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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) celebrated its Spring 2022 Commencement last week, one graduate, Mr. Pita Rapi Vaouli, received an additional honor of being chosen as a New Century Transfer Pathway Scholar by the prestigious Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honor...
Richard Donovan and Manulua Ioasa are NightHawkBand808 — seen here proudly repping their brothers from home. Live music is still happening despite the COVID Code RED restrictions. [courtesy photo]
Apia, SAMOA — Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the 60th year of independence from New Zealand.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, who is the chair of the Independence Committee, raised the flag of...
An apology has been issued by the local Director of Homeland Security to the public over the “confusion” concerning the evacuation of buildings near Port and the Airport. Only Port and the Airport were supposed to be evacuated. The Samoa News building was one of the buildings affected by the call...
Some of the 20 senior student graduates of Manumalo Academy — in full regalia — towering money hats, loads of money & candy ulas, the congratulatory balloons and best of all, big happy smiles of joy — and three of their teachers pose for a photo following their commencement ceremony yesterday...
Some of the 73 young Manumalo Academy K5 graduates as they start singing “We Are the World”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
O le ulugalii fou, Pentateuch Vaki o Malaeloa Ituau ma Meilani Aiono-Vaki o Nu’uuli, ma le la laina o le faaipoipoga, lea sa faataunuuina I le afiafi o le Aso Faraile, Me 20, 2022 I Tafeta. Ia manuia le Aiga fou ma ia toe fua atili le Niu. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — Friday the 13th of May, 2022 was a lucky day for a daughter of American Samoa when Liaina Hunkin Claytor joined 17,000 other graduates on the University of Southern California (USC) campus in Los Angeles. Friday's graduation ceremonies were a happy return to normal as the...
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD — On May 12, 2022, Manoah Ainuu became the first Samoan to climb to the top of Mt. Everest, with a group calling themselves the All Black Mountain Climbers Team made it atop Mt. Everest — the first all black mountain climbers to summit Mt Everest. The feat was commemorated...
Syracuse, UTAH — Ioelu Saolele Toafe Sr., of Syracuse, Utah passed away peacefully on Friday, May 13, 2022. He was 72 years old. He was born on January 13, 1950 to Fa'atoafe Togotogo and Saolele (Palelei) Faatoafe in Nu'u'uli, American Samoa.
Ioelu is survived by his wife Malofou (Ae) Toafe and his...