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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A web-based news service out of Alaska is reporting what some readers are classifying as discrimination against a Samoan appointed by the Anchorage mayor to the post of chief equity officer for Anchorage.
A resolution in the Anchorage Assembly, to be presented during...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Tributes have flowed for American anthropologist Adrienne Lois Keppler, a leading scholar in Pacific art and dance, who passed away last weekend at the age of 86.
The prestigious Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C, published a tribute letter...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce that Katherine Kim has been accepted for admittance to the U.S. Naval Academy.
“I’m so happy to congratulate Katherine Kim and announce this well-deserved acceptance,” said Congresswoman Amata. “She now has a fully...
Congresswoman Unifa’atali Amata was with the federal team that arrived in Pago on a military plane on Friday, March 4, 2022, to assist authorities in American Samoa in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She immediately went into quarantine at the Tradewinds Hotel, with all her fellow...
Personnel and aid from FEMA and DHSS departed Hawaii March 4, 2022, to assist American Samoa in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spotted in the middle is Congresswoman Unifa’atali Amata (4th from right, front row) who was reported to be traveling with the federal contingent. U.S. Army Pacific...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Joseph Auga Matamata, who had been jailed for 11 years, had his application for leave to appeal dismissed on Thursday.
New Zealand's Solicitor-General appealed against the sentence imposed on the 67-year-old.
While the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is happy to announce a second prestigious Service Academy acceptance for Michael Sun, as he has been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy. He had previously received an acceptance from the U.S. Military Academy, giving him two excellent opportunities...
Killeen, TEXAS — Construction is back in full swing for the Samoan church on Stan Schlueter Loop in Killeen, TX. Last April, hundreds of colorfully dressed local residents of Samoan ancestry held a groundbreaking ceremony that included a roasted pig and traditional Samoan fiafia.
The Samoan...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce that Michael Sun has been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, one of the nation’s prestigious Service Academies. He is the first acceptance of this year’s group of student nominees from American Samoa.
“I’m...
South Pacific Academy’s Michael Sun, who has just been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is pictured here (left) in 2018 at a Scripps Spelling Bee event in Washington, D.C. That year as an 8th grader he won the Samoa News Territorial Spelling Bee and was one of the first place...