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Dear Editor:
Commentary to NOAA for “posted comments” submitted to NOAA on June 1, 2023
I am writing in support of the Governor of American Samoa's letter (supported by the American Samoa Congresswoman) to the US President to NOT move forward with the proposed expansion of the PRIA marine...
I’m taking this opportunity to reply to the Op-Ed written by William Aila, Jr. and Rick Gaffney and published by Samoa News on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Aila and Gaffney represent the Pacific Remote Islands Coalition (PRI), proponents of the proposed Pacific Remote Islands National Marine...
A diverse coalition of Pacific Islanders has proposed creating a cultural, scientific, and historically grounded National Marine Sanctuary around the Pacific Remote Islands (Palmyra, Kingman, Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Wake and Johnston). We believe that fully protecting the unique and essential...
[SAMOA NEWS UPDATE— Mr. Senetenari Malele’s preliminary hearing was held on Thursday afternoon, May 4, 2023. Prior to it beginning, all people, including media were escorted outside of the court by Security, with no explanation other than no one was allowed in the court room during Malele’s PX.]...
The ongoing troubles at LBJ Medical Center came to a head when the pot boiled over — with broken promises apparently — and some of the nurses decided to get out from under the scalding water.
They went on strike in December 2022, and after making enough noise the then-LBJ CEO Moefaauo William...
Dear Editor,
In response to Mrs. Saili Samoa’s Letter to the Editor (LTE) on Friday, March 10, 2023, I want respond in kind in this LTE, to correct important inaccuracies or misunderstanding about the requirements of the Medicaid program and how to become a Medicaid provider.
First and...
Mo le Faatonu,
O lenei tusi o se taumafaiga ina ia tatou va'ava'ai i ni tulaga e lē o atoa ona lelei i galuega o le tausiga o soifua i le Vaega o le "Primary Care." O le Primary Care po o le "Tausi Muamua" (ua ou faaliliuina), o talavai muamua peā mana'omia e tagata se foma'i, ae lē o se...
Dear Editor,
This letter addresses some core deficiencies and offers corrections to American Samoa's (AS) healthcare strategy for improving access to primary care.
In 2018, Bishop Vaifanua Mulitauaopele, a Vietnam veteran and pastor, his wife Eva, and Stuart Hamilton, MD of the Eau Claire...
Attorney General, Fainuulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu has requested that Samoa News re-print his email that was the basis for yesterday’s story — AG on Senate resolution banning imports from Samoa: “imports do not hurt local businesses” — in its entirety as sent.
There was an editing error in the...
Dear Editor,
Governor Lemanu’s unabashed hat-in-hand tour across D.C. made me think of a parable of two brothers who went to see their father on his deathbed.
The first brother knelt alongside his father, held his hand and said, “Father, you are both wise and wealthy. I ask nothing of you other...