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American Samoa for Black Lives Matter poster for Saturday walk
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News is committed to acknowledging the Black Lives Matter” movement, in American Samoa as well as globally. Systemic racism is very much a part of our lives in our community — here, the U.S.A, and globally. It’s the glass ceiling that each of us has experienced, is...
Members of the Keil and Mano families at a Honolulu hotel
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SMOA — This courtesy photo provided to Samoa News shows two Samoans families — last names Keil and Mano along with their children — at a Hawai’i hotel yesterday morning before their 3p.m. flight to Alaska, after being uplifted Tuesday afternoon on a US Navy aircraft from...
Daenerys Vitolio after her K-5 graduation
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Le tamata’i fa’au’u Daenerys Vitolio, o le vasega K5 a Fatuoaiga Montesorri School i le fa’auuga a le vasega i le taeao o le aso Tofi ua te’a. Malo le fa’amalosi Daenerys. Ms Daenerys Vitolio poses for a photo with her candy and money leis following her graduation...
Leiataua Family members with Samoa for Black Lives Matter signs
Members of the Leiataua Family from Compton, California participate at a Black Lives Matter march in Southern California. Young adults in American Samoa are planning a Black Lives Matter march next weekend. Event organiser Marissa Afuola said while the territory is Covid-19 free and away from the...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Hollywood, CALIFORNIA — Bookies have placed their presidential bets on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 2020. According to Oddschecker, the WWE wrestler-turned-action star is now the third-most backed presidential choice among UK bookmakers, following President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe...
Pulemeli Mounds
Savaii, SAMOA —  Samoa's former Head of State, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi has spoken out against the proposed sale of more than 1000 acres of freehold land that hosts Polynesia's largest ancient structure. The globally recognized archaeological site the Pulemeli Mounds stand on the land which is...
Ruth Mataafa
Sydney, AUSTRALIA, — Ruth Mataafa was killed by her ex-partner on Saturday afternoon at a home in Bidwell in Western Sydney in front of family members. Police officers found 22-year-old Mataafa outside the home with multiple stab wounds to her chest, side and back. She was treated by NSW Ambulance...
Students from American Samoa include: Gauula Moemoe (Atu’u, AS); Tia Sagapolu (Kaimuki, HI); Nate Kwon (Petesa Uta, AS); Ielu Acosta (Petesa Uta, AS); Jemima Nafatali (Lauli’I, AS); Frantacia Mauigoa (Aua, AS); Kiso Skelton (Pago Pago, AS); H. Gingerlei Porter (Auasi, AS)
Honolulu, HAWAII — Ministers and their wives from various Samoan Methodist Churches in Hawaii presented donations of food and monetary gifts to students from American Samoa at UH Manoa and Chaminade University, who are unable to return home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from American Samoa...
Rev. Stephen and Faletua Amene Fautanu Tukumoheatu. Graduates: LR. Mitchell Porotesano, Tene LinJustin Sipoloa, Jack Ah Loo, Tavai Porotesano
The sons and daughters of American Samoa at CCCAS Portland Oregon, held a celebration for graduates, all with roots in American Samoa.  Rev. Stephen and Faletua Amene Fautanu Tukumoheatu. Graduates: LR. Mitchell Porotesano, Tene LinJustin Sipoloa, Jack Ah Loo, Tavai Porotesano. Lin is the only...
Student speakers for the Pasifika Commencement Celebration
Honolulu, HAWAII — COVID-19 has transformed the way we engage with each other, and as a result, graduations have been cancelled across the country. Despite the pandemic, a dedicated group of Pacific Islander educators and professionals have come together to honor our graduates in a creative way and...

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