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A look at many of the local
Senior student-athletes in the
territory from various high
schools in American Samoa,
who signed their Letters of
Intent yesterday morning
during the “National Signing
Day” for colleges and universities. They gathered at
the KHJ radio station, in the
Pago Plaza, with their parents, coaches, mentors, and
supporters for the event. (See
tomorrow’s Samoa News for
the story and more photos.)
[photo: TG]
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PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Thursday, February 6, 2014
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Shake-ups continue Tri Marine: “StarKist is not the
behind gates of TCF enemy. We’re in this together”
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
Action by Commissioner of Public Safety, William ‘Bill’
Haleck against one of his captains surfaced before the Equal
Employment Officer this month, when Haleck accused the captain of dishonesty, indifference, indolence and insubordination.
In December 2013 Haleck sent a “letter of reprimand” to
the captain about her conduct and it served as her second and
final warning. The letter was leaked to Samoa News along
with the captain’s response to the commissioner. The captain
was assigned to the Tafuna Correctional Facility and has been
with the police force for more than ten years.
The first warning which was verbal— to her and other Tafuna
Correctional Facility officers—came during a meeting where “I
clearly expressed my concerns and displeasure regarding the
existing acts of dishonesty, indifference, indolence and insubordination on the part of several TCF officers and Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) personnel,” Haleck informed the captain.
Haleck stated that he made it clear with Deputy Commissioner Leiseau Laumoli that this type of behavior will be not
tolerated any longer and that people will be held accountable.
“Be informed that the internal affairs section has been and is
still conducting investigations regarding the above issues.”
The Commissioner stated that on November 29, 2013 he
issued a Personnel Order regarding reassignments to be effective December 01, 2013. One of the assignments was placing
Mara Brown in charge of administering all JDC programs with
the support of Lt Pene Ta’afua. “However, you disregarded
this order and essentially took it upon yourself to decide that
you were in charge of everything at JDC.”
(Continued on page 14)
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Says USDA ‘Buy American’ provision not the main problem they face
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
Tri Marine International chief executive
office and chairman Renato Curto believes it’s
only a “small benefit” to be able to sell Buy
American tuna products to the federal school
lunch program — which has been described
by The Hill publication as a “lucrative market”
worth “millions of dollars in government
sales.” However, he notes the Tri Marine business model is different from StarKist, and they
have always supported StarKist.
Congressman Faleomavaega Eni has called
for the territory to band together with him and
other members of Congress to urge the U.S.
Department of Agriculture not to weaken the
current 100% Buy American provision, which
is part of the USDA School Lunch Program and
included in the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014.
StarKist’s competitors, Bumble Bee Foods
and Chicken of the Sea International had lobbied strongly to change the USDA canned tuna
provision, and lower the Made in America
requirement from 100% to 75%, which would
allow them to participate in the program as they
currently clean and process their fish in foreign
countries.
During last Friday’s news conference, Curto
mentioned the USDA provision when he was
talking about StarKist, saying that “we don’t
have any substantial differences with StarKist
— we’re neighbors, whom we love and respect.
Actually we are their supplier, they buy a lot of
their fish from us.”
He said the government is fully in support of
Tri Marine’s local operations, Samoa Tuna Processors Inc., including the cannery plant slated
to be operational later this year.
Additionally, STP along with Tri Marine
and StarKist are in the “same boat rowing in the
same direction” along with the government, “but
we have ‘other forces’ that can work against us,
so we have to be united against those forces.”
He also said StarKist “is not our enemy and
we are not their enemy. And we have never
been the enemy.” Additionally, StarKist is the
number one canned brand in the U.S., probably
the “strongest brand in the world in terms of
knowledge, recognition by the consumers.”
“We want StarKist to be very strong. We
will support their strength as much as we can,
because if we have a good leader, then the
industry is going to go in the right direction.
And we’re all willing to follow that leadership,
(Continued on page 14)
Spearheaded by former Gov. Togiola Tulafono, more than 1600 signatures — just from StarKist workers alone — have been collected for the petition asking
the U.S. Department of Agriculture not to weaken the current 100% Buy American provision, which is part of the USDA School Lunch Program and included in
the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014. The consequences to American Samoa’s economy is said to be dire if the USDA lowers the Made in America
requirement from 100% to 75%, because it would allow canneries that currently clean and process their fish in foreign countries to participate in the program. Tuna
canned in American Samoa is considered “100% made in America” — meeting USDA criteria. Togiola is being helped in his efforts by Lewis Wolman, chairman of
[courtesy photo]
the Chamber of Commerce and others, such as Christinna Lutu Sanchez. The petition is still being circulated in the territory.
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samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014
LAND COMMISSION
NOTICE is hereby given that MISAALEFUA HUDSON behalf of MANU’A PEOPLE of ATU’U,
American Samoa, has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly
known as ATU’U which is situated in the village of ATU’U, in the County of MAOPUTASI,
EASTERN 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 ROPETI
MOLIGA & PAIFALEULA MOLIGA as LESSEES.
Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land
Commission before the 24TH day of MARCH, 2014. It should be noted that any objection must
clearly state the grounds therefor.
POSTED:
JANUARY 22, 2014 thru MARCH 24, 2014
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE
O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o MISAALEFUA HUDSON Sui mo TAGATA MANU’A ole
nu’u o ATU’U, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o ATU’U, e i le
nu’u o ATU’U i le itumalo o MAOPUTASI, Falelima i SASA’E 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 ROPETI MOLIGA & PAIFALEULA MOLIGA.
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 24 o MATI, 2014. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega uma
lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai.
02/06 & 03/06/14
MOMENTS IN TIME
The History Channel
 On Feb. 21, 1885, the Washington Monument,
built in honor of America’s revolutionary hero and
first president, is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was the tallest
structure in the world when completed, and it
remains today, by District of Columbia law, the
tallest building in the nation’s capital.
 On Feb. 20, 1902, the famous Western photographer Ansel Adams is born in San Francisco.
Adams’ dramatic black and white images of Yosemite
and the West are some of the most widely recognized and admired photographs of the 20th century. Adams was dedicated to the use of “straight”
images free from darkroom trickery.
 On Feb. 18, 1929, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the winners of
the first Academy Awards: The first award recipients’ names were printed on the back page of the
academy’s newsletter.
 On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, initiating a
controversial World War II policy with lasting
consequences for Japanese Americans. The document
ordered the removal of resident enemy aliens from
parts of the West vaguely identified as military
areas and into detention camps.
 On Feb. 23, 1954, a group of children from
Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh receive
the first injections of the new polio vaccine
developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. After mass inoculations began in 1954, everyone marveled at the
high success rate -- some 60 percent to 70 percent
 On Feb. 17, 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen
Beetle comes off the assembly line, breaking a
world car production record held for more than
four decades by the Ford Motor Company’s iconic
Model T, which was in production from 1908 and
1927. The history of the VW Beetle dates back to
1930s Germany.
 On Feb. 22, 1980, in one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog
U.S. hockey team, made up of college players,
defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
in Lake Placid, N.Y.
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
ALL PUZZLE ANSWERs on page 14
NEWS IN BRIEF
Sea survivor appears much
weaker in public appearance
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The
Salvadoran man who says he spent more than
a year drifting across the Pacific Ocean made a
brief public appearance looking much weaker
than he did earlier in the week.
Jose Salvador Alvarenga greeted about
50 officials and media Thursday at the Marshall Islands Resort hotel where he is staying.
Sporting a haircut and a shave, he was assisted
into the room by two people while others stood
by ready to help. Speaking in a low voice, he
thanked the government and his friends for their
help, but declined to take questions.
Officials said he needed to be taken back
to the hospital for more medical checks and it
would likely be three or four days before he was
fit enough to travel back to El Salvador.
US warns of explosives in
toothpaste tubes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland
Security Department is warning airlines flying
to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle
explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes.
The threat was passed onto airlines that have
direct flights to Russia, including some that
originate in the United States, according to a
law enforcement official speaking Wednesday
on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to discuss details of the warning.
The official said the airlines were warned that
explosive devices could be assembled in flight
or upon arrival at the Olympics. The department
said in a statement that the U.S. “isn’t aware of
a specific threat to the homeland at this time.” It
said the department “regularly shares information with domestic and international partners,
including those associated with international
events such as the Sochi Olympics.”
Delta Airlines is the only U.S. carrier with a
direct flight from the United States to Moscow.
Russian airlines Aeroflot and Transaero both
operate several nonstop flights from the U.S.
United Airlines, the official airline of the
U.S. Olympic team, does not have scheduled
service to Russia but is operating some charter
flights to Sochi. The warning became public on
the eve of the Winter Olympics.
Firefighter handcuffed
at California crash scene
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter
responding to a Southern California crash site
was handcuffed and held in a patrol car for
failing to move a fire truck immediately after
police asked him to.
U-T San Diego reports crews were helping
victims after a car overturned Tuesday night on
Interstate 805.
One person was taken to a hospital.
Chula Vista Fire Chief Dave Hanneman says
a fire engine was parked behind an ambulance
for safety reasons when a California Highway
Patrol officer demanded it be moved out of
traffic lanes. The firefighter said he’d check
with his captain but was told to move it immediately or face arrest.
KFMB-TV video showed the firefighter
being handcuffed. He was briefly held in a
patrol car but not arrested.
CHP spokesman Jake Sanchez said he
couldn’t immediately comment.
CHP and fire officials met Wednesday to
discuss the incident.
FAA says Metal that struck
Va. home came from chipper
HERNDON, Va. (AP) — An investigation
has concluded that a piece of metal that crashed
through a northern Virginia home from the sky
came from a woodchipper, not an airplane.
The Federal Aviation Administration investigated what happened Friday morning in
Herndon.
A homeowner found the hand-sized piece
of metal on her dining room floor, where it
landed after crashing through an awning and
her ceiling.
No one was injured, but because the home
was along the flight path for Dulles International Airport, there was concern that it had
fallen off an airplane.
On Wednesday, the FAA reported that the
piece actually came from a nearby industrialstrength woodchipper.
WJLA-TV reported that the piece, called a
grinding tooth, came off a chipper about a block
away from the home.
(Continued on page 5)
samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014 Page 3
Killings by cops plunge
in Brazil’s biggest state
SAO PAULO (AP) — The number of
people killed by police in Brazil’s biggest state
has plunged 40 percent, and experts are crediting what seems an unlikely reason — a new
rule that forbids officers from transporting or
otherwise helping shooting victims. They say it
makes the summary execution of suspects more
difficult as the government moves to end longstanding impunity in such slayings.
On its face, the no assistance rule implemented amid much criticism a year ago would
seem contradictory to saving lives. Police were
told they could no longer offer first aid to shooting
victims, including people they shot themselves,
nor could they take them to a hospital.
Yet police officials and watchdog groups
alike said this week the rule has helped save lives
in two ways: Shooting victims receive better
medical care from ambulance crews than they
would get from police, and it’s now harder for
officers to carry away a shooting victim in their
car only to execute them in another location.
“Before (the rule) was enacted, those
wounded in shootouts were tossed into police
vans that would take one to two hours to reach
the hospital,” said Guaracy Mingardi, a Sao
Paulo-based crime and public safety expert. “In
several cases, the suspect was executed inside
the van taking him to the hospital.”
The rule is part of a big change in attitude by
officials to crack down on officers who execute
suspects. “Until the end of 2012, law enforcement authorities did not care if police were
killing or not killing,” Mingardi said. “They
then made it clear that police officers who killed
in confrontations or executed suspects while
being taken to a hospital would no longer enjoy
the impunity” they once had, he said.
According to the Sao Paulo state’s Public
Safety Department, police killed 335 people in
2013, compared to 546 during the previous year.
When the no-assistance measure was introduced
in January 2013, Col. Marcos Chaves, the Sao
Paulo State Police commander, said it was aimed
at making officers’ actions more transparent.
“Officers are always seen with suspicion
whenever there is a shootout. No one knows if
it actually occurred and if the scene of the crime
was altered. The new measure will end these
suspicions,” Chaves said then.
Police in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other
Brazilian cities in the past have been accused
of extrajudicial “resistance” killings, or summary executions of suspects. The U.S.-based
watchdog group Human Rights Watch estimated that police killed about 11,000 people
in 2003-2009 in Rio and Sao Paulo alone. A
2008 United Nations report found that Brazilian
police were responsible for a significant portion
of the country’s 48,000 slayings the year before.
In its World Report 2014, Human Rights
Watch said the measure ordering police to not aid
shooting victims helped reduce police killings.
