![Representatives from Bluesky Communications appeared before the House Communications Committee this week to answer questions pertaining to communication services that were knocked out during Tropical Storm Gita. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Bluesky%20reps_0141.jpg?itok=zm5CtlVc "Representatives from Bluesky Communications appeared before the House Communications Committee this week to answer questions pertaining to communication services that were knocked out during Tropical Storm Gita. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was revealed during the House Communications Committee hearing on Monday that Bluesky Communications has — since Tropical Storm Gita — restored 93% of its ca
![Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Daniel%20Aga.jpg?itok=VBltulZ3 "Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and Federal Relations executive director, Tapaau Dr.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a residents who suffered losses from Tropical Storm Gita will start registration today at three Disaster Recovery Center sites in the Manu’a islands while
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata_7.jpg?itok=OIiEl-Nn "Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]")
Washington, D.C. – Monday, April 2, 2018 - Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a $200,000 grant for American Samoa from the U.S.
![Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama visits a community in Ba which was hit by floods caused by Cyclone Josie. [Photo: Fijian Government via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fiji%20PM%20in%20Ba.jpg?itok=9pdpt28U "Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama visits a community in Ba which was hit by floods caused by Cyclone Josie. [Photo: Fijian Government via RNZI]")
Ba, FIJI — The severe effects of Cyclone Josie are a brutal reminder of the reality of climate change, says Fiji's prime minister.
![SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, of the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, was recognized at a Fort Drum town hall meeting with Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper during his visit on March 29, 2018. Sautia-Pomele was one of five female soldiers to be nationally recognized during Women's History Month for exceptional service to the US Army. [photo credit: SGT Liane Hatch]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Sautia-Pomele-Army%20feature.jpg?itok=lLGqe4lM "SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, of the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, was recognized at a Fort Drum town hall meeting with Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper during his visit on March 29, 2018. Sautia-Pomele was one of five female soldiers to be nationally recognized during Women's History Month for exceptional service to the US Army. [photo credit: SGT Liane Hatch]")
Fort Drum, NEW YORK— In honor of Women's History Month last month, the US Army recognized SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, a Petroleum Supply Specialist with the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Sustai
![This screen shot of the Census 2010 American Samoa form shows Question 7, which has to do with a person's citizenship status: US Citizen or National. The same question will be on the 2020 questionnaire for American Samoa. According to ASG Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele, American Samoa’s census questionnaire has always asked the question — apparently the US census form does not — but will be reinstated for the 2020 Census — a move that is raising concerns in many US cities. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/census%20question%200925.jpg?itok=u-7eYybM "This screen shot of the Census 2010 American Samoa form shows Question 7, which has to do with a person's citizenship status: US Citizen or National. The same question will be on the 2020 questionnaire for American Samoa. According to ASG Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele, American Samoa’s census questionnaire has always asked the question — apparently the US census form does not — but will be reinstated for the 2020 Census — a move that is raising concerns in many US cities. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has its own long-form census questionnaire, which questions a person's citizenship status, says ASG Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An American Samoa woman accused of bilking the federal government out of more than $100,000 by filing false tax returns for American Samoa residents with the US
Rotary Club President John Raynar presenting 100,000 Hawaiian Air Miles to Beatrice Mageo and Chang Calico of Hope House. Hope House was the 1st Place Winner in the Rotary Golf Tournament.