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SSIC holds hearing on Talofa Pass
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) held a hearing yesterday morning to discuss the contract status between the American Samoa Government (ASG) and
Red Cross CEO for the Pacific region photo & caption
Tony Briggs, Interim Regional CEO for The Red Cross in the Pacific region, met with Lt. Governor La’apui Talauega E.V. Ale on Monday, September 23.
Fa’amatu’u mai e le DOJ vaegatupe mo Amerika Samoa
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
SILIA MA LE $120,500 MO LE CJPA
POU TIUTE A LEOLEO
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
LOKAINA SE TAMALOA I LONA TA INA O LE ULU O LONA AFAFINE I SE PAIPA (PVC)
Te’ena e se tamaloa i Samoa moliaga i le maliu o ni tagata se to’alua
Apia - SAMOA
New juvenile facility building launched to help at-risk youth get back on track
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — His Excellency, the Most Reverend Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale, Bishop of the Diocese of Samoa – Pago Pago, delivered the opening prayer and remarks at the groundbrea
Samoan community films make a splash at Pacific Cinewaves
Carson City, CALIFORNIA — Four films capturing the lives of the Samoan community in the US have been included in Visual Communications' Pacific Cinewaves event in Carson City.
Vegetable seller tells cops she was robbed at Fagatogo marketplace
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 10, 2024, a female individual contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) alleging that an unknown male had snatched her bag and took off with her money
Report reveals some Lahaina wildfire victims made it just blocks before being trapped by flames
HONOLULU (AP) — The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision, abandoning their cars on a blocked road and running to an indu

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![“This facility is not just a detention center, it is a space where we can support at-risk youth and help them get back on the right path,” Bishop Etuale said during his remarks at the groundbreaking for the new juvenile detention center facility. The old juvie center was demolished this year after falling into disrepair. [ASG photo] Bishop Etuale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bishop_at_groundbreaking.jpg?itok=FYGs71l1)
![Screenshot from Samoan film, Omai Faatasi from 1978. [Photo: Visual Communications] screenshot from Samoan film](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoan_film_copy.jpg?itok=eGUAYH6S)

![One road, Kuhua Street, tallied the most fatalities: More than two dozen victims were found on or near the narrow stretch of road that was the only path to safety for many in the densely populated neighborhood. [David Croxford/ Civil Beat] buned out car in Lahaina](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/burned_out_car.jpg?itok=CBcvYKGi)