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statement as far away as Texas. (L-R) Mike
and Sauileoge To’afa show off their ink at
Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas.
Mike’s artwork is by Sef Samatua from
California and Sau’s shoulder art is by
Zeek’s Treats, American Samoa. Mike, Sau
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MV Sili up and CEO says ASTCA in ‘limbo’
running again — between a full fledged
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
The MV Sili is up and running for transportation to the
Manu’a Islands, says Acting Director of Port Administration
Peter Lefiti. Transportation to Manu’a is an issue that is constantly brought up before the Fono during regular sessions by
the representatives, due to the lack — not only of air transportation — but also the lack of ocean transportation.
Lefiti told Samoa News yesterday afternoon the schedule for
the month of March: the Sili will leave for Manu’a today, early
in the morning (5:00a.m.) and will arrive in Manu’a at 1:30p.m.
It will then depart Manu’a at 6:00a.m. on Friday and arrive
Tutuila at 2:00p.m. However, the MV Sili will undergo scheduled maintenance repairs from March 16- 22, and will resume
travel on Mar. 27, 2014 to Manu’a, returning on Mar. 28.
Lefiti also reminds the public that the loads (cargo) for
Manu’a will be placed on the MV Sili the day before each
scheduled sail. He also noted that the fare for one way to
Manu’a is $30 and $50 for a roundtrip. The transportation fee
for non-commercial vehicles is $50.
Barney Sene, Executive Vice President and Board member
of Inter Island Airways, told the Fono last week that air transportation to Manu’a will resume sometime this week.
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authority and department
Currently no clear division in duties of the Board and CEO
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
The American Samoa TeleCommunication
Authority (ASTCA) is in “limbo— we are not a
department, and it’s not a full fledged authority,
we are somewhere in between— that’s where
it presents danger as well as uncertainty with
respect to ASTCA’s position,” was the response
from ASCTA CEO Moefauo Bill Emmsley
fielding questions from Rep Larry Sanitoa
during a House hearing this week.
The Tualauta faipule asked if ASTCA is
planning to submit a proposed statute to establish ASTCA as an Authority. The question was
posed during a hearing on ASCTA’s operations, held on Tuesday before the Government
Operations Committee chaired by Rep Faimealelei Anthony Allen.
Sanitoa pointed out this is a huge concern
to the Fono, because the Executive Order was
established in 1998 and there have been many
amendments— with the latest in 2013. “We
need to put this on the statute, aside from the
(ASTCA) budget, we (the Fono) really don’t
have an oversight of the entire ASCTA operations because it’s entirely up to the governor.”
Sanitoa stated that the ASTCA board went
from three board members, to five board members, to nine board members. “If another governor comes in, he’ll probably put another three
board members on, and if you have a trip in our
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Am. Samoa Rugby Union embarks on historic trip
Bluesky Communications, the major sponsor of American Samoa’s national 7’s rugby team,
is proud to present profiles of the players and officials who will represent the territory at the
upcoming IRB Hong Kong Qualifier tournament scheduled for March 28 for three days.
Today, Bluesky Communications features Maugalei William Ve’ave’a, a 21-year old player
from the village of Leone. He plays for the Leone Whites Rugby club.
“I Miss My Dad Very Much”
By Falaniko Vitolio, Special for Samoa News
Maugalei Veavea. He speaks with a soft voice. One has to stretch an ear to hear what he is saying. And when you
talk to him, you have to turn up your voice volume for him to understand you.
Even his own mother admits that sometimes it is hard for her to understand her son when she
asks him how things are going at the Talavalu camp.
“He shrugs his shoulders and answers, ka’ilo (I don’t know),” mom, Elisapeta Ve’ave’a tells
this correspondent. “I go there at the camp every day to get more information from team management in case he needs stuff.”
“Sometimes I cook food for the team and bring the players refreshments during their trainings
at the stadium. I do all these things because I love my son very much and hope that he succeeds
in the sport that he loves to play. This is also my way of supporting the players that will represent
American Samoa to Hong Kong and the world.”
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 On March 30, 1775, hoping to keep the New
England colonies dependent on the British, King
George III endorses the New England Restraining
Act. The Act required New England colonies to
trade exclusively with Great Britain. An additional rule would come into effect banning colonists from fishing in the North Atlantic.
 On March 28, 1814, the funeral of Guillotin, namesake of the infamous execution device,
takes place outside of Paris. When first used,
the crowds seemed to miss the gallows, but the
guillotine quickly caught on. The device symbolized equality, as it was used on both commoners
and the nobility alike.
 On March 27, 1912, in Washington, D.C., Helen
Taft, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador,
plant two Yoshina cherry trees on the northern
bank of the Potomac River. The event was held in
celebration of a gift by the Japanese government
of 3,020 cherry trees to the United States.
 On March 26, 1920, “This Side of Paradise”
is published, immediately launching 23-year-old
F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune. While in
Europe, Fitzgerald finished his masterpiece “The
Great Gatsby” (1925). He also published dozens of
short stories in his lifetime.
 On March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley is inducted
into the U.S. Army after being granted a twomonth deferment to finish his third movie, “King
Creole.” While stationed in Germany, Presley met
his future wife, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu.
 On March 29, 1971, Lt. William L. Calley is
found guilty of premeditated murder at My Lai by
a U.S. Army court-martial. Calley, an infantry
platoon leader, had led his men in a massacre of
hundreds of Vietnamese civilians, including women
and children, in 1968.
 On March 25, 1983, during filming of the
television special “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today,
Forever,” Diana Ross, formerly of the Supremes,
shoved singer Mary Wilson out of the spotlight.
It later had to be edited out. Smokey Robinson
stepped in onstage to keep between the two warring Supremes.
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ALL PUZZLE ANSWERs on page 14
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
MAN IN STABBING CASE TO
BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH
Pati Solomona, charged with second degree
assault on allegations he stabbed another
man with a broken glass during a drinking
session, has entered into a plea agreement with
the government, rending a guilty plea to the
charge he’s facing.
During the plea agreement, the defendant
admitted that he stabbed the victim on the neck
on Nov. 19, 2013 in Pava’ia’i. According to
the government’s case, the defendant was at a
party, when a verbal argument started.
It’s alleged Solomona stabbed the victim in
the neck with a broken beer glass. Court filings
say when police officers questioned the defendant, he admitted he punched the victim, but
denied stabbing him with an object, however
witnesses at the scene told police otherwise.
It’s unclear at this time what he has pled
guilty to, but his change of plea hearing is set
for today before Chief Justice Michael Kruse.
AUSTRALIA LAUVAI ENTERS
GUILTY PLEA IN SEX CASE
A man accused in a sexually related case
has entered a guilty plea before the High Court
this week. Australia Lauvai was charged with
four charges of sexual abuse, sexual assault,
and sodomy, however under the plea agreement
he has pled guilty to sexual abuse first degree.
Upon his guilty plea, the government moved to
dismiss the remaining charges. During the plea
agreement hearing, the defendant admitted that
between February 1- 28, 2013 he had touched a
girl inappropriately.
According to the plea agreement the government has agreed not to recommend any jail time
other than what’s he’s already served during the
pre-trial conference period. He has been in jail
since last year March. Sentencing for the defendant has been scheduled for April, 2014.
ALESANA PEKO SIGNS PLEA DEAL
A Port Administration employee who was
serving 90 days in jail since October 2013 for
felony driving, and was out on a work release
program, has signed a plea agreement with the
government in a new case involving his alleged
attempt to smuggle marijuana joints into jail on
New Year’s Eve. The plea hearing on the case
will be held next week Tuesday.
Alesana Peko as part of his sentence was
released from jail to work from 7a.m.- 5p.m and
the new drug case against him came to light on
Dec. 31, 2013 when, during a procedural search
of returning inmates into the jail, correction
officers discovered two half joints in each of the
defendant’s pockets.
Peko was in court earlier this week for his
pre-trial conference, and his attorney, Assistant
Public Defender Joel Shiver informed the court
there is signed plea agreement.
Court filings also say Peko, who works
at Airport Maintenance, is released from jail
for work, however information relayed to the
police by a friend of Peko’s family uncovered
that from work Peko would go to his residence
in Pago Pago.
The defendant is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, as
well as escape while on work release — which
are both felonies.
The drug charge is punishable from five to
10 years in jail, while the escape count is a class
D felony, which carries a jail term of up to five
years and/ or a fine of up to $5,000.
In his felony driving case, Ward revoked the
defendant’s driver’s license for life and ordered
him to pay restitution, which could be between
$400 and $1,200 — depending on what the government imposes to fix the damaged vehicle.
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Bid for catamaran passenger
vessel for Manu’a awarded
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Reporter
FONO ASKS bank of hawaii TO
RE-CONSIDER DECISION TO CLOSE
The Fono has approved a Senate Concurrent
Resolution calling on Bank of Hawai’i to reconsider its decision to completely close down its
American Samoa operations, which have been a
“permanent fixture” in the territory since 1969.
The non-binding resolution also offers
the Legislature’s strong support of the Lolo
Administration’s efforts to “persuade” BoH to
remain in the territory. The measure, approved
by the Senate on Tuesday and yesterday by the
House, is co-sponsored by all the senators.
Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono introduced
the resolution, and is the key sponsor.
BoH has twice delayed the full shut down of
its local operations and late last year announced
that the current delay is now indefinite, saying
that until the Honolulu-based financial institution is “comfortable that the depository needs
of the territory can be appropriately accommodated,” they will not fully close. “We want to
be supportive,” they stated.
The Fono resolution says that despite the
“generous offer” by BoH “to remove the hard
deadlines for its departure, there continues to
remain a deep desire by a hopeful people that
it would also reconsider its decision to permanently depart from the territory.”
Additionally, BoH “remains a symbol of
progress and success” in the territory and it
has shared in the “development of our challenged economy”.
According to senators it’s essential for local
leaders to extend their support of the governor’s
efforts to resume communications with BoH
officials to continue service in the territory.
“It is also important that the government
do all it can to keep a bank which has contributed to American Samoa’s history and has
become a fixture in the everyday lives of its
people,” they says.
In closing, the Legislature requests BoH “to
reconsider its decision to discontinue its service to the people of American Samoa,”
Late last month, BoH’s local branch manager EJ Ozu told Samoa News that BoH “has
not set a definite closure date. Our intentions to
close remain — however, we have committed
to not do so until there are other adequate
banking options available in the market.”
COMMUNITY POLICING
FUNDING ISSUE
In order to implement the preliminary stage
of the community policing program, Police
Commissioner William Haleck says he will
use the Department of Public Safety’s current
resources, and in the future, as the program
moves forward, he will explore more funding
if necessary.
Haleck made the comments recently, during
the House Public Safety Committee hearing
where Commander Tauese Va’a Sunia made
a presentation on the community policing program, which will first target Tualauta county
— the most populated county in the territory
— as well as part of Nu’uuli village.
Rep. Larry Sanitoa asked how DPS is
funding this program and “moving forward,
how is it going to be funded in the future?”
If all goes as planned, Manu’a residents should have by
this summer a catamaran type of vessel to operate between
the island group, which has faced the lack of sufficient air and
ocean transport services for a long time.
