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New three-story ASDOE admin building going up in Tafuna
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Groundbreaking for a new ASDOE building in Tafuna took place recently and the building will be one of the first of its kind in American Samoa, according to Gov.
‘Culture’ hinders Fiji’s human trafficking response
Suva, FIJI — The Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) has pinned the blame on "culture" and "patriarchal practices" for weak response to the problem of human trafficking in the country.
A.G. dismisses charges in Kite Runner case
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Attorney General Fainu'ulelei Alailima Utu has revealed that his office will not pursue criminal charges against three individuals named in a D
The event that helps local student far from home — feel less alone
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Climate change is a hot topic on college campuses.
Alefosio continues his pursuit of alleged wrongful termination by ASG
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leauma Ben Alefosio has filed a third civil suit in the US District Court in Honolulu against the American Samoa Government, this time including the Hawai’i Equ
Airman First Class Varina Va’a is graduating Friday photo & caption
Airman First Class Varina Va’a is graduating Friday, August 09, 2024 from the Technical School of Aerospace Medicine.
Man arrested after allegedly damaging mother’s home
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 25, 2024 at about 8:13am, Nauru Tea contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that his older brother, Gavin Tea, was allegedly causing a di
'It sucks': Guam's indigenous Chamorro people and their complex relationship with the US
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands — politically divided between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia.



![Site of the ground breaking on a new three-story ASDOE admin building with Paramount Builders construction workers in the background. [courtesy photo] ground breaking on a new three-story ASDOE admin building](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asdoe_ground_breaking.jpg?itok=N2U_BPpn)
![Vani Catanasiga told RNZ Pacific that several factors have driven Fiji's human trafficking outcomes, including; a lack of understanding from the government, entrenched patriarchal values, and weak legislation [photo: Facebook / Pacific Blue Line] Vani Catanasiga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vani_catanasiga_jpg_copy.jpg?itok=zXGzN8c4)

![As an Indigenous Pacific Islander from American Samoa, where sea level rise and intensifying storms are an urgent concern, Audrey-Rose Sevaaetasi struggled to find people who understood her experiences once she went away to school. [Samoa News file photo] Audrey-Rose Sevaaetasi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_sevaaetasi_.jpg?itok=MPYx8CWa)



![Chamorro culture today, as shown here at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture 2016. [photo: Facebook / Manny Crisostomo] Chamorro DANCERS](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/guam_fest.jpg?itok=bWxFBtm5)