July 4th will be honored, along with our youth
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July 4th will be honored, along with our youth
Double disaster batters the Marshalls… 4 Robbery/assault: One arrested, 1 other loose… 2 5-time champ Williams exits Wimbledon B1 C M Y K Fa’atalofa ma le Teine o le Vateatea… 14 StarKist Samoa has teamed with the LBJ Medical Center Pediatrics Ward to aid children with heart problems by hosting a fundraiser to raise up to $50,000 to bring to the territory a group of eight Volunteer Cardiology Team doctors from Oregon to care for our children with heart problems. StarKist employees Epati Paletaoga, Wendy Crichton, Cassandra “Sandy” Satele, Andy Docherty and Miss StarKist Josephine Mativa pose for a photo to highlight “Charlie’s Heart2Heart $1 Drive”, which is now going out into the community. [Courtesy Photo] See story inside. online @ samoanews.com Daily Circulation 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Tuesday, July 2, 2013 $1.00 Governor assigns 5 July 4th will be honored, along teams for “Adopt- with our youth, declares Gov. A-School” initiative by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent “We need your collaboration, unique talent, time and energy” by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter C M Y K Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has established five teams assigning departments and agencies to schools in connection with his “Adopt-A-School Initiative”. This was announced during the cabinet meeting held last week Friday at the Tauese Sunia Ocean Center. A memorandum was also issued by Governor Lolo prior to his departure, which was distributed to government leaders during the cabinet meeting, led by Lt Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, as Acting Governor. This matter has been brought up on several occasions during previous cabinet meetings. According to the memorandum, this initiative will provide for a partnership between ASG, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and the community to afford the public and private schools the opportunity to build long-lasting relationships that will serve and support the students. “We need your collaboration, unique talent, time and energy to give our children the additional supports and resources they need in order to succeed academically and compete globally. The Initiative provides both the organizations and schools an opportunity to produce educated and well rounded citizens that will contribute to the economic development and social well-being of our community,” said Governor Lolo in the memorandum. PROGRAM CATEGORIES According to the memorandum, this process of building a culture of collaboration in the territory will open doors of schools to the community to become major partners in the educational experience of the children. “The major partners to include government entities, businesses and social entities will join as a Team that is uniquely designed to connect the organizations’ energy and passion directly with the students and schools staff” According to the memo, this initiative will provide additional resources to enhance the academic experience of students and increase their exposure to career opportunities, as well as create opportunities to motivate students and reward them for excelling in academic performance. Participation in clean up days or beautification projects at the school and making financial and/or in kind donations that support the school’s beautification programs is also part of the initiative. Additionally, the teams will be hosting events or make donations to assist in recognizing teachers and other school personnel for their good work throughout the year. TEAM SEGAULA (MANU’A SCHOOLS) All ASG offices in Ofu and Olosega are assigned to the schools in Olosega, while all ASG offices in Ta’u are assigned to the schools in Ta’u. These are for Manu’a High School and all the Elementary Schools — Olosega, Fitiuta, Faleasao and the ECE. (Continued on page 11) For the first time, in a very long time, American Samoa is preparing a special ceremony, including a parade, to mark the United States’ birthday on the 4th of July this Thursday, which is a national holiday. Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga declared Thursday a local holiday and he is scheduled to deliver special remarks during the celebration, set to get underway after 7:30a.m. at the Su’igaula o le Atuvasa malae at Utulei Beach. The celebration has as its theme ‘Our Future Is in Your Hands’ —which also marks the 4th as Youth Day, as well as July as Youth Month. The governor first revealed this celebration during a cabinet meeting late April this year telling directors that the event and ceremony will be marked every year along with the month of July to honor youth in the territory during the four years of his administration. “We need to celebrate that and to make sure that the spirit” of the 4th of July remains with American Samoa —especially our kids — and that’s why this month of July for the next four years will be the month for the youth,” said Lolo. He said the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs is in charge of planning the activities “to make our youth feel important” for their contribution to the territory. At last Friday’s cabinet meeting, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who was also the acting governor, told directors that the planned activities for July have been set, as well as the proclamation signed by the governor honoring youth in the territory. He said the special 4th of July celebration will be marked with entertainment, fireworks and other events. (Continued on page 11) On June 24, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana — the Soyuz rocket sitting in the housing on the launchpad was being prepared to launch the first of four satellites in the new O3b satellite constellation intended to provide broadband backhaul to customers around the globe. American Samoa is an early adopter and will be among the first customers to go live later this year, along with Telecom Cook Islands. [photo: JD Hall] Page 2 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Robbery, stealing & assault case: One person behind bars, another on the loose by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter (ANSWER on page 14) STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ✖ It was actor-turned-politico Arnold Schwarzenegger who made the following sage observation: “Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” ✖ Southern California has more cars than India has cows. If cows are sacred in India, what does that say about how Californians feel about their automobiles? ✖ If you’re like an average person, the time you spend blinking in one day adds up to about 30 minutes of shut-eye. ✖ A New Yorker named Ashrita Furman holds the world record for the most world records: He has set 462 of them and currently holds 160. Among his exploits are the longest yodel (more than 26 hours); the longest distance traveled via acrobatic somersaults (12 miles, 390 yards); jumping up steps on a pogo stick (1,899 steps in 57 minutes, 51 seconds); the fastest time skipping through a marathon (5 hours, 55 minutes, 13 seconds); running the fastest mile with a milk bottle balanced on his head (7 minutes, 47 seconds); creating the largest popcorn sculpture (20 feet, 10 inches tall); underwater hula hooping (2 minutes, 38 seconds); the most candles burning simultaneously on a cake (48,523); the longest rally while playing table tennis with an egg (14 hits); and the fastest time for orange peeling and eating (3 oranges in 1 minute, 9.72 seconds). ✖ In the Middle Ages, chicken soup wasn’t just comfort food for those suffering from a cold; at the time, it was considered to be an aphrodisiac. ✖ Scientists at NASA are working on developing a kind of space broom. The device will use a laser to sweep debris out of the way of the International Space Station. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thought for the Day • • • • • • • • • • • • • “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” — H.G. Wells One of two suspects in a robbery case has been arrested on charges of robbery, stealing and third degree assault, in connection with the case of a Korean couple claiming they were assaulted by two men who allegedly broke into their store. The arrested man is Don Fred Bernard, while the second suspect is still at large and Samoa News understands he’s currently in Samoa. Bernard is being held on bail of $50,000 and is represented by Assistant Public Defender Mike White. According to the government’s case, Detective Filemoni Amituana’i was assigned to investigate this matter. It’s alleged on May 30, 2013 police received a call from a Korean couple seeking immediate assistance and police responded. Court filings say the Korean woman told police she and her husband were robbed and assaulted by two men who covered their faces with their shirts, showing only their eyes. The woman further told police that one of the men was tall, the other was short, and it was the short man that she recognized as a customer. Police officers picked up Bernard for identification, however the Korean woman was unable to proceed with the identification process as she was very “distressed, crying and traumatized” from the incident. Police then released Bernard to go home. On June 6, 2013 the lead investigator received a tip from an anonymous caller that there were witnesses who placed Bernard and the second suspect at the scene. “The caller said as soon as Bernard and the second suspect saw them (the witnesses) they hid boxes that were in their possession.” CID proceeded to speak with the two witnesses who wrote statements to police, and their statements coincided with a list of items that were removed from the store, which included 12 cartons of cigarettes, multiple phone cards valued at $350 and $30 worth of quarters. The Korean woman told police it was in the middle of the night that she and her husband heard noises coming from outside the store when they were sleeping, and they woke up and turned on the lights surrounding the store and they saw two men right outside their store. According to court documents, the shorter suspect allegedly smashed the front door window with a rock, while the taller individual reached in and unlocked the door. The man told police the taller suspect came straight to him and he defended himself by striking the tall suspect with a stick. However, it is alleged the tall suspect grabbed the stick from the Korean man and broke it, then allegedly held him by the neck to the ground. The man stated that the tall suspect told him to stay down and not to move or make any noise, or he would kill him. The man said at the same time he heard his wife screaming for help yet he was unable to see what was going in because he was being held to the ground. The Korean woman said it was the shorter suspect that came toward her, but she was able to escape and she ran outside the store, where she saw a car passing by. She said she yelled for help, but the car just kept on going. It’s alleged the defendant pulled the woman by the hair and dragged her back into the store. Court filings say, the short suspect then called out to the woman by name and demanded that she get the money. It’s alleged the short suspect then took off the shirt covering his face and the woman turned the lights on and recognized him as a customer. The woman told police as soon as she recognized the short suspect, Don (Bernard), she begged him not to hurt her husband. It’s alleged the defendant demanded that she turn off the lights and then started taking the cigarettes and other merchandise, and called out to the tall suspect that they should leave. Police were able to identify the first man as Bernard and the second suspect as Winnville Galo,from Seattle Washington, who was visiting his aunt living in the area where the incident occurred. Court filings say that CID Detectives questioned Galo, a week after the incident, who allegedly admitted to committing the said crime. It’s reported that Galo said he was playing volleyball when he was approached by Bernard and that they were in a drinking session. It’s alleged that what Galo told police corroborated the statements made by the couple to police. An Arrest Warrant has been issued in Galo’s name. Court filings say the estimated value of items taken in this robbery case is approximately $1,120. The Bernard’s case is pending in High Court. Reach reporter at [email protected] by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa News Correspondent American Samoa Visitor’s Bureau executive director David Vaeafe has called on all departments and agencies of the government to work in partnership with the private sector in order for the territory to develop tourism, which once flourished years ago with a Five-Star hotel and several major airlines stopping in Pago Pago. Vaeafe’s comments were made last Friday during a power-point presentation given by the Visitor’s Bureau at the cabinet meeting, headed by Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who was also Acting Governor. Lemanu agreed regarding the importance of all working together to develop this industry as another economic option for the territory, which has long been dependent on the tuna canneries. TOURISM STATISTICS From a global prospective, Vaeafe says, tourism is the largest industry in the world, adding that during a 2008 global survey by the World Tourism Organization, some 922 million people traveled to another country or another place and those people spent $944 billion in those economies. “If we look back at our statistics in 2008, we were 0000.1% of the above number,” he said and noted that on a regional level, the South Pacific is the “most undiscovered region left in the world.” “Also in 2008, 14 South Pacific countries pulled in 9.8 million visitors — so that was only 1% of the global total — just to show you how small the market is regionally and the potential to attract more visitors,” he said, noting that these regional numbers come from the Pacific Asia Travel Association. In further breaking down the regional numbers by looking at our three closest neighbors for 2008 — Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa — Vaeafe explained that theCook Islands got some 85,000 visitors and their main markets are New Zealand, Europe and Australia; Fiji received some 581,000 visitors and their main markets are the same as the Cook Islands; and Samoa’s visitors count was 122,000 and their main markets are New Zealand, Australia and American Samoa. “So visiting your family, your relatives in Samoa, is contributing to their numbers and contributing to their economy,” Vaeafe told the cabinet meeting. LOCAL TOURISM PLAN Cabinet members were told that the territory has a Tourism Master Plan, which was released in 2010 and was originally commissioned by the local Commerce Department. The plan, he said, “is the road map we are using for tourism development” adding that “it’s a very practical plan.” According to the executive director, tourism for American Samoa is in its “infancy” and this tourism master plan outlines a solid foundation and building upon that for tourism in the territory. He said such a plan is necessary in order for the territory to grow the tourism industry and he encouraged every director to get a copy of the plan either from DOC or from the Visitor’s Bureau. He went on to say that American Samoa is the last country in the region to embrace tourism but recalled that “we actually had tourism here, back in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. We had the first international FiveStar hotel here, the Rainmaker Hotel, when Pan American Airways and other major airlines used to fly here. This was the first tourism market in the region, long before Fiji, Tahiti or anywhere else.” Vaeafe also shared that the local tourism industry is very small — less than 20 hotels, just over 200 rooms, 180 rental cars, 20 odd restaurants, and one local airline. He also says that total visitor arrivals for American Samoa in the last five years, average between 60,000- 70,000. And what does American Samoa need to do to develop tourism? Vaeafe said there are two “key” things— and the first is that tourism become a “private-public sector partnership”. He says the only way tourism will grow is if there is a strong working relationship between the government and the private sector domestically and internationally. “We need to implement business-friendly policies for the public sector to operate. We need to strengthen the capacity of our private sector to compete at a global level,” the ASVB executive director pointed out. “The reason I say this is, without our private sector, we will have no tourism industry. We have the sites and places to visit, but we have don’t have the hotels, the airlines and so forth. And it can only work if it’s a public and private sector partnership.” Vaeafe said the second most important thing is that tourism must be seen as everyone’s business”. BINGO! Utulei Village BINGO! BINGO! 