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Doctor shortage in Internal
Medicine prompts call to
use DOH health center 2
Fono begins Monday as
lawmakers await bond
rating & budget info 3
Rep. Puleleiite Li’amatua Tufele Jr. calls the
Manu’a Islands a ‘gold mine’ that needs a little
more exploration, and a whole lot of realized
dreams. Bluesky Communications and Samoa
News begin their daily features for Manu’a Cession Day, celebrated in the Territory this year
on Thursday, July 16th. It’s a local holiday only.
[photo: B. Chen-Fruean]
Read story below.
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wish the Manu’a People
a Happy Cession Day!
Le Motusa — it’s a gold mine of
natural resources, says Puleleiite
by B. Chen-Fruean, Samoa News Correspondent
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Le Motusa: Local residents and those living off island who
have blood ties to the Manu’a Islands are a proud group— a unit
that is bonded by the idea that they are all related one way or
another, and collectively share the belief that this is one of the last
places on earth where culture and the traditional “Fa’aSamoa”
prevail over all else.
Next Thursday, July 16, is Manu’a Cession Day. It was on
that day back in 1904 that the Tui Manu’a (supreme chief of the
island, also known as the ‘king’) signed the Deed of Cession in
what was known as the Crown residence at Faleula in Lalopua.
The Deed of Cession was a treaty between Tuimanu’a Elisara
and the United States, which ceded the Manu’a Islands to the
United States, as part of American Samoa.
The Treaty was ratified by the United States Congress under
the Ratification Act of 1929.
From now until Cession Day, Bluesky Communications with
Samoa News will be featuring several descendants of Manu’a,
who will share what they envision for the island group over the
next few years, including their biggest hopes for Manu’a, and
what role they will play in making it happen.
In Samoan oratory, it is said that the history of Manu’a contains the origins of Samoan and Polynesian culture. As a matter
of fact, it is believed that the genealogy of Polynesians east of
the Samoan Islands originated in Manu’a.
Today, many residents of the Manu’a Islands live peaceful
lives, depending largely on income submitted from family
members who live and work in American Samoa and other
places around the world. The local diet is generally healthier
than in Tutuila, relying less on imported canned foods from the
US and New Zealand but rather, living off the ocean and cultivated crops.
Before he passed away in 2011, former Manu’a District Governor Lealofiamoa Tufele Li’amatua shared with Samoa News
his dream for the Manu’a Islands.
“I envision Manu’a as a tourist hot spot,” Tufele said. “If we
can address the transportation woes and set up a nice hotel, a golf
course, and promote the beauty of the beaches there, Manu’a
would be an attraction that people from all over the world would
want to experience first hand.”
In recent years, the beach on Ofu Island has been named one
of the Top 5 beaches in the world.
At one point, it was even ranked #1.
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Friday, July 10, 2015
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Dengue Fever in Am. Samoa
upgraded to an “epidemic”
Request for blood donors goes out to public via facebook
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
Assistant Medical Director for LBJ Medical
Center, Dr. Annie Fuavai says dengue fever
is now upgraded to an “epidemic in American
Samoa, as it is affecting the population as a
whole. She also confirmed that dengue fever
claimed the life of a 23-year-old girl over the
weekend, taking the number of people who have
died from dengue to three.
The young girl from Faganeanea was in the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where she passed on.
To date there are two suspected cases in the ICU,
and one suspected death on Wednesday night.
Dr. Fuavai told Samoa News that this dengue
fever is alarming, just like the dengue American
Samoa encountered in 1996. It “deteriorates very
fast and it’s something we have to be keen on and
keep our environment clean, because this dengue
has claimed three lives already.”
She urged the public to watch for warning
signs as temperature declines several days after
symptoms begin, and you should immediately
visit the hospital.
The assistant medical director said dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is characterized by a fever
that lasts from 2 to 7 days, with general signs and
symptoms consistent with dengue fever. When the
fever declines, warning signs may develop and this
marks the beginning of a 24 to 48 hour period when
the smallest blood vessels (capillaries) become
excessively permeable (leaky), allowing the fluid
component to escape from the blood vessels into
the peritoneum (causing ascites) and pleural cavity
(leading to pleural effusions).
“This may lead to failure of the circulatory
system and shock, and possibly death without
prompt, appropriate treatment. In addition, the
patient with DHF has a low platelet count and hemorrhagic manifestations, tendency to bruise easily
or have other types of skin hemorrhages, bleeding
nose or gums, and possibly internal bleeding.”
She said there is no specific medication for
treatment of a dengue infection and persons who
think they have dengue should use pain relievers
with acetaminophen such as tylenol— and avoid
those containing aspirin, ibuprofen, Naproxen, or
aspirin containing drugs.
They should also rest and drink plenty of
fluids to prevent dehydration.
Dr. Fuavai stated that lives have been taken by
this dengue and the hospital is urging the public
that if anyone has the principal symptoms of high
American Women’s Basketball Team shake hands with members of the Team Amerika Samoa
after defeating the most powerful host team in the competition, Papua New Guinea - 71-55 - in a
tough match Friday (Papua New Guinea time). American Samoa team moves up for the Gold medal
match late Friday afternoon (Papua New Guinea time). At press time the match between Fiji and
Tahiti was ongoing and the winner with compete with American Samoa for the Gold today in PNG.
For more updates about Team Amerika Samoa at the Pacific Games, see today’s sports section, or
[photo by Ausage Fausia]
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We are recruiting for
teachers for the 2015-2016 school year.
Bachelors or Masters Degree needed.
For more information, please call the school office at
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(all ANSWERs ON PAGE 14)
Doctor shortage in Internal Medicine
prompts call to use DOH health center
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
There is a shortage of doctors at the LBJ Medical Center with the Internal Medicine Department or the Medical Ward and Medical Clinic,
which has been confirmed by Assistant Medical
Director, Dr. Annie Fuaivai.
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga yesterday
conducted an unannounced visit to the hospital
following complaints by the public on the recent
shortage of doctors with the medical ward and
clinic, and the long wait to see a physician.
Dr. Fuavai in response to Samoa News queries stated that there is a total of seven physicians
working at the Internal Medicine Department,
however three are on annual leave, which they
must take, leaving four physicians.
However, one of the four had to take emergency leave for family issues, while another
one collapsed while seeing a patient earlier this
week, leaving only two physicians working in the
Internal Medicine Department. She further told
Samoa News that those who are taking leave submitted their requests within two months prior to
taking leave. According to the Assistant Medical
Director, the Internal Medicine Department does
have sufficient staff such as nurses to assist the
two physicians who are currently working.
Asked as to what action the hospital has taken,
Dr. Fuavai said following their meeting with the
Governor, his staff, the hospital’s management
team and the Acting DOH Director, Fara Utu,
the public is urged to utilize the health clinics in
Amouli, Tafuna and Leone.
“The DOH physicians can refill medicine,
conduct followup for patients with high blood
pressure and other concerns they have. We are
not saying not to come to the LBJ, if you prefer to
come to the hospital, you will have to bear with
the hospital as it will take longer than usual, as
there is one physician for the Medical Clinic and
the Medical Ward.”
Dr. Fuavai said despite the doctor shortage,
they are doing their best and for the public to
please bear with the hospital during this critical
time. She also reemphasized for anyone who has
medical issues to come to the hospital as they
will not turn away anyone— it’s against hospital
policies and federal regulations.
Governor Lolo told Samoa News his office has
received complaints from the public regarding the
issues with the hospital and that’s what prompted
his visit. He assured that this doctor shortage is
only temporary, but in the meantime, DOH and
the hospital are working together to provide medical services to the public. He said some physicians are on leave and will return to work in the
near future. In the meantime the public should
utilize the services of the DOH clinics in Amouli,
Tafuna and Leone.
Fono begins Monday as lawmakers
await bond rating and budget info
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
The rating of the bond to be issued by the
American Samoa Economic Development
Authority is among the issues to be tackled by
the Fono when lawmakers convene next Monday
for the start of the 2nd Regular Session of the
34th Legislature. Before the end of the last session, lawmakers were told by ASEDA that they
were to meet with ASG financial advisors and
bond raters between April and June this year to
discuss rating for the bond.
BOND RATING
American Samoa Power Authority executive director Utu Abe Malae, an ASEDA board
member, told Samoa News in April this year
that ASEDA expected to get the ratings last
month (June). He also said that the bond raters
are reviewers from Standard & Poor’s (S&P),
Fitch, and Moody’s. (They are known as the
“Big Three” rating agencies that assign bond
credit ratings).
Responding to requests for an update on the
bond rating, Utu said Wednesday afternoon that
the “ratings have not been officially released yet
by the raters. Our financial advisers are here on
island, though, to help plan for that event.”
Samoa News learned this week that some
lawmakers have already started an inquiry with
the Executive Branch about information on the
status of the bond and the bond rating. House
Commerce Committee chairman Rep. Larry
Sanitoa confirmed yesterday that he is among
the lawmakers seeking such information on the
bond issue and he hopes to meet soon with ASG
financial advisers while they are on island.
Sanitoa went on to commend Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, the ASEDA board and all relevant
agencies who “worked diligently to assure we
obtain a good credit rating as this is very impor-
tant to interested and potential investors.
Given the uncertainty in Congress on what
will be done with the [federal] Highway Trust
Fund, “it is critical that our government looks
at other funding opportunities to repair and
rebuild our aging and debilitating infrastructure,” he said.
“This is why I am in favor and supportive of
efforts to seek general obligation or GARVEE
bonds as an investment to rebuild our roads and
water runoff drainage systems — not only in
Tualauta district but throughout our Territory,”
he said adding that “I am certain we are all eager
to find out the rating the agencies have given
with regards to our credit worthiness.”
The Highway Trust Fund receives money
from the federal fuel tax — both gasoline and
diesel — and related excise taxes.
The HTF funds road construction, mass transit
and the problems related to leaking underground
storage tanks.
The GARVEE - Grant Anticipation Revenue
Vehicles - is a federal bond program for road
projects. The ASEDA board told lawmakers last
year that a $20.3 million bond, under the federal
government’s GARVEE bond program, is being
proposed for local road projects. They say that
the $2 million the territory gets annually from
the Federal Highway Administration has been
pledged for this project.
FONO TO CONVENE
Both the Senate and House will convene in
their own chambers at 10a.m. next Monday for
the start of the 2nd regular session.
However, word coming from the Fono this
week is that lawmakers will convene next week
Monday and then go into a mid session recess on
Wednesday, with the Fono to reconvene on Aug.
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Going to the beach?
EAST:
Aua Stream
Afono
Laulii
Alega Stream
Alega Beach
Fagaitua
Masausi
Masefau
Aoa
CENTRAL:
Pala Lagoon, Nuuuli
Pala Lagoon Spring, Nuuuli
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Beach Advisory: July 07, 2015
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Protection Agency (AS-EPA)
633-2304
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Coast Guard terminates
voyage of AS longliner
vessel Owners face possibly $6500 in
penalties for each safety violation
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
An American Samoa based longline fishing vessel, whose
fishing voyage was terminated by the U.S. Coast Guard due to
federal violations, is faced with penalties of more than $6,000,
according to Coast Guard Lt. Scott Carr with the Public Affairs
Office of USCG Honolulu District 14, which has jurisdiction
over Hawai’i and the U.S. Pacific territories including American
Samoa.
Termination of the voyage was cited in a USCG Honolulu fisheries law enforcement activities report in the Western and Central
Pacific Region covering the period of Mar. 1-May 31, 2015. The
report, dated June 1, came from R.E. Howes, who is Commander
of USCG Honolulu district chief of enforcement branch, to Edwin
Ebisui, chairman of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC).
Howes said that between Mar. 23 and May 4, the Coast Guard
Cutter Kukui was deployed on a multi-mission patrol, and during
deployment the vessel patrolled the US exclusive economic
zones (EEZ) of the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa and
Kingman Reef/Palmyra Atoll as well as the foreign EEZ of the
Line islands in Kiribati.
The report says that five boardings were conducted on the
American Samoa based longline fleet. “Multiple safety violations
were noted on three of these vessels, one of which had its voyage
terminated due to an especially hazardous condition,” wrote
Howes in the report, which was submitted for record during last
month’s WPRFMC meeting in Honolulu.
Responding to Samoa News questions, Carr told Samoa News
yesterday that the Princess Karlinna II is the vessel whose voyage
was terminated due to flooding in the engine room and insufficient number of personal floating devices on board.
Asked about fine(s) imposed on the owner of Princess Karlinna
II and/or federal citations imposed on the vessel, Carr said, “there
is no civil penalty for having your voyage terminated. However
the Princess Karlinna II had a total of ten safety violations each
with a maximum civil penalty of $6500.”
Asked if the owners of the other two vessels—which also had
violations—were subject to any federal monetary fines and if the
owners of all three vessels were required to take corrective action,
Carr pointed out that vessel owner could be liable for civil penalties that range from $50 to $800 depending on the offense and the
vessel’s and owner’s history.
He also confirmed that vessel owner/operators are required
to correct violations. “Generally, for routine minor violations,
expired flares for example, a Coast Guard hearing officer will
send a preliminary letter to the Owner/Operator giving them 45
days to contact the local Coast Guard unit and arrange to get and
complete a dockside commercial fishing vessel safety exam,” he
said. “If that is done, the civil penalty is usually waived, and a
warning is issued.”
“It’s important for the Owner/Operator to comply with federal
regulations for the safety of the crew, to protect the environment
and living marine resources,” he stressed. “Having the correct
amount of properly maintained safety equipment prevents loss of
life and increases the chance of being successfully rescued.”
OTHER ISSUES
Howes report also states that between March and June, the
USCG C-130 aircraft flew multiple patrols of the US EEZ of
the main Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa, but no foreign
vessel incursions were detected.
Additionally, the Honolulu district established a new process
to follow up commercial fishing vessel safety examinations identifying machinery, electrical, or structural deficiencies with further assessment by marine inspectors.
“Since implementing this policy, there has been an approximate 65% reduction in reportable marine casualties from these
vessels,” Howes said. “Some example of reportable casualties
include loss of steering, loss of main engine propulsion and loss
of generator power.”
