![Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/SenPres%20Gaoteote.jpg?itok=lokk6AXu "Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago AMERICAN SAMOA — A recommendation by three senators to scale back this year’s Flag Day, as many families impacted by Tropical Storm Gita are in need of financial assistance, wil
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O le vaiaso na te’a nei na alia’e mai ai isi fo’i tu’uaiga mai totonu o le toese i Tafuna, faasaga i ni isi o Leoleo o loo faia sauaga fa’asaga i ni ali’i pagota se to’alua.
![In 1970 Peter Moon started an annual Hawaiian music concert called Kanikapila at Andrews Amphitheater at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The event ran until 1995 and provided a place for up-and-coming musicians and dancers to gain exposure. [photo: COURTESY FRANK ISAHARA vis Star-Advertiser]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/web1_20180311peter_moon-600x346_0.jpg?itok=AesqE1Nu "In 1970 Peter Moon started an annual Hawaiian music concert called Kanikapila at Andrews Amphitheater at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The event ran until 1995 and provided a place for up-and-coming musicians and dancers to gain exposure. [photo: COURTESY FRANK ISAHARA vis Star-Advertiser]")
Peter Moon, an ukulele virtuoso, businessman and composer who contributed to a revival of Hawaiian music in the 1970s, died Feb. 17. He was 73.
![David Afamasaga was the dominant second half force, as he scored his second try in Manu Samoa's 21-15 victory over Canada at the Canada 7s, Day 2, BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Unfortunately Manu Samoa did not make it to the quarter finals. [Photo: Barry Markowitz]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/afamasagacanada7s.jpg?itok=uUBcKOpB "David Afamasaga was the dominant second half force, as he scored his second try in Manu Samoa's 21-15 victory over Canada at the Canada 7s, Day 2, BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Unfortunately Manu Samoa did not make it to the quarter finals. [Photo: Barry Markowitz]")
Fiji scored 19 unanswered second-half points to defeat Kenya 31-12. The win makes Fiji the first team to win twice on the 10-country HSBC World Rugby Seven Series this season.
![[Screenshot from Samoa Observer video]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-12%20at%208.49.27%20AM.png?itok=O3TV-Duc "[Screenshot from Samoa Observer video]")
Satapuala, SAMOA — A Satapuala resident has questioned the legality of the 1983 agreement signed between the Government and their family chief, the late Toalepaialii Toeolesulusulu Siueva.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dengue-fever-prevention-us%20copy_8.jpg?itok=5XW-o8mw "[SN file photo]")
Monash University's World Mosquito Programme says wolbachia bacteria can stop mosquitoes from spreading dengue and other diseases like chikungunya and zika.
![A coral reef off an island in Fiji's Yasawa Group [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/CORAL%20REEF-eight_col_a.jpg?itok=CTfQS08J "A coral reef off an island in Fiji's Yasawa Group [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]")
The rapid depletion of coral reefs could prove more damaging for small islands than sea level rise, according to recently published research.
