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12/01/2019

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Friday she will run for president in 2020.

16/12/2018

Listen to the coach boys! 😄 | Credit:

Tiffany Faaee on coaching men: "You have to be able to stand in front of a group of athletes and get them to compete at their highest level and produce the outcome you envisioned."

16/12/2018

The private sector is calling on all business people in Samoa to increase their commitment to stop the harassment of women in the workplace

Home News Stopping Sexual Harrassment in the workplace in Samoa NewsStopping Sexual Harrassment in the workplace in Samoa By SUGA Magazine - December 16, 2018 3 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin SSAB's Tofilau Fiti Leung Wai giving the key note address of the night. Highlighting...

14/12/2018

“Parents encourage your children to speak out, believe in their potential. Engage and talk with them more so they become more confident and articulate," Malala Yousafzai, Education Activist

Home Features Malala visit inspires Samoan Women FeaturesMalala visit inspires Samoan Women By SUGA Magazine - December 13, 2018 36 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin The Incredible Malala speaking Melbourne this week | PC: Growth Faculty “I was 11 years old when I started spea...

14/12/2018

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Manu Sina shared this tweet last night and we had to take a closer look at these amazing women representing around the globe 

05/12/2018

“His three-year old now has to live his life without his daddy. He has to grow up without his dad around to teach him the manly things…he wont be able to celebrate his birthdays with his daddy anymore nor wish his daddy a happy fathers day..” 😢

Home News ‘Gone Too Soon’ – Young Father, Husband and Academic slain in Samoa News‘Gone Too Soon’ – Young Father, Husband and Academic slain in Samoa By SUGA Magazine - December 5, 2018 35 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Bachelor of Engineering Graduate Malaki Taui...

01/12/2018

"Oh no not again!" Anchorage resident Marie Christina Tauauvea describes her horror at experiencing another major earthquake today in her life which triggered a tsunami alert in Alaska. She says today's one was much stronger than the one in Samoa in 2009 which triggered that tsunami where she lived a decade ago.
Anchorage Alaska has a strong Pacific Island community who make up 2 percent of the Alaskan population.

Home News Strong Pacific Community in Anchorage Alaska remain vigilant after Major Earthquake NewsStrong Pacific Community in Anchorage Alaska remain vigilant after Major Earthquake By SUGA Magazine - December 1, 2018 5 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin A tow truck holds a car t...

25/11/2018

FASHION: Brisbane showed it had what it takes last night to stamp itself as a credible Pacific Fashion City. 'The Legend' Runway Fashion Show by Luseexclusivestyles and Samoan Designer Vaeluaga Luse Luli fused movement & storytelling with stunning designs that she will take to an international stage in 2019. Reporter Melanie Heather tells all

Home Beauty & Fashion ‘The Legend’ Runway Fashion Show brings Culture Alive in Brisbane Beauty & Fashion‘The Legend’ Runway Fashion Show brings Culture Alive in Brisbane By SUGA Magazine - November 25, 2018 21 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Vaeluaga Luse Luli director...

23/11/2018

Faafafine are treading on tama'ita'i Samoa territory, says one pastor who believes that what should be reserved for tama'ita'i is now causing confusion and reminds faafafine to stay in their lane.

Home Features Pastor: Will The Real Tama’ita’i Please Stand Up? FeaturesPastor: Will The Real Tama’ita’i Please Stand Up? By SUGA Magazine - November 23, 2018 7 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Miss Samoa Sonia Piva standing alongside the current Miss Samoa Faafafine Ba...

21/11/2018

Australian-Samoan Soccer legend Tim Filiga Cahill, 38 hangs his boots up after a stellar career spanning two decades. His mother Sisifo Cahill, who is from the village of Salailua, Savai'i comforts her son last night after his final game for Australia. “My parents have taught me everything I know. Seeing them work their whole life has kept me motivated to always be grateful for everything I have."

