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South Sea Foam - Chapter 3 We are told how the first Idols came to be worshipped. 20th June 2004 "The Chiropractor" out of Australian Tour Rugby Heaven is reporting that Brian Lima will not be taking part in the Pacific Islander's inaugural tour of Australia. 16th June 2004 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 There are 46 places set aside for women from the Pacific Region for this collective nomination for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, however so far only one woman from the South Pacific has been nominated. If there is someone you can think of as being suitable for inclusion, go to the nominations page. The closing date is June 30th 2004. 16th June 2004 Relief in sight for Manu'a and Tutuila travellers Talks between the government of American Samoa and Polynesian airlines should see an additional aircraft serving the route within days. 15th June 2004 Students head to 2nd Annual Kava Bowl All Star game The University of Utah hosts the Urban Meyer Football camp and more than 50 students from American Samoa will be attending 14th June 2004 Pacific Islander Network Computer Associate The Secretariet for the Pacific Community is looking for a network support engineer from a Pacific Island or Territory interested in gaining experience administering computer networks configured for Pacific island environments. An application form is available on the SPC web site. 12th June 2004 On origin of the Pacfic rat (and Polynesians?) The BBC is reporting the results of research carried out at the University of Auckland investigating the distribution of mitochondrial genetic material amongst rat populations of the Pacific. Since rats and humans were fellow travellers it is hoped this will give an insight into the way in which the Pacific was peopled. 8th June 2004 South Sea Foam - Chapter I South Sea Foam: The Romantic Adventures of a Modern Don Quixote in the Southern Sea, by Albert Safroni-Middleton. We are unable to tell whether this is a work of fact or fiction, most likely it is a combination of the two. Albert Safroni-Middleton seems to have published several books about the Pacific but is probably better known now for his musical compositions. We will be adding each chapter once it has been scanned and proof-read. 6th June 2004 12 scholarships awarded for trainee teachers ASCC’s Teacher Education Program has funded 12 new scholarships through a Teacher Quality Education grant from the Federal government to help defray the costs of the extra classes the 12 students will take as part of their Teacher Education training. 5th June 2004 New Te Vaka CD Released Te Vaka's 4th CD "Tutuki" is now available to purchase from their online store. Also available for purchase on the website is the DVD of their sell-out Apia Park concert. 3rd June 2004 The Internet helps Pacific Island Statisticians This press release from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) reviews the benefits of a recent course run by Pacific Regional Information System (PRISM), as seen by the participants. The PRISM website has a very useful collection of statistical information about Samoa. 29th May 2004 Programme for 42nd Samoan Independence Aniversarry Celebrations The Official Programme of events for this years celebrations has been released. Slight changes may however occur on the days of the event. 26th May 2004 ASCC performing arts roundup We have two fairly lengthy press releases. The first concerns the performance of the Matai Ambassadors at the "We Are Samoa" festival in Hawaii, and how it earned them 2nd place. The second, discusses the efforts of Dr. Pouesi and the members of the choir to raise money for new equipment for the orchestra, starting with the brass section. 26th May 2004 Commissioner of Police's weekly report The weekly report from the Commisioner of Police is now available. It contains information about selected crimes, the Commissioners response to press reports of a rise in crime and news of a photographic exhibition focusing on the Solomon Islands and East Timor. 25th May 2004 Prime Minister opens Samoa International Game Fishing Tournament Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi opened the 8th Samoa International Game Fishing Tournament on May 17th. 21st May 2004 ASCC student selected for subtance abuse prevention internship in Washington D.C. Faitolo Ueligitone Jr., a member of the Spring 2004 graduating class at the American Samoa Community College, who has spent the past two years working part-time at the LBJ hospital as a physical therapy technician, will spend ten weeks this summer working as an intern in a substance abuse prevention program in the Washington, DC area. 19th May 2004 News Miscellany Will Trevor Leota switch codes? John Crook, former Norwich City midfielder, has the uneviable task of coaching the American Samoa football team. Samoa and American Samoa get off to poor starts in the World Cup qualifiers. Pacific and Maori bands unite for NZ Music Month. Samoan pastor loses appeal against dismissal. Now Hawaiian Airlines adds a third weekly flight between Hawaii and American Samoa. Samoan fireknife dancing at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Need petrol in the Pacific? Then visit Samoa, it's the cheapest place for it. Rugby World Cup 2007 draw announced. It's too early to say what it means for Samoa. 