June 2021
Working at ASEPA: Summer youth employees share with KSBS listeners
![[l-r] Vaitupua Maina, Tumua Lokeni and Ilaiakimi Atu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asepa_group.jpg?itok=_-49Jh28 "[l-r] Vaitupua Maina of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School; Tumua Lokeni of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) Education Division; Ilaiakimi Atu of Samoan High School; and Liu Lafaele of ASEPA Education Division — posed for a photo yesterday at the KSBS-FM studio. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaitupua Maina and Ilaiakimi Atu — both 16-years old — are two of the 12 students working at ASEPA under the Governor’s Summer Youth Employment Program.
Deep sea mining study of Samoa’s EEZ concludes it is “nodule poor”
United Nations, NYC — A Secretariat of the Pacific Communities (SPC) project about the potential of deep sea minerals mining in the Samoa islands first began around 1983, with a definitive
Two escapees already serving long sentences get a break
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two inmates convicted of escape from confinement — a second time — while serving their sentences received a huge break from the High Court last week when Chief
Facebook campaigns against COVID misinformation in Pacific
Menlo Park, CA — Facebook says it has launched a public education campaign to combat health-related misinformation in the Pacific Islands region.
Court charges two for driving with suspended licenses
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of driving while his license was permanently suspended after three DUI convictions in District Court was released from the Territorial Correctional Facil
Third by-election now looming in Samoa
Apia, SAMOA — Another by-election is looming in Samoa after a further two MPs agreed to drop their electoral petitions, this time in the Falealupo seat.
USDOL’s FARE grants to inform women of their workplace rights
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is eligible under a new funding opportunity offered by the US Labor Department to develop partnerships with community-based organizations and oth
Lighthouse Temple dedication photo & caption
Afioga ia Senatoa Tilo sa avea ma sui o le Aiga o le Tama Matua sa ia fa’avaeina lenei Ekalesia VOC i Amerika Samoa ma fa’atuina le ulua’i Lihghthouse Temple i le Mauga o Pioa, na te ootia le lipin
