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Price control measures enforced in Samoa amid rising food costs
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) has intensified the enforcement of the Price Control Order issued in September last year.
Questions raised over Aussie link to 3.5 ton Fiji meth bust
Nadi, FIJI — Two local men are reportedly being questioned after a 3.5 ton methamphetamine bust in Fiji earlier this week, as police probe the origins and destination of the drugs.
Tafuna High School JROTC cadet awarded prestigious 3-Year Army ROTC Scholarship
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Tafuna High School JROTC cadet has earned a 3-year Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship and is the first American Samoan to receive the scholarship
State of the Economy provides look at Admin’s key 2023 projects
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2024 State of the Territory Comprehensive Report (TCR) provides a look at the Lemanu & Talauega Administration’s key projects for improving and safeguar
Trans Pacific Volleyball Tournament photo & caption
O se va’aiga i le ‘au volipolo a tamaitai talavou, mai i le kalapu volipolo o le “Six8Four” lea o lo o i lalo o le taitaiga i le susuga ia Sauvao Ben Sauvao, lea sa auai atu i se ta’amilosaga (Tran
Senate confirms Matagi to TBAS board of directors, puts Stevenson nomination on hold
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor’s nomination of Ruth Matagi as member of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa’s Board of Directors was approved by the Senate last Wednesday in a

![A drone flying over Vanuatu’s Ambrym volcano where observations from the volcano’s webcam and seismic data analysis confirm an eruption inside Benbow Crater. [courtesy photo] A drone flying over Vanuatu’s Ambrym volcano](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vanuatu_volcano.jpg?itok=o-qVtCMr)


![Tafuna High School JROTC Cadet Colonel Olefa Fepuleai has earned a 3-year Army ROTC Scholarship that includes full tuition and fees for three years at the university of his choice currently offering a Senior ROTC program under the 8th Brigade. This is the same 17-year old who secured the Bronze medal in the 80kg and under bodybuilding event held in the Solomon Islands this past November during the 2023 Pacific Games. [courtesy photo] Tafuna High School JROTC Cadet Colonel Olefa Fepuleai](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/task_force_commander_cadet_colonel_olefa_fepuleai.jpg?itok=u1cbRGJw)
![To improve safety for residents of Leloaloa and the surrounding areas is the completed sidewalk project. Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga during his State of the Territory Address earlier this month emphasized providing improved infrastructure for roads and sidewalks. In the State of the Economy section of the 2024 Territorial Comprehensive Report, these improvements are seen as part of the administration’s projects to revitalize areas of the Territory for the welfare and safeguarding of the lives of “our people”. [ASG photo] Leloaloa sidewalk](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/leloaloa_sidewalk.jpg?itok=mAtZ32OY)




![Ruth Matagi during her confirmation hearing in the Senate for the post of member of the Board of Directors for the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS). Questions over possible conflicts of interest highlighted her hearing, as Ms Matagi is also president of DBAS, another government-own banking institution. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Ruth Matagi during her confirmation hearing for TBAS board](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ruth_matagi_img_5074.jpg?itok=ytLz5fyR)