![Senator Fonoti Tafa'ifa Aufata with Senator Paepae Iosefa Faiai who was confirmed yesterday by the Senate as an associate judge of the High Court of American Samoa. [photo: FS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Paepae%20n%20Fonoti.jpg?itok=cQOP2DT8 "Senator Fonoti Tafa'ifa Aufata with Senator Paepae Iosefa Faiai who was confirmed yesterday by the Senate as an associate judge of the High Court of American Samoa. [photo: FS]")
American Samoa has asked Samoa to ensure that longliners that have shifted there deliver to the the territory's StarKist cannery instead of to Asia.
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ASCC student teacher
Sun, 12/03/2017 - 5:18am
Some Matafao Elementary School students with their ASCC student teacher on the day of her "Culmination" peer review. [Courtesy photo]
Banking, entry permits and inspection fees top Two Samoa Talks
Sun, 12/03/2017 - 5:10am
Samoa based money transfer businesses wanting to open bank accounts in Pago Pago, business travel permits, and inspections fees were among the several issues that American Samoa and Samoa agreed up
Tala I Vaifanua
Sun, 12/03/2017 - 1:48am
GYSgt Meaole, Ketesemane (itu tauagavale) o le US Marine Corps, atoa lelei lana tautua e 20 tausaga litaea ai, ma e fa'atolu ona fa'auia o ia e tau i le taua i Viet Nam mai ia Chu-Lai 1965 se'ia o'o 1969. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
TAPA IPU LE TOFA VAITUSALA SATAUA MATAESE SAMUELU
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 7:09am
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.
Miss Pacific Islands Pageant begins in Nadi City
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 6:55am
![[photo: Miss Pacific Islands pageant]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/9%20Pacific%20Beauties.jpg?itok=Sdq7W4h1 "[photo: Miss Pacific Islands pageant]")
The 31st annual Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2017 began with an official gathering in Nadi, Fiji the place where happiness meets you.
Destiny can sack your QB
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 6:36am
![Eagles defensive tackle Destiny Vaeao celebrates his sack of San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (lower left) during the game at Lincoln Financial Field October 29, 2017. Eagles won 33-10. [CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dixon-272835-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-12-881377_c7bfa265495a82b-1200x800.jpg?itok=uisLd3s4 "Eagles defensive tackle Destiny Vaeao celebrates his sack of San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (lower left) during the game at Lincoln Financial Field October 29, 2017. Eagles won 33-10. [CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer]")
There are few places as placid as a fishing boat on the Pacific Ocean. There are few places as violent and hectic as the trenches of an NFL football game.
PC Mauga calls on everyone to help with the local drug crisis
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 6:28am
![Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Mauga%200523.jpg?itok=WoQ0x4kq "Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [photo: AF]")
Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Paramount Chief, Mauga Tasi Asuega has called on the government and traditional leaders to work with officers from the Departm
Gurrs sharpen their hydroponic skills at workshop in Ohio
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 6:13am
![Pete and Donna Gurr of American Samoa use CropKing’s Five Day Intensive Workshop as a jumping-off point for their tomato operation. [Greenhouse Magazine]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pete-donna-gurr-edit.jpg?itok=hv1Gz2VX "Pete and Donna Gurr of American Samoa use CropKing’s Five Day Intensive Workshop as a jumping-off point for their tomato operation. [Greenhouse Magazine]")
Pete and Donna Gurr live on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, where temperatures hover around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and humidity rises beyond 80 percent.