Preliminary planning already underway for 125th Flag Day Celebration
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Augmented flight schedules was among the topics of discussion between the American Samoa Government and Hawaiian Airlines last week when they met to work out th

![ASG personnel led by Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola (3rd right) met with Hawaiian Airlines personnel (left of HAL logo) last week to work out transportation logistics for the 125th Flag Day Celebration coming up next year. [courtesy photo] ASG personnel led by Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola with HAL](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asg_meets_with_hal.jpg?itok=Obfuf1wA)
![Te Pāti Māori says the government will no longer "determine our oranga (livelihood) of our people, our mokopuna, the land and te iwi Māori katoa". [courtesy photo] Te Pāti Māori members](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_mo_samoa_copy.jpg?itok=9nU2hsa8)

![Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa takes a ‘selfie’ with Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga at the opening of the Samoan Heritage Festival in Hawaii this past Saturday. [courtesy photo] Fiame Naomi Mataafa and Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu_and_fiame.jpg?itok=yjK9t2eL)

![Center forward Leone S. Pritchard has ensured a first victory for an American Samoa side in any Oceania Football Confederation competition since 2018, with her second half goal enough to secure a 1- 0 win over Papua New Guinea in the OFC Women’s U-16 Championship Qualifying opener in Auckland. [courtesy photo] American Samoa women](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/american_samoa_women.jpg?itok=rRPdEjSj)
![Some of the local artists that were a part of the American Samoa contingent representing the territory at the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC). [photo: American Samoa Senate President’s Office] local artists at FestPAC](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_7056.jpg?itok=rKU1Xm9P)
![Imanueli Davetawalu who is representing both American Samoa and Fiji at the Youth Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C. proudly holds the American Samoa flag in front of the Washington Memorial. A full-ride scholarship from the Close-Up Foundation goes with the selection. [courtesy photo] Imanueli Davetawalu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/immanueli_with_flag.jpg?itok=ztCI8RoO)

![Waylon Muller, the most-medaled athlete in Marshall Islands history, carried the torch to light the Games flame during the opening ceremony for the Micronesian Games. [Photo: Giff Johnson for RNZ] Waylon Muller, the most-medaled athlete in Marshall Islands history](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/marshall_islands_entertainment_copy.jpg?itok=Vy_bv6FG)