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Governor Lolo discusses cost
containment, finances, service
“We have selected the best of the best,
and trust you to do your best…”
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
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A roll-back of unbudgeted salaries, cost containment, security clearance for directors and
government employees, policies on government
vehicles, the anti-deficiency act, the governor’s
trip, and various ways to improve services to the
public, were among the many issues discussed
during Governor Lolo’s first cabinet meeting
open to the media, which took place at the
Public Works Conference Room in Tafuna, on
Friday, Feb. 15, with Governor Lolo Matalasi
Moliga and Lt Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga
in attendance, along with close to 40 members
of the ASG cabinet and governor’s staff.
“We have selected the best of the best in this
government to carry out the agenda in the next
four years” said the governor.
He congratulated the directors who have
received confirmation and noted that only one
director (Pa’u Roy Ausage Acting Director for
Department of Youth and Women Affairs) was
turned down by the Senate, but noted that they
will give it another try. He introduced Velega Savali Jr as his nominee for Chief Election Officer, Lealao Melila
Purcell as Director for Department of Agricul-
ture, Tim Jones as the Director for the Territorial Energy Office and Catherine Dora Aigamaua-Saelua as Director for the Office of Program Planning and Budget Development.
He told the directors that their selection is
very special, because the best were selected from
among the people. He repeatedly told the cabinet
members that their purpose is to serve the people.
“Your selection was based on three things—
number one was the review by the group that
we appointed to review your career, work experiences and educational background. Number
two is your loyalty, and finally how the public
perceives you as a leader” he said.
“It’s not easy to pursue the service that we
promise our people, but I feel very confident
that we have the man power to carry that forward and serve our people the best way we can.”
“The people are important because that is
why we are all here, we’re not here to serve
ourselves” he said.
He said every morning when waking up, he’s
proud of himself, because he doesn’t have to
worry about ‘babysitting’ directors— because
he has the best directors and trusts that they will
serve the people. It takes a leader to know and
(Continued on page 15)
Na matua fiu tagata o le isi aulotu i le itu i Sasa’e o le
atunuu e pupulu fusuaga a tamaloloa ma fafine i le aso Sa na
te’a nei, ae ua atili ai ona le maua se tonu, e fai o le o o lima
o tamaloloa i a latou fusuaga, ae o gutu fo’i o le itupa vaivai
e le maua e se isi.
Fai mai le molimau, na mafua ona fufusu le aulotu e mafua
mai i tupe, ma o le fusuaga a tamaloloa sa faia i totonu o le
falesa na aofia atu ai ma le teutupe a le aulotu.
Na taua e le molimau e faapea, avau atu fusuaga a tamaloloa i totonu o le falesa ae pulu mai fo’i futifutigaulu a fafine
i fafo, ao isi ua na o le tutu ma matamata i le mata’utia o nei
faiga o lo o fai i totonu o le malumalu.
Fai mai le molimau, o lo o taumafai lava le aulotu e teuteu
le vevesi na tula’i mai, ma o lo o faamoemoe e tatau ona
mautu lelei tulaga o tupe a le aulotu, ina ia aua ai ne’i toe tulai
mai se isi vevesi faapea i le lumana’i.
E pulu fusuaga a le aulotu lea i le itu i Sasa’e o le atunuu,
ae o le taimi fo’i lea o lo o tau faato’a filemu ai e le faifeau
ma lona faletua i se tasi o aulotu i le itu i Sisifo o le atunuu,
se vevesi na tula’i mai i le aso Sa na te’a nei i lana ekalesia,
e mafua mai ina ua fiu e tulituli le teutupe a le aulotu mo le
faamalamalamaina o tupe o le malaga a le ekalesia sa alu i
Hawaii i le masina o Novema na te’a nei.
Fai mai le molimau i le Samoa News, ina ua amata ona
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sa fesiligia ai loa o ia e se tasi o tiakono matua e faatatau i le
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Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga this week announced three more cabinet appointments, which are
subject to Fono review and confirmation.
Among the new appointees is former senator and former ASG treasurer Velega Savali Jr. to
serve as chief election officer, to oversee the Election Office, which is an independent agency of
the executive branch.
Local statute states that the chief election officer serves a term of three years, commencing on
the date of the confirmation by the Fono.
Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, stepped down as chief election officer on Jan. 3 to take up his new
post as senator. At the same time, Lolo appointed Seupule Leo as acting chief election officer,
until a permanent replacement could be made.
Local election law states that if the chief election officer vacates the post or for any reason(s)
is incapable of performing duties of the office, the deputy chief election officer shall be the acting
chief election officer, who shall not serve more than 180 days - whether consecutive or not within one year from the first day as acting chief election officer.
At the Department of Agriculture, the governor hs appointed Lealao Melila Purcell as director.
Lealao served as director during the last nine-months of the Togiola Administration. Peter Gurr,
the department’s long time deputy director, has been acting director since the Lolo administration took office.
For the Office of Program Planning and Budget Development, the governor appointed Catherine Dora Aigamaua-Saelua as director. During the Togiola administration, Aigamaua-Saelua
served as deputy director and has been acting director since Jan. 3 for the Lolo Administration.
In separate memos appointing these cabinet members, the governor said these individuals
shall be responsible for carrying out functions, duties and responsibilities of their appointments
as prescribed by law.
The appointees will also faithfully implemented those performance deliverables set by the
governor, the memo states.
by B. Chen/Fili Sagapolutele
MONDAY IS PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has declared Monday, Feb. 18 a holiday in American Samoa in
observance of Presidents’ Day, which is also a federal holiday and therefore all federal offices,
including those in the territory will be closed.
Because of the holiday, all ASG offices will be closed and normal activities suspended on that
day. Employees required to work will be paid in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Many local businesses will be closed including the two local banks. There was no official
confirmation at press time on the status of StarKist Samoa Inc. workers for that day. Many will
spend the day doing house work ignored throughout the week.
No major events are scheduled for the three-day weekend, although on Sunday (tomorrow)
the cruise ship Costa Deliziousa will call into the port of Port of Pago Pago, arriving around 9
a.m. from Hawai’i and departing at 7 p.m. for the Fiji islands.
Everyone is hoping for good weather through the weekend, following yesterday’s unfavorable weather. In observance of the holiday, Samoa News will not publish Monday but will
return on Tuesday.
LONGLINE PERMITS AND ALIA FISHING
Local businessman Omar Shalhout raised the issue regarding longline permits and alia fishing
during a public meeting hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS)
and the Department of Commerce this past Monday, to discuss issues involving the expansion
of the NMSAS.
