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![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Gov%20Lolo%202833%20web_10.jpg?itok=eRRgQDgQ "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMAERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga defended ASG’s position in voting against Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council recommendations on a large vessel Prohibited Area, according to a Radio New Zealand story supplied by KHJ Radio.
Lolo said the government would maintain its...
![Congresswoman Amata and a Natural Resources Committee colleague, Congressman Daniel Webster of Florida, working on a markup of a bill in March. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/webRecent%20photo%20from%20a%20Committee%20markup%20this%20month.jpg?itok=1rRHWQP1 "Congresswoman Amata and a Natural Resources Committee colleague, Congressman Daniel Webster of Florida, working on a markup of a bill in March. [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the passage of H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, the major yearly government funding bill, including an increase in the ASG operations account and a 2.4% military pay raise.
The negotiators in the House of...
![An earlier clinic held in 2012. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Spay%20and%20Neuter%20031.jpg?itok=3RmpPdDH "An earlier clinic held in 2012. [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Agriculture Veterinary Clinic has scheduled village clinics on the following dates:
March 28 - Iliili at the Leituala Guesthouse
April 25 & 26 - Leone at Andra Samoa’s residence
Clinics will be held from 8am-3pm, and pre-registration is available...
![Vaifanua faipule, Rep. Lavea Fatulegae’e Palepoi Mauga was told by the House Speaker to remember that he's a faipule and he needs to act like one, especially when he's in the House chamber. See story for more details. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Rep%20Lavea_0068.jpg?itok=4Of9lYNv "Vaifanua faipule, Rep. Lavea Fatulegae’e Palepoi Mauga was told by the House Speaker to remember that he's a faipule and he needs to act like one, especially when he's in the House chamber. See story for more details. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale has reprimanded Vaifanua faipule, Rep. Lavea Fatulegaee Palepoi Mauga to remember he is a faipule and he has to behave himself when he's in the House chamber.
“You've been given warnings so many times, to comply with all House Rules and...
![Three ASPA workers on a return boat ride last Friday from Aunu’u to Auasi. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AUNUU.jpg?itok=Pmv7iqMF "Three ASPA workers on a return boat ride last Friday from Aunu’u to Auasi. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The island-village of Aunu’u is getting help from the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council to develop its 'alia fishery.
Among the issues raised during a presentation on American Samoa, at last week’s Council meeting in Honolulu, was an update on Aunu’u’s...
![Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson appeared before the House Public Safety Committee yesterday to discuss various DPS issues, including the alleged mistreatment of inmates at the TCF. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lei_0046.jpg?itok=qdDTzPFg "Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson appeared before the House Public Safety Committee yesterday to discuss various DPS issues, including the alleged mistreatment of inmates at the TCF. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le'i Sonny Thompson has accused Samoa News of not reporting anything positive about DPS’s daily service to the community, including issues that were discussed during a hearing before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, where a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The three American Samoa residents, who are suing ANZ Guam Inc., for alleged violations of federal law, are asking the federal court in Guam to allow the case to “proceed as a class action” suit, in which other bank customers facing alleged similar situations can join....
![Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and Deputy Treasurer Tina Vaa appeared before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday to testify on a bill to buy new motorcycles for DPS. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lei%20N%20Tina_0006.jpg?itok=kCimNd3t "Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and Deputy Treasurer Tina Vaa appeared before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday to testify on a bill to buy new motorcycles for DPS. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Budget and Appropriations Committee is awaiting financial reports from the ASG Treasury Department before they make a decision on two House bills that were discussed during a hearing yesterday morning.
One House bill appropriates $198,621 to fund the local...
![O se va'aiga i le a'au ua olaola lelei lona amu. O le ata na tusia e le tama'ita'i o Pua Tofaeono i lana vasega Fine Arts i le ASCC, ma ua maua fo'i le avanoa e fa'aalia ai i le tatou mata'aga o le gataifale, Gov. Tauese P.F Sunia Ocean Center i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2Pua%20tofaeono.jpg?itok=NqGOAMnS "O se va'aiga i le a'au ua olaola lelei lona amu. O le ata na tusia e le tama'ita'i o Pua Tofaeono i lana vasega Fine Arts i le ASCC, ma ua maua fo'i le avanoa e fa'aalia ai i le tatou mata'aga o le gataifale, Gov. Tauese P.F Sunia Ocean Center i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three members from American Samoa on the Western Pacific Fishery Regional Fishery Management Council has called for “more thorough research” into the definition of cultural fishing in American Samoa, as it will set a precedence for future federal rule making...
![Nicola Hawley, PhD, Yale School of Public Health [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/c02fff2b-a448-40c1-9aae-2416784201f2_w0.jpg?itok=SLCnUVul "Nicola Hawley, PhD, Yale School of Public Health [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago AMERICAN SAMOA — To encourage pregnant women to show up for their medical check-ups and to make the process less of a burden for mothers-to-be, the LBJ Medical Center has come up with a program that'll provide, among other things, nutrition education and caring for the infant.
The Strong...