![Those who participated in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training [ASIST] held last month included ASCC students, and staff members and volunteers of Catholic Social Services and Alofa Tunoa Ministry. The program is a part of the Pasefika Youth Project. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASIST%20training.jpg?itok=8N5VhSLe "Those who participated in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training [ASIST] held last month included ASCC students, and staff members and volunteers of Catholic Social Services and Alofa Tunoa Ministry. The program is a part of the Pasefika Youth Project. [Courtesy photo]")
Youth who are lonely and feel that there is nowhere to turn during times of crisis now have an option available to them 24 hours a day, seven days a week, thanks to a project funded through the US
![[photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lei%20swear-in%200849.jpg?itok=wFsJfQFM "[photo: AF]")
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale (left) swearing in Commissioner of Public Safety, Le’i Sonny Thompson, during a brief ceremony over the weekend at the DPS conference room in Fagatogo.
Some of the youngsters from Tafuna Elementary School who participated in this year's National History Day competition held last Wednesday at Kanana Fou. [Photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]
Dear Honorable Governor,
Is it really morally ethical, justified, fair, and honorable to cut the 10 hours from the minimum wage earners?
![Okesene Alo, who remains in custody under a $200,000 bond. [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Alo_0685.jpg?itok=BgXcDpKD "Okesene Alo, who remains in custody under a $200,000 bond. [SN file photo]")
The third of the four Public Safety officers accused of illegal activities and misconduct at the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC), is facing 35 counts including several charges of alleged rape invol
![Tapa’au Dr. Dan Aga [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Web_Tapaau_0805.jpeg?itok=-OMXQvp9 "Tapa’au Dr. Dan Aga [SN file photo]")
More than 100 students from both public and private high schools convene today for a two-day forum, where five main issues, such as political status, constitutional prot
![An easy, everyday action people can take to protect mangroves is to place litter/rubbish in covered trashcans and dumpsters so it doesn’t get washed down streams into mangrove wetlands. Also, keep on the lookout for people filling in mangroves with dirt or rubbish and report the crime to the Department of Commerce. [Photo: NPAS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mangroves_0310.jpg?itok=JXxg5Ngh "An easy, everyday action people can take to protect mangroves is to place litter/rubbish in covered trashcans and dumpsters so it doesn’t get washed down streams into mangrove wetlands. Also, keep on the lookout for people filling in mangroves with dirt or rubbish and report the crime to the Department of Commerce. [Photo: NPAS]")
Drain the swamp! It is a timeworn cry. Swamps are wastelands, mosquito zones and trash filled dumps, right? WRONG!
Le taimi na fa’atauto ai e le Loia Sili a le malo, afioga Talauega Eleasalo Ale le Komesina o Leoleo a le malo, tofa Le’i Sonny Thompson, e aloaia ai i lalo o le Tulafono le fa’atinoina o ona tiute fa’a Komesina. [ata AF]
Le Komesina o Leoleo ia Le’i Sonny Thompson ina ua mae’a ona fa’atautoina o ia i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei e le Loia Sili, fa’atasi ai ma Sui Komesina e to’alua a le Matagagaluega o Leoleo, e aofia ai le afioga ia Falana’ipupu Ta’ase Sagapolutele ma Vaimaga Maiava. [ata AF]
O le fa’atautoina ai o le Komesina o Leoleo e le Loia Sili a le malo i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei, ina ia tusa ai ma ala o le Tulafono le fa’atinoina o ona tiute fa’a Komesina, ua tula’i m
Oksene Alo [ata AF]
Mai moliaga e 35 lea ua faila e le malo o Amerika Samoa fa’asaga i le ali’i Leoleo o le Falepuipui o Tamaiti i Tafuna (Juvenile Detention Center - JDC), ia Okesene Alo, o lo o aofia ai moliaga mama
![The Fagaitua fautasi crew is a newcomer to “le faigamea i le tai”, although their boat is not. They will be using the Sinapioa, which was used by the Legislative Branch rowers in one of last year’s Flag Day race events. [Photo: EM]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/FagaituaFautasi03.jpg?itok=1dbwF2lI "The Fagaitua fautasi crew is a newcomer to “le faigamea i le tai”, although their boat is not. They will be using the Sinapioa, which was used by the Legislative Branch rowers in one of last year’s Flag Day race events. [Photo: EM]")
