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On Monday, AS-EPA staff with its partners and the Finafinau group kicked of a month-long celebration with a Wave in front of the Utulei Beach Park and Suigaula o le Atavasa. Activities throughout the month include workshops, field trips and a Beach & Stream Cleanup at the end of the month....
This photo posted last week on the Commerce Department website shows some of our young ambassadors, before they headed to the U.S as part of the American Samoa delegation to the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland. Read story elsewhere in this issue for details of trip. [...
Sailors from ancient Polynesia are well-known for their epic journeys to remote islands long before Europeans arrived in America. These prehistoric people are said to have traveled to almost every remote island, from Tonga to Rapa Nui in the east to New Zealand in the south.
But there is not much...
American Samoa was well represented by Tafuna High School's Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program in the VEX Robotics World Championship under the JROTC VEX Robotics Competition National Championship in Dallas, Texas. Congratulations THS. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tonight and tomorrow night, American Samoa Community College’s club, House of Flying Daggers, will be showcasing their own musical production of the well-beloved movie, Grease.
Before "Grease" became a movie-musical sensation in the late 1970s, it was a Tony-nominated...
Leicester, ENGLAND — We carry them everywhere, take them to bed, to the bathroom and for many people they’re the first thing they see in the morning – more than 90% of the world owns or uses a mobile phone and many of us couldn’t manage without one.
But while health concerns about phones use...
Family and friends of business owner Vui Florence Tuaumu Vaili-Saulo (center) pose for a photo at their corporate table during the 39th Annual Miss SOFIAS Beauty Pageant on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Mrs.Vaili-Saulo was one of the sponsors/ donors to the Miss SOFIAS pageant this year. [photo:...
The meases Emergency Declaration issued Monday afternoon states that schools will utilize online/distance learning, and all authorities, departments and offices shall support the Department of Education and ASCC to ensure that all students have access to online/distance learning. Paents and legal...
With a growing number of suspected measles cases in the territory all schools are closed through May 12 and all daycare centers are closed until further notice. Department of Health will have immunization teams posted and available at the various ECEs and clinics all this week. See schedules in...
Rugby Sevens too the field at Veterans Memorial Stadium this week end for the Vailima Marist Pago Flag Day International Rugby 7s Tournament. Pictured, the Nuuuli club, one of four teams repressenting American Samoa when teams representing the territory, Samoa and New Zealand met to vie for the...



![Emae Island in Central Vanuatu is one of the latest places that adzes from Tatagamatau on Tutuila Island have been identified. Emae Island is located more than 1500 miles to the west of American Samoa. [photo: Aymeric Hermann] Emae Island](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/emae_island.jpg?itok=sG3lHGjB)

![The ASCC House of Flying Daggers club is mounting a musical performance of the original stage version of Grease, Friday, tonight, and Saturday night at the ASCC Multi-purpose Center. [courtesy photo] Grease poster](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_grease_production_poster_1.jpg?itok=BTd9UfpP)




