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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A total of 54 graduates crossed off another goal of their academic achievements when they received their degrees from the University of Hawai’i Manoa’s College of Education 4th PACMED Cohort on last week at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei.
A statement issued...
Yokota Air Base, JAPAN — Five countries are joining the US Airforce's 71st Operation Christmas Drop this year.
They are set to make deliveries to 56 remote islands throughout the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
The US Airforce operation is a humanitarian assistance program, which kicked...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is joining her voice with Senator Mike Lee of Utah urging the U.S. Department of Defense to fully support Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis and his family and excuse his absence from duty as unavoidable in line with the applicable U.S. statute...
A group photo taken this past Wednesday of Dept. of Search and Rescue Marine Patrol Division staffers together with SPED kids from Matafao Elementary School after giving out gifts from the Marine Patrol team. [photo: Julie Pau’u]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Pentagon garbage truck crashed into a rock wall across from the Seventh Day Adventist School in Ili’ili early Wednesday morning, landing three men in the hospital. This was confirmed by Emergency Medical Services Chief, Galumalemana Popo Avegalio in response to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A video of a waterspout recorded in Leone and posted online by Billie Ena was circulating Thursday morning and creating a lot of concerns among people sharing the post.
Samoa News reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comments but was told the staff was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Honolulu has officially adjudicated a civil lawsuit, brought by the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office — against federal defendants, including the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) dealing with the Large...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Dept. of Health (DoH) fell short when projecting the growth of healthcare for local women in the categories of pre-natal, and preventative care over the 5 years beginning in 2019 after the COVID pandemic brought about changes in how the clinics were operating and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — STARS Of The Pacific rocked the stage at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium Wednesday night at the first International Opera Gala in Utulei, American Samoa, a Black & White- red carpet charity event hosted by the Pacific Island Foundation, as part of its “youth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sigma Kappa Delta (SKD), a collegiate honor society for students of English at two-year institutions, has become part of campus life at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC). Nationwide, Sigma Kappa Delta has 141 chapters with an average undergraduate membership of...