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More 'Green Christmas' decorations around the island. At Tropical Chicken and Tropical Pizza restaurants at the Tafuna Industrial Parkused tires were repurposed to make up this holiday display at the compound. [photo: FS]
Female cabinet members taking into Hope House hall the many gift baskets that were presented to residents of the care facility during the annual Governor’s Christmas Gift presentation, led by First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga. [photo: Gov’s Office]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some businesses in the territory this year are celebrating a “GREEN” Christmas by re-using our trash — such as used tires, old wood pallets, and empty plastic bottles — to create Christmas decorations.
Instead of trashing wood pallets, workers with one of the departments...
Crafted from empty small plastic water bottles, workers with the StarKist Samoa’s Packing Room formed the Christmas tree (on the left) and added on holiday decorations with Christmas lights, as seen in this Samoa News photo (left) taken Wednesday morning. (Right) Used tires painted white to form a...
The American Samoa Community College Nursing Class of 2020 graduated: three with Certificates of Proficiency in Nursing - LPN: Mark Espiritu, LPN; Minchul Shin, LPN (who took first place for LPN); and Hanah Salcedo, LPN - and four with Associate of Science Degrees in Registered Nursing: Lina Fa’...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hours before his death, on Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon looked his killer in the eyes and saw a pudgy, seemingly unremarkable man who’d shyly asked for an autograph.
Lennon had obliged.
Hours later, the former Beatle would be dead — fatally shot as he returned to his luxury...
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER — One of the departments at StarKist Samoa puts up Christmas decorations across the cannery in Satala. This year StarKist Samoa has an Adopt a Corner program — that aims to have departments take ownership of their areas. Each department is to clean and decorate...
An accident in Malaloa yesterday around noon time caused a long traffic line hiccup. It involved a bus and a Bluesky van. While the bus’ front bumper was slightly damaged, the van’s front end took the brunt of the collision. No one has been confirmed injured in the accident. A reminder that ’tis...
Hawaii’s Isaiah Tufaga (Laie, Hawaii) makes an interception off a Spartan receiver’s tipped reception attempt while Penei Pavihi (Tafuna HS) #1 celebrates, and Blessman Ta’ala (Aua) #55 looks on. San Jose St. University defeated the University of Hawaii 35-24 at Aloha Stadium. [photo: Barry...
First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga (left) holding hands with one of the elderly residents at Hope House care facility during her visit on Wednesday morning for the annual Governor’s Christmas Gift presentation. [photo: Gov’s Office]