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Budget hearings continue with Fono questioning a variety of issues
Ame Sene Tanielu
Freelance for Samoa News
Court defers sentencing of pregnant woman
Apia, SAMOA — The Supreme Court has deferred the jail term of a pregnant woman until after she gives birth and turns herself in as a prisoner in October to serve time.
LBJ hospital receives FEMA grant aimed at protecting critical care wards
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $500,000 in federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds for the LBJ Medical C
Tonga's Dr Afuha'amango Tuipulotu making a difference as the world’s chief nurse
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — As a young girl growing up in Tonga, Dr Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tuipulotu lived only two minutes' walk from the hospital she would eventually lead.
How did pisupo become a Pacific Island delicacy?
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — Corned beef, bully beef, pisupo or spam. Whichever name you know it by, this tin of processed meat needs no introduction in the Pacific.
ASG’s Maui donation drive set to begin on Labor Day — Sept 4
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “To initiate fundraising efforts,” the American Samoa Government is spearheading a Maui donation drive with plans to launch it on Sept.
AS-EPA HazCat training photo & caption
This photo posted on the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) Facebook page shows some of the participants in the 16 hour HazCat Kit Training held this week.






![CODEL members, including Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, met with President Surangel Whipps Jr., and the Ministers of State, Finance, Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, and Infrastructure during their visit to the Republic of Palau in support of maritime security. [courtesy photo] President Surangel Whipps Jr. with CODEL](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/meeting_with_president_whipps.jpg?itok=RZuLkRzk)
![Chief Nursing Officer Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu takes part in a reception celebrating women leaders at WHO headquarters. She is the most senior nurse in the world at age 51. [courtesy: WHO] Chief Nursing Officer Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dr_amelia_.jpg?itok=SpPbqz2K)
![Through his 1994 art piece Pisupo lua afe, Artist Michael Tuffery asks questions about the effects colonial economies have had on Pacific peoples. [Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa] Pisupo lua afe](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pisupo_art.jpg?itok=sYhXEqj-)

