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![Students of Manu’a High School, as well as the employees of the American Samoa Power Authority who are ever so thankful for the island’s recent change to solar power. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Manua%20project.jpg?itok=H7sArrs0 "Students of Manu’a High School, as well as the employees of the American Samoa Power Authority who are ever so thankful for the island’s recent change to solar power. [Courtesy photo]")
When the Manu’a Islands made worldwide news with the announcement of their recent switch to solar power, the project became the perfect topic for kids to write about.
Putting their thoughts and ideas on paper, and through visual presentations like photographs and videos, the goal of the Pacific...
A “Prayer Service” is set for late this afternoon for the late former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Fa’auaa Hunkin, who is described as a “fair and honest public servant” by two top officials of Tri Marine International.
The two-hour service, which is also a memorial, will honor and celebrate...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called on the Trump Administration and the U.S. Congress to be mindful that small economies such as those of American Samoa and other U.S. territories “cannot afford any reduction in Medicaid” funding.
Lolo made the call in his written official address distributed at...
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District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has ordered police officer Claude Mamea to pay $60, which is the amount of a traffic ticket, for a violator ticketed by the female officer, who then failed to file it with the District Court.
The total fine covers $50 for the traffic ticket and $10 for...
While there are academic competitions and sports which respectively highlight the importance of education and health inside the classroom and on the football fields, basketball, and volley ball courts, local high schools have been engaged in a different competition which highlights environmental...
![Congresswoman Amata testifies before the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20testifies%20before%20Approps%20Subcomm.jpg?itok=ePL1-RnZ "Congresswoman Amata testifies before the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee [Courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata, at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior fought for and requested a long overdue increase to the funding for American Samoa Government operations; citing the rise in the population, the departure of one its canneries and other factors for...
![[photo: STPO]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fish.jpg?itok=lPnx0Ubm "[photo: STPO]")
American Samoa will take part in a survey by the South Pacific Tourism Organization (STPO) to determine how sustainable the region's tourism industry really is, but no time yet has been set as to when the survey, which covers tourism operators, will start.
The survey is a spearheaded by Christina...
![Krista Corry cuts the ribbon to officially open Pacific Horizon School's new half court. Also pictured are Jason Corry and three of their sons, Brady, Skyler and Riley. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/half%20court_3402.jpg?itok=rU-jynPG "Krista Corry cuts the ribbon to officially open Pacific Horizon School's new half court. Also pictured are Jason Corry and three of their sons, Brady, Skyler and Riley. [Courtesy photo]")
Pacific Horizons School honored some of the individuals who have helped make the school a better place last Thursday at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the school’s new half court.
At the gathering, school director, Caroline Tuiolosega acknowledged Krista and Jason Corry of Tropical Beverage...
![In this Samoa News file photo, is Cyrus Suleman, front, and two relatives behind, him preparing to lay at sea one of the six wreaths during the memorial service at sea on Sunday, July 27, 2014, for Barbar and his 17-year old son Haris, who died in a plane crash off the Tafuna airport on July 22, 2014. Cyrus, who is from England, is the eldest son of Barbar Suleman and the older brother of Haris. [photo: SN file]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Suleman%20memorial%20.jpg?itok=FOv6R6iJ "In this Samoa News file photo, is Cyrus Suleman, front, and two relatives behind, him preparing to lay at sea one of the six wreaths during the memorial service at sea on Sunday, July 27, 2014, for Barbar and his 17-year old son Haris, who died in a plane crash off the Tafuna airport on July 22, 2014. Cyrus, who is from England, is the eldest son of Barbar Suleman and the older brother of Haris. [photo: SN file]")
The “probable cause” of a small plane that crashed in the sea minutes after take off from Pago Pago International Airport has been attributed to loss of control of the plane during the initial climb in gusty windy conditions, according to findings by the US National Transportation Safety Board (...
![Published storyteller Azariah Usoali’i Mathew Maiava, seeing the micro grids in Ta’u, Manu’a firsthand, says his island home could be a tourist attraction if energy efficiency continues to be a top priority. [Courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Azariah%20Maiava.jpg?itok=heDQT-bl "Published storyteller Azariah Usoali’i Mathew Maiava, seeing the micro grids in Ta’u, Manu’a firsthand, says his island home could be a tourist attraction if energy efficiency continues to be a top priority. [Courtesy photo]")
When the director of the Pacific Storytellers Cooperative, Daniel Lin, visited the Manu’a Islands last month to host a weeklong workshop for the high school students there, he didn’t imagine that the end result would be spectacular.
A handful of young Segaula took part in the project and all of...