Procurement Office issued last December a request for proposal (RFP) for the ‘Design and Construction’ of a new catamaran passenger vessel to serve between the Manu’a Islands.
The RFP states in part that the 39-foot vessel will be based in
either Ofu or Ta’u island and it shall be a “quality vessel with
quality features and ease of use for the conditions anticipated”.
Port Administration engineer Chris Soti says the contract
for the project, at the cost of $802,944, has been awarded to
Armstrong Marine Inc., of Port Angeles, in Washington state.
He says this project is funded through the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration. (Port Administration initially said last year that the project was to be funded
by a U.S. Department of Interior grant).
Soti told Samoa News on Tuesday that the catamaran vessel
is to arrive before June 30 this year and three companies —
none of them local — submitted bids for this project.
According to the RFP, the vessel should accommodate 18
indoor passenger seats and 15 outdoor passenger seats; have
a sun/boat deck; a walk-thru cabin, 38 adult life jackets and 6
youth life-jackets, which are some of the requirements.
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has been stern about making
sure there is a safe vessel to operate between the Manu’a islands
because residents are currently using private alias, even during
rough weather, and that worries the administration.
Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele told Samoa News recently that Manu’a residents are subjected to paying $300 to travel between Tau and Ofu islands
using alias.
Meanwhile, Port Administration is expected to announce
soon the winning contractor for the passenger/cargo vessel
which will serve the Territory between Tutuila and Manu’a.
The new boat — to be designed and constructed by the winning bidder — will operate along with the MV Sili, which is
being proposed to receive federal funds in fiscal year 2015
under Capital Improvement Projects for necessary upgrades.
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$9.3 Mil. in CIP funds
for American Samoa
in OIA FY2015 budget
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
The Booq camera backpack by design and construction is
one of the finest consumer camera bags I have ever owned.
It’s definitely your Winter Games motivated adventure bag.
Could this be my Tokyo, Hong Kong 7’s, Flag Day Fautasi Race
[Photo: Barry Markowitz, 2014]
after-work bag? COOLStuff
Winter Games; Booq Adventure
by Barry Markowitz
The Winter Games, the Olympics every night in Samoa...
your kids want to go snowboarding on the next trip to see relatives in California or Utah. You’ll pass on snowboarding, but
have volunteered to shoot their crazy enthusiasm while your
wife schleps around blankets and Koko Samoa. You don’t have
a lot of big gear, but you do have valuable Canon, Nikon, video
and still cameras that have to be protected. You also have to face
that Delta or United Airlines disgusting CRJ (Canadian Regional
Jet) designed to be fuel efficient, and leave your delicate carryon luggage at risk thrown in with the checked baggage.
The Booq Python Slimpack (at a very fair $145) is designed
for every obstacle you face. It fits in a CRJ luggage bin, it’s
strong with great padding that will take an accidental fall or kick,
it carries your tripod or monopod with exterior strap and pull out
bottom cup... ok already... it that all? Nope. Your iPad mini (they
say up to a 10” tablet) will fit in the side exterior pocket or inside
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(so you don’t have to wait for the Spring melt to find your keys),
and cute little pockets for batteries and memory cards.
Unheard of techy magnificence is their Terralinq technology,
which if registered, will help you track your Booq backpack
if lost. The overall concept is plentee smart, with the primary
opening on the inside back... why?
The inside back is what contacts your body, your back.
So when you drop your bag in the snow or mud, the outside
back is water resistant and impervious to the elements, while
you unzip and carefully grab what you need from the well
protected inside back.
Other aspects confirming it as a professional consumer
backpack is the wonderful adjustable padded shoulder straps
with “D” rings (and cellphone pocket), and the airflow mesh
padded inside back.
As expected the Booq has the top of the line YKK zippers
and the ability to also access your gear thru a top zipper flap.
You can easily carry a DSLR Camera, an extra lens, a small
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American Samoa’s share of federal Capital
Improvement Project (CIP) funds being proposed for the new fiscal year 2015 — which
begins Oct. 1, 2014 — includes $5 million for
economic development, according to a 186page budget justification document submitted
to the U.S. Congress by the Office of Insular
Affairs of the U.S. Department of Interior.
CIP allocations are a hotly contested issue
between the Fono and the administration, as
many lawmakers don’t know about CIP funded
projects for the next fiscal year until the administration presents to lawmakers the annual
budget for review and approval.
By that time, not much can be done by the
Fono because CIP projects are already submitted to Congress through OIA’s annual
budget submission.
OIA announced last week its FY 2015 proposed budget including $9.3 million in CIP
funds for American Samoa, a decrease of
$750,000 from current FY 2014.
Funding for CIP projects has three general
priority areas, with the first one to include
health, safety, education, and utilities. Second
order priorities include infrastructure such as
ports and roads. Third order priorities include
industry, shoreline protection, parks and recreation and other government facilities.
“The objective of this program is to assist
American Samoa in providing infrastructure to
promote economic development and improve
health, education and public safety,” according
to the budget justification document, which
includes other territories and U.S. freely associated states. For the current fiscal year American
Samoa is allocated just over $10.04 million while
in 2013 the territory was given $9.96 million.
OIA informed Congress that over the past
year, several important CIP projects in American Samoa were completed, including two
classroom buildings for Leone High School
and the Petesa Happy Valley Road project.
Additionally, LBJ Medical Center “made
steady progress” on the renovation and expansion of the dialysis unit and upgrading the electrical system while the American Samoa Power
Authority continued connecting homes to the
main sewer system in Tualauta county.
OIA also says that ASPA made steady progress on replacing the deteriorated Tramway
Water Tank which holds one million gallons,
while the American Samoa Community College started construction on its new Multipurpose Building that will be finished by January
next year.
NEW FISCAL YEAR CIP
According to the chart of fund allocation, the
largest appropriation of $5 million of total CIP
funds is earmarked for economic development,
followed by $2 million for health; $594,180 for
water; $500,000 for roads; $295,000 for ‘public
buildings’ and $350,000 for Port.
Under the brief description of the proposed
CIP funding there was no clear explanation
on the $5 million for economic develop-
ment, however, it does say Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has “requested that an additional
$2 million be set aside for necessary upgrades
to the MV Sili, a critical vessel that transports
goods, services, and passengers to and from
the Manu’a Islands.”
“The upgrades are needed to ensure proper
use, safety, and compliance with [U.S.]Coast
Guard requirements,” it says.
(Samoa News understands that money proposed for the MV Sili upgrade is part of the $5
million for economic development.
And, in his State of the Territory Address in
January this year, the governor told the Fono
that a proposed $2.5 million investment of FY
2015 CIP Funds will be dedicated to the refurbishing of the 1,000-ton slipway to provide
more earning capacity for the Ronald Reagan
Marine Railway shipyard, dedicating its use to
smaller vessels while the main slipway is occupied with large purse seiners.)
For the $2 million proposed for Health, the
justification document says this money will
be utilized to design and renovate the Labor,
Delivery, Nursery, and Operating Suites at the
LBJ Medical Center. “The new facility will
improve patient services and help the medical
center meet life safety code requirements and
requirements of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services,” it says.
The $500,000 allocated for roads is for the
purchase of heavy equipment for the Department of Public Works, which is in need of a
new backhoe, excavator, and street sweeper to
provide proper maintenance to territorial roads.
Further the $350,000 requested for port,
will help the airport provide a 5% local match
to grant funding awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the federal agency
that annually awards approximately $9 to $11
million to American Samoa for continued
improvements to its airport.
“FAA grants are used for a wide variety of
purposes, but mainly to construct and enlarge
runways, provide necessary equipment, and
build airport facilities,” OIA says.
ASG requested under the CIP grant, a 1%
set-side (or $92,970) to fund a new CIP Administration Office within the American Samoa
Government. “The CIP Office will be responsible for overseeing and managing the CIP Program by ensuring that all projects comply with
federal grant requirements,” it says.
Last November, the governor designated
his Special Project Coordinator, Tuimavave
Tauapa’i Laupola as CIP administrator, whose
responsibilities include coordinating all the
CIP submissions from government agencies;
ensuring that submitted CIP from all government agencies comply with the project format
required by the DOI; and that all submissions
be presented to the CIP committee, chaired by
Lt. Lemanu Peleti Mauga for review and determination before being submitted to the governor for approval.
Tomorrow’s edition will include other information on American Samoa included in the justification budget document.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Gas blast destroys
new york buildings;
6 people dead
NEW YORK (AP) — A
sixth person has been confirmed killed by an explosion
that flattened two New York
City apartment buildings.
Fire department spokesman
Michael Parrella says the body
of an unidentified male was
found in the rubble around 3:15
a.m. Thursday. A half hour earlier, a woman’s body had been
found. A gas leak triggered the
explosion Wednesday morning
on Park Avenue and 116th
Street in East Harlem. The
blast also injured more than
60 people. At least three of the
injured were children.
The explosion shattered
windows a block away, cast a
plume of smoke over the skyline and sent people running
into the streets. Authorities say
the fiery blast erupted about
9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes
after a neighboring resident
reported smelling gas.
Chinese official:
No proof to link
debris to jet
BEIJING (AP) — A senior
Chinese aviation official said
Thursday that the authorities
could not confirm any link
between the floating objects
captured on Chinese satellite
images to a Malaysia Airlines
jet missing for more than five
days. “It is true that the satellite was launched and detected
some smoke and what were
suspected metal shreds about
37 kilometers (23 miles) southeast of Ho Chi Minh City,” said
Li Jiaxiang, chief of the Civil
Aviation Administration of
China. “But after some review,
we cannot confirm that they
belong to the missing plane.”
The three objects of varying
sizes were spotted in the sea off
the southern tip of Vietnam and
east of Malaysia on Sunday.
The plane carrying 239
people went missing Saturday
morning while flying from
Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Ukraine PM says
his nation will
‘never surrender’
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Ukraine’s prime minister says
his country “will never surrender” its independence in the
face of a threat that its strategic
Crimea region could withdraw
from the nation and potentially join Russia. Speaking at
a Washington think tank on
Wednesday, PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk derided an upcoming
local vote in Crimea as directed
by Russia and said its results
are all but already certain.
Yatsenyuk saids the Crimea
referendum to secede would
be illegitimate and offered the
region more autonomy and
reforms if it remains part of
Ukraine. He said Ukraine’s
leaders want an equal relationship with Moscow but said
that largely will depend on
how Russian President Vladimir Putin responds. He said a
newly-restored Soviet Union
would be “the biggest disaster
of this century.”
Report: Missing
airplane flew
on for hours
KUALA LUMPUR (AP)
— The Wall Street Journal is
reporting that U.S. investigators suspect a missing Malaysian jetliner flew on for four
hours once it lost contact with
air traffic controllers.
The suspicion is based on
data from the plane’s engines
that are automatically downloaded and transmitted to the
ground as part of routine maintenance programs.
The report raises questions
as to why the Boeing 777 was
flying like that, and if anyone
was in control during that time.
The plane’s last known confirmed position was roughly
halfway between Malaysia and
Vietnam. Malaysian authorities have since said they tracked
what could have been the plane
changing course and heading
west. Investigators have not ruled
out any possible cause to explain
the disappearance of the plane
and the 239 people on board.
