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Fala Letini Mauga in hospital bed
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A little sister is on a journey to help save her older brother's life. Fala Letini Mauga 22 yrs old has been diagnosed with leukemia and younger sister, 18 yrs old Fa'avela Mauga is donating some of her bone marrow for a transplant.  Fa'avela is a perfect bone marrow...
Samoa Airways logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the suspension of all flights from Samoa to American Samoa, under the Samoa government’s State of Emergency Declaration, that leaves no air service for the Manu’a island group, served by Samoa government owned Samoa Airways. Samoa’s state of emergency, which became...
Manu'a clean up crew takes a break
O se va’aiga i le to’atele o le afio’aga o Faleasao i Manua sa auai i le galuega toe fa’aleleia ma fa’amama o le talafatai o le afio’aga ina ua mae’a matagi malolosi ma timuga i le vaiaso ua te’a. [ata foa’i]
MV Manu'atele near the dock in Ofu
Ofu, MANU'A — American Samoa's MV Manu'atele inter-island ferry remains in Ofu after suffering damage during stormy conditions during the weekend. The vessel had left Tutuila midweek to deliver fuel but was unable to go to Ta'u because of bad weather so it docked at Ofu. The chief engineer Jimmy...
The damaged wharf at Ofu with ferry in background
Tau, MANU'A — American Samoa's MV Manu'atele ferry has been badly damaged after being slammed into a dock in the eastern islands of Manu'a during stormy conditions Sunday. The Ofu dock was also damaged in the incident with cracks in several areas and metal reinforcing exposed. Staff from the power...
The 2019 Matasaua crew — with skipper Malaepule Fuega Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 38-strong who will be rowing the Matasaua fautasi in the 2019 Flag Day fautasi race this Saturday, April 13th, are ready to go, and they have their eyes set on one thing: 1st Place. "Everyone aims for First Place," Matasaua skipper Malaepule Fuega Moliga told Samoa...
 The Manu'atele ferry
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's new inter-island ferry is out of action again. The one-year old ferrry, the Manu'atele, needs a new bow thruster, which is used to reverse of turn the vessel. A government committee heard the problem was spotted during a recent inspection, and it could...
Published storyteller Azariah Usoali’i Mathew Maiava, seeing the micro grids in Ta’u, Manu’a firsthand, says his island home could be a tourist attraction if energy efficiency continues to be a top priority.  [Courtesy photo]
When the director of the Pacific Storytellers Cooperative, Daniel Lin, visited the Manu’a Islands last month to host a weeklong workshop for the high school students there, he didn’t imagine that the end result would be spectacular. A handful of young Segaula took part in the project and all of...

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