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![Home of the Navigators Class of 2017 Pacific Horizons School graduates highly motivated; Sharon-Netosi Ah Ping, Alec Corry, Charles Feleti, Michael Galea’I, Brian Serrano, Jack Tuiolosega, Peresia Tupuola, Angel Taira Uhrle, Nina Bianca Vergara. Congratulations!!! Malo lava! [photo: EM]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/The%209%20graduates.jpg?itok=lJUKusuc "Home of the Navigators Class of 2017 Pacific Horizons School graduates highly motivated; Sharon-Netosi Ah Ping, Alec Corry, Charles Feleti, Michael Galea’I, Brian Serrano, Jack Tuiolosega, Peresia Tupuola, Angel Taira Uhrle, Nina Bianca Vergara. Congratulations!!! Malo lava! [photo: EM]")
On Friday evening last week, Pacific Horizons School kicked off the high school graduation season this year with its biggest graduating class yet – 9 seniors- bidding farewell and turning their tassels to open a new chapter in their lives.
Pacific Horizons School mission is to equip students to...
![Sharon-Netosi Ah Ping will be attending Harding University in Arkansas where she will be studying nutrition and dietetics. Sharon is the recipient of several scholarships from Harding, as well as a recipient of the ASG Scholarship for off-island 4-year colleges. [Photo: EM]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Valedictorian%20Sharon-Netosi%20Ah%20Ping.jpg?itok=1Ljrfw_5 "Sharon-Netosi Ah Ping will be attending Harding University in Arkansas where she will be studying nutrition and dietetics. Sharon is the recipient of several scholarships from Harding, as well as a recipient of the ASG Scholarship for off-island 4-year colleges. [Photo: EM]")
On Friday evening last week, Pacific Horizons School kicked off the high school graduation season this year with its biggest graduating class yet – 9 seniors, bid farewell and turned their tassels to open a new chapter in their lives.
This year’s coverage of the 2017 high school graduation season...
A female employee of the Dial-A-Ride program was released two weeks ago, after a random drug test netted positive results.
When contacted for comments yesterday, Dial-A-Ride program coordinator Adelle Tilei-Fenumia’i confirmed the news and said, “We have zero tolerance for drug use.”
According to...
![Pulelei’ite Li’a Tufele Jr. in an Oct. 2016 file photo. {photo: SN]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pulelei%E2%80%99ite%20Tufele_0627.jpg?itok=g2tu5OOR "Pulelei’ite Li’a Tufele Jr. in an Oct. 2016 file photo. {photo: SN]")
Pulelei’ite Li’a Tufele Jr. has been appointed Interim Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA).
In an inter-office memorandum dated May 22, 2017, Pulelei’ite, as Chairman of the Board for ASTCA, informed everyone that the ASTCA...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_19.jpeg?itok=BRpGEz6D "[SN file photo]")
OKESENE ALO
Public Safety officer, Okesene Alo, was arraigned in High Court last Friday where he entered a not guilty plea to three felony counts. Alo is one of the four officers, assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC), charged in connection with alleged misconduct at the JDC.
Alo’s not...
![In March, the student teachers successfully implemented their unit plans entitled, “Hope” for their student teaching experience. It was inspired by Michelle Obama’s last speech in the White House to recognize the school counselors of the year. It was a unit that spoke of their journey as students, as members of their families and community. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/student%20teachers.jpg?itok=a4YYW2EL "In March, the student teachers successfully implemented their unit plans entitled, “Hope” for their student teaching experience. It was inspired by Michelle Obama’s last speech in the White House to recognize the school counselors of the year. It was a unit that spoke of their journey as students, as members of their families and community. [Courtesy photo]")
Have you ever taught an evening class and when a church bell rang, students stopped their work, asked the teacher to be excused so they can go to church, and came back after an hour to repeat their work? What about asking to move a class to another day because on Friday, there was a women church...
![The American Samoa Community College – Spring graduating Class of 2017 during their commencement ceremony held last Friday morning in their school gymnasium. Read story inside for “Best of the Best” sponsored by Bluesky Communications. Congratulation to the Graduates of the Class of 2017! More photos in slideshow. [photo: LF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%20class%203.jpg?itok=n0sobCVd "The American Samoa Community College – Spring graduating Class of 2017 during their commencement ceremony held last Friday morning in their school gymnasium. Read story inside for “Best of the Best” sponsored by Bluesky Communications. Congratulation to the Graduates of the Class of 2017! More photos in slideshow. [photo: LF]")
Last Friday morning, the AmericanSamoa Community College held its 66th Commencement Ceremony for the Spring Semester of 2017. It was filled with proud families and friends who were there to congratulate their loved ones at the ASCC Gymnasium in Malaeimi.
Master of Ceremony was Mrs. Sifagatogo Eli-...
![Former Bluesky Communications CEO and President, Adolfo Montenegro in a Samoa News file photo blowing out the candles on the Bluesky birthday cake, in celebration of their company’s 16 years of service to the people of American Samoa, in July 2015. [photo: SN file / TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Montenego_6331.jpg?itok=6vUvga6G "Former Bluesky Communications CEO and President, Adolfo Montenegro in a Samoa News file photo blowing out the candles on the Bluesky birthday cake, in celebration of their company’s 16 years of service to the people of American Samoa, in July 2015. [photo: SN file / TG]")
AST Telecom LLC, dba, Bluesky Communications has accused Aoe’e Adolfo Montenegro and his company, ACMA Management Company, of among other things, diverting plaintiffs business funds for the defendants’ personal use without consent. Bluesky Communications is where Aoe’e served as chief executive...
![Congresswoman Amata is joined by the local Close-Up students in the House Natural Resources Committee Hearing Room, in Washington D.C. Amata serves on the Natural Resources Committee, along with the Representatives from the other four territories. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Aumua%20Enjoys%20Time%20with%20Close%20Up%20Kids.jpg?itok=0r8dwUi7 "Congresswoman Amata is joined by the local Close-Up students in the House Natural Resources Committee Hearing Room, in Washington D.C. Amata serves on the Natural Resources Committee, along with the Representatives from the other four territories. [Courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Aumua Amata was delighted to be visited by the students involved in the Department of Interior Close-Up program. The students arrived over a week ago for a two-week visit to Washington, where they have visited various different attractions.
“I was incredibly happy to...
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Gov%20Lolo%202833%20web.jpg?itok=1n9nxyam "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, is optimistic Polynesian Airlines flights between the two Samoas will not be disrupted with the Samoan government announcing the revival of Polynesian’s international operations.
The announcement follows the Samoa government’s decision not to continue the joint...