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Depending on Federal Aviation Administration inspection and the acquisition of liability insurance under Inter Island Airways, the ASG Sega’ula aircraft will be re-branded under the banner of “Manu’a Air” with the hope of launching Ofu air service in August this year, says Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, the governor’s executive assistant.
 

As promised earlier in the year, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is moving to either sell or lease two ASG assets — the Fo’isia vessel and the Sega’ula aircraft. Both were acquired by the Togiola Administration purportedly to address air and ocean transportation service for the Manu’a island group, where Ofu and Olosega islands have been without commercial air service for some three years.
 

Following the success of the popular “Le Leo o Amerika Samoa” singing competition that ended last month, the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) recently applied for and received a grant of $5,000 to host another singing competition.
 
This time, it won’t be individual competitors but instead, groups of 2-6 performers who will be schooled on how to write, compose, and perform original Samoan songs using only traditional instruments like the ukulele, pake (wooden drum), or fala (mat).
 

Joseph Iakopo has been charged in connection with 14 burglaries involving six stores, a church, two restaurants and five homes, and is now behind bars on a $150,000 bail and charged with 34 criminal counts. The criminal charges range from burglary first and second degree, attempted burglary, stealing, first degree assault and property damage and if convicted on all charges Iakopo is looking at being incarcerated for a very long time.