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Pallbearers escorted into the Futiga Catholic Church last Thursday during the family service, the U.S. flag-draped coffin of Ulufaleilupe Fuimaono Ta’aala Leulua'ialii Filifaiesea Fa'asuamalie, a veteran US Navy officer. He passed away last month and was laid to rest Friday at his home in Futiga...
Manu Samoa takes the field seeking help from above prior to defeating Kenya, 28-19 at the USA 7s, Day 2, Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California. See more photos in today’s Sports section of Samoa News. [Photo: Barry Markowitz, Courtesy Bluesky Communications]
The U.S. Census Bureau’s powerful rendition of “This is Me” performed by Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artists and dancers from across the country invites and inspires their community to be seen, heard, and counted in the 2020 Census. Pictured during his performance is Samoan Tavana McMoore...
In this Samoa News photo taken this week is the construction site of the new American Samoa Visitors Bureau, next to the Jean P. Hayden Museum. This is the site where the old fire station in Fagatogo was located, next to the main dock. Contractor for the project is Paramount Builders Inc. [photo:...
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) share a common bond and heritage. But whether they live in Hawaii, on another island or on the mainland of the United States, the NHPI community is also connected through its traditional music.
For the last few months, a groundbreaking music video...
The two ASG vessels, the MV Sili and MV Manuatele II docked Wednesday along side the main Pago Harbor waiting to undergo a maintenance check. With these two vessels not operating, it leaves the Manu’a island group without ocean transportation for a while, prompting the ASG to charter the Samoa...
This photo shared on Manu’atele Community Worldwide facebook page shows residents of Faleasao village in Manu’a clean up late last week, after damaging winds and heavy rain between Feb. 16 and Feb. 19th from a monsoon trough, battered the island group. Manu’a also faced strong winds from the two...
O se va’aiga i le to’atele o le afio’aga o Faleasao i Manua sa auai i le galuega toe fa’aleleia ma fa’amama o le talafatai o le afio’aga ina ua mae’a matagi malolosi ma timuga i le vaiaso ua te’a. [ata foa’i]
The weather continues to play havoc in the territory, disrupting work schedules — non-essential ASG workers were sent home Thursday; while, the Port of Pago Pago was still operating with container trucks heading in and out of the harbor, around 8 a.m. [photo: FS]
La’u pau i luga o le ala tele i Amaluia i le taeao ananafi, ae galulue nisi o le malo e ave ese ma fa’aleleia le alatele. [ata: foa’i]