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NEWS IN BRIEF
China evacuates thousands
ahead of Typhoon Chan-hom
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have
evacuated tens of thousands of people, canceled
scores of trains and flights and shuttered seaside
resorts as a super-typhoon with wind gusts up to
200 kilometers per hour (125 mph) heads toward
the southeastern coast.
China’s national weather service said super
Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to make landfall
by early Saturday at Fujian or Zhejiang province,
and has issued its highest-level alert.
Zhejiang’s Civil Affairs Bureau said nearly
60,000 people were evacuated from coastal areas.
The country’s railway service said more than 100
trains between the region’s cities are canceled
through Sunday.
In the seaside city of Zhoushan, all flights in
and out of its airport have been canceled. The city
has halted bus services and speedboat ferry services. Several tourist spots also were closed. In
the nearby port city of Ningbo, 23 flights were
canceled, the airport said.
Several area cities also have announced suspension of inter-city bus services.
The storm earlier dumped rain on northern
Philippines and was expected to pass by Taiwan,
where several flights were suspended.
The stock market and public offices were
closed Friday in Taipei, the island’s capital,
authorities announced.
Southern China already was struck by another
typhoon earlier this week.
Typhoon Linfa displaced 56,000 people in
southern Guangdong province.
California shark attack rates
plunge 90 percent since 1950s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New research
finds swimmers and surfers today are about 90
percent less likely to be attacked by sharks off
California than they were in the 1950s — even
though there are hundreds of thousands more
people in the water.
The findings mark a stark contrast to recent
headlines in North Carolina, where shark attacks
this year have reached a record high.
Stanford researcher Francesco Ferretti says
more study is needed to account for the apparent
disparity.
Ferretti says although the reported number
of attacks off California has risen slightly, the
risk of attack there has plummeted over the past
six decades. The decline likely is the result of
surging populations of sharks’ prey, such as sea
lions and elephant seals.
Researchers say there might also be fewer
sharks in the water, though their populations are
hard to track.
Strong quake rattles Solomon
Islands; no damage reported
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake
rattled the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific
on Friday, but officials said there was no tsunami
threat and no immediate reports of damage or
injuries. The 6.5-magnitude quake struck about
165 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital,
Honiara, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles),
according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said
there was no threat of a tsunami.
The quake caused the ground to shake in
Honiara for about 10 seconds, said Steve Nasiu,
an official with the Solomon’s National Disaster
Management Office. There were no reports
of damage or injuries, he said. The Solomon
Islands, home to 600,000 people, lie on the “Ring
of Fire” — the arc of seismic faults around the
Pacific Ocean where earthquakes are common.
At least 22 people killed
in stampede in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 22
people were killed in a stampede in central Bangladesh early Friday when hundreds of people
stormed the home of a businessman for a charity
handout during the holy Muslim month of
Ramadan, police said.
Another 30 were injured and rushed to a hospital in Mymensingh, a town 115 kilometers (70
miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, said police
officer Kamrul Islam. The crowd gathered outside the businessman’s home around 4 a.m. and
stormed in when the gates were opened to collect
free clothing, Islam said.
Stampedes are common at religious places and
during charity handouts in South Asian countries.
Foreigner with MERS in Philippines now free of the virus
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say
a foreigner who tested positive for MERS after
arriving in the Philippines from the Middle East
is now free of the virus and will leave the hospital
this weekend.
Department of Health spokesman Lyndon Lee
Suy said Friday the foreigner’s close contact, a
Filipino woman, is also well but will remain hospitalized until she completes a 14-day quarantine
period on July 18. He said passengers seated near
the foreigner on his flight were traced and none
manifested any symptoms. They are among 112
contacts who were traced and are being monitored daily by health authorities until they complete the 14-day period.
World Health Organization representative Julie Hall said the foreigner is no longer
infectious.
American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PROCLAMATION
MANU’A FLAG DAY
WHEREAS, on April 17, 1900 and July 16, 1904, the Chiefs of Tutuila and Aunu’u, and the King and Chiefs of
Manu’a, respectively, by virtue of their offices as the hereditary representatives of the people of these islands, for
and on behalf of the people, entered into agreements of cession whereby the islands of Tutuila, Aunu’u and Manu’a
were ceded to the Government of the United States of America, with all sovereign rights thereunto belonging, to be
annexed to said Government, and designated as Tutuila and Manu’a; and
WHEREAS, the Chiefs of Tutuila and Manu’a, for, and on behalf of the people of their islands agreed for themselves, and their heirs and representatives by Samoan custom, to owe allegiance to the Government of the United
States of America; and,
WHEREAS, the Government of the United States agreed to establish a good and sound government, protect traditional rights and property of the Samoan people, and promote the peace and welfare of the people; and,
WHEREAS, the agreements of cession were confirmed by the raising of the Flag of the United States, at the United States Naval Station, Tutuila and at Fale’ula, Ta’u, and the people of American Samoa and the United States of
America have since adhered faithfully to the purposes and obligations of the agreements of cession; and,
WHEREAS, throughout the long relationship between American Samoa and the United States of America, a significant number of our sons and daughters have served in the past, are now serving, and will in the future serve, in
the United States Armed Forces, with courage, honor and dignity; and,
WHEREAS, we embrace and commemorate the service and the sacrifice by our people in the Armed Forces of the
United States, as they protect and further the freedoms and values that we as Americans, and American Samoans,
hold to be dear and self-evident, both at home and abroad, in times of peace and of conflict, and whether on land
or sea or in the air.
NOW THEREFORE, in honor of these historical events, and in recognition and commemoration of our people’s
service and sacrifice in the Armed Forces of the United States, I, LOLO M. MOLIGA, Governor of American Samoa, proclaim that Manu’a Islands Cession Day will be celebrated on Thursday, July 16, 2015, for the observance
of appropriate ceremonies, commemorating the raising of the Flag of the United States of America over the Manu’a
Islands. I further call upon the government and the people of American Samoa to recognize and pay tribute to
the generations of our people, to those who have passed, to our living veterans and to those on active duty service
today, for their honor, loyalty, dedication and sacrifice in service to the territory of American Samoa and to the
United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and seal of my Office on this 9th day of July, in the year of
our Lord, two thousand fifteen.
LOLO M. MOLIGA
Governor of American Samoa
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Manu Samoa and All Blacks fans from one family gather for a quick image with NZ photographer, Andrew Cornaga before entering the stadium for the historic test match, at Apia Park,
Upolu, Samoa.
compiled by Samoa News Staff
EAST SIDE ROAD PROJECT
The stretch of main road from Visa Point in Lauli’i heading east to Faga’itua village is better
now than it has been over the past decades, thanks to McConnell Dowell carrying out the 3-R (rehabilitate, restore, and resurface) project that will, weather permitting, be fully completed by the end
of this month. Last weekend, there was not that much left to do, except paint the middle divider line
that separates the two lanes. Also, the area in front of Faga’itua High School and the DPS Substation
East is almost completed, with one side of the road (west bound) already flattened and smoothed out
while the east bound lane was being prepped for the asphalt to be laid.
Earlier this year, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga explained during the groundbreaking ceremony
for the project, that the delay in getting the project going was the lack of funds, and his office continues to work closely with the Legislature to resolve the issue. The east side road project proceeded
as planned, despite the lack of adequate funding.
The project costs in excess of $2.8 million and once completed, the 3-R project will move to the
west side to resurface and restore the portion of the main highway from Futiga to Leone.
Yesterday, an official from the Department of Public Works said that there are some other road
projects in the pipeline but a complete list will not be available until later next month.
SOFIAS DONATE TO DIALYSIS UNIT
This past Wednesday, the LBJ Dialysis Unit received a generous donation of $2,000 from the
Sosaiete O Faafafine I Amerika Samoa (SOFIAS).
The money comes from funds that were collected during the recent SOFIAS sanctioned pageants:
the Miss SOFIAS 2015 where Erica Fonoti emerged victorious, and the second annual Mr. American
Samoa pageant that was held last Friday and resulted in Folasa Allen being crowned.
Wednesday’s donation included $1,000 each from the two pageants. The check was presented
by SOFIAS president Dawn Malae Vaavale to Dialysis Unit officials Bernardo Raphael and Myah
Ierome who expressed their sincerest gratitude to the SOFIAS organization.
Along with Va’avale, other SOFIAS representatives who were instrumental in making the donation a reality include Leatumauga Seti, Shawnie Masoli, Jayleen Chun, Athena Mauga, Tasha Atio’o,
Ipi Ieli, and Poe Mageo. Throughout the years, the SOFIAS and its members have contributed thousands of dollars to different local causes including the American Samoa chapter of the Red Cross, the
Hope House at Fatuoaiga, and the Pediatric Ward at the LBJ Medical Center.
STORY WRITING WORKSHOP
The American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, and Humanities will be hosting a Story Writing
Workshop featuring nationally recognized teaching artist and author Daniel A. Kelin II. The fourday event will be held July 28-31 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Jean P. Hayden Museum in Fagatogo.
Right now, there is a call for local residents 16 years old and older to stop by during those dates to
share their stories about living in the territory. Entitled: “Tell Your Side of the Story About Living in
American Samoa,” the workshop will feature stories shared by participants about their experiences
as residents living here and 15-29 slots are available.
Samoa News understands that the stories will be transcribed and published by Kelin, who arrives
in the territory on Monday, July 27th.
Kelin has served as the Honolulu Theatre for Youth Director of Drama Education since 1987 and
also the president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (2011-2013).
According to his website, Kelin is a nationally recognized master teaching artist in drama and theatre, and he is on the National Teaching Artist roster of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts. He holds an MFA in Child Drama from the University of Hawaii and has served as a consultant
and trainer for many arts and social service organizations both on the national and international level.
“Dan co-founded the Hawaii Professional Development Task Force which guides the statewide
development of art education programming and training. He was also part of the team that created
the Hawaii Arts First K-5 Toolkit for classroom teachers.”
More information on the workshop can be obtained by calling 633-4347/4490/5613.
Aumua urges U.S.
House to hold the
line for local funds
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, July 9, 2015 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata, “Mr. Chairman, the world has changed
much since the inception of the program to assist American Samoa
Government operations and additional needs have arisen. Local
revenues have remained relatively constant, and the infrastructure
has become dated and in disrepair, which has caused undue hardship to both our people and businesses that rely upon our roads,
airport and port,” said Amata.
“In fact, the recent decision by the NOAA National Weather
Service to terminate weather observation service in American
Samoa, which our local airport relies upon for flight operations,
has prompted the need for the construction of a tower at Pago Pago
International Airport. This facility would serve as a standard control tower and would also contain the weather monitoring service
after NOAA ceases operations,” continued Amata.
During the debate on the Department of the Interior appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 yesterday, Amata took to the Floor
to urge her colleagues to maintain funding for American Samoa
at its current levels and deliberated on other needs for the islands.
Engaging in a colloquy with Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), who
serves as the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee
on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Amata acknowledged the budgetary pressures Congress is facing and commended
Chairman Calvert for recommending to the House that there be no
reduction in funding for American Samoa next year.
“My home district was devastated by a tsunami on Sept 29,
2009 that killed many of our people. I was there at the time. If it
hadn’t been for the fact that I had a scheduled meeting at that very
time and was already awake, I would have been killed by the wave.
We also lost our tuna cannery the day after the tsunami which was
half of our private sector employment,” said the Congresswoman.
“We are also suffering from the prolonged recession here in the
States, and suffered another setback with the recent longshoremen’s strike that exposed just how dependent we are on outside
resources. Chairman Calvert, I encourage the committee that, when
considering funding levels for the territories, to keep in mind our
economic and geographic isolation and the extreme disparity in
opportunities for growth between these regions and the states.”
In response, Chairman Calvert extended his own remarks to
the Congresswoman stating, “As someone who has always had
the utmost respect for our fellow countrymen from the territories,
I look forward to working with the gentlewoman from American
Samoa and I want to thank her for her efforts to inform the committee of the issues facing the Insular Areas.
“I am well aware of just how dedicated to our nation the people
of American Samoa are, as displayed by their extremely high rate
of enlistment into our country’s armed forces.
LAPD: Man in critical condition
after being shot by the police
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of breaking windows with a skateboard was shot and critically wounded by
police Thursday after he shocked an officer with the officer’s
Taser, authorities said. The man remained hospitalized.
His name was not immediately released.
A report that a man was using a skateboard to break storefront
windows sent officers to the Mid-Wilshire area shortly after 8:30
a.m., according to a police statement.
They spotted a man matching the suspect’s description but he
fled on a skateboard.
The officers caught up with him after he jumped or fell off of
the skateboard and a fight began.
An officer used a Taser on the man but it failed to subdue
him, police said.
During the scuffle, the man managed to grab the stun gun and
shock an officer in the leg. The officer’s partner then opened fire,
the police statement said.
Both officers were treated for injuries.
Patrick Comiskey told the Los Angeles Times that he saw
two officers on the steps of a building trying to subdue a man
who appeared to be homeless. He said it looked as though they
were trying to put the man’s arms behind his back.
Comiskey said he didn’t hear any words exchanged. At one
point, an officer reached behind his back. Comiskey said he thought
the officer was reaching for handcuffs but then heard a gunshot.
“It was point-blank,” Comiskey said.
It was the sixth shooting by police or sheriff’s deputies in Los
Angeles County in the past week.
Five of those shootings were fatal.
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
Mammoth bones, prehistoric
rock carvings and more than a
million acres of wilderness will
be protected as part of three new
national monuments that President Barack Obama is creating
in California, Nevada and Texas.
The
presidential
move,
announced by the White House
early Friday, brings to 19 the
number of monuments that
Obama has created or expanded
since taking office. Environmental
advocates hailed the new monuments as bringing sorely needed
protection to natural American
treasures, even as Republicans in
Congress were pursuing legislation to stop the president.
In Texas, Obama is creating a
monument at Waco Mammoth,
a relatively small site in central
Texas where archaeologists have
discovered remains of 24 Columbian Mammoths — the largest of
the mammoth species — from
more than 65,000 years ago, the
White House said. Like other
mammoths, the Columbian Mammoth is now extinct, but roamed
freely in North America during
the Pleistocene epoch, known colloquially as the ice age. The site
marks the only spot in the U.S.
where a nursery herd of mammoths has been discovered, and
is also home to preserved remains
of other ancient species including
the saber-toothed cat, dwarf antelope and the western camel.