But the group warned that more needs to be done,
noting that “significant obstacles to accountability
for unlawful killings in Sao Paulo persist.”
Those obstacles include “the failure of police
to preserve crucial evidence, and the lack of sufficient staff and resources provided to prosecutors responsible for investigating these cases.”
Earlier this month, the Sao Paulo state government said it will send the state legislature a proposed law authorizing quarterly bonuses of more
than $800 to police officers who reduce crime
rates without the use of lethal force. If lawful
lethal force is used, the bonus drops to $250.
LAND COMMISSION
NOTICE is hereby given that PULA TUSISALALAU VAIALO CUSTODIO, FALEALII ASOLEAGA
LU’UGA, VAIPUNA IELU PATI behalf of ALAIPALELEI FAMILY of MALAELOA, American Samoa, has
executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as TAUFUSI which
is situated in the village of MALAELOA, in the County of AITULAGI, 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 APAOLA & LAUOLIVE LEAFA as LESSEES.
Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land
Commission before the 28TH day of MARCH, 2014. It should be noted that any objection must
clearly state the grounds therefor.
POSTED:
JANUARY 27, 2014 thru MARCH 28, 2014
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE
O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o PULA TUSISALALAU VAIALO CUSTODIO, FALEALII
ASOLEAGA LU’UGA, VAIPUNA IELU PATI suiole aiga ALAPALELEI ole nu’u o MALAELOA, Amerika
Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o TAUFUSI, e i le nu’u o MALAELOA i
le itumalo o AITULAGI, 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
APAOLA & LAUOLIVE LEAFA.
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 28 o MATI, 2014. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega uma
lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai.
02/06 & 03/06/14
ASPA working on RFP
for recycling program
by B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
The American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) is working on
the final stages of issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the
popular recycling program. The RFP is to get the local private
sector involved in collecting and shipping recyclables off island.
Locals have been wondering about the status of the recycling
program since last year when it was put on hold after it was
deemed that land in the Tafuna Industrial Park was unavailable.
Initially, ASPA was working with the Dept. of Commerce
to secure a piece of land at the Industrial Park that, according to
ASPA Executive Director Utu Abe Malae, would be “more conducive to staging the recycling process and handling traffic queues”.
At the time, no private recycling company expressed interest
or had the capability to partner with ASPA on the project.
Local residents have since been asking when the program
will be back in full swing, as it was a way for them to turn in
their recyclables in exchange for credit on their utility bills.
The program was halted when ASPA had to work on sorting
the items and shipping them off to their vendor in New Zealand.
Last November, Utu, in response to Samoa News queries, said
the program would be reinstated if ASPA could find a company to
team up with. Samoa News understands the entire recycling process will be put out for bid once the RFP is finalized. The program,
according to ASPA customer service manager Ryan Tuato’o, is
not only good for the customers, but also the environment.
Last year, Utu said that as a business venture, the recycling
program operation resulted in a loss of $868,000 for ASPA but
in the long run, “We aim to break even.”
He noted during an initial interview, “We can afford the program to operate with a small loss because there are benefits of
extending the life of the sanitary landfill, and cleaning up and
protecting the environment, including marine life.”
Samoa News understands one of the biggest difficulties
ASPA faces in order to continue the recycling program is the
availability of land for the program. At one point, ASPA was
looking at land in the Industrial Park, but was told by the Dept.
of Commerce that no land was available for use or lease.
ASPA’s recycling program was very popular with the local
community because ASPA paid people with vouchers that were
used to offset their power bills.
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Man charged in
2 criminal cases
has entered into a
guilty plea on both
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
A man charged in two criminal cases has entered into a guilty
plea in both cases, which accuse him of threatening a homeless man with a knife and escaping from police while incarcerated. Joe Togitogi in the first case against him was charged
with a felony count of robbery in the first degree, two charges
of unlawful use of a weapon, also felonies, and third degree
assault, a misdemeanor.
In the first matter, he pled guilty to one count of unlawful
use of a weapon and third degree assault, while the remaining
charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
This matter occurred on July 21, 2013 where the victim
offered $4 to anyone who would read Bible scriptures with him
and the defendant approached and took up the offer. Court filings say the defendant was paid, yet he got upset and threatened
to bash the victim’s head with a large rock weighing approximately five pounds. Court filings say,“Victim is homeless and relies on his tent
for shelter.”
The police were further told by the victim that for about half
an hour, the defendant told the victim that he had committed
numerous murders in the past and after telling these stories, the
defendant then asked the victim for another $4 which the victim
paid him, and told him not to come back.
The government’s case claims in the evening the defendant
returned with a knife and swung it several times with cutting
motions towards the victim, threatening to kill the victim if the
victim didn’t give him $50. Court filings say the victim only
had $11 which he immediately gave the defendant.
The second case charges the defendant with escaping from
police custody. Court filings say that Togitogi “opened TCF’s
unlocked gate and walked outside the jail.”
In this, case he’s charged with escaping from confinement,
resisting arrest and public peace disturbance.
The plea offer in this matter, has the defendant pleading
guilty to Public Peace Disturbance, while the remaining charges
were dismissed.
According to the government’s case, on Nov. 26, 2013, the
defendant left the Tafuna Correctional Facility without permission where he had been incarcerated for the alleged robbery.
Court filings further say the next day, following the defendant leaving jail, then Warden Lumana’i Maifea contacted the
Tafuna Substation informing them of the incident and notifying
them that correctional officers were able to apprehend Togitogi
and his accomplice, Fidelis Taumalua, also an inmate.
It’s alleged police had received a call from a civilian who
had information regarding the defendant’s location.
Chief Justice Michael Kruse accepted the plea agreement
and scheduled sentencing for Mar. 27, 2014.
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Samoana High School – Turbo Blasters — under the leadership of Ms. Kim conducted their
KASB Clean-up on their adopted areas started from the stream besides Sadie’s by the Sea, roadsides
and the coastal area all the way by the Centennial Bldg. AS-EPA Director, Ameko Pato [on the right]
[courtesy photo]
congratulated the group on their efforts to Keep American Samoa Beautiful.
No butts about it — this is litter
(BASED ON PRESS RELEASE)—As part of our anti-littering campaign called Keep American Samoa Beautiful (KASB), the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA)
has designated the months of February and March to highlight a growing problem of cigarette
butts littering in the territory.
Walk along any beach or through any park and chances are, you’ll see dozens of discarded
remains of cigarettes. We are so accustomed to seeing cigarette butts everywhere that it has become
an accepted norm for smokers to just throw them on the ground. This type of litter not only impacts
the beauty of our natural surroundings, but most alarmingly, impacts the environment significantly.
AS-EPA Acting Director Faamao Asalele stated that “this practice of discarding cigarette
butts on the ground or anywhere is becoming a major problem and it needs to stop. This habit of
discarding cigarette butts and other rubbish is degrading our standard of living, the quality of life,
and the natural beauty of our environment.”
Smoke from cigarettes is not healthy for people. But when the butts or filters are tossed on the
ground, they, too, become a health hazard to humans, wildlife and the environment. The toxic
chemical makeup of cigarette butts can contaminate waterways, poison birds and fishes, and is a
health hazard to children who try to eat them.
Studies have shown that discarded cigarette butts releases cancer causing chemicals such as
arsenic, nicotine and ethyl phenol. Most people think that cigarette butts are biodegradable but
they are not. They are made of a plastic called cellulose acetate which takes decades to degrade.
Cigarettes are the most littered item in America and in the world. So it wasn’t surprising, that
data collected from our voluntary groups adopting roadsides and streams under the KASB Program,
determined that cigarettes are the most littered item here in the territory. Cigarette butts make up
about 20% among all litter collected during our KASB program’s roadside and stream cleanups.
To bring a strong focus, debate and action to the issue of cigarette butt littering, the AS-EPA,
as part of the KASB, has designated the months of February and March to highlight this growing
problem. AS-EPA is asking the public to please place your cigarette butts in the trash instead of
on the ground. Help us Keep American Samoa Beautiful for our future generations to come. Let’s
hope this initiative will get people talking about cigarette butts and cause smokers to think twice
before flicking their next butt. “Not Cool!”
For more information on what you can do to help put a stop to littering, please call AS-EPA’s
Solid Waste Branch at 633-2304.
(Source: American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency)
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014 Page 5
Continued from page 2
Spanish cargo ship slams
into jetty in SW France
ANGLET, France (AP) — A military helicopter evacuated
the crew of a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty and
split in two in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off southwestern
France on Wednesday.
The hold of the 100-meter-long ship, the Luno, was empty
when the accident occurred along the coast of the town of
Anglet, and a small amount of fuel was spilling into the water,
officials said. The ship, which typically carries fertilizer, had
been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its
engine broke down and the rough waves carried it into the jetty.
The cargo ship’s stern half drifted onto the shore, while the
bow remained stuck on the rocky jetty. Images on i-Tele cable
news channel showed a man dangling from a rescue helicopter
as the ship, pinned to the rocks, was ripped asunder by one massive wave.
Veronique Bordenave, a spokeswoman for the regional government, said the 12-man crew was evacuated, and rescue vehicles were on site to provide medical care. Anglet City Hall spox
Liane Beobide said one of the crew members had sustained a
broken nose, but there were no other injuries reported.
Frederic Cuvillier, France’s junior minister for transportation, seas and fishing, was heading to the site, his office said.
Southwestern Europe, including France’s western coast, has
been battered by high winds and waves in recent days.
US Archives to display
Emancipation Proclamation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives is placing
the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to mark Black History Month.
The special display will run from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17. The document will be shown in the archives’ new “Records of Rights”
permanent exhibit about the evolution of rights and freedoms
from the nation’s founding.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President
Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863 to proclaim that
freedom of all slaves held in the South. The proclamation also
was an invitation for black men to join the Union Army and
Navy, and it made slavery a top wartime issue.
The original document is displayed for only a limited time
each year because of its fragile condition.
Chuck Yeager is being sued by
California homeowners group
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chuck Yeager, the first
person to fly faster than the speed of sound, is facing a very different type of challenge — this one in a California courtroom.
A homeowners association is suing the retired Air Force brigadier general and his wife, saying they owe about $28,000 in fees
on two units they own in a town house complex in Sacramento.
The Sacramento Bee reports that the 90-year-old Yeager was
in court Tuesday for the case, which has gone to trial.
The Yeagers’ attorney, Michael Thomas, says their properties
were never annexed to the association, Park River Oak Estates.
Yeager told the Bee he has seen more interesting cases, such
as the time he presided over the court-martial of a colonel who
was charged with strafing a Soviet ship.
Swiss govt tightens tech
security over NSA spying
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government has ordered tighter
security for its own computer and telephone systems that could
block foreign companies from key technology and communications
contracts. The governing Federal Council’s decision Wednesday
cited concerns about foreign spies targeting Switzerland.
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who
worked for the CIA at the U.S. mission to the U.N. in Geneva
from 2007 to 2009, has released documents indicating that large
American and British IT companies cooperated with those countries’ intelligence services.
According to a Swiss government statement, contracts for
critical IT infrastructure will “where possible, only be given to
companies that act exclusively according to Swiss law, where a
majority of the ownership is in Switzerland and which provides
all of its services from within Switzerland’s borders.”
Ex-Santa Barbara County
deputy admits bank heist
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A one-time Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputy with a gambling habit has pleaded
guilty to holding up a bank.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune says 70-year-old Bruce Valentine of Heritage Ranch entered the plea Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Valentine, wearing a Halloween mask, stole
about $3,300 at gunpoint from a Cambria bank in November —
then spent $800 at a Lemoore casino.
Casino officials say he’d bet more than $340,000 there since
Jan. 1 and lost about $17,000. Valentine was a deputy for seven
years in the 1960s and 1970s. Court records show that at the
time of his arrest, Valentine supported a disabled daughter and
two grandchildren on about $3,500 a month — money mostly
coming from Social Security and a military pension.
(Continued on page 6)
A military helicopter flies over a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty in choppy
Atlantic Ocean waters off Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.
The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed and
(AP Photo/Bob Edme)
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➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Continued from page 5
The Moso’oipala Building, one of two new buildings which were dedicated Tuesday morning
at Leone High School. A second 2-story building with more classroom space was also dedicated
[photo: TG]
the same day.
Leone High dedicates
2 brand new buildings
by TG, Samoa News Correspondent
Tuesday morning saw the dedication of
two new school buildings for the Home of the
Lions, Leone High School. According to Faleosina Faiai Voigt, the Director of the Department
of Public Works, the buildings were worth the
wait and they will be put to use immediately.