During the question and answer segment, Shalhout said the number of alia fishing operations
has declined greatly, as bigger ships like purse seiners are taking over the industry. He said
hardly any alia vessels are out fishing anymore, and this is a cause for concern.
He also referred to the issue of permits for longliners being forwarded to Hawaii for approval.
He said the process makes it hard for longliners to acquire permits and he doesn’t understand
why the permits have to be sent off-island for approval, when the Department of Commerce has
enough money and manpower knowledgeable in the area to handle the situation locally.
DOE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
Questions concerning transportation for local school kids are always arising, with some parents complaining that their children have no choice but to pay money to catch the aiga bus to
and from school.
According to the local Department of Education, the local school bus fleet consists of 35
buses. As of last month, 7 buses were under repair and 3 were listed as “need surveyed”
The total number of buses on the road is 25, including 2 buses in the Manu’a Islands. All
school buses transporting students to and from the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program
everyday have already been installed with back-up alarms.
According to information from the DOE, fuel cost for the school buses alone is over $100,000
per year and they have exhausted their entire maintenance budget within the first quarter of the
fiscal year. DOE has only $500,000 in this year’s budget to cover all maintenance and transportation non-personnel costs.
Annual revenue under the 1% law has been approximately $1.5million annually. “We need
every dollar of this tax to help renovate and maintain schools/classrooms” the new DOE director
had told the Fono.
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samoa news, Saturday, February 16, 2013
“Toiling Away For Da Man!
“Patience is something that you admire in the driver behind you,
but not in the one ahead!”
“One thought can put thousands to knowing, but knowing one
thing doesn’t put many to thinking.”
And a happy Saturday morning to all who reap the benefits of a
freewheeling society.
Luckily, we do live in a freewheeling society fans and Hawkeye
for one hopes it will stay that way forever & ever. If our great
leaders in “Usingtone” (Washington) get their heads out of their
Duffs and give up on the idea of cutting the Defense budget, we
might just stand a prayers chance in hell of keeping our Nations
Defenses’ at the ready. We all should be listening to Leroy Panetta,
when he says that the way forward to cutting expenses is to cut
back on our defense budget! Now that just ain’t right folks! We are
bragging about bringing back all of our troops from Afghanistan,
but in the same breath we are saying that we want to create jobs.
Between the military and the cuts to the General Service administration, we will be contributing to mass unemployment! The ticket
to a balanced budget is to not spend more that we are taking in! It
is not Rocket Science Folks. The reason that Social Security and
Medicare are in the pits is that while those Homo-sapiens (Like
Nanny Pelosi) Cruised around on Government Jets, they were
double dipping in to the Social Security Fund. It does not take a
Rocket Scientist to figure that one out either Fans.
The one good thing that has developed from all of this is that the
Air Force stripped old Nanny of her Plane. Does this mean that she
will have to pay for her plush excursions abroad, and round trips
to Sacramento? Unless Hawkeye misses his guess, we will never
know! The US Government should entertain the thought of testing
Unmanned Drones in the transport of passengers to their places of
residence during recesses of Congress!
But who would vote “YAY” for a program like this? So much
for cutting spending in the Federal Government. Hawkeye believes
that all Federal Government servants should be required to account
for their time, and be paid accordingly. This could be monitored by
the age old “Time Clock” method. This new plan is to include Joe
Biden. The President will be responsible for keeping his own time.
Each Person in Congress, the Senate, Secret Service Personnel, and
plain old ordinary GSA personnel, would be required to submit a
by-monthly report to the public as to how they spent their time.
They would be paid accordingly from their reports.
The maximum it should take any Federal Government employ
to make out there By-Monthly report would be no more than Ten
Minutes a month. The time spent in doing the reports would be
deducted from the persons monthly / By-Monthly pay check! By
enforcement of this policy, we could increase the defense budget,
not weaken our defenses by cutting the budget.
This would alleviate a lot of the unemployment caused by Layoffs, and downright firings of those poor bastards that actually
work for a living!
But this would never apply to the good citizens of Hooterville.
We are all bound and determined to serve our government with
pride, and honesty. We can therefore set an example for our leaders
in the land of the “Great White Father!” Speaking of leadership,
what is happening with bringing in another banking institution?
We do not need another Credit Union. We need another Real
Bank. Hawkeye is very disappointed at the method used by BOH
in closing their doors here in Wonderland! But, Enuff said on this
subject as we will have to just wait and see what develops. Over.
That doesn’t take away from the fact that we are in desperate
need of a Veterinarian. Hawkeye has one Knocked up kitty Kat, er
ah, was knocked up, but Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor are the proud
grand parents of three beautiful kittens.
Oh well, Hawkeye and Leanor tried. Now, The latest Cruise ship
to grace our beautiful shores, the “What’s Its Name” {MARINA}
Came to Wonderland bringing Friends of Hawkeyes Family,
Mrs. Fran Stribling, and her fine Husband Mr. Jimmy Stribling.
While the visit was short, Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor were happy
to have made their acquaintance. It was a quick trip to Vita, the
“COCK’s COMB”, and Mt. Rainmaker. Then it was on to a nice
lunch at the Equator Restaurant, followed by a “COOKS TOUR”
of the”HAWKS NEST.” Fran and Jimmy are residents of Albuquerque New Mexico. Hawkeye would also at this time like to wish
a happy Howdy from Hawk & Sweet Leanor to Renee and Gary
Harrington of Albuquerque New Mehico. Howdy Ya’all. It is nice
to have Cruise Ships grace our Shores, especially when they deliver
loved ones from far away. Those poor people in the Gulf of Mexico
did not fare as well however. All’s well that ends well folks.
Let’s thank those police that nailed that Crazed Killer there
around “BIG BEAR.” This just show’s to go ya that messing with
the Bull will get you the Horns! Until this time next week, do take
care of the Kiddies and the old folks.
Love, Hawkeye & Sweet Leanor.
AIR FORCE AIRMAN WELLINGTON I. PELE
Air Force Airman Wellington I. Pele graduated
from basic military training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week
program that included training in military discipline
and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness,
and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four
credits toward an associate in applied science degree
through the Community College of the Air Force.
Pele is the son of Talitiga and Ueligitone Tonumaipea of Pago Pago and a 2010 graduate of Leone
High School.
ARMY SPECIALIST MARIA E. CaCARN
Army Spec. Maria E. CaCarn has returned to the
U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations
involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all
branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed
to support the war against global terrorism outside
the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve
Jonathan Patrick Crichton’s in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Arabian
peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific,
and Europe. CaCarn is a human resource specialist assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. S
he has served in the military for three years. She is the daughter of Porifini Sailele of Pago Pago
and a 2004 graduate of Samoa College, Apia, Samoa.