2010 Tourism Master Plan tapped as “local roadmap” for successful development samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 3 “We need to have the ‘whole of government’ to approach tourism,” he said and noted that it’s not just the role of the Visitor’s Bureau or other front-liners, such as the airport and port administration, immigration and customs etc. He said each agency or department plays a part in developing tourism — directly or indirectly. For example, he said Human and Social Services Department supports the families of those working in the tourism industry. Vaeafe said the challenge is for each agency and department to determine what they are doing to contribute to growing (Continued on page 8) Wednesday, July 3, 2013 SPECIAL MIDNITE Bingo @ 11:30 p.m. The Old Bowling Alley - Tafuna EARLY BIRDS...........$300 FLOOR SPECIAL......$400 $20/3 pkgs for the Prize of $1,500 JACKPOT - $2,000 GIVEAWAY The 2013 Camps of Troy Polamalu Football • Volleyball Coaches • Officials July 2-5 at the Stadium and ASCC Gym Fiji, Adeaze Concert (July 6) presented by: the Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation with support from: ASG/DOE/ASHSAA Bluesky, Fletcher, GHC Reid, Godinet Rentals, StarKist Samoa, ASPA, Sports Domain, Carl’s Jr, Koko Bean, Forsgren’s, Samoa Ford Motors, Samoa Tuna Processors, Island’s Choice Dairy, Morris Scanlan, Samoa News, DPS, EMS Elieani Tauasosi Nu’uuli VocTech GHC Reid Aluminum Can and Plastic Bottle Recycling Competition RULES: July 2nd to December 31, 2013. • Only school and youth groups can register • Register with Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs • Only aluminum beverage cans are acceptable • Only plastic beverage bottles are acceptable • All aluminum beverage cans and bottles must be weighed in at the GHC Reid Company building in Tafuna. • Original receipt of pounds recorded at GHC • • • • Reid must be submitted to DYWA office for tallying within two days after weighing. GHC Reid will pay $0.25 per pound of aluminum cans. GHC Reid will pay $0.00 per pound of plastic bottle. Individuals and/or family members participating can give pounds recorded to youth group of their choice. Pounds of aluminum cans and bottles collected by each youth group will be made known every Friday through media outlets; First Prize.........$1,000.00 Second Prize.....$ 750.00 Third Prize........$ 500.00 Fourth Prize......$ 250.00 Fifth Prize.........$ 100.00 6th to 10th place Prizes $75 and consolation prizes for all participants. Complimentary prizes for all other participating youth groups to be donated by the business community and indviduals. For more information, contact Orepa Faoa at 633-2835. Page 4 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK — Will Obama kick the SOCCKET? DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — A spirited game of soccer can energize a crowd. Turns out it can also energize a light socket. The SOCCKET ball, invented by two female Harvard graduates, is among the featured devices President Barack Obama will see on exhibit during a presentation at a Tanzanian power plant Tuesday. U.S Trade Representative Michael Froman and deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes said they played around with the ball for Obama to get ready for the event. “We tried it, we test drove it,” Froman said. The ball has been mentioned by former President Bill Clinton as a device that could bring a bit of light to rural areas of undeveloped countries. According to Uncharted Play, the gadget’s manufacturer, the soccer ball has a pendulum-like mechanism that creates kinetic energy during play and stores it. The firm says 30 minutes of play can power a simple LED lamp for three hours. The plan is to distribute the innovative balls to kids. “Kids play soccer all day long. They take the ball home and you can plug a lamp into it, and they can read at night, or they can plug a cellphone charger into it,” Froman said. No word yet whether Obama, who played some soccer as a child in Indonesia, will create his own energy. An avid basketball fan An avid basketball fan, Obama can’t seem to take his mind off the game, even during meetings with heads of state from other countries. So it was after his closed-door, one-on-one meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. At a news conference immediately afterward, Obama said they “covered a lot of ground” but did not discuss a 7-foot-3 Tanzanian athlete who plays center for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the U.S. National Basketball Association. “The president and I are both basketball fans,” Obama said. “We did not discuss Hasheem Thabeet, who plays in the NBA, but maybe next time we’ll have a chance to talk about that.” In Senegal last week, Obama openly wished for his beloved Chicago Bulls to draft Senegalese native Gorgui Dieng, who played center for Louisville. His wish was not fulfilled. Dieng was drafted by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. We call it ‘The Beast’ Obama tried to impress guests at a state dinner in his honor with his humor. He noted that he arrived in Tanzania from South Africa, and that he was following the path of Robert F. Kennedy, who visited both countries in the same order nearly 50 years ago. “It was a little different back then. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel, rode in the back of an open truck,” Obama said. “The Secret Service has me and Michelle inside a fortified limousine. We call it ‘The Beast.’ He continued: “As Kennedy’s truck made its way through the crowds, he picked up two boys and let them ride alongside him. The Secret Service doesn’t let me do these things.” And the kicker: “When Kennedy came, it was a public holiday here. I apologize to Tanzanians that you all had to work today.” underprivileged boys and girls Michelle Obama paid her respects at a memorial for victims of a deadly bombing at the U.S. Embassy here nearly 15 years ago. The U.S. first lady accepted flowers given to her by girls and placed them at the foot of the memorial, which is located at the National Museum. The somber moment soon was supplanted by a lively performance by the Baba wa Watoto dance group, which performed for Mrs. Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha and Tanzania’s first lady, Salma Kikwete, at the center that carries the group’s name. The center serves underprivileged boys and girls ages 5 to 18. Mrs. Obama visited on Monday because she has a solo event Tuesday at the same time her husband was scheduled to visit the memorial. © Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local and federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. Contact us by Telephone at (684) 633-5599 Contact us by Fax at (684) 633-4864 Contact us by Email at [email protected] Normal business hours are Mon. thru Fri. 8am to 5pm. Permission to reproduce editorial and/or advertisements, in whole or in part, is required. Please address such requests to the Publisher at the address provided above. From left, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer, American Samoa Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock pose for a group shot during the Western Governor’s Association 2013 annual meeting at Montage Deer Valley Friday, June 28, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Gov. Lolo was slated to return on last night’s Hawaiian Air — arriving on the same flight with the 2013 [AP Photo/Rick Bowmer] Polamalu Football and Volleyball camps and clinics team.) Double disaster batters the Marshall Island archipelago By Paul Brown, Climate News Network LONDON, 30 June — High tides have surged over sea walls defending the capital of the Marshall Islands, adding to the crisis situation in this tiny Pacific nation, where a state of emergency was declared only last month because of a devastating drought in the scattered northern atolls. In the last week, what the islanders call “king tides” have repeatedly flooded parts of the capital, Majuro, and its airport, in one of the countries most vulnerable to sea level rise. With a population of 68,000 spread across 34 coral atolls, none of which is more than two metres above sea level, the country has been at the forefront of appeals for action on climate change. Aid from the US and other countries is now coming to the scattered communities that inhabit the palm-covered atolls, living on a few crops, seafood and a breed of small pig descended from animals that arrived on the islands centuries ago from the ships of European explorers and missionaries. CROPS DESTROYED The Marshall Islands government says the drought conditions have depleted water tanks and made groundwater unsuitable for human consumption because of high salinity. In addition, the drought has damaged or destroyed local food crops, including breadfruit and banana, and about 6,000 people on 15 northern atolls are relying on fish, crabs and other coastal food resources for survival. All 34 atolls are chains of islands sitting on top of coral reefs - the remnants of long-extinct volcanoes that have sunk below the sea, leaving idyllic-looking, palm-fringed lagoons. The 1,100 islands are sometimes a few kilometers long but only 100 meters or so wide and less than two meters above sea level, leaving them vulnerable to storm surges and exceptional tides. Normally, the scant fresh water supplies are topped up from frequent evening rains, but a devastating drought, which the locals blame on climate change, has reduced a desperate population to rationing water supplies to a liter a day. Their plight has been made worse by the high tides that threaten their homes and tiny gardens. STORM WAVES Following a request from Marshallese President Christopher Loeak to American President Barack Obama, the US declared the drought a disaster on June 14, paving the way for the provision of disaster assistance by US government agencies. A team from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arrived in Majuro last week to assess the drought — only to witness the “king tide” and storm waves knock down the seawalls and flood the airport’s runway. Tony deBrum, Minister-in-Assistance to the President of the Marshall Islands, is responsible for climate change issues and has called for a new surge of political commitment and international leadership to stave off further climate disasters from battering his country, and other vulnerable countries like it. “From drought to deluge, my people are suffering an escalating climate crisis,” DeBrum says. “Thousands of my people in the north are thirsty and hungry, while thousands of us here in the south are now drenched in seawater. As I said to the US emergency team this morning, ‘Welcome to Climate Change!’” CLIMATE LEADERSHIP “We are very grateful for the help we have received, but aid will not stop floods, droughts and disease from becoming the new norm. As we have said for years, prevention is far better than cure. What we need is a new wave of climate leadership. “This September, we will host the 44th Pacific Islands Forum Summit, bringing together leaders from the Pacific Island countries, Australia and New Zealand, and our development partners from the world’s biggest emitters, including the US, China, the EU, India, Japan and Canada. “At the Forum, we will propose a Majuroro Declaration for Climate Leadership, to galvanize more urgent and concrete action on climate change.” He said President Obama’s announcements in the last few days about combating climate change were a welcome, if long overdue, step in the right direction — but he stressed that it was only a first step. “I urge US Secretary of State John Kerry and other climate leaders to accept our invitation to come to the Forum in Majuro. Standing just two meters above sea level, there is no more poignant place to say: ‘Enough is enough. We will beat this thing.’” samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 5 DOL provides MDT with “information” to aid fight against human trafficking by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter Due to the lack of local trafficking laws in the territory, the Multi Disciplinary Task Force has reached out to Timothy A. Riera, Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in Honolulu Hawai’i. Riera’s agency covers EEOC matters in American Samoa. The MDT group advocates for survivors of family violence and trafficking victims. In this working relationship, the MDT has received publications from Terence J. Trotter-District Director for the USDOL Wage and Hour Division, Honolulu district office, according to MDT Vice Chair Ipu Avegalio Lefiti. The package contained limited publications on the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. (Current