teen and young adult suicide
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has requested a police report on recent incidents of suicide — which has been called a “pandemic” — while the Health Department is spearheading a territory-wide church service this coming Sunday, with the goal to get the message out that there...

![“We all know there’s a problem and we need to address this problem. We need to do something,” Dr. Matagi-Tofiga (pictured) said referring to suicide. [SN file photo] Education director, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/matagi-tofiga_cropped_12.jpg?itok=RcO4wj_m)