SC deputy cried
after shooting
70-year-old man
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A
South Carolina deputy who
during a traffic stop shot a
70-year-old man reaching for
his cane broke down in tears
as other officers arrived. The
York County sheriff’s office on
Wednesday released dashboard
camera video of last month’s
stop. It shows Bobby Canipe
of Lincolnton, N.C., getting out
of his truck and reaching for a
cane on a dark highway.
Deputy Terrance Knox
yells “Sir” a few times and
Canipe keeps moving. When
he reaches in the bed and gets
the cane, Knox yells “whoa”
and starts shooting. Knox then
almost as quickly seems to
realize Canipe had a cane, then
cursed and rushed to help.
Sheriff Bruce Bryant says
after watching the video he still
thinks the officer did the right
thing. The shooting is being
investigated.
Iran and Russia
discuss adding
nuclear plants
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) —
Iran’s official news agency
is reporting that Iran and
Russia have discussed a draft
agreement to build two more
nuclear power plants in the
Islamic Republic. The report
Wednesday by IRNA said visiting Russian official Nikolai
Spassky and Iranian nuclear
officials reached an initial
agreement about building two
new nuclear power plants for
Iran. Each plant would have
1,000-megawatts capacity plus
water purification capabilities.
Iran built its first nuclear
power plant in southern port of
Bushehr with Russia’s help. It
has been online since 2011 with
a capacity of 1,000 megawatts.
Iran long has sought nuclear
power plants that can produce
potable water in the country’s
south, which suffers from a
lack of water.
Judge: Married
women can’t divorce
in Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP)
— A judge says two women
who were legally married in
Iowa can’t divorce in Alabama, which doesn’t recognize
same-sex marriages.
Circuit Judge Karen Hall
of Huntsville issued a brief
order Wednesday throwing
out the uncontested divorce of
Shrie Michelle Richmond and
Kirsten Allysse Richmond.
Shrie Richmond filed the
complaint this month saying
the two were legally married
in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2012.
The suit says the two women
no longer get along and want a
divorce.
The other woman didn’t
fight the divorce, but the judge’s
decision says the case is being
dismissed because Alabama still
prohibits same-sex unions.
The Iowa Supreme Court
overturned that state’s ban
on gay marriages in 2009,
and state law requires couples seeking a divorce in the
state to live there for one year
beforehand.
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Emergency crews respond to an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East
Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
(AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)
The blast happened after a neighbor reported smelling natural gas.
American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB-043-2014
Issuance Date: March 6, 2014
Closing Date: April 07, 2014
No later than 2:00 p.m. (local time)
1. INVITATION
Sealed bids are invited from qualified firms to provide “Food commodities
including Milk, Juice and Water” for the Department of Education, School
Lunch Program.
2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa
Government, Tafuna, American Samoa 96799, until 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 7,
2014 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read.
3. PRE-BID CONFERENCE
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014 at
10:30 a.m. at the Office of Procurement Conference Room. Bids will not be
accepted from bidders who are not present at the pre-bid meeting.
4. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Bid documents, including specifications, may be examined at the Office of
Procurement or obtained there from, free of charge.
5. The American Samoa Government reserves the right not to accept the lowest or
any bid.
6. The American Samoa Government reserves the right to waive any informality in
bidding as may be in the interest of the American Samoa Government.
“Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action”
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Deputy Chief Procurement Officer
China belatedly reports
31 dead in tunnel blast
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a little-reported road
explosion was disclosed Thursday to be a much higher 31, nearly
two weeks after the blast shook a highway tunnel in northwestern
China. The official Xinhua News Agency did not explain the
increase from an early report of 13 deaths but said a team investigating the crash convened Thursday to brief on the latest developments. It also said another nine people were missing.
The report came after China concluded its annual meeting of
its ceremonial congress in Beijing, raising questions if the information was kept under wraps to avoid disruption to the convention. While there is no official allegation of a cover-up, such a
delay would be consistent with China’s efforts to ensure social
stability during the congress. Also, senior government officials
convened in Beijing to attend, leaving a temporary leadership
vacuum in local governments.
Xinhua said a coal truck and a vehicle carrying liquid methanol collided inside the tunnel in Shaanxi province on March 1,
causing a blast and setting fire to more coal trucks.
Initial reports were scant, but on March 5, Xinhua said 13
people were dead, another 11 injured and 42 vehicles destroyed.
the NTSB sends team to
investigate NYC explosion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety
Board said it is sending a team of experts to New York City to
investigate an explosion and building collapse.
The explosion flattened two East Harlem apartment buildings
Wednesday as utility workers were on their way to investigate a
report of a gas leak. At least two people were killed, more than
20 injured and over a dozen others unaccounted for.
The safety board investigates pipeline accidents as well as
accidents involving all modes of transportation.
Woman takes truck with
2 kids in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman accused of taking a pickup
truck with two small children inside from a Federal Way, Wash.,
parking lot has been charged with kidnapping and car theft.
KOMO reports surveillance video shows Natalie Hulme
talking with the driver on Feb. 28 then jumping into her truck
and driving away as the mother pounds on the windows.
King County prosecutors say the truck stopped a short time
later with flat tires in Kent where the 49-year-old Lakewood
woman tried to carjack another vehicle near Riverbend Golf
Course. She was held by golfers until police arrived. Two girls,
5 and 2 years old, in the pickup truck were OK. The 5-year-old
told police Hulme tore the ear off her stuffed animal.
Jamaica panel charges
policeman with 4 murders
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A commission that investigates abuses by Jamaica’s security forces says a policeman has
been charged with multiple counts of murder.
The Independent Commission of Investigations announced
Wednesday that Constable Collis “Chuckie” Brown has been
charged with killing four men between 2009 and 2012.
Brown was arrested earlier this year after investigators
searched a police station in the central town of May Pen. Several
weapons were seized.
The police association did not return calls seeking comment.
A court hearing for Brown is scheduled for June.
Last year, a Jamaican court ruled that the investigative commission created in 2010 had the power to arrest and charge officers. Police groups had previously questioned its powers.
Malaysia airlines retires
missing plane’s flight code
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia Airlines has
retired the missing jetliner’s flight code as a sign of respect to the
239 passengers and crew on board.
The airline said Thursday it will no longer be using MH370
and MH371, the same codes used by the Boeing 777 that vanished from radar screens on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday. A massive search involving satellites, planes
and ships has found no trace of the aircraft.
MH370 was used for Kuala Lumpur-Beijing route and
MH371 for a return flight. Starting Friday, Malaysia Airlines
said it will use codes MH318 and MH319 for twice-a-day flights
to and from Beijing. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the
families of our colleagues and passengers of MH370,” the airline said in a statement.
deputies kill hatchet-wielding man
HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies have killed a man they say charged at them with a
hatchet. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says deputies were sent
to a home in Highland Wednesday morning by a report of two
men fighting outside.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says deputies found
a severely injured man and another holding a hatchet. Bachman
says the man with the hatchet was shot when he raised it and
charged at deputies. He died at a hospital. His name wasn’t
immediately released.
Cuddlers soothe
babies too sick,
tiny to go home
CHICAGO (AP) — A volunteer slips her arms into a gauzy
yellow hospital gown and approaches a medical crib holding a
tiny newborn hooked up to noisy machines.
“OK,” she says, with a smile. “Baby time.”
That means cuddle time in the neonatal intensive care unit at
the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital. Here, as at
several other hospitals around the country, strangers offer a simple
yet powerful service for newborns too tiny or sick to go home.
When nurses are swamped with other patients and parents
cannot make it to the hospital, grandmas, empty-nesters, college students and other volunteers step in. They hold the babies,
swaddle them, sing and coo to them, rock them, and treat them as
if they were their own. A plaintive cry signals time to get to work.
“You can see them calm, you can see their heart rate drop,
you can see their little brows relax,” said Kathleen Jones, 52, a
cuddler at the Chicago hospital. “They’re fighting so hard and
they’re undergoing all this medical drama and trauma. My heart
breaks for them a little bit.”
Newborn intensive care units are noisy, stressful environments. There are babies born extremely prematurely, or with
birth defects and other illnesses. Some are too sick to be held
— but not too sick to touch. Cuddlers reach a finger inside their
incubators and stroke tiny bare bellies.
Scientific evidence on benefits of cuddling programs is scarce,
but the benefits of human touch are well-known. In one study,
gentle caressing or placing a hand on preterm infants reduced
levels of stress hormones. Other recent studies have suggested
touch may benefit preemies’ heart rates and sleep and perhaps
even shorten their hospital stays.
Studies also suggest that early negative experiences —
including pain, stress and separation from other humans — may
hamper brain development, while research in animals shows
that positive interactions enhance brain growth, said Dr. Jerry
Schwartz, medical director of medical neonatology at Torrance
Memorial Medical Center near Los Angeles.
The benefit “at the most superficial level” is obvious, he said.
“A baby is crying, mom’s not there, the nurse is busy with other
sick babies, and it’s an unpleasant life experience to be crying
and unattended to, and, voila! A cuddler comes over and the
baby stops crying.”
Nancy Salcido has been a cuddler at Torrance for a year. Her
two daughters are grown, and she considers her three-hour cuddling shifts good practice for any potential grandchildren.
“I just kind of hold them close to me ... and talk to them,
sharing my day, or give them little pep talks,” Salcido said. “One
of the nurses has nicknamed me the baby whisperer.”
Parents typically must consent for their babies to be part of cuddling programs, and cuddlers must undergo background checks
and training before starting the job. At Chicago’s Comer hospital,
that includes lessons in how to swaddle babies tight to make them
feel safe and how to maneuver around intravenous lines, as well as
instruction in hygiene including frequent hand-washing.
At the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., one
cuddler is a man born there prematurely long ago. He “just wants
to come and give back,” said Chris Tryon, a child life specialist at
the hospital, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Comer’s cuddlers include 74-year-old Frank Dertz, a retired
carpenter who heard about the program from his daughter, a
Comer nurse. “It’s quite a blessing for me. I get more out of it
than the babies, I think,” Dertz said.
Kathleen Jones says the same thing. A mother of three grown
daughters and grandmother of two little girls, she joined Comer’s program in 2012, working a couple afternoons a week or
sometimes at night. “They say that I look so in love with them
when I’m there, but I cannot NOT crack an ear-to-ear smile
whenever I pick that little guy or girl up.”
Her love seems obvious as she rocks a stranger’s newborn,
the baby girl’s tiny hand gripping Jones’ finger.
“Ooh, I want to take you home,” Jones coos. “You’re so
brave ... you’re going to be feisty, aren’t you?”
Jones used to wonder why parents or other relatives aren’t
comforting their own babies. But then, in August, her youngest
grandchild was born deaf, with brain damage doctors say was
caused by a virus her mom contracted before birth. Evelyn
Steadman spent her first three weeks at Comer, and got cuddling
care while she was there.
While family members visited often, “life happens and you
can’t sit by a bedside for three weeks,” Jones said.
Erica Steadman had had a C-section, and already had her hands
full with a toddler at home. “She was being held and loved and
watched over,” she said. “I felt a great sense of relief from that.”
