Linking Samoans
Tafuna High School Senior Oakie Salave’a (center) after signing his official National Letter of Intent to Colorado University in the signing ceremony that was held at the school’s library yesterday morning. Salave’a is the first American Samoa student athlete to sign a NLI this school year. More...
Anchorage, ALASKA — On Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at the Anchorage City Hall in downtown Anchorage, the Alaska Samoan Community Organization was formed with an initial founders count of 30 plus Samoan individuals living in Anchorage, Alaska.
Anchorage is a city with visible ties to the Pacific...
“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]
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...
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...
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...
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...
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]
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...
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]