data as of 2012). It also contains general regulations and their interpretation, pertaining to the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Services. Lefiti noted that there are also copies or pamphlets with “Handy Reference Guides to the Fair Labor Standards Act” and included are Work Hours Calendars to record employment hours. In the meantime, MDT, which is chaired by Deputy AG Mitzie Jessop, is looking at hosting a second conference on Human Trafficking in a few months. The first conference against family violence featured a seminar on ending Child Abuse and Human Trafficking in the territory. “The MDT partners have been advocating for victims and survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and the prevention and awareness of human trafficking,” said Lefiti. Through persistence and consistent advocating via media and outreaches for our survivors, these bills are finally making their introduction into the Fono. It “is currently planning a follow up conference on Human Trafficking. We are open to dialogue with our neighboring islands — Apia, Tonga & the Philippians. Due to the increase of criminal activities and victimization involving our neighboring islands, it is important that we come together to create a language in agreement to the crime,” she noted. “The year 2001 was an awakening year for American Samoa. It was the first time we became aware of human trafficking, with the Daewoosa clothing factory debacle.” The MDT Vice Chair further noted that 2010 was the last local attempt to enact the criminalization of human trafficking, after its failure to pass through committee in the Fono. “The Daewoosa incident and reported conditions cited by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) — I felt cut right to the quick what many of us grew up seeing. We felt it was wrong but it was not a crime as long as no one was killed or died,” said Lefiti. “Many to this day still carry the scars and have a story on the incident that caused it.” Lefiti stated that on the domestic scene, for years, they have either watched or heard of the abuses forced upon our domestic helpers and field hands. “We have witnessed their suffering from forced labor under cruel conditions; beaten, starved into submission or if it’s a female, they have their hair shorn off.” “Talk about involuntary servitude, and many survivors who have spoken to us admitted they had no idea they had any rights. They believed their sponsors who kept their legal documents had the undisputed authority over their lives, which included their spouses and children,” she told Samoa News. “Their blind obedience was not considered being held against their will,” Lefiti said. She then noted that what is finally being revealed are the forced sexual encounters by some sponsors or a sponsor’s male family members. “Now, we have the charges against sponsors who transport women across the border under the guise of employment to provide sex for paying customers,”said Lefiti. She explained that the scheduled conference will be enhanced with the sharing of grass roots information, data collection and a blanket discussion on legally adjudicated cases. “It also will help to support front line agencies on their policies and procedures, to reinforce and align themselves with the law to include the proper management of the victims and perpetrators.” The American Samoan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (ASCADSV) is the only non-profit organization in American Samoa that provides shelter services for victims of violence. They are already assisting victims of employment trafficking from neighboring islands. 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In conjunction with the Pediatric Doctors of LBJ Hospital, StarKist is hosting a fundraising to raise up to $50,000 to assist in bringing to the territory a group of eight Volunteer Cardiology Team doctors from Oregon to care for our children with heart problems. “These doctors volunteer their time to come to Samoa and the last time they (group of eight volunteer cardio team) came to the territory was in 2010,” according to Mrs. Satele, who noted that LBJ Pediatric Doctors Beth Parker and James Marrone have been tracking children with the need for subspecialty pediatric cardiology care since 2010. “Currently there are 247 patients with this need, and by far the most common cause for cardiology evaluation is rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, which accounts for 67% of our pediatric population with known or suspected heart problems,” said Satele, quoting Dr. Parker. “Rheumatic fever is a special concern in the South Pacific; in American Samoa the disease is 75 times more likely to occur than in the mainland United States,” according to Dr. Parker. “Other children who need referral have congenital heart defects such as atrial septal defect, ventricular RED CARPET PREMIER Heart to Heart (Fatu o le Alofa) Starring Christine “Sissy” Unutoa as Ryanna Alai “AJ” Nielsen as Titi Also Featuring: Faifuaina Sakaria John Iosefa Lautapaa Wong King Mareta Purcell - Unutoa Moaila Moaila Nilamaneta Tonumaipea Princess Custodio Auva’a Raveen Mase Reupena Sheck Tafia Taimalelagi - Fiame Tauaituli Fanene Tauese Vine Togipau Edwards Toreka Lemoe and others Tickets $20 available at: Cost-u-less Tutuila Store Sadie’s by the Sea Story by: Mareta Purcell - Unutoa Directed by: Zena Noah Iese Produced by: Famss Group, Navipics, A’ASA) Lee Auditorium, Saturday, July 6th, 2013 1st Show - 4pm 2nd Show - 7pm septal defect, pulmonic stenosis, persistent ductus arteriosus, and total anomalous pulmonary venous return.” “Some children are born with syndromes, such as Down Syndrome or Patau Syndrome which often include heart problems, so they also need evaluation. Still others have acquired Kawasaki Disease which may cause coronary artery aneurysms. Children with irregular heartbeats and suspected cardiogenic syncope round out the list,” explained Satele. According to Dr. Parker, LBJ was fortunate to host a pediatric cardiology team from Oregon Health & Science University for the past two years. The team came to the territory for one-week pediatric heart clinics. “Ideally the team would be composed of eight people: two attending cardiologists, two cardiology fellows, two echocardiogram technicians and two support staff (nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant) said Dr. Parker. The StarKist Samoa supervisor pointed out that in 2011 and 2012 the team that came was not a full team but they were still able to see 125 patients, respectively. However the problem encountered by the Pediatric Unit is the expense, and that is why StarKist agreed to host this fundraising — to help the children. Each StarKist employee has donated $1 to “Charlie’s Heart2Heart $1 Drive” and they were able to come up with $1900. StarKist is now making “the $1 drive an island-wide effort to help bring the Oregon Cardiology Group to help our kids with heart problems,” stated Satele. Charlie’s $1 Donation Boxes have been placed at the following locations: Laufou Shopping Center, Bluesky, KS Mart, Carl’s Jr, DDW, McDonald’s (both locations), Koko Bean and the Pediatric Clinic at LBJ. Satele noted that if any other business wishes to be a part of this important cause, donation cans or boxes will be delivered to businesses and stores across the island. You can contact Satele at 252-8112. She further noted that Charlie’s donation boxes will remain in stores until July 13, 2013. Donations will be announced at the StarKist 50th Anniversary Celebration slated for August 17 at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium. Checks can be made out to LBJ Pediatric Ward and dropped in the box. Reach reporter at [email protected] C M Y K C M Y K samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 7 In Loving Memory of Loving Daughter, Honored Sister, Wonderful Mother, Awesome Aunty, Adored Grandmother, Best Friend, and Dedicated Teacher March 23, 1955 - June 19, 2013 C M Y K C M Y K Family Service Thursday, July 4, 2013 5:00 pm - at the LBJ Hospital Chapel Prayer & Burial Service Friday, July 5, 2013 2:00 pm - at the Tonumaipe’a Residence in Faleniu Page 8 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Murder-for-hire suspect in Puerto Rico faces life Prescott and other area department firefighters embrace during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. NEWS IN BRIEF North Korea wants talks with US to ease tension BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister has appealed for direct talks with the U.S. to ease regional tension, saying Washington’s hostile policies against his country make war a possibility. North Korean delegation official Choe Myong Nam says Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun also told a regional security forum Tuesday in Brunei that the North Korean nuclear standoff won’t be resolved unless the U.S. changes its tone. North Korea surprisingly offered to talk with the U.S. last month after weeks of tension following its February nuclear test. The U.S. has coolly responded the overture saying Pyongyang must first demonstrate its sincerity on nuclear disarmament. Choe says Pak also said that the U.S. must accept North Korea’s dialogue offer if it truly wants to promote peace. Obama ends Africa trip by meeting Bush at memorial DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush have laid a wreath at a memorial for Americans killed in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania. It was a rare joint public appearance by the two presidents. Both men bowed their heads after a Marine placed the wreath on a stand. They shook hands with victims and family and walked back to the embassy together. The ceremony lasted minutes; neither man made any public comments. Tuesday’s embassy visit is one of Obama’s final stops as he wraps up a weeklong tour of the continent. Bush’s institute is hosting a twoday summit here on African women. Both of the presidents’ wives were at the summit Tuesday. Felled tree causes shutdown at Tenn. nuclear plant SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Operations at an East Tennessee nuclear power plant are back to normal after an interruption caused by a large tree falling onto a transmission line. Tennessee Valley Authority spokeswoman Gail Rymer says automatic shutdown procedures began at the Watts Bar plant when the electrical fault was detected on Friday afternoon. Rymer says a homeowner cut down the tree that fell onto a 500 kilovolt transmission line close to the plant located near Spring City, about 55 miles southwest of Knoxville. The plant’s lone reactor was back online by Sunday afternoon. TVA is the nation’s largest public utility. It provides power to about 9 million people in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Obama congratulates new Australian prime minister WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to congratulate him on his return to office. Obama also called Rudd’s predecessor, Julia Gillard, who resigned the prime minister’s post last week after losing a party leadership vote to Rudd. Obama made both calls from Air Force One as he traveled from South Africa to Tanzania. The White House said Obama expressed confidence that the U.S. and Australia would continue to work closely on international and regional issues. Obama and Rudd also discussed the importance of completing the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Obama developed a friendly relationship with Gillard, who was his host during his 2011 trip to Australia. The White House said Obama thanked her for her warm friendship and wished her well. Fort Hood shooting suspect to enter plea in mass murder FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will finally enter a plea Tuesday, just a week before jury selection begins in his court-martial. Maj. Nidal Hasan is expected to plead not guilty. In military cases, a defendant is not asked to enter a plea until right before the trial is to start. Hasan, 42, faces execution or life without parole if convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the massacre on the Texas Army post. Under military law, a death penalty case requires a plea of not guilty. At previous hearings in which Hasan was represented by military defense attorneys, he indicated that he wanted to plead guilty. But Army rules prohibit a judge from accepting a guilty plea to charges that could result in a death sentence, and the judge refused to remove execution as a punishment option. The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, also denied Hasan’s request to plead guilty to lesser murder charges. She cited legal issues that could have arisen because his court-martial would have proceeded; Hasan still would have gone to trial on the premeditated murder charges, and if convicted, he still would have faced the death penalty. If Hasan, who now serves as his own attorney, tries to plead guilty Tuesday, the judge will reject it and enter a not guilty plea for him, according to military law experts. (Continued on page 9) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rican woman accused in a murder-for-hire scheme that killed her wealthy Canadian husband faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, authorities on the U.S. Caribbean island said Monday. Aurea Vazquez Rijos was arrested Sunday in Spain by that country’s police force after arriving in Madrid on a flight from Italy, where she has been living since 2008. She was charged that year by a U.S. grand jury with hiring a man to kill her husband, Adam Anhang, in the colonial district of Puerto Rico’s capital. U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez told reporters at a Monday news conference that the suspect is “exposed to life imprisonment on the charges as it is now.” Carlos Cases, FBI special agent in charge in Puerto Rico, said investigators recently received information that Vazquez had bought a plane ticket to Spain using her U.S. passport. The FBI sought the cooperation of Spanish authorities and police arrested Vazquez at the airport in Madrid after her flight touched down. Vazquez, who had another man’s twins in Italy, had apparently been working as a tour guide, according to Cases. She had lived in Florence and more recently Venice. She has denied wrongdoing. Anhang was beaten and stabbed to death by an attacker in Old San Juan in September 2005 as he walked with Vazquez near a restaurant he had bought for her. A wrongfully convicted Puerto Rican man spent eight months in prison for the Winnipeg native’s murder before getting released in June 2008 after another man, Alex Pabon Colon, was indicted for the slaying and pleaded guilty after cooperating with investigators. According to the 2008 indictment, Vazquez offered Pabon $3 million to kill her 32-year-old husband. The indictment said two other unidentified people were involved in the plot to kill Anhang, who developed