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FA’ATULAGA LE ASO E FAIA AI LE FAAMASINOGA AUTU O MIKE SALA
 
Ua sauni Mike Sala mo lona faamasinoga autu lea ua faatulaga i le aso 23 o Setema 2013 i lona moliaga o le ave taavale ‘ona, na afua mai i se faalavelave na tulai mai i Laulii i le masina o Ianuari 2013, ina ua taia i le pito i tua o lana taavale se tagata sa kolosi i luga o le alatele.
 
O lo o tumau pea poloaiga a le faamasinoga o lo o tatala ai Sala. o se tasi na avea muamua ma Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Lotoifale.

43 AIGA I FAGATOGO MANAOMIA LAINA LAPISI LAFOA’I
 
Na faailoa e le faipule mai Fagatogo ia Maugaoalii Leapai Tusipa Anoa’i, i lana tusi i le Pulesili o le Faalapotopotoga o le Eletise ma le Suavai (ASPA) i le aso 9 Me, 2013 e faapea, mai fale e 85 i totonu o le Fagaloa (Bay Area) o lo o manaomia le fesoota’i i le sewer line, o le 43 o lea aofa’i i aiga i Fagatogo o lo o matua manaomia le fesootai i lea tautua taua.
 

O le tele ai o se vaega tupe o le a le toe maua e le Matagaluega o Uafu ma Taulaga, talu ona amata faamamalu le faatonuga a le alii kovana e ave fua uma ai uta tagata i Manu’a e aunoa ma se totogi, na taua ai e le Faatonusili o le Matalugaega ia Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele Tuia e faapea, afai e mana’omia e le matagaluega se isi vaega tupe e faaleleia ai le vaa pe afai e tula’i mai ni faaletonu i le lumana’i, e leai lava se isi e sulu i ai le matagaluega ua na o le malo lava.
 

Vaega: 56
 
Malo le soifua i le mamalu o le atunu’u ae maise o le au faitau i lenei taeao fou. Fa’afetaia pea le alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua Soifua, ona o Lana tausiga mo i tatou lea o lo’o tatou maua ai pea le ola ma le malosi i aso uma o lo tatou ola.
 
Ae alo maia, o le a toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala fa’asolo e pei ona masani ai i Aso ta’itasi, Alofa, se ia tiga.
 

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has acknowledged that there is a drug problem in the territory and has convened a group of his directors to tackle the problem.
 
Samoa News asked the governor as to what the administration is doing given the increase of drugs entering the territory through the U.S. Post Office.
 

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga is not backing away on his move to discontinue overtime within the American Samoa Government, despite Treasurer Dr Falema’o Phil M Pili asserting that no overtime for Customs means a loss in revenue to the government.
 
Lolo was responding to Samoa News questions in a brief interview following the cabinet meeting yesterday held at the Election Office.
 

With little fanfare in the Samoa press, the Samoa government is pressing for the Acts Interpretation Bill 2013, a law change that defines among other things, what it means to be 'a Samoan person'. A retired Samoan lawyer is adamant it will have a detrimental impact on customary land rights for many Samoans living outside of the country.
 

MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING MOM, SISTER AND UNCLE
 
Police arrested a man over the weekend from Nu’uuli on allegations that he assaulted his sister, and punched his mother and her brother during an altercation. The defendant is charged with Public Peace Disturbance and Third Degree Assault. However, the government intends to file additional charges in this case.
 

Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has increased the number of board members for the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) and given himself the authority to appoint the board chairman, in an executive order, dated May 6..
 
The executive order amends provisions of the 1998 order that sets up ASTCA as a semi autonomous agency from its previous status as the Office of Communication.
 

American Samoa Power Authority CEO Utu Abe Malae has considered the sewer line service for Fagatogo residents for inclusion in the EPA Upper Pago Pago Wastewater Collection System Extension Project for the upper Pago area.
 
Utu was responding to a longstanding sewer line service request that Fagatogo residents have been awaiting for a very long time, and which was addressed recently by Fagatogo faipule Maugaoali’i Leapai Sipa Anoa’i.