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Supporters of deep-sea mining present it as an economic opportunity for American Samoa. They promise jobs, government revenues, and a new industry built around the extraction of polymetallic nodules from our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The federal government has its own reasons for supporting...
(January 29, 2026) As Chairman of the Republican Party of American Samoa, I wish to address the growing national conversation surrounding fishing at Rose Atoll National Monument (RANM) or Muliava.
The American Samoa Republican Party categorically rejects the Democratic Party’s assertion that...
The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy future. From a Pacific Islander perspective, this rush to extract metals from the ocean — especially near the Mariana Trench and American Samoa —...
Allegations of sexual harassment have surfaced from the ASCC campus. Nov. 2023. With finals looming up in a week, a young 19-year-old female cadet alleges she was sexual propositioned — lewdly — to bring her grades up from borderline failing. No other students were around when the event occurred....