beachfront condominiums and hotels in Puerto Rico and also was CEO of an online gambling software company based in Costa Rica. On Sunday, the suspect’s sister and an ex-boyfriend were arrested in Puerto Rico and expectations are they will soon be charged as co-conspirators in the September 2005 slaying. After Anhang’s murder, Vazquez refused to cooperate with investigators and filed a civil suit against her late husband’s family, seeking $1 million in damages and millions more from his estate. A judge in Puerto Rico dismissed her suit. U.S. officials in Puerto Rico say the extradition process could take nine months. In The High Court of American Samoa TRIAL DIVISION PR No.: 5-75 In the Matter of the Estate of LAGAFUAINA LAISENE, Deceased FEO LAGAFUAINA, Petitioner/Administrator for the ESTATE OF LAGAFUAINA LAISENE NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION OF ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF LAGAFUAINA LAISENE TO DISTRIBUTE DEVISE OF LELEO SOLAITA UNDER THE WILL TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LELEO SOLAITA TO: All Heirs of Lagafuaina Laisene And To All Interested Persons PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the administrator for the Estate of Lagafuaina Laisene has petitioned the court for an order distributing the devise of Leleo Solaita under the will of Lagafuaina Laisene to the administrator for the Estate of Leleo Solaita. This petition is scheduled to be heard on August 13, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa in the High Court Building, in Fagatogo, American Samoa. Dated: June 20, 2013 Clerk of Courts Published 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ➧ Tourism… Continued from page 3 the tourism sector and what policies and initiatives they have to help develop this sector. “This doesn’t mean, you have to create new policies and procedures,” he said and noted that each one have their mandates and they have to achieve them. For example, Department of Public Works is contributing by providing an access road to the Fagatele National Marine Sanctuary. “So you’re already doing that, but you need to identify and use that as your mandate and tell us,” he said. “And we will likely tell you, if there are things that need to be done. Once again, it’s about the ‘whole of government’ approach.” “Like everything, we are starting from scratch and there are issues we have to deal with. These issues aren’t new, they’ve been there. The first thing is changing people’s mind-set about tourism,” he said. More in tomorrow’s edition about the Visitor’s Bureau and the tourism industry. samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 9 New Jersey-based firm wins bid on phase 1 of ASPA’s new power plant by Samoa News staff Snoop Dogg and his family arrive at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 30, (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) 2013, in Los Angeles. ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… Audit: Guam government owes $1B in long term debt HAGATNA (AP) — An independent audit shows the Guam government has more than $1 billion in long-term debt. The U.S. territory’s debt of $1.08 billion rose 44 percent in fiscal 2012, the Pacific Daily News reported Monday. That’s according to an audit from Deloitte & Touche LLC. Gov. Eddie Calvo’s office released the audit. The audit reported a cash surplus of $30.1 million in the government’s general fund as of Sept. 30. But that surplus is primarily because of more than $358 million in bonds. The loans were needed to immediately pay off obligations that had high interest rates, Calvo said. The new bonds restructured the debt to save the government about $4 million per year, the Guam Economic Development Authority said. Guam’s debt repayments will increase in each of the next three years, with annual payments scheduled to be $85 million by 2017 until the debts are paid off in 2042, according to the authority. The bond money has been used for pastdue income tax refunds and other obligations. Calvo said the territory needs to get to a point where it pays refunds with cash set aside earlier. 3 held after woman’s face sliced at Calif. club COVINA, Calif. (AP) — Two sisters and their sister-in-law are accused of mutilating another woman’s face with a beer bottle during an argument at a nightclub in eastern Los Angeles County. The San Bernardino Sun reports the alleged attack occurred early Sunday after a confrontation on the dance floor at 3Vino’s in Covina. Twenty-nine-year-old Cynthia Carlin and 25-year-old Lisa Carlin, sisters from Rancho Cucamonga, and their sister-in-law, Melissa Carlin, were arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon and mayhem. Police say the victim, a 37-year-old Long Beach woman, was hospitalized with a 4- to 5-inch-long gash to her cheek. Investigators say the altercation apparently erupted because the sisters felt the woman was dancing too closely to a man. China, Russia in largestever joint naval drills BEIJING (AP) — China says it will join Russia later this week for its largest-ever naval drills with a foreign partner. The exercises in the Sea of Japan starting Friday and running through July 12 underscore deepening military cooperation between the former Cold War rivals. China has long been a key customer for Russian military hardware, but only in the last decade have their militaries begun taking part in joint exercises. The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that China’s navy will send four destroyers, two guided missile frigates, and a support ship to take part in Continued from page 8 the exercises. They departed Monday from the port of Qingdao. China will take part next year in the U.S.-organized multinational Rim of the Pacific exercises, the world’s largest maritime exercises. Ranger shot with bullet that killed suicidal woman BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say a park ranger who was shot in the stomach was wounded by the same bullet that killed a suicidal woman. Authorities said D.P. Wright, a ranger for the Army Corps of Engineers at Lower Buford Dam Park, was shot the night of June 26 when he went to tell a 34-year-old woman sitting in a truck that the park was closed. Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith says investigators found a single bullet casing on the scene. Authorities believe that the woman and the 70-year-old ranger were both wounded by a single bullet. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that Wright’s family expects him to be discharged from the hospital sometime this week. UN atomic agency chief: nuclear theft is rife… VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says that well over 100 cases of nuclear theft and related incidents are reported to his agency each year but many more may go undetected. “We cannot be sure if such cases are just the tip of the iceberg,” says Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Amano spoke Monday at the start of an IAEA conference on nuclear security attended by government ministers and other senior officials from more than 100 countries. He urged more IAEA member nations to ratify an agreement that obliges them to secure nuclear materials and facilities on their soil, saying 30 signatures are still needed to bring it into force. China demands knives and offers rewards in tense west BEIJING (AP) — Police in China’s restive far west have announced that they are confiscating long knives, explosives and guns — and also computers and cellphones containing “terrorist” material — as the government tightens controls on the region after recent unrest. The order was issued Tuesday by the public security bureau of Xinjiang. Police also are offering rewards of up to $16,300 for information on terrorist activity that helps solve major terror crimes or leads to the arrest of terror suspects. It says those who knowingly shelter, protect or help “violent terrorist criminals” will be prosecuted. Bloody clashes in Xinjiang (shihn-jeeahng) over the last several months have killed more than 50 people. It has long been home to a simmering rebellion against Chinese rule among parts of the Uighur (WEE’-gur) population. (Continued on page 10) The American Samoa Power Authority has contracted a New Jersey based company to supply engines and switchgears for the first phase of the federally funded rebuilding of the Satala power plant that was destroyed by the September 2009 tsunami. The Louis Berger Group Inc., announced last week Tuesday in a national news release that it has won a $36 million contract to help rebuild the Satala Power Plant. The company will provide the engineering and plant design, equipment procurement, and installation and commissioning of the power generation along with ancillary electrical equipment. Responding to Samoa News questions, ASPA chief operations officer Reno Vivao says the contract was awarded Apr. 30 for Phase One of the project, to supply complete engines, switchgear and auxiliaries. He said three companies bid for the contract — two from off island and one local company. The Louis Berger Group says the major equipment will include seven primary generators, two emergency back-up generators, switchgear assembly, two station transformers and motor control centers. The newly installed equipment at the completed plant will contain a capacity of 24.5 megawatts. Vivao told Samoa News that the engines ASPA selected “have excellent fuel efficiency” and they also meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 2 engine standards and operate on ultra-low-sulfur diesel. The ASPA chief operations officer says Phase Two of the project, which will be for the design and building contract of the Satala power plant, will be out for bid soon. He says the design and build Request For Proposal (RFP) is 99% for the construction of the new power plant and the starting date will hopefully be early next year. Ray Mardini, P.E., associate vice president of Louis Berger’s global energy systems division, said the company has designed, installed, operated and maintained power generation and distributed power systems at more than 15 locations on four continents over the past five years. “Our proven experience as a turn-key power project and equipment provider will enable us to successfully complete this extremely important project in the South Pacific for the people of American Samoa,” he said in a news release. It also says that Louis Berger’s assignment is expected to reduce ASPA’s total plant lifecycle costs by supplying highly fuel-efficient, low-maintenance power generation equipment. Additionally, the new equipment, combined with the technical support and training that Louis Berger will provide, will enable ASPA to reliably operate the power plant for years to come. Rebuilding of the Satala Power Plant is funded by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which also funded the engines at the temporary Satala plant. Samoa News reporter Fili Sagapolutele contributed to this report. Find anything yet? 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Antonio Lopez Chaj (chy) appeared at a news conference Monday with lawyers who announced the award handed down against a security company Friday in Torrance Superior Court. It was among the largest damage awards ever given to one person in California, the lawyers said. They said they expect an appeal and there could be settlement negotiations before Chaj receives anything. Chaj had to be supported by relatives at the news conference. When he took off a baseball cap hiding his injuries, gasps could be heard from people present. “His skull is like a pie with 25 percent cut out of it,” said attorney Federico Sayre. Chaj was attacked at a mid-Wilshire bar after trying to intercede in an attack by a bartender and security guard on two relatives who were with him. Lawyers said an unlicensed, untrained security guard beat Chaj with a baton, kicked him in the head eight times and smashed his skull against pavement four times. “It was truly a horrendous and brutal beating by a guy who shouldn’t have been working at all,” said Sayre, who represented Chaj along with Fernando Chavez, the son of famed civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… Talofa Video “KOREAN, FILIPINO, MEXICAN DRAMA SERIES NOW FOR RENT” NEW RELEASES: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 6 Souls • Tai chi Hero • Inescapable Pavaiai 699-7206 • Nuuuli 699-1888 • Fagatogo 633-2239 Police say South Korean man spurred NJ school lockdown SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a local man is responsible for prank 911 calls that prompted school lockdowns in New Jersey last year. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday in a statement that a 19-year-old surnamed Lee made calls from South Korea to a New Jersey communications center and threatened to use an AK-47 to kill students at Hackettstown High School. The calls led schools in the northwestern New Jersey town and at Centenary College to keep students inside for four hours while police searched the area. South Korean police began investigating after U.S. authorities traced the calls to South Korea. Police say Lee used a smartphone application to make the calls. Police declined to provide contact information for Lee. The statement says he’s serving in the military. The security guard, Emerson Quintanilla, and the bartender-manager who sparked the attack have disappeared without a trace, Sayre said. “I think the man went crazy, lost his mind,” he said of Quintanilla. “It was a species of road rage.” Sayre said the confrontation begin April 20, 2010 when Chaj, his brother and two nephews, who all worked as house painters, went to Barra Latina, a neighborhood bar. One of the relatives got into a dispute with the bartender-manager who came after him with brass knuckles, Sayre said. Quintanilla, who was working for DGSP Security and Patrol Services, began kicking and beating members of the group. Chaj tried to intervene and said, “Stop beating my nephews.” At that point, Sayre said, the guard beat Chaj into unconsciousness. Part of his skull was gone when he reached the hospital. “They saved his life but he has significant brain damage,” Sayre said. “He can’t speak and he requires 24-hour nursing care.” He said Chaj faces more surgeries. Phone messages seeking comment left with attorneys for the defendants were not immediately returned. In civil courts, only nine of the 12 jurors have to agree on a verdict, Sayre said. But this jury was unanimous in finding for the plaintiffs on all claims, and it granted the $58 million award the plaintiffs requested. Continued from page 9 Vigilantes burn politician’s home in northeast Nigeria MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Vigilantes on Monday torched the home of a senior politician they accuse of supporting Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said. The arson came as