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![Tualauta faipule Rep. Vui Florence Saulo [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Vui_3.jpg?itok=HugikgbA "Tualauta faipule Rep. Vui Florence Saulo [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A ‘war of words’ erupted in the House of Representatives this week, after a male faipule interfered while a female faipule was speaking.
“All faipule are equal and we were selected to voice issues that can benefit our constituents and the people of American Samoa," said...
![This undated photo provided by United Fishing Agency Ltd., shows Tagaiivasa Tipa, recruited from American Samoa, and now working at the Honolulu fishing unloading and receiving operation of United Fishing Agency. Tipa is one of two former Samoa Tuna Processors cannery workers hired by United Fishing, on a one-year contract. [photo: United Fishing Agency]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tagaiivasa.jpg?itok=M325SucL "This undated photo provided by United Fishing Agency Ltd., shows Tagaiivasa Tipa, recruited from American Samoa, and now working at the Honolulu fishing unloading and receiving operation of United Fishing Agency. Tipa is one of two former Samoa Tuna Processors cannery workers hired by United Fishing, on a one-year contract. [photo: United Fishing Agency]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two former workers of the closed Samoa Tuna Processors Inc. cannery are now working for United Fishing Agency Ltd. which last year looked at American Samoa’s labor force, especially cannery workers, to recruit for its Honolulu-based operation.
STP, owned by US based Tri...
![DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside the District Court after their initial appearance yesterday morning. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pite%20N%20Iakopo_0960.jpg?itok=1hV6s9_g "DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside the District Court after their initial appearance yesterday morning. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The three inmates accused of escaping from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) this year made their initial appearance before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia yesterday morning. They are: Joe Togitogi, Joseph Iosefa Iakopo, and Ryan Pite.
Togitogi and Iakopo are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of two subdivisions of Tafuna village impacted by Tropical Storm Gita are next on the list of those to register today, Thursday, at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) inside the Pago Pago Community Youth Center for disaster assistance.
The DRC, operated jointly...
Pago Pago, AMERIAN SAMOA — The Territory of American Samoa’s large vessel prohibited area (LVPA) federal lawsuit pending on appeal, also remains in mediation, where details are “confidential”, with the federal government to file a brief later this year in June, according to officials with the US...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In partnership with NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS), representatives from KUPU - a 501©(3) non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii, are on island to share upcoming opportunities to "empower youth to serve their communities".
Later...
![[photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/special%20ed%20cooking%20class.jpg?itok=gDYvt6sc "[photo: BC]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Throughout this week, in honor of Developmental Disability Awareness 2018, schools across the territory have numerous activities planned for their respective Special Education (SPED) students.
At the Home of the Sharks, SPED program administrators and teachers — working...
![Manu’a faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele says a House Investigation Committee (HIC) needs to be established to look into many issues — including alleged police brutality at the TCF — being reported from around the territory. See story for details. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Rep%20Toeaina_0882.jpg?itok=sQS2q_3X "Manu’a faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele says a House Investigation Committee (HIC) needs to be established to look into many issues — including alleged police brutality at the TCF — being reported from around the territory. See story for details. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele says it’s time to establish a House Investigation Committee (HIC) to look into a lot of issues being reported from around the island, especially the alleged mistreatment of inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF...
![Rep. Gafatasi Afalava and House members are upset with directors being 'no-shows' when the Fono subpoenas them — with one faipule saying it proves that directors are looking at them as ‘house of kids’. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Rep%20Afalava_0897.jpg?itok=d6tgOt-f "Rep. Gafatasi Afalava and House members are upset with directors being 'no-shows' when the Fono subpoenas them — with one faipule saying it proves that directors are looking at them as ‘house of kids’. [photo: AF]")
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Rep. Gafatasi Afalava and House members are upset with directors being 'no-shows' when the Fono subpoenas them — with one faipule saying it proves that directors are looking at them as ‘house of kids’.
[photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some lawmakers were not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of the Fagaima subdivision of Tafuna village that were impacted by Tropical Storm Gita are next on the list of those to register today, Wednesday, at the the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), which is jointly operated by the American Samoa Government (ASG) and...