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Samoan dancers at Auckland Polyfest 2024
Samoa Stage performers at the Auckland Polyfest 2024. From the rhythmic beats of Cook Islands drums to the grace and elegance of Siva Samoa, the festival brought together over 200 teams from 69 schools across Aotearoa. Polyfest, now in its 49th year, continues to captivate audiences as one of the...
THE RESURRECTION, a stained glass window created by Fr Lawrence Lew
Austin, TEXAS — The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from year to year. The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. I am a religious studies scholar...
 Leo o Aiga Parent Support Group and Lions Club members
Families came together to enjoy each other’s company and see what is available for them in the community during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The Leo o Aiga Parent Support Group’s ice cream social on March 19 at Lions Park was a big hit. Thank you Lions Club of Pago Pago for your...
Some Music Fest winners
Some of the winners at the Elementary Music Festival Competition 2024 that took place last week. Overall Results: 1st Place Tafuna, 2nd Place Pavaiai, and 3rd Place Matafao [Facebook photo]
FEMA personnel with ASG staffers
A FEMA Mitigation Team visiting Manu’a along with other various ASG entities, took a little coconut break during their inspection. Mitigation purpose is to strengthen the nation’s disaster resilience by expanding mitigation awareness, coordination, and action. Site walks were conducted in Manu’a to...
Governor at ASCC cafeteria
Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga was the first customer for a vendor in the food court of the new Cafeteria Building at ASCC. Last week, the college held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new cafeteria, after the groundbreaking ceremony preparing the way for the construction of the Smart Art, Community...
Rotaract Club of ASCC members
Around 30 members of the newly founded Rotaract Club of ASCC attended this past Saturday's Beach Clean Up, a regular coastal cleanup event that is organized by Kelley Anderson-Tagarino on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Rotaract- ASCC decided to join her efforts for their very first...
Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School students with ASVB personnel
The American Samoa Visitors Bureau team had the opportunity to share with the students of the Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School more about the Tourism Industry and its potential for exciting career opportunities. [ASVB photo]
A fishing boat in Samoa
Queensland, AUSTRALIA — One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as "manumanunicagi" that glides above the land only when a cyclone is forming out to sea...
Science Fair elementary winners
Overall winners of the 2024 American Samoa Science Fair — Elementary Division — levels 6- 8 along with the ASDOE Deputy Director Dr. Roxanne Sua’ava Salave’a (far right). Winners (L-R) Ulalai Lotu, Haarlem Lober-Soliai, Graceson Ulu, Jarielle Mirasol, and Alana Joserose. [DOE photo]

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