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Samoa and Am Samoa govt leaders
Leaders of the two Samoas came together yesterday to celebrate 75 years since the American Samoa Legislature began making local laws, some 14 years before Samoa did the same.  Attending the 75th Fono Jubilee Celebration (L-R) Mrs. Fuimaono Sarona Fuimaono Ponifasio, Samoa’s Acting Prime Minister...
siva afi
One of the three Samoan Fireknife Dancers who led the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors onto the field on Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Clarence T.C. Ching Complex Stadium, University of Hawaii Honolulu Campus. Hawaii defeated Colorado State University 27-24, with a last second 51-yard field goal...
thanksgiving 2023
Samoa News would like to take this time to thank everyone in the Community for your continued support during this special holiday — Thanksgiving. It is a time of giving thanks and appreciating all that each of us bring to this life, a joyful kindness that sometimes is forgotten in our rush to...
Henry Onesemo
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Henry Onesemo is a chef that has walked anything but a regular path. He was born in American Samoa, because his Western Samoan parents wanted him "to get an American passport, go to the States and become a millionaire". Onesemo's love of food started young. Memories of early...
American Samoa's Isa'ako Sapoaga (UH, Eagles & 49ers), Samoa News' Barry Markowitz (UCLA), and recently announced Burlsworth Trophy nominee, Andrew Choi (UH)
American Samoa's Isa'ako Sapoaga (UH, Eagles & 49ers), Samoa News' Barry Markowitz (UCLA), and recently announced Burlsworth Trophy nominee, Andrew Choi (UH), got together pre-game for laughs before Hawaii took on San Jose State University.   The three are all Hawaii Kai neighbors, all played...
Tufuga Su’a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A high school dropout has made a name for himself in Europe and the Pacific through promoting, marketing and tattooing Samoa’s traditional tattoo for men and women — le tatau and le malu. Tufuga Su’a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli, Samoa’s international tattooist is once again...
2023 Tisa's Tattoo Festival
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The18th Annual Tisa's Tattoo Festival at Alega officially started yesterday Tuesday, October 24, 2023. It will run through to Saturday, Oct. 28. And, Tufuga or Master Tattooist Su'a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli is ahead of schedule. He had two young men in his “apisa” on Monday...
CANDYMAN with Lama nuts
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight years ago, a Lama (candlenut) tree was planted on top of a mountain ridge 200 feet above Alega Bay. The man who planted it is known and prefers being called by his nickname —  Candyman, who along with his partner Tisa Faamuli, has piloted turning the Faamuli family...
Alega beach
Alega Beach, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Master Tattoo Artist decides on who gets inked and who doesn’t, when the 18th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival takes place at Alega Preservation Institute and Tisa’s Barefoot Bar from October 24 – 28. Founder of the Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Fest, Tisa Faamuli was very...
Fiji's Lau Group dancers
These two beautiful ladies are from the Lau Group of islands in Eastern Fiji, which is the area most heavily influenced by the Tongan culture. This is evident in their Polynesian features, their costumes and the way they dance. They took part in the Fiji Day festivities at the field in front of the...

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