Linking Samoans
Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga, and Lt Gov Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale with Marcus-John Samia (4th from left) and Okland Salave’a II (5th from left), and their parents during the presentation from ASG last week that will help fund the athlete’s off island bowl games participation. Read more in sports...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Fealofani O Samoa Student Club is raising awareness within the Pacific Islander (PI) community with a new public service announcement (PSA) to encourage COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.
A University of Hawaii News press release says...
American Samoa Track and Field Association's Olympic sprinter, NATHAN CRUMPTON working hard to qualify for the February 2022 Winter Olympics in the sport of Skeleton. He is representing American Samoa. This first week of January 2022 began a series of qualifying competitions for NATHAN, beginning...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lisale and Fiatuina Polevia welcomed their baby boy, weighing 8lb and 6oz, as the first New Year 2022 baby at LBJ Medical Center. He was welcomed into the world just after 12a.m on Jan. 01, 2022.
Talanei online news reports that while the mother of the baby boy was being...
Welcome to 2022, where Hawaii donuts are an extinct specie. Donuts available in the Territory, but not Hawaii Safeway Stores? Maybe we can introduce Pankeke Samoa to save the day. [photo: Barry Markowitz, courtesy Bluesky Communications]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Passengers on the Jan 6 flight from Honolulu are being warned that missing the date change for their COVID Test #3 could result in becoming ineligible to travel on the flight. The test will now need to be administered 48 hours (Tues. Jan. 4) before the flight.
In what...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa started the year with a new administration taking over the reigns of government as the COVID-19 pandemic deepened across the world and the government initiated plans to repatriate residents, while the territory remained closed down to the outside world. ...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Litefighter 1 Tent is most likely the tent that protects our active duty nephews, sons, cousins, nieces, Moms & Dads from the elements when deployed.
Litefighter 1 is an American made high quality product from a veteran owned (Dept of Defense approved) tent...
Dancers of various ages with the Le Taupou Manaia Dance Academy performed on Wednesday night at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium during their “Alo o Tamaita’i” final performance of the year. [courtesy photo]
The beautiful young ladies of “Le Taupou Manaia Dance Academy, O Alo Tama’ita’i” as they prepare for their End of the Year Show which took place the evening of Dec. 29th at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. The show was streamed live through the sponsorship of Bluesky Communications. [courtesy photo]


![The Fealofani O Samoa Student Club at UH Mānoa. The students encourage community members to “spread awareness, not COVID” and to “protect yourselves so you can protect each other.” [photo: UH News] The Fealofani O Samoa Student Club at UH Mānoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoan-student-club.jpg?itok=FUgYCIoi)

![This photo provided by Pacific Independent Distributors, Inc. (P.I.D), shows proud parents Lisale and Fiatuina Polevia long with their baby boy born on the way to LBJ., [courtesy photo] Lisale and Fiatuina Polevia with their newborn and a representative from Pacific Independent Distributors, Inc.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/new_year_baby_n_pid_2022.jpg?itok=lAl7lkg7)


![Screenshot from a video first broadcast by Hawaii News Now and the next day published in Samoa News, shows American Samoa residents arriving in buses at the Honolulu airport from their quarantine sites. They were the first 150 stranded residents repatriated home on the Feb. 1, 2021 flight. [photo: screenshot from HNN website] American Samoa residents arriving in buses at the Honolulu airport](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/feb_1_repat_arrivals_at_hnlweb.jpg?itok=BJ8toZSi)
![The Litefighter 1 Tent is highly regarded current US Military issued gear. Note setup above without stakes if needed and it is designed to strap to a cot. [photo by Barry Markowitz, courtesy Bluesky Communications] The Litefighter 1 Tent](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tent_web.jpg?itok=ec_C-8r5)

