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Urbana-Champaign, ILLIONIS — President Joe Biden closed his speech commemorating and deploring the events of Jan. 6, 2021, by asking God to “bless those who stand watch over democracy.”
To “stand watch” is to stand guard, but as a metaphor, it runs deeper. To stand watch on a ship is to keep out a...
This photo posted to the ASG Medicaid Office Facebook page shows director Sandra King-Young (far right) with some of her staff during a holiday get together last week. King-Young publicly thanked her staff for their hard work. [photo: ASG Medicaid Office Facebook]
This screen shot of the American Samoa Department of Education Facebook page, yesterday morning, shows a posting that the department’s page was alleged hacked and reiterated that public schools resumed yesterday after the holiday break. No other information was available at press time on the...
Add this to your Bucket List for 2022. Jumping off the Asaga Bridge that connects Ofu-Olosega/Sili, and swimming under the bridge in clear and bright turquoise waters. Great way to relax and enjoy time with family and friends. Take some days off in Manu’a… if you can get there. [photo: Joyce...
O se va’aiga i le vasega o tina talavou, tamaitai ma ali’i talavou i le latou matafaioi tausi o le tuufa’atasia o le to’ona’i ma le laulauina lelei mo le mamalu o le Ekalesia atoa i DesMoines Washington State. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Members of several “matafale” - or individual church families - of the Methodist Church at Fagaima posed for a Samoa News photos infront of their just completed “Po o Moli” displayed last Friday afternoon. Several “matafale” are designated for each display. The annual Po o Moli is a long standing...
Decatur, GA — When many people think of New Year’s resolutions, they brainstorm ways to improve themselves for the year ahead. What if we expanded those aspirations to include resolutions that benefit our communities, society and the planet, too?
It might not be a typical approach, but it can...
The year 2022 is here in some countries, with the inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Samoa and Kiribati the first to start the new year at 10:00 GMT, and New Zealand following an hour later.
It will take 26 hours, up to 12:00 GMT on Saturday, for the entire globe to ring in the new year...
Bloomington, INDIANA — If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, your plot for self-improvement probably kicks into gear sometime on Jan. 1, when the hangover wears off and the quest for the “new you” begins in earnest.
But if research on habit change is any indication, only about half of New Year’s...
New York City, NEW YORK — From the origins of "Auld Lang Syne" to traditional foods, find out all about the history of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day from information provided by The History Chanel.
WHAT DOES “AULD LANG SYNE” MEAN?
“Auld Lang Syne,” the title of a Scottish folk song that many...