Opinion
Dear Editor:
Your October 19th, page one story on the Fitisemanu court case quotes attorney Charles V. Ala'ilima as saying the Supreme Court “has yet again left unresolved the question of whether people born in American Samoa are U.S. citizens." No it hasn't.
When the U.S. Supreme Court...
Social media published cases of child sexual abuse in American Samoa. The cases come to light after a great amount of time has passed since it happened. If you ask a Samoan parent about their children being sexually abused will they tell you? There is so much silence on the topic of child sexual...
On October 6th, President Biden announced he would be pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and instructed members of his cabinet to begin work to change how the drug is scheduled under federal law. He also called on Governors around the country to use their clemency...
Mo le Faatonu,
E muamua ona si'i a'e le faafetai i le Atua mo lenei avanoa. Faapea ma Āna faamanuiāga mo tatou Amerika Samoa.
Faatulou atu i le paia ma le mamalu o le Atunuu, Tupu ma E'e, 'Au'auna a le Atua, Tamā ma Tinā Matutua, faapea Mātua ma latou Fanau; Faatalofa atu.
O le faamoemoe ia...
Dear Editor,
First I would like to thank God for this golden opportunity and for His many blessings on us in American Samoa.
In the past 40-50 years while I lived in Tutuila and served our people, I observed and experienced several changes in Tutuila since my younger days. I would like to bring...
ASG is up to date with its subsidies paid to the American Samoa Community College, this is contrary to our previous article titled "ASCC audit report shows two years of missing ASG subsidies" published on 3 June, 2022.
The Audit report by the Moss Adams Auditors Company based in the U.S. mainland,...
Lau Afioga i le faatonu,
Tesema 8, 2020 sa fa’afuaseia ona maliu lo’u to’alua o Christina Alama Maafala Gasu I Vaivase Uta, Samoa mai le Cardiac Arrest.
O se taimi faigata, oute taunu’u mai i Amerika Samoa, ae taunu’u mai ma le KOVITI-19 i le masina lava lea, ma taofia ai loa ma malaga e oo mai i...
It’s Teachers Appreciation Week, May 2 to May 6, and I think we should all give it a “good thinking to” — aside from wearing different colors everyday to celebrate their role in our community. It’s said that it takes a village to raise a child — and I add that teachers are a cornerstone of the...
Samoa News, in today’s issue, has reprinted a story from The Conversation entitled, “The pandemic has changed death rituals”. Reading the story, I could not but think of the report we published in our Monday issue, about a Pago family who is having to deal with their mother’s death as COVID-related...
Dear Editor,
Although there is community spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the territory, in my opinion, we are in control of the virus' presence in the community and we are able to contain its spread.
How do I know? Just look at the numbers! In three weeks of community spread, the incidence of...