Nevada’s Basin and Range,
home to rare rock art from 4,000
years ago, will also become a
national monument. The White
House said more than 700,000
acres of public land will be
protected in an untouched area
of the Great Basin region. In
addition to petroglyphs, the site
also contains “City,” an array
of abstract sculptures that artist
Michael Heizer has worked
on for more than four decades.
The project evokes elements of
Mesoamerican life, with ceremonial mounds interspersed
with more modern architecture.
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, the
Senate’s top Democrat, has been
pushing for years to protect the
site and its surroundings.
Tourists and nature lovers in
California will see more than
330,000 acres in northern California set aside for a new monument at Berryessa Snow Mountain. The White House touted
the area’s rich biodiversity and
Native American cultural sites,
but the area is best known as a
destination for hikers, campers,
fishermen and hunters. Officials
said designating the site as a
monument would likely prompt
increased visits to the area and
drive economic growth in the
coming years.
“I applaud the president,
because his historic action will
preserve this magnificent area
for generations and boost the
local economy,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Some Republicans have complained for years that Obama has
abused his authority to designate monuments. In anticipation
of Obama’s move, this week
Nevada Rep. Cresent Hardy
introduced an amendment to
an Interior Department bill that
would block Obama from creating monuments in areas where
there’s been local opposition.
His amendment, which successfully made its way into the bill,
lists counties in Nevada, Arizona, California, New Mexico,
Oregon and Utah as off-limits.
“Any decisions that restrict
ranching, recreation or other
types of land-use activities should
have as much local input as possible,” Hardy said, adding that the
amendment was “about empowering local communities and local
stakeholders most affected by
monument designations.”
Under the 1906 Antiquities Act, presidents have broad
authority to designate historic
or ecologically significant sites
without congressional approval,
protecting those areas from new
development like mining, oil
wells and grazing.
Obama has used that authority
aggressively as he’s worked to
secure a legacy of protecting the
environment and warding off the
effects of climate change. Earlier this year, Obama designated
new monuments in Hawaii, Illinois and Colorado, and last year
he expanded the Pacific Remote
Islands Marine National Monument to cover 490,000 square
miles, making it the largest
marine preserve in the world.
California’s Berryessa Snow
Mountain National Monument
will be managed U.S. Forest
Service and the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, the White House said.
The National Park Service will
run Waco Mammoth National
Monument in Texas, with help
from Baylor University and the
City of Waco. In Nevada, Basin
and Range National Monument
will be managed by the Bureau
of Land Management.
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American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PROCLAMATION
WORLD POPULATION DAY
WHEREAS, in observance of World Population Day, on July 11th, the territory of American Samoa will join
nations around the world to raise awareness of the impact population dynamics have on our everyday lives; and,
WHEREAS, in island settings such as ours the impact of population pressure needs to be managed effectively as
it affects our environment, economic development, and ability to provide needed social services; and,
WHEREAS, American Samoa recognizes that human dignity requires that we pursue economic sustainability
and a higher standard of living; and,
WHEREAS,American Samoa commemorates and renews its commitment to human dignity and the right of all
people to live in freedom from fear and want, by supporting efforts to achieve the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals to eliminate poverty, and to improve the health of people and our planet; and,
WHEREAS, the United States remains the only industrialized nation without a formalized population policy and
yet remains the third most populous nation in the world, with a lifestyle that has one of the highest impacts on
our shared global environment; and,
WHEREAS, the government of American Samoa strongly commits itself to addressing population concerns by
being the only United States state or territory to have established a Population Commission and a local population policy; and,
WHEREAS, we are calling on other local and national leaders to recognize and support this significant day and
examine the role that population dynamics play in our lives.
NOW, THEREFORE, I LOLO M. MOLIGA, Governor of American Samoa, do hereby proclaim July 11, 2015,
World Population Day in American Samoa, and urge all citizens to take notice of this day and the impacts that
population dynamics have on our islands.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature and the seal of my office on this 29th day of June,
in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen.
LOLO M. MOLIGA
Governor of American Samoa
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American Samoa Women’s Basketball team after their tough match against Papua New Guinea yesterday (Friday in Papua New Guinea), defeating the host country
71-55. American Samoa moves up for the Gold medal match late Friday afternoon (Papua New Guinea time). At press time the match between Fiji and Tahiti was
[photo by Ausage Fausia]
ongoing and the winner with compete today with American Samoa for the Gold.
Not berry good:
U.S. adults still
skimp on fruit
and vegetables
NEW YORK (AP) —
Most U.S. adults still aren’t
eating nearly enough fruits and
vegetables.
In a large national survey,
only 13 percent said they ate
the recommended amount of
fruit each day. And only 9 percent ate enough vegetables.
California — a big producegrowing state — ranked highest
for eating both fruits and vegetables. Tennessee was at the
bottom of the fruit list, and
Mississippi was last in eating
vegetables.
The government recommends that adults eat 1½ to two
cups of fruit and two to three
cups of vegetables each day.
Health officials have been
trying to promote fruits and
vegetables — especially leafy
greens — as healthy alternatives
to salty, fatty and sugary foods.
The goal is to curb the nation’s
obesity problem and reduce diabetes, heart disease and other
maladies tied to bad diets.
The findings come from a
2013 national telephone survey
of hundreds of thousands of
Americans. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
released the study Thursday.
Officials say it’s difficult
to compare the latest findings
to previous years because of a
change in how the survey was
done and how it asked about
produce consumption.
But the amount of fruit and
vegetable eating appears to be
holding steady at a disappointingly low level, said the study’s
lead author, Latetia Moore.
CDC report: http://
www.cdc.gov/mmwr
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Participants run beside ‘’Victoriano del Rio Cortes’’ fighting bulls along Estafeta corner during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain,
Thursday, July 9, 2015. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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Running of the bulls: 1
injured in 4th bull run
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s
Red Cross says at least one person has
been injured as thousands of people
tested their bravery and speed by dashing
alongside six fighting bulls in the fourth
bull-run of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival. Spokesman Jose Aldaba says there
are no reports of gorings in Friday morning’s run, but one person has been hospitalized with a hand injury.
Four people — two Americans, an
Australian and a Briton — have been
gored since the runs started Tuesday.
The nationally-televised run sees
people racing with six bulls along a
narrow 930-yard (850-meter) course
from a holding pen to the city’s bull ring.
Friday’s dash lasted 2 minutes, 24
seconds. The nine-day fiesta was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926
novel “The Sun Also Rises” and attracts
thousands of foreign tourists.
First electric plane flies
over the English Channel
CALAIS, France (AP) — A French
pilot has flown across the English
Channel in an electric-powered plane, a
journey considered an important symbolic step toward making electric flight
viable in the long term. Pilot Hugues
Duval flew from the French port of
Calais to the English shoreline and back
Thursday night on a two-engine, one-seat
Cricri plane — just hours before Airbus
planned a similar, higher-profile journey.
Airbus is planning to send its electric
plane prototype, the two-seater E-Fan,
on Friday morning across the Channel
for the first time, from Kent to Calais.
Duval told The Associated Press that
his successful flight was a “relief” and an
“important moment” after years of developing the plane and flying it over land.
Several companies in different countries are trying to develop electric planes
in hopes of offering a fuel-free and emissions-free flight alternative for the future.
In 1909, French pilot Louis Bleriot was
the first person to fly a plane across the
English Channel.
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Eruption of Indonesian volcano sparks travel chaos
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A
volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s main
island of Java has sparked chaos for
holidaymakers as international airlines
cancel flights to the resort island of Bali.
Mount Raung in East Java province,
about 93 miles from Bali’s international
airport, blasted ash and debris 12,460
feet into the air Friday. Authorities have
closed five Indonesian airports due to the
risks posed by volcanic ash.
Transport Ministry spokesman Julius
Adravida Barata said the ministry issued
a notice late Thursday for all airlines to
avoid routes near the mountain.
The volcano has proven particularly
problematic for Australians, who flock
to Bali during Australia’s school holiday
break. Dozens of flights between Australia and Bali’s Denpasar airport by carriers Jetstar and Virgin Australia have
been canceled over the past week.
British man denies being
disorderly and hitting
woman on airplane
BOSTON (AP) — A British man
accused of becoming belligerent on an
international flight, hitting a woman
traveling with him and urinating on the
plane’s seats and floor pleaded not guilty
on Thursday. Darren Halliwell was
arraigned on charges of disorderly conduct, assault and battery and disrupting
the operation of an aircraft. The British
Airways flight from London to Houston
was diverted Wednesday to Boston’s
Logan International Airport.
Prosecutors said Halliwell was drunk
and began yelling at a 14-year-old girl
traveling with her family. They said he
became aggressive when flight attendants tried to calm him and then struck
his female companion in the face with the
back of his hand. Halliwell, 46, is from
Aspull, a village in Greater Manchester,
England. His lawyer did not immediately
return a call seeking comment Thursday.
An East Boston Municipal Court
judge set Halliwell’s bail at $5,000. Halliwell is due back in court on July 29.
Thousands expected
at Mormon leader Boyd
K. Packer’s funeral
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several thousand people are expected at a
public funeral Friday in Salt Lake City
for Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer, who
was next in line to become president and
prophet of the religion. The service at the
Tabernacle on Temple Square will be the
second funeral in less than five weeks for
a high-ranking leader of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Packer’s death on July 3 at the age of
90 from natural causes left the religion
with two openings on a high-level governing body called the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles. Modeled after Jesus
Christ’s apostles, the group serves under
the church president and his two counselors in overseeing operations of the
church and its business interests. Fellow
quorum member L. Tom Perry died on
May 30 from cancer at the age of 92.
Packer had been a member of the
church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1970. As the longest tenured
member of that governing body, he was
next in line to become president of the
Salt Lake City-based religion, which
counts 15 million members worldwide.
Quorum member Russell M. Nelson,
90, now becomes next in line to take
Mormon President Thomas S. Monson’s
place. Monson is 87 years old, and church
officials have said he’s feeling the effects
of his age.
Kimball as ‘Capital For
A Day’ includes a social
KIMBALL, S.D. (AP) — Kimball’s
chance to be the honorary state Capital
for a Day this month is approaching
quickly. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s office
said Thursday that activities for the July
15 celebration will include a community
social beginning in the morning
They also include a Main Street walk
and business tours around town. The
governor will also hold a roundtable
lunch for community leaders to meet and
discuss the needs of the city.
The governor will join officials from
Kimball for a ribbon cutting ceremony
for the town’s new Health and Dental
Clinic. The town used a Community
Block Grant to help build the clinic.
Honda announces another
recall for faulty air bags
DETROIT (AP) — Honda has added
4.5 million vehicles in countries outside
the U.S. to the growing list of cars and
trucks recalled for Takata air bags that
could explode with too much force and
spew shrapnel at drivers and passengers.
The recall announced Thursday raises
to 57.5 million the total number of Takata
air bag inflators recalled worldwide.
The figure includes 33.8 million
inflators in the U.S. affecting 32 million
vehicles from 11 automakers including
Honda, BMW and Toyota.
At Honda alone, the figure is 24.5
million worldwide.
The staggering numbers mean it will
take several years for Takata and other air
bag makers to produce enough inflators to
finish the recalls, leaving potentially dangerous Takata inflators on the road.
Kelley Blue Book Senior Analyst
Karl Brauer estimated that it would take
four years or longer to make enough
inflators to finish all the global recalls,
and said that assumes that no further
recalls will be announced.
district soothes parents
over a “warning” letter
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon
school district has rushed to soothe parents at a Salem elementary school who
received a letter warning that children
not picked up promptly might be turned
over to the state.
The Salem Statesman Journal reports
that a Salem-Keizer School District
spokesman confirmed the letter about
the upcoming school year was sent
recently to Swegle Elementary School
parents. However, district spokesman
Jay Remy says it was sent in error
because the school’s principal had not
reviewed it. Remy described the letter as
neither accurate nor courteous and said
an apology would follow.
The third paragraph begins: “Children
must be picked up on time. If they are
not picked up on time we will call DHS
and you will then have to pick them up at
court the next day.” DHS is the Oregon
Department of Human Services.
KPTV of Portland reports parents
have been sent a phone message apology.
judge detains kids
for refusing lunch
with their father
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge sent three children to
juvenile detention for refusing
to have lunch or talk to their
father after chastising them and
their mother during a recent
hearing in a years-long custody
fight. And two weeks later, the
children — ages 15, 10 and 9 —
remained in custody.
Court transcripts show that
an exasperated Oakland County
Judge Lisa Gorcyca ruled on
June 24 that only the father
could visit the children while
they were at Children’s Village, a detention facility in Pontiac. She also said the children
should “be kept away from each
other as much as possible.”
Gorcyca went on to tell the
family that the case, stemming
from a contentious divorce that
began in 2009, was tied for the
worst “parental alienation” case
she had ever seen. She blamed
the mother for alienating the
boys and their younger sister
from their father.
“Your children — you need
to do a research program on
Charlie Manson and the cult
that he has,” the judge told
the mother, according to court
transcripts provided and first
reported by WJBK-TV.
The judge thanked the mom
for encouraging the kids during
the hearing to visit their father,
but said “it probably was way too
late.” She said the children would
be released only after talking to
their father, and ordered another
hearing on Sept. 8.
The Associated Press is
withholding the names of the
mother and father to protect the
identities of their children.
Liberia confirms 2
new Ebola cases
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP)
— Two new cases of Ebola
have emerged from the same
Liberian community where the
virus resurged the other week,
the acting head of the country’s
Ebola Case Management Team
said Thursday.
Dr. Francis Kateh said the
number of confirmed Ebola
cases has risen to five, including
the 17-year-old teen who died
of the disease on June 28. The
latest patients, a boy and a girl,
were brought to a treatment
center Wednesday from the
same Nedowein community
where the teen died.
All four confirmed patients
are at a treatment center near
Monrovia, Dr. Kateh said. He
said 120 people have been quarantined, and that 14 who are
considered active “high risk”
contacts are being monitored.
