Foa’i Tafuna High National Honor Society i le Hope House
By Leua Aiono Frost O le masina ua te’a sa fa’atino ai le foa’i a le Sosaiete a le Fanau Aoga e Maualuluga Togi i Mataupu Tau’ave i Tafuna High [NHS] mo le Hope House i Fatuoaiga. “O le aotelega o le...
View ArticleChristmas cheer — Good anytime of the year!
For the 12th year, the Edmond chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America treated Army recruits from Fort Sill who weren't able to go home for the holidays to a day of food, fun and entertainment to...
View ArticleNOAA plans to open federal waters in Pacific to fish farming
HONOLULU (AP) — As traditional commercial fishing is threatening fish populations worldwide, U.S. officials are working on a plan to expand fish farming into federal waters around the Pacific Ocean.The...
View ArticleCoach Johnny Nansen — his Trojans won the Rose Bowl
Of Samoan descent, early childhood spent in Lauli’I, American Samoa By Blue Chen-Fruean blue@samoanews.com Those who watched him grow up knew from the get-go that Johnny Nansen was destined for great...
View ArticleRes-Illusions: Tips from the pros on how to lose weight
(AP) — We make 'em, we break 'em. New Year's diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us. Metabolism, too. But a food behavior researcher has...
View ArticleFa’ataoto Palemia lu’itau mo AS i le lumana’i
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Na fa’atula’i e le afioga i le ali’i Palemia o le malo tuto’atasi o Samoa, i le taimi o lana saunoaga i le fa’apaiaina o le nofoaiga fou a Lolo ma Lemanu i le...
View ArticleAmata sworn in for 115th Congress
Source: Media Release, Aumua Amata's office Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House of Representatives convened the start of the 115th Congress after being sworn in yesterday...
View ArticleLolo/Lemanu:Fa’ailoa galuega ave i ai fa’amuamua ASG
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O le fa’aauauina o galuega e pei o le atina’eina o le tamaoaiga o le malo, atoa ai ma le fa’aauauina lea o polokalame e fesoasoani ai i le soifua lelei o...
View ArticleLooking back at 2016 — the good and the not so good
By Samoa News staff reporters@samoanews.com With the fishing industry in crisis both here and around the Pacific, American Samoa’s leaders are opposing expansion of Marine Monuments saying it takes...
View ArticleTo’a 6 sui o le Kapeneta fou a le Kovana ua mae’a ona tofia
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com E to’a 6 sui o le Kapeneta fou a le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga ma le lutena kovana ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga ua mae’a ona tofia i le vaiaso na...
View ArticleTala otooto o Fa’amasinoga
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com TONY KOME O le aso Lua o le vaiaso fou lea ua fa’atulaga e tula’i ai le ali’i o Tony Kome i luma o le fa’amasinoga maualuga, mo le tu’uina atu o sana tali e tusa...
View ArticleASG:Avea tamaoaiga & lu’itau pito taua mo le isi 4 tausaga
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Ao aga’i atu ai le afioga i le kovana mo le fa’alauiloaina o lana kapeneta fou i le vaiaso o loo lumana’i nei, o se tasi o lu’itau sa ia fa’ailoa i lana kapeneta...
View ArticleTuilaep touts Samoa’s highs during NY's address
By Joyetter Feagaimaalii-Luamanu joyetter@samoanews.com Apia, SAMOA — Improved transportation in and out of Apia, and Tui Samoa Cable, Apia Water Front Development project were among the highlights of...
View ArticleE tapuni le malae taalo i Fagatogo taimi o le aso?
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com E to’atele le mamalu lautele o le atunu’u ua fa’aalia o latou lagona fa’asea ma le fia malamalama, i le mafua’aga e tapunia ai le malae taaalo a le malo i...
View ArticleFuafua aoaoga fa’apitoa mo pagota i le tausaga fou
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O le tausaga fou lea ua fa’amoemoe le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Lautele e amata aloaia ai aoaoga faapitoa mo pagota o loo taofia i le toese i...
View ArticleMan missing since last week Friday
By Samoa News staff reporters@samoanews.com Local residents are being asked to contact the local Department of Public Safety (DPS) with any information regarding this man: Twenty-eight-year-old...
View ArticleTolopo malaga a le malo mo Manu’a i le masina fou
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O le malaga a le kovana ma lana faigamalo lea na fuafua mo le itumalo o Manu’a i le vaiaso nei, mo le fa’amoemoe e fa’apaia ai le va’a fou mo Manu’a atoa ai ma le...
View ArticleSamoan tradition of building sailing canoes
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Rev. Tini Filisi of the CCCAS Church Gatavai, using coconut juice for the traditional Samoan blessing following a short prayer service for one of the three...
View ArticleKerisimasi: Leai ni fa’alavelave matuia na tupu
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Mai le to’a 16 o ali’i ma tama’ita’i na taofia fa’apagota e Leoleo i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso, e aofia ai ma le aso o le Kerisimasi na se’i mavae atu nei, e leai...
View Article‘Our Troops’ in Fort Bragg and Fort Benning
From Fort Bragg NC: The EFKAS FORT BRAGG Church Christmas program that we had yesterday under the leadership of the missionary Man'omia Tauanu'u. Merry Christmas! Below, Navy Tuioti has just graduated...
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