Governor Lolo M. Moliga was the keynote speaker for the dedication ceremony, and
noted,“These two buildings are only the beginning, and may these projects be a firm example
to all the future projects for all the public high
schools in American Samoa”.
He noted this year will also see the beginning of a school gymnasium project for Leone,
and commented, “A majority of our gymnasiums here on island need improvement and
strong protection from outsiders, as most of
these gymnasiums are being utilized by stray
dogs that wander all over the place.”
The governor’s speech also had a message
for the parents and PTA of Leone High School.
“Leone High School has bred a lot of government leaders who are in our system today, I
believe it is not hard to improve and… move
Leone forward. All of you parents and alumni
of this school should come together and work as
a team to build a strong support and foundation
for this school. This is the school that brought
you to where you are now, this is the school
that taught you everything you know, this is the
school that made you who you are today — so
it’s time to give back.”
The Director of Public Works — who is
herself an alumni of Leone High School —
also spoke during the ceremony giving special
thanks to those who worked hard on the project.
She stated in a brief report, that Building A
has now been named Limua’a, and the contractors who worked hard on it were Global Pacific
Services, who are under the management of Joe
Hollister. It is the second project awarded to
Global Pacific Services; their first project was
at Matafao Elementary.”
Voight stated, “this project started back
in August of 2011, and it was scheduled to
be a 12-month project, but we just finished in
December of 2013. The overall cost of this
project was $859,000.12.”
There was an additional project, she
explained, which is the bridge or walkway that
connects the Limua’a building with the old twostory building that has a ramp for wheel chair
students. Instead of building another ramp on
the new building, both buildings will share the
original ramp.
Voigt added, “the other new building to be
opened today, is the Moso’oipala Building,
which is near the administration building. This
project was started by the Wulf Corporation,
and this company has built other schools, such
as Manulele and Alofau.
According to Voigt, the government has
been working toward using local contractors
to work on these projects, “but unfortunately,
we couldn’t meet the deadline with them (Wulf
Corporation), so we had to go with Fletchers
Construction, who finished the project on the
Moso’oipala building. It took Fletcher only
three months to work on this project, that is now
ready for use.”
The project was given to the Wulf Corporation for $690,000, but with the conclusion of
the project by Fletcher, the overall cost of the
Moso’oipala project came to $885,000.
According to Voigt, the Moso’oipala project
comprises six classrooms, with four classrooms
on the second floor, two classrooms on the first
floor, and a new computer center. The Limua’a
building consists of ten classrooms, with five on
each floor.
The Certificate of Occupancy for the new
buildings was given to the Director of the Department of Education, Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau, while
the keys to the new buildings were handed over to
Leone High School’s principal, Peni Te’o.
Students smile with pride, during the dedication of their new school buildings at Leone
[photo: TG]
High School.
Would-be burglar scared by singing fish
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Big Mouth Billy Bass apparently got the best of a would-be burglar in Minnesota.
Authorities in Rochester say the motion-activated singing
fish apparently scared off an intruder who tried to break into the
Hooked on Fishing bait and tackle shop.
The novelty bass had been hung near the door and would start
singing “Take Me to the River” whenever someone entered the
shop.
The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office says the fish was found
on the floor after the intruder knocked it down while breaking
the door to get in late Sunday or early Monday.
Sgt. Tom Claymon tells the Star Tribune the would-be burglar left without stealing anything, including cash that had been
left in “a very visible spot.”
Pa. man paralyzed by tipped
toilet prank gets $5 million
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man left paralyzed from the
shoulders down when his relatives tipped over a portable toilet
while he was inside has settled a Pennsylvania lawsuit against
the toilet manufacturer, the relatives and others for $5 million.
Donald Adams III was on a camping and fishing trip with
two cousins-in-law at the time, The Legal Intelligencer reported
Wednesday.
The newspaper, quoting filings from Sullivan County in
northeastern Pennsylvania, said the relatives backed their truck
up to the toilet to lock Adams inside as a prank. However, they
inadvertently knocked the toilet over when they banged on it and
shook it, the lawsuit said.
Adams landed on his neck, causing several cervical fractures
that left him a quadriplegic.
He was flown to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in
Philadelphia for surgery, and spent two weeks at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, his lawyer said in a trial memo.
Adams and his wife sued the relatives along with the toilet manufacturer, Poly-San, and the installer.
The lawsuit faulted the manufacturer for not providing ground
spikes with the unit, despite holes designed for that purpose on the
base, and the installer for resting the unit on a hill, and propping it
up with wood.
Fire seen in engine halts
jet departure at LA airport
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An American Airlines jet preparing
to depart Los Angeles International Airport for Chicago has
experienced an apparent engine fire.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says
that according to preliminary information Flight 1060 had just
pushed back from the gate around 5:50 a.m. Wednesday when
fire was seen coming out of the left engine.
Gregor says the crew of the Boeing 737-800 shut down the
engine and the fire went out.
Airline spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan says the aircraft
was towed back to the gate and all passengers were put on
another flight. The FAA will work with the airline to determine
the cause of the fire.
the Only road into Valdez
reopens after avalanches
VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Transportation
Department has reopened the only road into the city at the end
of the trans-Alaska pipeline, nearly two weeks after avalanches
blocked Richardson Highway.
The Anchorage Daily News reports that the highway outside
Valdez (Val-DEEZ) reopened Wednesday.
A dozen or so avalanches combined to close the road on Jan.
24, including two that completely covered the highway and
about 10 that partially covered it.
One major avalanche filled Keystone Canyon, which begins
at Mile 12 and is roughly 300 feet wide. Snow piled up on the
road 40 to 50 feet high from canyon wall to canyon wall for
1,000 to 1,500 feet.
It also dammed the Lowe River, creating a lake that covered
2,500 feet of highway.
Valdez had remained accessible by air and water.
much Watered-down marijuana
decriminalization advances in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council has approved a
watered-down marijuana decriminalization bill that maintains
criminal penalties for smoking in public.
The bill approved in an initial vote Tuesday would decriminalize possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana, and it would not
be a crime to smoke on one’s own property. But the council also
approved an amendment that would treat smoking in public the
same as possession of an open container of alcohol, which is a
low-level criminal offense.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and police Chief
Cathy Lanier were among those concerned about giving the
green light to public pot smoking. They said $100 civil fines for
public smoking would essentially be unenforceable.
The bill’s sponsor, Councilmember Tommy Wells, was the
only one to vote against the change.
(Continued on page 12)
samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014 Page 7
LAND COMMISSION
Compiled by Samoa News Staff
friday ‘NATIONAL
WEAR RED DAY’…
American Samoa residents
are being asked to join the rest
of the U.S. tomorrow in recognition of the National Wear
Red Day focusing specifically
on women and heart disease.
February is designated American Heart Month. Dr. Fred
Uhrle, with the VA Clinic in
Tafuna, says heart disease is the
number-one killer of women
in the US, killing more women
than all forms of cancer combined. “Given the the prevalence of obesity, diabetes and
hypertension in our population
the same is likely true in our
islands,” he said.
Uhrle said the VA Clinic
encourages everyone to show
their support by wearing red
tomorrow, adding that the “red
dress and the color red symbolize
support in the fight” against heart
disease. “Too many women
die each year because they are
unaware that heart disease is
their No. 1 killer,” he said. “We
must draw attention to the fact
that this is largely a preventable
disease. Physicians must recognize that women’s heart symptoms and treatment are different
from men’s and to follow evidence based guidelines in managing these patients.”
the LT gov REMINDS
directors OF THEIR
RESPONSIBiLITIES…
Lt Governor Lemanu Peleti
Mauga informed cabinet members that the Governor will be
scheduling individual meetings
with each Director to address
their organizational charts,
deliverables, and major activities within each Department
and Agency for 2014.
He reminded the Directors in
a general memorandum issued
last week about Departments
and Offices who have not transmitted their major activities
and performance deliverables
pursuant to memos sent out
last December. Lemanu commended those who have complied, but noted that there are
others who have yet to transmit
the requested documents.
Lemanu noted the original
due date was Jan. 24, 2014
and he extended the due date
to Feb. 3, 2014. The Lt. Governor informed the directors to
prepare to address challenges
confronting their operations and
suggested mitigation plans. “We
have had one year to get indoctrinated with the duties and responsibilities mandated by law and
placed under your charge. The
governor has clearly articulated
the priorities of this administration with the central theme of
improving the quality of government services to the people.”
He said that all programs and
implementation strategies must
directly improve the quality of
life of the people of American
Samoa. “The basic question that
is being asked of you is—what is
your department/agency doing
to advance this basic service
vision? Be prepared to discuss
in detail how your department/
agency impacts each priority of
your administration” with regard
to improving the lives of our
people, said Lemanu.
FED COURT ISSUES
NEW DIRECTIVE IN
CITIZENSHIP LAWSUIT
The appeals court in Washington D.C. has denied the U.S.
State Department’s motion to
affirm the lower court’s decision in the citizenship lawsuit
case, while a “merits panel”
is to convene to receive and
review briefs by Congressman
Faleomavaega Eni and the
American Samoa Government.
Last October, Assistant U.S.
Attorney, Wynne P. Kelly, representing the U.S. State Department, the federal government,
and two officials of the U.S.
State Department asked the
appeals court to affirm the
lower court’s decision— which
held that the Citizenship Clause
“did not guarantee birthright
citizenship” —to the plaintiffappellants based on the plain
language of the Constitution.
However, the plaintiffs,
five American Samoans and
a Samoan organization based
in California had opposed the
Justice Departments request to
affirm the lower court’s decision, arguing—among other
things— that this case presents the first opportunity for
any appellate court to consider
whether people born in American Samoa are U.S. citizens by
virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
In a one-page order released
Tuesday, the appeal judges
— David Tatel, Janice Rogers
Brown, and Cornelia Pillard denied the affirmation motion,
saying that the merits of the parties’ positions are not so clear as
to warrant summary action.
Local attorney and cocounsel for the plaintiffs,
Charles V. Alailima, along with
lead plaintiff, Leneuoti Tuaua
are pleased with the appeals
court decision to deny the
defendant’s motion. Both look
forward to their day in court.
“By this ruling, the federal
appeal judges have shown that
they intend to give their full
legal attention to a serious US
constitutional issue of why an
American Samoan born person
is given a lesser status in the
eyes of the United States government than people born in all
the other territories and states,”
Alailima said yesterday in a
media statement.
Tuaua said in a national
statement issued by the Washington based “We the People
Project” working on this case
that he looks forward to having
his day in court. (See yesterday’s online edition of Samoa
News for full details of the
national news release.)
The court is expected to
issue sometime soon a schedule
of dates to file briefs, and when
oral arguments will be heard,
as this case — closely watched
by local officials and off-island
constitutional scholars —
moves forward.
As to ASG and Faleomavaega’s motion to intervene or,
in the alternative, to participate
as amicus curiae (friend of the
court), the judges referred this
matter “to the merits panel” for
review and the parties involved
are directed to address in their
briefs the issues presented in
the motion, rather than incorporate those arguments by reference. The court clerk has been
ordered to schedule a date for
the presentation of those briefs
to the merits panel.
Meanwhile, the appeals
court granted yesterday a joint
motion by Prof. Christina
Duffy Ponsa and Prof. Gary S.
Lawson to participate as amici
curiae. The motion states the
pair have expertise in constitutional law and US legal history.
Ponsa is a Professor of Law
at Columbia Law School, while
Lawson is the Philip S. Beck
Professor of Law at Boston
University School of Law.
NOTICE is hereby given that PULA TUSISALALAU VAIALO CUSTODIO, FALEALII ASOLEAGA
LU’UGA, VAIPUNA IELU PATI behalf of ALAIPALELEI FAMILY of MALAELOA, American Samoa, has
executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as TAUFUSI which
is situated in the village of MALAELOA, in the County of AITULAGI, 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 APAOLA & LAUOLIVE LEAFA as LESSEES.
Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land
Commission before the 28TH day of MARCH, 2014. It should be noted that any objection must
clearly state the grounds therefor.
POSTED:
JANUARY 27, 2014 thru MARCH 28, 2014
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE
O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o PULA TUSISALALAU VAIALO CUSTODIO, FALEALII
ASOLEAGA LU’UGA, VAIPUNA IELU PATI suiole aiga ALAPALELEI ole nu’u o MALAELOA, Amerika
Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o TAUFUSI, e i le nu’u o MALAELOA i
le itumalo o AITULAGI, 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
APAOLA & LAUOLIVE LEAFA.
