December 2017
![Amata preparing for the Natural Resources Committee’s last votes of 2017 in the historic committee room. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20in%20historic%20Committee%20room%20300%20%28002%29.jpg?itok=s6JzodfQ "Amata preparing for the Natural Resources Committee’s last votes of 2017 in the historic committee room. [Courtesy photo]")
‘The Rock’ honored with star
Carl’s Jr. — $10 gifts for their 10-year anniversary
Ten years ago this week the Forsgren Family fulfilled their dream of opening an American Fast Food Franchise, a major investment that brought to American Samoa’s shores the Carl's Jr.
Man slammed with $100K cash bond after crime spree unfolds
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_66.jpeg?itok=DxuZ9VMa "[SN file photo]")
A 27-year-old man who escaped from the District Court last week during his initial appearance has been slammed by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia with a $100,000 cash bond, after the government fil
Fa’afetaia e pagota ma gasegase le alofa fa’aauau Kovana ma le malo
Le afioga i le ali’i Kovana, tofa i le Tootoo ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i lana saunoaga i le taimi o lana asiasiga masani i le toese i Tafuna i le vaiaso nei. [ata AF]
Le taimi na tauaao atu ai e le Faletua o le Kovana ia Cynthia Moliga le meaalofa i se ali’i laititi na taofia i le falemai o Tamaiti, i le taimi o le asiasiga masani a le Kovana ma le malo i le vaiaso nei i le maota gasegase i Faga’alu. [ata AF]
O pesepesega fa’aleagaga atoa ai ma siva fa’aleaganu’u, o auala ia na fa’aaoga e pagota o loo aumau i le toese i Tafuna e fa’ailoa mai ai lo latou agaga fa’afetai i le Kovana ma le faigamalo, ona o
Toe fa’afo’i i Samoa le ali’i na ia faia uiga mataga i se tama’ita’i
O le ali’i mai Samoa lea sa fa’amatalaina e molimau i luma o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga i le vaiaso na te’a nei o se ali’i Kerisiano e fiafia e fesoasoani i soo se tasi, ua fa’atonu e le Fa’amasino s
Hercules Mata’Afa named Polynesian College Football Player of the Year
Honolulu, HI (December 12, 2017) – Washington State University Defensive Lineman Hercules Mata`afa has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Polynesian College Football Player of the
‘Tis the Season for Greetings — to LBJ patients and TCF inmates
![First Lady, Cynthia Moliga presenting a gift to a young girl at the Pediatric Ward at LBJ hospital yesterday during the Governor’s annual visit for the holiday season. [photo by AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/firstlady-lbjxmas.jpg?itok=2gu2tEiL "First Lady, Cynthia Moliga presenting a gift to a young girl at the Pediatric Ward at LBJ hospital yesterday during the Governor’s annual visit for the holiday season. [photo by AF]")
While many in American Samoa are spending the Holiday Season with their families and loved ones, LBJ Medical Center young patients and Territorial Correctional Facility inmates will only have limit
Tax fraudster pleads guilty to 28 counts of making false claims to U.S. gov’t
An American Samoan woman accused of filing false tax returns for local residents with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has entered guilty pleas at the federal court in Anchorage, Alaska where
Newly introduced DYWA Youth Academy program opens with high hopes for youth
![Some of the more than 60 young people who attended yesterday's official opening of the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) Youth Academy program at the Pago Pago Community Center. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/youth%20academy%20program_0684.jpg?itok=iqvWIMg3 "Some of the more than 60 young people who attended yesterday's official opening of the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) Youth Academy program at the Pago Pago Community Center. [photo: AF]")
Some 60 plus youth attended on Monday, this week, the official opening of the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) Youth Academy program at the Pago Pago Community Center.