cdhUAzgq "Ron Fuala’au of Leone slipping away from a tackle by Tau Lopesi, as he looks downfield for more open gaps for a huge Leone gain. Fuala’au scored two touchdowns in their 26-14 win against the Vikings. [photo: TG]")
![Ron Fuala’au of the Lions immediately stopped in the backfield by Jake Umu of the Vikings during the second half of their junior varsity match up last Saturday morning. Fuala’au helped the Lions to a 26-14 win, their first victory of the season. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0468.jpg?itok=So0waboh "Ron Fuala’au of the Lions immediately stopped in the backfield by Jake Umu of the Vikings during the second half of their junior varsity match up last Saturday morning. Fuala’au helped the Lions to a 26-14 win, their first victory of the season. [photo: TG]")
![Pitonu’u Ah Sue of Faga’itua storming down the sidelines, trying to evade a tackle from a Leone defender during the opening half of a varsity match up last Saturday afternoon. Ah Sue helped the Vikings in a 32-26 comeback victory. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk7_0526.jpg?itok=R0_-NlHG "Pitonu’u Ah Sue of Faga’itua storming down the sidelines, trying to evade a tackle from a Leone defender during the opening half of a varsity match up last Saturday afternoon. Ah Sue helped the Vikings in a 32-26 comeback victory. [photo: TG]")
The 7th week of the regular season for the American Samoa High School Athletics Association's 2017-18 football season, last weekend, featured the mighty Lions taking on the Big Red Machine, the Fag
US flagged fishing vessel official says “only salvation” is support and safety from US gov’t
A US flagged fishing vessel official said the US tuna fleet needs access to fishing grounds closest to American Samoa and called on the US government to help save them, as they are “under siege” by
Update: Samoa Gov’t gifted land in Tafuna leased to Taxi Association
![A clean-up was carried out last Saturday at the ASG land in Tafuna, gifted by American Samoa to the Samoa government, as a part of a land exchange between the two Samoas. The Tafuna land — which includes a single building and used years ago by the nonprofit Goodwill Industries — has been leased by the Samoa government to the local Taxi Owners Association (TOA), who will use and maintain it. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Samoa%20land%20Tafuna.jpg?itok=C9fBxspa "A clean-up was carried out last Saturday at the ASG land in Tafuna, gifted by American Samoa to the Samoa government, as a part of a land exchange between the two Samoas. The Tafuna land — which includes a single building and used years ago by the nonprofit Goodwill Industries — has been leased by the Samoa government to the local Taxi Owners Association (TOA), who will use and maintain it. [photo: FS]")
The nearly one-acre ASG land in Tafuna — next to the Tafuna Health Center and gifted by America Samoa to the Samoa government — is now being utilized by a local taxi association, which plans to lau
Three polling stations designated for special election tomorrow
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/election%20office_2.jpeg?itok=Gcvijao7 "[SN file photo]")
Chief election officer, Uiagalelei Dr.
Pacific News Briefs
![Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegao has returned home following medical checks in New Zealand. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/PM%20returns%20to%20samoa_0.jpg?itok=reIEPZ-W "Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegao has returned home following medical checks in New Zealand. [courtesy photo]")
![“These illustrations allow us to visualize how we can raise the standard of our city and entertain different ideas for the four waterfront areas,” Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegao said last year of the Apia Waterfront Development Project. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Apia-Waterfront-Plan-Beach-Road.jpg?itok=we3aNo-v "“These illustrations allow us to visualize how we can raise the standard of our city and entertain different ideas for the four waterfront areas,” Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegao said last year of the Apia Waterfront Development Project. [courtesy photo]")
SAMOA PRIME MINISTER RETURNS HOME AFTER NZ HOSPITAL MEDICAL CHECKS —
Manumalo takes first place for "Fishing: Food. Life. Future" exhibit
![Pictured are the students from Manumalo — with their $600 check — along with one of American Samoa's three members on the Council, Taotasi Archie Soliai, and Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources director Va'amua Henry Sesepasara. [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/High%20school%20winners.jpg?itok=HkNcwmOJ "Pictured are the students from Manumalo — with their $600 check — along with one of American Samoa's three members on the Council, Taotasi Archie Soliai, and Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources director Va'amua Henry Sesepasara. [photo: BC]")
Manumalo Academy High School took home a check of $600 from the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, for placing first in the high school fisheries exhibit contest hosted by the Cou
![The DPS Main Central Station in Fagatogo was sealed off with yellow tape and guarded by armed cops yesterday morning, after a fire broke out on the second floor of the building, in the area where the CID unit is housed. Samoa News was unable to confirm why the DOE school lunch truck (pictured) was at the site. [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/DPS%20Fire.jpg?itok=fb5Z9Hd6 "The DPS Main Central Station in Fagatogo was sealed off with yellow tape and guarded by armed cops yesterday morning, after a fire broke out on the second floor of the building, in the area where the CID unit is housed. Samoa News was unable to confirm why the DOE school lunch truck (pictured) was at the site. [photo: BC]")
Tafuna HS students busted for drugs on campus — two men face charges
![Galu Nofoa (left) is facing drug charges in connection with an incident involving two high school students, one of whom is his nephew. DOE elementary school teacher Iosefa Alo (right) is being charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (ice) after two students from Tafuna HS were caught with a glass pipe earlier this month. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/composit%20drugdefendants.jpg?itok=6GZNI2_W "Galu Nofoa (left) is facing drug charges in connection with an incident involving two high school students, one of whom is his nephew. DOE elementary school teacher Iosefa Alo (right) is being charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (ice) after two students from Tafuna HS were caught with a glass pipe earlier this month. [photo: AF]")
An incident two weeks ago involving two students from Tafuna High School allegedly caught in possession of a glass pipe containing an illegal substance, resulted in the arrest of two men who appear
A look at how your tax dollars are being spent by the Fono
![Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_18.jpg?itok=1lEAJgid "Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]")
This is the second installment of a four-part report on the Fono's budget — which totals nearly $7 million for FY 2018 — and includes a breakdown of where taxpayer funds are being spent by the Sena