June 2020
DHR issues guidance on unemployment programs for ASG workers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Human Resources released last week an advisory to assist government departments and agencies responding to any concerns and inquiries related to the COVID-1
Probation board recommends release of man convicted of sexual abuse — victim’s family not opposed
(Original title of this story was in error. Samoa News apologizes.)
Election Office update on 2020 General Election
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Election Office says that petitions will be ready on June 15th at the Election Office for candidates running for public office: Governor/ Lt.
Gov appoints local businessman to ASTCA board
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga last Thursday appointed local businessman Ben V.
Right-wing extremists wearing Aloha Shirts at protests
Richland County, SOUTH CAROLINA — A strange and disturbing new trend has emerged involving aloha shirts at Black Lives Matter protests.
Armed raid on Ofu nets marijuana & weapons, suspects not arrested
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Live marijuana plants and weapons were found when a team of about 15 police detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics/ K-9 Units executed two search warrants f
Leiataua Family from Compton, California
Members of the Leiataua Family from Compton, California participate at a Black Lives Matter march in Southern California.
Tala I Vaifanua

O se va’aiga i le vasega o sui o aiga e lua, Kapeteni Velega ma Kapeteni Tipoti, ua fa’atasia e fa’amoemoe e savavali e a’ea le mauga i le nofoaga e faia ai le toe sauniga mamalu e taualoa ai le soifua galulue tuutoina o i la’ua nei, ma ua maumau ai le soifua ma motusia ai le mafautaga mafana i le alofa ma le pa’ia lasi o aiga, uo ma e masani. O lea savaliga sa faia i le taeao o le aso toonai ua te’a. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]


![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_lolo_speech_34.jpg?itok=WpZVLsBw)



![Photos are emerging of right-wing extremists wearing aloha shirts at protests. [Photo: Richland County Sheriff's Department via Hawaii News Now] Two protestors wearing Aloha Shirts](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/aloha_shirts_on_right_winger.jpg?itok=yzr6ZBNb)
![Smiling faces OF police detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics / K-9 Units at the Pago Pago International Airport upon returning from Ofu, Manu’a after executing two search warrants for drugs and weapons last Thursday afternoon. There were no arrests at the time, but suspects are said to be turning themselves in at sometime in the future for further investigation. [photo by AF] detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics / K-9 Units at the Pago Pago International Airport](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fp_0560.jpg?itok=jP6BWns8)



