Gift hampers for elderly Samoa mothers
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:55am
Apia, SAMOA — Mother’s Day came early for the elderly mothers of Mapuifagalele Home for the Elderly in Vailele yesterday.
May 2018
Grand opening for Samoa's international gateway
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:46am
![Ambassador Wang Xuefeng of China expressed his appreciation to those who worked to ensure the completion of the airport upgrade. [screenshot from Observer video]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pac_news-ambassador_wang_xuefeng_copy.png?itok=whcn5mSl "Ambassador Wang Xuefeng of China expressed his appreciation to those who worked to ensure the completion of the airport upgrade. [screenshot from Observer video]")
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has moved a step further to becoming the aviation hub of the South Pacific.
Samoa man betrays friend by getting daughter pregnant
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:37am
Apia, SAMOA — A 53-year-old-man who impregnated his friend’s 14-year-old daughter has been sentenced to jail.
Kilauea could blow its top soon, hurl rocks and ash
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:30am
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii volcano is threatening to blow its top in coming days or weeks after sputtering lava for a week, forcing about 2,000 people to evacuate, destroying two dozen homes and
Cyclone settlement check for Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:15am
![[courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rh_n_cs_15.jpg?itok=wAhSAK2j "[courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bishop Peter Brown of the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago was presented a cyclone claim settlement check of $152,732.49 for cyclone Gita damages to the diocese prope
Her passion is research
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 7:11am
![Nerisa Vee Taua, Tafuna HS class of 2014 valedictorian, is currently a senior at Chaminade University majoring in Environmental Studies. She has received news that she's getting a full scholarship to pursue her master's degree at Purdue University this fall. See story for details. [facebook photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nerisa_vee_taua_0321.jpg?itok=DfBwGsIr "Nerisa Vee Taua, Tafuna HS class of 2014 valedictorian, is currently a senior at Chaminade University majoring in Environmental Studies. She has received news that she's getting a full scholarship to pursue her master's degree at Purdue University this fall. See story for details. [facebook photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School class of 2014 valedictorian Nerisa Vee Taua still keeps her nose in the books.
Le'i says he will no longer comment to Samoa News inquiries
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 6:27am
![Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lei_thompson_6463.jpg?itok=pwzivfPa "Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson has issued a threat, warning Samoa News yesterday morning not to use his private email anymore to send any inquiries reg
Nurses Week 2018 ends
Fri, 05/11/2018 - 6:22am
Nurses Week 2018 ends today with "Field Day". This whole week has been full of activities — and gift giving — for the territory's caretakers not only at LBJ Hospital but also the Dept.
Osofa’i e Leoleo le toese i Tafuna ma maua i ai fualaau fa’asaina
Thu, 05/10/2018 - 10:05pm
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Na osofa’i e Leoleo su’esu’e mai le Vaega e Suesueina Fualaau Fa’asaina i le Ofisa o Leoleo le nofoaga o le toese i Tafuna i le vaiaso na te’a nei, ma tu’uaia ai le maua o se vaega tele o fualaau f
Local company denies that former employee was under-paid and mistreated
Thu, 05/10/2018 - 8:02am
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A representative from Island Technologies Inc.