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AMERICAN SAMOA
SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CENTER
SBDC Seminar Schedule
The American Samoa Small Business Development Center will be offering the
following seminars to all interested individuals and organizations:
Grant Writing Seminar
Business Start Up Seminar
Business Start Up Seminar
Grant Writing
March 18-19, 2014
April 01-04, 2014
April 15-18, 2014
April 22-23 , 2014
5-7 pm
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Companies or individuals may register now with an SBDC representative by calling
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San Diego Chargers wide receiver Malcom Floyd (back row center) poses with the AYFS Bears team after visiting their practice this week. Malcom is on island
with his mother Leataata Amisone Floyd for his first visit to his mom’s home island. He has been making the rounds of the high schools and stopped in to give a pep
[courtesy photo]
talk to AYFS Bears whose head coach is his cousin Sa Suluia.
\Ç _Éä|Çz `xÅÉÜç Éy
a Husband, Father & Grandfather
Tumuatasi Fouvaletufanuaitamalii Wally Utu
Aso Soifua: Iulai 17, 1941 - Aso Maliu: Fepuari 14, 2014
“Amuia e ua oti, ua oti oi le Alii.”
POLOKALAMA MALIU
Sauniga Fa’aleaiga • Aso Sa, Mati 16, 2014
2:00 i le Aoauli
Malumalu EFKAS “Ata o le Manuia” i Amouli
Sauniga Mulimuli • Aso Faraile, Mati 21, 2014
7:00 i le Taeao
2:00 i le Aoauli
Sauniga i le Falema’i
Taoto i lona aiga i Mataava i Amouli
Sauniga fa’ai’u i le Malumalu EFKAS
“Ata o le Manuia” i Amouli
“Le Auauna lelei e ma le fa’amaoni,
ulufale maia i le fiafia o lou Ali’i.”
UN: Claim of
captive Saudi
princesses
is received
GENEVA (AP) — The
United Nations has received
pleas to help free several Saudi
Arabian princesses allegedly
being held against their will
in a royal compound, officials
confirmed Wednesday.
Allegations submitted to
the U.N. human rights office
claim that several daughters
of King Abdullah of Saudi
Arabia have been held for the
past 13 years in the royal compound in Jeddah.
In a rare disclosure about
allegations received by not
yet investigated, the U.N.’s
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed receipt of the emailed
complaints but said it could be
several months at least before
anything is officially published
about the case.
The office did not say
whether it considered the complaints substantial enough to
warrant a follow-up investigation. Xabier Celaya of the
U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
told The Associated Press that
U.N. officials are “not in a position to confirm if any action has
been taken on this case.”
She said Wednesday that
the claims were brought to the
attention of the U.N. special
investigator on violence against
women, who along with investigators on other issues receives
complaints from around the
world and must determine
which ones merit a closer look.
There was no immediate reaction from the Saudi U.N. mission in Geneva.
Fa’alauiloa i faipule fuafuaga mo
atina’e i totonu
o le Fagaloa Bay
Lali
Le
tusia Ausage Fausia
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O le taeao ananafi na fa’alauiloa ai e le Fa’atonusili o le Matagaluega o Fefaatauaiga ma Alamanuia faapea ai le Fa’atonusili
o Galuega Lautele a le malo, fuafuaga fa’ataoto a le malo mo le
fausiaiina o ni atina’e tetele i totonu o le taulaga e aofia ai Utulei,
fa’asolo atu ai i le Uafu tele i Fagatogo ma fa’ai’u ai i le uafu o
va’a failå i Malaloa.
E ui e le i iloa tonu se taimi e amata aloaia ai nei atina’e tetele
mo le atunuu, peita’i na saunoa le susuga ia Lafaele Keniseli
e fa’apea, ua amata galuega muamua o lenei atina’e e pei o le
tusiaina o ata faapea ai ma le faia o suesuega i nofoaga e fausia
ai atina’e tetele nei, mo le fa’amautuina muamua o vaega amata
o le galuega a’o le i oo atu i le taimi e fausia ai.
Pau le itu e le o manino i le taimi nei e pei ona faailoa e
Lafaele i le komiti, e le o iloa tonu le tau aofa’i o le galuega, e le
o manino fo’i po o afea e amata fausia ai.
O le iloiloga lenei na valaauina e le komiti o Galuega Lautele
a le maota, ona o se iugafono ua i luma o le maota, e toe talosagaina ai matagaluega e toe vaavaai i le faaauauina o nei atina’e
tetele mo le manuia o le atunuu i le lumana’i.
Na taua e Lafaele i luma o le komiti e fa’apea, e $350,000
se vaega tupe na tuuina mai e le Matagaluega o le Initeria i le
tausaga na te’a nei e amata faatino ai vaega muamua o le galuega
mo le umi e 3 tausaga.
O le tausaga na te’a nei na tofia ai e le kovana sana komiti
faapitoa e taua o le ‘American Samoa Economic Implementation Plan’, latou te iloiloina auala ma atina’e talafeagai e mafai
ona fausia mo le manuia o le atunuu, e pei ona saunoa Keniseli,
ma o ni isi o sui o lea komiti e aofia ai ni isi o faatonusili, sui o
kamupani tua atoa ai sui e toalua mai le Fono.
“Ua mae’a ona tuu faatasia se ripoti a le komiti lenei ma ua
faamoemoe e tuuina atu i luma o le alii kovana pe a toe taliu mai
i le atunuu, ma faailoa atoa i ai atina’e ma auala ua finagalo le
komiti e tatau ona fausia,” o se vaega lea o le molimau a Lafaele.
O ni isi o vaega o lenei atina’e e pei ona fa’ailoa e le tama’ita’i
o Mrs Kruse lea o lo o avea nei ma ‘Territorial Planner’ e aofia
ai suiga i le malae i Utulei e pei o vaega e nonofo ma tafafao
ai aiga, o vaega e savavali ai tagata i le afiafi, atoa ai nofoaga e
faapitoa mo taaloga a le fanau.
(Faaauau itulau 15)
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Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions
MALILIU ALII E TOALUA I LE AGAESE
E toalua ni alii mai le afioaga o Ulutogia,
Aleipata na tagatavaleina e se tagata i se agaese
ao momoe i laua i le vaveao o le aso Lua na
te’a nei. Na faamaonia mai e le komesina le
tumau o leoleo, le afioga Fauono Talalelei Tapu
e faapea, o le tasi o ia alii e 41 tausaga le matua
e fai lona toalua ma le fanau e toatolu, ao le isi
e 27 tausaga e fai foi lona toalua ma e toatasi lo
la alo. O lo o masalomia sa ia faia lenei faiga
le alofa o se alii e 40 ma ona tupu tausaga mai
Ulutogia foi ma na lipotia mai le tulai mai o
se feeseeseaiga i le va o lea alii ma i laua ua
maliliu e mafua i fanua. Na matua tuga manua o
i laua ua maliliu ma na lipotia mai le matapogia
o ni tamaitai tausi soifua se toalua i le falemai i
Lalomanu ina ua taunuu atu tino maliliu o ia alii,
ona o le tuga o o la manua. Na saunoa Fauono,
sa oo atu leoleo ma latou si’oina ma nisi o le
afioaga le fale o le o lo o masalomia i lea faalavelave, ao i ai o ia i totonu o le ta’inamu. Sa
latou tosoina mai o ia i fafo ao le taimi lena ua
lolofi atu tagata o le nuu ma sa latou puipuia o
ia mai le ono faaoolima i ai o tagata o le nuu sa i
ai. O lo o suesueina nei e leoleo lea alii ao loma
le faauluina o ni moliaga faasaga ia te ia.
FAASALA I LE FAAOO MANU’A
Ua faatonuina e le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo
i le aso Lulu na sei mavae atu se alii ave pasi
ina ia totogi le sala tupe e $1,000 ona o lona
le lipotia o se faalavelave i leoleo i totonu o le
24 itula ma le ave taavale faatamala ua manua
ai se tasi. Na faatonuina le alii ave pasi o Alo
Mauinatu ina ia totogiina lea sala tupe ae lei
taina le itula e 4 i le afiafi o le aso Lulu, a leai, o
le a loka o ia i le toese mo le lima masina. O lea
sala tupe e mafua mai i se faalavelave na tulai
mai ia Novema, 2013. O le na aafia o Alapati
Tanielu, o se alii e 24 tausaga e faigaluega i se
kamupani i Vaitele. Na faaalia, sa malaga Tanielu i le pasi a le ua molia i lea taeao ma sa ia
faatuina le pasi i luma o le lotoa a le kamupani
e faigaluega ai, ma sa totogi lona pasese ma oso
i lalo o le pasi. Peitai, e lei tu lelei i lalo Tanielu
ae toe oso le pasi. Sa pipii o ia i le uamea e pipii
i le faitotoa o le pasi ma sa toso atu ai o ia ma iu
(Faaauau itulau 14)
Le ‘Territorial Planner’ ia Mrs Kruse i le taimi na ia fa’alauiloa ai i luma o le Komiti o Galuega Tetele a le maota o sui ananafi, ata ua mae’a ona tusia mo le
[ata: AF]
fausiaina o atina’e fou i totonu o le Fagaloa Bay.
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Galuea’ina fale’aoga fou mo
a’oga a le Malo
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
Na tu’uina le fa’aaloalo i le Fa’atonu o A’oga, Vaitinasa Dr Salu Hunkin-Finau, na te o’otia
le lipine e tatala aloaia ai le ofisa fou ma le Faletusi o le a’oga i Masefau i le taeao ananafi i se
sauniga faapitoa sa auai le afioga i le Lutena Kovana, Lemanu Peleti Mauga. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
tusia Ausage Fausia
ATUGALU GALEA’I I GASEGASE E A’AFIA AI FANAU LAITI
O ituaiga fa’ama’i faigata ia ua fa’alauiloa e ono aafia ai fanau laiti pe afai e le lelei ona puipuia
i latou, ua fa’aalia ai e le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Galea’i Tu’ufuli sona popolega tele, ma ia
talosagaina ai loa le ta’ita’ifono o le Komiti o le Falema’i a le maota maualuga, mo se avanoa e
valaau ai le ali’i foma’i ia Tamasoali’i Dr. Joseph Tufa, se’i fa’amanino atili i luma o le maota
tulaga taua o lenei mataupu.
O se polokalame na faasalalau i luga o le ala ata a le KVZKTV i le vaiaso nei e pei ona saunoa
Galea’i, sa ia maimoa ai i le polokalame lenei e faatatau i le gasegase o le ‘Fiva Rumatika’ (rheumatic fever) o lo o aafia ai fanau i le atunuu.
Saunoa Galea’i e fa’apea, e tusa ai o faamaumauga sa tuuina atu i le polokalame lea, mai
tamaiti e to’a 280 sa faia i ai siaki a le falema’i, o le to’a 243 o i latou nei e a’afia i le fiva rumatika.
“Ae o le itu e pito sili ona faaletonu ai le gasegase lea o le fiva rumatika, afai e le lelei ona
togafiti, e otomeki lava ona aafia ai fanau i le gasegase o le ma’i fatu, lona uiga afai e matuia tele
le gasegase e i’u ina ma’imau atu ai ma le soifua o fanau,” o le saunoaga lea a Galea’i.
