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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is crucial in serving and safeguarding communities across the United States, particularly in Hawaii and American Samoa. The employees at NOAA are committed to...
Kegisa Peata
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Meet Kegisa Peata, a 26-year-old Samoan woman living in Washington State. She has amassed over 470k followers on TikTok through sharing her culture and touching on Samoan stories that have been passed down through generations. One of the legends Kegisa often touches on...
The newly awaited CD
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The highly anticipated new CD recorded by Grammy Award winner and son of Samoan Queen of Jazz, Mavis Rivers La’auli Matt Catingub was released in Los Angeles last week, Friday, May 12, 2023. “It is therefore most fitting to pay tribute to the memory of Mavis Chloe Rivers...
Tafuna High School Samoan Day
Fanau aoga a le Aoga Maualuga a Tafuna i le latou “Samoan Day” i le lua vaiaso talu ai. [ata: Oey Ameperosa]  
Hotavia Gingerlei Porter with her family
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hotavia Gingerlei Porter, who is the first American Samoan to receive a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa was joined by her family at her graduation on May 13. Her dissertation is entitled “Enhancing Disaster Resilience of Pacific Islands...
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Marshall, MO — Lalomilo Iosefa of Am Samoa was named to the Missouri Valley College Spring 2023 dean's list. Iosefa is a criminal justice major. Iosefa was among more than 470 students earning a spot on the dean's list this semester. To qualify, full-time students must earn a grade point average of...
Hollywood, CA — Young Samoan actress Eliana Su'a is set to star in new Disney series 'Pretty Freakin Scary' which premieres on 15th of June on the Disney Channel and then the next day on Disney+ The series centres around 14yr old Frankie Ripp (played by Eliana) who had the perfect life - a great...
Samoa Baptist Academy’s  Level 1 dancing
Samoa Baptist Academy’s Level 1 students perform a Samoan dance number at the school’s Samoan Day, an event promoting the importance of the Samoan culture by showcasing beautiful Samoan attire and the performance of Samoan dances (siva) on Friday, May 5, 2023 at the Methodist Hall in Tafuna.  [...
Samoa Baptist Academy’s Samoan Day Level 1
The lovely taupou for Level 1 being escorted by her manaia as she gets ready to perform the taualuga at the Samoa Baptist Academy’s Samoan Day, an event promoting the importance of the Samoan culture by showcasing beautiful Samoan attire and the performance of Samoan dances (siva) on Friday, May 5...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A prize that fosters creating opportunities for documentary filmmakers goes to a new documentary about Samoan poet and novelist, Sia Figiel. “I of the Water,” one of 20 projects presented at Hot Docs marquee event, the Forum, has won the First Look first prize, one of...

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