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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Plaintiffs in the US citizenship lawsuit have asked the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah to deny a motion by the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata to intervene in their complaint, arguing among other things that ASG and the Congresswoman lack...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "O le Lumana'i e fai mo i latou e talitonu i le Matagofie o a latou Miti" - le autu lea o le aso fa'apitoa mo le vasega fa'aiuaso a le Nuuuli Vocational Technical High School (NVTHS), le Aoga Maualuga a Matata Ese’ese, i le aso Tofi na te'a nei.
O le latou aso fa'apitoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The University of Hawaii, Manoa College of Education proudly conducted commencement ceremonies for a historic group on Saturday, June 23 at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium.
Cohort 31, with 17 graduates, became the first-ever cohort in which all the graduates are from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta Representative Vui Florence Saulo has written to the Director of Education expressing concern regarding the drowning at Pala Lagoon Swimming Pool, at the same time, the father of the young girl who drowned contradicts claims that DOE performed a traditional “...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has laid into his national rugby team, saying they have "no guts".
Speaking in Parliament as ministers looked to pass the 2018-19 budget, Tuilaepa, who is also the chairman of Samoan Rugby, revealed he was frustrated with the national...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) recently completed a Sanitary Survey of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Satellite System as part of AS-EPA’s regulatory programs. Sanitary surveys are required every three years and involve the review...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the availability of $300,000 in federal grant funds for American Samoa from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
“Federal funding through grants and other sources is essential for our islands to have important services,” said Aumua...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has identified eleven ASG entities that will be part of the local task force when the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducts the next review of the Public Debt Outlook of the five US territories, which includes American Samoa.
In a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend is facing three counts of third degree assault and one count of public peace disturbance — all misdemeanors.
Besides allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Lologa Galuega is also accused of assaulting a cousin who was trying to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s appointment as Chair of the 9th Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) Summit next year is among the issues on the agenda for next week’s PLG summit hosted this year by Tuvalu from June 25-29, under the theme, “Protect the Pacific - Polynesian Connection”.
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![A look at some of the 69 graduates of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony last Thursday morning at the Tafuna High School gymnasium. Their theme is a well-known quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, “The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] A look at some of the 69 graduates of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School class of 2018](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nvths_class_2018.jpg?itok=osdn7tRN)
![Cohort 31, with 17 graduates, became the first-ever cohort in which all the graduates are from the islands of Manu’a — marking this milestone. [Courtesy photo] Cohort 31, with 17 graduates from Manu'a](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cohort_31_graduation_picture.jpg?itok=qSW-tBfV)
![Tualauta Representative Vui Florence Saulo [SN file photo] Tualauta Representative Vui Florence Saulo](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vui.jpg?itok=7J6HQdf8)
![Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi is not pleased with his national rugby team. [Stuff NZ] photo of Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_pm_photo_stuff_nz.jpg?itok=sunXkYb-)
![AS-EPA personnel conducting sanitary survey of Satellite Water System. [courtesy photo] AS-EPA personnel conducting sanitary survey of Satellite Water System](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/aspa-epa_copy.png?itok=Wjxx9wu2)

![[SN file photo] Photo of American Samoa Executive Office Building](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eob_1web_2.jpg?itok=HCYfcZF8)

![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_lolo_2833_web_0.jpg?itok=RJLTPwX9)