Territory’s first female awarded college soccer scholarship
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Louisa Julie Bird Mavaega of Iliili, a senior at Tafuna High School, is the first female athlete from the territory to receive a full four-year scholarship to...
View ArticleSushi alert: Grim outlook for bluefin tuna
TOKYO (AP) -- The latest scientific assessment paints a likely bleak future for the Pacific bluefin tuna, a sushi lovers' favorite whose population has dropped by more than 97 percent from its historic...
View ArticleFaaiuga Komiti Fautasi: Tofu fautasi ma le ta'i $10,000
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O se fonotaga faapitoa i le va o le Komiti o Tuuga Fautasi ma Kapeteni o Fautasi uma sa lau togia mo tuuga o le sisigafu’a o lenei tausaga, lea sa fa’ataunu’uina...
View ArticleTofu mataupu Luatua luma fa’amasinoga maualuga
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O le taeao nei lea ua fa’atulaga e tula’i ai le sa avea ma Pulesili o le Ofisa o le Litaea a le malo i luma o le fa’amasinoga maualuga, i le mae’a ai lea o se...
View ArticleNew ATMs help solve cash shortages
By Samoa News staff reporters@samoanews.com A look at one of the new ATMs that can be found at McDonald’s in Tafuna and the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in Utulei where the new service was...
View ArticleTuilaepa labels Sevens side 'eyesore' and 'lazy'
By ESPN staff The Samoan Prime Minister has lashed out the country's Sevens players labeling them "lazy" and an "eyesore".Samoa currently find themselves tenth in the World Rugby Sevens Series...
View ArticleLapataia le atunu’u mai le a’afia i ‘auga fa’ama’i pipisi
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com A o galulue ai le Falema’i o le LBJ ma le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina e tau sailia le mafua’aga tonu o le fa’ama’i lea ua mafua ai ona tumu tumu le mamalu...
View ArticleLapataia le atunu’u mo le saogalemu i luga o le alatele
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com A o molimauina ai pea e le atunu’u tulaga fa’aletonu o le ta’u i lenei vaitau, ua lapataia ai e le Komesina o Leoleo ia Save Liuato Tuitele ma le sui faatonusili...
View ArticleBeach Handball has arrived — fast paced and fun!
By Teri Hunkin terihunkin@samoanews.com First, there was Handball, an exciting game introduced into the Territory last year. According to proponents, it has taken off, and gained in popularity since...
View ArticleValaaulia Le Taema II i le tuto’atasi a Samoa
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com Ua faamaonia mai e le Komiti Faapitoa o Tapenaga mo Tuuga Fautasi o le tuto’atasi a Samoa i le masina o Iuni o le tausaga nei, le mae’a lea ona tu’uina mai i se...
View ArticleThe Tuaman is home in Samoa
By Vatapuia Maiava, Samoa Observer He arrived a day later but home is where the heart is for one of Samoa’s favourite sons, Toaletai David Tua.The former world heavyweight boxing title challenger...
View ArticleTaua’ao $12,000 meaalofa fanau a’oga - Blue Sky
By Leua Aiono Frost O le aso Lulu na taua’aoina ai i le to’a 12 o fanau aoga maualuluga i le teritori le meaalofa tupe ta’i $1,000 e fa’atupeina ai a latou poloketi sa talosagaina ai se fesoasoani, ma...
View ArticleAga’i ina matuia tulaga fa’aletonu i Manu’a
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com E foliga mai e le o i ai lava se fesoasoani lata mai mo tagata o le itumalo o Manu’a i le taimi nei, talu ona latou talosagaina se fesoasoani mai le malo i le...
View ArticleDolphins lift HS Boys Soccer championship trophy
By Brian Vitolio, FFAS Media The South Pacific Academy Dolphins are champions in a comeback win of a thrilling, 3- 2 finish against the Samoana Sharks in the championship game of the ASHSAA boys’...
View ArticleFa'aaliga galuega fa'atino - matata eseese & pisinisi
By Leua Aiono Frost O le aso Tofi ua te’a na faia ai le fa'aaliga tele a fanau a'oga maualuluga uma o lo'o tau'avea mataupu tau matata eseese e aofia vasega Kuka, Suisui ma Pisinisi. Ua iloga o lo'o i...
View ArticleAloaia malo tautua galuega Tausima’i i Amerika Samoa
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O polokalame eseese ua fa’atulaga e le pulega a le Falema’i o le LBJ i Faga’alu faapea ai le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina a le malo i lenei vaiaso, ua...
View ArticleASCC Student selected for D.C Internship
By James Kneubuhl, ASCC Press Officer American Samoa Community College (ASCC) student Ms. Vaimalu Vaiau recently received word of her acceptance to a 10-week summer internship in Washington D.C. with...
View ArticleLe lava moega i le LBJ, silia to’a 100 na taofia i le falema’i
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com E lei mafai ona lava moega e taooto ai gasegase na taofia atu i le falema’i o le LBJ i le aso Gafua ma le aso Lua ananafi, e mafua mai i le fa’atupulaia pea lea i...
View ArticleCool Stuff: SSAB
By Barry Markowitz Love my turquoise microwave NZ cup I bought in Savaii from SSAB. So much so, I had planned to run a Cool Stuff column about it after my Jason Scott Lee aka Bruce Lee column was run....
View ArticleTalia talosaga Ofisa Aoga e silia $17 miliona mai le USDOE
By Ausage Fausia ausage@samoanews.com O le vaiaso nei lea ua fa’amaonia mai ai e le Ofisa o Aoga a le malo, le talia o la latou talosaga tupe fesoasoani mai le Ofisa o Aoga a le malo tele (USDOE) i le...
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