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![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/trump%20n%20amata_0.jpg?itok=YT7o0h38 "[SN file photo]")
U.S President Donald Trump has been asked to remove all marine monument fishing prohibitions and reinstate fisheries management in accordance with federal law.
The request, made yesterday in a two-page letter by US Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources and American...
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGED POLICE OFFICER ASSAULT
A woman who got into a serious argument with her husband and later allegedly assaulted a police officer, over the weekend, is facing three misdemeanor counts of third degree assault, public peace disturbance and resisting arrest.
Court information...
![Meet some of the people behind the first Career Day Expo held at Kanana Fou High School last Thursday. [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/KFHS%20staff%20and%20PTA.jpg?itok=eddGU-pv "Meet some of the people behind the first Career Day Expo held at Kanana Fou High School last Thursday. [photo: BC]")
Over 500 people took part in the Career Day Expo held at the Kanana Fou School gymnasium last Thursday, March 2 from 11 a.m. – 2p.m. This was the first Career Expo of its kind to be held on Kanana Fou School grounds.
“Depending on the collaboration and strong partnership between the school...
With the increase in the number of local dengue fever cases, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who is also acting governor, declared last Friday that a public health emergency exists in American Samoa.
The Health Department director pursuant to local laws, Lemanu’s declaration states, issued the...
![Acting assistant secretary for Insular Areas, Nikolao Pula [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nikolao-pula_0.jpeg?itok=cYtvN2Ju "Acting assistant secretary for Insular Areas, Nikolao Pula [SN file photo]")
During last Thursday’s prayer service for the former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, US Interior Department local field representative Lydia Faleafine-Nomura, on behalf of the DOI and acting assistant secretary for Insular Areas, Nikolao Pula read a message of condolences that also included...
DANNY MIKA
The High Court has given defendant Danny Mika one more chance, releasing him on $5,000 bail, but failure to comply with all conditions of release, which includes being on time to all court proceedings, will result in bail being revoked and the defendant will immediately be held at the...
A man accused of raping a 16-year old girl and now says he wants to follow his new calling of being a church minister has been sentenced by the High Court to serve 5 years in jail, despite the defense’s plea for leniency.
Antele’a Segi was charged last May with rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse...
![Okeanos on the seafloor exploring crater of deep, previously unexplored "Utu" seamount in American Samoan waters. [photo: NOAA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/utu-seamount.jpeg?itok=IhdeOVJd "Okeanos on the seafloor exploring crater of deep, previously unexplored \"Utu\" seamount in American Samoan waters. [photo: NOAA]")
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer ‘America’s Ship for Ocean Exploration’ mission scientists, in recognition of unprecedented leadership in advancing science and engineering in the US Pacific Territories, have named a newly discovered submarine geologic feature — "Utu Seamount" — after the American Samoa...
![FAUTASI FIVA BEGINS: Last Friday, in Pago Pago, Mr. Ho of H&H Samsung, Ella Gurr of Pago Pago Trading Company with Uta Ifeau and the AETO fautasi team, held a donation ceremony. The companies donated $20,000 worth of supplies such as Gatorade sports drinks, Aquafina water, t-shirts, coolers, water bottles, etc. — to help the AETO team during their training for the 2017 Flag Day Fautasi Regatta. [photo: Ese Malala]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AETO0034.jpg?itok=DK2YGolJ "FAUTASI FIVA BEGINS: Last Friday, in Pago Pago, Mr. Ho of H&H Samsung, Ella Gurr of Pago Pago Trading Company with Uta Ifeau and the AETO fautasi team, held a donation ceremony. The companies donated $20,000 worth of supplies such as Gatorade sports drinks, Aquafina water, t-shirts, coolers, water bottles, etc. — to help the AETO team during their training for the 2017 Flag Day Fautasi Regatta. [photo: Ese Malala]")
“When the crew feels like a champion, looks like a champion, they will perform like champions,” says Ella Gurr – General Manager of Pago Pago Trading Company during her speech last Friday at Pulu Ae Ae Jr.’s Guesthouse in Pago Pago, during the donation ceremony that saw PPTC partner with Mr. Ho of...
![[l-r] Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga Tasi Asuega and his wife Lagi; Mrs. Gail Kruse and Chief Justice J. Michael Kruse; and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, who is also the acting governor, at last Thursday evening’s prayer service for the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eni-service6570.jpg?itok=aIRePO79 "[l-r] Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga Tasi Asuega and his wife Lagi; Mrs. Gail Kruse and Chief Justice J. Michael Kruse; and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, who is also the acting governor, at last Thursday evening’s prayer service for the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: FS]")
Testimonies during the prayer service celebrating the life of the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Fa’auaa Eni Hunkin, who passed away Feb. 22 in Provo, Utah, was filled with sadness, laughter, as well as singing and even a brief Samoan dance to one of Faleomavaega’s songs about his beloved...