ARMY STAFF SARGEANT TREVOR I. TUIOLOSEGA
Army Staff Sgt. Trevor I. Tuiolosega has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at
a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations
involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members
from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global
terrorism outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and
Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and Europe.
Tuiolosega is an ammunition specialist assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team,
25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military
for 13 years.
He is the son of Trevor Tuiolosega of Pavaiai and a 1999 graduate of Samoana High School.
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Islands want the UN to see
climate as ‘security threat’
UNITED NATIONS (AP)
— The Marshall Islands and
other low-lying island nations
appealed to the U.N. Security
Council on Friday to recognize
climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes their very survival.
Tony deBrum, a minister and
assistant to the Marshall Islands
president, said the island nations
are facing opposition from
Security Council permanent
members Russia and China and
a group of more than 130 mainly
developing nations, which argue
that the U.N.’s most powerful
body is the wrong place to
address climate change.
DeBrum told reporters after a
closed Security Council meeting
on the “Security Dimensions
of Climate Change,” organized
by Britain and Pakistan, that he
hopes more council members
will be convinced that “this is
a security issue and not just an
economic-political-social issue.”
The low-lying islands, which
are already being inundated
with sea water, want the council
to bring its “political weight” to
the issue and help their countries survive, for example, by
harnessing new technologies
and ensuring alternative energy
supplies, he said.
DeBrum said it was “ironic,
bizarre perhaps” that 35 years
after he went before the Security
Council to seek the independence of the Marshall Islands
he was back again “to appeal for
the survival of my country.”
He said climate change
has already taken a toll on the
Marshall Islands. Wells have
filled with salt water, making
drinking water scarce and in
turn affecting food production.
One small island in a lagoon is
now under water, and coastlines
are being eroded. The impact of
climate change is also causing
migration to other islands, as
well as to Australia and the
United States, he said.
In an interview Friday with
The Associated Press, Rachel
Kyte, the World Bank’s vicepresident for sustainable development, said that since the council’s last discussion of climate
change “the sense of immediacy
and urgency has increased.”
“The question is: Do you want
to keep on cataloguing all of the
terrible things that are going to
happen if we continue on a business as usual track, or are we
actually going to start doing anything about it?” she said
Kyte said she explained to
the council on Friday that “it is
possible to stop the worst from
happening but it will require
real, concerted policy action
globally at every country level.”
“Economically we know
what to do, but politically it’s
going to take leadership,” she
said. “And every day we don’t
act we make the job more difficult for ourselves.”
“What the Security Council
has to do is understand that
everything has to be seen
through this lens. Climate
change is changing the future
scenarios for every country,”
Kyte said. “It’s framing decisions on security, economic
security, food security.”
Germany’s Deputy U.N.
Ambassador Miguel Berger
recalled that in July 2011, at
his country’s initiative, the
Security Council discussed the
security implications of climate
change at a formal meeting and
adopted a presidential statement
expressing the council’s concern about the possible adverse
effects of climate change on
international peace and security.
Berger told the council that
Germany was happy to see
the council taking up the issue
again and stressed that all U.N.
entities, including the Security
Council, need to intensify their
efforts to combat climate change
and its security implications. He
called for these implications to
be included in Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s reports to
the council on climate change.
“Let us not forget: Climate
change and its security implications will shape tomorrow’s
world in a way that is almost
impossible to overestimate,”
Wittig said. “We should also
consider whether a U.N. special
envoy on climate and security
could help us to tackle the foreign and security policy implications of climate change.”
Pakistan’s U.N. Ambassador
Masood Khan said the meeting
would galvanize actions in all
U.N. forums to combat climate
change. “Our response should
not be anchored only in politics; it should also be guided by
science and technology,” Khan
said. “Our response should not
just counter immediate threats;
it should forewarn and prepare
us for the impending threats that
impinge on our security.”
samoa news, Saturday, February 16, 2013 Page 5
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which has served as a safety net to those in the Minneapolis
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Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
Late polar bear Knut is on display at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Friday, Feb. 15,
2013. Adorable in life, still attracting admirers in death: Knut the polar bear’s hide has been mounted
on a polyurethane body and is going on display in a Berlin museum. The Natural History Museum on
Friday unveiled the statue prepared by taxidermists featuring the famous Berlin Zoo bear’s fur and
claws, with the synthetic body and glass eyes. Knut was hand-raised after his mother rejected him.
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two S.F. men attacked with
hatchet in robbery attempt
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say two
men are recovering from their injuries after they
were attacked with a hatchet during a home
invasion robbery in San Francisco’s tony Noe
Valley neighborhood.
Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman,
said Friday that the robbery occurred about
11:15 p.m. Thursday after a 58-year-old man
came home to find his roommat, a 69-year-old
man, tied up in his bedroom and suffering from
hatchet wounds.
Esparza said three men then attacked the
58-year-old man with a hatchet before fleeing.
Both victims were taken to the hospital after
suffering deep lacerations that are considered
non-life-threatening.
Police say no arrests have been made.
The incident is under investigation.
Foreign holdings of U.S.
debt hit $5.56T in December
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign demand
for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record
level in December, evidence that overseas
investors remained confident in U.S. debt
despite on-going budget battles in Washington.
The Treasury Department said Friday that
foreign holdings of U.S. Treasurys rose 0.3 percent in December from November to $5.56 trillion. It was the 12th consecutive monthly gain.
China, the top foreign holder, increased its
holdings 1.7 percent to $1.2 trillion. Japan, the
second largest holder, boosted its investment
0.2 percent to $1.12 trillion.
Demand kept rising in December even as
Congress approached a deadline to raise the
government’s $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. In
January, Congress approved a measure to temporarily suspend the borrowing limit until May
19. That has allowed the government to take on
more debt while the debate continues.
Another headache for
some cruise passengers
HOUSTON (AP) — Some passengers who
fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph
and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered
yet another setback on their way home when
one of the buses broke down.
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen says
a bus got sidelined Friday on the way to New
Orleans after leaving Mobile, Ala.
He says another bus was available and
those aboard were transferred and continued
to New Orleans where they arrived safely later
Friday morning. The ship carrying some 4,200
people and under tow by tugboats docked late
Thursday, after an engine-room fire Sunday left
it powerless and adrift.
1st lawsuit already filed
in cruise ship mishap
MIAMI (AP) — The first lawsuit has been
filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers in miserable conditions for days.