The last recorded case in
Liberia before this latest emergence was March 20, according
to the World Health Organization, which had declared the
country free from transmission
on May 9. Tests are being done
to help determine the mode of
transmission to the teenager. He
first became ill June 21 and went
to a local health facility where
he was treated for malaria and
discharged, WHO has said.
Former Mexican governor arrested on
tax fraud charge
MEXICO CITY (AP) —
Mexican authorities say they
have arrested the former governor of the state of Aguascalientes on financial fraud charges.
The Mexican Attorney General’s office said Thursday
that an arrest warrant for Luis
Armando Reynoso Femat was
executed in Leon, a city in Guanajuato state. He was then taken
to a jail in Aguascalientes.
The statement said a federal investigation into Reynoso
Femat began in July 2014. The
alleged fraud refers to his failure
to file an income tax return in
2009 while he was governor.
The ex-governor’s son has
also been under investigation
over millions in bank deposits
made during the last three years
of his father’s term.
Reynoso Femat served as
governor in 2004-2010. He has
said the money at the center of
his son’s case was legitimate.
Japan launches free
Wi-Fi on Mount Fuji
TOKYO (AP) — Climbers
who reach the summit of Mount
Fuji will now be able to share
their achievement via free Wi-Fi.
A Japanese mobile phone network says it will begin offering
the service Friday at eight
hotspots on Japan’s most famous
mountain, including the 3,776meter (12,389-foot) summit.
The initiative is aimed at
attracting more overseas visitors
to Shizuoka and Yamanashi,
the two states that are home
to Mount Fuji. From airports
to subway and bus operators,
Japan has been expanding free
Wi-Fi service ahead of the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
Users on Mount Fuji will
need to enter a user ID and
password provided in fliers in
English, Chinese and Korean
that will be distributed at some
trailheads. NTT DOCOMO Inc.
will provide the service for 72
hours from the initial log-in.
No charges filed in
the death of 6-year
-old mauled by dog
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)
— The Henderson County
Sheriff’s Office announced
Thursday that no charges will
be filed in the death of a 6-yearold boy mauled by a pit bull in
western North Carolina.
The police investigation
found the 1-year-old male pit
bull was adopted from the Asheville Humane Society about
three weeks before the attack.
Authorities said the organization followed adoption procedures and the dog was current
on its rabies and other recommended vaccinations.
Joshua Philip Strother apparently had climbed over a 4-foot
chain-link fence to get into a
neighbor’s yard in Hendersonville, N.C. The pit bull was so
aggressive that responding officers had to shoot it so emergency
workers could get to the child, a
sheriff’s office spokesman said.
Strother died at the scene from
wounds to his head and neck,
police said.
Florida districts
are rejected as
gerrymandered
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)
— The Florida Supreme Court
ruled Thursday that the state’s
congressional maps don’t meet
the requirements of a voterapproved constitutional amendment that prohibits political
lines from being drawn to favor
incumbents or a political party.
The court ordered the Legislature
to try drawing the maps again.
The ruling means there could
be an upheaval as incumbents
seek re-election and candidates from both parties seek to
fill open seats. Florida has 27
congressional districts and the
ruling could affect 22 of them.
The court ordered eight districts
be redrawn, but in doing so, 14
districts that border might also
have to be changed.
The court told the Legislature to act swiftly since qualifying for congressional races is
approaching. Candidates must
file their paperwork to get on
the 2016 ballot during the first
week in May. The ruling chastised the Republican-led Legislature not only for working with
political operatives to violate the
constitution in order to benefit
the GOP, but also for making
important decisions behind
closed doors and destroying
documents and deleting emails
when they knew the maps would
be challenged in court.
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3. Next week Thursday, is a local government holiday, Manu’a
Cession Day.
A priority on the Fono’s agenda is review and approval of
the fiscal year 2016 budget, which begins Oct. 1, 2015. No confirmed time frame yet as to when the budget will be submitted by
the administration to the Fono.
In her FY 2016 budget call letter, Office of Program Planning
and Budget director Catherine D. Saelua informed directors
that all government agencies and departments set their budget
ceiling for FY 2016 at 10% less than their approved budget of
FY 2015.
She noted that ASEDA has been revived and tasked with
finding alternative financing for local capital improvement projects, through Bond Financing.
In ASG’s attempt to improve its Bond Rating, the government
adopted recommendations by its Financial Advisors that ASG
“must balance its budget annually beginning with FY 2015 and
will continue to be effective throughout the life of the bond,” she
said. (See Samoa News edition June 15 for details.)
AMERICAN SAMOA POWER AUTHORITY
Material Management Office
Po Box PPB, Pago Pago
American Samoa 96799
Phone No.: (684) 699-3057
Fax No.: (684) 699-4129
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No: ASPA15.1271
Issuance Date: July 8, 2015
Date & Time Due: August 6, 2015
No later than 2:00 p.m. local time
The American Samoa Power Authority issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) to invite qualified firms to
submit formal, written proposals for the:
“Island Wide Scrap Metal, Bulky Waste and/or Plastic Furniture Pickup”
Submission
An Original and five copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: “RFP No.
ASPA15.1271 Island Wide Scrap Metal, Bulky Waste and/or Plastic Furniture Pickup”. Submissions are
to be sent to the following address and will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Thursday,
August 6, 2015:
Materials Management Office
American Samoa Power Authority
P.O. Box PPB
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Attn: Procurement Manager
Any proposal received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and will be determined as being non- responsive.
Document
The RFP package outlining the proposal requirements is available at The Materials Management Office
at ASPA’s Tafuna Compound and may also be obtained from our Website: http://www.aspower.com.
Right of Rejection
The American Samoa Power Authority reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and to waive
any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted proposals that are not in the best interests of
the American Samoa Power Authority or the public.
Approved for Issuance: Utu Abe Malae, Executive Director
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anyone and hold their own after playing the New Zealand All Blacks to a loss of 25-16, at Apia Park,
Apia, Upolu, Samoa. Deepening dependency on new
tech raises risk of breakdowns
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers
Technology has become so indispensable
that when it breaks down, people’s lives go
haywire, too.
Computer outages at United Airlines, the
New York Stock Exchange and The Wall Street
Journal on Wednesday delivered a reminder
about our growing dependence on interconnected
networks to get through each day.
For the most part, technology has worked
smoothly while hatching innovations and conveniences that have made our lives easier and
our jobs more productive. Computers, though,
could bring more frequent headaches as they link
together with billions of other electronic devices
and household appliances— a phenomenon that
has become known as the “Internet of things.”
This technological daisy chain will increase
the complexity of the systems and raise the risks
of massive breakdowns, either through an inadvertent glitch or a malicious attack.
“The problem is humans can’t keep up with all
the technology they have created,” said Avivah
Litan, an analyst at Gartner. “It’s becoming
unmanageable by the human brain. Our best hope
may be that computers eventually will become
smart enough to maintain themselves.”
Technology already is controlling critical
systems such as airline routes, electricity grids,
financial markets, military weapons, commuter trains, street traffic lights and our lines of
communications.
Now, computers are taking other aspects of
our lives as we depend on smartphones to wake
us up in the morning before an app turns on the
coffee pot in the kitchen for a caffeine fix that
can be enjoyed in a the comfort of a home kept
at an ideal temperature by an Internet-connected
thermostat designed to learn the occupant’s
preferences.
Within the next few years, we may even be
unlocking our doors with high-tech watches after
being chauffeured home in robotic cars.
Technology’s relentless march demands
better security measures to prevent hackers from
breaking into system and more rigid programming standards to reduce the chances of crippling outages, said Lillian Ablon, a technology
researcher for the Rand Corp.
“Instead of just letting the technology rush
ahead of us and then trying to catch up in terms of
privacy and security, we should be baking those
things into the systems from the start,” she said.
“We need to be a little smarter on how we are
coding things.”
The sequence of Wednesday’s outages
appears to have been a fluke. Sabotage isn’t suspected, FBI Director James Comey said during
an appearance before Congress.
But a domino effect may have contributed
to The Wall Street Journal’s outage. Comey
believes the newspaper’s website buckled after
the New York Stock Exchange’s problems
caused alarmed investors looking for information
to swamp the Journal’s website.
The length of Wednesday’s outages also is
disconcerting, Gartner’s Litan said.
It took the New York Stock Exchange more
than three-and-half hours to resume trading,
slowing Wall Street’s usually furious pace. A
“router issue” at United Airlines grounded its
planes for nearly two hours, leading to 800 flight
delays and 60 cancellations.
“Everyone needs to assume technology is
going to go down sometimes, but you should
be resilient enough to quickly recover from the
outage within a half hour, if not a few minutes,”
Litan said.
Wednesday’s breakdowns were minor inconveniences compared with what might happen if
better security measures aren’t imposed to keep
out intruders bent on wreaking havoc, said Jeff
Williams, chief technology officer for Contrast
Security.
Too often, the technology industry’s focus is
on creating something cool and worrying about
security later, Williams said.
He said the lackadaisical attitude breeds a
mindset like this: “Oh, we’ll just put your blender
on the Internet, there are no security issues there.
And hackers figure out a way to turn on your
blender in the middle of the night and set your
house on fire.”
Computers may get smarter through a combination of better programming, machine learning
and more sophisticated chips. If computers can
reach the still far-off goal of becoming artificially
intelligent, they could be better equipped to prevent problems and fend off unauthorized users.
Self-reliant and self-aware computers would still
confront humans with a scary question, Litan
said: “Are the computers going to be nice to us or
are they going to take us out?”
Kentucky governor tells clerk
to issue gay-marriage licenses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor told a county
court clerk Thursday that he should either issue marriage licenses
to same-sex couples or resign.
But Casey Davis, who is elected, said he would go to jail first.
“If that’s what it takes for me to express the freedom of
religion that I believe I was born with, I’m willing to do that,”
Davis, dressed in a suit and smiling with his wife beside him, told
reporters after his meeting with Gov. Steve Beshear.
Beshear spokesman Terry Sebastian later confirmed that the
governor had indeed urged Davis to comply with the law.
Davis, the Casey County court clerk, is one of the local elected officials across the country who have cited religious beliefs in refusing
to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last month legalizing same-sex marriages nationwide. Their stance has prompted a
debate about whether religious liberty extends to those officials, who
are charged with carrying out state government functions.
Beshear, a Democrat, fought to preserve Kentucky’s ban on
same-sex marriages, even hiring private attorneys to defend it
after the state’s Democratic attorney general declined to do so. But
Thursday, Beshear offered his strongest statement yet that Davis,
and others who share his beliefs, must follow the law.
“When he was elected, he took a constitutional oath to uphold
the United States Constitution,” Beshear said in a news release.
“One of Mr. Davis’ duties as county court clerk is to issue marriage licenses, and the Supreme court now says that the United
States constitution requires those marriage licenses to be issued
regardless of gender.”
House GOP leaders call on
Obama to fire OPM director
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top three Republican leaders
in the House are calling on President Barack Obama to fire the
director of the Office of Personnel Management after the latest disclosures of the security breach of government computer systems.
House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
and Whip Steve Scalise say director Katherine Archuleta should
go — and they want the president to “take a strong stand against
incompetence.” Boehner says he has no confidence in the current
OPM leadership. He says too much trust has been lost, with the
administration saying hackers stole Social Security numbers from
more than 21 million people and snatched other information.
Scalise says the president’s response to the security breach has
been “nothing short of breathtaking in its inadequacy.”
McCarthy calls the latest news “absolutely inexplicable.”
Fire on San Francisco Bay
Area commuter train injures 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire on a commuter train filled a
rail car with smoke in the San Francisco Bay Area, injuring three
people and snarling the Thursday morning rush hour.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains are running again after systemwide delays. Four stations in the East Bay reopened after being
closed for about five hours, but some delays remain.
BART is investigating what ignited the fire around 4:30 a.m.
in the last car of a three-car train in east Oakland. Spokesman Jim
Allison said 50 passengers were in the car and three were treated
for injuries.
One person suffered smoke inhalation, another was treated for
breathing difficulties and a third had an injured hand, the Oakland
Fire Department said.
Crews are working to move the train and replace rails damaged
in the incident, Allison said.
Earlier, the Lake Merritt, San Leandro, Fruitvale and Coliseum
stations were closed, and service was suspended to Oakland International Airport.
Greece’s Tsipras to sell lastditch deal to reluctant party
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s left-wing Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras will seek backing for a harsh new austerity package
from his party Friday to keep his country in the euro — less than
a week after urging Greeks to reject milder cuts in a referendum.
Government ministers signed off on the sweeping new measures — likely to extend the recession after six years of painful
decline — that include pension cuts and tax hikes.
The proposals were sent to rescue creditors for approval at
emergency meetings of European Union leaders and finance ministers over the weekend. The proposed new bailout worth nearly $60
billion would be Greece’s third since it lost market access in 2010.
But Tsipras must first get authorization from parliament in
a vote Friday, asking his Syriza party to sign off on the U-turn
despite more than 60 percent of voters opposing more austerity in
the July 5 referendum. The coalition government has 162 seats in
the 300-member parliament and pledged backing on a deal from a
large section of opposition lawmakers. But failure to deliver votes
from his own government would likely topple his coalition.
A prominent dissenter, Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis,
urged the government not to sign a third bailout. “The choices we
have are tough ... but the worst, the most humiliating and unbearable choice is an agreement that will surrender, loot and subjugate
our people and this country,” he told a business conference.
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➧ Dengue Fever…
fever, severe headache, severe eye pain (behind eyes), joint pain,
muscle and/or bone pain and rash, they should visit the hospital.
She made it clear that the hospital will not turn anyone away who
needs medical assistance, it’s against hospital policies.
The doctor urges the public who have symptoms of dengue
to come into the hospital so the physician can examine them and
order lab work to find out if they have dengue or other diseases.
“If you come into the ER, and the physician sees that you are
dehydrated they will give you IV fluids, if you come and you have a
fever, they will give tylenol, they will order labs and we look specifically for platelet levels. If they are in the normal range, but the patient
looks sick, we will admit the patient. If the platelet level is normal
range and the patient improves with treatment in the ER, the patient
will be sent home with instruction to come back within two days
to monitor the platelet level or come again when they continue to
feel unwell,” Dr. Fuavai explained. She also pointed out that because
dengue is a mosquito transmitted virus the hospital encourages the
use of environmental control measures such as cleaning out watercollecting containers and practicing good sanitation. Also remember
the 3 D’s- DRAIN water, DEFEND yourself by using mosquito
repellent containing DEET, and DRESS Protectively.
