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official Tosima’ea Tupua (left) and Ti’alemasunu Dr. Mikaele Etuale (right)
[standing] Office of Public Information senior official Tosima’ea Tupua (left) and Chief Procurement Officer, Ti’alemasunu Dr. Mikaele Etuale (right) with two ASG staffers (sitting) — were among government officials and personnel at the 2022 Humanitarian Relief Fundraising drive for Tonga this past...
1st grade students and teachers with their new books and posters
Rotaract Team members — to Mr. Kennedy Nofoagatoto’a and Mr. Lui  —recently visited Manumalo Academy to give a large donation of books and posters for the school’s 1st grade classes. Our big “Faafetai Tele Lava” for the organization’s kind donation.  Rotaract Pago Pago is a community service based...
Vailulu'u seamount
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...
Paea Mateitalo Amelia in front of Tonga fundraiser banner
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...
Pumper truck pumping out water at Fatuoaiga/Ottoville road
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]
DOC staff
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]  
Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
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 and Laura Tuivaiti
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...
Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
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...
MLK graphic
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...

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