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A visitor off the Norwegian Sun cruise ship gets into the act with local entertainers as more than 3,000 passengers visited the territory on Wednesday. [courtesy photo]
Proud parents Joe and Leuila Ioane with their daughters Joella and Joelei, who were part of a six-member team of junior tennis players from the Territory, competed in the recent USTA Hawai‘i Pacific Summer Junior Tournament. Read story for details in today’s Samoa News Sports. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: Is Google Making Us Stupid?
In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested the answer was yes, arguing that technology such as search engines were...
The annual Te Maeva Nui cultural performances opened at Te Are Karioi Nui (national auditorium) in Rarotonga, with the powerful Manihiki Henua warrior women, who stormed the stage with their commanding reo tupuna/ pe’e, a fitting introduction for the rest of the cultural items on the first night of...
Na o laufofoga fiafia ma le agaga fiafia na fa’aalia i le polokalama a le Siteki a Pago Tutotonu, o le Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai, lea sa faataunu’uina i le malae ta’alo a Vetereni i Iliili, i le aso Faraile o le vaiaso ua tuanai, e ui i le mamafa o timuga. O se va’aiga lea...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At the Field Museum in Chicago this past week, a live art collaboration became a real-time sharing of Samoan cultural practice, history and knowledge between generations.
A group has been working on a piece referred to as “siapo mamanu”. Their canvas was a massive sheet...
Youth participants from Agency for Better Living Endeavors - ABLE Discovering American Samoa program paid a special visit to Acting Governor Pulumataala Ae Ae Jr.last week where students engaged in a lively exchange, sharing their experiences and learning about leadership, cultural pride, and the...
The American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities and the Samoa Ministry of Education and Culture have announced the signing of an MOU to officially launch the "O le Usoga Fesilafa'i" Program. It will roll out a series of joint cultural events, student exchanges, and collaborative...
O le aso Lulu o le vaiaso na se’i mavae atu, Iulai 17, 2025 a’o alo atu le atunu’u i le fa’amamaluina o le aso o le Sisiga Fu’a a le Manu’atele, sa le’i mafai ona malolo ai le aufaigaluga a le Vaega o Auau- naga mo le Mamalu Lautele, a le O sa o le Soifua Maloloina i sa latou galuega e tao ai le...
SPED-ESY Summer Fun at Leone Midkiff Elementary School. Thank you to the SPED Team for a wonderful summer program catered to the needs of our SPED students! [courtesy photo]