In the meantime, family members of an eight-month pregnant
woman whom the family says has dengue fever is reaching out
to the public for assistance via Facebook to get the message out.
According to one post that Samoa News received the pregnant
woman has the fever that’s subsided but it has taken a toll on her
and she needs blood, specifically blood type B+ (B positive).
“If for some reason she gives birth before she gets enough
blood, she will bleed out and she will die,” the post states. “We
humbly ask for your help and to come to the Lab at LBJ and tell
them you are donating for the eight-month pregnant woman.”
They also ask that if you know you have B+ blood to let them
know and pass on the message.
Another post that Samoa News has received is for Etenauga
Lutu, who also has dengue fever and she’s in need of blood type
“AB”. According to Christina Lutu-Sanchez, they are looking for
those from the ages 18 to 65 yrs old, with no medical history (i.e.
diabetes, etc) and who have not recently gotten a tattoo — within
the last two months. The family asked for the public to pre-screen
at the LBJ lab, to determine if they are a compatible match (donor)
for their mom, Etenauga Lutu.
Mrs. Lutu-Sanchez said they’ve had tremendous support from
the public since they posted on Facebook, however there are other
patients who are in need of blood and she encourages the public to
lend a hand, especially given the dengue fever presence on island.
➧ Le Motusa — it’s a gold mine…
Yesterday, Tufele’s son, Bluesky Communications Chief Operating Officer (COO) Rep.
Puleleiite Li’amatua Tufele Jr. told Samoa News
in an interview for our Manu’a Cession Day feature that he shares his father’s vision, but admitted
that it would be ‘very costly’ to see it through.
Puleleiite said the transportation challenges
are far too great and realistically, he believes
Manu’a is already a gold mine as far as the development of agriculture and its wonderful sea life.
The lawmaker, who was educated as a youngster in Manu’a before relocating with his parents
and older sister to American Samoa, where they
eventually settled in Laulii, says the fresh bottom
fish including tuna and albacore found in waters
surrounding the Manu’a Islands is something that
needs to be explored and looked at.
“This is sustainable and as far as Ofu and
Ta’u, the implementation of more industry type
opportunities is a great option,” Puleleiite said,
adding that while Manu’a is small in size, there
is an abundance of flat land that can be developed for farming as well as raising livestock—
including pigs and cows.
Puleleiite also referred to a new water well that
was installed back in 2012 in Ta’u, at the curb of
Mt. Lata. He said samples of the water pumped
there, without the use of reverse osmosis, were
sent to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
confirm quality assurance, and the results showed
that the water from Ta’u is cleaner and has a
higher pure percentage than Fiji Water, which is
exported to various countries around the world.
Puleleiite said these findings and facts are with
the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA).
“I don’t know if there is a reverse osmosis
machine hooked up to that well right now, but I do
know that the sample was drawn without the use
of reverse osmosis,” Puleleiite added. “Even then,
the water still came out better than Fiji Water.”
(Reverse Osmosis is a water justification technology that uses a semipermeable membrane to
remove larger particles from drinking water).
Puleleiite described the natural resources
found in the Manu’a Islands as ‘gold’ and said
that while his father’s dream of making the
islands a tourist destination is a great one, it will
be very expensive to develop and the transportation woes are the biggest problem.
“How can we solve the transportation problems right away if we are piggy backing off of an
international carrier to serve Manu’a?” he asked.
When asked if he would ever move to the
Manu’a Islands, Puleleiite said, “Yes. Definitely.”
The faipule from Sua District is on dialysis
treatment and said that if the American Samoa
Government can obtain funding so that dialysis
patients like himself can receive home dialysis
treatments, he would have no problem relocating
permanently to Manu’a.
Puleleiite’s parents, the late Tufele Li’amatua
and Tofiga Tufele, the head of nursing at the LBJ
Medical Center, own a large piece of land in
Fitiuta, including a home that has been left abandoned for years. It is on that land that Puleleiite’s
parents raised livestock and farmed.
“I would have no problems going back to
develop the land,” Puleleiite said.
He even hinted at the idea of starting a water
bottling business which, according to a quote he
received from a Seattle based company, would
cost around $400,000 to set up.
In 2012, then Lt. Governor Faoa Aitofele
Sunia said that population numbers in Manu’a
continue to decline, as most of the traditional
leaders of Manu’a and the elderly live on the
main island of Tutuila to be close to the hospital,
or because their jobs are here.
During the government church service to mark
the 108th anniversary of the signing of the Deed
of Cession by Tuimanu’a Elisara, Faoa said the
delivery of government services and programs
are determined by the number of people living
in an area and that makes Tutuila the recipient
of most government resources. However, Faoa
added, that doesn’t take away from the government’s duty to provide for its citizens in Manu’a.
For now, there are more than 2,000 people
residing in the Manu’a Islands which include
Ofu, Olesega, and Ta’u. The U.S. flag was
hoisted at Tau on June 5, 1900. Manu’a is part
of the eastern Samoan island group, including
American Samoa, separate from the western
islands that include Upolu and Savaii.
It is home to some of the most spectacular
coral reefs in the world and is believed to be the
birthplace of the majority of original history, stories, and legends that make up the foundation of
Samoan oral traditions and formal ceremonies.
It should be pointed out that the Gov. Lolo
Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu P. Mauga
administration, since it took the helm of the ASG
in 2013, has made the development of Manu’a
Island infrastructure a priority.
Over the last two years, government entities and
departments have been directed to provide services
of like nature to the residents of Manu’a. Lolo has
said that “the goal is for residents to have easy
access to government services as well as improving
economic conditions for island residents.”
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Philadelphia police probing
violent arrest caught on video
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia
Police Department has opened an internal affairs
investigation into an April arrest after video surfaced showing mostly white officers repeatedly
punching and kicking the black suspect.
The department launched its inquiry into the
forceful apprehension of 22-year-old Tyree Carroll on Thursday, a day after a political commentator who chronicles police conduct posted
the video to YouTube. It has been viewed nearly
33,000 times. The department said it is working to
gather facts and identify all officers shown in the
five-minute clip. So far, none has been reassigned
or taken off the street, a police spokesman said.
Lawyer Berto Elmore, who agreed to represent Carroll after a friend sent him the video, said
he was frightened and upset by the officers’ conduct. “Arrest somebody. You don’t have to beat
him like that. You don’t have to keep punching
and punching and punching,” Elmore told The
Associated Press. “I’m at a loss. These guys get
handcuffed and still get beat.”
United pilot flushed bullets
down the toilet on airplane
DALLAS (AP) — A United Airlines captain
threw bullets in a trash bin accessible to passengers and later flushed them down a toilet on board a
flight that he was piloting to Germany. The Transportation Security Administration and the airline
said that they were investigating the incident.
United spokeswoman Karen May said that
the pilot should not have thrown the bullets in
the toilet. She said the pilot is allowed to carry
a gun on domestic flights under a post-9/11 federal program intended to make planes harder to
hijack. The pilot did not take his gun on the June
23 international flight from Houston to Munich,
she said, but he realized during the flight that he
had left ammunition in his bag.
The pilot dumped the bullets before reaching
Germany, which has strict gun laws.
A TSA spokesman confirmed that the agency
is investigating but declined to say more. The
Federal Aviation Administration and aviation authorities in Munich did not immediately
respond to requests for comment.
After landing in Munich, the plane taxied to
a remote area where passengers got off and the
waste tanks were emptied to find the bullets.
Rare meeting between Pakistan, Indian PMs in Russia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The prime ministers
of Pakistan and India have met on the sidelines
of a summit in a Russian city. It’s a rare meeting
between the leaders from two South Asian rivals.
A statement released by Pakistan says Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif met with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday at Congress
Hall in Uva, where they are attending the summit
of BRICS trade group and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Pakistan says the two leaders
will discuss range of issues.
Pakistan and India have long tried to mend
their differences without making much progress.
Earlier this week, the two sides exchanged fire
near the Pakistani city of Sialkot. Last summer,
India called off talks after Islamabad’s ambassador
in New Delhi met with Kashmiri separatist leaders.
FAA to dump navigation points
named for Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation
Administration is dumping Donald Trump. The
agency said Thursday it intends to rename three
navigation points near Palm Beach International
Airport in Florida that currently are named for the
billionaire and Republican presidential candidate.
It’s fairly common for the FAA to name such
points, which are used by pilots and air traffic
controllers, for local figures. Trump has a home
in Palm Beach. In 2010, a local air traffic controller named the points DONLD, TRMMP and
UFIRED. The last is a reference to the catchphrase “You’re fired” from Trump’s reality TV
show “The Apprentice.” The FAA said in a statement that the agency generally chooses names
that are non-controversial.
Trump has been under fire for recent statements accusing many immigrants of being drug
dealers and rapists.
Pope changes in Burger
King before Mass in Bolivia
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Burger
King has long been providing quick meals. Pope
Francis has now used it for a quick change.
With hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful
waiting, Pope Francis needed a place to don his vestments to celebrate Mass at the Christ the Redeemer
square in Santa Cruz. He had just spent more than
30 minutes in his popemobile waving to thousands
lined up on the streets as he drove to the square for
the service. Enter the restaurant known for Whoppers and fries. The famously unpretentious pope
used the fast food joint, which was closed for the
morning for the papal visit, before walking to the
nearby altar and beginning the Mass.
Alfredo Troche, manager of the Burger King,
said the papal entourage approached the restaurant and “asked for help because this was an
appropriate place and we had closed” to customers. Minutes later, during his homily, Francis
blasted consumerism. He said that by materialistic logic, everything becomes an object that can
be consumed and negotiated.
Thai police chief: evidence in
tourist murder trial not lost
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s national
police chief said investigators were in possession of crucial DNA evidence in the murder trial
of two Burmese migrants accused of killing a
pair of British tourists. Media reports Thursday
said the evidence had been lost or destroyed, but
national police chief Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung denied that Friday. “It is not lost,” he said.
The comments came on the third day of the
trial in a case marked by questions of police and
judicial competency and claims that the accused
were tortured into confessing.
After two days of delays, the court was
expected to rule Friday on a defense request to
re-examine key DNA evidence. A policeman who
testified a day earlier was quoted in some news
reports as saying some the evidence might be lost.
‘Ghostbusters’ cameraman helps
ID shove suspect; woman dies
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 72-yearold woman who was knocked to the ground in
Boston has died soon after a cameraman working
on the new “Ghostbusters” movie helped them
track down the person who did it.
The Suffolk district attorney’s office reported
the woman’s death Thursday. Authorities say
the woman bumped into Tajanetta Downing on
Wednesday in Chinatown. They say Downing
pushed the woman, who hit her head on the pavement. They say Downing kept walking but said she
heard a bystander ask the woman if she was OK.
Police say they located Downing with help
from a “Ghostbusters” cameraman who saw
what happened. Downing is from Lawrence.
She’s jailed on assault charges. Her lawyer hasn’t
returned a call seeking comment. Authorities
haven’t released the victim’s name. The cause of
her death hasn’t been determined.
Gunmen kill 5 members of a
family near Mex. border city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen believed to
belong to a drug cartel killed five members of a
family near the Mexican border city of Reynosa,
across from McAllen, Texas, authorities said
Thursday. The assailants arrived at the family’s
home and forced the inhabitants outside, then
killed a grandfather, his son and three of his grandchildren, aged 10 to 19, Tamaulipas state’s government said. The killings took place late Wednesday.
The gunmen reportedly questioned the family
about a rival gang, and then shot them to death
and ransacked the home on a road between
Reynosa and the neighboring city of Matamoros.
Earlier Thursday, journalist Pedro Ferriz said
he was robbed at gunpoint while webcasting
from his car in Mexico City. Ferriz, best known
for his radio programs, kept recording and taped
part of his own robbery.
Ferriz was speaking into a cellphone app
when he was robbed of his watch and phone by
an assailant with a pistol.
In the video, which was posted on local websites, Ferriz is seen taping himself when suddenly
a scuffle ensues.
He can be heard saying, “I’m on air!”
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O le aso Tofi i Papua Niu Kini na toe fo’i atu ai i Niu Kaletonia
alo e to’alua a Amerika Samoa o loo aooga sikolasipi i polokalame siisii uamea mamafa a le Pasefika, i le mae’a ai lea ona la
tausinio mo Amerika Samoa i Ta’aloga lona XV a le Pasefika o lo
o fa’agasolo o Papua Niu Kini i le taimi nei.
Na faamavae ma loimata sui o le Team American Samoa ma
ali’i ia e to’alua, le susuga ia Tanumafili Jungblut ma Apineru
Vaoga, i le mae’a ai lea o se faigalotu sa tu’u fa’atasia e le Faatonusili o Paka ma Malaetaalo ia Maeatanoa Pili Gaoteote.
E pei ona silafia, o Jungblut na manumalo i pine apamemea e 4
i ta’aloga a le Pasefika, i le mae’a ai o lana taumafaiga i le aupega
e pito sili ona faigata o le 94kg, lea ua sola ai le alii mai Papua Niu
Kini o Steven Kari ma pine auro e lua i le vaega o le ‘clean & jerk’
ma le ‘total’ i le aofa’i o lana si’i e 344kg, ae sola le ali’i Samoa o
Siaosi Lui ma le pine auro e tasi i lana si’i i le vaega o le ‘snatch’,
i le aofa’i atoa o lana si’i e 343kg.
O le susuga a Jungblut e 198kg le tu’u fa’atasiga o lana si’i i
le aupaga atoa lea, lea ua mafua ai ona ia manumalo i pine apamemea e fa mo Amerika Samoa.
Na tau le mafai e le faiaoga o le ‘au siisii ona saunoa e fa’amatala
ona lagona fiafia ma le fa’agaeetia ia Jungblut ma Vaoga, ona o le
tulaga maualuga sa oo i ai le la taumafaiga i Ta’aloga a le Pasefika
i lenei tausaga.