soldiers acting under a state of emergency killed some 40 men accused of belonging to the extremist Boko Haram group on the outskirts of Maiduguri city, according to a soldier who said he participated in the fighting. The soldier requested his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to reporters. The arson was the first indication that the vigilantes, who have been arresting alleged extremists and handing them over to the military, could be getting out of control. Members of the party of the targeted politician and party chairman Mala Othman said opponents used the vigilantes “to settle cheap political scores” in Maiduguri. Neighbors said soldiers smuggled Othman out of the house before it was (Continued on page 11) ➧ July 4th will be honored, along with youth… Continued from page 1 In his proclamation the governor pointed out that nearly one-third of American Samoa’s population — approximately 18,000 American Samoans — are young people between the ages of 16 and 35. Additionally, the territory’s “most valuable resource is its people, including our youth, upon which we rely as vital community assets and resources, having their unique knowledge, idealism, skills, perspectives, ideas, and creativity, that contribute to their awareness, service, advocacy, and philanthropy.” He then designated the 4th of July as Youth Day and July as Youth Month in the territory. He says all sectors of American Samoa should recognize the significance of the youth of the Territory “to our future well-being; and craft, implement, and evaluate programs to assist in their development.” The 4th of July celebration will include a parade at Utulei Beach, cultural games, entertainment, as well as a concert set to begin at 6p.m., with a firework display — provided by Bluesky Communications — to end that day’s festivities. Also included as part of the program, is the Troy Polamalu Football Clinic, being held from today to the 5th of July. The Troy Polamalu Community Concert is set for July 6. DYWA has set daily activities marking Youth Month and the complete schedule was published in last Friday’s edition of Samoa News along with the proclamation and Thursday’s program. ➧ 5 teams for “Adopt-A-School” initiative… samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 11 OASIS BAR/RESTAURANT COME OVER & TASTE THE DIFFERENCE WITH OUR NEW CHEF WE ARE OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER FROM MONDAY- FRIDAY FROM 11AM – 10PM FOR RESERVATIONS YOU CAN CALL US AT 699-5245 OR 699-6231 Continued from page 1 TEAM FETO O SASA’E (EASTERN DISTRICT SCHOOLS) For Fagaitua High School, and Elementary Schools: Matatula, Aunu’u, Olomoana, Alofau, Masefau, Laulii and all ECE’s in the Eastern District, the ASG Agencies assigned to these schools are the DOC, ASPA, CJPA, Insurance Commission, Finance, Samoan Affairs, Marine Railway/ Shipyard, Treasury and the Governor’s office including, Territorial Audit Office, Historic Preservation Office, Medicaid Office, Veteran Affairs, Internal Audit, TOFR, Tradesman Board, Vocational Rehab, Sports Complex, Policy Unit, Licensing and Boards, OFPI, and Office of Grants Oversight and Accountability. TEAM TAUTAI MATA PALPALA (Central District Schools) The Central District schools of Samoana High School, and the Elementary schools of Aua, Afono, St Francis, Coleman, Fagasa, Matafao and SPICC and all central district ECE’s will be covered by DPW, DOH, DPS, Administrative Services, Budget Officer, EPA, Legal Affairs, Medical Services Authority, Public Library and DBAS. TEAM AIGA POTOPOTO (Mid-Western District Schools) The schools included in this team are Tafuna High School, Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, SPA, Kanana Fou School, SBA, Iakina, Pacific Horizons, Tafuna Intermediate School, Manulele, Lupelele, Manumalo elementariness, and all ECE schools. These schools will be covered by ASPA, Human Resources, Port Administration, DYWA, Arts Council, DMWR, ALJ, DHSS, Public Defender, Public Information Office, TAOA and the Visitors Bureau. TEAM FAUTASI (Western District Schools) Team Fautasi includes Leone High School, Fa’asao and Marist, the elementary schools: Midkiff, Pava’ia’i, Siliaga, Nua and Seetaga and ECE schools in the Western District and will be covered by ASTCA, Parks and Recreation, DOA, Procurement, TEO, Property Management, Homeland Security, ASCC, Election Office and Protection and Advocacy. Reach reporter at [email protected] ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… invaded by scores of young men who set it ablaze. Cops: $500,000 in jewelry stolen from AC’s Borgata ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Police say approximately $500,000 worth of jewelry has been stolen in a smash-and-grab at a store in the Borgata Hotel amid the Atlantic City casino’s 10th anniversary celebration. Atlantic City Police Sgt. Monica McMenamin says a call was received from Borgata security at about 8:45 p.m. Monday reporting a theft in a jewelry store. In a statement, police say three men fled the store on foot before taking off in a dark colored vehicle. No arrests have been made and no other information was immediately available. The Borgata opened July 2, 2003, as the first new casino in the resort town in 13 years. It has 11 retail shops, 2,000 guest rooms and suites, nearly 200 gambling tables and more than 3,400 slot machines. Bank of England’s new governor starts work LONDON (AP) — Canadian Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England in its 319-year history, has started work amid hopes that he can help revive the economy. Carney beamed as he arrived by underground before 7 a.m. on Monday. Looming on his agenda is a Monetary Policy Committee later this week. The nine committee members will discuss whether to expand a stimulus plan that has pumped 375 billion pounds ($579 billion) into the economy since 2009. The economy is still struggling. It grew just 0.3 percent in the first quarter this year compared with the previous quarter. The 48-yearold has been lauded for steering Canada through the 2008 financial crisis and for overseeing the Continued from page 10 fastest recovery of any G-8 country. 6-year-old boy rides three miles on van roof in Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a 6-year-old boy climbed on top of his parents’ minivan and rode it for three miles down a highway before he fell off and suffered cuts and bruises. Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen tells the Anchorage Daily News the boy has apparently gone for roof rides before, hanging on to the bars mounted on the minivan. The boy told troopers he climbed on to the vehicle Sunday as it left his home at Mile 52 on the Parks Highway about 10 miles north of Wasilla. He lost his grip at Mile 49. The driver continued on. Another motorist picked the boy up, drove him to a gas station and called 911. Ipsen says no one has been charged with a traffic violation or crime. Chicago police: Homicide, shooting numbers fall CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say the city has seen a significant drop in the number of homicides and shootings during the first six months of 2013. The department said Monday that there have been 184 homicides this year, 29 percent fewer than the 260 homicides during the same period in 2012. The number is the lowest for the time period since 1965, police say. Chicago saw 500 homicides total in 2012. Police also said there have been 843 shootings in the first six months of the year, down 25 percent from the 1,117 shootings during the same time period last year. The department said Chicago officers have seized more than 3,500 illegal guns so far this year. (Continued on page 16) LAND COMMISSION NOTICE is hereby given that FANENE V. SO’OTO of MALAEIMI, American Samoa, has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as MALAEIMI which is situated in the village of MALAEIMI, in the County of TUALAUTA, WESTERN District, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on file with the Territorial Registrar to be forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval thereof according to the laws of American Samoa. Said instrument names JEANNETTE YAMASAKI as LESSEE. Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land Commission before the 19TH day of AUGUST, 2013. It should be noted that any objection must clearly state the grounds therefor. POSTED: JUNE 19, 2013 thru AUGUST 19, 2013 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o FANENE V. SO’OTO ole nu’u o MALAEIMI, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o MALAEIMI, e i le nu’u o MALAEIMI i le itumalo o TUALAUTA, Falelima i SISIFO ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa’amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata’upu o lo’o ta’ua ai JEANNETTE YAMASAKI. A iai se tasi e fia fa’atu’i’ese i lea mata’upu, ia fa’aulufaleina mai sa na fa’atu’iesega tusitusia ile Failautusi o lea Komisi ae le’i o’o ile aso 19 o AUKUSO, 2013. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega uma lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai. 07/02 & 08/02/13 AUTO NATION WINDSHIELD IN STOCK 250.00 $ Hundreds of RADIATOR IN STOCK We carry Genuine Aftermarket and Used Parts All All PPG PPG Paints Paints 10% 10% OFF OFF Auto Nation in Nu’uuli next to Talofa Video. 699-7168 699-7168 Page 12 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 C M Y K C M Y K samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 13 Celebrating Our Youth 2013 C M Y K JULY 4TH, 2013 7:00am to 9:00pm • Su’igaula a le Atuvasa Malae – Utulei YOUTH DAY AGENDA Theme: “OUR FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS” 7:00 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 8:40 am 8:45 am 9:00 am 9:10 am 9:20 am Parade Setup Parade Begins ~Led by Fatuoaiga Band Assemble on field Arrival of Invitees *Arrival of Honorable Governor ~Lolo M. Moliga *Welcoming Remarks ~Pa’u Roy T. Ausage DYWA Acting Director *Invocation~Reverend Asiata Fouvale Matu’u CCCAS *Flag Raising US National Anthem~Aeone Fuimaono Sagapolutele AS National Anthem~Anasetasia Momoe *Reading of the Proclamation 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 12:30 pm 12:35 pm 6:00 pm 8:30 pm Alice Malele /English Kurt Aab/Samoan *Special Remarks ~Honorable Governor Lolo M. Moliga Pass & Review ~ All Youth Groups Performances ~ East, Central, & West Cultural Games ~Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr. DYWA Deputy Director LUNCH - Fale Aitu; Pili, Ne’emia, & Leuma Retire the colors Benediction ~Reverend Asiata Fouvale Matu’u CCCAS *CONCERT ~ Youth Groups & Comedians *FIREWORKS ~ Blue Sky Communication “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future” - Franklin D. Roosevelt DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND WOMEN’S AFFAIRS JULY 2013 SUN MON TUE WED 1 THU 2 FRI 3 SAT 4 5 TROY POLAMALU Football Clinic Cooking Training Session-2 Beings (Utulei/Old election Ofice) Boys Scout Camp Launching of Aluminum Can& Plastic Bottles Recycling Program Construction of Basketball Court Juvenile Delinquency Center YOUTH DAY (Suigaula Beach) All Day TROY POLAMALU Football Clinic 6 -Troy Polamalu Community Concert Heart to Heart Movie Premier @ Lee Auditorium BOY SCOUT CAMP C M Y K 7 8 Special Olympics Youth Games (Stadium) 14 Computer 15 Basics Training (July 15 Aug 2nd) (Feleti Barstow Library) • 9am - 12am 21 22 Launching of Le Fatuga Samoa Project (Fale Samoa) 28 29 9 10 Youth Leadership Training (Lee Auditorium 8am-12am) Special Olympics Youth Games (Stadium) 16 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Manu’a) 23 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Tutuila) (Fale Samoa) 30 17 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Manu’a) 24 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Tutuila) 11 Population Day (Lee Auditorium) 18 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Manu’a) 25 Enviro-Discoveries Summer Camp (Tutuila) 12 13 19 20 Movie Night At The Beach (Suigaula) Kids Day • Le Leo For KIDS Showcase (Suigaula Beach) Kids Day • Le Leo For KIDS Showcase (Suigaula Beach) 26 BLOCK PARTY (Suigaula Beach) 10am – 2pm 31 OPEN MIC AT THE OCEAN CENTER (Tauese Ocean Center) Contact info - DYWA 633-2835 Pa’u, Tapumanaia or Orepa 27 Page 14 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Lali Le Se vaaiga i turisi o lo o tietie i totonu o le pasi a’o galulue le aufaigaluega a le Ofisa o Turisi e faailoa i ai nofoaga o le a latou asia, ina ua malaga asiasi mai le vaa turisi a le Sea Princess i le [ata: AF] masina o Me na te’a nei i le atunuu. Fa’ataoto Ofisa Turisi ta’iala e faaleleia ai le atina’e o turisi i le atunuu tusia Ausage Fausia E leai se isi auala e televave ona faaleleia ai le atina’e o turisi i Amerika Samoa e pei o le galulue faatasi o tagata o le malo ma pisinisi tua i le sailia o auala e faatosina mai ai turisi i totonu o le teritori, e pei ona taua e le pule o le Ofisa o Turisi ia David Vaeafe, i sana saunoaga i luma o le fonotaga a le Kapeneta i le aso Faraile na te’a nei. Na taua e Vaeafe e faapea, o le ripoti ua maea ona saunia e le Matagaluega o Fefaatauaiga ma Alamanuia (DOC) “O le galuega a tagata ta’ito’atasi uma le faia o auala e faatosina mai ai turisi i le atunuu.” Mai le faitau miliona ma miliona o turisi o lo o felelei i vaalele ma asiasi atu i isi atunuu o le lalolagi i tausaga taitasi, e na o le 1% le aofa’i o turisi o lo o faamauina o lo o asia atunuu eseese e 14 o le Pasefika e aofia ai ma Amerika Samoa i le tausaga tasi, ma o se numera ua atagia mai ai le pau maualalo o le atina’e tau turisi i le Pasefika e aofia ai ma Amerika Samoa. “O le fesili po o fea tonu le taimi e tatau ai ona amata galulue le atunuu e faaleleia atina’e mo turisi o le taimi nei, ae o le isi fo’i fesili po o ai tonu e i ai le matafaioi o le faatosiina mai lea o turisi i le atunuu, o le tali o tagata Amerika Samoa uma,” o le saunoaga lea a Vaeafe i luma o le kapeneta. “O le fesili po o a auala e tatau ona faaleleia mo le atina’e o turisi i le atunuu, o le tali, e tatau ona faaleleia fale talimalo, faleaiga, kamupani vaalele ma kamupani taavale rental ina ia lava ma totoe mo le faaaogaina e turisi pe a malaga mai i le atunuu, e tatau foi ona faaleleia le sootaga vava lalata o le malo ma pisinisi tua, ma ia aoaoina tagata taitoatasi i auala e fesootai atu ai i turisi pe a ulufale mai i le atunuu,” o le saunoaga lea a Vaeafe. O le taimi nei i Amerika Samoa, e le atoa se 20 o fale talimalo o lo o i ai,e na o le 180 taavale rental, e sili laititi lava ma le 20 fale’aiga ae na o le tasi le kamupani vaalele, pe a faatusatusa i le 67,000 i le 72,000 turisi sa mafai ona asia le atunuu i le lima tausaga talu ai, e pei ona taua e Vaeafe. Ina ua faatoa faavae le Ofisa fou o Turisi i ni nai tausaga e le’i mamao atu, na maitauina ai le le toe i ai o se sootaga galulue faatasi a le malo ma pisinisi tua i le faatosina maia o turisi i le atunuu “Soo se tagata lava e ulufale mai i Amerika Samoa ae le o ia o se Amerika Samoa, o le turisi le ta’uina o lena tagata, mo se faataitaiga o le taamilosaga taitoa 7 a le TMO Marist na faatoa maea atu nei, na malaga mai ai le toatele o tagata mai Samoa tuaoi ma isi atunuu o le pasefika e auai i lea taamilosaga, ma o i latou uma na e taua o turisi, e le gata o lo o malaga asiasi mai ae o lo o faaalu a latou tupe e totogi ai mea o lo o nonofo ma aumau ai i Amerika Samoa,” o le saunoaga lea a Vaeafe. O ni isi o auala o lo o faia e atunuu tetele o le lalolagi e faatosina atu ai turisi i o latou atunuu, o le faatau i ai o a latou oloa ma faailoa i ai nofoaga mananaia e faatosina i ai loto o turisi ina ia fiafia pea e asiasi atu i o latou atunuu, ma o ni isi ia fuafuaga faataoto a le Ofisa o Turisi e tatau ona faia ina ia faaleleia atili ai le atina’e o turisi i le teritori, e pei o le tatala lea o ni maimoaga i le motu o Manu’a, ma faailoa i ai ni nofoaga matagofie e faafiafia turisi e matamata ai, ma faatosina i ai o latou loto e malaga i Manu’a. