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Eli Mataafa
Berkeley, CALIFORNIA — The young man killed in last weekend's mass shooting in Berkeley has been identified as 29-year-old Isamaeli Mataafa, who went by Eli. Family and friends say Mataafa was studying ministry at the Pacific School of Religion, involved in the master of divinity program. His...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The annual White Sunday celebration, coupled with the Monday federal and local holiday (Discoverers’ Day), adds up to a three-day weekend — and it has been a busy one at that — as residents geared up for the day dedicated to the children of American Samoa. White Sunday...
Womens caucus at the  Young Pacific Leaders Civic Engagement Workshop
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leading the Women’s Caucus at the first Young Pacific Leaders Civic Engagement Workshop in Sydney, Australia last week was American Samoa educator and environmentalist, Dr. Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka. Dr. Suluai-Mahuka along with Dr. Casuallen Atuatasi were selected to...
Sabrina Kelani Suluai-Mahuka
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sabrina Kelani Suluai-Mahuka and Cassie Tuineta Mahuka will represent American Samoa at the 2022 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) TechCamp for Climate Action in Auckland, New Zealand. They are among the 50 young leaders from more than 15 nations across the Pacific that have...
FEMA and Red Cross personnel during a moment of silence
Off island delegates including the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross officials, bow their heads during a “moment of silence” to remember the lives of the 34 local residents who died in the September 2009 tsunami. This was part of the opening yesterday of the last...
The gravesite of Vaijoresa Uputaua Niuaveve Fitiao
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Memorial Prayer Service is scheduled for today, Thursday, during the final day of the 1st Annual Amerika Samoa Disaster Resilience Summit, marking the 13th Anniversary of the deadly September 2009 tsunami which claimed the lives of 34 local resident. A moment of...
Jr Tennis Team American Samoa
A look at some of the members from Team Amerika Samoa who represented the territory in the Pacific Oceania Junior Tennis Championships in the Under 12 Division. The tournament took place in Suva, Fiji last week. [photo: courtesy]
Ronald Taufaasee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Washington State Samoan family is grieving after what appears to be a senseless, unprovoked shooting took the life of one of their beloved family members.  The victim was identified as Ronald Taufaasee, a 26-year-old Tumwater, Washington man who along with his brother...
Washington Post graphic
Washington, D.C. — For much of the postwar era, America’s territories thrived. Remnants of the age of imperialism, the five far-flung Caribbean and Pacific outposts added residents faster than most states. But the 2020 Census revealed a troubling turn: Every territory is now shrinking, losing...
 Paramount Chief, Tualatai Senator Satele Galu Satele
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was an emotional moment for Senators, yesterday when they observed a moment of silence in honor of Paramount Chief, Tualatai Senator Satele Galu Satele who passed away on Wednesday, on island. Senators paid tribute to their colleague, Paramount Chief, Tualatai...

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