Amendments to tint law are needed for safety reasons, says Lolo
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 6:01am
![Will the tint on this recently recevied police car pass muster if new rules are passed into law? [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/policecar_1.jpg?itok=eF66-Zy8 "Will the tint on this recently recevied police car pass muster if new rules are passed into law? [SN file photo]")
To “address public safety concerns”, Gov.
January 2018
Tensions mount as family banished from Samoa village
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 5:56am
![Satapuala Village Mayor Vaili Mimita. [Samoa Observer]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/village%20mayor.jpg?itok=1xBP0Ur_ "Satapuala Village Mayor Vaili Mimita. [Samoa Observer]")
The family of the suspects charged in connection to the brutal murder of a 15-year-old boy in Satapuala has been ousted by the Village Council.
US Pacific islands seek immigration funding
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 5:48am
![Guam's representative to the US Congress Madeleine Bordallo [Photo: US House of Representatives]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_bordallo.jpg?itok=ZrPSwTNg "Guam's representative to the US Congress Madeleine Bordallo [Photo: US House of Representatives]")
Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Marianas are pushing for more federal funding to deal with the uncontrolled influx of immigrants under the Compacts of Free Association with the United States.
The bad – and good – of China’s aid in the Pacific
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 5:41am
The Pacific region is making headlines across Australia after Pacific and International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells harshly criticised Chinese aid in the region.
If a missile attack on Hawaii was actually real, here's what you should do
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 5:33am
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Get inside, stay inside and stay tuned.
Aussie criminal originally from Am. Samoa, deported to New Zealand
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 5:09am
Australia is deporting a convicted criminal to New Zealand who has never set foot in the country.
Tofiga a Kovana Lolo mo fa’atonu o matagaluega e lua a le malo
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 12:00am
Ua taoto atu nei i luma o le Fono Faitulafono mo lana fa’amaoniga, tofiga a le kovana mo fa’atonusili o le Matagaluega o Paka ma Malaetaalo ma le Matagaluega o Auaunaga mo Tagata ma le Soifua Manui
Fa’asea nisi o Manu’a, si’i tau fa’ae’e o ta’avale ave i le MV Sili
Sat, 01/13/2018 - 11:52pm
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O le si’itaga i le tau fa’ae’e e ave ai ta’avale afi a tagata lautele i le va o Tutuila ma Manu’a ua tulai mai ai ma se fa’agaulemalie o nisi o tagata Manu’a, ona ua atili ai ona alu i luga le tau
Fear. Alarm. And tears. For 38 minutes, Hawaii thought it was under attack
Sat, 01/13/2018 - 2:22pm
![[photo: Barry Markowitz]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/false%20alarm%20in%20hawaii.jpg?itok=bjJbwEcm "[photo: Barry Markowitz]")
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - People huddled in their bathtubs. They ran into businesses or rushed into basements. They got into storm drains.
Update: Suspected child homicide in Samoa
Sat, 01/13/2018 - 7:09am
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_police_8.jpeg?itok=scypMx_G "[SN file photo]")
The Police in Samoa are investigating a suspected homicide after the death of a 15-year-old boy who went missing from his family home in Satapuala village on Tuesday.