The Finau sisters and their children were in high spirits as they sang and ‘talked story’ while arranging flowers for their mother’s grave in Mesepa on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. Mrs. Ilaisaane Finau passed away in 2019 and is buried at a cemetery in Mesepa. The sisters are (l-r) Mano Tonga, 42, Rita Kaino, 28, Winnie Finau, 34, Leata Kauvalu, 45, and Nancy Fata, 42. [photo: faaTalanoa Media]
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Co. has told the federal government that its American Samoa...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has declared today, Monday, May 29 as a holiday...
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May 23, 2023I’m taking this opportunity to reply to the Op-Ed written by William Aila, Jr. and Rick Gaffney and published by Samoa News on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Aila and...
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