THS graduation 2025
Tafuna High School held its 2025 40th Commencement,  June 10, 2025, at the Kanana Fou gymnasium. The 200+ graduates, included three Vals and one Sal. The caps or mortarboards, worn by the graduates for their ceremony proudly recognize the school’s football accomplishments as 5-Peat champions, as well as being “warriors” — Finafinau I Mea Lelei — of #2K25. Samoa News will publish story and photos sponsored by Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata, in Friday’s print issue. [photo: GF]  
Leone High School graduation 2025
2025 Commencement ceremonies will be held throughout this week for all government high schools on Tutuila.  In a festive scene, Leone High School 2025 graduation celebrants are seen here ‘blowing the horns’ announcing with pride and joy that 113 graduates have received their diplomas. [photo: Gabby Fa’aiuaso]
Leone High School graduation 2025
Leone High School Class of 2025 held their 59th Commencement Ceremony yesterday at the school gymnasium. Themed, “Todays accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities”, spoke of their dreams & aspirations as manifest realities — all is possible.  (Look for LHS story and photo page sponsored by Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata celebrating this year’s 2025 high school graduation season, in Wednesday’s print issue.) [Photo: G. Faaiuaso]
Fossil from American Samoa
Fossils from American Samoa don’t just tell us about ancient life; they also reveal how climate has changed over time. Uplifted coral reefs, for example, show how sea levels have risen and fallen, sometimes dramatically. Fossil pollen can indicate shifts from wet to dry periods. By reading these stone records, scientists gain insights into how the Pacific’s climate has changed — and how living things responded to those changes. [image credits: unsplash]

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tautai-O-Samoa Longline & Fishing Association president, Krista Haleck, has penned her disappointment with StarKist Samoa following a recent meeting with the company’s procurement team.  The June 3, 2025, letter was addressed to Joseph Choi, StarKist Director of Procurement.  According to Haleck, the members individually shared the issues surrounding the...

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tautai-O-Samoa Longline & Fishing Association president, Krista Haleck, has penned her disappointment with StarKist Samoa following a recent meeting with the company’s procurement team.  The June 3, 2025, letter was addressed to Joseph Choi, StarKist Director of...
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    ASBF Coach Stanley Iakopo wrapping boxer Losi Tunoa's hands before his fight last Friday night at the “Rise Up Boxing Competition” hosted by Marist Boxing Samoa. The American Samoa Boxing Federation (ASBF) raised concerns over mismatches, questionable officiating, and misleading assurances from organizers at the “Rise Up Boxing Competition”. (Story with more details to be published in Wednesday’s June 04, 2025 Samoa News edition.) [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau]
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    Coach Stanley Iakopo (seated far left), along with the visiting ASBF team (standing) and members of the Marist Samoa Sports Club, following the welcoming kava ceremony Thursday evening (Samoa time)....
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