O le fiva rumatika e pei ona saunoa Galea’i e tusa ai ma faamatalaga na tuuina atu i le polokalame lea, o se gasegase e tupu mai lava ma le tamaititi a’o laititi o ia, ma afai e le lelei ona togafiti
ona aafia lea o ia i le gasegase o le fatu.
Ua talosagaina e Galea’i le tatau lea ona malaga atu le ali’i foma’i ia Tamasoaali’i e faamanino
atili lenei mataupu, ina ia silafia ai e afioga i senatoa le matuia o lenei gasegase, atoa ai ma auala
e tatau ona faia ina ia foia ma puipuia ai fanau mai le aafia i lenei ituaiga gasegase.
O le aso Lulu o le vaiaso fou i le itula e 8:30 i le taeao ua faatulaga le iloiloga a le Senate i lenei
mataupu.
LEAI NI VAILAAU FAASAINA O FA’AAOGA TAGATA ASIA
Na faamaonia mai e le Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Fa’atoaga ia Lealao M. Purcell i le
Samoa News e faapea, e le o faaaogaina e tagata fai faatoga laau ‘aina mai Asia ni vailaau faasaina, e pei ona masalomia ai i latou e afioga i senatoa.
Saunoa Lealao e faapea, o lo o asia e lana aufaigaluega faatoaga uma a i latou mai Asia o lo
o faia ina ia faamaonia o lo o latou usitaia le tulafono, ma o lo o tulaga lelei mea uma i tulaga o
vailaau o lo o faaaogaina.
O le vaiaso nei na fesiligia ai e le alii senatoa ia Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono le mataupu lenei i
luma o le maota, ina ua tula’i mai se faaletonu i fualaau ‘aina o lo o kiliva atu e tagata fai faatoaga
Asia i le School Lunch, lea o lo o taua mai le i ai o se fa’aletonu.
O le vaiaso fou lea ua faatulaga e faia ai le iloiloga o lenei mataupu, mo le faamaninoina atili
i luma o le maota.
FA’AMAONIA ISI TOFIGA A LE KOVANA
O le vaiaso na te’a nei na pasia ai e le Senate isi tofiga e lua a le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi
Moliga, mo le tofa a Gi Malala ma Meleagi Suitonu Chapman e avea ai i laua ma totino o le
Komiti Fa’afoe o le ‘Territorial Planning Commission’ a le malo.
E ta’i 14-0 le palota na pasia ai e le maota maualuga suafa o Gi ma Chapman, i le mae’a ai lea
o se iloiloga sa faia e fesiligia ai o la agavaa e tusa ai o lenei galuega.
E leai ni fesili a le komiti na faia i molimau i le taimi o le iloiloga, sei vagana ai le talosagaina
o i laua ina ia vaavaai i auala e faaleleia ai le auaunag a le komiti mo atunu’u.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
E fa galuega o falea’oga amata ona fausia, ae tasi le galuega
ua mae’a ona fausia i a’oga a le malo. O nei galuega e mo le
aoga tulaga muamua i Vatia, aoga maualuga a Fagaitua, Leatele
Elementary i Fagasa, Leone Midkiff Elementary i Leone, ma le
aoga tulaga muamua i Masefau.
LE’ATELE & LEONE MIDKIFF
O le taeao o le aso Lua na te’a nei, e lua galuega sa suaina le
eleele mo le amatalia. O le galuega na suaina le eleele i le itula e
9:00 i le taeao, o le galuega lea mo le falea’oga i Leone Midkiff.
Soso’o ai le 11:30a.m. i le suaina o le eleele mo le galuega o le
aoga a Le’atele.
O le Nana’s Construction lea ua manumalo i le tauofoga
mo le galuega i Fagasa i lona tau e $1.12miliona, ma e tasi le
tausaga atoa o lo’o fa’atulaga e fa’amae’a ai le galuega.
O le fale a’oga lea e lua ona fogafale, e potu aoga i lona fogafale pitoaluga, ae o le fogafale alalo e aofa’i i ai le umukuka,
fale’ai, ofisa o le A’oga fa’apea ma le potu a’oga o le ECE e
aofia ai ma faleuia i le galuega atoa.
I le taua’aoina atu o lea galuega, ua fa’atalosaga fo’i i le
Nana’s Construction pe mafai ona fai i ai lona fai mea vave, ina
ia toe fa’aaogaina lea falea’oga i le amataga o le tausaga a’oga
fou ia Aokuso 2014.
O le saunoaga faapitoa mai le afioga i le Sui Kovana
Leanu Peleti Mauga, sa ia fa’afetaia ai le agaga o le afioga
Kovana Lolo Matalasi Moliga, “Aua e naunau o ia, ia lelei
falea’oga, o nofoaga ia o lo’o fausia ai le lumana’i o le
atunu’u i le taimi nei.”
O le aofai o fanau a’oga i Le’atele e 125 tamaiti, ae amata
mai le ECE 3 Tausaga le matutua se’ia o’o i le Vasega 8.
E le’i maua auilili i le taimi nei tulaga o le atoaga o le
galuega i Leone Midkiff. O le afioga ia Lemanu na saunoa
fa’apitoa i lea fa’atasiga.
AOGA MAUALUGA FAGA’ITUA
O le aso Faraile talu ai, na sua ai fo’i le eleele e amatalia
ai le galuega o le fale’aoga fogafale lua i le aoga maualuga a
Fagaitua.
E fa potu ua fa’atulaga mo le fogafalealuga, ae o le fogafalealalo e 3 potu a’oga ma le Ofisa ae tatau ona fausia ai ma
le fa’asitepu eletise [elevator] e fa’aaoga e fanau o lo’o feoa’i
i nofoa fa’ata’avalevale.
O le tau o le galuega lea e $1.2miliona ma o le Quality
Painting & Construction e fa’atautaia e le tofa Atuatasi Jerry
Aga Seigafo, o lo’o fa’afoeina lea galuega.
Ma o le kamupani faufale fo’i lea sa fa’ato’a mae’a le latou
galuega o le fausaga o le falema’i fa’a-itumalo i Leone mo le
Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina.
AOGA I MASEFAU
O le galuega i le a’oga tulaga muamua a Masefau ua mae’a
lelei, ma sa tatalaina ona faitoto’a i le taeao ananafi mo galuega
ina ua taua’aoina fo’i le Tusi Pasia e le sui o le Matagaluega o
Galuega Lautele.
O nisi o sui o le malo sa auai i le taeao ananafi e aofia ai
le afioga i le Lutena Koavana, faatonu sili o le Matagaluega o
Aoga ae maise nisi o sui o le aoga a Masefau.
Ina ua tutula’i le aufaipese a Masefau Elementary ma latou
usuina se pese e fa’aautu i le agaga fa’afetai i le maalo ma le
matagaluega o A’oga, ina ua faitaulia Mu ma Ve’a i le fa’asoa
o le tamaoaiga a le malo, sa latou fa’ailoa mai ai, “O le a’oga
i Masefau, e ui ina itiiti ma to’aitiiti le fanau a’oga e a’otauina
ai, ae o le tele o sikolasipi e o mai Masefau i le lumana’i o
Amerika Samoa.”
O le galuega ua mae’a o le fale e si’itia i luga lona fa’avae e
tusa o le 7-futu mai eleele, e tusa ai o tulafono pasia e le FEMA
mo fale e fausia i eleele e a’afia i galulolo.
O lo’o aofia i lenei fale o le potu ofisa o le A’oga e lua,
faletusi, potu mo faila a le A’oga fa’apea ma Faleuia e lua. Ua
fa’atulaga fo’i ma le ala e uia e nofoa fa’ata’avalevale mo fanau
e le atoatoa le malosi o le tino.
O le tau o le galuega e $115,501 mo le 6 masina e fausia
ai. Peita’i e le’i atoa le 3 masina ae ua mae’a lea galuega sa
fa’afoeina e le Nana’s Construction Company.
Tele se fa’afetai sa fa’ao’o i le Matuaofaiva Pa’i Tuaolo
Fruean ona o lea matatia o lo’o ia faia pea i ana galuega. E
tusa ai ma le folasaga a Lemanu, sa ia fa’ailoa ai, “Ua sili atu
ona tu’uina galuega i tina, aua e fai mea lelei, nai le vasega o
taulele’a, e fiu e fa’atali le taimi e mae’a ai galuega nei.”
Talofa Video
tusia Ausage Fausia
FALETOI FETUASO SEVI
O le ali’i mai Samoa lea o
lo o tu’uaia i lona aumaia faanana o le silia i le 200 sikelati
mariuana atoa ai ma lau mariuana mamago i le faaiuga o
le tausaga na te’a nei, ua toe
molia fo’i e le malo i lona umia
faasolitulafono o mariuana a’o
taofia ai o ia i le toese i Tafuna.
O le mataupu fou fa’asaga i
le ali’i o Faletoi Fetuaso Sevi
na alia’e mai ina ua osofaia e
leoleo le toese i le masina na
te’a nei, ae maua i ai vaega o
fualaau faasaina i totonu o le
sela o lo o taofia ai Sevi ma isi
ali’i pagota.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea,
e 6 sikaleti mariuana na maua
e leoleo i totonu o se fagu
fualaau, atoa ai ma se paipa
e fa’aaoga e ula ai le pauta o
le aisa sa maua ai i le taimi o
le osofaiga. Na faailoa e ali’i
pagota e to’afa o lo o taofia
faatasi ma Sevi i totonu o le
sela e fa’apea, o mariuana sa
maua o meatotino ia a Sevi.
O Sevi o lo o taofia i le toese
ina ua le mafai ona ia totogi le
tupe e $30,000 na poloa’i e le
fa’amasinoga o ia e totogi, e
mafua mai ina ua maua o ia o
taumafai e aumai faanana mariuana i le teritori, ina ua malaga
mai i le va’a o le Lady Naomi
mai Samoa i le masina o Oke-
topa 2013.
ALESANA PEKO
O le ali’i pagota lea na tatala
i tua e faigaluega ma toe fo’i
ai i le toese, ae te’i ua alu i lo
latou fale ma sau ai ma le afa
sikaleti mariuana, ua ia tautino
i le fa’amasinoga e fa’amaonia
tuuaiga fa’asaga ia te ia.
O le alii o Alesana Peko na
tuuaia e le malo i moliaga e
lua, o le umia faasolitulafono
o se vaega o le laau faasaina
o le mariuana, atoa ai ma le
sola a’o tatala o ia i tua e faigaluega, ae i lalo o se maliliega
sa latou sainia ma le malo ma
ua talia fo’i e le fa’amasinoga
maualuga i le vaiaso nei, ua
ia tali ioe ai i le moliaga o le
sola ao tatala o ia e faigaluega,
ae solofua e le faamasinoga le
moliaga o lona umia faasolitulafono o mariuana.
Na taofia Peko i le toese i
Tafuna i le faaiuga o le tausaga
na te’a nei mo le umi e 90 aso,
ina ua tausala o ia e le faamasinoga faaitumalo i le moliaga o le
ave taavale a’o se’i lona laisene.