Texas resident Cassie Terry sued Carnival
Corp. on Friday in Miami federal court. The
suit seeks unspecified damages, saying Terry
feared for her life or that she might suffer
serious injury or illness because of the presence
of raw sewage and spoiled food.
Carnival cruise ship tickets require that all
lawsuits be filed in Miami. Maritime attorneys
say it’s difficult but not impossible to win a case
unless the plaintiff can show actual injury or illness. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said
the company hadn’t seen the suit and was not
in position to comment. The Triumph was disabled Sunday by an engine fire.
Ohioan drops suit over
court fine sent to Newtown
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio taxpayer
is dismissing his lawsuit over a $5,000 court
fine that a judge directed to the Connecticut
community where 26 people were killed in a
school shooting.
The taxpayer’s attorney says he dismissed
the suit Friday after the judge had the money
returned to Stark County in northeast Ohio.
Attorney Craig Conley had filed the suit,
saying the law didn’t allow the judge to send
the money to the Newtown school support fund
instead of having it paid to the county. Conley
says the taxpayer he represents is satisfied his
concerns have been addressed.
The money was paid by a former Ohio high
school basketball coach convicted of videotaping boys in a locker room shower.
Bunnies taking toll on
cars at Denver airport
DENVER (AP) — Silly rabbits.
The furry creatures are wreaking havoc on
cars parked at Denver International Airport by
eating spark plug cables and other wiring.
To stop the problem, federal wildlife workers
are removing at least 100 bunnies a month while
parking companies install better fences and
build perches for predator hawks and eagles.
Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale says that
out of 4.3 million parking transactions in 2012,
three claims were submitted for rodent or rabbit
damage, and none was submitted with a claim
for towing.
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Embezzler given 28 months in jail for theft
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter Chief Justice Michael Kruse sentenced former South Seas Insurance agent
Katerina Siliga of Afono to 28 months in
jail as part of her seven month sentence.
Siliga was originally charged in three
separate cases, where she faced three
counts of embezzlement and one count of
felony stealing. In a plea agreement with
the government the defendant pled guilty
to two counts of embezzlement and one
count of felony stealing, while the government moved to dismiss the remaining
charge as part of the plea agreement.
Kruse sentenced Siliga to seven years
and fined her $1,000 for each of the three
offenses to which she had plead guilty,
however these are to run concurrently.
Kruse suspended the execution of the
prison sentences for seven years, and
placed her on probation for seven years
under certain conditions.
As one condition of her probation, she
is required to serve a period of detention of
twenty eight months without any release
whatsoever except for genuine medical
emergency or prior order of the court. She
is also required to make restitution to the
victims in the amounts determined by the
Office of Probation and after six months
in detention, Siliga may request from the
court an order permitting out her on a
work-release program, however she has
to prove to the court at such a hearing that
she has found gainful employment. Kruse
told the defendant that family farming is
not considered a job.
Siliga was first charged on allegations
that she misappropriated money for life
insurance policy of a couple who reside
in Savai’i. According to the government’s
case two sisters went to South Seas Insur-
ance to inquire about their parents who
live in Savaii where they met with a senior
insurance agent who later flew to Savaii to
meet their parents and take pictures.
It’s alleged after the senior insurance
agent returned from Savaii he prepared
the paperwork for the insurance policy,
which he gave to the defendant. Siliga is
alleged to have taken the insurance policy
to the victims to sign, which they did.
It’s alleged the defendant picked up the
victim’s initial payment of $240 for the
policy on November 25, 2011.
The government claims the defendant
agreed to pick up payments from the victim
every month from November to July. The
victims said that they always asked the
defendant for receipts, but she always said
she would get them to him later, however
they were given any receipts.
One of the victims told police she
made monthly payments of $120 from
November 2011 through June 2012 and
in July she made a payment of $60. It was
alleged that Siliga had picked up those
payments each month. The government
claimed that on August 2012, the victim
heard that Siliga was arrested so she contacted the South Seas Insurance inquiring
about their parents’ insurance policy.
The senior insurance agent told the
victim that there was no insurance policy
in the name of their parents and suggested
that the defendant may have thrown away
the paperwork after they signed it. Police interviewed the defendant who
said she takes the blame for what happened and had already spoken to the victims about paying them back. Siliga told
police that she got a quote for an insurance policy for the victim’s parents last
year around May or June 2011 and upon
completing the paperwork, she took it to
victims to sign, but the paperwork never
made it back to South Seas Insurance.
Siliga admitted to police that from
Nov. 2011 to June 2012 she used all the
money she received from the victims that
was supposed to be insurance payments.. The second case against the defendant
was initiated when a man filed a complaint with the East Substation reporting
that he had applied for a life insurance
policy for his father through Siliga.
It is alleged the defendant told the
complaining witness the payment would
be $84.20 per month starting in May
2011, which was when the complaining
witness began to make payments. Court filings state that in August 2011
the defendant informed the victim that the
premium increased to $127.78 which the
defendant paid until June 2012. The complaining witness told police
he asked for receipt of his payments and
the defendant gave him three receipts for
the payments of September, October and
November last year. The government claims that in May
2012 the complaining witness’s father
passed away and the victim immediately
contacted the defendant. It’s alleged the
defendant told the complaining witness
that he needs to continue making payments
until they could provide a death certificate. Court filings state that a death certificate was provided to the defendant and
when the victim contacted the defendant
on the status of his father’s life insurance
the defendant told him that her boss was
off-island. On July 2012 the victim went
to the South Seas Insurance Company to
inquire about the status of his father’s life
insurance policy, and that was when he
was told that they did not have a policy on
his father and that the receipts provided
are not the receipts that the South Seas
Insurance company uses. Court filings state that on August 17,
2012 the victim met with the defendant
who apologized and stated that she used
the money with a friend named Mili. The
defendant assured the victim that she was
selling her pick-up truck and she will pay
the victim back. Investigaters contacted
the defendant, who was already incarcerated and she refused to make a statement. The police also contacted the defendant’s friend whom she mentioned but
the friend told police she had nothing to
do with the defendant’s situation. The
victim then contacted the police, saying
that on October 12, 2012 around noon,
the defendant called him from the TCF. She asked the victim for forgiveness and
said when she gets out of jail, she will pay
the victim back. “The defendant begged
the victim to withdraw his complaint and
not to press charges,” say court filings. Siliga made her initial appearance yesterday and will be arraigned today after
waiving her right to a preliminary examination. It’s alleged the amount of money
the victim paid for his father’s insurance
policy totaled $1,019.28.
The last case against the defendant
accuses her of taking money from two
women who gave the defendant a total
amount of $900 so she could buy K-fares
from Hawaiian Airlines for the two victims.
