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A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS — A thank you shout out from the Junior Class of Samoana High School to everyone who donated goods and lent a helping hand during their “Kindness Month” initiative — thanks for making it a highly successful drive. [photo: courtesy]
Queensland, AUSTRALIA — The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19 – the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Black Death bubonic plague (1342-1353), the Justinian plague (541-542) – don’t seem that long ago to archaeologists. We’re used to thinking about people who lived many...
Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga presenting this year's ASHSAA Girls Volleyball Championship Perpetual Trophy to Samoana High School’s Girls Head Volleyball Coach, Meleisha Telefoni during ASHSAA’s Awards Ceremony that was held last Saturday morning at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. [photo: Tony Gasu]
Christmas is coming: It’s that time of the year, Christmas decorations will be going up on this tall Norfolk pine tree at the intersection heading into the Tafuna compound of the American Samoa Power Authority, with ASPA crew preparing to string the lights and other decorations on the tree as seen...
The back-to-back undefeated champions — The Tafuna Warriors varsity football team. The Warriors overcame the Sharks 22-11 in a match that was stopped in the 4th quarter after a brawl between the two sides broke out. [photo: Tony Gasu]
Somerset, UNITED KINGDOM — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in...
Le tamaitai o Lehualani Fa’aati Uluenga Gillis ua sausaunoa i le Hula ma le Siva Samoa e fa’afiafiaina si ona tina. O le tamaitai fo’i lenei e tautua i le USArmy ma o lo’o i El Paso Texas, ae aua malaga mamao ane mo lea fa’amoemoe i le Setete o Uosigitone. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Tarawa, KIRIBATI — One of the directors of the Phoenix Island Protected Area Trust said the marine sanctuary is a conservation treasure for the world.
The Kiribati Government has announced it's planning to end the protected status to allow commercial fishing within the World Heritage Site's...
StarKist Samoa workers in a “Sea of Purple” on Monday this week, for the company’s “Purple Mondays” for the Month of November in “Support of our Loved Ones suffering with Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia”. Every Monday, the company’s more than 2,000 workers wear purple.[photo: StarKist]
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving in New England. Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of that first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their...