A’o taofia ai o ia i le toese i
Tafuna mo le 90 aso, sa tatala o
ia i tua e faigaluega i lana galuega tumau sa i ai, o le galue
lea i le vaega o le teu fanua i le
Matagaluega o Uafu ma Malae
Vaalele i Tafuna.
I le aso 31 Tesema 2013
ina ua manava Peko mai lana
galuega, e le i alu sa’o o ia i le
Utah trucker accused
of keeping sex slaves
(AP) — A Utah truck driver kept sex slaves in his semitrailer
for months at a time while he traveled the country, filing down
their teeth, forcing them to alter their appearance and beating
them until they nearly passed out, authorities said.
Timothy Jay Vafeades, 54, made an initial appearance
Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Fargo, N.D., and will now
be transferred to Utah for further proceedings. The charges
against him include kidnapping, transportation for illegal sexual
activity, and possession of child pornography, and could bring
a life sentence if he is convicted. His public defender, Richard
Henderson, could not be reached for comment.
An arrest warrant filed in Salt Lake City claims Vafeades
kidnapped a 19-year-old female relative who had come from
Florida in May 2013 to work with him on his truck, the “Twilight Express.” After a week, the teen told Vafeades she wanted
to go home, but she later told authorities that he strangled her
until she blacked out and used threats and violence to keep her
with him for the next six months while they traveled to Washington state, Nevada, Texas, Tennessee and other states.
Despite her pleas, Vafeades forced the teenager to have sex
with him more than 100 times during their time together, a criminal complaint states. He chipped down the girl’s teeth and had
her wear a fake set, and wore his own false set that featured
vampire fangs, the teen told investigators.
Vafeades was arrested at a Clay County, Minn., weigh station on Nov. 26, after officers noticed bruises on the teenager
and turned up a 1999 restraining order barring Vafeades from
contacting the girl. After his arrest, a second woman went to
authorities to report she had been held captive in Vafeades’
truck, according to the warrant.
The woman told detectives she met the driver at a Salt Lake
City truck stop in April 2012. She agreed to have dinner with him
and got into his truck, according to the report, but Vafeades told
her about 10 minutes into the ride that she was going with him
for a week or more. The woman said Vafeades kept her with him
for about three months through threats and violence, forcing her
to have sex with him nearly every day and calling her his slave.
falepuipui ae na alu i lona aiga
i Pago Pago, ona faatoa toe fo’i
ai loa lea i totonu o le toese,
ae ina ua siaki e se leoleo o le
falepuipui lona tino sa maua i
ai se afa sikaleti mariuana o alu
atu ma ia.
O lo o taofia pea le ua molia
i le toese i Tafuna e fa’atali ai le
aso 27 Mati lea ua fa’atulaga e
lau ai lana faasalaga i le mataupu
fou i le sikaleti mariuana.
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AOGA TUI TEU
(flower arrangement training)
mo Tina ma Tamaitai
Amataina Mati 25, 2014
9:00 i le taeao i le 12:00 i le aoauli
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mailto: [email protected]
Matagaluega o Mataupu Tau Tupulaga, Tina, ma Tamaita’i
Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs
In The High Court
of American Samoa
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EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
We have vacancies for the following:
OPERATORS
• Must be experienced in operating Lowboy
(Flat Bed)
• Drug test certification
• Current Commercial and Private License
• Immigration work clearance
• Social Security Card
GENERAL LABORS
• Must have Immigration work clearance
• Social Security Card
• Drug test certification
If you are interested, you can pick up applications at
our Tafuna Office between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm
FDA/JR No. 001-14
IN RE:
A MINOR CHILD
NOTICE/FAAALIGA
TO: Mr. Jonathan Tamapua
Moataa Village
Upolu, Samoa
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the abovenamed respondent that a petition has been
filed before the High Court of American
Samoa to terminate your parental rights in a
female child born on February 17, 2008, at
LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Fagaalu,
American Samoa. A hearing will be held after
two months and ten days from the date of the
first publication of this notice, in which the
Court may enter an order that you have not
acquired any parental rights to the minor
child and place the child for adoption. If you
have any objection, or wish to claim or assert
your parental rights, you must appear within
two months and ten days from the date of the
first publication of this notice and file an
objection or a claim with the Court.
O LE FA’AALIGA E TUUINA ATU ia te oe, le ua
ta’ua i luga, ua iai le talosaga ua failaina i le
Fa’amasinoga Maualuga o Amerika samoa e
iloilo ai ou aia fa’a-matua i se teineititi na
fanau o ia i le aso 17 o Fepuari, 2008 i le
Falemai i Faga’alu, Amerika Samoa. O lea
iloiloga e faia pe a tuana’i le lua masina ma
aso e sefulu mai le aso o le ulua’i
faasalalauga o lenei faaaliga, ma e ono tuuina
atu ai se poloa’iga a le Faamasinoga e faailoa
ai ua leai ni ou aia fa’a-matua, i lea teineitiiti.
Afai e te tete’e pe e te finagalo e faamaonia ou
aia faa-matua, ia e failaina se talosaga tete’e i
le Faamasinoga i totonu o le lua masina ma
aso e sefulu mai le ulua’i faasalalauga o lenei
fa’aaliga.
Dated/Aso: February 3, 2014
Clerk ofC ourts
Published 2/13 & 3/13
Page 12
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Firefighters continue to investigate and remove debris from an explosion in Harlem,
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in New York. A gas leak triggered an explosion that shattered windows a block away, rained debris onto elevated commuter railroad tracks close by, cast a plume of
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
smoke over the skyline and sent people running into the streets. AMERICAN SAMOA POWER AUTHORITY
Materials Management Office
PO Box PPB, Pago Pago
American Samoa 96799
Phone No: (684) 699-3057
Fax No: (684) 699-4129
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
IFB No: ASPA.14.1151A.RE-BID
Issuance Date: March 11, 2014
Date & Time Due: April 15, 2014
No later than 2:00 p.m. local time
The American Samoa Power Authority issues a Invitation For Bids (IFB) to invite qualified firms to submit
sealed bids for the:
“East Side Villages (ESV) Wastewater Collection System: Malaloa Lift Station
Improvements (Package 3) – Re-bid”
Submission
An Original and five copies of the Bid Submittal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: “ESV
Wastewater Collection System Package 3 Re-Bid.” Submissions are to be sent to the following address and
will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Tuesday, April 15, 2014:
Materials Management Office
American Samoa Power Authority
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Attn: Nancy Tinitali-Mauga, Procurement Manager
Any bid submittals 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 nonresponsive.
Document
The IFB package outlining the quotation 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.
Pre-Bid Meeting
A one-time pre-bid meeting will be held on March 19, 2014, 9:00 a.m. at the Materials Management Office
conference room located at ASPA’s Tafuna Compound.
Right of Rejection
The American Samoa Power Authority reserves the right to reject any and/or all bid submittals and to waive
any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted bid submittals that are not in the best interests of the
American Samoa Power Authority or the public.
Approved for Issuance: Utu Abe Malae, Executive Director
The other man was treated for what are termed significant
injuries. There’s no word on what sparked the fight.
China: US, Beijing should
stress mutual interests
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says Beijing and Washington should focus on mutual interests and the
long term, sounding a cordial note despite a spat over President
Barack Obama’s recent meeting with the Dalai Lama.
Li told reporters Thursday that the two countries could do much
more to further “unleash the potential” of bilateral cooperation.
He cited a Chinese saying that “wise people will seek common
interests, while the unwise will focus on their differences.”
Li did not mention Obama’s meeting late last month with
the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, whom Beijing denounces as a separatist. The meeting prompted swift and
vehement protests from China. Relations between China and the
U.S. have been stable in recent months despite tensions between
Beijing and U.S. allies in the region.
Fonterra pleads guilty
to food-safety violations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand dairy
giant Fonterra pleaded guilty Thursday to four food-safety violations following a botulism scare last year.
Government officials earlier in the day filed charges accusing
the world’s largest dairy exporter of processing and exporting
products in a way that didn’t meet standards and then failing
to notify officials quickly enough when it became aware of the
lapses. Maury Leyland, a Fonterra manager, said the company
immediately filed guilty pleas to all charges. Fonterra faces a
maximum fine of 500,000 New Zealand dollars ($426,000).
The botulism scare sparked a global recall of infant formula
but turned out to be a false alarm. It came after the company
processed whey protein concentrate in dirty pipes in one of its
factories in the North Island’s Waikato district. Initial tests indicated the presence of botulism bacteria in the concentrate but
later tests found it to be another, less harmful bacteria.
Bible verse on Colorado
cadet’s door sparks debate
DENVER (AP) — A Bible verse on the door of an Air
Force Academy cadet’s dorm room has touched off a constitutional debate. Mikey Weinstein, director of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said Wednesday that the message
on a white board amounted to a cadet in a position of authority
forcing an opinion on subordinates. Weinstein says he received
complaints from cadets, and might file a lawsuit to ensure
church-state separation on campus.
The academy says the issue was resolved earlier this week
when cadets decided to erase the message.
But Mike Berry of the Liberty Institute says the right to post
such messages is a matter of religious freedom. Berry’s institute
says it fights to defend religious liberty, and Berry says he plans
to take up the matter with the academy.
Gaza militants fire large
rocket barrage at Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants in the Gaza Strip fired
dozens of rockets Wednesday into southern Israel, sending civilians rushing into bomb shelters but causing no casualties. The
Israeli military said it was the largest rocket barrage since 2012,
when it launched an eight-day air campaign in Gaza it said was
aimed at stopping the attacks.
The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted “29 terror sites in
the Gaza Strip” in retaliation late Wednesday.
Gaza health official Ashraf Al Kedra said nobody was hurt in
the Israeli strikes that he said targeted training sites used by the
Islamic Jihad and Hamas militant groups.
Israel’s military said Gaza militants fired more than 40
rockets at Israel in two hours, with three intercepted by its “Iron
Dome” missile defense system and eight hitting populated areas.
The others fell in open areas. The barrage set off air-raid sirens
in southern communities within range of the rockets.
“This retaliation was precise and prompt. We targeted the
infrastructure that serves the terrorists while they train, plan and
implement their hideous attacks. They will not be permitted to
conspire in the safety of their terrorist temples,” Israeli Military
spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
justice anthony Kennedy denies
request to block gun magazine law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony
Kennedy has denied an emergency request by the National Rifle
Association to block enforcement of a California city ordinance
that bans gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets.
A court spokesman says Kennedy denied the request without
comment. The ban in Sunnyvale went into effect last week after
66 percent of voters approved it in November. The NRA challenged the law, but a federal judge ruled that it does not violate
the Second Amendment right to own guns for self-defense.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied
the NRA’s request for an emergency order to stop the ban from
taking effect while it considers the appeal. Kennedy oversees
emergency appeals from California and other Western states.
➧ BRIEFS…
U.N. — Drone use
down in Pakistan,
up in Afghanistan
GENEVA (AP) — The
number of U.S. drone strikes
in Pakistan plunged last year
amid growing care to avoid
civilian deaths, but the death
toll in Afghanistan continues
to rise, the United Nations’
special investigator on counterterrorism said Wednesday.
Ben Emmerson says that for
the first time in nine years no
civilians were reported killed
in 2013 in Pakistan’s Federally
Administered Tribal Regions,
or FATA, a semi-autonomous
area along the 1,600-mile
Afghanistan-Pakistan border
where militant groups operate.
