Manu'atele Community Worldwide
Aua ‘ua alofa mai Leatua i le lalolagi, ‘ua ‘auina mai ai e ia lona alo e to’atasi, ‘ina ‘ia le fano se tagata e fa’atuatua ‘ia te ia, a ‘ia maua e ia le ola e fa’avavau. The message from the Manu’atele Community Worldwide on this Easter Sunday morning in American Samoa. [photo: Manu’atele...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Cancer is a thief” is the heading of a memorial posted on the Manuatele Community Worldwide Facebook page after the passing of Letini "Ricky" Fala Mauga who succumbed after a long battle with the disease.
Mauga and his younger sister Fa'avela traveled to California...


![Letini Ricky Fala Mauga outside Stanford Medical Center with his ukulele where he was admitted in late May for two months of aggressive chemotherapy treatment. News of Letini’s passing was posted on the Manuatele Community Worldwide Facebook page yesterday (Sunday, June 21, 2020). [photo: Manuatele Community Facebook] Letini Ricky Fala Mauga outside Stanford Medical Center](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/letini_3.jpg?itok=kiBymzc8)