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 28 o MATI, 2014. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega uma
lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai.
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OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
RFQ No: 032-2014
Issuance Date: February 05, 2014
Closing Date: February 12, 2014
No Later than 2:00pm local time
The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) from
qualified firms for the:
“Tafuna Correctional Facility Construction”
Submission
Original and five copies of the Statement of Qualifications must be submitted in a sealed
envelope marked: “RFQ: Tafuna Correctional Facility Construction” Submissions are to be
sent to the following address and will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Wednesday,
February 12, 2014:
Office of Procurement
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
attn: Tiaotalaga J.E. Kruse, CPO
Any Statement of Qualification received after the aforementioned date and time will not be
accepted under any circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and
will be determined as being non-responsive.
Document
The RFQ document outlining the qualification requirements is available at the Office of
Procurement, Tafuna, American Samoa, during normal working hours.
Review
Request for Qualification data will be thoroughly reviewed by an appointed Source Evaluation
Board under the auspices of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement, ASG.
Right of Rejection
The American Samoa Government reserves the right to reject any and/or all Statements of
Qualification and to waive any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted qualifications
that are not in the best interests of the American Samoa Government or the public.
“Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action”
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samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014
PR to cut budget,
renegotiate loans
In this Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 photo provided by the Marshall Islands Foreign Affairs Department, a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga sits on a couch in Majuro
in the Marshall Islands, after he was rescued from being washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in
the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands Tom Armbruster
and the nation’s officials that he left Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ended
up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall
(AP Photo/Foreign Affairs Department The Marshall Islands, Gee Bing)
Islands thousands of miles away.
SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto
Rican officials on Wednesday
rushed to propose new measures
aimed at boosting the island’s
economy and appeasing bondholders a day after credit rating
agency Standard & Poor’s
downgraded the U.S. territory’s
debt to junk status.
Gov. Alejandro Garcia
Padilla said he is renegotiating
loans for which payments are
now due earlier because of the
downgrade, and he has ordered
all government agencies to
reduce their current budgets 2
percent, except for the island’s
education department. He also
submitted legislation to cut an
additional $170 million from
the current budget, hoping to
reduce the deficit to $75 million.
“Given the unprecedented
fiscal situation that we find
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they will address it with the
urgency it warrants,” he said.
Garcia said he will also
strengthen the liquidity of
Puerto Rico’s Government
Development Bank, which
decreased sales of new bonds
late last year because of high
interest rates.
He pledged to present a debtfree budget for the upcoming
fiscal year as well as pursue private investment for new infrastructure projects, urging government agencies to speed up
the development of such projects to help boost the economy.
Puerto Rico is entering its
eighth year of recession while
struggling with $70 billion in
public debt accumulated over
decades and a 15.4 percent
unemployment rate, higher
than any U.S. state.
Garcia said he would
make other announcements in
upcoming days to offset the
fallout of S&P cutting the U.S.
territory’s rating one notch to
“BB+,” one level below investment grade. S&P said Tuesday’s downgrade would have
been greater if Garcia’s administration had not taken steps to
strengthen the economy, such
as increasing taxes and authorizing changes to crumbling
public pension systems.
Puerto Rico’s bonds are
popular with U.S. investors because they are exempt
from federal, state and local
taxes. Puerto Rican debt is
held by roughly 70 percent of
U.S. municipal mutual funds,
according to Morningstar.
Amid Garcia’s announcements, opposition legislators
filed a bill to create a commission that would evaluate all
fiscal measures approved by
the governor, as well as analyze
government agency budgets
and the use of public funds.
“We need to establish a new
mechanism to regulate public
spending,” Rep. Maria Milagros Charbonier said.
The downgrade, which will
make it costlier for Puerto Rico
to borrow money, comes as the
island prepares to re-enter the
bond market this month.
S&P’s announcement did not
have a substantial market impact
on Puerto Rican bond prices
Wednesday, in part because
many investors had already
anticipated the downgrade,
said Alan Schankel, managing
director of Janney Capital Markets in Philadelphia. “I haven’t
seen any drastic movements,”
he said, adding that yields were
a bit higher in some cases.
However, he warned that the
market could change if more
downgrades are announced.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if
Moody’s or Fitch followed suit
soon,” he said.
Moody’s Investors Service
warned in late December that it
could downgrade Puerto Rico’s
debt, while Fitch Ratings issued
a similar alert in November.
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Ua i ai le polokalama fou ua amata ona tima’ia ai e le Matagaluega o Faigafaiva, Gataifale ma le Vaomatua (DMWR) nisi o
afio’aga o le atunu’u ina ia fa’atautaia ni a’oa’oga lelei e mafai
ai ona toe fa’aolaola ‘amu ina ia fa’ateleina i a’au o le atunu’u.
O le afio’aga o Leone, lea ua matua mafuli e faia lea galuega
i o latou a’au i le gataifale, ma ua tatala ai le avanoa e le DMWR
e latou te fetufa’i ai ma le to’a 30 sui o Leone, ina ia galuea’ina
latou a’au ma ia fa’aolaola ‘amu i faiga fou ua mataituina nei e
nisi atunu’u tetele o le lalolagi.
Ua auina mai fo’i e le DMWR se tasi o ali’i Faia’oga fa’apitoa
o le gataifale ina ia fesoasoani i lea galuega fa’atino, Dr Shai
Shafir, o le faia’oga o le gataifale ma le ‘amu i a’au, ma o se tasi
mai le malo o Isaraelu.
E ese mai lea ali’i na vala’aulia fa’apitoa mai fafo mo nei
a’oa’oga, e toe fa’aleleia ‘amu o a’au o le tatou atunu’u, ae maise
ia toe fa’aolaola ma fa’ateleina, ua i ai fo’i ma le vasega i ali’i
ma tama’ita’i saeanisi o le sami ma ona puna’oa, i le DMWR e
fesoasoani ia Shafir e fa’atino le fa’amoemoe mo Leone.
“O a lava galuega ua tatou fa’atinoa, e ao ina nofo’olo (pe
sauniuni) ia i latou i le afio’aga, ina ia mautinoa, e mafai e i
latou ona mataituina suiga o le olaola o le ‘amu fa’asao, ma
po’o le a fo’i le umi o lo’o faia ai lenei galuega lelei, ae va’aia
se fa’atinoga aoga mo le afio’aga ma lona a’au.” O se tala lea
a Shafir.
O aso ta’itasi o le a’oa’oga faapitoa lenei mo le vaiaso atoa,
Fepuari 3-7, 2014, e amata lava i le a’oga i le olaga o ‘amu i luga
o a’au, o so latou aoga, ae maise o le tulaga paleni o le natura o
mea o lo’o ola uma i le sami, lea e ao ai ina faia lenei galuega toe
fa’aolaola o ‘amu ia fa’ateleina.
Na fa’ailoa mai fo’i a’afiaga e afua ai ona fa’aleagaina le
‘amu o le a’au i se nu’u, ua fa’ateleina lava le lapisi lafoa’i i le
sami, ma ua fa’aleagaina ai. O nisi ala, e afua i tafega mai le laufanua, ae ua o’o atu ma so’o se ituaiga o mea mai uta i le sami,
ua maumau solo ai i ‘amu, ma mamate ai.
Ina ua mae’a le a’oa’oga lea, sa alu loa le ulua’i malaga i le
sami, ina ia mataituina lapisi o lo’o fete’ena’i ai le ola o ‘amu,
kilia mai, ma va’ai pe o i ai ni ‘amu ua pe-pe, ae fia iloa patino
fo’i ituaiga o ‘amu o lo’o olaola pea i le gataifale o Leone.
O le aso lona lua, sa amata ai loa ona fausia ituaiga o ofaga
e fa’atupu ai ‘amu e fa’aaogaina ai paipa ofe ma neti mai upega
fagota. I le mae’a ona fausia e le lima o vaega na vaevae i ai
le vasega lea, sa fa’ae’e loa i va’a, ma toe alu ai le malaga i le
tai, ina ia fa’atulaga i le alititai nei ofaga, e fa’ata’ita’i lava i le
tapenaga sa faia e tagata o malo ua mae’a faia ai nei ofaga mo
‘amu, ei ai Filipaina ma atunu’u tumatafaga o Sasa’e Tutotonu.
O le aso lona tolu, ua amata ai ona ‘aumaia fasi ‘amu o
‘amu ola lelei, tu’u i apavai o i ai le suasami, ma aumaia i uta e
fa’atulaga i ofaga sa fausia, ma toe fa’atulaga lelei i le alititai o
le sami, nofoaga o matauina ua tau leai se ‘amu o ola ai o le a’au.
I le toe aso o lenei a’oga, e faia ai le su’ega, ina ia mautinoa,
ua mae’a lenei vaiaso atoa o galuega fa’atino, ae ua mausali le
fe’au taua i loto o i latou o fai ma sui o Leone, i le latou fa’asao
o lo’o tau fa’atulaga. O le ulua’i fa’asao lea o lea fo’i ituaiga ua
fa’atino i Amerika Samoa, ma ua fiafia tele le tama’ita’i o Andra
Samoa ua tula’i mai Leone e faia lea fo’i matati’a.
“O lenei fa’amoemoe, ua fa’afetaia ua mafai ona ataata mai
ata o taulelei, ua gaua’i fo’i le tupulaga e fia fa’atinoa lea tautua
mo le afio’aga ia lelei lona gataifale e tua i ai i le fofoga taumafa,
ae sili, ia toe fa’afo’i le ‘amu i le a’au o Leone.”
Ona o fita o le tai, sa iloga ai, e tatau lava ona i ai ni mea
maulu e fa’aaogaina e le to’atele, ina ia latou siakia fo’i le latou
fa’asao po’o a mai, ma toe fa’aleleia ni mea o mo’omia ona
fa’aleleia i se vaitaimi o lumana’i.
“O le va’ai atu i lenei fa’asao, e ao lava ina lelei matou le
‘aumaga po’o le malosi o le nu’u i le maulu, a leai, e tatau ona
fesoasoani pea le matagaluega o le Gataifale ma le Vaomatua e
maulu i lalo e siaki le fa’asao ma toe fa’ailoa mai nisi mea e ao
ina faia pe afai ua fa’aleagaina e le a’ave o peau.” O se tala lea a
le ali’i talavou mai Leone, Shawn Salave’a.
O le loloto sa tu’uina ai le ulua’i ofaga sa fa’atulaga mo le
totoina i ai o le ‘amu, e 40 futu mai le alititai o le sami, ae 10
futu mai le maualuga o le tai. E tusa ma le 60 futu le loloto o
le tai lea sa faia ai le galuega e fa’atutu ofaga ua mae’a tapena
e lea vasega, ma sa fa’aalu ai le 4 -5 itula o le aso Lua. O le
aofaiga o va’a na fa’aaoga e lua va’atetele, tasi le va’a la’ititi
ma va’a toso ski e lua mo le fela’ua’iga fa’atopetope o sui mai
le laufanua i le tai.
O le isi lea vaega e lima i ai le vaega na vaevaeina i ai le mamalu o le afio’aga o Leone, ina ia
tapena fo’i le latou ofaga mo ‘amu e fa’aolaola i le sami. O lo’o i ai taula e mamafa e mafai ona
le a’afia i le malosi peau o le sami, ae ua na’o na fa’aopeopea o le ofaga e tusa o le 20 futu mai le
[ata:Leua Aiono Frost]
maualuga o le suasami, ae 40 futu mai le alititai.
Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions
SOLOFUA JONATHAN CRICHTON
Ua solofua moliaga faasaga i le alii pagota o Jonathan Patrick Crichton ina ua faaleaoga e le
afioga Faamasino Lesa Rapi Vaai le faaiuga a le vasega o Faatonu o le Faamasinoga e faamaonia ai
le moliaga o le fasioti tagata faamoemoeina I le maliu o le alii Samoa mai Niu Sila, o Hans Dalton
i le toese i Tafaigata. Na taua e le alii faamasino le vaega 100 o le Tulafono o Taiala o le Faamasinoina o Solitulafono 1972, lea e tuuina atu ai le malosiaga ia te ia na te faaleaogaina ai se faaiuga
a le vasega o Faatonu. Na ia saunoa foi, o le a tuuina atu i Faatonu ia kopi tusitusia o lana faaiuga i
le aso Faraile a sau nei. Na maligi loimata o le alii o Crichton ma fusi i lana loia, le susuga Rosella
Papalii lea sa vaaia foi le maligi o ona loimata, ina ua tuuina mai le faaiuga a Lesa. Sa faapea foi
ona feiloai atu Crichton ma fusi i le tina o le ua maliu, o lona uso ma lona tuafafine sa malaga mai
Niu Sila e auai i lea faamasinoga ma sui o le aiga i Samoa. “Faafetai i le Atua ua maea lenei faamasinoga, ua lagona le mafanafana ma le malosi i le faaiuga a le Faamasinoga,” o a Chrichton lea. O
Jonathan Patrick Crichton o Malifa ma Tafuna, Amerika Samoa o lo o tuli lona faasalaga i le fasioti
tagata ona o le maliu o se alii ave taavale laupasese sa ia fanaina i se tamai laau malosi i le 2012.
