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![The DPS Main Central Station in Fagatogo was sealed off with yellow tape and guarded by armed cops yesterday morning, after a fire broke out on the second floor of the building, in the area where the CID unit is housed. Samoa News was unable to confirm why the DOE school lunch truck (pictured) was at the site. [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/DPS%20Fire.jpg?itok=fb5Z9Hd6 "The DPS Main Central Station in Fagatogo was sealed off with yellow tape and guarded by armed cops yesterday morning, after a fire broke out on the second floor of the building, in the area where the CID unit is housed. Samoa News was unable to confirm why the DOE school lunch truck (pictured) was at the site. [photo: BC]")
Yesterday morning, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 — a fire broke out on the second floor of the Department of Public Safety's Fagatogo Central Station, specifically the area that houses the Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
DPS employees said they were called in to come remove their belongings but when...
![Galu Nofoa (left) is facing drug charges in connection with an incident involving two high school students, one of whom is his nephew. DOE elementary school teacher Iosefa Alo (right) is being charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (ice) after two students from Tafuna HS were caught with a glass pipe earlier this month. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/composit%20drugdefendants.jpg?itok=6GZNI2_W "Galu Nofoa (left) is facing drug charges in connection with an incident involving two high school students, one of whom is his nephew. DOE elementary school teacher Iosefa Alo (right) is being charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (ice) after two students from Tafuna HS were caught with a glass pipe earlier this month. [photo: AF]")
An incident two weeks ago involving two students from Tafuna High School allegedly caught in possession of a glass pipe containing an illegal substance, resulted in the arrest of two men who appeared in the District Court last week.
Iosefa Alo, a DOE elementary school teacher, and Galu Nofoa are...
![Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_18.jpg?itok=1lEAJgid "Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]")
This is the second installment of a four-part report on the Fono's budget — which totals nearly $7 million for FY 2018 — and includes a breakdown of where taxpayer funds are being spent by the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Legislative Finance Office (LFO), and the Legislative Reference...
![Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoaPM_19.jpg?itok=3myieYCZ "Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi. [SN file photo]")
A piece of land in American Samoa that belongs to the Samoan government has been allocated for the use of the American Samoa Taxi Owners Association (T.O.A).
This is according to the public notice by the Board and trustees of Taxi Owners Association in American Samoa. The land is located in...
![Stars of Oceania Awards [Photo: RNZ/ Monica Miller]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_stars-awards.jpg?itok=DlY4wFrx "Stars of Oceania Awards [Photo: RNZ/ Monica Miller]")
The role of women as leaders in the Pacific region and their resilience in forging ahead despite difficulties has been recognised and celebrated in an awards ceremony.
The Stars of Oceania acknowledges individuals for their exemplary service, leadership by example and strength overcoming challenges...
![The courthouse in Apia, Samoa. [Photo: RNZI / Sally Round]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/apia%20supreme%20court.jpg?itok=GgDWs6Z2 "The courthouse in Apia, Samoa. [Photo: RNZI / Sally Round]")
Samoa's Supreme Court has dismissed an attempted murder charge against a man who admitted assaulting his wife because she was having an affair with a taxi driver.
The Samoa Observer reported that Latai Pule was initially charged with causing bodily harm, being armed with a dangerous weapon, using...
![StarKist Samoa workers [Photo: supplied via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_SKS_WORKERS.jpg?itok=ZZl3DLd- "StarKist Samoa workers [Photo: supplied via RNZI]")
American Samoa-based StarKist Samoa has distributed tuna to more than 1500 employees who will be without work for the next five weeks.
From this weekend until November 26 the Satala Fish processing plant will be closed for installation of equipment and upgrades intended to make it environmentally...
![Researchers have found that the parts of the brain where music aptitude and appreciation happen are the last to be affected in Alzheimer's sufferers. [Photo: RNZ]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/brain%20on%20music%20copy.jpg?itok=BeLOK7-3 "Researchers have found that the parts of the brain where music aptitude and appreciation happen are the last to be affected in Alzheimer's sufferers. [Photo: RNZ]")
AMERICAN SAMOA JOINS U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE —
American Samoa Governor Lolo Moliga has pledged support for the intent of the Paris Agreement on climate change and is backing the United States Climate Alliance.
The same day President Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement, New York, California...
![Teachers and students from Marist Saint Francis School in Lepua, posed for a photo during an assembly last week. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Marist%20St%20Francis.jpg?itok=NUk89bfq "Teachers and students from Marist Saint Francis School in Lepua, posed for a photo during an assembly last week. [courtesy photo]")
Marist Saint Francis school, which started off as an all-girls institution later became co-ed when the Marist Brothers all-boys school in Atu'u closed down in the late 80s because there weren't enough Brothers to oversee the operations. And now the eastern side of the Diocese — from Faga'alu to...
![Members of the ASG scholarship board appeared before the House Education & Scholarship Committee in a file photo from earlier this week. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/scholarship%20board_0.jpg?itok=aLVCWEvT "Members of the ASG scholarship board appeared before the House Education & Scholarship Committee in a file photo from earlier this week. [SN file photo]")
Tualauta faipule, Rep. Samuel Ioka Ale Meleisea strongly advises the ASG Scholarship Board to establish a new policy so they can collect monies owed to the government under the ASG student loan program.
During a hearing called by the House Education & Scholarship Committee with members of the...