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Manumal first graders during their Christmas performance
“Jesus is the reason for the season.” Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year from the Manumalo Academy Lower Elementary 1st graders. [courtesy photo]
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There are fewer women in politics in the Pacific Islands than in any other part of the world, according to UN Women. But this year Samoa elected a woman as its head of government - only the second Pacific Island nation to do so - thanks in part to a network of women friends who supported her...
A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa with her elementary students
Apia, SAMOA — A celebration commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps took place in Apia yesterday,  Thursday, Dec. 9. Featuring Samoa’s Minister of Education, Sports & Culture —Seu’ula Ioane Tua’au as the special guest, the event included testimonials from past Peace Corps host...
Two ASG employees hang Christmas lights at the EOB
On a sunny and hot Wednesday afternoon this week — note the umbrella for shade — Samoa News captured this photo of two employees from Treasury Department setting up and decorating the department’s Christmas tree on the lawn of the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in Utulei. To the right of the...
VA Benefits Counselor, Seini Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Meet the new VA Benefits Counselor, Seini Mauga, who was recently appointed to the full time position. She will be located at the American Samoa Vet Center in the Equator Building on Ottoville Road. Ms. Mauga was born and raised in Fatumafuti, American Samoa. She is a...
Christmas lights on Mauga-O-Ali’i
LET THERE BE LIGHTS — Christmas lights spill down the hillside from the Governor’s Mansion on Mauga-O-Ali’i in Utulei in this Samoa News photo taken last Friday as American Samoa celebrates the holiday season. [photo: FS]
Oscar Rodriguez with his new truck compliments of The Rock
Hollywood, CA — A selfless and hard-working veteran got an early holiday gift from none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The superstar’s surprise unfolded at a screening of his new film “Red Notice,” where Navy veteran Oscar Rodriguez was in attendance. He called Rodriguez down to the stage...
Two Wayland Univ. grads
Congratulations to all 41 Wayland Baptist University graduates 2020-2021. The first graduation for the local American Samoa branch of the Hawaii Campus of Wayland University held their ceremony this past Friday . “Let there be light”. [courtesy photo]
Manu Samoa performing their Siva Tau
The rugby clash between Manu Samoa and the Barbarians at Twickenham, England was axed 90 minutes before its scheduled kick-off as four Barbarians and two members of that team’s staff tested positive. But that didn't stop the Manu Samoa from belting out their national anthem before performing their...
Ryannah Leu Quigley
Farmington, UTAH — Ryannah Leu Quigley passed away on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 and her funeral services are planned for Friday in Farmington, UT. She was 28 years old. Ryannah was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa on Feb. 2, 1993. She proudly embraced her wonderful Samoan heritage. Ry used her...

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