“Fa’afetai atu mo lo oulua sao i le vaiaso mo Amerika Samoa,
e ui e lei fa’amanuiaina lau taumafaiga Vaoga mo se pine, ae o le
itu mataina i la’u vaavaai, e matua maualuga ma tele le suiga ua i
ai lau si’i lena ua i ai, pe a fa’atusatusa i le tulaga sa i ai i le tausaga
na te’a nei,” o le saunoaga lea a Alo.
“E le faigofie le lua aumau ai i nuu ese ona o le aoga, e le o se
mea leaga foi ua mafua ai ona tatou valavala, o le taumafaiga lava
ina ia faaleleia le lua taleni mo le lumana’i, ina ia mafai pea ona
maua avanoa e te lua tausinio ai mo Amerika Samoa,” o le isi lea
saunoaga a Alo.
I le taula’i ai o le vaai ina ia mafai ona fai ma sui o Amerika
Samoa i ta’aloga a le Olimipeka o le lalolagi, na fa’atula’i ai e
Alo se lu’i tele ia Jungblut ma Vaoga, ina ia finau e koleni ma ia
maua le malosi, ina ia mafai ai ona maua le avanoa e tausinio ai i
ta’aloga a le Olimipeka.
“Ou te fia vaai ua fa’alealea le tagavai a Amerika Samoa i
ta’aloga a le Olimipeka, ou te fia vaai i ai ...” o le saunoaga lea a
Alo, ona motu fa’afuase’i lea ina ua tutulu le ali’i faiaoga.
“ ..vaai oulua le fanau, aua e te lua fa’alogologo tiga i le vaivai
ma le fa’apalapala, o le maualuga lea ua oo i ai le lua si’i i lenei
tausaga, e mafai ona sili atu pe afai e te lua finau pea ma taumafai i a oulua koleniga, aua afai ae mavae atu lo’u taimi lea ou
te tula’i mai ai i le faiaoga, e mafai ona avea oulua o se faiaoga i
le lumana’i,” o isi ia upu faamalosi a Alo ia Jungblut ma Vaoga.
Sa aofia ai i le taimi i le fa’amavaega le afioga i le Minisita o
Ta’aloga a Amerika Samoa i le Pasefika, le afioga i le ali’i Faatonusili o le Ofisa o Autalavou, Tina ma Tama’ita’i ia Jonathan
Fanene, o Maeatanoa, fa’apea ai ma le Teutupe a le ASNOC, o ia
fo’i lea o le Peresetene o le Asosi Basketball a Amerika Samoa,
susuga Milton Taufa’asau.
I upu apoapoa’i a le afioga a Maeatanoa, sa ia tima’i ai i alo ia
e toalua o le atunuu ina ia taula’i o la loto i le mafua’aga ua ala ai
ona la tuua o la aiga ae aumau i Niu Kaletonia, ona o le aoaoina o
le poto atoa ai ma le koleniina o le malo mo ta’aloga siisii.
“E le faigofie le filifilia o oulua e avea ma sui o Amerika Samoa
i totonu o lena aoga, ae tatau fo’i ona oulua manatua, soo se avanoa
e tuuina atu mo oulua, aua ete lua fa’avaivai ai, a ia tu’u i ai le mea
sili e te lua mafaia,” o le saunoaga lea a Maeatanoa.
Na taua e le Pule o le Aoga Sikolasipi Siisii i Niu Kaletonia, o
ia fo’i lea o le Failautusi Aoao o le Asosi Siisii Uameamamafa a le
Pasefika (Oceania Weightlifting Federation - OWF) ia Paul Coffa
i le Samoa News e fa’apea, e ui e na o le fa masina lea na koleni ai
Jungblut ma Vaoga ae oo loa i Ta’aloga a le Pasefika, ua vaaia le
tele o le suiga ua i ai le la taumafaiga, ma e i ai lona manatu e sili
atu se isi tulaga e oo i ai le la taumafaiga, pe afai ae mae’a aoaoga
o lenei tausaga.
Na fa’aigoa e Coffa ia Jungblut ma Vaoga, “o i laua o ni
Aseta mo Amerika Samoa” i le ta’aloga siisii u’amea mamafa i le
lumana’i, e mafai fo’i ona avea i laua ma ni isi la te fa’alauteleina
atu lenei taleni i tupulaga talavou o le atunu’u, ina ia unaia ai i
latou ia fiafia i le ta’aloga siisii u’amea mamafa.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
Se vaaiga i le ata sa pu’eina a ni isi o le au malaga a Amerika Samoa i Papua Niu Kini, ma sui
e to’alua o le au siisii lea ua toe fo’i atu nei mo a laua koleniga i Niu Kaletonia, le susuga a Apineru
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Vaoga ma Tanumafili Jungblut (saofafa’i i le nofoa).
Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions
BETHAM: “E MAFAI ONA MATOU FAATOILALOA LE OLOPELEKI”
E ui e le o ‘ai ia o le taaloga sa tatalo i ai le toatele o le atunuu i le aso Lulu na sei mavae atu nei,
ae ua faaalia e le faiaoga ulu a le manu Samoa, le susuga Steven Betham, ana leai le tele o mea sese
lea na maua ai sala a le Olopeleki, e mafai lava e le Manu Samoa ona faatoilalo le au pea uli.
“Sa taaalo tama i le mea e gata mai ai le malosi,” o le saunoaga lea a Betham. “Ae ui ina matou
malolo i lea aso, o le au lea sa matou taaalo o le au numera tasi lea o le lalolagi. O lea foi ua matou
mautinoa, e mafai ona matou manumalo i le Olopeleki po o se isi lava au i le lalolagi pe afai e sa’o
le faatinoina o galuega a le tagata lava ia i totonu o le malae.” Na molimauina le tele o mea sese a le
Manu Samoa i le afa muamua o le taaloga ma e ta le afa o 12 le Olopeleki i le 3 a le Manu Samoa.
Na saunoa Betham, sa galulue malosi i le faaleleia o le latou puipui (defense), ma ina ua amata ona
kiki polo a le Olopeleki agai i le pou ae le kikiina i fafo, sa latou iloa ai, o lo o lelei le latou puipui.
Faatoa maua le sikoa muamua o le taaloga i le pe a ma le 15 minute o le afa lona lua ina ua kiki kolosi
e le alii o Dan Carter le polo ma maua ai e le uigi fou a le Olopeleki, o se alii mai Toga o George
Moala, ma faasasao atu ai ma sikoa.
Na ova le kiki ma see ai o le taaloga i le 19-6. Na toe maua le isi tolu faaopopo a le Manu i le isi
sala na kiki e le alii o Tusi Pisi ma tulai mai ai ai i le 19-9. Na toe faaopopo foi ai e tolu a le Olopeleki
i le isi a latou sala, 22-9. Peitai, na toe finau atu le Manu Samoa ma sikoa ai le alii o Alafoti Faosiliva,
ma tulai mai ai 22-16 ina ua ova le kiki. Ae na toe maua foi le isi tolu a le Olopeleki i le isi foi sala
ma tulai mai ai o le taaloga ina ua uma le taimi, e 25-16.
MA’I TIGAINA SUI O LE PULEGA O LE MANU SAMOA
O lo o tigaina i le maota gasegase i Motootua se tasi o sui o le vaega o faiaoga a le manu Samoa,
le alii sa avea ma faufautua i le itu tau faatinoga o le taaloga ma o ia foi o le faiaoga lagolago o le au
a le Chiefs lea sa tauva i le taamilosaga o le Super 15, le susuga Andrew Strawbridge.
Na faailoa mai e le sui sooupu o le Manu Samoa e faapea, na auina atu lea alii i le falemai i le po
o le aso Lua ina ua faateteleina le aafiaga o lona mata taumatau, ao malaga mai i le vaalele.
Na lipotia mai i le falemai le faateteleina o le gasegase o lea alii ma ua malaga mai lona faletua ma
lona tuafafine e faatasi ma ia ao tau faatino togafitiga.
O le lipoti lata mai mai le falemai na taua ai le tau feololo mai o le aafiaga o le mata o lea alii ma
o lo o taumafai fomai e tau taofiofi i se tulaga e mafai ai ona auina atu o ia i Niu Sila mo togafitiga.
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Mano’amia Matagaluega Galuega
Lautele fesoasoani
tusia: Fili Sagapolutele
Le talavou Amerika Samoa ia Daniel Hardman, 16 tausaga, a o sauni atu i le taamilosaga a le
[ata: AF]
vaega aau i Taaloga o le Pasefika i Papua Niu Kini.
E le’i manuia taumafaiga
vaega ‘aau mo se pine…
tusia Ausage Fausia
E le’i manuia taumafaiga a sui e to’alua o le
Vaega ‘aau a Amerika Samoa mo se pine i le po
o le aso Tofi o le vaiaso lenei, ina ua maua lo la
avanoa e tausinio ai i le to’a 8 pito i luga e saili
mai ai le pine auro, siliva ma le apa memea.
O le tolu ai lea o avanoa ua maua e Amerika
Samoa e tausinio ai mo se pine, talu ona amata
mai ta’aloga ‘aau i lenei vaiaso.
I le vaega o ali’i, na tausinio ai le ali’i o Daniel
Hardman i le tuuga o le “50m Butterfly” i le vaega
o ta’amilosaga fa’agasolo (preliminary heat) mai
tagata e to’a 16 sa tauva, ma ia maua ai le tulaga
8 mo le aga’i atu i le sailiina o le pine auro.
O le po o le aso Tofi (taimi i Papua Niu Kini)
na tausinio ai Hardman mo le sailia siamupini,
peita’i e le’i manuia lana taumafaiga ona o le
lelei ma le malolosi o alii Papua Niu Kini ma Fiti
sa latou tausinio fa’atasi. O le alii o Ryan Pini
o Papua Niu Kini lea ua fa’alua ona pine auro i
taaloga a le Olimipeka na sola ma le pine auro
i le aupaga sa tausinio ai Hardman, i lana taimi
e 23.93sekone, o le matati’a fou fo’i lea ua ia
fa’atula’i i taaloga a le Pasefika i lenei tausaga.
O le ali’i o Hardman na tulaga 7 i lana taimi e
27.34 sekone. Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News,
sa fa’aalia e le ali’i o Hardman lona fiafia ina
ua maua le avanoa e mafai ai ona tausinio mo
Amerika Samoa i ta’aloga a le Pasefika.
“O la’u ta’aloga muamua lenei o le Pasefika,
o se fiafiaga fo’i lea ia te a’u ina ua mafai ona ou
tausinio mo Amerika Samoa, e ui e lei manuia
la’u taumafaiga, ae ou te finau pea ina ia maua se
pine mo Amerika Samoa i isi a’u ta’aloga o loo
totoe,” o le saunoaga lea a Hardman.
O le taeao ananafi i Papua lea fo’i sa sauni atu
ai Hardman mo isi ana ta’aloga, e finau ai pea mo
se pine mo lona atunu’u pele o Amerika Samoa.
E 8 tauvaga eseese o loo tausinio ai Hardman
i ta’aloga a le Pasefika o lo o fa’agasolo i le taimi
nei, ae ua fa’alua ona maua lona avanoa e tausinio
ai i le pine auro i ana ta’aloga e 4 ua mae’a.
I le vaega o tama’ita’i, sa maua fo’i le avanoa
o le tama’ita’i o Tilali R. Scanlan e tausinio ai i
ta’amilosaga amata, ma maua ai lona avanoa i le
to’a 8 pito i luga e tausinio ai mo se pine auro mo
Amerika Samoa, i ta’aloga o le “100m Breaststroke”. Na mataina le tomai o Scanlan i le amataina o le ta’aloga, lea na tulaga lua lava i le ulua’i
50m o le tuuga, peita’i ina ua toe fo’i mai mo le
isi 50m, sa vaaia ai loa le malosi o le finau mai o
le tama’ita’i mai Fiti o Amy McGowan ma sola ai
loa ma le pine auro i lana taimi e 1.25.56sekone,
ae o Scanlan na tulaga 7 i lana taimi e 1.27.09
Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News ia Scanlan
e tusa ai o lana taumafaiga, sa ia taua ai lona
fa’afetaia o le lagolago a le Team American
Samoa, sa mafai ai ona avatu le fa’amalosi ‘au ia
te ia e tausinio mo se pine mo Amerika Samoa.
“E ui ua le manuia la’u taumafaiga i lenei aso,
ae ou te finau pea e toe tausinio i isi a’u ta’aloga
o loo totoe,” o le saunoaga lea a Scanlan. E 12
tauvaga eseese o loo tausinio ai Scanlan ma o lea
ua mae’a ana ta’aloga e 4.
Talosia ia manuia taumafaiga a lenei alo o le
atunu’u mo isi ana ta’aloga o loo mulimuli mai i
le fa’aiuga o lenei vaiaso.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia
[email protected]
Tamaita’i aau mai Amerika Samoa ia Tilali R. Scanlan sauni e tauva i le taamilosaga aau i
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Taaloga o le Pasefika i Papua Niu Kini. I lana lipoti mo le kuata lona lua o le tausaga faaletupe lenei
2015, o lo’o faailoa e le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele le mana’o
mia tele o lea ofisa o le malo ni tagata faigaluega faapitoa - po’o
“skilled workers” - i lalo o le polokalama mo le lipea ma faaleleiga
o faleaoga, le School Mainteance.
O le vaega o le School Mainteance sa avesea mai le Matagaluega o Aoga e le afioga i le kovana sili, i le tusa o le lua tausaga talu
ai ae tuuina atu i le vaavaia a le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele,
ona o le manatu o le kovana o le Ofisa o Aoga ia maoti lava lana
tautua i le a’oa’ogaina o fanau a le atunu’u.
I le lipoti o le kuata lua o le tausaga tupe lenei, o lo’o taua ai
faapea o le tuuina atu o le School Mainteance i le ofisa o Galuega
Lautele sa avatu faatasi ai ma isi mataupu ae maise popolega i le
tuai lea ona faia lipea i fale aoga a le malo.