FAAULU I SI TAGI I LE MALIU O DALTON
E ono aafia nisi tagata ma ofisa i le tagi ua faulu e le loia a le aiga o le alii o Hans Dalton lea
na maliu i le toese i Tafaigata i le faaiuga o le 2012. Sa auai i nisi o iloiloga o lea faamasinoga le
loia a le aiga o Dalton, le susuga Leuluaialii Olinda Woodroffe, ae lei toe taliu atu i Niu Sila lea e
faamautu ai o ia faapea le aiga o le ua maliu. Na faaalia e Leuluaialii, ua ia mata’ituina ma faalogo
i molimau a leoleo ao faagasolo le faamasinoga o Jonathan Patrick Crichton ma ua o lo o latou
fuafua e toe faaopopo i latou o lo o faasaga i ai le latou tagi. O le masina o Oketopa 2013 na faaulu
ai le tagi faasaga i le Loia Sili ma e ono faaopopo nei le Matagaluega o Leoleo ma Falepuipui
faapea le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina.
TETEE I LE SIITAGA O LE ELETISE
Ua matua tetee le au faipisinisi i se siitaga e 10 pasene i le tau o le eletise ua faatuina e le Faalapotopotoga Malosi Faaeletise (EPC). Na faaalia e le Faalapotopotoga o le Au Faipisinisi a Samoa
(Samoa Chamber of Commerce), o lea siitaga o le a matua aafia ai pisinisi ma faamuta ai a latou
taumafaiga ina ia faaleleia le tulaga o oloa gaosi auina atu i fafo. Ua tuuina atu nei lea siitaga tau
faatu a le EPC i le Ofisa o le Pule Faatonu (Office of the Regulator) mo le iloiloina, ae ua tuuina atu
foi i ai le tali a le au faipisinisi. O lea tali e faapea, o lea siitaga tau faatu ua tele naua ma ua vave
faatuina foi e aunoa ma ni lapataiga. O lo o faamoemoe le Faalapotopotoga o le Au Faipisinisi ina ia
teena lea siitaga i le Ofisa o le Pule Faatonu, ae lei oo atu i le Kapeneta mo le pasiaina. O lo o finau
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Fa’aliliu: Akenese Ilalio Zec
O se va’aiga i sui o le Matagaluega Puipuiga o le Gataifale ma le Vaomatua, ua latou
tu’ufa’atasia masini maulu a sui e to’aono na latou maulu e tusa ma le 60futu i lalo o le sami e
fa’ataoto lelei le ofaga e fa’aolaola amu i le a’au o Leone. E le o se galuega faigofie lava sa feagai
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
ma nei sui, ma sa fa’aalu ai le 4-5 itula i luga o le sami.
tusia Ausage Fausia
OTO TUPUA MA DORIAN SALAVEA
O ali’i e to’alua lea na ta’usala e le fa’amasinoga maualuga i le solitulafono o le fa’aoolima i
le tulaga tolu, ua poloaina la te totogi le silia i le $3,000 mo le pili o le falema’i a le ali’i na a’afia
i se gaioiga sa laua faia, o se tasi lea o tuutuuga o le la nofovaavaaia e 2 tausaga.
I le vaevaeina ai o le tupe e totogi e Tupua ma Salavea, ua poloaina ai le totogi e le tagata
e toatasi o le $1,640, faatasi ai ma le salatupe a le tagata e $1,000. O le mataupu ua faasala ai i
laua ia e toalua, na afua mai i se faalavelave na tulula’i mai i le tausaga na te’a nei, ina ua la fasi
fa’amo’amo’a se ali’i ‘ona sa pisapisao i le fanua o le latou aiga, ina ua fiu e faatali leoleo mo se
fesoasoani, ma i’u ina la faaoolima ai i le alii na aafia ma gau ai lona auvae.
Na tau fai faatoese i laua uma nei i luma o le faamasinoga e tusa ai o le solitulafono sa laua faia,
ma la talosagaina ai se isi avanoa mo i laua. Na taua e Tupua ma Salavea e faapea, o le gaioiga sa
la faia, sa le tatau ona tupu, ae ua avea lo la naunau e puipuia lo la aiga atoa ai ma le fanua mai
faiga a le au ‘onana ma itu ua la soli ai le tulafono.
Sa la faatoese foi i le alii na aafia ma lona aiga ina ia faamagalo i laua e tusa ai o le mea sa tupu.
SEFO LEGA
Ua toe tolopo le lauina o le faasalaga a le alii o Sefo Lega i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga,
ina ua fia maua e ali’i fa’amasino se ripoti mai le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga e faatatau i le tulaga o
lo o i ai pepa nofomau a le ua molia. O le aso la lea ua faatulaga e toe tula’i ai Lega i luma o le
fa’amasinoga maualuga mo le fofogaina o lana faasalaga, o le a oo atu ai fo’i ma se sui mai le
Ofisa o Femalagaaiga faapea ai ma lana sponsor, mo le faailoaina atu o le tulaga sa’o o lo o i ai
pepa nofomau a le ua molia. O le vaiaso na te’a nei na faatulaga e lau ai le faasalaga a le ali’i o
Lega i luma o le faamasino sili lagolago, i le maea ai lea ona ta’usala o ia e le faamasinoga i le
moliaga mamafa o le faaoolima i le tulaga lua.
Na faatoese le ua molia e tusa ai o lana solitulafono sa faia, ma ia talosagaina ai se isi avanoa
mo ia. Sa ia faatoese fo’i i le ali’i na aafia i lenei mataupu, ina ia faamagalo o ia, ma faaiu ai loa
lana talosaga i luma o le faamasinoga, mo se avanoa se’i fo’i atu ai i lona aiga e tausi lona tina, na
o ia fo’i le tagata o lona aiga sa faigaluega i le taimi ae le i tula’i mai lenei mataupu.
Na finau le loia a Lega ia Michael White i le faamasinoga ina ia nofovaavaaia le ua molia, ae
ua lava le umi lea ua maea ona ia tuliina i le falepuipui e avea ma ona faasalaga i lenei mataupu.
Na taua fo’i e White e faapea, talu ai e i ai le aafiaga o le ava malosi ia Lega, e mana’omia ai le
auai atu o ia i ni aoaoga e fesoasoani ai i le foiaina o lea faafitauli.
Na lagolagoina e le loia a le malo le i ai o le faafitauli o le ava malosi ia Lega, e manaomia
fo’i le auai o ia i ni aoaoga e fesoasoani ai i aafiaga o le ‘ava malosi. O tuuaiga faasaga ia Lega na
alia’e mai i se faalavelave na tula’i mai i Malaeimi i le aso 13 Oketopa 2013, ina ua ia faaaoga se
naifi faamoe e faaoo ai manu’a i le alii na aafia, e ala i lona ta tui faatolu o lona tauau.
SIVAI TEO
O le alii lea o lo o tuuaia i lona faia o ni uiga mataga i se tamaititi e laititi i lalo o le tulafono, ua
toe tolopo lana mataupu mo le isi lua vaiaso ma le faamoemoe, o le a faalauiloa aloaia ai loa i le aso
lea se maliliega o le a latou sainia ma le malo ma faamuta ai loa lana mataupu. Ina ua toe valaau
le mataupu a Sivai Teo i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga i le vaiaso nei, sa faailoa ai e lana loia
fautua ia Karen Shelly le toeititi lea ona maea talanoaga o lo o faia ma le malo mo se maliliega, ma
e i ai le talitonuga e tatau ona mautu nei feutanaiga i totonu o le isi lua vaiaso o lo o lumana’i nei.
O tuuaiga faasaga ia Teo na alia’e mai i se faalavelave na tula’i mai i le aso kerisimasi na te’a
atu nei, ina ua ia taumafai e tagofia itutinosa o se tamaititi e 15 tausaga le matua, i le maea ai lea
ona alu e faamanuia le kerisimasi i le aiga o le tamaititi ma lona tina. O lo o taofia pea Teo i le toese
i Tafuna e faatali ai le aso lea ua faatulaga e toe valaau ai lana mataupu i luma o le faamasinoga.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
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Taeao manuia i le alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua Soifua,
e ala i lou alafa’i mai i lenei aso fou ua va’aia ai ataata o
ta’uleleia. E ao ai ona o tatou fa’apea ifo, “Le Atua e, o Oe o
lo matou olataga, o Oe, o lo matou fa’amoemoe i mea lelei,
fa’afetai i Lau tausiga alofa mo i matou i aso uma o lo matou
ola, Amene.”
Na muta mai la tatou tala i su’esu’ega ua faia nei e L.C.
Nancy Jaxx, ma o lo’o i ai le mea o lo’o i totonu o le toto ma
le tino o manuki nei ua mamate. Na ao nei e Nancy ia vaega ia
o le manuki ona o lona manatu e tatau ona ave i USAMRIID
e faia i ai su’esu’ega mautu.
A’o faia su’esu’ega nei e L.C. Nancy Jaxx, o le taimi lea
ua talatalanoa nei Eugene Johnson, o C.J. Peters ma le ali’i
foma’i manu o Dan Dalgard. Ua manana’o pe mafai ona o i
le nofoaga o lo’o i ai manuki, ae sa le i mana’o i ai le ali’i
foma’i manu. Ae na toe fesili Peters pe i ai nisi vaega o tino o
manuki ua mamate e o ma latou i le nofoaga a le Ami USAMRIID e fai ai a latou su’esu’ega.
Ua o nei L.C. Nancy Jaxx ma Eugene fa’apea ma C.J.
Peters i le fale o lo’o i ai manuki. A’o aga’i atu i lea nofoaga,
na manatua ai nei e C.J. Peters le fa’ama’i e igoa o le
Machupo, lea na alia’e i Bolivia, o se fa’ama’i mata’utia fo’i,
ae afai ae alia’e i totonu o Amerika, o lona uiga, o le a o’o i
se tulaga ogaoga tele.
Ua toe o’o ona mafaufauga i le fa’ama’i o le AIDS. Po’o
le a le mea e tupu pe ana fa’apea, na iloa e tagata, a’o le i
pepesi, aua o le fa’ama’i lea, na a’afia ai tagata e aunoa ma
se iloa. Ae ina ua toe iloa mulimuli ane, ua tuai, ua sosolo
le AIDS ua le mafai ona toe taofiofia ma ua a’afia ai nei le
lalolagi atoa. Na toe mafaufau le ali’i foma’i o C.J. Peters e
fa’apea, ma’imau e, pe ana fa’apea e tupu mai lea fa’ama’i,
ua mautu mea uma ma i ai se falema’i fa’apitoa i Aferika e
mafai ai ona fa’atino su’esu’ega e taofia ai le a’afia o tagata
i lenei virusi mata’utia.
Peita’i, e leai se falema’i na i ai ma ua sosolo pea ma ua
a’afia ai le lalolagi atoa. I lona lava manatu fai to’atasi, e
o’o atu i le selau miliona tagata o le lalolagi o le a maua i le
fa’ama’i o le AIDS, ona e leai se tasi na ia iloa le taimi tonu
na alu ‘ese ai mai le vaomatua o Aferika.
O le tulaga ua o’o nei i ai, e pei ona i ai le virusi o le Ebola,
e le o mautinoa lelei ma mautu le tonu pe ua maua manuki i
le virusi o le Ebola Zaire, pe o se isi virusi e tali tutusa ma le
Ebola Zaire. A’o alu pea le ta’avale e agai atu i le nofoaga o
lo’o i ai manuki, ua fa’asolosolo lava mafaufauga o le tagata
latou e pei la ona i ai le ali’i foma’i o Eugene Johnson lea o
lo’o fa’atasi nei ma C.J. Peters ma L.C. Nancy Jaxx.
Ua fa’asolo nei mafaufauga o le ali’i foma’i o Eugene
Johnson ma ua o’o i le Ana o Kimtu i le vaomatua i Aferika.