Home News Fa’afetai Lava Tim Cahill NewsFa’afetai Lava Tim Cahill By SUGA Magazine - November 21, 2018 6 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Proud Mama Sisifo Cahill comforts her emotional son last night as he plays his last game for the Socceroos Samoan-Australia Soccer Legen...

19/11/2018

“Whenever there is a faalavelave back home, you can hear my parents itching to go but expensive air fares prevented them from travelling most of the time,” says Miss Samoa Australia Noelani Taefu

Home News Miss Samoa Australia endorses Samoa Airways NewsMiss Samoa Australia endorses Samoa Airways By SUGA Magazine - November 19, 2018 3 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Miss Samoa Brisbane with Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi and Mrs. Jillian Mal...

18/11/2018

Masterchef UK Judge SUGA Monica Galetti reflects on how her parents wholesome Samoan way of cooking influenced her successful career 💖

'I've worked a lot overseas but I am Samoan-Kiwi. It's who I am.'

17/11/2018

"They are definitely promoting Samoa right now but for all the wrong reasons!"

Home Entertainment Kalani & Asuelu: Cringe TV doesn’t get any better than this EntertainmentKalani & Asuelu: Cringe TV doesn’t get any better than this By SUGA Magazine - November 17, 2018 8 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin By now you may have heard of the American reality ...

17/11/2018

A Samoan woman has posted about the double standards between Samoan men and women when it comes to displaying their traditional tattoos. “A Malu is a tattoo on a woman’s body. She knows it is sacred – but it’s sacredness is for her, not for you.”

Home Features ‘My Malu, My Rules’ Features‘My Malu, My Rules’ By SUGA Magazine - November 17, 2018 26 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin A Samoan woman who goes by the name of ‘mystic_malu’ on instagram has posted about the double standards between Samoan men and wome...

15/11/2018

Born in Leloaloa American Samoa in 1981 to a Samoan father and European-American mother, Gabbard has been dubbed the rising star of the Democratic camp

Home News Samoan Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard may run for U.S Presidency 2020 NewsSamoan Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard may run for U.S Presidency 2020 By SUGA Magazine - November 15, 2018 4 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin American-Samoan born Tulsi Gabbard, 37 is considering runn...

12/11/2018

One in four girls and one in six boys in New Zealand are sexually abused before the age of 15. As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern notes her desire to make New Zealand ‘the best place to be a child’, survivor and former Auckland cop-turned-entrepreneur Akerei Maresala-Thomson is doing his part to initiate change by helping to launch a training course on child sexual abuse prevention and mitigation.

Home News Survivor uses career success to help other victims of abuse NewsSurvivor uses career success to help other victims of abuse By SUGA Magazine - November 12, 2018 6 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin One in four girls and one in six boys in New Zealand are sexually abused...

30/10/2018

FASHION: The newly launched Twins Pacific Designs service a rapidly growing Pacific community in Melbourne where Samoan fashion businesses especially, are in short supply

Home Beauty & Fashion Designing Clothes is Double The Fun Beauty & FashionDesigning Clothes is Double The Fun By SUGA Magazine - October 30, 2018 12 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Running a clothing business is much more meaningful when you have your twin sister by your side....

29/10/2018

OPINION: “With all due respect to the Samoa PM, I can’t help but think that this is a ploy to make us ‘Overseas Samoans’ look even more like the nuisances that we are.”

Editor Lia Sagote explains why the PM should pay more attention to the kids in his own backyard, before pointing fingers at good adoptive families overseas

Home Features Samoa Adoptions: ‘A few extra fe’aus around the house never hurt anybody’ FeaturesSamoa Adoptions: ‘A few extra fe’aus around the house never hurt anybody’ By SUGA Magazine - October 29, 2018 6 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Pic: Facebook Govt of Sam...

27/10/2018

The new UK High Commissioner to Samoa, Laura Clarke says there is a perfectly legitimate reason why the Royals didn't visit Samoa this time round. That's because there is something bigger being planned.

