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Honolulu, HAWAII — Working closely with the Matsunaga Veteran Affairs Beneficial Travel office, resources and training were launched for American Samoa’s veterans stranded in Hawai’i.
Many of them were standing at food banks and were referred to the Keiki to Kupuna Foundation, that provides weekly...
Samoa PM Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi tries out some Virtual Reality goggles after explaining that 35 people in Samoa have successfully undergone training for Virtual Reality technology.“This is the next step for Samoa in its communications. Samoa will soon be able to run at the same pace as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Polls close in American Samoa at 6p.m. with the Election Office vote count starting shortly thereafter. The Election Office will be broadcasting live on KVZK-TV starting at 7p.m. American Samoa time — until all the votes are counted.
Click here to stream the live KVZK...
Apia, SAMOA — The most stable democracy in the Pacific is undergoing a seismic political shift as the country approaches elections next year.
Samoa’s former deputy prime minister will run against her former party of 35 years, and the prime minister she served under, when she contests next year’s...
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA — When Miss Samoa Victoria shaved her head on the weekend, it was a cultural sacrifice as well as a personal one.
Hair is considered tapu, or sacred, in many parts of the Pacific. In Polynesian culture, hair is believed to hold the sacred power of mana, or spiritual energy.
But...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a virtual meeting with the ASG coronavirus task force, members of the Tagata Tutufaatasi Alliance of American Samoa and US Interior Department’s Office of Insular Affairs Director Nikolao Pula, the ASG Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua said the government has no...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Epifania Rapozo and her two children — who have been stranded in the territory since March after borders were closed — were among several non-medical passengers who traveled to Honolulu on Monday afternoon on the medical charter operated by Hawaiian Airlines.
“My family...
Salt Lake City, UTAH — At least 600 citizens of American Samoa are stranded in the United States, including 50 families in Utah, after their government shut down the border in March to protect its people from the coronavirus.
With no word from the government, they worry they won’t see their...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is pleased to announce the availability of the 2021 traditional lunar calendars for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam and Hawaiʻi.
The calendars aim to raise awareness about...
These ladies were among residents who participated in the “Wave for repatriation flights - Not open borders” at Utulei Friday morning. As of Friday, there has been no word on a repatriation flight, as the governor remains concerned with the continuing increase in the number of coronavirus cases in...