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![Artist Regina Meredith-Fitiao (2nd from left) of ASCC, with her husband Su’a Uilisone Fitiao of Pacific Horizons School, giving a siapo workshop at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The workshop was for the benefit of museum professionals responsible for the care of historic siapo in their collections. [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%20Meredith%20in%20Scotland.jpg?itok=582RWnNG "Artist Regina Meredith-Fitiao (2nd from left) of ASCC, with her husband Su’a Uilisone Fitiao of Pacific Horizons School, giving a siapo workshop at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The workshop was for the benefit of museum professionals responsible for the care of historic siapo in their collections. [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Situating Pacific Barkcloth in Time and Place is an ongoing, three-year interdisciplinary project currently underway at Scotland’s University of Glasgow. The project aims to find out more about the materials, history, uses and contemporary practice of making barkcloth,...
![Screenshot of the 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States shows the citizenship question, with options to choose from but nothing for US Nationals — persons born in American Samoa. [photo: FS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/citizen%20question.jpg?itok=AVDeBXTq "Screenshot of the 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States shows the citizenship question, with options to choose from but nothing for US Nationals — persons born in American Samoa. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Census Bureau’s planned 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States, which includes a question regarding citizenship status, leaves out US Nationals, which is the status given to persons born in American Samoa; and some US news outlets say this is a “flaw”.
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![Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lei%20Thompson%206463_11.jpg?itok=d9eTrDlY "Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Inquiries into the two alleged sexual harassment cases at the Dept. of Public Safety are now underway, with investigators from the Attorney General's Office now looking into the allegations.
Samoa News understands charges may be filed against two senior police officers,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 19-year-old girl who was convicted of stealing was released from custody last week, after the High Court decided that the four months she served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), to await sentencing, was enough.
Caroline Purcell was initially charged...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $500,000 in tax refunds was scheduled to be released yesterday, Wednesday, Apr. 18.
In a statement issued this past Monday, ASG Treasurer Uelinitone Tonumaipea announced that all taxpayers who filed as of Jan. 24 and some who filed as of Jan. 29, 2018 are...
![[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tugboat%20497WEB.jpg?itok=7DP-19bi "[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration’s second tugboat, which is the Peggy H — it will be renamed the Iseula, was christened yesterday during a ceremony onboard the vessel, docked along the main harbor.
U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement Tuesday afternoon, the ASG and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the new list for villages up for registration at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), located inside the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center.
The new list runs through...
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20speaks_4.jpg?itok=Ip9wPkyo "Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, April 18, 2018 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech’s announcement granting $10.6 million in federal funds to American Samoa for infrastructure developmental needs...
![US Army Capt. Kurk Cruz Diaz, the Guam Recruitment Company Commander, with Bluesky official Sherry Sele, cutting the cake yesterday as part of the signing ceremony for the Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) program with Bluesky Communications. [photo: FS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cake_1005WEB.jpg?itok=ilJOCel- "US Army Capt. Kurk Cruz Diaz, the Guam Recruitment Company Commander, with Bluesky official Sherry Sele, cutting the cake yesterday as part of the signing ceremony for the Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) program with Bluesky Communications. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Army and Bluesky Communications yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement for the Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) program, which is the first in the Asia and Pacific Region.
The program is designed to help soldiers prepare for a career after the Army by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another sexual harassment complaint at the Department of Public Safety has surfaced. This time, it involves a young female cop, who has been in the force a little over a year, and her supervisor, a 60-year-old male.
The alleged incident occurred last year but the victim...