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![[Photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/airport%20firearm%200764.jpg?itok=kX_T2qCQ "[Photo: AF]")
A look at some of the 30 members of the police force of the Port Administration Airport Division undergoing firearms training yesterday at a designated site in Aoloau.
The training, which is divided into groups of about 12 officers, is required for relicensing of these officers, who are with the...
![Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, also the acting governor, speaking Thursday night during a Prayer Service for the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni at Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium. [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Eni%20Service.jpg?itok=s0gtc0-v "Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, also the acting governor, speaking Thursday night during a Prayer Service for the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni at Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium. [courtesy photo]")
People from all walks of life — including politicians, government officials, traditional and church leaders, representatives of the private sector and others — attended the Prayer Service to remember and celebrate the life of the late Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Fa’auaa Hunkin, who was remembered...
AMERICAN SAMOA RECOGNIZED IN RED CROSS INTERNAL BULLETIN
Bill Earley, chief executive officer of the San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross that the Red Cross in American Samoa comes under, has recognized in his weekly internal bulletin a new effort by a local Red Cross...
![Congresswoman Amata and the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees conduct a joint hearing for the VSO’s legislative priorities [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Joint%20Hearing%201.jpg?itok=l8WPQF-b "Congresswoman Amata and the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees conduct a joint hearing for the VSO’s legislative priorities [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata and the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC), in conjunction with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, held a series of joint hearings this week, regarding the budget requests of several major Veterans Service Organizations (VSO’s) including, the...
![FHS Class of 1985 in Hawai'i attended their first class reunion at Duke's Restaurant in Waikiki when Hawai’i officially kicked off its mini reunion in November 2016. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/co85_1994.jpg?itok=68vwB6UC "FHS Class of 1985 in Hawai'i attended their first class reunion at Duke's Restaurant in Waikiki when Hawai’i officially kicked off its mini reunion in November 2016. [Courtesy photo]")
Forget that it has been 35 years since the graduating class of 1985 of Fagaitua High School marched onward to the world leaving the hallowed halls of the Vikings to the cycle of generations to follow. When FHS organized their current alumni association to take on the most important project ever,...
Last month, the Head Coach of the University of Hawai’i’s Football Program, Nick Rolovich was on island with one of his assistant coaches, coach Legi Suiaunoa, in a rare trip to the territory to bond and meet with the families of their two top upcoming high school prospects, who will be joining the...
Calling it a “bold” suggestion, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has suggested $50 million annually for each US territory in federal Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding, saying that the territories cannot hope to be “self-sufficient and self reliant” without federal help.
Lolo, who made the comment...
For failure to comply with conditions of his 5-year probation, Fono employee Perenise Taala has been ordered by the High Court to serve the remaining 8 months of his prison term, although he is still allowed to work during government working-hours.
Taala was convicted of driving while under the...
JENNIFER TOFAEONO
The High Court has taken under advisement a request by Jennifer Tofaeono to travel off island to attend meetings, which is connected to her current employment with the local non-profit organization, Alliance Against Domestic Violence, which was established about seven years ago....
![Students of Manu’a High School, as well as the employees of the American Samoa Power Authority who are ever so thankful for the island’s recent change to solar power. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Manua%20project.jpg?itok=H7sArrs0 "Students of Manu’a High School, as well as the employees of the American Samoa Power Authority who are ever so thankful for the island’s recent change to solar power. [Courtesy photo]")
When the Manu’a Islands made worldwide news with the announcement of their recent switch to solar power, the project became the perfect topic for kids to write about.
Putting their thoughts and ideas on paper, and through visual presentations like photographs and videos, the goal of the Pacific...