The government alleges that there
were no K-fares, and the defendant used
part of the money for her personal use.
She returned $700 reimbursement to one
woman, $50 to the other woman, but still
owes the amount of $200. The defendant is
represented by Assistant Public Defender
Mike White while prosecuting is Assistant
Attorney General Kimberly Hyde.
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Happy 86th Birthday
to our Most
Beloved Mother,
Grandmother, Great
Grandmother, Great
Great-Grandmother
MALIA ELISAPETA SALA FATA
We wish you all the love in the world on your special day!
~From your family at Two Dollar Beach in Avaio~
With love from your Children, Grandchildren,
Great Grandchildren & Great Great-Grandchildren
Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec
Alofa,
se ia tiga
Fa’alauiloaga
Afai ou te tautala i gagana a Agelu, ae leai so’u alofa, ua leai
se aoga, afai ou te maua mea uma o lenei lalolagi ma le tamaoaiga
e tele, ae leai so’u alofa, ua leai se aoga, afai fo’i ou te fa’apea ifo
ia te a’u lava ia, o a’u e alofa ae le fa’atinoina, ua matua’i le aoga
lava. Ae na fetalai Iesu Keriso, “Ia e alofa atu i le lua te tuaoi e pei
o oe lava ia te oe.”
O le alofa o lesu Keriso e le mafai ona fa’amatalaina, aua o
Lona alofa lea na o’o ai lava ina tiga ma maliu ai i luga o le satauro,
e togiola ai a tatou agasala. O le alofa o Keriso e le fa’atuaoia ma
e le mo se to’atasi, pe to’alua, pe to’atolu, ae ua fa’asalafa Lona
alofa mo so’o se tagata, o le mativa, o le mauoloa, o le ma’i po’o
le maloloina, so’o se atunu’u, so’o se lanu, so’o se gagana. Na ia
toe fetalai, “E leai lava se alofa e sili a’e na i lo lenei alofa, o le
tu’u atu lea o lona ola e sui ai ana uo.”
O le alofa o le tagata i le isi uso a tagata, e alu alu lava gata,
a’o le alofa o le Atua mo i tatou ta’ito’atasi e fa’aauau pea se ia
o’o ina tu’u ifo i tatou i le tu’ugamau. A’o galue le Tama’ita’i Sa
o Mother Theresa i totonu o le atunu’u o initia lea sa ia galue ai
mo tausaga e tele, na asiasi atu i ai se ali’i tusitala mai le Malo o
Amerika. O lana galuega, sa ia ofoina atu lona ola e fesoasoani
ai i tagata mama’i, o tagata ua puapuagatia, ua tu’ulafoa’ina, ma
i latou ua leai ni aiga e tausia ma alolofa i ai.
Sa tiga fo’i le Alo o le Atua Soifua, ma ia talia ona puapuga uma, ona o lona alofa mo i tatou. Sa talia e Iesu Keriso,
le ma’asiasi, tauemuga ma upu tau faifai a tagata, sa ia talia ma
le onosa’i le sasa ma le pale tuitui i lona a’o, sa ia talia le ipu ua
silisili ona o’ona, sa ia talia le satauro na te amoina mo a tatou
agasala, sa ia talia le tautau mai ua pei o se tagata ua tu’ulafoaina,
sa ia talia fao na tutu’i ai ona vae ma ona lima, aisea, e tasi lava
le upu, ALOFA. O le ala fo’i lea e fa’ata’imua ai ma lalago pea
i ai o’u fa’amoemoega uma, “Ia ou alofa atu, se ia o’o ina tiga.”
Na maofa le loto o le ali’i Tusi Tala lenei, aua ua ia molimau i
uiga tausa’afia ma uiga alofa o lenei Tama’ita’i Sa, o ana galuega
fo’i ua iloa ai o ia e le lalolagi atoa, sa fa’ata’imua ai le alofa e pei
ona ia ta’ua ma fa’ailoa i le ali’i Tusi Tala mai le Malo o Amerika.
Ina ua toe fo’i ane le malaga a lenei ali’i i Amerika, sa ia tusia ai
loa le tala’aga o lenei Tama’ita’i Sa amio Atua, ma le agaalofa i
so’o se tasi. Sa maua le avanoa o lo’u nei tagata ou te faitau ai i le
tele o galuega lelei ma a’oa’oga taua sa fa’atino e lenei Tama’ita’i
Sa, e fa’ailoa atu ai le alofa ma le agalelei o Iesu Keriso mo e ua
puapuagatia ma mafatia i le atunu’u o Initia. Ua ou au maia lenei
manatu ua silisili ona taua i lou soifua ma lo’u nei ola e fa’ata’imua
ai la tatou tala fa’asolo ua fa’aigoaina, ‘Alofa, se ia tiga.’ Ma o le a
e faitau ai i le olaga o le tama’ita’i e igoa i a Averia. Tatou feiloa’i
i le manuia i le alofa o le Atua i le aso a taeao, mo le amataina o la
tatou tala fa’asolo, ae ia manuia lava le alo faiva o le atunu’u i feau
ma galuega o le a feagai ai i lenei aso. E faia pea…
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TUUAIA LE MALO i LE MALIU
O SE TINA FAIFAATOAGA
O le maliu o se tina fai faatoaga mai Safata
ona o aafiaga o le mugala, timuga ma le pefu i
le maketi le tumau i Fugalei lea sa faatau ai ana
tau talo i le tele o aso, ua mafua ai le toatamai
tele o sui o le Itu Agai o le palemene.
Na saunoa le sui taitai, le afioga Aeau Peniamina Leavaise’eta, ua tatau ona avea le maliu
o lenei tina ma mafuaaga e faavavevave ai e le
malo le fausiaina o le maketi i Fugalei.
Ua finau isi sui o le Itu Agai, ua tatau lava i
le malo ona tapunia loa le maketi le tumau i le
fanua o le alii faipule, le afioga Toleafoa Faafisi
i Fugalei, ina ia o uma ai le au faifaatoaga i le
maketi fou i Vaitele.
Na faaalia e Aeau, na maliu lea tina i lona
aiga ma o le tuga tele o aafiaga sa ia feagai ai i
le maketi le tumau i Fugalei na mafua ai lona
Jonathan Patrick Crichton’s maliu.
