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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continuing the discussion about senators; concerns about the heads of bureaus or offices under the Governor’s Office not being confirmed by the Fono on Monday, the Senate Government Operations Committee held a hearing yesterday on a bill amending the requirements and...
WASHINGTON — Over the next several weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether denying Supplemental Security Income benefits to residents of U.S. territories is unconstitutional, and Congress will decide whether to include the extension of SSI benefits to residents of U.S. territories in the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Samoans, Vietnamese, Tongans... and before them Japanese, Filipino and Chinese former plantation workers have battled in Hawaii from discrimination and low economic status to opportunity and increasing ownership of the "American Dream."
My grandparents were immigrants from...
Dear Editor,
A simple request turned into a 13-month campaign to pressure a senior 61 y/o employee to resign or retire from her position as an archaeological technician in the American Samoa Historic Preservation Office.
In May 2018, this employee was hired and tasked to reconstruct or restore a...



![Armed robbery suspect, Mark Sykap, suffering from a 9mm bullet to the right shoulder was monitored by an HPD officer while being treated by EMS after being apprehended by HPD Kalakaua Ave, near Waikiki/Ala Moana area, Honolulu, Hawaii. [photo by Barry Markowitz, 4/5/21, 5:37pm] Armed robbery suspect, Mark Sykap](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cool_stuff_micronesian_shot.jpg?itok=mYYU3XpZ)