19th May 2004 ASCC Graduation Ceremony The American Samoa Community College will hold its Spring 2004 graduation this Friday, May 21st, at 10 a.m. in the College auditorium. US Army Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Vaitautolu-Langford, former student at ASCC and first Samoan women to attain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel will give the commencement address 18th May 2004 2005 Polynesian Dancing Groups Youth Exchange - Finland The Finnish Pacific Islands Friendship Society sent us an e-mail with details of the timetable for a 2005 Youth Exchange for European Polynesian Dancing Groups. 14th May 2004 IT in the Islands The following three events have been mentioned in a thread in the Pacific Internet Users Group Mailing List 23-27 August: PICISOC-PacINET2004 in Port Villa, Vanuatu (open and free to all interested parties) http://www.picisoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=PacInet+2004 26-30 August: ISP/IXP Networking workshop in Nadi (targeted at pacific islands ISP tech staff-collaborated by APNIC, Cisco, PITA and ITU AP office) 31 August - 3 September: APNIC 18 at Sheraton Fiji Resort, Nadi. (open to anyone interested in the Internet from AP community) http://www.apnic.net/meetings/18/index.html 12th May 2004 Sam Estall's visitors report Sam Estall has sent us his thoughts on his trip to Samoa in 2001 and a link to his photographs from the visit. The link has been added to the Visitors reports page. Feel free to e-mail us if you have something you wuld like to contribute to this section. 8th May 2004 We are changing the appearance of this site We apologise for any inconvenience over the course of the day as we change the design of the site. It is intended to be both somewhat cleaner and place less of load on the web server. webmaster@samoa.co.uk 4th May 2004

Disaster planning and a new passenger ship for American Samoa The American Samoa Government has announced that the MV Sili is on its way to American Samoa to provide passenger transport between Tutuila and Manu'a Lt. Governor Sunia has concluded that American Samoa's disaster planning is less than perfect, but is being addressed.. 19th June 2004 ASCC recognises academic achievement This week ASCC published the names of 81 students whose grades earned them a place on the Dean's List. In addition 6 students received their certification in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, a program which is intended to improve the chances of survival of the 1% of new born infants who require major resuscitation to survive. 19th June 2004 Samoa and the World Summit on the Information Society UNESCO, as part of its program to implement the World Summit on the Information Society is proposing to fund a project to transfer Samoan television programs to the Internet.. REMEMBER: Click on the "Rate It" button on the web page to vote for this project. In a simliar, but as far as we are aware, unrelated vein The Polycafe is now hosting programing from O Samoa TV. 17th June 2004 Three press releases from the Prime Minster's Office Details have been released of the Samoan Government's dividend earnings from its shareholding in Pacific Forum Line. English - Samoan The government announces that it joins a body to help protect its indigenious plant life and protect its agricultural crops. English - Samoan A list of Officers of the Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire Services who have received promotions has been published. English - Samoan 16th June 2004 Two press releases from the Prime Minsters Office Last week the Prime Ministers office released some details of pertaining to the newly announced Renal Dialysis Program. English - Samoan The office also provided some information about the costs associated with funding this years Pacific Island Forum in August this year. English - Samoan 14th June 2004 South Sea Foam - Chapter 2 The tales seem to get somewhat taller as Albert Safroni-Middleton works his way from Samoa to Tahiti and runs out on his princess bride. 12th June 2004 Partners in Pacific Peace Exhibition On May 27th the Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, opened the Partners in Pacific Peace exhibition at the Samoa Police, Prison Service & Fire Station. His speech provides a clear explanation of Samoa's involvement in Peace keeping efforts. It is available in Samoan and English. 8th June 2004 Samoa badly mauled by Scotland Last weekends 24-14 victory over Tonga did nothing to prepare Samoa for what they faced in Wellington. Scotland ran home 5 tries and Samoa could only manage an early penalty. 6th June 2004 PICISOC 2004 The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society is arranging its 2004 Conference to take place in Vanuatu in August this year. The event is free and open to all interrested parties. 