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Day 2 on Tuesday of the Commerce Department’s Halloween Spirit Week was “Disney Movie/Cartoon Characters” with DOC employees dressing in costumes, as seen in one of the photos posted to DOC’s Facebook Page. It looks like Cruella is having a grand time with her Dalmatians. [photo: DOC Facebook]
As a major U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, 2021, you’ll be hearing a lot of technical terms tossed around: mitigation, carbon neutral, sustainable development. The language can feel overwhelming.
“It sounds like you’re talking over people,” one person said of the terminology...
Many young-adults and youth took part in the Tagata Tutu Fa’atasi Alliance of American Samoa (TTFAAS) and Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center, in conjunction with the Dept. of Health “COVID-19 Vaccination Wave” last Saturday morning along the airport road in Tafuna. There were four aiga buses as well...
The Department of Health was out in front of Cost-U-Less on Saturday, Oct 23, 2021, handing out Lymphatic Filiariasis pills to the public, as part of the kick-off of their 3rd mass drug administration campaign for Lymphatic Filariasis last week. The campaign is to help prevent the transmission of...
HONOLULU — Heaps of sponsored You Tube folks furiously try to compare the Insta 360 Go 2 the Go Pro, DJI Osmo Action and DJI Pocket 2. The Go 2 is a unique reflection of Insta 360 genius that you can afford and will use daily.... it is more niche sophisticated than your commonly revered action...
Congratulations JV Volleyball Lady Vikings of Fagaitua High School: The Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball Champions 2021-22 — the game was played on Tuesday, October 14th, at the Fagaitua High School Gym. They had an undefeated season. [courtesy photo]
The Department of Public Safety volleyball team after winning the Shield during their match last week at the American Samoa Volleyball Association’s 2021 Volleyball Tournament which is currently underway until the end of the year. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Conservation scientists have long taken advantage of historical photographs to assess how places have changed over time, and the degree of human and environmental impact they face. And this is the case with black and white photographs taken in 1917 of the reefs, shore...
Leone Lions quarterback, Elisara focused and locked-in to make a pass just before getting tackled by two Marist Crusader defenders in the second quarter of their varsity match up this past Friday evening at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Elisara led the Lions in their 32 - 8 victory over Marist....
Honolulu, HAWAII — Dramatic new visualizations show the potential impacts of rising sea levels on cities worldwide, including Downtown Honolulu, with much of Oahu’s urban core underwater if the world continues on its “current carbon path” and sees 3 degrees Celsius in global warming.
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![Marine biologist Alfred Mayor’s 1917 photos document scenes from Pago Pago Harbor (left to right), the subsistence livelihood of villagers, view from above of the surrounding landscape looking down at the Aua coral reef transect, and view from shore. The world’s longest coral survey documents the changes in Aua’s reefs. [photos: Alfred Mayor / Carnegie Institution of Washington] Marine biologist Alfred Mayor’s 1917 photos](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/1917_photos.jpg?itok=gTxTUaUu)

![A dramatic new visualization shows the potential impacts of rising sea levels on cities worldwide, including Downtown Honolulu, with much of Oahu’s urban core underwater if the world continues on its “current carbon path” and sees 3 degrees Celsius in global warming. [photo: Climate Central] Graphic show possible extent of flooding as climate change advances](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/downtown_honolulu_flooded.jpg?itok=KYtdPJID)