O le molia ai o in ali’i se to’alua i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le faia o sauaga fa’asaga i o la ta’ito’alua, ua tula’i mai ai le to’a 7 o i latou ua taofia e Leoleo ma molia e le malo i le faia lea
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O le fa’aiuga a le Vaega Iloilo Iuga e fa’atatau i le mataupu a Falaniko Stowers lea na tuuina ai i le vaiaso na te’a nei, na atagia mai ai le taliatonu atoatoa o le Vaega Iloilo Iuga, e le o Stowe
O le va'aiga i le afioga le Aloali'i Afoa Moega Lutu ma le pa'ia o aiga i lumafale o le Maota i Tanumaleu i le aso To'ona'i na te'a nei, ina ua mae'a le ava o feiloa'iga ma o le ava usu lava lea e tapa ipu ai le to'aiva o i latou ua fa'asuafa matai e tautua le Aiga, Ekalesia, Afio'aga ma le Itumalo. "O le mea lelei, ole tautua ma le fiafia, aua ua loto lava i ai i le tofi matai." O se saunoaga lea a Afoa Moega Lutu. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
9 SUAFA MATAI FA'AA'E FAIGANU'U A UTULEI - TAUTUA AI AIGA & AFIO'AGA & EKALESIA:
![The ASCC Samoan Studies Institute held a ceremony in late November to recognize this year’s winners for its writing competition in the Samoan language. (l-r) Moe Iefata, third place winner; Jaradine Ah Sam, second place winner; and 2017 first place winner Oneata Rosie Soi. [photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC-SSI%20Writing%20Competition%20Winners.jpg?itok=o7pm_hl2 "The ASCC Samoan Studies Institute held a ceremony in late November to recognize this year’s winners for its writing competition in the Samoan language. (l-r) Moe Iefata, third place winner; Jaradine Ah Sam, second place winner; and 2017 first place winner Oneata Rosie Soi. [photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
The Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held an awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 28th, to recognize the top three finalists in its Samoan language writ
American Samoa’s weightlifters who represented the territory at the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu.
![[SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_67.jpeg?itok=4JbU4M5t "[SN file photo]")
A six-member jury delivered its verdict in the trial of Falaniko Stowers a.k.a. ‘Nicole’ last week.
![[SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_63.jpeg?itok=8MN-Ohl7 "[SN file photo]")
“ .. there’s rule of substitution for people to appear in Court, and for this hearing, I want to see the Police Commissioner in Court, not his deputy.”
![Samoa Attorney General Lemalu Herman Retzlaff [Samoa Observer]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Samoa%20AG%20Retzlaff.jpg?itok=n17bFRPc "Samoa Attorney General Lemalu Herman Retzlaff [Samoa Observer]")
There have been recent suggestions and questions asked of the Samoa Attorney General’s office as to the supposed alienation of our customary land under freehold land legislation.
![Federal courthouse in Honolulu [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/federal%20courthouse%20Honolulu-All%20Hawaii%20News_6.jpeg?itok=jlB-XcFJ "Federal courthouse in Honolulu [SN file photo]")
HAWAI’I RESIDENT CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE IS “SAMOAN”
![[photo: Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/emotionheader12534795.JPG?itok=x_QRNp5- "[photo: Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa]")
Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa (BGCAS) is helping community youth learn critical thinking, problem-solving, and coding through the new Computer Science (CS) Pathway program, thanks to a $