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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa employees are very concerned by the latest announcement by the cannery that about 400 employees will be laid off from work staring this week. Cannery management, however, says if you’ve continued to work regularly, you won’t be affected.
Samoa News has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public high schools continued their graduation season with the Nuuuli Vocational-Technical (VocTech) high school on Monday, where Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, was the keynote speaker.
"Today is full of happiness and joy. A morning that you and your families have dreamed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a separate but similar lawsuit, US District Court Chief Judge J. Michael Seabright has raised concerns about the basis of federal jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed in April this year by four Alega residents specifically against AST Telecom, dba Bluesky...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man from Happy Valley was arrested by cops last week on the allegation that he assaulted his wife while he was under the influence of alcohol.
The wife was present with noticeable bruises on her right eye when her husband made his initial appearance in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Human health risks, stronger cyclones, coral reef death, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in American Sāmoa. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars that ocean...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa who pled guilty to meth possession is ordered to serve 20 months at the TCF as a condition of his 5-year probation.
Lasalo Iakopo appeared in Court last month for sentencing. He has been in custody since his arrest in February 2020, unable to post a $10,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman was taken to the LBJ Medical Hospital last Sunday afternoon after a vehicle ran off the road at a curve in Lauli’i.
Other photos of the incident showed EMS crews in the water with the driver strapped to a board as they were bringing him to shore in waist deep...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A teacher from Faasao Marist High School (FMHS) shown in a video allegedly assaulting a student was fired after the video of the incident went viral on Facebook over the weekend and police are now investigating the matter after the family of the student filed a criminal...



![O le va’aiga i le fiafia tele ole afioga le Kovana ina ua tofu ona itu ma le autalavou o e na fa’auu mai le vasega faaiuaso a le Aoga o Matata Eseese i Nuuuli. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] Gov. Lemanu and others at VocTech graduation](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/last_men_standingweb.jpg?itok=Z0ECBSXp)




![An eyewitness said it’s believed that speeding in wet conditions was a factor in the accident. DPS is investigating the cause of the accident. [courtesy photo] vehicle upside down in the sami](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/car_accident_04443_0.png?itok=7UFugRok)
![Faasao Marist High School teacher shown in a video allegedly assaulting a student in a classroom while other student were watching went viral on Facebook over the weekend [screenshot from Facebook] Unnamed teacher from Faasao Marist High School](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fmsh_teacher_0844.png?itok=dELP4XEo)
![The ten graduates of Manu’a High School — Home of the Segaula. [photo: LF] The ten graduates of Manu’a High School](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fp_manua_grads_2021_0932.jpg?itok=UVhBMqVp)