Ua lagona le fefe ma le popole ona ua fa’apea a ia, afai o le
a auai le Vaega ‘Au a le Ami, i le mataupu lenei, ae e i ai se
tulaga fa’aletonu o le a tula’i mai, o lona uiga, o le a tu’ua’i
uma i le Ami le leaga.
Na i’u lava ina liliu ane i a C.J. Peters lea o lo’o la nonofo
i le nofoa i tua o le ta’avale ma fa’apea ane, “Peters, o e iloa
le faigata o le galuega lenei, o e iloa le mata’utia o le tulaga e
o’o i ai pe afai o le a i ai se fa’alavelave e tupu mai.”
E faia pea…
Notice for Proposed Registration of Land
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the request which has been received by the
Territorial Registrar for the registration of a certain land MAFA & TELE I VAI which is situated in or
near the village of AMOULI, Country of SAOLE Island of TUTUILA, from UTU ABE MALAE of the
village of AMOULI as a/an COMMUNAL land of UTU FAMILY.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone claiming an interest in the above named land, may file
an objection with the Territorial Registrar’s Office within 60 days from the date of posting of this
notice. If no objection is filed within 60 days from the date of posting of this notice, the land
proposed herein will be registered as such in accordance with the law of American Samoa.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the survey and description of the said land are now on file in
the Territorial Registrar’s Office where they may be examined at any time prior to the expiration of
the said sixty (60) days.
POSTED:
DECEMBER 23, 2013 thru FEBRUARY 21, 2014
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
Fa’aaliga o le Fia Faamauina o se Fanua
O LE FA’AALIGA LENEI ua fa’asalalauina ona o le talosaga ua fa’aulufaleina mai i le Ofisa o le
Resitara o Amerika Samoa ina ia fa’amauina le fanua o MAFA & TELE I VAI, e tu pe latalata ane i le
nu’u o AMOULI, Itumalo o SAOLE i le motu o TUTUILA, ina ia fa’amauina e UTU ABE MALAE. ole
fanua FAITELE o AIGA SA UTU.
SO O SE TASI e aia ma fa’atu’iese i le fanua ua ta’ua i luga ia fa’aulufaleina mai sana
fa’atu’iesega tusitusia i le Ofisa o le Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na fa’aalia ai lea
fa’aaliga. Afai o le a leai se fa’atu’iesega e fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 60, o le fanua lenei o
le a fa’amauina e pei ona ta’ua i luga e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono i Amerika Samoa.
O LE FA’AFANUA ma fa’amatalaga e uiga i lenei fanua, ua iai nei i le Ofisa ole Resitara, ma e
avanoa mo se iloiloga i so’o se aso i totonu o le 60 o le faitauina o aso.
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Tatala avanoa faigaluega mo
fanau ua faauu mai aoga i fafo
tusia Ausage Fausia
O se tasi o tala fiafia mo
fanau aoga a le atunuu ua faauu
mai kolisi ma iunivesite i fafo,
ma ua manana’o e toe fo’i mai
e saili galuega i le atunuu, o
le a maua pea avanoa faigaluega mo i latou nei e galulue
ai i totonu o Amerika Samoa, e
pei ona faamaonia e le afioga i
le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi
Moliga, i sana tusi sa tuuina atu
i lana kapineta.
Na tomua le tusi a Lolo sa
tuuina atu i faatonusili i le aso
28 Ianuari 2014, i lona faafetaia lea o matagaluega uma a
le malo sa latou lagolagoina le
tatalaina o le polokalame a le
malo ua taua o le ‘Management
Apprenticeship’, e ala i le tatala
o avanoa faigaluega mo fanau
e toa 27 e galulue ai i ofisa ma
matagaluega a le malo.
Saunoa le alii kovana e
faapea, ina ua faatoa faalauiloa
se fuafuaga a le malo e toe
faatulaga ai totogi amata mo
fanau e faauu mai ma faailoa
maualuluga mai aoga i fafo,
e le gata ua unaia ai se tasi o
fuafuaga faataoto a le malo ina
ia faamalosia ana tagata faigaluega e saili faailoga tikeri, ae
ua unaia ai fo’i ma fanau aoga a
le atunuu ina ia faaauau a latou
aoaoga mo le ta’i 4 tausaga e
saili ai faailoga tikeri, ona o
le tele o galuega i le taimi nei
ua manaomia ai i latou e umia
faailoga maualuluga e pei o
tikeri, e ese atu nai lo tipiloma
o lo o latou maua mai i Aoga
Maualuluga.
O se tasi o itu lelei e pei
ona taua e le alii kovana, o le
fuafuaga fou lea ua faalauiloa
e le malo, ua manino mai ai
tulaga manuia o le lumana’i o
Amerika Samoa, e afua mai i
ana tama fanau ua maua aoaoga
lelei ma avea ma meatotino mo
le atunuu, ma o tagata faigaluega uma a le malo e le o i ai
ni tikeri, ua oo i le taimi e tatau
ai ona saili auala e aoaoina ai
i latou i ituaiga aoaoga o lo o
manaomia i le taimi nei, ina ia
mafai ai ona tali atu i manaoga
o lo o tula’i mai i totonu o a
latou fale faigaluega.
I le faataoto ai e le malo o
ta’iala fou mo totogi e tatau ona
maua e fanau aoga ua faauu
mai i aoga mai fafo ma faailoga
maualuluga, o se tulaga lelei lea
mo le atina’e, aua o ta’iala tuai
sa faataatitia ai totogi amata mo
fanau e faauu mai i aoga, sa
faalagolago i tulaga o faamanuiaga sa maua i taimi ua te’a, ma
tuu atu ai totogi e maua e fanau
aoga i le tulaga e maualalo atu
nai lo le suiga fou e pei ona
faatula’i e le malo i le taimi nei.
Na faamautu e le alii kovana
e faapea, o le faiga fou e pei ona
faatulaga e le malo mo totogi,
e faapitoa lea mo fanau faatoa
faauu mai i aoga ma ua ulufale atu e galulue i galuega a le
malo. O le eseesega o le a tula’i
mai lea mo fanau aoga sa faauu
mai i aoga i fafo, ma ua i ai fo’i
le agavaa i le faatinoina o galuega o lo o galulue ai.
Ina ia solo solo lelei fuafuaga e pei ona fautuaina e le
alii kovana, ua tofia ai le Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o
Tagata Faigaluega a le malo,
le susuga Sonny Thompson e
galulue faatasi ma faatonusili
o ofisa ma matagaluega eseese
a le malo, mo le faatulagaina o
totogi talafeagai mo tagata faigaluega a le malo o lo o agavaa
i lalo o lenei fuafuaga fou.
Ua talosagaina fo’i e le alii
kovana susuga Thompson ina
ia saunia se ripoti ma tuuina atu
i le Ofisa o le Kovana, e faalauiloa atu ai tulaga uma o le a
taunuu i ai gaioiga e faatatau i
lenei fuafuaga fou.
Na faalauiloa e Lolo i se tasi
o fonotaga a lana kapeneta e
faapea, o le agaga maualuga o
le malo, ia maua e fanau aoga
faatoa iu mai aoga i fafo le
avanoa e galulue ai i le atunuu,
ina ia mafai ai ona toe tuuina
mai le tomai ma le agavaa ua
latou maua e fesoasoani ai i le
atina’eina o le malo, pisinisi
faapea ai aiga ma le atunuu atoa.
O se va’aiga i le tapenaga o neti e mafai ona fa’apipi’ia i ai le ‘amu ola ma fa’aolaola ai i le sami.
O le fa’afagafao o ‘amu e ao ina fa’apipi’ia lea i lalo o le suasami, ma ua tapena na’o latou ofaga
e fa’aaoga ai le neti upega fagota ma paipa vai PVC. O le afio’aga lea o Leone ua latou amatalia
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
lea fo’i galuega fou e toe fa’atele ai ‘amu o le latou gataifale.
American Samoa Government
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Early Childhood Education/
Head Start Program
REGISTRATION for School Year 2014-2015
Resitala mo le Tausaga 2014-2015
Documents Needed!/Pepa e mana’omia
1. Birth Certificate/Pepa Aso Fanau
2. Immunization Card/Pepa Tui
3. Check Stub/Ulu Siaki
Who?/O ai?
Children born in 2010-2011
Tamaiti na fananau i le 2010-2011
All Registrations and other health screenings will be conducted at ECE Main Office in Utulei. Below is the recruiting weekly
schedule for NEW & RETURNING students
DATE OF REGISTRATION
NEW & RETURNING STUDENTS
CENTERS
VILLAGES
TIME
February 10 - 13, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Pava’ia’i,
Siliaga
Malaeimi, Mesepa, Faleniu, Pavaiai, Mapusaga Fou, Tafeta, Aasu
and Aoloau
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
February 18 - 20, 2014
(Tuesday to Thursday)
Aua, Afono,
Vatia
Afono, Vatia, Aua, Onesosopo
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
February 24 - 27, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Tafuna
Avau, Nu’uuli, Tafuna, Kokoland, Fagaima, Ottoville, Petesa
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
March 3 - 6, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Lupelele
Iliili, Vaitogi, Futiga, Fogagogo
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
March 10 - 13, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Aun’u,
Matatula,
Aoa
Aunu’u, Auasi, Utumea, Alao, Tula, Aoa, Onenoa
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
March 17 - 20, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Leone,
Alataua
Malaeloa, Taputimu, Vailoa, Leone, Asili, Afao, Se’etaga, Failolo,
Amanave, Fagali’i, and Fagamalo
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
March 24 - 27, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
Masefau,
Faga’itua,
Lauli’i
Matafao,
Pago Pago,
Fagasa
Lauli’i, Alega, Auto, Avaio, Amaua, Utusi’a, Faga’itua, Masausi,
Sa’ilele, Masefau, Pagai, Alofau, Amouli
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
Matu’u & Faganeanea, Faga’alu, Gataivai, Fagatogo, Pago Pago,
Fagasa, Satala, Atu’u and Leloaloa
From 8:30 a.m.
To 3:00 p.m.
March 31 - April 3, 2014
(Monday to Thursday)
For more information, call our ECE office @ 633-1283 and ask for Sapulu Fa’aloua, Togi Luuga, and Fuamatala Tuato’o. Mo nisi fa’amatalaga,
vala’au mai le Ofisa o Aoga Fa’ata’ita’i - i le 633-1283 ma fa’afesili mo Sapulu Fa’aloua, Togi Luuga, po o Fuamatala Tuato’o
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samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014
Talosaga Lolo mo
se manuia o va’a
fagota i le atunuu
tusia Ausage Fausia
Dogs play in the snow in Washington Park on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Albany, N.Y.
Hundreds of schools across upstate New York are closed and authorities are advising against
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
any unnecessary travel as a snowstorm moves across the region. ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
GI Joe, the world’s first
action figure, turns 50
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — G.I.
Joe is turning 50. The birthday of what’s called
the world’s first action figure is being celebrated
this month by collectors and Hasbro Inc., which
introduced it in 1964.
G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual toy
fair in New York City in early 1964 and hit the
shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping
season. It soon became a big seller at $4 apiece.
Collectors will mark the toy’s 50th birthday
this Saturday by displaying some of their G.I. Joes
at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs. Hasbro says it intends to announce
details of its 50th anniversary plans during this
year’s fair in New York on Feb. 16-19.
Woman dies in Dakotas with
no propane to heat home
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities on
a North Dakota reservation are investigating
whether a woman found dead in a mobile home
with an empty propane tank died from the cold.
Debbie Dogskin’s body was discovered
Tuesday morning at her Fort Yates home.
Sioux County Sheriff Frank Landeis says the
temperature on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation dropped to 1 degree below zero overnight. Landeis says he believes Dogskin “just
froze to death.” Autopsy results are expected
by Friday. People have been struggling to stay
warm as propane prices more than doubled
due to a national shortage. Tribal officials have
declared a state of emergency because about
5,000 homes on the reservation are heated by
propane. Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II
says many residents are on fixed incomes and
can’t afford the more expensive fuel.
Murder charge switched
from one twin to another
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities in
Northern California have dropped a murder
charge against a teenager and instead charged
his twin brother with the crime.
San Jose Deputy District Attorney Dan
Fehderau says he has charged 18-year-old
Anh Tong with murder after dropping charges
against Anh’s twin brother Duc Tong in the
fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Richard Phan, a
San Jose State University student.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Duc
Tong is still not cleared. He faces two felony
counts of acting as an accessory after a crime.
Duc Tong is being held in lieu of $200,000 bail,
and Anh Tong is being held without bail.
