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E ui i le taumafai atu o le afioga i le ali’i Faipule mai Manu’a ia Toeaina Faufano Autele ina ia avea le Fono ma leo o ni isi o pagota o loo taofia i le toese o loo taua i ripoti le sauaina o i la
![Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and Deputy Treasurer Tina Vaa appeared before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday to testify on a bill to buy new motorcycles for DPS. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lei%20N%20Tina_0006.jpg?itok=kCimNd3t "Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and Deputy Treasurer Tina Vaa appeared before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday to testify on a bill to buy new motorcycles for DPS. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Budget and Appropriations Committee is awaiting financial reports from the ASG Treasury Department before they make a decision on two House bills that
![O se va'aiga i le a'au ua olaola lelei lona amu. O le ata na tusia e le tama'ita'i o Pua Tofaeono i lana vasega Fine Arts i le ASCC, ma ua maua fo'i le avanoa e fa'aalia ai i le tatou mata'aga o le gataifale, Gov. Tauese P.F Sunia Ocean Center i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2Pua%20tofaeono.jpg?itok=NqGOAMnS "O se va'aiga i le a'au ua olaola lelei lona amu. O le ata na tusia e le tama'ita'i o Pua Tofaeono i lana vasega Fine Arts i le ASCC, ma ua maua fo'i le avanoa e fa'aalia ai i le tatou mata'aga o le gataifale, Gov. Tauese P.F Sunia Ocean Center i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three members from American Samoa on the Western Pacific Fishery Regional Fishery Management Council has called for “more thorough research” into the
![Nicola Hawley, PhD, Yale School of Public Health [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/c02fff2b-a448-40c1-9aae-2416784201f2_w0.jpg?itok=SLCnUVul "Nicola Hawley, PhD, Yale School of Public Health [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago AMERICAN SAMOA — To encourage pregnant women to show up for their medical check-ups and to make the process less of a burden for mothers-to-be, the LBJ Medical Center has come up
![Samoa's historic Aggie Grey's Hotel which was badly damaged by Cyclone Gita is set to reopen in July.[photo: Loop Samoa ]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/aggie%20greys%20gita.jpg?itok=ue_l8dve "Samoa's historic Aggie Grey's Hotel which was badly damaged by Cyclone Gita is set to reopen in July.[photo: Loop Samoa ]")
Apia, SAMOA — Mandatory voting for all registered voters in Samoa will be a must in the upcoming 2021 General Elections, subject to approval of the Electoral Bill 2018 now before parliamen
![Weighing in the catch during the 2012 Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Tournament in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo/JD Hall]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/%20WEBFishing%20tourn%20day2_91.8%20lbs%20yellowfin%20.jpg?itok=eufhbtcP "Weighing in the catch during the 2012 Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Tournament in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo/JD Hall]")
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, $2.5 million in funding to American Samoa to support critical state conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/TCF_1.jpg?itok=mbAAMIke "[SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a faipule, Rep.
![Rendering of proposed new Fono Building [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_36.jpg?itok=DDZu6Tkm "Rendering of proposed new Fono Building [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Budget and Appropriations Committee met to discuss two House bills yesterday morning.
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/anz-samoa_0.jpeg?itok=L6duaXA- "[SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three American Samoa residents have filed a civil lawsuit at the federal court in Guam, against ANZ Guam Inc., the parent company of ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank in Pago Pago.
![Paul Collins (second from left) with Pope Francis at the Vatican [Photo: Catholic News Agency]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/meeting%20popeweb.jpg?itok=TFXd1SBY "Paul Collins (second from left) with Pope Francis at the Vatican [Photo: Catholic News Agency]")
A young man from American Samoa was chosen to greet Pope Francis when the pontiff arrived at a pre-synod youth gathering in Rome this week.