TOE MOLIA FOI JONATHAN PATRICK
CRICHTON i LE FASIOTI TAGATA
Ua faauluina le tetee a le alii o Jonathan
Patrick Crichton i le isi moliaga o le fasioti
tagata faasaga ia te ia e pei ona ua tuuaina ai nei
o ia i le maliu o le alii Niu Sila o Hans Dalton
i le toese i Tafaigata, i le aso na sosoo ai ma le
aso Kerisimasi o le tausaga na sei mavae atu
nei. Na tulai i luma o Faamasino Sili Patu Tiavaasue Sapolu ia Crichton i le aso Gafua ma
ia faaulu lana tali tetee tauala atu i lana loia, le
susuga Rosela Viane Papalii.
O le tetee ai o lea alii ua tolopo ai nei le
fofogaina o lana mataupu mo le iloiloga a le
Faamasinoga i le aso 17 o le masina o Iuni o
le tausaga nei lava, lea ua faatulaga e faia ai
folasaga a molimau mo itu e lua.
E pei ona silafia, o Jonathan Patrick Crichton
ua faasalaina i le soloatoa i le toese ona o lona
tagatavaleina o se alii ave taxi i se tamai laau
malosi i le tausaga na tea nei.
TOA 43 SEILA UA FAAUU, LAPATAI
E TUILAEPA INA IA AMIO PULEA
Ua lapataia e le alii palemia, le susuga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi ia alo ma
fanau seila a le atunuu ia ua faamanuiaina nei
i avanoa faigaluega i luga o vaa tetele ma meli
laupasese i atunuu i fafo e faapea, o le a le
toe i ai lava se avanoa e tuuina i soo se tasi
e lipotia mai le faia o ni amioga le taupulea i
luga o ia vaa.
Na saunoa Tuilaepa, soo se gaioiga latou te
faia i le faatinoina o o latou tiute, o le a silafia
uma e le malo ona o le lelei o ma le vave o
fesootaiga ua i ai i lenei vaitau, ma e faigofie
lava le faaiuga o le toe faafoi mai lea i Samoa o
i latou ua faaletonu, toe faaleaogaina uma taumafaiga uma na maua i tusi pasi i lea matata.
O le popolega o le malo ona o le tulai so o
mai o faafitauli e aafia ai tagata Samoa ua auina
atu e galulue i luga o vaa tetele i atunuu i fafo,
ma afai ae faaauau pea lea tulaga, e ono aafia ai
faiga faapaaga a le malo ma kamupani tetele ia
mai atunuu i fafo ma faaletonu ai avanoa faigaluega mo isi fanau o lo o taumafai mai.
O lea lapataiga a le alii palemia na tuuina
atu i lana saunoaga autu i le sauniga faapitoa e
faamavae atu ai i seila e toa 43 ua maua avanoa
e faigaluega ai i luga o vaa tetele ma meli laupasese i atunuu i fafo.
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Tafaoga i Matafaga?
O matafaga nei UA LE malu puipuia mo ta’elega ma fagotaga ona ua
maua ai ni siama e ono lamatia ai le soifua maloloina. E le tatau ona
toe ‘au’au pe fagotaina nei ogasami se ia toe logo atu.
Sisifo:
Asili Beach, across LMS Church • Leone Pala, near bridge
tutotonu:
Pala Lagoon adjacent play ground • Pala Lagoon Spring near tennis courts
• Coconut point in Nuuuli • Fagaalu Beach adjacent field • Gataivai Beach,
across Laundromat • Utulei Beach, across High School • Fagatogo stream
mouth by the market
sasa’e:
Fagasa Fagalea Beach near stream • Fagasa Fagatele Beach across boat
house • Vatia stream mouth, 2nd bridge • Aua beach across Pouesi Mart
• Aua stream mouth near bridge • Aua beach across from A&M Video Store
• Alega beach adjacent resort • Alega stream mouth • Auasi Harbour, Auasi
• Amouli Beach across Health Clinic • Aoa stream mouth
Lapata’iga mo Matafaga: Fepuari 14, 2013
Ofisa o le Puipuia o le Si’osi’omaga
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‘O IESU O LE OLA FOU’
Tueteronome 8: 1-10, Mareko 2: 18-22
Ua fesiligia Iesu e le motu o tagata i le le faia faapela o lana ‘au soo e
pei o le ‘au soo a Ioane le Papatiso ma le ‘au farasaio i o latou tu ma aga
e masani ona faia, o le agapogi.
Ia fai atu loa i ai Iesu, “Pe mafai ea aumea a le faatoafaiava ona
anapopogi ina o ia te latou te i latou le faatoafaiava ? Latou te le ona
anapopogi i ona aso o ia te i latou le faatoafaiava. Ae oo i ona po e
aveeseaina ai le faatoafaiava ia te i latou, ona ia latou anapopogi ai lea.”
E le’i sau Iesu e aveesea se mea e tasi aganuu na masani ai le aganuu
o Iutaia, ma e le’i afio mai foi i le lalolagi e faaleaga i tu ma iuga o tagata
ua masani ai. Na afio mai o Ia o le faamafolafola mea uma lava i tagata
o lona aganu’u ma ave ‘esea mea sese e ‘ese mai ai e mea ua masani ai,
ae ua tauau ina tuu i tua le aganuu, ae fai le mea valea o le fai uma atu le
mea ua latou manonoa i ai.
Silasila foi, ma amata i le ave’esega o uiga fai o le ‘au soo a le au
farasaio e atu i luma o nisi tagata na tutu ai ma tatalo ai, e pei ona fai mai
ai Mataio 6:5-7, “A outou tatalo, aua ne’i tautu i a outou upu e pei o nuu
ese, aua fa te i latou, o le tele o a latou upu e talia ai i latou; aua ua silasila
e lo outou Tama mea ua outou matitiva ai, a o lei ole atu outou ia te ia.”
Lea na a’oa’o atu ai Mose i lona nu’u o Isaraelu, ina ia tatau ona latou
faia mea silisili i le silafaga a le Atua ao le’i taunuu atu i totonu o le nuu
ua filifilia e le Atua mo i latou. I le fitu sefulu ma le lima (75) tausaga a
Aperamo, na faatonuina ai e le Atua e alu ‘ese ma lona aiga ae alu atu i le
nu’u o le a mafai mano ona o le nuu na filifilia e le Atua.
O Aperamo, Sarai o le atalii o lona uso o Lota ma isi tagata uma na
latou o faatasi i le nuu na faasino atu e le Atua, ma e ui atu i Karana, aluna
o More, ma o atu ai mo Kanana. O lea na fetalai atu ai lea o le Atua ia
Aperamo, “Ou te foaiina atu lenei lava nuu mo lau fanau, ona faia lea e ia
i lea mea o le fata faitaulaga i le Alii, sa faaali mai o ia ia te ia.”
