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CHARITY ANNA POROTESANO NAMED 2013 PACIFIC YOUNG LEADER ON DISARMAMENT

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 9:47am | Category:

American Samoan Charity Anna Porotesano has been selected as a 2013 Pacific Young Leader on Disarmament. She is a recent graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
 
She was also the recipient of the prestigious Truman Scholarship, a graduate study scholarship sponsored by the Harry S. Truman Foundation. Since graduation Charity has returned to American Samoa to work for educational change and is a youth representative on the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council.
 



PHOTOS: SAMOAN COUSINS IN NEVADA GRADUATE WITH HONORS AND AWARDS

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 9:50am | Category:
By
Samoa News staff
reporters@samoanews.com

Senior awards night Tuesday night at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada was an exciting night for two cousins with local ties. Timothy J McMoore-Tuamoheloa and Tasiaiafe Hiner are the only Samoan students in the school U.S. News & World Report has named “One of America’s top public schools.” 
 
Both young men are graduating with high honors including the President’s Award for Academic Excellence.
 



VIDEO: DEFENSIVE END AUSTIN MALOATA'S UNIQUE JOURNEY FROM AMSAM TO USC

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 9:50am | Category:
By
Johnny Curren, ESPN RecruitingNation

Looking out over the pristine turf field at Corona (Calif.) Centennial just prior to the team's recent "College Showcase" -- an amped-up version of spring practice that attracted more than 30 coaches from some of the top football programs in the country -- it was easy to notice Austin Maloata staring with a sense of wonder.



Local student makes board of Law and Policy Journal

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 9:34am | Category:
By
Samoa News staff
reporters@samoanews.com

American Samoa native, Janelle F.B. Etelagi, who is a law student at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law has been selected as a member of the Board of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ).
 



Tala o faamasinoga

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 4:10pm | Category:
By
Ausage Fausia
ausage@samoanews.com

FAATULAGA ASO FAIA AI FAAMASINOGA AUTU JAMES BARLOW
 
O le aso 18 Novema o le tausaga nei lea ua faatulaga e le Faamasinoga Maualuga e faia ai le faamasinoga autu a James Barlow, ina ua teena e le faamasinoga se talosaga a lana loia o Mark Ude e faasala ai le loia a le malo, i lona le tuuina atu o faamatalaga e faatatau i lenei mataupu.
 



VICTORIA COFFIN NAMED 2013 LEEWARD DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:33pm | Category:

American Samoa native and current Hawai'i resident, Victoria Coffin was named the 2013 Leeward District Teacher of the Year.

She was recognized during a Hawai'i State Senate presentation for Education Week on March 21, 2013. The presentation was sponsored by Senator Will Espero and included Senator Mike Gabbard, who was born in Leloaloa and is the father of U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.



Five generations celebrate 75th birthday

Tue, 03/26/2013 - 8:43am | Category:

It is not often families can assemble five generations together under one roof, but on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, the Voigt family held a very special luncheon at DDW restaurant in Utulei to honor the 75th birthday of Florence Voigt (center, with ula).

Seated in front is Florence’s mother, 97 years young Fuea Lam Yuen. Also in the picture is Larry Voigt (Florence’s son); her granddaughter Abbie Voigt and great grandson Nathaniel (3yrs). Congrats to all five generations of the Voigt family and many happy returns!



Fautua Kovana i le Kapeneta ina ia tausisi i le faaaogaina Paketi

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 10:02am | Category:
By
Ausage Fausia
ausage@samoanews.com

LOLO: “TE’A LE TAIMI O LE TUSITUSI LIMA, UA O’O TAIMI O LE GALULUE MA AGA’I I LUMA”
 
Na ogatotonu le saunoaga a le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i sui o lana kapeneta i le fonotaga sa faia i le Aso Faraile na te’a nei, e tatau ona latou tausisi i le faaaogaina o le paketi.
 
Sa ia fautuaina faatonusili ina ia mafuta ma lana paketi i taimi uma, a le o lena, ia o ma ave a latou paketi i le fale, lotu ma tatalo ai i luga ina ia o gatasi manaoga ma tupe o lo o i ai.
 



Donation to Feleti Barstow honors couple’s marriage

Sun, 03/24/2013 - 12:07pm | Category:

A donation of $552.28 has been made to Feleti Barstow Public Library in the name of Aaron Masser and Naomi Zimmer in honor of their marriage on Feb. 28, 2013.
 
Aaron and Naomi met in the territory five years ago when Naomi was working for Feleti Barstow Public library, and Aaron was working as an assistant attorney general. Many of the friends they made during their time in American Samoa contributed to the donation as a way to honor the place where the happy couple met and shared so many fond memories.
 



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MYSTERY: WAS THERE A SAMOAN DAUGHTER?

Sat, 02/23/2013 - 8:52am | Category:
By
Niccola Hazelman-Siona, Samoa Observer

This story has all the requisites of a mystery, which could make a great movie. There’s a famous literary person, an unconfirmed timeline of dates and the possibility that Samoa may have even closer ties to a man who chose to live out his last years in a country he loved.
 
That man is none other than the famous author, Robert Louis Stevenson.
 
But it’s not just his life that is under the microscope. The life of one Teuane Tibbo has brought her great, great, grandson, Blas Robles, to Samoa in search of the truth about her.