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Honolulu, HAWAII — The recent disqualification of a Hawaii House of Representatives candidate drew attention to the rights — or the lack of rights — of American Samoans living in the United States.
Sailau Timoteo, the only Republican candidate for House District 43, was disqualified when the Hawaii...
Hagåtña, GUAM — Guam's governor has asked the US president to consider giving the territory's veterans the right to vote in US elections.
In a letter to Donald Trump, Eddie Calvo said many Guamanians have given their lives for the United States.
Guam - like the Northern Marianas, American Samoa,...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The proposed disqualification of House candidate Sai Timoteo is raising questions about the decades old policies that bar American Samoan citizens living in the U.S. from voting and running for office.
Timoteo is running for the House seat formerly held by Republican...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Republican Hawaii state House candidate born in American Samoa has learned she's ineligible to run for office because she's not a U.S. citizen.
Sai Timoteo said she didn't realize she wasn't allowed to vote or hold office.
She's running for the Leeward Oahu seat vacated...
There is a caveat that lingers in the back of my mind as I have debated internally within myself if I should write and have published my thoughts of a serious issue that burns within me. The negative repercussions, at least the superficial ones as I race to immediately publish my years old thoughts...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure that the youth have a better understanding “our of political process,” Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged his cabinet to continue the important task of educating “our young people” so they can make decisions for American Samoa moving forward.
The governor’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa's political status an important issue of discussion, Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo Ale suggests that perhaps such a discussion should also include a look at “independence” — citing Tuvalu, a very small country in the world but an independent...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The main reason for last week’s “Youth Empowerment Summit on Self- Determination & Hope” was to help youth learn about current and critical issues on American Samoa’s political status and constitution. Another was to get a good indication of their views on these...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa’s democratically elected representatives have direct and substantial interests at stake that are not adequately represented by existing parties” in the US citizenship lawsuit before the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, according to the legal team,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Learning has no limits. Knowledge is very powerful,” declared Trixy Taua-Petaia, during her keynote address Tuesday, the final day of the two-day Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit at the Pago Pago Youth Center, where she also urged youth participants to remember...