“Due to adverse business conditions,” Tri Marine International says it will “indefinitely suspend” canning operations on Dec.
Benny, the four-legged Customs agent responsible for ‘sniffing’ out illegal drugs coming into the territory, made a another bust this past Monday, when a man from Pago Pago who was disembarking the
![In this Samoa News file photo, Tattoo Fest founder Tisa Faamuli explains the cultural significance of some of the native plants and symbols used in this modern version of traditional dress. Tisa’s 12th Annual Tattoo Festival will be the most informative and fun packed indigenous tattoo event ever — For details read story below. [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tattoo%20Fest%202009%20-%20%204.jpg?itok=skWG58yN "In this Samoa News file photo, Tattoo Fest founder Tisa Faamuli explains the cultural significance of some of the native plants and symbols used in this modern version of traditional dress. Tisa’s 12th Annual Tattoo Festival will be the most informative and fun packed indigenous tattoo event ever — For details read story below. [SN file photo]")
In this Samoa News file photo, Tattoo Fest founder Tisa Faamuli explains the cultural significance of some of the native plants and symbols used in this modern version of traditional dress.
Ni isi o Tama matutua o lo o fili le afa Samoa, i le taimi o le fa’aaliga o galuega taulima o lo o fa’agasolo i le nofoaga autu o le Fale Mataaga a le atunu’u i Fagatogo i le vaiaso lenei. [ata AF]
Se tasi o ali’i na te faatinoina galuega taulima i le taimi na fa’alauiloa ai ni isi o ana galuega e pei tootoo ma laupapa ua mae’a ona vane,i le fa’aaliga o galuega taulima o lo o fa’agasolo i le nofoaga autu o le Fale Mataaga a le atunu’u i Fagatogo i le vaiaso lenei. [ata AF]
O le tatalaina ai o le Fa’aaliga o Galuega Taulima mo i latou o lo o i ai lea taleni i le atunu’u i le taeao ananafi, na molimauina ai le tele o galuega taulima o lo o gaosia i totonu o le atunu’u
Ni isi o tagata faigaluega a le Samoa Tuna Processor i le taeao ananafi. [ata AF]
Na taua e le to’atele o tagata faigaluega a le lala a le kamupani o le Tri-Marine i Amerika Samoa, le Samoa Tuna Processor (STP) lo latou fa’ateia tele, ina ua latou maua le fa’asilasilaga e fa’ata
Loia a le Fono Faitulafono, susuga Nathaniel Savali. [ata AF]
Na teena e le maota o sui i le taeao ananafi se fautuaga na fa’atula’i e ni isi o afioga i Faipule, ina ia fa’aagafua tulafono a le maota, ae tu’uina atu le i’ugafono so’ofa’atasi a le maota maualu
![[photo: TG]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/TOY-2016_9684.jpg?itok=QzB34jVJ "[photo: TG]")
Announced yesterday afternoon at the Department Of Education’s main office in Utulei, was the 2017 Teacher of the Year: Dana Love Ili (2nd from left), a Secondary teacher specializing in Special Ed
![A still image from ‘Sons of Halawa’, a documentary that looks at the challenges of carrying on cultural traditions in Molokai’s Halawa Valley in Hawai’i. [photo: PIC]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/SonsofHalawa1.jpg?itok=8oD4PJuR "A still image from ‘Sons of Halawa’, a documentary that looks at the challenges of carrying on cultural traditions in Molokai’s Halawa Valley in Hawai’i. [photo: PIC]")
![A still image from “The Roots of ‘Ulu, a documentary that will transport the viewer from the Polynesian voyaging canoes that brought ʻulu from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi, up through the present day efforts of native practitioners to utilize this iconic tree for cultural preservation and food sustainability practices. It’s part of the American Samoa segment of the “Deep Waters” Pacific Film Showcase set to take place today, Thursday, in the ASCC Lecture Hall. [photo: PIC]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/RootsofUlu1.jpg?itok=MF4QELBa "A still image from “The Roots of ‘Ulu, a documentary that will transport the viewer from the Polynesian voyaging canoes that brought ʻulu from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi, up through the present day efforts of native practitioners to utilize this iconic tree for cultural preservation and food sustainability practices. It’s part of the American Samoa segment of the “Deep Waters” Pacific Film Showcase set to take place today, Thursday, in the ASCC Lecture Hall. [photo: PIC]")
The public is invited to enjoy two recent examples of regional filmmaking at its finest when the American Samoa segment of the “Deep Waters” Pacific Film Showcase takes place today, Thursday, from
The Fish Market, under the jurisdiction of the Commerce Department, will soon have a new manager, who is reported to be a local businessman, and it will operate as a private business, according to