I le masina o Aperila i le tausaga lenei, sa faailoa ai tulaga le
fiafia o nisi o sui o le Fono Faitulaga i le tuai lea ona faaleleia nisi
o fale aoga, ae maise o le le lava o sapalai e faaauau ai galuega
lipea. O ia faitioga a le Fono sa tuuina atu i le Ofisa o le Kovana,
Matagaluega o Aoga, ma le ofisa o Galuega Lautele.
O isi mataupu o lo’o taua i le lipoti o le kuata lua, o lo’o faailoa
ai e le ofisa o Galuega Lautele le mana’omia foi e isi vaega o le
Matagaluega tagata faigaluega faapitoa, i latou ia e i ai tomai i le
tulaga faainisinia ma le tusiata.
Talu ai ona e tau le maua i le teritori ia ituaiga tomai, o lea ua
aapa ai le mataluega i fafo atu o Amerika Samoa atonu e maua mai
ai se fesoasoani. O nisi o fa’afitauli o lo’o feagai ma lea mataguluega o le le lava pe o le leai foi o ni masini tetele mo galuega e
fia faia. Taua e le matagaluega taumafaiga sa i ai i tausaga ua te’a
i le tausaili o alagatupe fetarale pe o tupe lotoifale, ae peitai e le’i
manuia nei taumafagaiga ona o le taugata o nei masaini tetele.
O le mea lea, o lo’o manaomia ai e le matagaluega se isi vaega
tupe mo le faatauina o nei masini faapitoa ma ana galuega, ae
maise ai lava le faaleleia o auala i le teritori. Ma o lo’o manaomia
foi nisi tagata faigaluega faaopoopo mo le vaega o lo’o gafa mo le
faaleleia o auala.
O se manatu o le matagaluega ua tuuina atu i le malo, ina ia faia
se siitaga o le lafoga o le suau’u ina ia maua ai se isi vaega tupe
faaopoopo mo le faalelai o auala, i lalo o le Road Maintenance Fund.
O le aso 13 o le masina o Iulai o le a tauaofia ai le Fono Faitulafono mo lana tauaofiaga lona lua o le nofoaiga 34. Ma o se tasi
lenei o mataupu - i le tulaga o auala - ua fa’amomoe nisi o senetoa
ma faipule e fia talanoaina ma sui o le malo.
O le tulaga leaga o auala o se tasi lenei o mataupu e laga so’o
i totonu o le Senate ma le Maota o Sui, ona o le tele o faasea mai
le mamalu o le atunu’u. Mo le silafia e le mamau o le atunu’u o le
kuata lua, sa amata mai i le aso muamua o Ianuari e oo mai i le aso
31 o Mati o le tausaga lenei.
Pacific islands cable breaks,
cutting off phones, Internet
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Technicians are restoring telephone and Internet service in the U.S Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands after a break in undersea cable disconnected the islands from the rest of the world.
Phone and Internet was fully restored on Tinian and Rota
islands Friday afternoon, but Saipan had limited phone service
and no Internet connectivity, said Jim Oehlerking, CEO of Pacific
Telecommunications Inc., the parent company of IT&E, which
operates the undersea cable.
“We’re working diligently on all the islands throughout the
company...and pursuing all avenues to bring it to a swift closure,” Oehlerking said.
The outage affected the commonwealth’s population of more
than 51,000 people. Some cell phone customers on Guam also
couldn’t make calls or use the Internet.
The outage cut phone, banking, Internet and other communications. It affected credit-card purchases, withdrawals from
ATMs and all other communications using the islands’ only
fiber-optic cable connection to the outside world.
The Guam Pacific Daily News reported that when the undersea
cable snapped on Wednesday, no phone calls could be made into
the Northern Mariana Islands unless people had access to one of
the few satellite phones on the main island of Saipan.
The cause of the undersea cable break remains under investigation, but may have been the result of undersea activity caused
by violent weather, Oehlerking said.
“We probably won’t get a good feel for it until the repair boat
comes in and brings the cable up,” Oehlerking said.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST
Location: American Samoa
Excellent Career
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
700 TAMAITI AOGA FA’AFAIGALUEGA TU’UAGA O AOGA
Ua fa’ailoa mai e Grace Uiagalelei, i le Matagaluega o Tagata Faigaluega a le malo, le fa’avasega
o galuega ma le vaevaega o fanau a’oga i le polokalama e fa’afaigaluega ai fanau a’oga i le tuuaga
o aoga. “O lenei tausaga ua fa’afaigaluega atoa le to’a 700 o le fanau a’oga ina ua gafatia e le tupe
atofa fa’apea ma tupe fa’atulaga mai isi matagaluega ona fa’afaigaluega uma lenei to’atele o fanau
mai le 14 tausaga se’ia pa’ia le 24 tausaga o le matua,” o lana tala lea.
Na fa’amalamalama lelei fo’i ala ua fa’aavanoa mai ai isi seleni mo lea fa’amoemoe, aua ua
mua’i ave le avanoa i fanau ua mae’a a’oga, ae le’i maua ni galuega, o isi ua amatalia aiga, ae le o
faigaluega mo le tausiga o fanau, o nisi e vaivai le tamaoaiga tausi o latou aiga, ma e aoga ai lenei
fesoasoani mo i latou e tapena ai mo a’ega o a’oga i le tausaga a’oga fou.
Mai le lua tausaga ua tuana’i, sa na’o le 602 tamaiti na mafai ona fa’afaigaluega i le tausaga
2014, o le 2013 na fa’afaigaluega ai le to’a 560, ae o tausaga o le nofoa’iga ua te’a, sa amatalia i le
2009 e 400 i latou na galulue ona sa i ai ma le faatupega a le ARRA mai le fetarale sa fesoasoani a
le Workforce Investment Act (WIA). O le tausaga 2011 male 2012 sa ta’i 150 tamaiti a’oga na maua
lea avanoa aua ua fa’aaoga lava na’o le vaega tupe na atofa mai e le WIA ma le tausaga 2012 na
fa’afaigaluega ai na’o le 120 tamaiti.
O le suiga lelei ua i ai mo lenei vaitausaga, ona ua mafai ona aofia mai ma le vaega o fanau e 22-24
tausaga le matutua, lea ua amatalia aiga o nisi, ua mae’a a’oa’oga, ae ua leai ni galuega.
O kamupani tua fa’apea ma vaega eseese o le malo, ua aofia fa’atasi i lenei taumafaiga e
fa’afaigaluega le fanau i lenei fo’i tausaga, i le vaitaimi o tu’uaga, mo le valu vaiaso. O le totogi atoa
e faia lea e le polokalama, ae fa itula e faigaluega ai le fanau a’oga i aso ta’itasi. O lenei fo’i tima’i,
ina ia fa’aosofia le fia faigaluega o le fanau, a ma’ea atu lea vaitaimi e fa’aa’oa’o ai, ae ua agava’a,
ma ua manatu ai se kamupani po’o se vaega o le malo e fa’afaigaluega i latou nei.
ASIASIGA LAUFANUA FA’ASAO E LE TOTOGIA LEA TAUTUA
Ua mae’a fa’alauiloa mai e le Laufanua Fa’asao o Amerika Samoa a latou auaunaga ua ofo mai e
le totogia mo aso To’ona’i ta’itasi e afua atu ia Iulai 11, 2015 se’ia pa’ia le ogatotonu ole masina o
Setema 2015. E fa’apito augafa ia i latou e fia asiasi e maimoa i le Vaomatua Fa’asao o le atunu’u. O
le eleele ua fa’ailoa mai e a’ea e i latou o le atumauga o Pago Pago i le latou ala sopo o i ai.
E o’o fo’i i ta’avale e avatu ma toe aumaia ai i latou e fia a’ea nei atumauga fa’asao mo ni maimoaga pe tolauapi fo’i, e faia fua lava e le totogia e le Ofisa o le Laufanua Fa’asao.
Ua fa’ailoa mai laufanua ma aso e sopo ai nisi e fia auai e amata lava ia Iulai 11 i le ala sopo o le
Mauga o Alava i Fagasa. O Iulai 18, e sopoia ai le ala sa mua’i savalia i le vaitaimi o le Taua lona Lua
o le Lalolagi i Gataivai. O Iulai 25, e sopoia ai le ala i le Pola i Vatia. O Aukuso 1, o le a sopoia ai le
isi ala i le auvae mauga o Vatia lava. A’o Aukuso 8, sopoia ai le ala i Tuafanua i Vatia fo’i. O Aukuso
Date:
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Head of Compliance
July 14, 2015
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program, with specific focus and responsibility for managing the
business’ day-to-day compliance with US banking and Group
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• Previous banking experience
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looking for TWO (2) STORE MANAGERS.
3-5 years experience. Please send
resume to PO Box 7893.
(Faaauau itulau 22)
OLAGA LE TUMAU We’re Hiring!
Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec
Vaega: 55 — Ua o tatou molimauina le tausagi mai o manulele o le taeao, i le oso a’e o le la, ona o tatou fa’apea ifo ai lea, “Le
Ali’i e, o le mamana o Au galuega ua fa’ailoa mai e le vanimonimo,
alofa foa’i mai le loto maualalo ia i matou, ina ia mafai ai ona o
matou talia tiga ma mafatiaga uma, a’o le vi’iga ma le fa’amanu e
fo’i atu lava i Lau Afio, amene.
Ina ua alu ‘ese le ali’i foma’i o Luka mai totonu o le potu o Keisi,
ua na o Loleni nei ma lona to’alua, ma na fa’alogo ane nei Keisi, ua
toso ane e Loleni le nofoa i talane o ona moega ma fa’apea ane, “Keisi,
afai e sa’o Lulu ua mafai ona e lagona tala, ou te fia fa’amanatu atu
pea i a te oe si o’u to’alua pele, e lua tausaga talu ona ta nonofo, o ni
tausaga, ua sili ona lelei mo a’u, sa ou lagona lava le mafanafana o lou
alofa Keisi, e leai fo’i se mea e tasi sa e sasi ai i lo ta va, fa’afetai atu i
a te oe si o’u to’alua mo mea uma lava, o a fo’i ni o’u vaivaiga sa i ai
i lo ta va, Keisi, ia e alofa ma fa’amagalo mai a’u….”
Fai mai, i totonu o le mafaufau o Keisi, ae maise o le potu pogisa
lea o lo’o i ai pea ina ua koma, sa ia taumafai ia fa’ailoa ane i lona
to’alua o Loleni, ona fo’i fa’alogona i lo la va, peita’i, ua leai se
mea na te mafai. Fai mai e le i umi lava, ae fa’alogo atu loa Keisi,
ua tautala mai le tagata ma savali mai i totonu o lona potu, “Talofa
Loleni Masela.”
Na fa’alogo atu Keisi, o le leo o le teine tausima’i o Pesi, na
fa’apea mafaufauga o Keisi, “Se ua sau fo’i le fa’alata.” Fai mai
na toe fa’alogo atu Keisi o fa’apea tala fa’alata a Pesi. “Loleni, ia
fa’amalie atu, ona o lo’u fa’alavelave mai, ae o a mai oe.?”
Na lagona uma lava e Keisi o tala ia ua fai ane e Pesi i lona
to’alua, o ni fa’amatalaga tau fa’alata, ona ua lagona e Keisi, o lo’o
i ai fuafuaga o lo’o fa’agaioi e Pesi, ina ia maua ai sona avanoa mo
lona to’alua o Loleni. Na toe fesili Pesi, pe i ai se mea ua tupu, ona
o lea fa’atoa alu ‘ese atu le ali’i foma’i fa’apito lea na o la talanoa.
Ae na tali Loleni, e leai, o lo’o lelei lava mea uma, ona o lea
ua taumafai e fai le isi togafiti mo Keisi. Na liliu ane nei Pesi ma
fa’apea ane i a Loleni, pe ia i se mea o tiga, ona o lana va’ai ia
Loleni i lea taimi, e foliga, o lo’o i ai se mea o mamafa i lona loto
ma lona mafaufau.
Fai mai na iloa lelei lava e Keisi a’o ta’oto pea i luga o lona
moega, o lea ua milimili e Pesi ma fofo e Pesi tauau o lona to’alua o
Loleni. A’o fa’agasolo le milimili a Pesi i tauau o Loleni, o le taimi
fo’i lea na fai ane ai le tala a Pesi i a Loleni, pe o tumau pea lona
manatu a te’a i tua Keisi, o ia e alu atu e tausi. E faia pea…
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Le manuia taumafaiga au basketball a ali’i mo se pine auro
tusia Ausage Fausia
Se tasi o gaioiga a le ‘au a Amerika Samoa i le taimi o le la ta’aloga ma Guam i le aso Tofi i Papua Niu Kini.
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Ua le manuia taumafaiga a
le au basketball a ali’i mo se
pine auro, ina ua faiaina i le au
malosi a Guam i le afiafi o le
aso Tofi i Papua Niu Kini i se
ta’aloga finau ma le fa’atamala,
i ‘ai e 91-65 a Amerika Samoa,
peita’i o loo maua le avanoa e
mafai ai ona tausinio i le sailiina o le pine apamemea.
O le fa ai lea o faiaina a
le ‘au a Amerika Samoa i le
ta’amilosaga o lo o fa’agasolo
i le taimi nei, lea e aofia ai lana
ulua’i faiaina ia Papua Niu
Kini, sosoo mai ai le isi faiaina
ia Fiti, ma le isi faiaina i le ‘au
a Samoa.
O le aso ananafi i Papua lea
sa fa’amoemoe e ta’aalo ai ma
le au a Tahiti, ma afai ae malo
i lana ta’aloga lea, lona uiga ua
maua le avanoa e tausinio ai i
le sailiina o le pine apamemea.
E ui ua le manuia tamafaiga a au tama fanau Amerika
Samoa, ae na matu laulogo
totonu o le Taurama Aquatics
and Leisure Center i le patipati o nai tagata uli mai Papua
Niu Kini, e fa’ailoa ai lo latou
sapasapaia o le ‘au a Amerika
Samoa, lea fo’i ua iloga lo latou
sao i ta’aloga lona XV a le Pasefika i lenei tausaga.
