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![A look at the Pala Lagoon Swimming Center while still being constructed. It is set to open today, after 15 years in the making. [SN archives]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/community%20pool_2188.jpg?itok=JqZ2jLT0 "A look at the Pala Lagoon Swimming Center while still being constructed. It is set to open today, after 15 years in the making. [SN archives]")
After 15 long years, the Pala Lagoon Swimming Center at Lions Park — across the street from ANZ Bank — will officially be dedicated today at 9 a.m.
The facilities will be open to the public at 1 p.m. and will remain open until 6 p.m.
A $5 fee is required for everyone who uses the facilities, no...
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_20.jpg?itok=hJsbOR9W "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
If a federal government shutdown commences at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20th, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has issued an ASG Shutdown Order, outlining procedures to take and exempted services since a federal shutdown will have a direct impact on ASG finances.
Congress passed late last year a partial...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_79.jpeg?itok=u0CyMsNv "[SN file photo]")
A jury trial for Gerhard Otto Haleck, who is facing one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), in connection with a drug bust at the Post Office on Jan. 03, 2017, is ongoing this week at the High Court.
The offense is punishable by between five to ten years in jail, a...
![[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Rev%20Mageo%20.jpg?itok=sjMzRuFu "[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Surrounded by church ministers of the Assemblies of God is the lace-covered coffin of the late Rev. Elder Siaosi Ietitaia Mageo, with a bouquet of flowers, at the start of his Memorial Service at the Assemblies of God Hall at Tafuna yesterday. His final memorial service is scheduled for tomorrow,...
![Aoe’e Adolfo Montenegro [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/montenegro-000014843_2.jpeg?itok=IFnl22pu "Aoe’e Adolfo Montenegro [SN file photo]")
The legal battle between Aoe’e Adolfo Montenegro and his former employer Bluesky Communication and its Spain-based parent company, Amper S.A., is moving towards being resolved in High Court — soon, according to a brief statement released through Bluesky Samoa.
Samoa News understands that the...
![Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga, medical director at LBJ Medical Center [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Saleapaga%200709web.jpg?itok=-F8oaf2P "Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga, medical director at LBJ Medical Center [photo: FS]")
Dengue is not going away “it’s here to stay,” declared Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga, medical director at LBJ Medical Center during testimony before a Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on Tuesday.
Health issues covered during the hearing included mosquito-borne diseases - Dengue and Zika - with concerns...
![Congresswoman Amata speaking during a recent Committee hearing. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20speaks.jpg?itok=BhfIx1e3 "Congresswoman Amata speaking during a recent Committee hearing. [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata co-sponsored and highlighted a bill unanimously passed by the Natural Resources Committee to expand and improve the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) program.
The bill creates more opportunities for veterans,...
![Chief Associate Judge, Mamea Sala Jr., (far right) administering the oath of office during a brief swearing in ceremony yesterday for Sauitufuga Masefau Pita Suiaunoa (far left-back to camera), as the new senator for Alataua county, while Sauitufuga’s wife, Taumaoe Lafaele Suiaunoa, holds the Bible. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/swear%20in%200719.jpg?itok=yo67A4Fg "Chief Associate Judge, Mamea Sala Jr., (far right) administering the oath of office during a brief swearing in ceremony yesterday for Sauitufuga Masefau Pita Suiaunoa (far left-back to camera), as the new senator for Alataua county, while Sauitufuga’s wife, Taumaoe Lafaele Suiaunoa, holds the Bible. [photo: FS]")
Sauitufuga Masefau Pita Suiaunoa was sworn in as the senator for the Alataua District during a brief ceremony held yesterday at the Senate chamber. The Alataua senatorial seat became vacant late last year after Sen. Paepae Iosefa Faiai stepped down to become a new Associate Judge of the High Court...
![ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and Federal Relations executive director Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga (far left) with students and teachers of Pacific Horizons School on Tuesday, as part of the office’s 2018 outreach, which starts with the private schools. See story inside for details. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pacific%20Horizons.jpg?itok=xPZAQn5o "ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and Federal Relations executive director Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga (far left) with students and teachers of Pacific Horizons School on Tuesday, as part of the office’s 2018 outreach, which starts with the private schools. See story inside for details. [courtesy photo]")
ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and Federal Relations executive director Tapaau Dr. Daniel Aga as part of the office’s 2018 outreach, started with private schools — Pacific Horizons School was on Tuesday.
Issues covered by Tapaau during his meeting with students included the...
As of yesterday afternoon, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson confirmed that a second escaped prisoner has been recaptured.
Four inmates escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility on Sunday evening and by Monday afternoon one of the inmates — Naea Timata — was recaptured, while...