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TAFUNA AIRPORT TO HOLD FULL SCALE EXERCISE TOMORROW
The Department of Port Administration will be holding a Full Scale Exercise tomorrow, Apr. 27, from 8a.m. to 12 noon at Pago Pago International Airport, according to a statement from Port Administration.
All local and federal emergency response...
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Allowing the government owned Territorial Bank of American Samoa to provide “trust services” and approval of members to government boards was some of the final work the Fono carried out last week during its special session that commenced Tuesday and officially closed Thursday.
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![Answering the call to help protect the environment, the Lions Club of Pago Pago spent last Saturday — Earth Day — cleaning up the Pala Lagoon shoreline. It was a timely event — just in time for the busloads of tourists who stopped by the picturesque park for the beautiful view and some welcome shade. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lions%20Club%20Earth%20Day.jpg?itok=AUMVeY7q "Answering the call to help protect the environment, the Lions Club of Pago Pago spent last Saturday — Earth Day — cleaning up the Pala Lagoon shoreline. It was a timely event — just in time for the busloads of tourists who stopped by the picturesque park for the beautiful view and some welcome shade. [Courtesy photo]")
The Lions Club of Pago Pago celebrated Earth Day 2017 by doing what they do best—working together to improve the world in which they live.
They were joined by family, friends and new Lion members on Saturday, April 22 for an event which had them working hard to clean up the shoreline at the Pala...
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At the conclusion of a bench trial last week, the High Court has dismissed two felony charges — manslaughter and negligent homicide — against Glen Leasiolagi, who was accused of causing injuries against another man in 2014 that caused the man’s death the next day.
Leasiolagi was also charged with...
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Sen. Galea’i M. Tu’ufuli has suggested that the American Samoa Student Financial Aid board, also known as the ASG Scholarship board, look at financing scholarships for students attending the American Samoa Community College to start off their college education life.
Galeai first raised the...
![Last week Thursday evening, the owner and head of South Pacific Distributors (SOPAC) Frank Shimizu and his sons cut the ula laumei for the grand opening of the SOPAC warehouse in Iliili, across from the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Father Vaiula Iulio blessed the warehouse. SOPAC is a family-owned, Guam-based business, whose local general manager is Mike Tolmie. [Photo: EM]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/SOPAC%20warehouse%20blessing.jpg?itok=0UdUgDaS "Last week Thursday evening, the owner and head of South Pacific Distributors (SOPAC) Frank Shimizu and his sons cut the ula laumei for the grand opening of the SOPAC warehouse in Iliili, across from the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Father Vaiula Iulio blessed the warehouse. SOPAC is a family-owned, Guam-based business, whose local general manager is Mike Tolmie. [Photo: EM]")
Last week the head of South Pacific Distributors (SOPAC) Frank Shimizu flew in with his wife and sons for the grand opening of the SOPAC warehouse in Tafuna.
SOPAC is a family owned business based in Guam. Shimizu, in his welcoming remarks said that each of his sons is running the company in other...
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Missed in the throes of fautasi fiva and Flag Day celebrations was National Lineman Appreciation Day, established in 2014 through a resolution adopted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Board.
While most celebrated it on April 10, others waited until April 18, while for some, it...
![Congresswoman Amata, Vice President Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence wave to the crowd gathered at Pago Pago Intl Airport before departing for Honolulu on Air Force II. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/LF%20pence%203.jpg?itok=66Y1wXQx "Congresswoman Amata, Vice President Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence wave to the crowd gathered at Pago Pago Intl Airport before departing for Honolulu on Air Force II. [Courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — During a planeside ceremony unveiling a new sign for VA outpatient clinic in Tafuna, renaming it — the Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin VA Clinic — Vice President Mike Pence expressed his appreciation to Congresswoman Aumua Amata for introducing a bill for that purpose, which quickly...
![[l-r] Sen. Satele Galu Satele Sr., along with the new Western District Governor, Tuiasina Sosene Esera, and Tuiasina Dr. Salamo Laumoli following a Western District meeting of traditional leaders yesterday morning at Satele’s Guest House in Vailoatai. Read Samoan story in today’s Lali section. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Western%20Dist%20Gov%20.jpg?itok=4_RfEdkf "[l-r] Sen. Satele Galu Satele Sr., along with the new Western District Governor, Tuiasina Sosene Esera, and Tuiasina Dr. Salamo Laumoli following a Western District meeting of traditional leaders yesterday morning at Satele’s Guest House in Vailoatai. Read Samoan story in today’s Lali section. [photo: AF]")
Sen. Satele Galu Satele Sr appointed Tuiasina Sosene Esera of Tualatai county as the new Western District Governor, a position left vacant a few months ago following the passing of then Western District Governor Lualemaga E. Faoa, during the Western District meeting, despite several traditional...
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After making amendments to the 1998 executive order, which created the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority with the Executive Branch, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has “reconstituted” the ASTCA board of directors.
In amending the 1998 executive order, the governor said that the board now...