Le ‘ele’ele sa ave i ai e le Alii, se faia ai fata faitaulaga a’o le fanua
na avatu i ai e le Alii i lona mamalu, le ‘ele’ele na ave ‘esea e faapitoa lea
e fai uma ai le faiva e toe fa’afoi atu ai i le Alii le taulaga e ala lea i lona
alofa ma le faamaoni. ‘O le mea na foai atu e le Alii i amataga e oo atu
i le gataaga, tatou te maua ai nei le Ola e Faavavau i le isi ola pe’a tatou
oo i ai, i le Alofa faamaoni a le Alii e oo i le faavavau lava. Amene.
O KATI LE LEOLEO NANA
[Sosoo ane loa lau faitau i le tatou tala faasolo mo
lenei vaiaso, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na tea nei i le
taimi lea ua faafesootai ai Kati le ofisa o leoleo a le malo
o Italia, ina ia vaai le taitai fitafita a le malo o Sepania
lea o lo o malaga atu ma ni alii fitafita savili se toafa
ina ia taofia faapagota uma i latou e faatali ai le vaega
faapitoa o leoleo nana ia ua malaga atu i le isi vaalele.]
E taunuu le uaealesi a Kati i le taitai o le malo o
Italia, ae o le taimi lea ua toe afa itula tulau eleele le
vaalele tele lea o lo o malaga atu ai le taitai fitafita
ma ana fitafita faapitoa e toafa. Na ona taunuu lava o
le vaalele, amata loa ona gasolo i fafo le pasese ma
savavali atu i vaega taitasi ua faamoemoe e kilia ai
latou mo le ulufafo atu, ae o le taitai fitafita ma ana fitafita faapitoa, na ui sa’o lava i le vaega lea e kilia ai sui
o soo se militeli a atunuu eseese e ulufale atu i totonu o
Italia, ma o iina na faigofie ai ona maua i latou e leoleo.
Na ona maea lava ona kilia o pepa malaga mo
le taitai fitafita ma ana fitafita, savavali sa’o loa i le
faitoto’a lea e ulufafo atu ai i le vaega e paka ai taavale
a le militeli a le malo o Italia, peitai na faateia le taitai
fitafita ina ua tatala atu le faitoto’a ae latou vaaia le
ova i le toa 20 leoleo o lo o laulaututu mai i fafo o le
faitoto’a ma latou a’upega.
“Faaali mai tou ID faamolemole,” o le faatonuga lea
a le taitai i leoleo sa pito mai lava i luma o le faitoto’a,
ma savali atu lava i le vaega o lo o tutu mai ai le taitai
fitafita a le malo o Sepania ma ana fitafita faapitoa e
toafa. Na vaaia e leoleo le tau fai gaioi uma o fitafita
ma le latou taitai i le lagaina mai o a latou ID ma tuuina
atu loa i le taitai leoleo. “Talu ai o se poloaiga mai le
malo o Sepania, ua faia ai e le Faamasinoga maualuga
a Italia le poloaiga e taofia ai outou i lalo o le vaavaaiga
a le malo sei taunuu mai leoleo nana faapitoa a le malo
o lo o malaga mai mo le faia o ni suesuega e tusa ai o
tuuaiga faasaga ia te outou,” e fai atu lava tala a le taitai
leoleo ma ia faatonuina loa ana leoleo ina ia taofia uma
i latou nei i le falepuipui, ae o latou ato ma meatotino
uma ia taofia i se nofoaga faapitoa e faatali ai le taimi e
toe foi atu ai i lo latou atunuu.
O le afiafi lava o le aso lea na tulaueleele ai loa le
tama o Kati ma ana leoleo faapitoa e toalua i totonu o le
laumua o Italia, ma latou aga’i sa’o atu loa i le nofoaga
o le militeli a le malo mo le faamautuina o ni isi o a
latou feutanaiga e uiga i le mataupu e faatatau i le taitai
fitafita ma ana fitafita faapitoa e toafa. E pisi Kati ma
ana leoleo nana faapitoa e toalua i le suesueina o le
mataupu i le taitai fitafita ma ana fitafita, ae o le taimi
lea o lo o pisi ai foi leoleo a le malo o Sepania e suesue
tagata e toalima ia na maua ua maliliu i totonu o le Sipi
na masalomia sa sosola ai le taitai fitafita ma ana fitafita,
poo le a la latou sootaga ma le taitai fitafita.
POLOGA I LE ALOFA
[E toe faatalofa atu i le mamalu o le au faitau i lenei taeao, malo le soifua maua malo foi le onosa’i, ae
alo mai loa o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou tala faasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le taimi lea
ua taunuu ai Lasela i le fale o Lisati ma le taga pepa o lo o afisi atu i lona lima.]
“Mama, vaai ofu ia o Lisaki e fafao i se kulimagu o laga ako ga e ave, o oga mikiafu ma ie e sui ai oga
ofu i le aoga,” o le musumusu tau le lagona atu lea a Lasela i le tina o Lisati lea o lo o nofo faaseuapa i le pou
tulimanu o le latou fale apa. E lei popole le fafine i le tatalo o le lotu lea o lo o fai e le toeaina, ae ua tu i luga ma
savali aga’i i fafo o le fale sei la talanoa ma Lasela, e le mana’o e faalavelave la tala taumusumusu i le tatalo
o le lotu o lo o fai, ae na avea lona taumafai e tu i luga ma itu na solo atu ai ma isi maa o le faavae maa o le
latou faleapa, ma pao leotele ai a’o fai le tatalo. “Suga, o le a lea kagapepa ua e koe sau ma oe, popole mai fua
o lea lava ua uma oga kapega le malaga a Lisaki mo gagei, faafekai lava le magaku mai, ae saugi mai kakou
o i le malae vaalele pe a ka le 9 gagei,” o le talanoa fiafia atu lea a le tina o Lisati i le tamaitai o Lasela, ao la
talanoa musumusu i tua atu o le fale, ae la faalogoina loa le pese mai o le pese faaiulotu ua uma le tatalo sa fai.