Home Features Why didn’t the Royals visit Samoa? FeaturesWhy didn’t the Royals visit Samoa? By SUGA Magazine - October 27, 2018 4 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Meghan and Harry have just left Tonga and will be on their way to New Zealand Pic: Dominic Lipinski The new UK ...

26/10/2018

NEWS: "Allegations such as overseas family members using the adopted children from Samoa as leverage to receive government’s benefits in those countries has sparked an urgent review of the entire process. Other claims compare the children’s treatment by their families to ‘kavigi’s’ or ‘slave labourers’ in their adopted homes."

Home News Samoa Government cracks down on child adoptions by overseas families NewsSamoa Government cracks down on child adoptions by overseas families By SUGA Magazine - October 26, 2018 6 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Scene from the Samoan Movie 'Naomi' SouthSeas Pictures....

25/10/2018

FASHION: The Royals have arrived in Tonga! With Tonga leading news headlines this whole week from the aftermath of the amazing MMT vs Kangaroos league test, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit couldn't have come at a more special time. For the more fashion-loving Pacific Royal watchers, memories of Kate Middleton donning a Pacific designed dress by Cook Island designer TAV in 2012 spring to mind

Home Beauty & Fashion Will Meghan do a ‘Kate’ and wear a dress by a Pacific... Beauty & FashionWill Meghan do a ‘Kate’ and wear a dress by a Pacific Designer? By SUGA Magazine - October 25, 2018 19 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Photo by Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock (99...

25/10/2018

The documentary also educates viewers that tattooing was originally carried out by women in the Pacific long before men highlighting that women were the dominant leaders in the Pacific in pre-colonial times

Home News Pacific Female Tattooing Film wins Best Documentary Award in Toronto NewsPacific Female Tattooing Film wins Best Documentary Award in Toronto By SUGA Magazine - October 25, 2018 3 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin A Pacific documentary about female tattooing in the Pac...

24/10/2018

Congratulations Tiana Epati!

The New Zealand Law Society has elected its first ever president of Pacific Island descent, and its youngest.

24/10/2018

FASHION: Pacific Runway 2018 will launch the Resort '18/19 collections by top designers from around the Pacific, NZ, USA, France and Australia and worn by models of diverse ethnicities.

Home Beauty & Fashion Pacific Runway 2018 celebrates ‘Diversity as the Norm’ Beauty & FashionPacific Runway 2018 celebrates ‘Diversity as the Norm’ By SUGA Magazine - October 24, 2018 12 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Pacific Runway is Australia’s most prestigious p...

23/10/2018

FASHION: A young Samoan Fashion Designer says she doesn’t see her physical limitations as a reason to limit her dreams.

Home Beauty & Fashion Young Fashion Designer with disability aims high Beauty & FashionYoung Fashion Designer with disability aims high By SUGA Magazine - October 23, 2018 9 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Tia walking for Zuhal (Eco Fashion Week) A young Samoan Fashion Designe...

19/10/2018

The Canadian Government has given the Samoa Victim Support Group a 30,000.00 funding boost to help the economic empowerment of Nofotane Women in Samoa. SVSG have been running the Nofotane Projects in over 200 villages in Samoa in an aim to upskill women and help them earn sustainable income by running their own businesses. A lack of support from local donor agencies meant that SVSG pursued assistance from international donors. Faafetai Lava Canada!

Home News Canadian Government boosts Samoa Victim Support funding to help women NewsCanadian Government boosts Samoa Victim Support funding to help women By SUGA Magazine - October 19, 2018 4 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp The Canadian Government has given the Samoa Victim Support Gro...

01/10/2018

Congratulations to SUGA Thelma Fetu on winning the Miss South Pacific Plus!

Thelma Fetu 29, from Christchurch New Zealand, now residing in Sydney Australia has been crowned the first Miss South Pacific Plus.