The U.N. special rapporteur,
a British lawyer who reports to
the 47-nation Human Rights
Council and the U.N. General
Assembly, told reporters in
Geneva there has been “a very
significant de-escalation” of
U.S. armed drone use in Pakistan’s FATA region, down to
27 strikes last year from a peak
of 128 in 2010. But he said the
picture is uglier in Afghanistan, where drone strikes and
civilian deaths resulting from
their use are intensifying.
In Afghanistan, he said, the
number of civilian deaths from
drone strikes last year rose to
45 dead and 14 injured, triple
the rate experienced in 2012.
Emmerson said Yemen had
around 500 civilian casualties
from drone strikes since 2009,
largely because of incompetent targeting. It doesn’t have
to be that way, he said.
Rare redwood
faces chopping
block in California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— It’s a tree so rare that there
are believed to be fewer than
10 of its kind in the world, and
it could be chopped down to
make way for commuter trains
in Northern California. Preservationists are hoping to stoke
public awareness and save the
albino chimero coast redwood
growing in the small Sonoma
County town of Cotati.
Standing 52-feet tall, the
tree features a unique mixture of normal green leaves
and white, albino sections. It’s
believed to be the largest of its
kind on the planet.
Federal regulators have
determined the tree must come
down for safety reasons. The
genetically mutated redwood
is apparently too close to a
proposed set of new tracks.
To mitigate the tree’s loss,
the rail project is required to
plant 20 coast redwoods elsewhere. They will also take
“thousands of cuttings” from
the rare tree in an attempt to
preserve it, Glendening said.
The SMART rail line was
approved by voters in 2008
to help ease congestion on
Highway 101 through Marin
and Sonoma Counties.
Scientists are urging local
politicians to consider a plan
to move the rare genetic specimen to land nearby by the city
of Cotati. Talks are underway.
“From the senior military officer to the senior muppet,” says Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he
gives his military challenge coin to Kermit the Frog, next to first lady Michelle Obama, while speaking to children of military families
in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, March 12,
2014, before a screening of Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” movie as part of the Joining Forces initiative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM 2014
REGISTRATION
The Department of Human Resources, Employment & Training Division have available and limited slots for the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). The purpose of the SYEP is to
provide academic, occupational skills and work experience for low-income individuals with barriers to employment.
To be eligible for the Summer Youth Employment Program, the applicant must be between the ages of 14-21,
unemployed and economically disadvantaged. The WIA Workforce Center staff will be available to take registration at
the Department of Human Resources, Employment & Training Division, A.P. Lutali Executive Bldg, 2nd floor in Utulei
on the following dates:
DATES
March 19-March 21
March 22 (Saturday)
TIME
8:00am - 3:30pm
9:00am-12Noon
March 24-March 28
March 29 (Saturday)
2:00pm-5:00pm
9:00am-12Noon
Manu’a (Ofu & Ta’u)
VENUE
Dept. of Human Resources
Employment & Training Division
2nd Floor, A.P. Lutali Executive Bldg.
Dept. of Human Resources
Employment & Training Division
2nd Floor, A.P. Lutali Executive Bldg
TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE
Applicant must bring his/her birth certificate or passport, social security card and copy of income tax (2013) of
family members currently employed within their household. The required documents should be on-hand for
registration.
Deadline for SYEP registration is March 29, 2014 @ 12Noon. For more information regarding the Summer
Youth Employment Program registration, please contact Grace Uiagalelei, Bert Thompson or Moana Purcell at the
DHR, Workforce Center at 633-4485.
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Department of Human Resources
A proud member of America’s Workforce Network
Date: March 7, 2014
Page 14
➧ CEO says ASTCA in ‘limbo’…
budget going over to Texas with nine board
members for seven days that’s a $99,000 trip
— $11,000 per board member,” said Sanitoa.
The ASCTA CEO, who cautioned that he
may be talking out of line, stated he has recommended to the board to consider ASTCA
becoming a full fledged authority, “simply not
for reasons of oversight as far as the Fono is
concerned, but I think it’s also to protect the
agency as a whole. Right now, and since 1998,
we are — for a lack of better term — in a limbo.
We’re not a department under the government
and we’re not a full fledged authority. We are
somewhere in between.”
The CEO again cautioned that he does not
want to speak out of line, because that’s not
his job as the CEO, however these matters are
policy matters. He said he has suggested to the
board to seek the governor’s approval to pursue
this issue because, if anything else, it’s to protect the entity.
CEO’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Another issue that was uncovered during the
hearing, is that the CEO does not have a set of
guidelines or procedures as to what his responsibilities are, from the ASTCA board.
Sanitoa asked the CEO directly if things
were ‘ok’ with the board, given there have been
issues uncovered lately between the board and
the CEO. He further asked the CEO if all his
decisions have to be approved by the board,
including management and personnel changes.
Moefauo noted that’s how the Executive Order is written — everything must be
approved by the board. “If we go into the policy,
little things, like staples, pencils — that’s if we
follow the actual letter of what’s written in the
Executive Order. I have been trying to get the board to come
up with procedures as well as executive direction which I can use as guidance in terms of my
operation” Moefauo said.
“It’s clear the board governs the policy” and
he’s with the operations, he continued, saying
that if he were to follow the Executive Order
practically, he could not do his job.
“The board shows up once a month, while I
come day in and day out and I have to execute
decisions on the spot and on the ground. I can’t
wait for 30 days until they (the board) show up
and I ask them for approval to buy four tires
and get fuel to Manu’a. It’s ineffective and
impractical.”
He said he suggested that under the Executive Order there should be an implementation
clause, for example, one which is similar to his
suggestion to the board to limit his authority as
to what he can sign off in terms of monetary
value for contracts. Maybe he can sign up to
$100,000, while anything beyond that must be
subject to board approval, he had suggested.
“Same thing in personnel matters — none
of those exist at this time, which debilitates my
ability to actually operate the operation. They
only meet once a month, I’m the one that comes
in every single day, try to meet the payroll, and
get the operation rolling and make decisions.
Then some of the decisions, may result in their
displeasure… but that’s the reality of where we
are now,” said Moefauo.
In their attempt to address this issue they
came up with bylaws, he explained. However,
he also noted that the board has just mimicked
the Executive Order already in place because
there is no particular difference. “I was looking
for terms — how to carry out an execution kind
of policy — how to do my job, basically.”
OTHER ISSUES
Sanitoa also asked the CEO if the recent pay
raises for ASTCA employees and the sponsorship of the comedians, the Laughing Samoans,
were part of the ASTCA budget.
Moefauo replied that the pay raises were
budgeted, and the comedians were brought in
under their marketing scheme.
(Samoa News should point out that while
ASTCA hailed the comedians show as a marketing scheme, many comments to our online
website noted how expensive it was to attend
the show that was financed with “their” money
— the tickets were $20 per admission.)
Sanitoa stated that there have been many
complaints about the service — which he says
should be ASCTA’s main concern and focus.
“Because if that’s in place, everything else will
be in order at ASTCA,” he told the CEO.
Samoa News will report on issues discussed
during this hearing in later editions.
➧ FONO BRIEFS…
Haleck responded, “Currently we haven’t [been] really
looking at exploring any kind of funding” but DPS is hoping,
with the assistance of current staff — including DPS liaison
officers Levu Solaita and Paogofie Fiaigoa — to implement the outreach program, starting with church and village
leaders.
“I am hoping that we can get the community involved and
I don’t think there should be any expenses other than the community looking after themselves.
“With the knowledge that we will be providing them this
community policing program, to organize and teach them... to
look after themselves,” he said.
“For example, if you live in a neighborhood and all the residents are going to work, but one neighbor, a wife or a spouse is
behind in the neighborhood, they see someone walking around
that doesn’t belong there— call the police because we cannot
be around all the time,” he said.
“...but if we need to get some future funding, that is something that we will have to think about and we will hopefully
look at grant monies” … Haleck said, and noted that “we are
currently in the preliminary stages” of the community policing
program.
He reiterated the use of current DPS resources at this early
stage of the program.
POLICE ACADEMY TO
BE SET UP THIS YEAR
Responding to House committee questions on efforts of DPS
to increase its current police force, which stands at 148 police
officers for the territory’s population of just over 50,000 people,
Haleck says DPS will start a police academy around May this
year, with 20 new officers.
Upon graduation from the academy, Haleck says each of
the police stations — Leone, Tafuna, Central (the main police
station in Fagatogo) and Fagaitua — will get five new officers
each.
He says funding for the academy has been secured to train
and hire these officers, who hopefully will be on board by
August this year.
(During last September’s FY 2014 budget hearings, Haleck
told lawmakers that if DPS’ FY 2014 budget is approved the
department will be able to recruit 20 new officers who will
enroll in a police academy funded by local revenue.)
Additionally, DPS has also hired ten new officers for the
Territorial Correctional Facility to replace vacancies after officers were let go due to problems at the jail,” Haleck told the
committee, adding that with the new changes at the Tafuna
Correctional Facility, including a new warden, work performance there is 100%.
Funding from CJPA is being used to hire the ten new correctional officers, said Haleck.
Rep. Fetu Fetui Jr., a former police officer, made a suggestion to Haleck and DPS, “If you hire new officers, hire the
right people to ensure there are no other problems faced by
Public Safety.”
➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
Mai itulau 9
ina pa’u ai o ia i luga o le aualatele, ma manua ai lona muaulu.
Na faafofoga le Faamasinoga e faapea, sa toe solomuli ifo le
pasi a le ua molia ma ia fai i le na aafia, “O oe e sese.”
Sa tali ane Tanielu, e fia alu o ia i le falemai e togafiti ona
manua.
Na faaalia, o le taimi lena na taunuu atu ai le taavale a le pule
a Tanielu, ma ia auina atu ai loa o ia i le falemai.
FONO FAATONU O
LE AU TUSITALA
E silia ma le toa 30 sui o le au tusitala ma le au faasalalau i
le atunuu sa faaalia o latou manatu faaiu i le mataupu e faatatau
i le pili tau faaofi mo le tuufaatasia o se Fono Faatonutonu o
Galuega Faatusitala (Media Council Bill) lea o lo o faamoemoe
e tuuina atu i le laulauafono a le Palemene mo le iloiloina i tauaofiaga o lo o soso’o nei ia Me.
Sa auai i lea feiloaiga ia sui e toalua mai le Ofisa o le Loia Sili
o lo o galulue i le tuufaatasia o lea tulafono tau faaofi.
I lalo o lea pili tau faaofi, ua avea ai le faalapotopotoga o le au
tusitala a Samoa, le JAWS (Journalists Association of [Western]
Samoa) ma itutino autu e faatautaia mataupu e fitoitonu i le fono
faatonutonu ua faatuina.
O tiute faatulafonoina o le a gafa ma le JAWS e aofia ai le
filifilia o sui o le fono faatonu mai le atunuu lautele ma le au
tusitala, ma o le a tautaufono ai se loia po o se faamasino.
O le a gafa lea fono faatonu ma le suesueina o ni faasea a le
atunuu lautele faasaga i ni tusitala faapea le faamalosia o uiga
ma amioga taualoa ma le le faaituau i le faatinoina o galuega a le
au tusitala ma le au faasalalau.
