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Peter Manuma
UH Rainbow Warrior Defensive Back, Peter Manuma, celebrated his first interception of the season by pointing acknowledgement to his family (seated directly above the Samoa News photo position).  University of Hawaii was defeated by San Diego State University 41-34 on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at...
Samoans and Fijians deplaning in Suva
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families and friends in the Pacific and around the world are rejoicing after Fiji Airways successfully landed in Nadi, Fiji with a planeload of international travelers who had been stranded in Israel since last Saturday, October 7, 2023, amid a raging war between Hamas...
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa and StarKist Samoa General Manager Injoo Ha share a light moment
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa and StarKist Samoa General Manager Injoo Ha share a light moment during their exchange of anniversary gifts commemorating Samoa’s 60th Independence (celebrated last year) and StarKist’s 60th Anniversary in American Samoa (celebrated this year) during a...
The Dancing Queens
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Nestled in the heart of Henderson, West Auckland, lies the Corban Estate Pacifica Arts Center. Established in the late 1980s by a group of Pacific Mamas, all of whom were first-generation immigrants to New Zealand, the center provides a home away from home for indigenous...
STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC LOGO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Author-poet Sia Figiel unearths the untold Samoan history of Treasure Island’s famous author Robert Louis Stevenson on “Stories from the Pacific” broadcast daily from Australia’s ABC. While Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was living in Samoa in the late 1880s and...
maui fire presentation group
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga, accompanied by a delegation from American Samoa, together with Hawaii Samoan clergy members from various denominations, gathered at the State Capitol in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Friday, Sept. 29, to present American Samoa’s donation for the...
Some of the 2009 tsunami damage in Leone village
Leone village just hours after the tsunami came ashore. Residents reported that there were two waves one after another that swept people out to sea. There were 8 deaths reported in Leone. In total, there were 34 victims in American Samoa.  In honor of the 34 American  Samoa victims, whose lives...
Despite prevailing narratives of coral bleaching, the reefs of Am Samoa have been particularly resilient to warming temperatures that have laid waste to other corals. Scientists are finding out why, and looking for ways to use this knowledge to help reefs in other parts of the world. Sana Lynch,...
Jamal Leatiota at his graduation
Jamal Leatiota of Olosega, Manu’a graduated with Highest Honors from Universal Technical Institute of Arizona with his Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Diesel Technology II with Cummins Engines.His parents and sister traveled to Arizona from Olosega to witness his graduation. His proud...
actor Michael Fassbender as Rongen
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi's latest film, about the American Samoan football team, comes four years after shooting wrapped. But it seems that some reviewers couldn't wait to stick the knife into the film after its international premiere in Canada. COVID-19 and...

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