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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School's JROTC Toa Robotics teams achieved remarkable success at the 2024 JROTC National Championship during the VEX Robotics World Championship, bringing home multiple prestigious awards. Over three days of intense competition, the Toa Robotics and Toa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Friday, May 3, 2024, Samoa News was told by several retail grocery stores it visited that DoH had told the owners of the stores that their e-cigarettes or ‘vape’ products were to be taken off the shelf — forthwith — as they have been outlawed in the territory. ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released yesterday, May 09, 2024 notes gaps in federal data for the U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to congratulate the winners of the Malofie Congressional Art Competition for this year, and say thank you to everyone involved.
This year’s first-place winner is Talanoa Lagafuaina of Tafuna High School. His first-place art will be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 17, 2024, a woman contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report her husband was allegedly causing a disturbance with the neighbors.
Setu Muliau was apprehended and charged with the following:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance, a class B misdemeanor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In honor of the beautiful Brianna Lina Wilson, qualifications for this year's Memorial Scholarships for Class of 2024 are announced. Thanks to our community partners, CSBG Grant, and private donors, we can offer four scholarships for the Class of 2024, with a total...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Tuesday hearing of the Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security by invitation to participate in the congressional examination of Coast Guard acquisitions.
Delays in producing planned new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) has published its audited financial statements for fiscal year 2022, revealing a solid performance despite a delay that caused the Government's audit to be qualified. Although the bank's financial statements were not included...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bluesky Communications, the standard leading telecom in the territory established its business in American Samoa July 10, 1999. Since then, Bluesky has been committed to excellence, innovation, customer satisfaction, and its 25th Anniversary marks a momentous journey of...
Washington, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee favorably reported Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s bill, H.R. 6062 [Legislation to streamline Am Samoa’s amendment process], by a bipartisan unanimous consent vote on Tuesday, advancing the bill to the full House of Representatives.
“I want...

![Pictured wearing their VEX Robotics medals, with their Robots, their 2 Judged National VEX Championship Awards, and their Robot Skills Champion Award for the Live Remote Skills Event. Kneeling at the bottom of the banner: (L-R) Emanuele Ah Vui, Francis Ah Vui Sitting on Chairs: (L-R) Isalei Liaiga, Charles Tauiliili Standing behind table: (L-R) Pemerika Tauiliili, Taipo Sia, Danny Young, Joseph Spitzenberg Back Row: (L-R) Filiga Tufa, Ladenia Lavatai, Nicholle Sualevai [photo: Courtesy] JROTC VEX TEAMS](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ths_jrotc_vex_robotics_teams.jpg?itok=-mslyy46)
![American Samoa Department of Health Tobacco Program, in collaboration with the American Samoa DOH Behavioral Health Services Division visited the beautiful Lauli'I Elementary School this week where students from Levels 5- 8 were educated on what e-cigarettes and vaping are exactly, and the dangers and risks they do to the body. [DOH photo] Department of Health Tobacco Program at Laulii](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_anti_smoking_visit.jpg?itok=usEJHwKk)

![This year’s first-place winner is Talanoa Lagafuaina of Tafuna High School pictured last year with ASCC artist Regina Meredith-Fitiao and examples of his work. [courtesy photos] Talanoa Lagafuaina with Reggie and art work](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/art_composit_0.png?itok=9NiHxje1)


![Taking part in the Homeland Security subcommittee on Transportation were: (left to right): Rep. Clay Higgins, LA; Rep. James Moylan, Guam; Rep. Uifa’atali Aumua Amata, American Samoa; Chairman Gimenez, FL; Vice Admiral Paul Thomas, USCG; Ranking Member Shri Thanedar, MI; Homeland Security Deputy Undersecretary for Management Randolph “Tex” Allen. [courtesy photo] Amata and others](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/uscg_acquisitions_hearing.jpg?itok=WB_tqEey)


