Le ali’i pagota sa manu’a ia Muaiga Siatiu poo Povi e pei ona iloa ai e le to’atele. [ata AF]
O le fa’ateia o le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino ia Fiti Sunia i le taeao ananafi i le talosaga a le tama’ita’i loia fautua ia Kate Hannaher, lea o lo o tula’i mo ali’i pagota e to’alua o lo o tu’ua
E 45 aso lea ua fa’asala ai e le fa’amasinoga fa’aitumalo le ali’i o Sarasopa Sianini e taofia ai i le toese i Tafuna, ina ua fa’amaonia e le fa’amasinoga le moliaga mama o le fa’ao’olima i le tula
![ASCC Business Department chairperson Mrs. Faofua Faatoafe (left) and College Accelerated Preparatory Program (CAPP) English chairperson Mrs. Elisapeta Faalafi-Jones are seen here with their awards received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%204.jpg?itok=GW_2qsbN "ASCC Business Department chairperson Mrs. Faofua Faatoafe (left) and College Accelerated Preparatory Program (CAPP) English chairperson Mrs. Elisapeta Faalafi-Jones are seen here with their awards received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
![ASCC Science Department chairman Dr. Randel De Wees displays the award he received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony held last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%203.jpg?itok=5qkpSNAZ "ASCC Science Department chairman Dr. Randel De Wees displays the award he received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony held last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
![Ms. Cherylmoanamarie Ripley (left), an ASCC employee of more than 30 years, is seen here with ASCC President Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato (center) and Samoan Studies Institute Director Mrs. Okenaisa Fauolo-Manila during last weeks Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC1.jpg?itok=3dP9dqIU "Ms. Cherylmoanamarie Ripley (left), an ASCC employee of more than 30 years, is seen here with ASCC President Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato (center) and Samoan Studies Institute Director Mrs. Okenaisa Fauolo-Manila during last weeks Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
![ASCC Language & Literature chairperson Mrs. Mele Fiaui is seen here with the award presented to her department during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%202.jpg?itok=cbrjJm3B "ASCC Language & Literature chairperson Mrs. Mele Fiaui is seen here with the award presented to her department during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
As part of its faculty orientation held at the beginning of every spring and fall semester, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held its 3rd Annual Faculty Recognition Awards Ceremony last
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Tautai o Samoa Longline and Fishing Association president Christinna S. Lutu-Sanchez has written to Gov.
![Supreme Court Justice, Mata Tuatagaloa [photo: RNZI]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mata_tuatagaloa.jpeg?itok=KvX4Q-Nk "Supreme Court Justice, Mata Tuatagaloa [photo: RNZI]")
Apia, SAMOA — A 26-year-old man who performed sexual acts on an 11-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in jail.
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Pacific Island countries have renewed their calls for US president-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his stance on climate change.
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The US Justice Department has withdrawn its opposition to returning cash and other belongings of an American man, Dean Jay Fletcher, wanted in Tonga for the murder of his wife.
![Samoana HS wide receiver Ralph Manuma Taufaasau (second from right) with his parents Jane and Wally, brother Edward, and sisters Genesis, Esther, and Megan. Ralph is the next hot thing in college football recruiting, with coaches from UH and WSU expressing strong interest in the Pago Pago native. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Manuma%20Taufaasau%20family.jpg?itok=s2tXikMm "Samoana HS wide receiver Ralph Manuma Taufaasau (second from right) with his parents Jane and Wally, brother Edward, and sisters Genesis, Esther, and Megan. Ralph is the next hot thing in college football recruiting, with coaches from UH and WSU expressing strong interest in the Pago Pago native. [Courtesy photo]")
This month will be a busy one for 17-year-old Ralph Manuma Taufaasau.
![Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/falen-vaitogi_0.jpg?itok=BZ5SNM8I "Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]")
The Department of Public Safety is tight lipped about a shooting incident that allegedly occurred in Vaitogi over the weekend, where more than 30 police officers were called in to work from Sunday
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American Samoa Government’s average payroll expenditure every two weeks is about $4 million, according to the ASG Treasury Department Accomplishment Report for 2013-2016, which also shows a large p