Ua tuuina atu foi i lalo o le tulafono le malosiaga i le fono
faatonu e faasala ai so o se isi e solia ia tulaga moomia ma o
faasalaga e aofia ai le faia o se faasa’oga aloaia, o se faatoesega
faalauaitele ma le totogiina o se sala tupe.
Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
3250 Airport Road
Pago Pago AS 96799
Maugalei Veavea during training which happens daily at Veterans Stadium.
➧ ASRU embarks on historic trip…
Mom Elisapeta is referring to her 21-year
old son, Maugalei William Ve’ave’a from
Leone village, who suffers from a speaking and
hearing impairment; and according to Elisapeta,
he was born with this disability.
“From his early life, my son was always afraid
of the dark and being left alone. He had to have
someone to stay and comfort him as he gradually grew out of those frightening experiences.”
But Ve’ave’a is one determined young
athlete. Don’t ever underestimate his quiet
demeanor as he approaches his rugby with
power and natural flair. He is a man who has
stepped out of his comfort zone to face and
overcome his fear of restricted capabilities.
Ve’ave’a attended Leone High School and
throughout his four years at the home of the
Lions, he played as a linebacker for his alma
mater’s football team. He was even selected to
play in the Samoa Bowl.
When Ve’ave’a graduated, he enrolled at
ASCC, hoping to study art. According to his mom,
he is good at painting. But he did not do well with
the college curriculum and had to drop out.
Maugalei’s dad, William Ve’ave’a, was
instrumental in pushing his son to play rugby.
“He encouraged me to learn the game and
play hard as he foresaw a future for me in the
sport. Because of my limited ability to hear and
talk properly, Dad hoped that one day I could
advance my game to the level where it is now.
I wish he was around to witness my progress. I
miss my dad very much,” Ve’ave’a says.
Mom Elisapeta agrees. “My husband pushed
his son to play to the best of his knowledge
so he could be picked in the American Samoa
national team some day.“
“William was one of our village’s finest
players and when he retired, he was always
there with the Leone Whites, organizing and
giving support to the Ilaoa and To’omata team.
My husband would have been very proud of his
son’s progress.”
Dad, William Ve’ave’a died in June of 2013,
leaving his son to continue his legacy in rugby.
Maugalei Ve’ave’a has done more than that.
He has overcome his physical disadvantages by
tackling his struggles head-on with courageous
resolve, shed his cloak of fear, and approached
life’s challenges with impeccable character.
In 2013, Ve’ave’a was selected to the territorial national team and represented American
Samoa in Fiji and Samoa as a Talavalu player.
The rugby star from Leone has made his
family and village proud. Mom, Elisapeta says
that whenever her son comes home from the
camp, the young boys at their village gather
around him to wish him well and share his
experiences with them. “I know they’re proud
of Maugalei as he is one of them, and he is representing our village to Hong Kong.”
[Photo:TG]
“His brothers (six) and sisters (4) are also
delighted as well. Uncles and aunties are
very supportive of him, especially his uncles,
Samana and Sgt. Major Semo Ve’ave’a.”
Maugalei Ve’ave’a says he wants to convey
his gratitude to those who have helped him. “I
would like to thank my village of Leone and my
rugby club, Leone Whites, for their support and
prayers. To my aunty Judy and uncle Fa’a’agi
Taufete’e, thank you so much for everything
that you have done. My uncle Semo is always
at the house giving support almost daily and
whenever I need something, he is always there
to lend a hand. Thank you very much.”
“But my special thanks are reserved for
my parents, William and Elisapeta, who have
inspired me to drive and strive to reach the pinnacle of my career. It wasn’t easy but through
your prayers, I stayed committed and focused to
attain the ultimate goal.”
Ve’ave’a’s dad William was his biggest influence in his rugby life and outside of the sport.
“My dad has left us to be with God, our Heavenly
Father, but I know he is looking down on me and
wishes me the best in my trip to Hong Kong.”
Then son Maugalei addressed his departing
dad, William directly, “Dad, I dedicate my Hong
Kong trip and all my games to your honor and
memory. I know you will be with me during this
time. I promise that I will exhaust all my energy
for the name of American Samoa and make you
proud. I love you, and miss you very much.”
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US: China blocking Filipino boats ‘provocative’
WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s blocking of supplies to a Philippine outpost in the South China Sea is “provocative” and raises
tensions, the United States said Wednesday, in its latest criticism of
China’s assertive conduct in disputed seas of East Asia. The Philippines, a U.S. ally, protested to China Tuesday its prevention of
two Filipino vessels from taking supplies to troops on a decrepit
military hospital ship that ran aground 15 years ago on the shallow
coral outcrop of the Second Thomas Shoal. The rusty ship has since
become the symbol of Philippine sovereignty over the area.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki
said the U.S. was troubled by the reported action by China’s
coastguard. She said the Philippines has maintained a presence at
the shoal since 1999, and other South China Sea claimant nations
regularly resupply and repair their outposts without interference.
“This is a provocative move that raises tensions. Pending resolution of competing claims in the South China Sea, there should be
no interference with the efforts of claimants to maintain the status
quo,” Psaki said in a statement.
China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, resourcerich waters where Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also
have claims to islands, islets and reefs. The Philippines in late
January protested a Chinese water cannon attack on Filipino fisherman near another disputed shoal.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected the latest Philippine protest, saying it has “indisputable sovereignty” over the
Second Thomas Shoal and the nearby Spratly islands. The shoal
lies about 120 miles from the Philippines’ southern island of
Palawan, and about 700 miles from southern China.
Washington has become more critical of China’s assertive
actions, and last month asked China to clarify its South China
Sea claims. The U.S. has no territorial claim itself in the disputed
waters, but says it has a national interest in a peaceful resolution
and freedom of navigation in busy sea lanes crucial for world
trade. The U.S. has also rejected China’s recent declaration of
an air defense information zone over the East China Sea, above
disputed islands controlled by another U.S. ally, Japan.
While the firm U.S. response is likely to be welcomed by some
of China’s neighbors which are intimidated by the rising Asian
power’s growing military power, it could hinder U.S. efforts to
forge a cooperative relationship with Beijing.
Sone
Vevela
O le
Fa’aliliu: Akenese Ilalio Zec
Vaega: 113
Fa’atalofa atu i le mamalu o le atunu’u i le
alafa’i mai i fanuga lelei i lenei taeao fou, i le
alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua Soifua. E ao ai ona o
tatou fa’apea ifo, “Le Atua o Au e, e vivi’i a’e pea
o matou loto i lau Afio i aso uma o lo matou ola,
aua o Oe o le Alefa ma le Omega, o le amataga
ma le muta’aga o mea uma lava, Amene.”
Tesema Aso 4, Aso Gafua. Ua amata ona
fa’alogoina le malulu, ona ua o’o fo’i i le vaitau
o le Kirisimasi i totonu o Amerika. Ua matagofie
fo’i le teuteuga o faleoloa tetele o lo’o i totonu o le
taulaga ona ua felanulanua’i moli o le Kirisimasi.
Ua aga’i atu le ta’avale a Dan Dalgard, i le nofoaga
o lo’o i ai manuki, ona o lona fia iloa pe i ai se mea
o tupu i manuki o lo’o totoe i totonu o le nofoaga
lenei a le kamupani a le Hazelton Washington.
Ua alu i totonu le ta’avale a Dan ma ua
paka loa i le pakana o ta’avale, ae na fa’ate’ia
Dan Dalgard ina ua va’ai atu, o lo’o tu mai se
tamaloa i le isi itu ma e fa’afeagai tonu lava ma
le faitoto’a o le fale lea o lo’o tausi ai manuki.
Na vave manatua e Dan Dalgard i lea taimi, o le
tamaloa lenei e faigaluega i le kamupani lava lea,
ma o lo’o ia ‘ofuina se suti e masani ona fa’aaoga
e tagata o lo’o faigaluega i totonu o le kamupani.
Na lagona le le malie o Dan, ona ua uma ona
fai lana fa’atonuga, ia ‘aua lava ne i o mai i fafo
ma suti nei, ina ne i fa’apopoleina ai tagata, ae
maise fo’i, ina ne i ai nisi mai fale televise ma
nusipepa e o ane i le nofoaga lea. O le a fa’aigoa
le tagata lenei i a Milton Frantig, e pei ona
fa’ailoa mai e le ali’i tusi tala o Richard Preston.
E o’o ane i ai Dan, o lo’o punou i lalo le ali’i
lenei, ma e le o iloa fo’i e Dan le mea ua tupu i
lenei tama. ina ua tu i talane o le tamaloa lenei, na
iloa ai e Dan Dalgard, o lo’o pupula to’a Milton i
lalo i le mutia ma fa’asuati. Ua amata ona gatete
atoa lona tino, ae ua tafe mai i fafo ona faua. Fai
mai ua na o le fa’asuati ma toe fa’asuati o Milton,
ma na lagona ai le popole o le ali’i foma’i manu
o Dan Dalgard i lea taimi.
Ina ua feiloa’i Dan Dalgard ma le tusi tala o
Richard Preston, na fa’amatala ane ai e Dan i a
Preston mea na tutupu. Fai mai le fa’amatalaga
a le ali’i tusi tala o Preston, i lona fa’alogologo
atu i le fa’amatalaga a Dan e uiga i le tamaloa
lenei, na fa’atoa lagona e le ali’i foma’i manu,
le faigata o le tulaga ua o’o nei i ai. O le taimi
fo’i lea, o lo’o i ai pea i totonu o le falema’i le isi
fo’i ali’i faigaluega ua fa’asolosolo manuia mai
le ma’i fatu, o le ali’i lea o Jarvis Purdy. O lona
uiga ua to’alua ai tagata faigaluega o le kamupani
a le Hazelton Washington ua maua i le fa’ama’i.
Ua ta’afilifili nei i luga o le mutia le ali’i o
Milton, ona ua tau le mafai ona tu i ona vae, ua
le mafai fo’i ona taofiofi lona tale i lea taimi. Na
tau fa’atu nei i luga e Dan Dalgard ma ta’ita’i loa
i totou o le fale faigaluega. O Milton, e pei ona
fa’aigoa ai e le tusi tala o Richard Preston, ua lima
sefulu tausaga o lona soifua. Ua silia ma le luasefulu tausaga o galue i totonu o le kamupani fa’atasi
ma Dan Dalgard e ala i le va’ava’aia o manuki.
Fai mai le fa’amatalaga a le ali’i tusi tala, a’o
fa’amatalatala ane e Dan Dalgard ia te ia le mea
na tupu, na iloa atu lava le fefe ma le mata’u o
le ali’i foma’i manu, na i’u ai ina fa’apea ane
ia Richard Preston, ua tu’u fesilisili lona mafaufau, pe ua fa’amuamua ea e ia le saogalemu
o manuki, ae ua fa’atuatuana’i le saogalemu o
tagata faigaluega. E faia pea…
Contact DPS Office of Highway Safety
633-7634 - 2nd floor Lumana’i Bldg. - Fagatogo
for free presentations on the effects of alcohol and driving
PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE
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