Linking Samoans
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, has been elected as the chair of the Constitutional Convention, with Senator Fa’aivae Alex Iuli Godinet as vice chairman and Chief Procurement Office, Mikaele Etuale is the secretary.
They will lead the Constitutional Convention for...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The first official celebration of the New Zealand government's apology for the Dawn Raids was an emotional affair at the Orakei Marae complex in Auckland last week.
More than 200 guests, predominately Pasifika, attended the event hosted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. Speeches were...
The Championship Rainier Men’s Cricket Club of Seattle, Washington won three great championships in the Tacoma, Seattle and Los Angeles leagues. They won it all, congrats boys! [courtesy photo]
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Ofu-Olosega Islands volcano has been ruled out as the source of the ongoing Manuʻa Islands earthquake swarm, according to the USGS’ Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's latest notice.
Data from seismometers installed in the Manuʻa Islands this past week confirms that the ongoing...
A broadband seismometer was installed on Ta‘u island on August 22, 2022, by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and NOAA National Weather Service team. This is one of two broadband seismometers that have been placed on Ta‘ū island to help detect earthquakes that started to be felt in the region...
Ode to Manu'a, a poem by Stina Scanlan
you… make my earth quake magnitudes of indignation
to campaigns that use your name as an accessory
they only wear it to look good
to the promises that have yet to be fulfilled
we’ve been surviving this far on our own
to those that look down on us
taste and see...
San Jose, CALIFORNIA — Retired Reverend Elder Eveni Mamoe Eveni Jr, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and servant of the Lord entered fully into the presence of the Lord on Friday July 22, 2022. He passed away with his family at his side at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, CA. He...
On Thursday, August 18, 2022, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and First Lady Ella hosted the Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi ll and Masiofo Faamausili Leinafo Tuimalealiifano for a private luncheon at the Governor's Residence on Mauga o...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Human health risks, stronger cyclones, coral reef death, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in American Sāmoa. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars that ocean...
World-renowned wood-carver, and sculptor as well as boat builder, book illustrator, and painter Sven Ortquist teaching a class in ASCC’s old art building that was demolished to make room for ‘progress’. Artist Reggie Meredith Fitiao pays tribute to a building that was home to and nurtured artists...