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American Samoa has its own underwater volcano: Vailulu'u located off the eastern coast of Ta'u, Manu'a. Vailulu'u is considered to be the newest island of the Samoan Archipelago and the Manu'a island chain. Located between Motu O Manu (Rose Atoll) and Ta'u Island scientists predict that the...
This photo posted on Paea Mateitalo Amelia’s Facebook page, shows the banner and members of the local Tonga community during the Tongan Church Community of American Samoa fund raising efforts last Saturday in Nu’uuli to help those in Tonga impacted by the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami. The...
O se vaaiga i le lolovai i se vaega o le auala i totonu o Fatuoaiga/Ottoville, ‘ao taumafai le malo e kilia ese lea vai. [ata: FS]
O se vaaiga i nisi o le au faigaluega a le Matagaluega o Fefa’atauaiga i le amataga o le masina lenei i le taimi o aoaoga fa’apitoa a le matagaluega sa faia i le Fale Laumei i Utulei. [ata: DOC Facebook]
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world.
The volcano is usually not much to look at. It consists of two small uninhabited islands...
Pale Tuivaiti (left), one of the hourly leads for the StarKist Samoa Production Department, is pictured with his wife Laura after he was honored for his 25 years of service to the cannery. He was one of 38 employees who celebrated their work anniversaries of 5 and up to 25 years during the final...
Langi Fatanitavake's wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, but his repeated calls home since the violent eruption and tsunami have gone unanswered. He and other Tongans around the world wait word from home as it will take weeks for the island...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Monday, Jan. 17 —as a holiday in American Samoa.
“Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to honor and commemorate the legacy of Dr. King who made unparalleled contribution to racial justice,” the governor...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Cool Stuff is sure Congresswoman Uifa'tali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewaggen has your back... making sure the territory gets its share of home COVID test kits in a prompt manner.
Here is what to expect as these helpful kits could become critical to the territory's re-opening. ...
[l-r] Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, and Chief Justice Michael Kruse at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium yesterday during the opening of the joint session of the Fono, where the governor delivered his State of the...