![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Gov%20Lolo%202833%20web_12.jpg?itok=9ss9v5zk "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 195-year-old prestigious student debate society based in Oxford, England and has previously hosted well-known world leaders in every field, has invited Gov.
![Representatives from the National Weather Service after appearing for a Senate Homeland Security hearing last Thursday. Raymond Tanabe (second from left) is the Pacific Regional Director and Elinor Lutu-Moore (far left) is the Meteorologist in Charge. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/WSO%20representatives_0932.jpg?itok=FBDfj6fS "Representatives from the National Weather Service after appearing for a Senate Homeland Security hearing last Thursday. Raymond Tanabe (second from left) is the Pacific Regional Director and Elinor Lutu-Moore (far left) is the Meteorologist in Charge. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators wanting to hear directly from the Weather Service Office (WSO) about details regarding Tropical Storm Gita, due to many in the community believing it f
![Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa competes in the women's +75kg final during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [photo: AFP via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pac%20News%20weightlifter.jpg?itok=ed5SXiwx "Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa competes in the women's +75kg final during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [photo: AFP via RNZI]")
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia has been cleared of any wrongdoing after mistakenly taking a banned substance.
![US Census Bureau officials, Bill Samples and Robert Nusz, at the ASG Commerce Department Office, following a Samoa News interview. The two officials, on island since Tuesday, are working with DOC to prepare for the launching of the 2017 Economic Census for American Samoa this year. Response by businesses is mandatory under federal law. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Census%20officials.jpg?itok=31NLq20e "US Census Bureau officials, Bill Samples and Robert Nusz, at the ASG Commerce Department Office, following a Samoa News interview. The two officials, on island since Tuesday, are working with DOC to prepare for the launching of the 2017 Economic Census for American Samoa this year. Response by businesses is mandatory under federal law. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Break-out of specific products and services offered by US businesses — including those in American Samoa — is in a new questionnaire for the 2017 Economic Censu
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_106.jpeg?itok=XgxG4MKe "[SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the DPS officers, who was assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in Tafuna and arrested last April for various crimes including bringing drugs i
A Leone Lions’ player looks to clear the ball against two Fa’asao-Marist Crusaders defenders during an ASHSAA Boys’ JV soccer game on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium as the ASHSA
Tony Finau reacts after hitting a hole in one on the seventh home during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament Wednesday. (AP)
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Call it the hole-in-one celebration gone wrong.
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Ua mae’a ona toe fa’aleleia laina telefoni a le Kamupani Telefoni a le Bluesky Communications i totonu o le motu atoa, se’i vagana ai laina telefoni a le Ofisa o Fesootaiga a le malo o Amerika Samo
![[photo: Getty Images via Raiders Wire]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gettyimages-858823200.jpg?itok=ESUMkCdX "[photo: Getty Images via Raiders Wire]")
Raiders safety Shalom Luani may get his childhood friend to join him on the squad in 2018, as coach Jon Gruden and general manager Reggie McKenzie are meeting with former Washington State linebacke
![Tavita Talaga, (left) of Nu’uuli Voc-Tech in action against the Leone Lions in an ASHSAA Boys’ varsity soccer game on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/LHS%20NVT%20V_0260.jpg?itok=LkYy41IJ "Tavita Talaga, (left) of Nu’uuli Voc-Tech in action against the Leone Lions in an ASHSAA Boys’ varsity soccer game on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
![A Samoana Sharks player heads the ball forward while being contested in the air by a Tafuna Warriors’ opponent during an ASHSAA Boys’ JV soccer game on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/SHS%20THS%20JV_0288.jpg?itok=Qx9vQyIc "A Samoana Sharks player heads the ball forward while being contested in the air by a Tafuna Warriors’ opponent during an ASHSAA Boys’ JV soccer game on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
![South Pacific Academy defenders scramble to clear a ball away from a dangerous opportunity to their Iakina opponents during an ASHSAA Boys’ varsity soccer game on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/SPA%20IAK%20V_0321.jpg?itok=-jMmqHMT "South Pacific Academy defenders scramble to clear a ball away from a dangerous opportunity to their Iakina opponents during an ASHSAA Boys’ varsity soccer game on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
![A Leone Lions’ player looks to clear the ball against two Fa’asao-Marist Crusaders defenders during an ASHSAA Boys’ JV soccer game on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/LHS%20FMHS%20JV_0264.jpg?itok=2aBvxglE "A Leone Lions’ player looks to clear the ball against two Fa’asao-Marist Crusaders defenders during an ASHSAA Boys’ JV soccer game on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASHSAA Boys soccer season kicked off with the Leone Lions taking on the Fa’asao-Marist Crusaders in varsity and JV action on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Pago