![Eagles defensive tackle Destiny Vaeao celebrates his sack of San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (lower left) during the game at Lincoln Financial Field October 29, 2017. Eagles won 33-10. [CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dixon-272835-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-12-881377_c7bfa265495a82b-1200x800.jpg?itok=uisLd3s4 "Eagles defensive tackle Destiny Vaeao celebrates his sack of San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (lower left) during the game at Lincoln Financial Field October 29, 2017. Eagles won 33-10. [CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer]")
There are few places as placid as a fishing boat on the Pacific Ocean. There are few places as violent and hectic as the trenches of an NFL football game.
![Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Mauga%200523.jpg?itok=WoQ0x4kq "Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [photo: AF]")
Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega has called on the government and traditional leaders to work with officers from the Departm
American Samoa has asked Samoa to ensure that longliners that have shifted there deliver to the the territory's StarKist cannery instead of to Asia.
![Pete and Donna Gurr of American Samoa use CropKing’s Five Day Intensive Workshop as a jumping-off point for their tomato operation. [Greenhouse Magazine]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pete-donna-gurr-edit.jpg?itok=hv1Gz2VX "Pete and Donna Gurr of American Samoa use CropKing’s Five Day Intensive Workshop as a jumping-off point for their tomato operation. [Greenhouse Magazine]")
Pete and Donna Gurr live on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, where temperatures hover around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and humidity rises beyond 80 percent.
The US Coast Guard has issued the third and probably the final waiver to the Port of Pago Pago — allowing the use of one tugboat — while ASG's Port Administration Department has secured for purchas
Greeting Miss American Samoa Matauaina To’omalatai on her arrival in Fiji for the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant is Anne Dunn 2016 Miss Pacific Islands.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_57.jpeg?itok=4jXgug1z "[SN file photo]")
A fisherman on board the Natalia Victoria was arrested last week after illegal drugs were allegedly found on the vessel when it docked at the main port in Fagatogo.
![[photo: FIBA Basketball News]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/oy2-LS2SRkuy-MGn80KdCA.jpg?itok=gUfo1HeL "[photo: FIBA Basketball News]")
American Samoa will be competing in three events during the 2017 Mini Pacific Games set to be held in Port Vila, Vanuatu on Dec. 4-15.
