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Alega, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 15th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Fest — Oct. 25- 27 — is just around the corner. The theme this year is: “SAVE the Traditional Arts of American Samoa”.
And it will focus on traditional tatau, stone tool making, siapo art, and all things local and sustainable in the arts and...
O le taimi lea ua laulaututu tagata uma sa auai, ae faia le sauniga mamalu i le nofoaga mau o tu’ugamau uma o afioga i Sa’o, lea o lo’o aofia ai le Utu Abe Malae, ma ona tua’a na muamua atu ia te ia. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Olympia, WASHINGTON — Kahalua Tuitele was born in Seattle but moved to his parents’ native American Samoa a year later.
When he returned to Washington a year ago, Tuitele not only quickly became a star for the Olympia High School football team, earning all-area honors as an offensive lineman, he...
Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele MalielegaoiJapanese and Japan counterpart Shinzo Abe have taken a little time out from official business to talk rugby. The two leaders swapped signed team jerseys ahead of the Japan-Samoa Pool A game at the Rugby World Cup. Tuilaepa is on an official visit to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This year’s Miss American Samoa pageant was perhaps the best, as far as overwhelming family and village support. Each of the five contestants had a strong cheering squad that kept them going all night long.
This year’s contestants did not disappoint. Menora-Justine M....
Meet the 2019-2020 Miss American Samoa, Epifania Petelo, who was crowned this past Friday evening, before a sold out crowd at the ASCC Multi-Purpose Auditorium. See Monday's issue of Samoa News for full story and more photos from the pageant. [photo: B. Chen]
Mrs. Mae Reed-Mageo (far left) joins a special dance performance by her Tokelau family members during the bestowment of the Mageo title (saofa’i) on her husband, Mageo Patolo Mageo last week Saturday in Pago Pago. [photo: courtesy]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has ordered that all flags in American Samoa be flown at half-staff, to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 2009 earthquake and tsunami; meanwhile, the government is holding a memorial service Saturday, Sept. 28.
Sunday, Sept. 29th, marks...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The official kick-off for this year’s Miss American Samoa pageant activities started this past weekend. A sacrament meeting was held this past Sunday, Sept. 22nd at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pava’ia’i 2nd ward, home to outgoing Miss American Samoa...
Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA — With three men draped in dapper Hawaiian shirts, the symposium promoting Rob Ruck’s new book looked more like a country club get-together than an academic endeavor.
Headlined by professor emeritus Richard Scaglion, Theodora Polamalu — the wife of the Pittsburgh Steelers’...