San Jose police say the brothers are identical, but Fehderau say they are fraternal twins.
Fehderau declined to say what led to the
change in charges.
Continued from page 6
two Ships bring eagerly
awaited salt to Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two ships carrying
about 50,000 tons of salt have arrived in Wisconsin, where some communities have started
mixing sand with salt to stretch their supplies.
The city of Milwaukee had used 62,000 tons
of salt before two storms that hit Saturday and
Wednesday. That’s already 5,000 tons more
than it uses in a typical winter. Cities nationwide have been running low on salt with snowstorms hitting early and often this winter.
The salt being delivered Wednesday at the
Port of Milwaukee belongs to Kansas-based
North American Salt Co. Spokeswoman Tara
Hart says it comes from the largest salt mine
in the world, which is in Goderich, Ontario,
Canada. Hart says the salt will be stored in Milwaukee until it is distributed to customers in
Wisconsin and Illinois.
residential Daytime shooting
in Stockton leaves 3 wounded
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Police in
Stockton say three people were wounded when
40 to 50 gunshots rang out in a daytime shooting
in a residential neighborhood.
Witnesses tell police the shooting around
3:45 p.m. Tuesday was preceded by a fistfight
involving several men in the street.
Police spokesman Joe Silva says the shooting
was connected to a neighborhood dispute,
although investigators were still determining
the exact nature of that dispute.
Two of the victims, a 25-year-old woman
and 36-year-old man, were sitting in a car when
someone opened fire. They each suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but were expected to survive. The third victim — a 40-year-old man —
was struck in the eye by broken glass.
Police have not made any arrests.
Man pleads not guilty
to Girl Scout assault
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A Riverside
County man who allegedly pointed a shotgun
at a Girl Scout selling cookies has pleaded not
guilty to assault with a deadly weapon.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise says a plea
was entered for John Dodrill on Wednesday.
Prosecutors say the 7-year-old, accompanied by her father, was pulling a wagon filled
with cookies when she knocked on the door of
Dodrill’s Temecula home on Sunday.
The 59-year-old allegedly answered, pointed
the shotgun at the girl, told her she should know
better than to knock, and slammed the door.
The girl’s stunned father called her over and
dialed 911. Authorities say Dodrill didn’t know
the girl.
(Continued on page 14)
Ua talosagaina e le afioga i le alii kovana sili ia Lolo Matalasi
Moliga le vaega o le ‘U.S Army Corps of Engineers’, mo se
auala e toe faalautele ai vaega e taula ai va’a i luga o le uafu tele,
ina ia mafai ai ona maua le avanoa e taula atu ai ma va’a fagota
mai tagata fai vaa fagota i le atunuu, lea o lo o fesoasoani malosi
i le faaleleia o le tamaoaiga o le teritori.
Na taua e Lolo i lana tusi i le sui o le U.S Army Corps Engineers ia Thomas D. Asbery i le aso 28 Ianuari 2014 e faapea, o
le oo mai ai o lenei tausaga fou i galuega faalemalo, ua tula’i mai
ai fo’i ma ni isi o lu’itau mo ni isi o vaega e tatau ona faalelei mo
le atina’e o le tamaoaiga o le atunuu.
O le faaleleia o ia vaega o le atina’e o le tamaoaiga o le
atunuu, e aofia ai tulaga o uafu o lo o avea ma taulaiga o va’a
e ulufale mai i le teritori. O le mataupu e pei ona taua e Lolo
ia Asbery o lo o manaomia ai lana fesoasoani, o le mataupu e
faatatau i auala e faaleleia ai tulaga o le auaunaga a le au fai vaa
fagota i le atunuu, ona o lea ua maea ona faia faasalalauga mo le
faatau eseina atu o va’a fagota e 18.
“O se tasi o mafuaaga ua faia ai e le au fai vaa fagota lea
faaiuga, ona e le o lava se avanoa i luga o le uafu e mafai ai ona
taula vaa fagota nei, ma o iina lea na afua atu ai se tasi o a’u
talosaga sa tuuina atu muamua ia te oe, mo le fausiaina lea o se
isi vaega e faalautele atu i ai le uafu ina ia mafai ai ona tali lenei
manaoga,” o le saunoaga lea a Lolo ia Asbery.
Na taua fo’i e Lolo e faapea, i se talanoaga sa latou faia ma
sui o kamupani i’a i le laumua i Uosigitone, e le gata sa faailoa
atu ai e le kamupani o le StarKist Samoa le manaoga mo se isi
fanua e toe faalautele i ai lana auaunaga, ae o lo o i ai fo’i le
manaoga mo le toe faalauteleina o lana uafu o lo o i ai, ina ia
lava ma totoe le avanoa mo va’a fagota se tele, e mafai ai ona
faaleleia tulaga i le auaunaga a le kamupani.
Ona o nei tulaga uma e pei ona taua e le alii kovana ia Lolo,
ua ia talosagaina ai loa le susuga Asbery mo se auala e faanatinati ai fuafuaga uma e pei ona taua, ae fausia vave loa se galuega
mo le toe faalauteleina o le uafu mo le StarKist.
“Ou te matua talitonu o lo o e silafia lelei lava le taua o le
auaunaga a le StarKist mo le teritori, atoa ai ma lona sao i le
atina’eina ma le faaleleia o le tamaoaiga o le teritori,” o le saunoaga lea a Lolo.
Na taua fo’i e Lolo e faapea, o le aga’i mai o vaa fagota mai
Saina ma taumafai e auai i ogasami o lo o fagotaina e vaa fagota
a le Pasefika, o se tulaga lea e ono faafefeina ai auala e atina’eina
ai va’a fagota o lo o atina’eina i totonu lava o Amerika Samoa.
“O le siitia o le auaunaga mo kamupani i’a i le teritori o se
auala lelei lea e taofia ai tulaga tau faafefe mai fafo,” o se vaega
lea o le tusi a Lolo ia Asbery.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
Mai itulau 9
le pulega o le EPC, e moomia le faia o lea siitaga e totogi ai aitalafu
lea e i le va o le $100 ma le $200 miliona tala. Peitai o lo o finau foi
le Faalapotopotoga o le Au Faipisinisi, o lea siitaga o le a faamuta
ai taumafaiga a le au gaosi oloa e ofi atu i maketi faavaomalo. E
le gata i lea, o le a le fia omai ai pisinisi mai fafo e faatu ni a latou
lala i Samoa ae o le a agai i isi atunuu o le Pasefika e pei o Fiti, lea
e taugofie ai tulaga moomia mo le faatuina o pisinisi.
LAMATIA TAAVALE I LE LIMU
Ua alia’e foi le isi fili e ese mai i vaitafe pa, e lamatia ai taavale
i auala sima ua fausia i nofoaga e sopoia ai e vaitafe ia auala
taavale. O lea fili o le limu. Ua maitauina i nisi o auala sima e pei
o le auala sima i Lotopa, le sosolo ai o le limu ma ua lamatia ai
taavale e sopoia lea auala sima. O le vaiaso na te’a nei na toe toso
a’e ai i luga o le auala se pasi ma se taavale ina ua sesee i luga o
le auala sima ona o ia limu ma agai atu ai i totonu o le vaitafe. Na
feosofi ese ave taavale o ia taavale ae savali e saili se fesoasoani i
le tosoina a’e o a la taavale u luga o le auala. Na faaalia e se tasi o
alii e fai lana pisinisi toso taavale, ua tatau ona fausia se pa sima e
puipui mai ai taavale mai le sesee ese mai le auala agai i le vaitafe.
MAUA UA MALIU I LONA FALE
O lo o suesueina e leoleo le maliu o se tama mai Sinamoga na
maua e sui o lona aiga i lona fale i le aso Toonai ua tuanai. Na
faaalia e le sui sooupu o leoleo, le susuga Fauono Talalelei Tapu,
e foliga mai sa faasua’ava le ua maliu ma o lo o masalomia sa
aafia o ia i le gasegase o le fatu. Fai mai a ia, o le a faia se taotoga
i le tino maliu o lea tama e sailia ai le mafuaaga tonu o lona maliu.
Na saunoa Fauono, e leai ni manua sa maua i le tino maliu o lea
tama ma na faamaonia ua maliu o ia ina ua taunuu i le falemai.
samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014 Page 13
Mysterious noises traced Sheriff: Naked man shot
after
attacking
an
ex-cop
to possible ‘frost quakes’
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chuck Herron heard the
loud thud, then another and another. It sounded
like someone was dropping big snowballs on
the roof of his home. The house is more than
100 years old and creaks, Herron said, but he
had “never heard anything like that before.”
As his neighbors in tiny Paris, Mo., huddled
around televisions Sunday for the Super Bowl,
many were startled by similar strange noises.
Some even saw flashes of light and called 911.
Scientists say the community experienced
a rare natural phenomenon known as a “frost
quake,” which happens when moisture in the
ground suddenly freezes and expands. If conditions are just right, the soil or bedrock breaks
like a brittle frozen pipe, generating mysterious noises that range from an earthquake-like
rumble to sharp cracking sounds sometimes
mistaken for falling trees.
This winter has been ripe for frost quakes,
known technically as cryoseism. Temperatures
have been frigid, but occasional warm-ups
have allowed for thawing. And the temperature
swings have sometimes been abrupt.
That was the case last weekend in Missouri,
where temperatures in the 40s on Saturday gave
way to single-digit readings by Sunday night.
In Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal,
Mo., 100 miles north of St. Louis, police and
emergency dispatches received several calls
within about two hours. Facebook feeds were
filled with worries.
Some people compared the noise to a sonic
boom that rattles windows, said Michael Hall,
executive director of the 911 center that covers
the Hannibal area. Others described it as sounding
like “somebody banging on their house.”
Missouri isn’t alone. Frost quakes were
reported last month in Canada and in several other
states — Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin.
In DeKalb, Ill., Lisa Kammes and her
family were getting ready for bed earlier this
winter when the loud popping noises began.
“The louder ones sounded like somebody was
throwing snowballs at the house,” Kammes said.
Neighbors heard noises too, and several contacted police. “It wasn’t the regular noise you
hear when your house is creaking, blowing in
the wind or ice is breaking,” Kammes said.
The light flashes reported by some people
are believed to come from electrical changes
that occur when the freezing compresses rocks.
Robert Herrmann of the Saint Louis University Earthquake Center said frost quakes are far
different from real earthquakes.
Tremors typically occur a mile or two underground. Frost quakes are near the surface and
do not show up on seismographs.
“People nearby will probably notice them a
lot because they are shallow, but because they do
not penetrate deep within the earth, the magnitude will not be large,” Herrmann said. “But the
process is the same. There is something that is
causing rock to move, and as the rock moves, it
generates sound waves and the ground motion.”
Experts say damage is rare but homeowners
who experience a frost quake should check for
foundation cracks and watch for damage to
water and natural gas lines.
Damage is not common, but it happens. In
Waupun, Wis., a frost quake last month created a
100-foot crack in a driveway. Homeowner Dennis
Olssen told authorities the boom was so loud he
thought it was an explosive until he learned that
neighbors experienced the same thing.
Kammes said the noise on that quiet night
was so alarming that her husband went outside
to make sure no one had damaged the home.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 6-foot-3, 250-pound
naked man died after being shot by a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s sergeant when he attacked a former New York City police
officer, chased a man and his young son and bit a man on the
face. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a Tuesday night news conference that the man later died at a hospital but it wasn’t immediately clear whether he died from gunshot wounds or from a
medical condition.
According to Bradshaw, the man was walking on a street
in Delray Beach when, for no apparent reason, he attacked the
66-year-old retired officer. The man continued down the street,
where he chased a man and his 10-year-old son near the entrance
to a gated community.
Bradshaw said the man then started fighting with an 18-yearold man, who defended himself with a box cutter. The man bit
the 18-year-old on the face. “The 18-year-old thought he was
trying to eat his face off,” Bradshaw said.
“The people that he assaulted, starting with the retired NYPD
guy, the people that he chased and then the 18-year-old, said this
guy had like super human strength,” the sheriff said. “But he’s
a big guy to start with. He’s not fat, he looks like an NFL linebacker. He was terrorizing people all up and down this street.”
Deputies arrived and tried to calm the man down. They used
a stun gun, but the man kept going.
“He takes a fighting stance. They’re trying to get him on the
ground. He starts charging them,” Bradshaw said.
That’s when a sergeant fired three times, once to the torso
and twice on the lower part of the body. The man was taken to
Delray Medical Center, where he died.
