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![QUEST students and staff pose for a photo after a successful day of reef fish surveys in the water, last week, as part of the Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST) field course, a component of the class MSC 280, Marine Science Special Projects. The QUEST course took place from March 12-17, in Nu’uuli uta, with surveys conducted at Avao. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/180320%20Quest2.jpg?itok=0K64YdNd "QUEST students and staff pose for a photo after a successful day of reef fish surveys in the water, last week, as part of the Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST) field course, a component of the class MSC 280, Marine Science Special Projects. The QUEST course took place from March 12-17, in Nu’uuli uta, with surveys conducted at Avao. [Courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — How are American Samoa’s coral reefs doing? With coral (amu) bleaching in the news so often, and American Samoa’s reefs featured in the documentary “Chasing Coral”, many American Samoa Community College (ASCC) students have been wondering what they can do to help. One of...
![Pictured are several faipule after one the House sessions earlier this week. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/faipule_0764.jpg?itok=41jbdW_Q "Pictured are several faipule after one the House sessions earlier this week. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week, Ituau faipule, Rep. Sataua Dr. Mataese Samuelu requested the chairman of the House Education Committee for a hearing with ASDOE director, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga, to discuss the issue of fundraising in some schools.
According to the faipule, teachers and...
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20speaks_3.jpg?itok=kfMEa-Wk "Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICA SAMOA — Congresswoman Aumua Amata maintains her position on the US citizenship issue, when it comes to persons born in American Samoa, for the individual to have the “freedom” to remain a US national or seek citizenship.
As reported yesterday by Samoa News, three American Samoans...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another lawsuit has been filed by American Samoans seeking to have a federal court declare that persons born in American Samoa should automatically be US citizens in accordance with the Citizenship Clause — the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.
As it stands,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Registration continues tomorrow, Thursday, for residents impacted by Tropical Storm Gita at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center.
In a joint statement yesterday afternoon, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and ASG say...
![Leon Ezbitski of Pittston, Pennsylvania with the NPAS crew clearing trails in the National Park of American Samoa, after Park trails were blocked by hundreds of downed trees from Tropical Storm Gita. He took time off his vacation in American Samoa to volunteer. [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Leon%20Ezbitski%20with%20NPSA%20Crew_0.jpg?itok=GpUEp9i6 "Leon Ezbitski of Pittston, Pennsylvania with the NPAS crew clearing trails in the National Park of American Samoa, after Park trails were blocked by hundreds of downed trees from Tropical Storm Gita. He took time off his vacation in American Samoa to volunteer. [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Volunteers have been helping the National Park of American Samoa clear trails from storm debris. Tropical Cyclone Gita had many devastating effects on American Samoa due to the high winds and heavy rainfall. The park suffered no facility damage, but all park trails were...
![The CCCAS General Secretary home at Kanana Fou where Rev. Amaama Tofaeono and his family resided after he was elected General Secretary in July 2016. The court has ruled that Amaama and his family vacate the home no later than Friday, March 30. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/CCCAS%20house_0398.jpg?itok=pA6q7IrD "The CCCAS General Secretary home at Kanana Fou where Rev. Amaama Tofaeono and his family resided after he was elected General Secretary in July 2016. The court has ruled that Amaama and his family vacate the home no later than Friday, March 30. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The dispute between the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) and former CCCAS General Secretary Rev. Amaama Tofaeono and his wife, which started last March has come to an end, after the Trial Division of the High Court ordered that Rev. Amaama and...
![Members of the American Samoa Employees' Retirement Fund Board appeared before the House Retirement Committee yesterday to discuss Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) issues. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Retirement%20Board_0124.jpg?itok=4h08NB_1 "Members of the American Samoa Employees' Retirement Fund Board appeared before the House Retirement Committee yesterday to discuss Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) issues. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Employees’ Retirement Fund (ASGERF) will be considering a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for retirees sometime this year. There are enough funds in the Trust to cover a COLA for retirees, according to ASGERF officials, during a hearing yesterday before the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man who was convicted of stealing — and later selling — a tool box containing tools belonging to a mechanic has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine as a condition of his 7-year probation sentence.
Andrew Apelu was convicted of stealing — a felony, punishable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A professor at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines has taken issue with a US government study warning against the use of coconut oil, pointing out that a “recent study on Samoans, demonstrated that a coconut diet gives healthier outcomes than a western...