Opinion
Dear Editor,
Public comments coming out of the February meetings of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA), National Governors Association (NGA), Republican Governors Association (RGA), and Pacific Forum — all of which included robust discussions around deep-sea minerals, national...
To the Editor:
Flag Day celebrates the day the Deed of Cession for Tutuila and Aunuʻu was signed in 1900. The U.S. Navy first marked the day in 1900, and the tradition continues to this day. Along with the 1904 Deed for Manuʻa, it began our political relationship with the United States.
Some...
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the recent article, reported on 4/20/2026 "Alleged Rape Case Involves 15-year-old girl". Over the last ten years of working in this field I cannot stress how important it is that we speak with clarity and plainly, particularly as April is recognized as...
To the Editor,
American Samoa is facing a critical and urgent gap in long-term care — and the solution is within reach through the expansion of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers.
Today, too many families are left to manage complex medical conditions at home with little...
When Bank of Hawaii announced its departure from American Samoa in 2012, it was more than a corporate decision — it was a looming economic rupture. The territory stood at the edge of financial isolation.
When Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga took office in 2013, he did not inherit a policy challenge....
The American Samoa Democratic Party continued its monthly “Tautua Ma Le Alofa”community service initiative by recognizing the dedicated TSA agents serving at Pago Pago International Airport.
Amid the ongoing funding impasse in Congress, which has left many TSA workers nationwide without pay for...
The American Samoa Democratic Party is raising urgent concerns following widespread disruptions at airports across the United States caused by the ongoing partial government shutdown and the failure to ensure timely pay for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers.
Recent reports...
The president finds the long-settled meaning of the citizenship clause to be an intolerable obstacle to his agenda. The reason? Each year it would make U.S. citizens of tens of thousands of people who do not fit his racial and cultural ideal of what it means to be an “American.” So what does he do...
To the Editor,
Private sector critical mineral extraction companies, polymetallic nodule refiners and end user manufacturers are vigorously inquiring over timeline estimates when American Samoa’s critical mineral industry will be shovel ready for commercial production.
American Samoa’s...
Dear Editor,
I write as a retiree and longtime beneficiary of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund — and as someone who served the people of American Samoa for many years in education and public life. I write not in anger, but in the firm conviction that a serious wrong is...