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Taeao manuia i le mamalu o le atunu’u, ae maise o le au fai tau, fa’amalo le soifua, fa’amalo fo’i le onosa’i i feau ma galuega o lo’o feagai ai i lenei aso. ia fa’amuamua pea le Atua i mea uma tatou faia, ona taunu’u ai lea i le manuia a tatou fuafuaga uma, ae alo maia, o le a toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala e pei ona masani ai.
 

“The problem at the jail is not with the inmates, but the problem I have is with my own (correction) officers not performing their duties, not being honest—and it’s a very simple thing, at six p.m. everyone should be locked down,” said Commissioner of Public Safety William Bill Haleck, addressing the re-occurring event of inmates easily escaping the Tafuna Correctional Facility and Juvenile Detention Center, with the recent case of a juvenile who “walked out freely on Wednesday.”
 

An expedited way for vendors to clear funds from a personal check used to pay for service has been extended to American Samoa for the first time and this is new to the territory but has been used widely throughout the U.S. and several countries.
 
This new service, thanks to modern technology, i.e. the internet, is called TeleCheck, an electric and internet check acceptance service. TeleCheck is part of the First Data, headquartered in Atlanta, family.
 

A local campaign promoting the practice of breastfeeding newborns and infants has been very active in the territory over the past few years, through outreach and educational programs being carried out by the Women, Infants, and Children’s (WIC) Program of the Department of Human and Social Services, the Department of Health, and the LBJ Tropical Medical Center.
 
The result of recent studies linking obesity in Samoan babies to formula milk should be more than enough reason to continue the crusade of promoting breastfeeding locally, even worldwide.

This is the final two weeks of the Flu Campaign spearheaded by the Department of Health’s Immunization Program and everyone is urged to visit any one of the designated sites to receive their free vaccination shots.
 
Those who are 6 months of age to18 years old, the elderly, and all adults are urged to visit one of the four local health centers in Fagaalu (Physical Clinic and Well Baby Clinic), Amouli, Leone, and Tafuna; and the two health centers in the Manu’a Islands (Ta’u and Ofu) to get vaccinated.
 

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has tasked Human Resources Director Le’i Sonny Thompson and ASG’s Petroleum Officer, Sione Kava to travel to Tonga to find out about land given to the American Samoa government in the island kingdom, and they will be looking at the land size, logistics, requirements, permissible use, and other specifics, says Governor’s Executive Assistant Iulogologo Pereira in response to Samoa News queries.
 
Joining them later on this trip is Department of Commerce Director, Keniseli Lafaele.
 

An employee of the Quarantine Division has appeared before the Supreme Court accused of being in possession of methamphetamine, a drug commonly referred to as ‘ice.’

Represented by lawyer, Tole’afoa Solomona Toa’iloa, Junior Patau, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge, appeared before Justice Pierre Slicer on Tuesday when his trial began.

Lawyers Precious Chang and Fa’aniniva Edelma Niumata, from the Office of the Attorney General, are representing the Police.

The biggest Christian denomination in Samoa – the Congregational Christian Church, also known as the EFFKS – plans to establish a loan firm, then eventually, a commercial bank.

This was one of the main issues discussed in the recent annual conference at Malua.

According to General Secretary, Reverend Dr Iutisone Salevao, the proposed bank will be funded from the church’s To’omaga Fund.

“The fund is close to ten million tala at the moment and we are looking to allocate anywhere between two and five million tala to the proposed venture.

Samoa Air to introduce armrest-free seats and access ramps as popularity soars.

The world’s first airline to charge people according to their weight is set to introduce an “executive row,” with extra space and no armrests, to cater for bigger passengers.

Samoa’s domestic airline Samoa Air made headlines this year when it introduced a pay-by-weight fare system.

Despite claims that it’s discriminating, the airline’s popularity has risen among tourists and locals travelling to and from American Samoa, and between Samoa’s two main islands, Upolu and Savai’i.

LONDON (AP) — Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

But given the revelations spilling out into the media recently, there hardly seems a single aspect of daily life that isn't somehow subject to spying or surveillance by someone.

Experts say there are steps anyone can take to improve privacy, but they only go so far.