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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Selau Mailata's first taste of the food industry was through a work experience program at a baked beans factory.
Territory receives STOP Violence Against Women Funding
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s Criminal Justice Planning Agency is set to receive $617,851 in federal funds for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence
Senate passes bill banning changing communal land to individually-owned
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last Friday unanimously passed in final reading, a bill introduced by Senator Togiola T.A.
Touring the USS Omaha photo & caption
Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave T. Laupola attended a tour of the USS Omaha recently where Loa was delighted to visit the control center, accompanied by U.S. Navy Commander Kevin Smith.
Pasia e le Senate suiga a le Maota o Sui i le tupe faasoasoa 2025
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
Loka nisi e to’atolu i se osofaiga faafuase’i a leoleo i Samoa
Apia - SAMOA
Man assaulted with cricket bats at village store
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 6, 2024, a male individual contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that he had allegedly been assaulted by four individuals.
Vaitogi village enforces curfew to remember fire victims
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For many years, Vaitogi village has enforced a 24-hour curfew from 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 to 6 p.m. Sept.

![Amosa Tualamali'i carved a table for the exhibition with the goal of creating something hopeful. He is the father of one of the artists — Josiah Tualamali’i, who made a documentary for the Fibre Gallery's Lotogatasi o Tagata exhibition. [Photo: Caleb Fotheringham] carved table](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amosa_table_jpg.jpg?itok=5uZetExG)
![Chef Selau Mailata has been cooking for 27 years and still loves what he does as he introduces Samoa culture into his dishes. [courtesy photo] A desert creation by Chef Selau Mailata](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/chefs_dish.jpeg?itok=9xPmhbg8)
![Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata takes a ‘selfie’ with the President during last Wednesday’s 30th anniversary celebration of the groundbreaking 1994 Violence Against Women Act. [courtesy photo] Amata and Biden in selfie](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_and_biden.jpg?itok=u1objkuo)