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected] Fa’atalofa ma le Teine o le Vateatea tusia: Leua Aiono Frost “O se fa’amanuiaga ese fo’i le mafai ona fa’alogo ma matamata taumafaiga eseese sa uia mai e se tasi o le a avea ma pailate o va’a o le vateatea a le NASA, o se mea sa le moemiti e o’o mai ia te a’u a’o ola!” O se tala ata lea a le afioga Su’a Carl Schuster mai Utulei. O le aso Tofi na fa’atulaga ai e le pulega o le Nationa Marine Sanctuary ma le NOAA se avanoa lelei mo le tama’ita’i ua tofia nei e avea ma se tasi o Asetoronoti mo Va’a o le vateatea a Amerika i Houston Texas. I lana folasaga sa fa’aalia i le kelope o le Ocean Center i Utulei, sa fa’ailoa mai ai le tala’aga matagofie o le amataga o lona olaga faigaluega o se tama’ita’i Inisinia fa’aeletise lea na pasi mai ma ia i le Iunivesite o North Carolina e maua ai lona Masters. E fa’amaonia lona lea manatu, ona e fa’alua lelei ona talosaga Tina e soso’o lana Konekarate e toe faigaluega ai i’inei, ae le’i o’o ina talia mai lana talosaga e fia avea ma Asetoronote e pei ona i ai nei. O le manulauti o lana folasaga e fa’atatau i lona olaga taumafai ia maua uma mea sa ia fa’anaunau i ai o se Inisinia Eletoronisi ma o se saeanitisi fo’i, sa ia fa’alauiloa mai ai “O lo’u Mana’o!” Sa ia mana’o e na te fia molimauina se ‘Lagoto sili ona umi’ i le lalolagi! Sa ia molimauina lea tulaga i pole e lua o le lalolagi sa ia galue ai, o le fa’atumutumuga o le setete o Alaska i le Pole i Matu, sa galue ai o ia e fa’atutu satelite sa ia inisiaina! E 6 masina o nofo ai, i le nofoaga e lanupa’epa’e fa’atasi le lagi ma le laufanua i le ‘aisa pa’epa’e ma e te le iloa po’o fea e fetaui ai le lagi ma le laueleele - e le mailoa se horisone! Soso’o lea ma le isi ona vala’auina e galue e fa’atutu satelite ma le Ofisa i le Pole i Matu, ma sa fa’ae’e atu o latou va’alele mai le fa’atausi’usi’uga o Invagergill i Niu Sila i Saute. O ni galuega e matua tetele afaina e lamatia ai le ola, ae sao i ama nei galuega uma, ma sa toe o’o ina vala’auina e toe fa’atutu isi satelite i le pole i matu i le itu o Greenland i Europa, lea sa mafai ona o’o ai o ia i le Nofoaga o Satelite fa’avaomalo i Rusia. Mai i’ina, ae o’o atu loa le vala’au, e mana’omia le inisinia lea, e na te fa’apipi’ia totoga o le satelite i Matatula, lea ua ia fa’ailoa mai, “O le nofoaga ua sili ona mama lona ‘Ea i le lalolagi atoa, i taimi uma e fuaina ai le mama o le ea, e sili lava Amerika Samoa! O fetaua’iga tonu lea o Matamatagi Tradewinds ma le Vai To’elau [southerly winds]!” Sa ia saunoa foi e tusa o lona aiga i Tula, e na te misia Amerika Samoa ma ona tagata i lo latou agalelei, alolofa ma uiga tausa’afia, “Ou te le maua so’o ni tagata fa’apenei i so’o se mea ua ou faigaluega ai ma nofo ai!” Na toe fa’atepa e Tina Amerika Samoa i le ulua’i taimi na toe tulaueleele ai va’a o le vateatea i ou ogasami, lea sa tatou talimalo ai, i le auva’a o le Apollo 12, ma o le ulua’i taimi lea na o’o mai ai se Peresetene o Amerika i o tatou laueleele President Johnson ma lona faletua Ladybird Johnson po’o Manulele Tausala! O pine fa’amau, o le igoa o le tatou falema’i tele i Faga’alu ma le a’oga Manulele Tausala Elementary i Nuuuli. O le tatou Asetoronote lea ua filifilia mo le malaga i Mars, ma e fiafia tele e nofo i Amerika Samoa, aua e laufofoga ma ola fiafia tagata! “O lenei lava lo’u nu’u moni!” [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 15 tusia Ausage Fausia MOLIA ELILOE MAU I LE TALEPE FALE MA LE GAOI Na tulai i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo i le aso ananafi ia Eliloe Mau, lea o lo o tuuaia i lona osofaia o se faleoloa i Seetaga ia Me 2012, ma ua molia ai nei o ia i le talepe fale i le tulaga muamua ma le gaoi. E $10,000 lea ua faatulaga e le faamasinoga e mafai ona tatala ai o ia i tua mai le toese, e faatalitali ai le isi ana iloiloga lea ua faatulaga mo le Aso Tofi o le vaiaso nei. Na o’o atu lenei mataupu i leoleo ina ua usu atu se pule o se faleoloa i Seetaga e tatala lona faleoloa ia Me 13, 2012 ae ona vaaia le salalau solo o oloa i totonu o le faleoloa. Na taua e le pule o le faleoloa i leoleo e faapea, ina ua alu atu e siaki le vaega o lo o teu ai oloa i totonu o le faleoloa, sa ia maituaina ai se faamalama o le faleoloa ua malepe, ma o lalo atu o le faamalama o lo o taatitia ai pea seevae tosotoso lanu uliuli. O le isi itu o le faleoloa na maua i ai e le alii pule se pusa vai ma se pusa apainu o lo o tuu i totonu o le taavale e la’u i ai faatau, ae maua ni isi oloa, na aofia ai ma se pusa Steinlager ma se pusa sikaleti i se nofoaga e le mamao ma le fale o le ua molia. Na ioeina e Mau i leoleo lona osofaia o le faleoloa ma ia gaoia oloa sa aofia ai ma pusa pia ma pepa sikaleti, ae le gata i lea, o ona seevae tosotoso lanu uliuli lea sa galo i totonu o le faleoloa. O mea na faaleagaina i lenei osofaiga e pei ona taua e le pule o le faleoloa i leoleo, e aofia ai le faamalama e $30 lona tau ma oloa na gaoia e tusa ma le $150 le tau. TATALA KAIO LEVAO I TUA MAI LE TOESE O le vaiaso na te’a nei na tatala mai ai i tua mai le toese i Tafuna le ali’i o Kaio Levao, ina ua manatu le fa’amasinoga o le a le toe faaopoopoina se isi taimi e taofia ai o ia i le toese, ae ua lava le umi lea na taofia ai o ia e avea ma ona faasalaga i le mataupu e pei ona ta’usala ai o ia. O Levao, 45 tausaga le matua na ulua’i tuuaia e le malo i le moliaga mamafa e tasi o le tagofia lea o itutinosa o se tama’ita’i e laititi i lalo o le tulafono, atoa ai ma moliaga mama e lua o le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu atoa ai ma le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele, ae i le maliliega sa ia sainia ma le malo ma talia e le faamasinoga, na ia tali ioe ai i le moliaga muamua na toe teuteu e le malo, ina ia faailoa ai le solitulafono mama o le taumafai e tagofia itutinosa o se tama’ita’i i le tulaga muamua. I le ta’usala ai o Kaio i le solitulafono lea, sa ia tautino ai e faapea, i se taimi o le masina o Tesema 2012 i Fagatogo, sa ia taumafai ai e tagofia itutinosa o se tama’ita’i e 19 tausaga le matua i se auala e le tusa ai ma le tulafono. I le maea ai ona iloilo e le faamasinoga o talosaga ma faafinauga a itu e lua e tusa ai o lenei mataupu, na manatu ai loa le faamasinoga e faasala Levao i le salatupe e $1,000 atoa ai ma le umi lea na taofia ai o ia i Tafuna e avea ma ona faasalaga i lenei mataupu. O le mataupu na tuuaia ai Levao na alia’e mai ina ua alu atu le tamaita’i na aafia e faafo’i ana ata video i se fale video i Fagatogo, ae alu atu ai Levao ma taumafai e tagofia ona itutinosa, ae ina ua fesiligia o ia e leoleo pe aisea na ia faia ai lea gaioiga, na tali le ua molia, faapea lava ia e talafeagai lona tagofia o itutinosa o le tama’ita’i na aafia ona o lea faatoa uma ona fanau o ia. JOE MAPU O le taeao ananafi na faila ai e le malo le moliaga mamafa faasaga i le ali’i o Joe Mapu o Nuuuli, ona o le faalavelave na tula’i mai i Nuuuli i le aso 27 Iuni, 2013, i lona faaaoga faasolitulafono o se a’upega malosi po o le fana. Ua molia nei Mapu i le moliaga mamafa o le faaaoga faasolitulafono o se a’upega mata’utia, atoa ai ma moliaga mama e lua o le umia faasolitulafono o se fana atoa ai ma le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele. O le taeao nei lea ua toe tolopo i ai le mataupu a Mapu, mo le iloiloina pe mana’o e faataunuu lana ulua’i iloiloga i luma o le faamasinoga faaitumalo, pe tuu sa’o atu loa lana mataupu i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga e faaauau ai. E $5,000 le tupe lea ua faatulaga e le faamasinoga e totogi ona faatoa mafai lea ona tatala le ua molia i tua, ae faatalitali ai taualumaga o lana mataupu, ma afai e mafai ona tatala o ia i tua, ua faasa ona ia toe umia se fana po o ni aupega mata’utia, faasa fo’i ona ia toe taumafai e faafesootai tagata na aafia i lenei mataupu atoa ai ma molimau a le malo, ae ia avea o ia ma tagatanuu lelei e usita’i i tulafono ma ia auai fo’i i soo se taimi e valaau ai lana mataupu. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected] O le Afioga i le Maluolefale o Alataua, Faiivae Alesana Godinet ma le faletua ia Ilaisa Steffany [ata foa’i] Godinet faatasi ai ma le tofa Fofo Sunia ma le tofa Fa’auaa Kataferu Pita Elisara. 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: Supervisor Training QuickBooks Seminar Business Start Up Seminar Grant Writing Seminar Grant Writing Seminar July 09-10, 2013 July 16-17, 2013 July 23-26, 2013 July 30-31, 2013 August 06-07, 2013 5-7 pm 5-7 pm 5-7 pm 5-7 pm 5-7 pm $40 $60 $40 $40 $40 These are non-credit trainings designed to educate individuals who wish to start a business, or those who are already in business but need assistance in the areas being covered. A non-college-credit Certificate of Completion will be awarded to the participants of each seminar. The courses were enhanced and updated to better assist individuals and companies by providing more materials such as training CDs, DVDs and business software. Companies or individuals may register now with an SBDC representative by calling 699-4830 or 699-4834. Location: SBDC, M1 Building Instructor: Mr. Herbert Thweatt (MA Marketing) Contact: Talalelei Pua, Priti Smith, Catherine Balauro, Elaine Baul or June Paogofie-Sitala 699-4830/ 699-4834 FREE COUNSELING Our confidential business consulting services are free of charge to our clients whose Gross Revenue is less than $20 million. Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S Small Business Administration. The American Samoa Small Business Development Center was created as result of an American Samoa Community College (ASCC) and U.S Small Business Administration (SBA) Partnership. Neither SBA funding nor that from ASCC is an endorsement of any products, opinions or services. SBA and ASCC Programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.as-sbdc.org Page 16 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… Continued from page 11 O le Aso To’ona’i na se’i mavae atu nei, Iuni 29, 2013 na faataunuu ai le tapaina o le Ipu o le Afioga i le Maluolefale o Alataua, Faiivae Alesana Godinet i le Pouono o le Maota Fono o Alataua i le afioaga o Leone. [ata foa’i] O le faaiuga o Novema ua fuafua e faataunuu ai le Faafotutupu mo Faiivae. TALA MAI BROUGHT TO YOU BY (684) 252-‐5569 EMAIL: [email protected] PROVIDING YOU WITH THE BEST AFFORDABLE SHIPPING SERVICES & PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE.SHIPPING SERVICES INTO PAGO PAGO THROUGH AIRFREIGHT & OCEAN CONTAINERS (FCL & LCL CONTAINERS). WE HANDLE CLEARANCES & DELIVERY TO YOUR DOOR. WE CONSOLIDATE YOUR SHIPMENTS FROM ALL LOCATIONS IN THE WORLD TO PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA. Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions TEENA MINISITA SOIFUA MALOLOINA TALOSAGA FAASA SIKALETI Ua teena e le minisita o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina, le afioga Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama, le talosaga a nisi o lo o taumafai e faataua le soifua maloloina lelei i le atunuu, ina ia faasaina le faatauina o sikaleti i totonu o le atunuu. i lana saunoaga i se feiloaiga ma tusitala e faalauiloa ai le fonotaga lona 10 a minisita o le soifua maloloina mai atunuu eseese o le Pasefika lea na amatalia ananafi i Apia, na faaalia ai e Tuitama, o le a le faasaina le faatauina o sikaleti. Fai mai a ia, o tupe a le malo e maua mai le faatauina o sikaleti o se alagatupe taua lea mo le malo i tausaga taitasi. E le gata i lea, na saunoa le alii minisita, “o sikaleti e aoga i isi tagata aemaise i taimi o galuega ona e fesoasoani le sikaleti i nisi tagata e lelei ai la latou galulue, ao nisi e tua i le sikaleti pe a malolo.” FINAU SE TAMA MO ONA ATALII O lo o finau malosi le tama o Kene Sanft, e 55 tausaga mai Alamagoto, o ona atalii talavou e toalua sa molia ma taofia e leoleo ona o se fusuaga na tulai mai i le maea ai o le faaaliga taavale o le tutoatasi, e lei amataina lea vevesiga. Ua faaalia le toatamai o lea tama ona o lea tulaga na ia faamatalaina e le faamaoni, ma le le manino o tali a leoleo i le mafuaaga ua loka ai ona atalii. “Ua loka lau fanau e aunoa ma se mafuaaga tatau,” o le faagaulemalie lea a le tama o Kene Sanft. Fai mai a ia, sa tafafao ona atalii ma a la uo i lalo o se faleie i le nofoaga sa faia ai le faaaliga taavale ina ua maea lea faaaliga, ae faateia i latou latou i le alu atu saoasaoa o se pikiapu sesee faataamilo i luga o le malae, ona tifa atu lea so’a se vaega o le faleie. Sa feosofi i fafo ni alii se toatolu e faasua’ava ma faapea ona latou faatupuina se fusuaga ma i latou sa i lalo o le faleie e aofia atalii e toalua o lea tama. Sa manua se tasi o ona atalii ina ua togi e se tasi o ia alii i se fasi uamea. Peitai o le aso na sosoo ai, sa taunuu atu leoleo ma ave ona atalii e toalua ma molia i laua i le faatupu vevesi, faaoolima ma le faaleaga o mea totino. LE MANUIA LE APILI A SE TINA FAASAGA i LE KAMUPANI A AMAU Ua le manuia le apili a se tina sa tetee i le tagi a le kamupani a Amau faasaga ia te ia, ma sa ia apiliina ai le faaiuga a le Faamasinoga Maualuga sa faia lea sa manumalo ai le tagi a Amau. O le aso Faraile o le vaiaso na tea nei na faatonuina ai e le Faamasinoga o Apili le tina o Agnes Lama Stowers e totogi le tinoitupe faaopopo e $2,500 i le aofaiga e $17,375.11 o lana aitalafu ia Amau ma totogi o loia ma le Faamasinoga. Na faaalia i faamaumauga a le Faamasinoga e faapea, e $7,566.70 le tau aofai o oloa sa aitalafu ai Stowers i le Oloa Siiatoa a Amau, ae sa ia tuuina i ai ni siaki sa ia finau sa le tatau ona talaina e Amau, ae na ona taofi e faamaonia ai o le a ia totogiina le aitalafu. 