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A new and improved look of the Emergency Room (ER) at the LBJ Medical Center hospital has residents enjoying cushioned furniture, which replaced the hard long chairs that were there for many years, and a very own ER restroom (located at the top left) where one of two registration offices used to be...
Nine members of the Voice of Christ Full Gospel Church completed the “Basic Sewing” Workshop conducted by the American Samoa Community College – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources Division’s Family Consumer Science Program on May 25, 2023. Participants learned about the fundamentals of...
Northwest Athletic Conference champion in Women’s Discus & Shot Put at the Track & Field Championships — Miss Ho’oponokau’ilani Larisa Pa’aga-Fuiava. She was also named Field Athlete of the meet. She beat other competitors by an amazing 12 feet! Currently at Olympic College in Washington...
The Finau sisters and their children were in high spirits as they sang and ‘talked story’ while arranging flowers for their mother’s grave in Mesepa on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. Mrs. Ilaisaane Finau passed away in 2019 and is buried at a cemetery in Mesepa. The sisters are (l-r) Mano...
The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded the Operation Tui Moana Air Rider Mission in partnership with Samoa’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Police, Prisons and Corrections, patrolling Samoa’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and maintaining maritime law enforcement. “This is a...
Representatives of the Manulele Tausala Elementary at the Junior Solar Race Competition held on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the DYWA Center in Tafuna. (l-r) Ramona Schuster, Polataia So'olefai and Mulinu'u Momoisea. [photo: faaTalanoa Media]
A large contingent of StarKist Samoa workers turned out Wednesday afternoon in front of the Tauese P. Sunia Ocean Center where the NOAA public meeting was held to collect comments on the proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA) marine sanctuary. Details on the comments — pro and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Disney Studios has announced that it is searching for a Pacific Islander/ Pasifika actor to play Moana in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the animated film.
Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the original film, recently announced on Instagram that she would not...
The community rallied Wednesday in front of the Tauese P. Sunia Ocean Center where the NOAA public meeting was held to collect comments on the proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA) marine sanctuary. StarKist Samoa workers were joined by other concerned residents and members...
Amherst, MA — Since the beginning of 2023, 49 U.S. state legislatures have introduced over 500 anti-trans bills. While mainstream media increasingly cover violence and legislative attacks against trans people, many scholars and activists worry that focusing just on violence and discrimination fails...