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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week Friday, Samoana High School hosted their third induction ceremony for the National English Honor Society — Albert Wendt chapter. The chapter was established in 2019, with its first members limited to nine students. Samoana’s Albert Wendt chapter is the first ...
Urbana-Champaign, ILLIONIS — President Joe Biden closed his speech commemorating and deploring the events of Jan. 6, 2021, by asking God to “bless those who stand watch over democracy.”
To “stand watch” is to stand guard, but as a metaphor, it runs deeper. To stand watch on a ship is to keep out a...
This photo posted to the ASG Medicaid Office Facebook page shows director Sandra King-Young (far right) with some of her staff during a holiday get together last week. King-Young publicly thanked her staff for their hard work. [photo: ASG Medicaid Office Facebook]
This screen shot of the American Samoa Department of Education Facebook page, yesterday morning, shows a posting that the department’s page was alleged hacked and reiterated that public schools resumed yesterday after the holiday break. No other information was available at press time on the...
Add this to your Bucket List for 2022. Jumping off the Asaga Bridge that connects Ofu-Olosega/Sili, and swimming under the bridge in clear and bright turquoise waters. Great way to relax and enjoy time with family and friends. Take some days off in Manu’a… if you can get there. [photo: Joyce...
O se va’aiga i le vasega o tina talavou, tamaitai ma ali’i talavou i le latou matafaioi tausi o le tuufa’atasia o le to’ona’i ma le laulauina lelei mo le mamalu o le Ekalesia atoa i DesMoines Washington State. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Members of several “matafale” - or individual church families - of the Methodist Church at Fagaima posed for a Samoa News photos infront of their just completed “Po o Moli” displayed last Friday afternoon. Several “matafale” are designated for each display. The annual Po o Moli is a long standing...
Decatur, GA — When many people think of New Year’s resolutions, they brainstorm ways to improve themselves for the year ahead. What if we expanded those aspirations to include resolutions that benefit our communities, society and the planet, too?
It might not be a typical approach, but it can...
The year 2022 is here in some countries, with the inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Samoa and Kiribati the first to start the new year at 10:00 GMT, and New Zealand following an hour later.
It will take 26 hours, up to 12:00 GMT on Saturday, for the entire globe to ring in the new year...
Bloomington, INDIANA — If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, your plot for self-improvement probably kicks into gear sometime on Jan. 1, when the hangover wears off and the quest for the “new you” begins in earnest.
But if research on habit change is any indication, only about half of New Year’s...

![The nine new members of the Samoana High School National English Honor Society who were inducted into the SHS Albert Wendt chapter on Jan. 7, 2022. They are: Back row (L-R) Maria Kim Fruean, Trajan Rorotoga, Jackie Tanielu, Bainivalu Davetawalu, and Mataio Suluai and Front Row: (L-R) Luana Leiato, Tahillah Peau, Timena Aneseli, and Matalasi Kim Fruean [Courtesy photo] The nine new members of the Samoana High School National English Honor Society](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nehs_new_inductees_copy.png?itok=ACpNS1Hk)






![For a healthier environment — spend more time in nature with family and friends— and that’s not hard to do in American Samoa where the beauty of nature is all encompassing. Collectively, thinking about our relationship with nature and finding ways to protect the environment can help us be better stewards of the planet, and of beloved home, American Samoa. (See the Governor’s message officially committing to a healthy environment in today’s issue.) [SN 2018 archives photo] View of harbor and Rainmaker mountain](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/panorama_pago_harbor_cropped.jpg?itok=hAIdJyRU)