3 TAUSAGA TOESEA MAI LE FAASALAGA O PETI KEY Ua le manuia le apili a le alii pese o Peti Key ina ia faaleaoga lona moliaga o le faiaiga faamalosi, ae na manuia lana apili ina ia faaititia lona faasalaga, ma ua toesea ai le tolu tausaga mai lona faasalaga e 14 tausaga. O lenei alii na molia i lona faiaiga faamalosi i ni tamaitai se toatolu i le tausaga na tea nei i totonu o le vaiaso e tasi. Na toe faatulagaina e le Faamasinoga o Apili lona faasalaga mai le 14 i le 11 tausaga, ma ua faatulagaina ai foi taiala e faaaoga e faamasino e Iloilo ai ma faatulaga faasalaga o soligatulafono tau feusuaiga i totonu o le atunuu. Na faaalia e afioga i faamasino, ua ela le Faamasinoga Maualuga i le faatulagaina o le faasalaga o Key ona ua faaaogaina le faasalaga o se isi mataupu e 15 tausaga, e fua agai i ai lona faasalaga. (Faaauau itulau 18) Congo: united nation’s Experts say armed groups prefer gold GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations experts say gold has become the commodity of choice for armed groups in volatile eastern Congo, partly because traders in the region buy it without asking questions. The U.N. group of experts on Congo notes there is “almost no due diligence oversight” of the region’s gold sector. The findings of the report for the United Nations Security Council were made public over the weekend. The experts say that despite numerous testimonies that nearly all gold produced in Ituri district and North Kivu province of eastern Congo is exported to Uganda. A 2009 report published by the Congolese senate estimated that 40 tons of gold were smuggled out of Congo each year. Zimbabwe president’s media lash out at Obama HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Zimbabwe president’s party says U.S. President Barack Obama’s calls for more democratic reforms ahead of elections in this southern African nation are “hypocritical.” Zimbabwe state radio reported Monday that Christopher Mutsvangwa, a former ambassador to China appointed by President Robert Mugabe, said Obama, currently visiting Africa, voiced “a sinister plan” to influence Zimbabwe’s elections to oust longtime ruler Mugabe, 89. Speaking in Cape Town Sunday, Obama criticized Zimbabwe for bad governance and said the country is unlikely to have fair elections later this month due to fear and insecurity among voters and bias by the police and military. In response Zimbabwe’s state-owned Herald newspaper said Obama did not acknowledge American law-breaking in Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. The newspaper said Obama was mired in “international barbarism, drone assassinations and spying.” lantern starts fire at UK recycling plant LONDON (AP) — A very large fire started by a paper lantern has consumed more than 100,000 tons of plastic materials at a recycling facility in central England. Fire services said Monday more than 200 firefighters fought the blaze near the city of Birmingham. Officials said in a statement that a paper lantern was spotted on CCTV floating into the site before starting a fire among plastic bales. Fire services said the smoke plume made by the fire was rising up to 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) and may affect air travel. Birmingham International Airport spokesman David Lavender said officials did not anticipate any disruption to flights. Officials said 11 firefighters were treated for various injuries. There were no reported injuries to the public. prince defends Gadhafi deal in UK court LONDON (AP) — A prominent member of the Saudi royal family is defending his handling of the 2005 sale of a jet to the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a London court. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is being sued by a Jordanian businesswoman who claims she is owed a commission of 6.5 million pound2 ($9.9 million) for helping arrange the sale. Appearing in the High Court, he denied that he had agreed to pay a specific commission to consultant Daad Sharab. She claims the prince, a nephew of King Abdullah, agreed to the commission during a meeting at Gadhafi’s tent in Libya. Alwaleed’s wealth is estimated in the billions, but he told the judge Friday that “every dollar counts for me.” Pilot who landed chopper on river NEW YORK (AP) — The pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that made an emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River says he was just doing his job. Michael Campbell tells the New York Post everything was going smoothly Sunday when suddenly he heard “a big boom.” The charter helicopter was carrying a family of four Swedes when it lost power shortly after takeoff. It landed safely on the river. No one was injured. Speaking from his Woodbridge, N.J., home, the 23-year-old pilot said he knew he needed to remain calm. He says, “if I panicked, I knew it wouldn’t be a very good ending.” Campbell deployed the craft’s pontoons, which kept it upright and afloat. A boater brought the family back to shore. Bulgarian charged in ID theft ring NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Bulgarian national long sought for his alleged role in an international identify theft ring is now in U.S. custody. Prosecutors say 30-yearold Aleksi Kolarov had evaded capture until June 2011, when he was arrested at a hotel in Asuncion, Paraguay. He was sent to the United States last week and is scheduled to appear Monday in federal court in Newark, N.J. Kolarov is charged with conspiracy and other counts for his alleged role in Shadowcrew.com, an online marketplace that trafficked in stolen credit and bank card numbers and counterfeit IDs. It was dismantled by U.S. authorities in 2004. Prosecutors say Kolarov served as a vendor for the organization. The government says only three of 19 international participants in the ring remain at large. (Continued on page 17) C M Y K C M Y K ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… C M Y K C M Y K republican fault lines emerging on social issues WASHINGTON (AP) — Key developments on cultural issues like immigration reform and gay marriage are offering an early preview of potential dividing lines among Republicans considering White House bids in 2016. In the Senate’s vote on comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida supported the plan and Rand Paul of Kentucky opposed it. At the same time, the Supreme Court rulings supporting gay marriage attracted broad criticism from most Republicans considering a presidential campaign. Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the decisions showed a court overstepping its boundaries. Paul suggested that Republicans need to “agree to disagree on some of these issues.” For Republicans frustrated by President Barack Obama’s re-election, the issues offer an early test for a slate of newcomers charting their futures. Germany: no charges over German killed by drone BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they won’t file charges over the death of a German Islamic militant who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan because they’ve decided he was a combatant in an armed conflict. Federal prosecutors last year opened an investigation into whether the German’s October 2010 death in a drone strike against extremists in the town of Mir Ali constituted a war crime under international law. The victim was identified only as Buenyamin E. in keeping with German privacy rules. The U.S. program of drone strikes against militant extremists is deeply unpopular in Pakistan. German prosecutors said Monday they dropped their investigation after determining that the German didn’t count as a civilian covered by international humanitarian law because he was a member of an organized armed group. samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 17 Continued from page 16 Bandits rob cash-courier boat in Venetian lagoon ROME (AP) — Italian news reports say three armed bandits pulled up alongside a courier boat in a Venice lagoon and robbed it of nearly 1.3 million euros ($1.7 million) in cash. Italian news agency ANSA said the heist occurred Monday just after an armored truck delivered three cases of money to the courier boat destined for banks and post offices in Venice. ANSA says the bandits took two cases containing banknotes, but left behind the third one, which was filled with coins. Venice police said no one was immediately available to give more information. The Venice-based armored courier company Civis declined to give details about the heist on one of its boats. The report said the courier boat had just left the dock when the bandits’ boat pulled up next to it. Doctors — Patents keep HIV drugs too pricy to use KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says rising intellectual property rights are blocking the generic production of newer drugs to treat HIV and keeping them out of reach for developing countries. The medical aid group says prices of older drugs have generally fallen as India and other countries make generics. But newer drugs that are more effective against the AIDS virus are too expensive, costing up to 15 times more. Patients are treated with a combination of three or four drugs, but those who developed resistance to these drugs will need the newer medicines. The group on Tuesday urged the U.S. and 11 other countries not to sign a Trans-Pacific Partnership they are negotiating. The group says the pact will increase intellectual property rights in the Asia-Pacific region and risk access to medicines. (Continued on page 18) Mo’omia Fa’amalosiga Tulafono o Fagotaga… tusia: Leua Aiono Frost I le fonotaga a le Komiti Faufautua a le MSAS i le vaiaso talu ai, na matele ina fa’ailoa mai ai ni manatu e fa’asaga i le tele o i’a e fa’atau atu i le mamalu o le atunu’u, e le o maua le lapo’a fa’atulagaina mo ia ituaiga i’a e fagotaina ai mo le fofoga taumafa. O le susuga le ali’i Saeanisi a le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Gataifale ma le Vaomatua, Dr. Domingo Ochavillo, sa faia lana folasaga e tusa o galuega a le latou matagaluega o lo’o faia e va’ava’aia toto’a ai le olaola ma le toe totogo a’e o le amu fou i le gataifale sa tau fa’aletonu ona o le fa’asao a le MPA[Marine Protected Areas] mo le umi e ta’i tausaga po’o le 6 masina i nisi afio’aga ua mae’a galulue fa’atasi ma le latou Ofisa. “Afai fo’i ae ave se kula i’a mo Samoa mai i’inei, e ave fo’i ma le matou pemita e fa’ataga ai, ua matou iloa e talitonuina fo’i e Samoa lea pemita e fa’aaoga ai i aiga i Samoa.” Ae o le tulaga o i’a ma lo latou lapopo’a e fa’atulaga ai, e le’i pasia se tulafono e fa’amalosia ai, ona o lenei, e eseese le lapopo’a o ia e o’o i ai lo latou tupu ona gata lea, e tatau la i le tulafono e aiaia ai, ona talafeagai ma lena ituaiga i’a. I le aso Faraile na te’a nei, sa fa’ato’a mae’a ai le isi a’oa’oga fou a le vaega a le Feterale ma le Au Fa’amalosi tulafono a lea matagaluega DMWR ina ia mautinoa ua a’otauina i latou i nisi tulafono ma aiaiga fou o tulafono tau fagotaga i le tai. Mai le vaega a le SSC [Scientific & Statistival Committee] a le WPRFMC, ua latou fa’ailoa ane ai i le fonotaga na faia ia Iuni 20, 2013 i Honolulu, ua fa’ateleina le aofai o i’a eseese e fia taumafa ai tagata o atumotu i le alamoana atoa o le Pasefika. O le fa’ateleina ua fuaina e i latou e tusa ma le 6% ma ua mafai fo’i la ona latou si’itia le aofa’iga o pauna e mafai ona fa’atulaga i ai le tele e mafai ona fagotaina e va’a fagota ae maise o tagata taito’atasi mo le fofoga taumafa o aiga o le atumotu. Mo Amerika Samoa ua latou fa’ailoa mai ai, ua toe fa’atagaina le fagotaina o le sword fish e le fa’atapula’aina, mai le mea sa i ai e na’o le 10 ia na e talia i malaga uma a va’ai’a ta’itasi. Afai e silia ma le 10 sword fish i malaga a va’a i’a e taofi na’o le 10 sili ona lapopo’a, ae toe fa’asola uma isi i’a na fa’asilia. Page 18 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Alofa, se ia tiga… Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec An Egyptian protester waves a national flag on a roof in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt’s powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn’t “meet the people’s demands,” giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo) Mohammed Morsi to step down. ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF… Diplomat: Nursing got us ousted from country club NEW YORK (AP) — A Belgian diplomat says he and his wife were kicked out of a members-only New York restaurant because she was breastfeeding. Tom Neijens, his wife and daughter went to the Metropolis Country Club in White Plains for lunch on June 8. Neijens says that when his wife began to breastfeed, a manager asked them to leave because they were disturbing the members. The incident was resolved when Neijens produced State Department-issued identification. The New York Post first reported the story, including that club members told police they thought the couple were terrorists because they had a black backpack. Neijens, who works at the U.N., confirmed the facts to The Associated Press but declined further comment. A Belgium foreign ministry spokesman called the incident strictly personal. 