01/10/2018

BUSINESS: “Your story is so important as it connects to our next generation of Samoan business owners. They will look at you and think, ‘If she can do it so can I; if he can make a million dollars, so can I…running a business is hard. But we are Samoans. It’s in our DNA," Keynote speaker, author, motivational coach and Former NRL star Sione Faumuina at the Samoa Business Network Awards.
Congrats to all the winners!

Samoan business owners and entrepreneurs from Samoa, New Zealand and Australia were recognised for their excellence and efforts in business while serving and inspiring their communities.

29/09/2018

25/09/2018

SBN AWARDS PROFILES: “Our vision is to be role models for other women particularly for our Pacific young girls and mothers. We want them to know that they can be successful Pacific business women too," Sisters Ama and Venna, LashFix.

In the running for the 'People's Choice Award - Favourite Business' 🏅🏆

Business Details:
📍 164 Rouse St, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 🇦🇺️
📞 +61 413727682
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.lashfix.com.au

Samoan sisters Venna Tohilima and Ama Hemana grew up in Ranui, West Auckland and like many other Pacific families, had little. But surrounded by a loving and encouraging family, they were able to...

25/09/2018

SBN AWARD PROFILES: AriLei Couture

In the running for the 'People's Choice Award - Favourite Business' 🏅🏆

Business Details:
📍 1 Amato Road, Alafua, Samoa
📞 +685 22334
📲 +685 7667840
📧 [email protected]

A move back home to Samoa in 2015 after her daughter Ariana had won the Miss Samoa Pageant that year, reignited Taupulemaituaaigalotu Viki Samuelu Taufao’s love of fashion. Having raised a family...

25/09/2018

SBN AWARD PROFILES: “D'vine Banquets has introduced the recreation of our Samoan delicacies to be served not only at our private functions but at a corporate level too,” Fou Fale Tuitama, founder D'vine Banquets Ltd

Nominated for 'Excellence in Hospitality' & in the running for the 'People's Choice Award'🎖️🏆

Business Details:
☎️ +61 432 344 761
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.dvinebanquets.com

Connecting, Sharing, Celebrating & Promoting Samoan Businesses, Entrepreneurs & Professionals.

19/09/2018

SBN AWARDS FINALIST:Netvo Samoa's 4G /LTE network means fast,reliable and robust internet in Samoa homes.

"Our idea of success is to provide faster, reliable and affordable internet access to Samoan people. By concentrating on this service and supporting Samoa’s data usage, we hope to provide the best service at the best price for everybody,". Netvo Chief Operations Officer Togisala Tony Sua Leota.

Netvo
📍 Gold Star Building, 1st Floor, Matafele, Apia
📞 +685 29333
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.netvo.ws

Wireless Internet for your home or Business in Samoa has become more robust, accessible and affordable for all thanks to Internet Service Provider and game changers Netvo Samoa. Those who don’t...

17/09/2018

SBN AWARDS: “I was being taken to court by an Italian international fashion giant house who has 3000 plus stores worldwide for intellectual property,” says Samoan Fashion Stylist Nora Swann

“They then prolonged the case for 18 months trying to exhaust me of funds to cover my court fees. I won the case in the end! It was a real David and Goliath victory.”

When you meet Fashion Stylist Nora Swann, the first thing that will capture your attention is what she is wearing. Not because of her quirky outfits and daring fashion sense - but because she pulls...

15/09/2018

SAMOA BUSINESS NETWORK AWARDS: Over the next couple of weeks, SUGA will be profiling the finalists of the 2018 Samoa Business Network Awards! Be inspired by the stories you read and cast your votes for the SBN People's Choice Awards by visiting the SBN page! First up Chef John Tours Samoa!

Business Details:
📍 Apia, Samoa
☎️ +685 7655665
📧 [email protected]
🌐 http://chefjohntours.wixsite.com/samoa

​A long distance relationship proved to have more success than challenges for John Tuulama and his now wife Irlene Mokoraka, proud owners of Chef John Tours in Samoa – a business that mixes...