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Apple founder Steve Jobs once said that time is our most precious resource. Like most resources, managing time sure is complicated.
In a globalized world, time zones prove that location still matters. But some argue that doing away with time zones altogether is the path to the future. Nowhere is...
A second senior executive of a US based cannery have been indicted by a federal grand jury and “has agreed to plead guilty” to conspiring to fix the prices of packaged seafood such as canned tuna sold in the United States, the US Justice Department announced yesterday morning and identified the...
Most humans take comfort in stability and a slow pace of change. Unfortunately, the world is dispassionate about our desire for equilibrium. Instead, it is dynamic, with conditions continually shifting and evolving.
In terms of change, 2016 has been a momentous period. The election of Donald J....
Apia, SAMOA — Flights from American Samoa to Vava’u, Tonga or Apia to Vava’u, Tonga is a reality for Talofa Air, who received their permit last month, this is according to Talofa Air Chief Executive Officer Toleafoa Captain Jeffrey Hunt. Responding to Samoa News questions, Toleafoa said that the...
![(Pictured left to right) Colette Monroe, Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tricee Limtiaco, Special Assistant to the Governor of Guam; Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga, Director, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources; Richard Seman, Secretary, CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources. [photo: USDOI-OIA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/USTISCC%20n%20governors.jpg?itok=OQjXpbjy "(Pictured left to right) Colette Monroe, Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tricee Limtiaco, Special Assistant to the Governor of Guam; Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga, Director, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources; Richard Seman, Secretary, CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources. [photo: USDOI-OIA]")
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina today met with Governors’ representatives from the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the first meeting of the U.S. Territories...
![Disney Producer Osnat Shurer outside of Apollo Cinemas in Apia Samoa, for the private screening of Disney’s animated film, “Moana”. Shurer was with Pixar at one time and was also the producer for “The Incredibles” and then moved to Disney where she assisted with the creating of “Frozen”, but her first film — where she was into the development — was “Zootopia”. [Photo: JL]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Moana%20crew.jpg?itok=JjMW6zGx "Disney Producer Osnat Shurer outside of Apollo Cinemas in Apia Samoa, for the private screening of Disney’s animated film, “Moana”. Shurer was with Pixar at one time and was also the producer for “The Incredibles” and then moved to Disney where she assisted with the creating of “Frozen”, but her first film — where she was into the development — was “Zootopia”. [Photo: JL]")
Apia, SAMOA — “Samoa is a very special place to us, for so many reasons... There’s a lot of the fa’asamoa that was borrowed for the movie,” says Ron Clements, who is one of the duo of directors for Disney’s blockbuster animated movie — “Moana”. John Musker, the other half of the duo-director team,...
“We ask you to open your minds with the possibilities that can transform our existing city into an enjoyable and functional place that is well thought out and designed,” said Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi during the launching of the Apia’s Waterfront Plan last week. The plan...
PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO VIOLENCE IN SAMOA
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s Ombudsman’s office — National Human Rights Institution of Samoa has launched a national public inquiry into family violence. This coincides with Samoa’s “Human Rights Day” that takes place on December 10 annually.
This year’s Human Rights...
More than ten individuals with Samoan names are among the 37 defendants charged under six indictments for a variety of drug trafficking offenses and three of those defendants are charged with firearm offenses, according to a list released yesterday by the federal government as well as in a news...
Apia, SAMOA — Although more than 200 criminal charges has been filed against the police commissioner the Samoa Attorney General’s office has yet to finalized them and this was revealed during the status hearing for suspended Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil in the Supreme Court earlier...