2 shot near Gay celebration SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say two men were shot near the city’s Gay Pride celebration. The shooting occurred around 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the city’s Civic Center area, as revelers were still celebrating. Police tell the San Francisco Chronicle multiple gun shots were heard. The two victims — both men — were struck in the legs and taken to San Francisco General Hospital. They are expected to live. Police say the unidentified suspect disappeared into the crowd. Obama calls Arizona governor brewer to express his sorrow DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama called Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday to receive an update on the state’s wildfires and express his condolences to the families of the 19 firefighters who died in the blaze and to all whose lives have been impacted by the fires. Obama, who is on a trip to Africa, also expressed his gratitude to the hundreds of first responders who continue to work around the clock to protect homes and businesses. During the call, the president reinforced his commitment to providing necessary federal support to Arizona and to local first responders fighting the fire. The administration says it will continue to keep in constant contact with local officials and coordinate with federal agencies. Obama and Brewer have had a sometimes frosty relationship dating back to 2012 when the governor was caught on camera pointing her finger at Obama on a Mesa airport tarmac during a heated conversation about illegal immigration and other issues. Earlier Monday, Obama said America’s thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Continued from page 17 the firefighters. He called their deaths a heartbreaking reminder that emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day while rushing toward danger. “We are heartbroken about what happened,” he said. Death Valley tentatively ties U.S. June high temp DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The National Weather Service says California’s Death Valley National Park tentatively recorded a high temperature of 129 degrees on Sunday, which would tie the all-time June record high for the United States. The weather service’s Las Vegas office on Monday posted to its website a photo of a Park Service thermometer showing the mercury on June 30. The reading preliminarily ties the U.S. June mark of 129 degrees recorded on June 23, 1902, at Volcano, a former town near the Salton Sea in southeastern California. The reading, however, is short of the alltime, world record 134 degrees set in Death Valley on July 10, 1913. Meteorologist Chris Stachelski in Las Vegas says it will take a few months for Sunday’s apparent record to be certified. Vatican bank director and deputy resign amid scandal ROME (AP) — The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday, the latest heads to roll in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to Pope Francis’ reform efforts. The Vatican said in a statement that Paolo Cipriani and his deputy, Massimo Tulli, stepped down “in the best interest of the institute and the Holy See.” The speed with which they resigned, however, indicated that the decision was not entirely theirs. Cipriani, along with the bank’s then-president, was placed under investigation by Rome prosecutors in 2010 for alleged violations of Italy’s anti-money-laundering norms after financial police seized 23 million euro ($30 million) from a Vatican account at a Rome bank. Neither has been charged and the money was eventually ordered released. But the bank, known as the Institute for Religious Works, or IOR, has remained under the glare of prosecutors and now Francis amid fresh concerns it has been used as an offshore tax haven. It was the latest turmoil to hit the IOR, which has long been the source of scandal for the Holy See. Last year, the bank’s board ousted its thenpresident, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, for incompetence and erratic behavior. Vaega: 86 Ua va’aia ataata manino ma ataata toto’a i lenei taeao fou, ua fa’alogoina fo’i le sagisagi fiafia mai o manulelei o le taeao ona o tatou iloa ai lea ma mautinoa le silisili ‘ese o galuega mamana a lo tatou Atua e to’atasi. Ona o tatou fa’apea ifo ai lea, le Atua e, o i matou lava o ni tagata fa’atauva’a ma le le atoaatoa i Ou luma ia e alofa ma fa’amagalo mai i matou i lou agalelei. O le alofa fai mai e fa’avae ai aiga, o le alofa na te lavatia mea uma, o le alofa e maua ai le loto fa’amagalo, o le loto fa’amaualalo ma le agamalu. E le losilosi vale le alofa, e le su’eina e ia ni ana lava mea, ae fa’amaoni ma fa’amafola atu ona lima mo e ua puapuagatia. Ua na o lo’u tu nei ma ou pupula atu i lo’u tuagane ma le ofo o lo’u loto ma lo’u mafaufau i lea taimi. Pe aisea lava ua fa’apea mai ai lo’u tuagane ia te a’u, e ‘ese le vave ona liua o le alofa, ma o le alofa fo’i sa fusi ai matou uma mai lava i lo matou laiti, a’o lea ua liua nei i le fa’anoanoa. Na ou toe manatua vave nei le manatu po’o le a lava le alofa o le tagata, e alu aso, sau aso e motusia ai, a’o le alofa o le Atua e le mafai ona mavae. Na ou tu nei ma lo’u loto tele e tali atu i upu ua lafo mai e lo’u tuagane ia te a’u, ma out e talitonu fo’i, afai e fa’alogo i ai se tagata, tailo pen a te lavatia ona tatali le matuitui o nei upu ua lafo mai ia te a’u. Ua ou tapena lelei e tu’u atu la’u tali i lo’u tuagane, peita’i, e pei lava e fai mai se isi ia te a’u, ‘aua, ‘aua ne i o’u tali atu i ai, ae tu’u ai pea. Na pau lava le upu na ou lafoina atu i lo’u tuagane e fa’apea, “Peteru, afai ua e le toe alofa ia te a’u, ua lava lea, ae o a lava mea uma o lo’o tutupu i totonu o lo tatou aiga, ou te fa’amagalo ia te oe, leaga o oe o lo’u tuagane, o au upu fo’i ua lafo mai ua ou lagona le matuitui ma le tiga Peteru, ae ou te alofa ia te oe, ma ou te fa’amagalo fo’i ia te oe.” Na uma atu loa a’u tala ia, o’u liliu loa ma ou savali sa’o atu i le isi pito o lo matou fale, ae na fetaui lelei lava lo’u liliu atu ae ou va’ai loa ua u mai le tua o lo’u tama ma o lo’o savali fa’atopetope atu i le isi itu. Ai e musu ina ne i o’u iloa atu ia i lea taimi. Na ou vala’au atu nei, “Papa, Papa, ae ua le liliu mai ia te a’u, na ou tamo’e atu nei ona o lo’u fia talanoa i si o’u tama, ae ua ou le maua atu, ua alu le ta’avale i lea taimi. Ua ou tu nei ma o’u mafaufauga ua pei o se ao pouliuli i lea taimi, ae ua le utufia o’u loimata, ua pei o uaga ua tafe to ifo mai le lagi. Na ou fa’atu nei i luma tonu lava o le faitoto’a ma ou tagi ai lava, na fa’ate’ia a’u ina ua ou fa’alogoina le lima o le tagata o lo’o tu’u mai i luga o lo’u tauau, ma o le ala lea na ou tepa a’e ai loa i luga. “Averia, Averia, aisea ua e tagi ai fa’apena, fa’amolemole ta’u mai ia te a’u.” Ua ou tau le iloaina atu foliga o le tagata i lea taimi, ae o le leo na ou iloa ai ma ou mautinoa, oi au e, o Tino. Na pei e fofo’e ‘ese atu e se tasi o’u manatu i lea taimi, ma ua lofia nei i le fiafia, peita’i, sa le i mafai ona ave’esea ai lo’u loto mafatia ma lo’u fa’anoanoa i lea taimi. “Tino, Tino, na aapa mai nei si a’u uo ma fusi mau atu a’u i lea taimi, ma ua avea lona alofa ma ou mapusaga i lea taimi o o’u tiga, na avea lona o’o mai i lo matou aiga ma ala ua fa’amama avega ai ia te a’u. Peita’i, sa ou lagona le maasiasi i lea taimi, ona ua taunu’u mai nei Tino e aunoa ma so’u iloa, ae o lo’o fa’afegai ai ma mafatiaga ogaoga i totonu o lo’u aiga. “Tino, na e sau ana fea, a’o ai fo’i na e iloa ai le mea o lo’o i ai lo’u aiga.” O fesili uma nei ua ou fia iloa nei, ae ua galo ia te a’u na tu’u e lo’u tama le tuatusi o lo matou fale ia Tino ae matou te le i toe fo’i mai. “Averia, e le taua lea itu, ae sau ta o, ou te fia iloa po’o le a le mea ua tupu ia te oe.” E faia pea… ➧ TALA MAI SAMOA… Mai itulau 16 SAMALA E TUU’U FAITIOGA O LANA LAFOGA i LE AFA PUSI Ua samala e le faipule o le itumalo Siumu, le tofa Tuu’u Anasii Leota, ia faitioga a nisi o le atunuu faapea nisi i Niu Sila ona o lana lafoga sa faia i taualumaga a le Pelemene, lea na ia faatusaina ai nofoa faapitoa mo sui faipule tamaitai e le manuia i le faiga palota lautele ae filifilia i lalo o le tulafono fou ua pasia nei e le malo, o afa pusi e le o ni pusi atoa. Na faaalia le toatamai o le alii faipule i ia faitioga, ma sa ia teena malosi ia tuuaiga e faapea sa faatatau lana faamatalaga i itutino sa o le tamaitai. E pei ona lipotia muamua i a tatou tala, sa tetee malosi le tamaitai faipule o Fiame Naomi Mata’afa i lea lafoga a Tuu’u ma sa ia talosagaina le fofoga fetalai ina ia aveesea mai faamaumauga a le Fono Aoao, ona e le faaaloalo toe le talafeagai. Fai mai a ia, o lea lafoga e faifai toe vaai maualalo i tamaitai ona e faatatau i o latou itutino sa. Peitai o lo o mausali le finau a Tuu’u, e leai se agaga faapea sa ia te ia i le taimi na ia faia ai lea lafoga. “O fea o le tatou gagana o taua mai ai o le isi uiga o le upu ‘pusi’ o le itutino sa o tamaitai?” o le fesili lea a Tuu’u. samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Page 19 Gay couple may be the first to win US immigration petition FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Bulgarian graduate student and his American husband are the first gay couple in the nation to have their application for immigration benefits approved after the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages, their lawyer said. The approval means Traian Popov, here on a student visa, will be able to apply for a green card, and eventually U.S. citizenship. But he won’t be able to work or visit his family back home for at least another three to six months while his application benefits are being be processed. And his marriage to Julian Marsh, performed in New York, still won’t be recognized in Florida where they live. “It’s unbelievable how that impacts you,” Marsh told The Associated Press on Sunday. “They make you feel more and more like a second-class citizen and they don’t want you. And that’s how I feel about Florida.” Two days after the Supreme Court struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples, Marsh and Popov were notified Friday afternoon that their green card petition was approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could not immediately confirm Monday whether this case was the first. Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday the government would start reviewing applications for green cards and other immigration benefits for same-sex couples in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision. Popov and Marsh’s lawyer, Lavi Soloway of The DOMA Project, said his organization filed about 100 green card petitions for same-sex couples since 2010 and expects more to be approved in the next few days. Lawyers say the ruling would help same-sex couples who are running out of options or are facing deportations. “Now all of those cases can go forward in the way they should with the government respecting the fact that there is a legally recognizable marriage there,” said Laura Lichter, past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. There are roughly 36,000 couples in the country in which one person is a U.S. citizen and one is not, according to Immigration Equality, a nonprofit organization that handles immigration issues for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender couples. In the first three days after DOMA was struck down, the group received 1,276 inquiries to its legal hotline — roughly the same number they received in all of 2012. “We are still getting more volume and expect by the end of July to be around 3,000,” said Rachel T. Biven, the group’s executive director. The Supreme Court ruling is clear for same-sex couples who live in the 13 states that allow same-sex marriages, but for couples like Marsh and Popov who traveled to another state to get married, the latest victory for marriage equality is bittersweet. “We would like our marriage to be recognized even in a state where it wasn’t performed in,” Popov said. “We want civil recognition.” Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2008 banning same-sex marriages, and it will take approval from 60 percent of voters to overturn it if the issue is put on the ballot again. The couple said they met in 2011 at a friend’s party and began dating shortly after. “We just really liked each other and I knew this was the man I wanted to be with,” Marsh said. Six months later, he asked Popov to move in and by 2012 they were married in Brooklyn, N.Y. Popov, who is studying for a master’s degree in social sciences, was able to remain in the U.S. as long as he was enrolled in school. When he graduated, though, he would have had to leave the country if DOMA was not struck down. “I wanted to stay with him forever in the country that we chose to be in,” Marsh said. And the pair began planning their next move — both have a European background and Marsh is also a Canadian citizen. But the couple wanted to stay in Fort Lauderdale, where they live with their two Yorkshire terriers. So they reached out to The DOMA Project, which works to stop deportations and separations of gay couples caused by the Defense of Marriage Act. “I started crying,” said attorney and DOMA Project cofounder Lavi Soloway of when he found out that not only DOMA was overturned, but that Marsh and Popov would be able to stay together in the U.S. He said he was working to help dozens of other couples facing similar separations. Popov said the couple feels they’ve been vindicated. “It’s still overwhelming, and we would like to make a difference in Florida,” Marsh said. Julian Marsh, left, poses with his husband Tray Popov and their Yorkshire Terriers, Rosie, left, and Phoebe at their home, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Popov, who is a Bulgarian graduate student and Marsh, a U.S. citizen, are the first gay couple are the first gay couple in the nation to have their application for immigration benefits approved after the (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages, their lawyer says. American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Position Title: MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPER MANAGER Position Type: Career Service/Probation Job Opening: One (1) Report to: Deputy Director of Business Posting Date: June 17, 2013 Deadline: July 05, 2013 Starting Salary: GS14/13: $40,204.00 The Position reports directly to the Deputy Director of Business and is responsible for Major research, sales, promotion and marketing of ASTCA’s image, products and services. Responsibilities Position is also responsible for all aspects of developing and generating business for ASTCA. Duties are as follows: • Develop, plan and implement marketing and sales goals and objectives for ASTCA’s business outlets • Develop and present written proposals such as marketing plan, business plans, strategic plans, etc. in support of ASTCA goals and objectives • Conduct marketing research and surveys; and perform cost analysis; • Conduct staff and inspirational meetings to boost sales and performances; • Develop and present business strategies, short and long term; • Generate new client-base and maintain traditional customers; • Create an atmosphere of entrepreneurship with clients and customers • Generate revenues through sales and advertisement • Promote ASTCA’s image, product and sales • Develop and improve on marketing/outreach slogans, mission logos • Purchase and sell latest technology gadgets, products and services in connection with telecommunication industry. Minimum Requirements & Qualifications Education/ Experience Skills & Specifications Must have a Bachelors degree from an accredited university in the following areas: commerce (or business), economics, marketing and sales, communications, English, accounting and finances or related fields such as technology, engineering, education, etc. Applicant must have at least 5 years of progressive work experience in the areas of marketing and sales, Business development, or accounting and finances; and, with 3 years of experience in supervisory and management capacity in above noted areas. • • • • • • • • • Qualified Applicants Apply To: Computer skills and technology literate Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills Ability to coordinate and collaborate with different departments Excellent communications (writing and verbal) skills (Note: Ability to use English and Samoan languages is preferred but not required) Thorough knowledge of and understanding with “local” market Knowledge of technology and their trends of telecommunication products and services Good with numbers; detailed oriented and exceptional presentation skills Excellent level of technical and selling skills knowledge in all areas Ability to lead, manage and supervise Human Resources Division American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (A.S.T.C.A.) P.O. Box M Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Tel: (684) 699-1121 ext 201 (684) 733-9048 cell Fax: (684) 699-9026 An Equal Opportunity Employer Page 20 samoa news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 C M Y K C M Y K
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