Na maitauina le finau o le au
a Amerika Samoa i le amataga
o le ta’aloga, e ala i le sili o a
latou ‘ai i le kuata muamua
ma le lua. E le gata sa lelei la
latou puipui ae fa’apea fo’i ona
lelei ni isi o a latou osofaiga,
pau le itu sa tau fa’atamala ai,
o le faigata lea ona latou aga’i
i totonu ma le polo ma fai se
sikoa mo i latou.
Na taua e le faiaoga o le au
a Amerika Samoa ia Samoa
Samoa e fa’apea, o le fa’afitauli
tele o loo fetaia’i ma le au i le
taimi nei, e le gata e to’atolu
ali’i o loo lavevea, ae na o le
to’a sefulu fo’i ali’i o le ‘au o
loo i ai, e to’alua isi ali’i e le o
mafai ona malaga mai i Papua.
E lei fa’ailoa e Samoa le
mafua’aga ua ala ai ona le
malaga mai ali’i e to’alua o le
au, pau lana saunoaga, e taua
tele le ta’aloga ma Tahiti, “e le
gata e saili ai sona avanoa i le
pine apamemea, ae tatau lava
fo’i ona tatou manumalo ia
Tahiti.”
Na matua faatumulia le
tapuaiga a Amerika Samoa i
totonu o le fale taalo i le tapuaiga
o le ta’aloga, lea fo’i sa aofia ai
le afioga i le Lutena Kovana ia
Lemanu Peleti Mauga ma le
faletua, fa’apea ai le Minisita o
Ta’aloga a Amerika Samoa, le
afioga i le ali’i Fa’atonusili ia
Jonathan Fanene ma le to’atele
o au ta’aalo o loo tausinio i
ta’aloga eseese.
O le ali’i o McCoy Paul
Luamata na ‘ai sili i le ta’aloga
atoa mo Amerika Samoa, i ‘ai e
27, tusa lea o le 75% o ana togi
maua fua (free throw), 52% o
‘ai sa maua mai i totonu o le
ta’aloga (Field Goal), ae 57% o
ana togi ta’i lua ‘ai (2 points).
O le alii o Luvu Jr Veresa ma
Eteuati Frankie na la maua ‘ai
ta’i 10, sosoo ai Shane Ah Ping
e 9 ana ‘ai sa maua, o Smith
Talanoae 7 ma le alii kapeteni
o Tui Pele e 4 ona ‘ai sa maua.
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Fanau aoga i le polokalama e faafaigaluega ai i latou i totonu o le malo ma kamupani tua mo le tuuaga o aoga. ➧ Tala i Vaifanua…
Mai itulau 19
15, ona toe soso’o mai lea o aso To’ona’i mulimuli ane e toe fa’asolo mai fo’i e pei ona fa’atulaga
mai luga se’ia o’o ia Setema 19, 2015. Ua mae’a fa’atulaga tagata sopo a le Laufanua Fa’asao latou te
ta’ita’ia nei sopo tetele, ina nei i ai se afaina ia i latou o le a lesitala mo nei malaga sopo e maimoa. Ua
fa’ailoa mai e le susuga Michael Larson o le Laufanua Fa’asao o Amerika Samoa, “ua matou sauni e
talia le to’atele o sui mai fafo fa’apea fo’i i tatou o tagatanu’u o le tatou malo e fia a’ea nei laufanua
fa’asao ia tatou lau silafia fo’i se matagofie ua i ai lea auaunaga.”
O nei fo’i auaunaga o le a amatalia ai le fa’amanatuga o le 100 tausaga po’o le Senitenari o le
Tautua a le Laufanua Fa’asao [National Park Service] lea ua mae’a fa’atautaia se’ia o’o i le tausaga
2016. O se avanoa lelei fo’i e mafai ai ona e tula’i mai e sopo, fa’aaoga i ai sau koleniga lelei mo
lou tino, ma e maimoaina le matagofie o le lauolaola o tatou vaomatua, ma le matagofie fa’anatura o
mea na foafoa mai le amataga tatou te ola fiafia ai, o mea lava ua i lo tatou Si’omaga e tatou te tua ma
ola saogalemu ai. E le tele ni avanoa, ae tatau ona vave fa’atumu pe lesitala lou suafa mo nei malaga
sopo i le vaomatua, ma e filifili i aso e te avanoa ai, ona fa’atumu ai lea o lou suafa, ae seki lava le
fa’asoloatoa o nei sopo o e aofia ai.
TOEITIITI MA’EA GALUEGA AUALA MALAE VA’ALELE
Ua fa’ailoa mai e le Konekarate o lo’o fa’atautaia le galuega o le auala i le malae va’alele ua le o
toe tele se galuega o totoe mo lea poloketi tele ma le taugata. O mea fo’i o totoe e le o ni galuega o le
alatele lava latou, ae o fa’amaumauga ma feuiuia’iga o pepa mo le fa’amae’aina a’ia’i o lea galuega
i le va o matagaluega o le Malo ma le Konekarate sa latou fa’atinoa le galuega lea. Ua fa’ailoa mai
fo’i e le pulega o le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele, e i ai nai vaega iti o le galuega e aofia ai alavai,
ma isi mea fa’apena o lo’o totoe, ae ua mae’a aiaia, o le a tu’ufa’atasia i se galuega e tasi ae tauofo ai
kamupani ina ia fa’amae’a lelei ai. Ua fa’ailoa mai fo’i, e ao ina talatalanoa fo’i le DPW ma le Port
Administration i le taualuga o le fale o le malae va’alele ae maise i le itu lea e i ai ofisa o kamupani
va’alele ma fa’asolo ane ai i le pakaga o ta’avale ma isi vaega o le alatele lea ua va’aia ua leaga i le vai.
➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
[ata foai]
Mai itulau 17
FAAFOTU TUPU FAIAOGA
OLOPELEKI SUAFA TUPUIVAO
O le taeao o le aso Tofi na sei mavae atu nei na faafotu tupu
ai le alii faiaoga ulu o le Olopeleki, le susuga Steve Hanson, i le
suafa Tupuivao, i sauniga faapitoa na faia i le afioaga o Vaiala.
Na faaalia e se tasi o tamalii o le afioaga o Vaiala e faigaluega i
le kamupani TV o le Sky, le susuga Fauono Ken Laban, ua tatau
ma onomea le faasuafaina o le susuga Hanson i lea suafa a lo latou
afioaga, ona o ia lea ua mafai ai ona malaga mai le Olopeleki i
Samoa. O le faaiuga pe malaga mai le Olopeleki i Samoa pe leai
na tuu e le Iuni Lakapi a Niu Sila i le alii faiaoga ulu. Na faaalia e
Fauono, na ioe Hanson e malaga mai le Olopeleki i Samoa ina ua
maea ona talanoa i alii Samoa sinia o lo o taaalo i le au, le susuga
Maa Nonu ma Keven Mealamu.
“O le faafetai lea ma le faaaloalo a Samoa,” o a Fauono lea. Sa
auai i le sauniga o le faafotu tupu o le afioga Tupuivao, le paia i le
matua ia Tofaeono ma Tama – I le Asi ma le Patu, o i laua na ta’i
ia Tamapua ma Manogiamanu, faapea le nofoaituaiga ia Fuata.
Sa auai foi le alii palemia, le susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
ma isi sui o le malo ma na faapaiaina le nofo e le susuga i le Faafeagaiga Tauilagi o le afioaga o Vaiala, le susuga i le Faifeau
Samoa ia Lotu Uele. Na saunoa le afioga Tupuivao ma ia faafetaia le faaaloalo maualuga ua faaee atu ia te ia ma sa ia foaia faameaalofa ai ni ofu Olopeleki ma polo lakapi mo le afioaga.
➧ Pine auro…
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E tusa ai ma isi faamaumauga o le ta’aloga, e tele atu
mea sese a Amerika Samoa sa
tulai mai i le taimi o le ta’aloga
atoa nai lo Guam.
I le pool lava lea e tausinio
ai Amerika Samoa, o loo tulaga
maualuga ai Papua Niu Kini i le
taimi nei, sosoo ai le au malosi
mai Fiti. O le afiafi ananafi i
Papua na faatulaga e taaalo ai
Fiti ma Samoa, ao Papua Niu
Kini ma Guam.
I le fa’atulagaina o le kalena
o le ta’amilosaga i ta’aloga basketball a alii i le taimi nei, o loo
tula’i mai ai le i ai o Amerika
Samoa i a’u e 6 pito i luga, ma
o lo o i ai pea lava lona avanoa
e finau ai i le pine apamemea.
O le ‘au malosi a Papua o loo
tulaga muamua pea i le vaega
o ali’i i le ta’aloga basketball,
sosoo ai le ‘au malosi mai Fiti,
Tahiti, Guam, Amerika Samoa
ma Samoa. Afai ae manuia le
taumafaiga a Amerika Samoa
i le la ta’aloga ma Tahiti i le
afiafi ananafi - taimi Papu - lona
uiga o le a maua lona avanoa e
toe aga’i atu ai i le sailiina o le
pine apamemea.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia
[email protected]
Le taimi na feiloa’i ai faiaoga ma sui o le ‘au a Amerika Samoa ma Guam, i le mae’a ai o le ta’aloga i le aso Tofi i Papua Niu Kini.
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S. Carolina governor: Confederate flag comes down Friday
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)
— Saying South Carolina’s
history has forever changed,
Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill
Thursday to relegate the Confederate flag to the state’s “relic
room,” more than 50 years after
the rebel banner began flying
at the Statehouse to protest the
civil rights movement.
Compelled to act by the
slaughter of nine AfricanAmericans at a church Bible
study, Gov. Nikki Haley praised
lawmakers for acknowledging
that the long-celebrated symbol
is too painful and divisive to
keep promoting.
“The Confederate flag is
coming off the grounds of the
South Carolina Statehouse,”
Haley said before signing the
bill. “We will bring it down
with dignity and we will make
sure it is stored in its rightful
place.”
Police then surrounded the
rebel flag with barricades and
rope, a siege of sorts that will
end Friday after the banner is
furled for the last time at a 10
a.m. ceremony.
South Carolina’s leaders
first flew the battle flag over
the Statehouse dome in 1961 to
mark the 100th anniversary of
the Civil War.
It remained there to represent official opposition to the
civil rights movement.
Mass protests against the
flag decades later led to a
compromise in 2000 with lawmakers who insisted that it
symbolized Southern heritage
and states’ rights. They agreed
then to move it to a 30-foot pole
next to a Confederate monument out front.
But even from that lower
perch, the flag was clearly visible in the center of town, and
flag supporters remained a
powerful bloc in the state.
The massacre 22 days ago of
state Sen. Clementa Pinckney
and eight others inside Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church suddenly changed this dynamic,
not only in South Carolina but
around the nation.
Police said the killings were
racially motivated. By posing
with the Confederate flag
before the shootings, suspect
Dylann Storm Roof, who has
not yet entered a plea to nine
counts of murder, showed that
the flag also has symbolized
white supremacy and racial
oppression.
Haley moved first, calling
lawmakers to vote the flag
down. Very quickly thereafter,
Republican leaders in other
states who have long cultivated
the votes of Confederate flag
supporters announced that Civil
War symbols no longer deserve
places of honor.
“These nine pens are going
to the families of the Emanuel
Nine,” Haley said after signing
the bill into law.
“Nine amazing individuals
who have forever changed
South Carolina history.”
The governor said the way
the victims welcomed the
gunman into their Bible study,
and the forgiveness survivors
expressed when the suspect
later appeared in court, have
inspired change nationwide.
“Nine people took in
someone who did not look like
them or act like them. And with
true love and true faith and
acceptance, they sat and prayed
with him for an hour. That love
and faith was so strong that it
brought grace to them and the
families,” Haley said.
“We saw the families show
the world what true grace and
forgiveness look like,” she
added.
“That set off an action of
compassion by people in South
Carolina and all over this
country. They stopped looking
at their differences and started
looking at their similarities.”
The flag removal bill passed
easily in the Senate, where
the Rev. Pinckney served, but
then stalled as House members
proposed dozens of amendments. Any changes could have
delayed the flag’s removal and
blunted momentum for change.
The debate stretched on for
more than 13 hours as representatives shared anger, tears
and memories of their ancestors. Flag supporters talked
about grandparents passing
down family treasures. Some
lamented that the flag had been
“hijacked” or “abducted” by
racists.
Rep. Mike Pitts recalled
playing with a Confederate
ancestor’s
cavalry
sword
while growing up, and said the
flag reminds him of dirt-poor
Southern farmers who fought
Yankees, not because they
hated blacks, but because their
land was being invaded.
Black Democrats, frustrated
at being asked to honor those
who fought for slavery, offered
their own family histories.
Rep. Joe Neal traces his
ancestry to four brothers,
brought to America in chains
and bought by a slave owner
named Neal who pulled them
apart from their families.
“The whole world is asking,
is South Carolina really going
to change, or will it hold to an
ugly tradition of prejudice and
discrimination and hide behind
heritage as an excuse for it?”
Neal said.
Rep. Jenny Horne, a white
Republican who said she is
a descendant of Confederate
President Jefferson Davis,
scolded her party members for
stalling.
“I cannot believe that we do
not have the heart in this body
to do something meaningful
such as take a symbol of hate
off these grounds on Friday,”
she shouted. “For the widow
of Sen. Pinckney and his two
young daughters, that would be
adding insult to injury and I will
not be a part of it!”
The bill ultimately passed
by a 93-27 vote — well above
the two-thirds supermajority
needed to make changes to the
state’s “heritage” symbols.
Republican Rep. Rick Quinn
said he was satisfied after lawmakers promised to find money
— perhaps millions of dollars
—for a special display in the
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state’s Confederate Relic Room
for the flag being removed, as
well as the one taken down
from the dome in 2000.
“It’s just like the conclusion of the war itself,” Pitts
said Thursday afternoon after
the vote. “The issue was settled, and the nation came back
together to move on.”
But Republican Rep. Jonathon Hill, who voted against
removing the flag, said he fears
a larger movement has begun to
eliminate Civil War-era history.
“Hopefully it ends here, and
we move forward, and we can
put all of this behind us,” Hill
said.
Some groups are already
seeking to do just that. The
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People will consider ending its
15-year boycott of South Carolina’s economy at its national
convention this weekend.
The NCAA, which honored
that ban, said it will resume
holding championship events in
the state.
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