On Veterans Day Amata recognizes Veterans and their families
Sat, 11/11/2017 - 6:23am
![God Bless our Veterans [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata%20n%20vets%20copy_0.jpg?itok=896bmXjs "God Bless our Veterans [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day 2017:
November 2017
Veterans Day 2017
Sat, 11/11/2017 - 6:13am
This is a day to recognize our veterans and all they mean to us. It is also a day to celebrate freedom, because that’s the ultimate selfless cause of all who serve.
Toe fa’afo’i Kovana pili e 2 i le Fono ina ua mae’a ona ia teena
Sat, 11/11/2017 - 12:38am
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E 2 pili tupe a le malo na pasia e le Fono Faitulafono i le masina na te’a nei, ua teena e le afioga i le ali’i Kovana.
Tala I Vaifanua
Sat, 11/11/2017 - 12:36am
O ali'i e to'atolu o Saeanitisi mai Hawaii i suesuega tau tausaga ma le soifuaga o I'a o le gataifale lea ua faia nei se a'oa'oga fa'apitoa mo le aufaigaluega a le DMWR fa'apea ma le Kolisi Tuufaatasi i vasega o a'otauina ai fanau o sailia tusi pasi maualuluga i le tautuaina o le gataifale. O i latou ua i ai fa'atasi ma Tony Langkilde o le Maketi i Fagatogo lea e faia ai lenei a'oa'oga i le potu mo le Maketi o I'a. L-R Tonly Langkilde DOC, Erik Franklin mai le Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Ross Langston mai le Winward Community College i Hawaii ma Ken Longenecker mai le Bishop Museuma i Hawaii lea na tuuina mai le $202,611 mo lea lava a'oa'oga fa'apitoa. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O se va'aiga lea e fa'auia mai le Maikorosikopi e iloa ai po'o le i'a fafine pe o le i'a po'a lea i'a, ma e fia fo'i tausaga e ao ina fa'afanaua ai le i'a fua mo ni i'a fou, ae maise o le matua fo'i o lea i'a. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
SUESUEGA FA'ASAEANISI - LAPOPO'A O I'A
BLUESKY COMMUICATIONS PUBLIC NOTICE
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 3:52pm
Bluesky Communication customers in Matu’u through Fagatogo are advised that a breakage in the fiber optic cable is affecting services in these areas.
Coriana Ifopo to change plea in filing false IRS tax returns for local residents
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:15am
An American Samoan woman accused of filing false tax returns with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for local residents intends to change her plea, according to her attorney in recent court fil
DPS Commish attending Pacific Transnational Crime Network Conference in Hawai’i
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:10am
![Samoa Police Commissioner, Egon Keil, and DPS Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson during last year’s PTCN conference in American Samoa. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Commissioners_0811.jpg?itok=e70Fn_Jb "Samoa Police Commissioner, Egon Keil, and DPS Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson during last year’s PTCN conference in American Samoa. [photo: AF]")
DPS Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson is attending the Pacific Transnational Crime Network Conference (PTCN) in Honolulu this week, representing the American Samoa Department of Public Safety at the
Fa’afetai tele lava from the 13th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:06am
![The "Most Creative Female Polynesian" tattoo at this year's Tisa's Tattoo Fest is a goat, by Otto Jonigkeit. [photo: courtesy]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Most%20Creative%20Female%20Poly%20Winner.jpg?itok=wMw8Ta5f "The \"Most Creative Female Polynesian\" tattoo at this year's Tisa's Tattoo Fest is a goat, by Otto Jonigkeit. [photo: courtesy]")
Alega Beach, AS —It was indeed another successful year of the Tatau celebration for Tisa’s Tattoo Fest 2017.
Manu Tuilagi believes a Samoan 'witch doctor' may have cured his injury curse
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:02am
![Leicester Tigers' Manu Tuilagi in action against Ospreys at Welford Road. [Photo by Rachel Holborn/Camerasport]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/witchdoctor.jpg?itok=Pt3EAtsG "Leicester Tigers' Manu Tuilagi in action against Ospreys at Welford Road. [Photo by Rachel Holborn/Camerasport]")
Leicester Tigers star centre Manu Tuilagi believes his injury nightmare is over - after visiting a witch doctor in Samoa.
Laisene Ursula Te'o Martin
Fri, 11/10/2017 - 6:51am
![O se va'aiga lea i le papatua o le tama'ita'i o Ursula i le taimi na fa'aalia ai lona tino i le aofai na potopoto i le nofoaga sa faia ai le sailiga siamupini o le Teuteu Tino a le Pasefilka i saute i Honiara i Solomona. O le fa'aaliga a le tama'ita'i Samoa na malaga e fa'amasino le Sailiga Siamupini o le Teuteu Tino i le Pasefika i Solomona ia Oketopa 26-29, 2017 ma sa vala'aulia ai e fa'aalia lona tino lalelei i lea tauaofiaga. [ata: foa'i]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ursula%20composit.jpg?itok=-nPYCZ4C "O se va'aiga lea i le papatua o le tama'ita'i o Ursula i le taimi na fa'aalia ai lona tino i le aofai na potopoto i le nofoaga sa faia ai le sailiga siamupini o le Teuteu Tino a le Pasefilka i saute i Honiara i Solomona. O le fa'aaliga a le tama'ita'i Samoa na malaga e fa'amasino le Sailiga Siamupini o le Teuteu Tino i le Pasefika i Solomona ia Oketopa 26-29, 2017 ma sa vala'aulia ai e fa'aalia lona tino lalelei i lea tauaofiaga. [ata: foa'i]")
Ina ua tu'ua e Ursula Filimaleafa Te'o Martin lana galuega sa tautua ai i le Wellness Center i le Land Grant a le ASCC, sa ia manatu ina ia taumafai atili e fa'aleleia le Asosi Teuteu Tino ua avea