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Samoa welcomes their new Peace Corps volunteers — spreading English literacy
By Joyetter Feagaimaalii-Luamanu joyetter@samoanews.com Apia, SAMOA—Twenty-one Americans arrived in Samoa last week, they are volunteers from the Peace Corps who has been sending volunteers since...
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American Samoa’s first clinic to treat sleep apnea officially opens
A collaborative effort with the DoH By Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com American Samoa’s first clinic to treat sleep apnea was officially dedicated last Friday in Matu’u, and the project is in...
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ASCC Congressional Forum highlights candidates’ platforms
By Joyetter Feagaimaalii-Luamanu joyetter@samoanews.com Candidates platforms, the citizenship issue, veto override and the importance of the youth and the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) in...
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Cool Stuff: Tia & Samoana Jazz Festival
By Barry Markowitz Tia Carrera has fond regard for her time in both Samoas. And with her Dad and tennis Ace sister's time in the Territory, you can bet she would listen to an offer to perform at the...
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Sing-Along with local gospel artists in Pre-Thanksgiving gospel event
Open invitation to all — especially candidates in upcoming election Source: Samoan Gospel Homecoming Singers media release Peseta UTA—Since it is election year, The Samoan Gospel Homecoming Singers...
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Lealaifuaneva Peter E. Reid Jr. leaves a grand legacy to the territory
He is missed by his family, his village, his aumaga, his friends… By Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu joyetter@samoanews.com “The legacy that our father has left behind is vast ranging from the...
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Am. Samoa to compete in 2016 South Pacific Bodybuilding Championships
Ursula Te’o Martin will represent the Territory in two of the events this week By Teri Hunkin Ursula Te’o Martin is a woman of fierce determination, and could be considered a pioneer in her own right....
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The 12th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival officially opens with ‘Tatau Forum’
Keynote speaker: Retired professor and author Dr. Unasa Lulu Felise Va’a By Tony Gasu tony@samoanews.com The 12th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival officially opened yesterday morning with the help and...
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Tafuna High School hosts forum for Tualauta and Ituau faipule candidates
compiled by Samoa News staff On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Tafuna High School Social Studies Department hosted a political forum — Let Our Voices Be Heard —focused on the 2016 House of Representative...
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Zika ravages testes of mice; study raises concern about men
NEW YORK (AP) -- Zika virus ravages the testes of male mice, sharply reducing sperm counts and fertility, says a study that raises a new specter about its threat to people.Experiments found testes of...
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Millions of Americans can't vote for president because of where they live
By Maria Murriel, PRI.org Four million. That's how many Americans the US Census Bureau estimates live on five island territories of the United States.Millions of them are of voting age. Many are...
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Why health care eats more of your paycheck every year
(AP) — Millions of Americans are finding out this month that the price of their health insurance is going up next year - as it did this year, last year, and most of the years before that.And it's not...
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Cool Stuff: DJI Osmo-Mania!
By Barry Markowitz Imagine magic in the palm of your hand that will provide an incredible forever-family video and still memories and can be operated by your 6-year old, your 84-year old grandma and...
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Samoan woman conquers Mt. Everest
By Sarafina Sanerivi, Samoa Observer A 44-year-old Samoan woman, Rosita Afele, has conquered the world’s tallest mountain after 14 days of living on the edge.The Melbourne-based daughter of Fuimaono...
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13th Annual Beauty Pageant – Sophie McMoore crowned the new Miss Flowers
Theme: Exotic Flowers — The Brush of Heaven By Tony Gasu tony@samoanews.com The Flowers Organization hosted their 13th Annual Beauty Pageant – Miss Flowers 2016 – 2017 that saw Ms. Sophie McMoore...
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Dialysis treatment a reality for Manu’a — just needs DOH to identify which...
Funding source for chairs has been identified by LBJ By Joyetter Feagaimaalii-Luamanu joyetter@samoanews.com Dialysis patients in Manu’a will no longer need to come to Tutuila for their dialysis...
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Aumua honors our Toa O Samoa — and all who served on Veterans Day
Source: Media Release, Aumua Amata's office Pago Pago, AS— Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day 2016. “As we come together today to...
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Winners awarded in ASCC Samoan language writing competition
By James Kneubuhl, ASCC Press Officer The Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held an awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 1st, to recognize the...
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New YAG laser for LBJ Eye Clinic allows surgery to happen sooner than later
By Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com With the generous support from an Oregon couple, the LBJ Medical Center has new equipment for the Eye Clinic, and this includes a $40,000 yttrium aluminum...
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Local students learn the joy of giving to those in need
By Blue Chen-Fruean blue@samoanews.com In a time when social disruptions are becoming a norm across the US, local kids are proving that there is still love and compassion, and it’s never too early or...
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