![Ni isi o sui o le Falelima i Sisifo ina ua mae’a le fonotaga i le vaiaso na te’a nei e saili ai se latou Kovana Itumalo. [ata AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sui%20Falelima_0212.jpg?itok=cT9jPeIf "Ni isi o sui o le Falelima i Sisifo ina ua mae’a le fonotaga i le vaiaso na te’a nei e saili ai se latou Kovana Itumalo. [ata AF]")
With Western District traditional leaders unable to reach a consensus last Friday morning on who would be the next Western District Governor, it was agreed that the final decision would be given to
Cyclone Ella, which has formed south of Samoa, is forecast to intensify to Category 2 as it moves towards Fiji.
The Category 1 cyclone is forecast to move towards Fiji at about 7km/h.
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Lauivaa Chanel Tavai graduated cum laude from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with a minor in statistics last Friday, May 5th.
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Local residents seeking assistance at the Immigration Office yesterday were shocked when they were told that the hours of operation had changed to 8 a.m.
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An aiga bus driver, who is 50-plus years old, is facing 14 counts, including rape, in connection with the case involving a female minor, a 15-year-old.
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga declared the week of May 8-12, National Nurses Week in American Samoa, celebrating under the theme "Nursing: The Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit," celebrating nurse
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E 3 moliaga mamafa lea ua tu’uaia ai e le malo se Tama e 53 tausaga le matua, e mafua mai i le fa’alavelave lea o lo o tuu’aia ai o ia i lona taumafai lea e fai ni uiga mataga i se tama’ita’i e 17
Kovana Itumalo o Manu’a, afioga i le Fa’atui ia Laolagi Fonoti Savali Vaeao. [ata AF]
Le Ta’ita’i o le Ofisa o le afioga i le tama’ita’i faipule o le Konekeresi ia Aumua Amata i Amerika Samoa, susuga i le Matua ia Pulu Ae Ae Jr. [ata AF]
E ese mai i le Ofisa tutotonu o le malo lea ua mae’a tatala aloaia i le Faleluanu’u i Ofu ma Olosega/Sili, ua fautuaina e le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga le tatau lea ona fausia
Sui o le kamupani i’a a le StarKist Samoa i le atunu’u e pei ona i ai le Pulesili ia Sangdong Kwon ma le tofa Tautasi A. Soliai, i le taimi o le sauniga e tatala aloaia ai le galuega o le eletise e maua mai i le la i Ofu, Manu’a i le vaiaso na te’a nei. [ata AF]
Na fa’aaoga e ta’ita’i o le atunu’u le avanoa na maua i le tatalaina o atina’e tetele a le malo i Ofu, Manu’a i le vaiaso na te’a nei, e fa’afetaia ai ma le loto fiafia le sao taua a pisinisi ma ka
O le va’a lea o lo’o fa’atautaia nei le suesuega fa’apitoa o le alititai o Tutuila ma Manu’a pe agava’a mo le ta’atia ai o le uaea o feso’ota’iga i le poloketi mo fesootaiga, ua fa’aigoaina “Tui Samoa.” [ata: foa’i Polynesia Shipping]
I le aso Tofi na te’a sa ulufale mai ai le va’a su’esu’e “Geo Explorer” mo le galuega e sailia le alititai po’o agava’a mo le fa’ata’otoga o le Tui Samoa Submarine Cable mo feso’ota’iga tau telefon