February 2018

Molia se ali’i faia o uiga mataga i le tama a lona Tuafafine

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 8:30pm

[ata: SN]

O le vaiaso na te’a nei na pu’e fa’apagota ai e Leoleo se ali’i pe a ma le 40 tausaga le matua, ona o tu’uaiga i lona faia lea o uiga mataga i lona niece, po o le tama a lona lava tuafafine.

Court Report

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:45am

THIRD ALLEGED WU THEFT AT SAME BRANCH

Amata visits Tripler Army Medical Center for veterans’ services

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:41am

Amata discusses veterans’ health services and planning with Director Jennifer Gutowski in a visit to Tripler Center in Honolulu. [courtesy photo]

Washington, D.C.

Samoa govt to require newspapers to register with ministry

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:36am

Apia, the capital of Samoa. [Photo: RNZI/Koroi Hawkins]

The Samoan government is putting into practice a 25 year old law which requires newspapers and printing firms to register with the Justice Ministry.

UPDATE: Tropical Storm Watch for American Samoa now in effect

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:30am

Called by village residents — our temporary “lake” — it’s seen in this photo yesterday morning — it’s the Malaeloa malae. [SN photo]

Around 3p.m.

Another grounded fishing vessel

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:20am

This photo taken Tuesday and provided by a local resident to Samoa News, shows the fishing vessel, Chui Zai Fa No. 1 just off the Leone village coast line. The vessel has caused concern to local residents, who have noted a possible oil spill and damage to the reef, especially in the last two days of rough tides and strong winds. Samoa News understands some villagers have also complained of a ‘smell’ in the air, since the vessel showed up on their reef. The US Coast Guard is sending a team from Hawai’i and

The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300 yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday.

The way the world catches fish defies all economic logic

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 7:04am

Industrialization hasn't made fishing more efficient. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

It’s often said that there are plenty more fish in the sea. For most of human history, that was true.

Jury hears conflicting statements from prosecution witnesses

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 6:54am

The jury trial of the businessman charged with attempted sexually assault of a 13-year-old schoolboy continues in the High Court.

Routing number in place, now TBAS works to set up master account

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 6:51am

Territorial Bank of American Samoa president Philip Ware shares with reporters from local media the “Official Notice of Routing Number Assignment” issued to TBAS by the American Bankers Association, during an interview Wednesday. Ware plans to put the notice in a picture frame and display it in the bank’s lobby for all to see. [photo: FS]

Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) is now at work setting up its “master account” with the Federal Reserve Bank, after getting official confirmation last week that the bank is authorized to

Flooding Fagaima Road

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 6:47am

Although the rain stopped after 8a.m. yesterday, a flow of water on the Fagaima Road continues with debris seen alongside.

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February 2018

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