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![Governor’s chief of staff, Fiu J. Saelua (left) and Territorial Administration on Aging director Evelyn Lili’o-Satele, at last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting where Lili’o-Satele announced the senior citizen King and Queen pageant, which is an added activity to the Governor’s annual Christmas Program for seniors. [photo: FS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/TAOA%20boss_0525.jpg?itok=cmYeqN_k "Governor’s chief of staff, Fiu J. Saelua (left) and Territorial Administration on Aging director Evelyn Lili’o-Satele, at last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting where Lili’o-Satele announced the senior citizen King and Queen pageant, which is an added activity to the Governor’s annual Christmas Program for seniors. [photo: FS]")
Senior citizens “King and Queen” pageant, the annual two Samoa Talks, and renovation of the Department of Public Safety building are some of the many issues raised at last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting held at the Agriculture Department conference room.
SENIOR CITIZENS “KING AND QUEEN”
An added...
![[photo: BC]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Blue%20Empire%20banner.jpg?itok=bPCLza3a "[photo: BC]")
This past weekend, before the Samoana Sharks and the Tafuna Warriors squared off in the biggest game of the year — ASHSAA's varsity football championship game — fans and supporters of both teams took to the streets, hanging up homemade banners, school uniforms, and signs featuring the name and...
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_15.jpg?itok=mRwWx0jJ "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga during his first ever press conference with the media last week, said the reason why some directors don't want to communicate with the media, when they are asked for comments on certain issues, is because either they don’t know what they're doing, or they're not prepared...
![Rose Atoll Marine National Monument [photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rose%20atoll_2.jpg?itok=gL-ezDoz "Rose Atoll Marine National Monument [photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service]")
Reducing the size of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in America Samoa and the Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, as well as lifting commercial fishing restrictions on these two ocean monuments, have been recommended by 24 members of Congress in a letter to US President Donald Trump....
CHURCHES DONATE THE MOST MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF DRIVE
The more than $147,000 in monetary donations collected during the "American Samoa Disaster Relief Fund & US Hurricane Support" fundraisers, spearheaded by the American Samoa Government, will be split between the national American Red...
![Drug defendant Marty Tanielu outside of the District Court last Wednesday, where he made his initial appearance on two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Marty%20Tanielu.jpg?itok=m11Ip_do "Drug defendant Marty Tanielu outside of the District Court last Wednesday, where he made his initial appearance on two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. [photo: AF]")
A man with two bench warrants issued by the District Court for failure to appear for two separate cases was arrested for alleged possession of methamphetamine last Wednesday, when the vehicle he was driving was stopped by detectives from the DPS Vice and Narcotics Unit in front of a store in Tafuna...
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Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has dismissed criticism circulating in the community that he is “anti-canneries”, saying that only a governor who isn't right in the head — ‘e leaga le ulu’ — would be against the canneries, the lifeline of many families in American Samoa.
Lolo made the comment during last...
![Cannery, American Samoa[ Photo: Supplied]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_Cannery2.jpg?itok=gjIDZ-D2 "Cannery, American Samoa[ Photo: Supplied]")
Nearly 2,000 employees at a cannery in American Samoa will be returning to work this week, after five weeks without pay.
The workers at StarKist Samoa have been without pay cheques since production was shut down to upgrade the plant, which was part of a settlement between the plant at the US...
![An example of the condifition of the field during week 5 of the current ASHSAA football season. [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk5_8669_0.jpg?itok=llnhmoW2 "An example of the condifition of the field during week 5 of the current ASHSAA football season. [SN file photo]")
Concerned with the “steady decrepit condition” of the Veterans Memorial Stadium field, where high school football games are played, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has appointed a three-member task force to carry out resurfacing of the field.
There have been concerns raised with the administration over...
![Preparing the area in front of the Jean P. Hayden Museum, for the construction of a new 2-story structure that will provide more storage, office and display space for the Jean P. Hayden Museum. [SN file photo / Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/museum%20copy_0.jpg?itok=XyM1Q4Fi "Preparing the area in front of the Jean P. Hayden Museum, for the construction of a new 2-story structure that will provide more storage, office and display space for the Jean P. Hayden Museum. [SN file photo / Blue Chen-Fruean]")
The proposed two-story extension to the Jean P. Hayden Museum in Fagatogo is moving forward as planned. As the museum undergoes major reconstruction work to the existing building and the erection of a new one, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has made changes of his own, appointing new members for the...