The injured police officer and the teen were also taken to the
hospital. Their conditions were not available. Bradshaw said the
10-year-old boy injured himself trying to go under the gate to
get away from the man. The sheriff said investigators are trying
to figure out the man’s identity and to get some background
information on about him.
Bradshaw said the man was “obviously on some kind of narcotics to act like this.”
“The deputies had to do what they had to do to disable this
guy so he didn’t get into this gated community and wreak havoc
in there,” Bradshaw said.
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samoa news, Thursday, February 6, 2014
➧ Tri-Marine: “StarKist is not the enemy”… ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Continued from page 1
Continued from page 12
if they are able to show us, they can,” he said,
adding that StarKist will always have the support of Tri Marine.
Asked by Samoa News for an example of
“forces against... us”, Curto pointed out reports
of “the people fighting against us” as “Chicken
of the Sea — which used to be here before —
and Bumble Bee, and other forces in the market”
pertaining to USDA’s canned tuna provision.
“That is competition for StarKist”, he said
adding “Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee
are not our competitors. We are not a StarKist
competitor, we are not a brand. We have a different business model. For some, it may be difficult to understand on where were are going
and what we want to do.”
He went on to say the issue of “Buy American”
products for school lunches, “in our opinion is
something that perhaps Bumble Bee and Chicken
of the Sea could have saved the effort and just
continued to do what they’re doing. They’re
doing a good job in what they do.”
“They don’t need to be able to sell a few cases
of [canned] tuna to the U.S. government by
using fish that is processed outside of the United
States. As far as we’re concerned, American
Samoa is the United States... it’s a [U.S] territory. So we’re here because of that,” Curto said.
Tri Marine has made a choice “willingly and
knowingly” to set up operations in American
Samoa and “we expect that to be maintained as
it is and we expect to receive the support from
the local government as well as from [U.S.]
Congress,” he said.
Curto also says that the accusation thrown
around by Bumble Bee that StarKist is ‘monopolist’ - may be true for a short time, but we will
be here.” (The Hill had quoted a Bumble Bee
official saying that StarKist has a monopoly of
the canned tuna for the school lunch program).
“We will be competing with StarKist for those
programs. Is this going to be the industry? Come
on, it’s a small amount,” he said, adding that Tri
Marine believes that this is a “minor benefit to
sell... American products to American schools.”
He again thanked the local government for its
support as well as Congressman Faleomavaega
Eni, who has been fighting for the local industry.
“We need all the support we can get. We
have some advantage of being here,” he said
referring to among other things, duty free export
to the U.S. He concurred with a statement made
by Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga who said “we
are in this together, we’re going to be fighting
together and we’re going in the same direction
for the best results for everybody.”
Before the news conference, Lemanu led the
Lolo Administration’s delegation that toured
STP as well as meeting with Curto and other
Tri Marine officials.
➧ DPS shake-ups…
The Captain noted that she felt this is defamation of character and does not understand what the
Commissioner meant when he said that her performance is below standard. “Therefore I ask you to
remove this letter of reprimand” from my file…”
Haleck has made several personnel changes,
including the removal of prison warden
Lumana’i Maifea from the Tafuna Correctional
Facility all “due to the urgency for improvement” at the Department of Public Safety.
At the center of this issue is a memorandum
distributed on November 29, 2013 where Haleck
made numerous personnel changes. While not
elaborated on in the memo as the reason for the
“urgency to improve the DPS,” Samoa News
points out that prior to that date, there had been
numerous breakouts from the TCF as well as the
Juvenile Detention Center, and Corrections officers were criminally charged and convicted for
allowing inmates to leave the TCF compound to
go shopping for items, including alcohol. In addition, police raids on the prison — at least two in the
past six months — have netted contraband items
like cell phones, alcohol and large amounts of cash.
Ford: Police singled me out for jaywalking
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says police
singled him out for a jaywalking ticket in British Columbia last
weekend because of who he is. Ford was in a Vancouver suburb,
where he attended the funeral of a friend’s mother, when he
received the $109 ticket late Friday. Ford on Wednesday said 15
people were with him, but the officer “picked me out and said,
‘You’re Rob Ford, come with me.’”
Ford last year made international headlines when he admitted
to having smoked crack cocaine while in a drunken stupor. He’s
drawn attention for other erratic behavior, but he has resisted
pressure to step down and is seeking re-election.
Ford said Toronto police don’t give jaywalking tickets, and
he’s perplexed. “Maybe I’ve broken the law a lot of times,” Ford
said with a laugh. “Everybody jaywalks.”
Biden warns of war on labor, outlook dim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says a
concerted war on labor threatens to drastically weaken the bargaining power of American unions. Biden spoke Wednesday to
an annual conference of the United Automobile Workers. He
says the Chamber of Commerce and right-to-work committees
are leading parts of the American business to wage a concerted
war on collective bargaining. He says unions, quote, “are the
only guys keeping the barbarians at the gate.”
Biden is pointing to right-to-work legislation that some states
have enacted. He says things look dim for unions now but will
get better. The vice president is also praising trial lawyers. He
says they’re the only people taking on major corporations. Biden
says people call them “bottom-feeders” but that they’re responsible for protections such as product safety standards.
Officer shoots woman, 62, wielding gun
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Hayward police say officers
checking on the welfare of a 62-year-old woman shot and killed
her after she brandished a weapon. Sgt. Eric Melendez says in a
statement that two Hayward officers went to the woman’s apartment around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the request of Pleasanton
police. She had made several 911 calls.
At her apartment, the woman displayed a handgun in a threatening way. Melendez says the woman moved toward the officers and refused repeated orders to drop the gun, so an officer
opened fire, fearing for his life. The woman was taken to a local
hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her name wasn’t
released. Police also didn’t name the officer but say he’s been
with the department for a year. Alameda County District Attorney’s Office and Hayward police will investigate.
Bad weather snarls air travel for 3rd day
(AP) — U.S. airlines have canceled about 2,900 flights
because of snow and freezing rain in the Northeast and the Midwest. Wednesday was the third consecutive day bad weather
snarled air traffic. The flight tracking website FlightAware says
Wednesday’s disruptions followed 1,600 cancellations Tuesday
and 2,100 Monday. Fliers should get a break Thursday with few
flights expected to be affected by weather.
Most of Wednesday’s canceled flights were from the New
York-area airports, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington. Regional airline Cape Air canceled more than 200 flights,
including nearly every flight planned from airports in Massachusetts. United Airlines says the disruptions also affected flights
in the Midwest, including Chicago and Cleveland. United and
other airlines are allowing passengers to change their tickets
without the usual change fees.
Deputies arrest 3 during pig seizure
SHINGLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in
Northern California say they arrested three people while trying
to seize pigs from a rural home. The owners of the property in
Shingletown in Shasta County were allegedly raising too many
of the animals. Authorities tell the Record Searchlight of Redding that officials went there on Tuesday to take about 30 pigs,
but the residents tried to stop them.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Grashoff says sheriff’s deputies providing security at the site arrested 58-year-old Lynn Hamilton,
and his 56-year-old brother, Brian, on suspicion of obstructing
officers. Their father, 82-year-old Hugh Hamilton, was arrested
on an outstanding warrant alleging he failed to appear in court
for a stray animal citation. Lynn Hamilton denied the allegations
and said deputies were harassing him and his family.
British man jailed for
defacing queen’s portrait
LONDON (AP) — A fathers’ rights activist has been sentenced to six months in jail for spraying purple paint across a
portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.
Tim Haries told jurors he defaced the royal portrait with the
word “help” to highlight what he described as the “social catastrophe” of divorced fathers being denied access to their children.
Haries, who was dressed in a Superman suit, is a member
of Fathers4Justice, a group that has carried out stunts on behalf
of fathers who they claim have been prevented by the courts
from seeing their children. Judge Alistair McCreath told Haries
on Wednesday that he had caused “deliberate and planned ...
damage to a valuable item of property on public display, carried
out as a publicity exercise.”
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Haleck further stated that Internal Affairs
learned of this and informed him and they met
the next day. The Commissioner informed the
captain that one of the reasons for the personnel
changes at the JDC was because of her “job performance, which he (Haleck) viewed to be well
below standard.”
Haleck pointed out to the captain that she
“basically admitted” that she was “insubordinate to my personnel change order and asked to
be given a chance to rectify your behavior and
improve your performance.”
In response the captain wrote to the Commissioner noting that she finds these actions
“arbitrary, capricious and abuse of direction.
Further you have accused me of dishonesty,
indifference, indolence, and insubordination.
You also have stated that my job performance
is well below standard. I find these accusations
unfound and untrue,” she wrote.
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Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
In this photo provided by New Zealand Police, a minivan lies on its side in the Mataura River,
110 kilometers (68 miles) north of Invercargill, on the South Island of New Zealand Wednesday,
Feb. 5, 2014. The minivan carrying foreign tourists has plunged off a narrow New Zealand bridge,
killing the 59-year-old Canadian driver and injuring the vehicle’s nine passengers.
(AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
Chief: LA officers in manhunt shooting will return
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight Los
Angeles police officers who mistakenly riddled a pickup truck with bullets during a manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner
last year will be allowed to return to the field
after they get additional training, Police Chief
Charlie Beck said.
“I have confidence in their abilities as LAPD
officers to continue to do their jobs in the same
capacity they had been assigned,” Beck said
in a department message to officers obtained
Wednesday night by The Associated Press. “In
the end, we as an organization can learn from
this incident and from the individuals involved.”
Both the chief and an independent commission found the 2013 shooting that injured two
women violated department policy. The seven
officers and one sergeant could have faced penalties including being fired.
Other discipline not outlined in the chief’s
message could be handed down, police Lt.
Andrew Neiman said, but department policy
prevents him from discussing it.
Attorney Glen Jonas, who represented the
two women who won a $4.2 million settlement from the city, said he was concerned by
the chief’s decision not to terminate any of the
eight officers.
“If either of the women had been killed, you
can bet your bottom dollar somebody would be
fired and maybe prosecuted,” Jonas said.
“A stroke of luck, firing more than 100
rounds and missing, should not mean the discipline is lighter.”
The civilian Police Commission that found
the officers violated policy also faulted the
department itself, saying the officers were
rotated in during the night to protect the home
because of overtime concerns.
The sergeant wasn’t trained to oversee such
a protection detail and there was no operational
plan. The commission also cites the officers’
inadequate firepower.
“The ability to address this threat was hindered to some degree due to the experience,
training and logistical deployment of the personnel assigned,” the board’s report says.
“On a larger scale, the planning conducted at
the Bureau could have been more effective,
ensuring proper deployment, both personnel
and logistics, at the protected location.”
Tyler Izen, president of the officers’ union,
said that given those circumstances, the officers
should have been returned to work months ago.
“The involved officers are all well-qualified
and talented members of the department who
happened to be placed into a highly unreasonable and unusually difficult position,” Izen said.
The events unfolded after Dorner, a fired
Los Angeles police officer, claimed he was
unfairly dismissed and vowed revenge against
law enforcement officers in a rambling online
manifesto.
He killed the daughter of a former LAPD
police official, along with her fiance, and two
law enforcement officers over 10 days before
being cornered and killing himself in a burning
mountain cabin in San Bernardino County.
The mistaken shooting occurred Feb. 7,
2013, as officers protected a Dorner target’s
Torrance home. When one of the newspaper
delivery women threw a paper onto the pavement in the early morning hours, an officer
believing the sound was a gunshot opened fire.
Officers unable to see clearly into the vehicle
riddled the pickup truck with 103 rounds and
hit seven nearby homes and nine other vehicles
with gunshots and shotgun pellets.
Margie Carranza, then 47, suffered minor
injuries, and her then-71-year-old mother,
Emma Hernandez, was shot in the back.
“I appreciate that the officers involved in the
incident took action with intent of protecting the
‘target’ and his family; however, the chain of
events which unfolded and the extent to which
the use of lethal force occurred did not meet my
expectations, consequently there were innocent
victims wounded,” Beck said in the message,
which is mostly critical of the officers but ends
with his vote of confidence.
Beck goes on to say that he “found it to be
very concerning that officers fired before adequately identifying a threat; fired without adequately identifying a target and not adequately
evaluating cross fire situations.”
Steve Soboroff, president of the civilian
Police Commission, said Wednesday night that
while discipline is the chief’s decision and the
circumstances were extreme, he “would have
expected a more significant level of discipline
for the actions of most of the officers in this
incident.”
“I trust that the training will be extensive and
the department and officers will move forward
from this tragic incident stronger and wiser
from the lessons learned,” Soboroff said.
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