May 2020
Fa’ataunuu fa’au’uga Pacific Horizons School - Me 19, 2020
Pago Pago, AMERIKA SAMOA — Ona o le vasega faauu o lenei tausaga i le Pacific Horizons School e nao le to’a 10 i latou ua talafeagai tonu lea ma le numera fa’atagaina e mafai ona faia ai le latou f
Governor explores options as current emergency declaration set to expire
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov.
TCF inmate’s Federal lawsuit encounters delays during COVID-19 quarantine
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Territorial Correctional Facility inmate James Glenn Barlow has applied for parole with the ASG Parole Board, petitioning for “early release” from jail and he w
More COVID-19 tests must be available before American Samoa’s borders re-open
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov.
Man arrested for attempted stealing & burglary, now charged with illegal drugs
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man arrested for attempted stealing and burglary is now charged with violating local drug laws after police discovered a glass pipe containing methamphe
Samoa Gov’t announces flights booked to repatriate Samoan nationals
Apia, SAMOA — The Government of Samoa in collaboration with the Government of New Zealand and Air New Zealand will begin repatriation flights out of Auckland for Samoan nationals and residents on F
SBA approves100th PPP loan for American Samoa small businesses
Washington, D.C.
Tietjens resignation gives Manu Samoa chance to rebuild
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Rugby Union says its Sevens team will have the opportunity to explore new options and rebuild for the Olympics now that Sir Gordon Tietjens has resigned.
COVID-19: Letting the Earth Breathe
The typical Sunday in Samoa is rather calm. Only a few sounds are ever allowed throughout the day. The sounds of umu in the early dawn.


![O le ata lea o le vasega fa’aiuaso atoa a le Pacific Horizons Shool i lenei tausaga, ua fiafia ina ua mae’a le latou fa’auuga i le aso Lua, Me 19, 2020. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] Pacific Horizons 2020 graduating class](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vasega_phs.jpg?itok=yf5D_Fw1)
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov._lolo-headshot_44.jpg?itok=Lof71vn3)
![James Barlow in a photo from his GoFundMe site. [photo via LGBTQ Nation] James Barlow in a photo from his GoFundMe site](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/james-barlowweb.jpg?itok=v6g7ZGaM)
![DoH employee in the testing lab [SN file photo] DoH employee in the testing lab](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_virus_test_lab.jpg?itok=vzlw9ou2)

![Air New Zealand planes parked up at Auckland Airport during the Covid-19 pandemic. [photo: Supplied / Air New Zealand via RNZ Pacific] Air New Zealand planes parked up at Auckland Airport](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/air_nz_planes_on_tarmac.jpg?itok=-VywHoQe)
![Congresswoman Amata with Senator John Kennedy, who serves on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Amata with Senator John Kennedy](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/congresswoman_amata_with_senator_john_kennedy.jpg?itok=pR6t1zbx)
![Samoa sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens. [photo: PHOTOSPORT via RNZ Pacific] Sir Gordon Tietjens](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/manu_samoa_coach_sir_gordon_tietjensweb.jpg?itok=_xaBW_z_)