5th June 2004 Independence Day speeches. Being based in the U.K. means it's not easy to just pop over for these events. However we can provide transcipts of some of the speeches. The first speech is that of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II given at Mulinu'u. It is available in Samoan and English. 5th June 2004 APNIC Open policy meeting fellowships available. APNIC is offering a limited number of fellowships to allow members of the Internet community in the developing economies of the Asia Pacific region to attend APNIC 18 in Nadi Fiji during August and September 2004. In conjunction with the APNIC event is an ISP/IXP networking workshop designed to provide an empowering learning environment. It will provide a combination of lecture, whitepapers, books, and hands-on laboratory exercises all focused on teaching participants how to design, scale, and maintain a production Internet Service Provider backbone. 27th May 2004 Samoa names members of its 4th East Timor Police Contingent A government press release provides the namesand ranks of the three members of the police contingent assisting the United Nations. The press release is available in Samoan and English. 26th May 2004 The Dedication of the new Asau Primary School. Masoe Filisi Kruse, M.P., gave the following speech at the dedication of the new Asau Primary School, which was funded by the Asian Development Bank, on May 20th 2004. It is in both English and Samoan The Minster for Education, Sports and Culture and Afioga Fiame Naomi Mataafa gave this speech at the same ceremony. It is in Samoan only Added and Modified: 25th May 2004 Samoan Government Press Releases This week's Samoan Government press releases are available in English and Samoan. The health ministry has announced initiatives for renal dialysis, budgetary funding for overseas treatment and provision of medical support at major religious conferences. [ English ] - [ Samoan] The Samoa Airport Authority has received an award for its ability to satisfy international requirements.[ English ] - [ Samoan] The prime minster is visiting an exhibition of colonial photographs of Samoa in Germany on his way to London for the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group[ English ] - [ Samoan] 20th May 2004 O le Siosiomaga Have you heard of O le Siosiomaga Society Inc and do you know what they do? Read more about this community oriented environmentally focused non-governmental organisation. 18th May 2004 The Mau: an excellent overview. If you are not familiar with Wikipedia then the article on The Mau will give a good idea of the aims for the project, and yes it does derive its name from a polynesian language. There are few (shown in red) entries missing for Samoa and of course you can add more if you want to. 17th May 2004 Free downloadable Samoa Travel Guide Whilst going through old 'junk' e-mails, we found one from Green Turtle Samoa Holidays which had been incorrectly filtered. Browsing through their web-site we came across the Samoa Travel Guide they have released in association with Go Samoa Holidays. We'll carry on looking through that ocean of offers for free viagra, cheap loans and make money quick schemes to see if anything else has been miscategorised. Apologies in advance if your e-mails to us have ended up in that seldom viewed folder. 15th May 2004 Galeaí named Fale’ula O Fatua’i’upu President for 2004-2005 PC Galea’i M. Tuufuli, Manu’a District Governor, has been selected as the next President of the Fale’ula o Fatua‘i‘upu, an international organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of the Samoan language. 13th May 2004 ASCC Matai Ambassadors visit Hawaii The Matai Ambassadors, the premier student dance troupe of the American Samoa Community College, will travel to Hawaii this week to compete in the Samoan Cultural Arts Festival at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, which takes place on Saturday, May 15, and coincides with the final day of the 12th Annual World Fireknife Competition, which begins on May 13th at the PCC. 13th May 2004 A miscellany of news stories New total immersion Samoan pre-school opened in Hawke's Bay. Australian aid Pacific Islands is set to increase. Samoan Advisory Council to improve the lot of Samoans living in New Zealand Pacific Islands Countries Urged to Sign and Ratify WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco-Control Treaty Aloha increases flights to American Samoa. Polynesian Cultural Center hosts World Fireknife Dance competition. Things have obviusly changed when Samoa's leaders receive World Press Freedom Day 2004 Awards. A hat-trick of Pacific Island PhDs at the University of Auckland. Samoan fishermen missing 5 days, found. Have you heard of the "Samoan Three Peaks Challenge"? One for the Tourist Board to pick up on perhaps. Polynesian Airlines to benefit from Royal Tongan Airlines collapse. International Kava market predicted to reopen. Reporters sans frontieres release the Samoa 2004 Report. Compare and contrast with the previous press related story. Pacific Islanders seek climate justice, and point the finger at Australia. Maselino Masoe new WBA middleweight champion. 11th May 2004