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![[photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Palm%20Sundayweb.jpg?itok=W79KQdtv "[photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
A large procession of worshipers - several of then carrying palm branches — from the Holy Family Parish at Fatuoaiga, on Palm Sunday, Apr. 9, took part in a procession commemorating Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in the Bible. Similar processions of worshipers were held...
![A container trailer truck goes through the M60 container scanner equipment around 7a.m. on Monday, Apr. 3, when the scanner operation as well as the scanner fee, went into effect, at the main dock of the Port of Pago Pago. Customs officials says some 30-plus containers were scanned on Monday. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/scanner%206709web.jpg?itok=-Ch-koOt "A container trailer truck goes through the M60 container scanner equipment around 7a.m. on Monday, Apr. 3, when the scanner operation as well as the scanner fee, went into effect, at the main dock of the Port of Pago Pago. Customs officials says some 30-plus containers were scanned on Monday. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
Deputy Treasurer of Revenue, Keith Gebauer describes the first few days since the launch of the M60 container scanner as a success, with the new Customs operation scanning just over 100 containers at the Port of Pago Pago.
The new container scanner operation went into effect on Monday, with the $...
With much regret the American Samoa Rugby Union is compelled to cancel the international side of the annual Flag Day 7s Rugby Tournament.
We have notified the Samoa Rugby Union where most of our international teams come from, and also the individual teams from the provincial unions in Samoa that...
![84-year-old Toe To’oto’o of Pago Pago, a legendary Samoan gospel artist in her prime, will perform ‘He Lives’ (Ackley), a hymn composed in 1933 and it’s still popular today. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Poe%20Mageo%20n%20Easter%20concert.jpg?itok=piO5EQVc "84-year-old Toe To’oto’o of Pago Pago, a legendary Samoan gospel artist in her prime, will perform ‘He Lives’ (Ackley), a hymn composed in 1933 and it’s still popular today. [Courtesy photo]")
With the reduction of working hours for the government, Poe Mageo, music director for the Samoan Gospel Homecoming Singers Ministry, has found a way to reach out to the community. “These are very trying times. And instead of abandoning hope, we need to put our trust in God. He is still in control...
![Ms. Claudia Thompson speaking at the Okeanos Telepresence Event at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on February 24, 2017. [Photo. K. Anderon-Tagarino]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%20Marine%20Science%201%20copy.png?itok=Yzw6LbUg "Ms. Claudia Thompson speaking at the Okeanos Telepresence Event at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on February 24, 2017. [Photo. K. Anderon-Tagarino]")
One deserving ASCC Marine Science student, Claudia Thompson, will participate in a prestigious internship with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Claudia flew out of Pago on Friday, March 31st, on her way to Manchester, New Hampshire, where she will be mentored by bathymetric...
![A container trailer truck goes through the M60 container scanner equipment around 7a.m. on Monday, Apr. 3, when the scanner operation as well as the scanner fee, went into effect, at the main dock of the Port of Pago Pago. Customs officials says some 30-plus containers were scanned on Monday. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/scanner%206709.jpg?itok=KudQZHCU "A container trailer truck goes through the M60 container scanner equipment around 7a.m. on Monday, Apr. 3, when the scanner operation as well as the scanner fee, went into effect, at the main dock of the Port of Pago Pago. Customs officials says some 30-plus containers were scanned on Monday. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
Representatives and senior officials of local businesses have raised several questions over their concerns regarding the safety of their employees, especially drivers, from radiation exposure from the container scanning equipment when it’s in operating at the main dock.
The private sector is also...
![Tualauta Rep. Vui Florence Saulo [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Vui_0.jpg?itok=a4vRHok4 "Tualauta Rep. Vui Florence Saulo [SN file photo]")
With Tualauta being the most populous county in American Samoa, Tualauta Rep. Vui Florence Saulo is seeking to amend the Constitution by adding two more seats to the local House of Representatives for Tualauta, which currently has two seats.
Vui’s move has received support from her colleagues,...
![Guam is strategically important to the United States, housing both an Air Force and Navy base. Here, a US F-16 flies along the island's coastline. [Photo: US Department of Defense]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_eight_col_GUAM_AIR_FORCE.jpeg?itok=LUjVHbPt "Guam is strategically important to the United States, housing both an Air Force and Navy base. Here, a US F-16 flies along the island's coastline. [Photo: US Department of Defense]")
The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, has withdrawn his support for the build-up of United States military forces in the US territory.
The number of military personnel on Guam is set to surge from six to 11 thousand as troops are relocated from Okinawa, Japan.
Mr Calvo said the federal government's...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Executive branch directors are all included in the governor’s directive that reduces working hours from 8 to 7 hours a day. And the directive also includes ASG semi autonomous agencies, which are overseen by their respective boards of...
The second of the four Public Safety officers assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center, appeared in District Court yesterday for a preliminary examination hearing, where details of the charges, including several felony counts, were made public for the first time.
Following the hearing, District...