“O ai ea lea ga pao ao fai le kakalo alii,” o le fesili fia iloa lea a le tama o Lisati ina ua faatoa maea lava upu
faaiu o le pese. E lei tali se isi o le fanau, ae na lava le le nofo mai o le olomatua i totonu o le fale ma itu na iloa
ai e le toeaina, o le olomatua lea na pao, ai foi na tu i luga ma savali i fafo i se feau. E uma atu loa le fesili a le
toeaina ae ona faalogoina loa ua faatofa leotele le olomatua ma vaaia ai le toe savali mai i totonu o le fale. “O
le a ea le mea eke pisi ai o lea sa fai le loku,?” o le fesili lea a le toeaina ma faaloloa ona vae, “Se, o si keige o
Lasela ga sau e aumai ofu o Lisaki mo laga malaga, la ua ou fai i ai e alu sau ai kakou o gagei i le faaeega o si
a’u kama,” o le tala lea a le olomatua na ata ai le toeaina ma faapea lana tala, “Vaai poo gi ofu o le koeaiga lega
ua sola mai ma lega kama’ikaiga e alu ma le kama siaula.” E sauni loa le aiga o le a faaee le taavale e o ai i le
malae vaalele, ae vaaia loa Lasela ua laalaa atu. O teuga a le tamaitai i lea po na atili faamautuina ai le mafaufau
o Lisate mo lana uo, afai ae uma lana aoga, e toe foi mai lava i Samoa e faamautu le la aiga ma Lasela e pei ona
la tuu tala ai. Na matua tumu le malae vaalele i uo ma aiga o tamaiti aoga ua sauni e malaga atu i Niu Sila mo
a latou aoaoga, o le toatele o le taimi muamua lea faatoa malaga ai i le aoga, ae o isi o lea ua toe foi e faauma a
latou aoaoga mo le tausaga mulimuli. E amata loa ona gasolo le pasese a le vaalele i totonu, ae faalogoina loa i
luga o le sipika tele lava o lo o i totonu o le malae vaalele, ua usu mai ai le pese a le Aufaipese o le Maa Tulua
fai mai, “Ae ete le’i tuua o a’u, o’u toe manatu e fia momoli atu, tausaga o i luma ma ni mea e tutupu ai…”
Tala i Vavau o Samoa
O LE TALA I LE ULUGALII O UI MA TEA
E ui e lasi talitonuga a Samoa
e fa’atatau i ana tala tu’u, ae i ai
le talitonuga ua nofofale i loto ma
finagalo le taua o tala anamua, lea
o lo’o avea pea o se toe fafagu
i tupulaga i aso nei, i le taua o le
auala na mafua ai ona maua igoa ma
mafua nisi o tala tupu a le atunu’u.
O le tala lenei, e foliga mai e itulua
tagata Samoa i ona po ua mavae
ona e le mafai ona talitonuina se
tulaga faapea e oo i ni tagata tauaso
pe o ni tagata fo’i e po le vaai, ae o e
fagogota, peitai o le mea lena o loo
tupu i le talatuu lenei, ma ua avea ai
o se tasi o vavau iloga a Samoa i le
taimi nei. Fai mai le mau a Salafai,
o le ulugalii o Ui ma lona toalua o
Tea, e tauaso uma i laua, pe po le la
vaai, ma e le mafai ona la vaaia ni
mea, sa nonofo i gauta o Neiafu i le
eleele e igoa o Fatu Saaga ma le la
tama teine e toatasi, le teine o Sina.
O se mea malie sa tupu i taimi
uma e alu ai le faiva a le ulugalii
tauaso lenei, aua e masani ona tuu le
la tama teine e toatasi o Sina i luga o
le fuefue ao fai le la faiva ma o le mea
la e tupu, o taimi uma lava e fagogota
ai le ulugalii tauaso lenei, e alu ane ai
le tagata e igoa ia Tapu, o se tagata
mai Falealupo ua tausi le teine ma
fafaga faalelei. O le ulugalii lenei, e
masani lava ona fagogota i le Fafa o
Saualii, aua o se vaega e tele ai le i’a.
O le tagata lenei o Tapu, e masani
ona fagota i le mea lea e fagogota ai
le ulugalii, ma, o le mafuaaga lena na
te iloaina ai le mea o loo tupu Fai mai
i se tasi po ina ua a’e mai le faiva a
le ulugalii, na o mai loa ua faafuata
le teine o Sina ma latou o loa, ae o le
taimi lea ua mulimuli atu ai i tua ma
le tagata lenei o Tapu.
Ua alu pea le savaliga a le
ulugalii ma ua oo i le nofoaga e taua
o Fatu Saaga, ona sasaa lea i lalo
o i’a o loo i le ola ma matamata i
ai, ona toe faaauau ai lea o le la
savaliga, ae ina ua taunuu atu i le
laueleele ua faaigoaina o “Malagia,”
o iina na faatoa malagia pe ua iloa
ai e le ulugalii, o loo i ai le tagata o
loo mulimuli atu ia te i latou, ma ua
amata ai loa iina ma le mafutaga a le
ulugalii ma le tagata lenei o Tapu.
Fai mai le tala ua nonofo pea Ui ma
Tea ma le tagata lenei o Tapu i lo
latou aiga, ua oo foi ina matua le
teine o Sina, ona nonofo loa lea ma
Tapu, ma ua fanau le la tama ulumatua, ua faaigoa foi ia Sina, ona e
lei maua se igoa o le teine i lea taimi,
ae o le mea ua tupu, talu mai lava le
aso na mafuta ai Tapu ma le ulugalii
tauaso lea lava ua i’u ina nonofo ma
le teine o Sina, e lei toe alu lava e
asi lona aiga i Falealupo, ma, o le
vaiaso fou, o le a faailoa atu ai le
taimi na fuafua ai Tapu o le a alu e
asi lona aiga ma le mea na tupu ai.
Asteroid buzzes,
misses Earth –
unlike meteor
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth’s backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock
of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above
Russia just hours before the asteroid zoomed past the planet.
Scientists the world over, along with NASA, insisted the
meteor had nothing to do with the asteroid since they appeared to
be traveling in opposite directions. The asteroid is a much more
immense object and delighted astronomers in Australia and elsewhere who watched it zip harmlessly through a clear night sky.
“It’s on its way out,” reported Paul Chodas of NASA’s NearEarth Object program at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
Asteroid 2012 DA14, as it’s called, came closer to Earth than
many communication and weather satellites orbiting 22,300
miles up. Scientists insisted these, too, would be spared, and they
were right.
The asteroid was too small to see with the naked eye even
at its closest approach around 2:25 p.m. EST, over the Indian
Ocean near Sumatra. The best viewing locations, with binoculars
and telescopes, were in Asia, Australia and eastern Europe. Even
there, all anyone could see was a pinpoint of light as the asteroid
buzzed by at 17,400 mph.
As asteroids go, this one is a shrimp. The one that wiped out
the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was 6 miles across. But this
rock could still do immense damage if it ever struck given its
143,000-ton heft, releasing the energy equivalent of 2.4 million
tons of TNT and wiping out 750 square miles.
By comparison, NASA estimated that the meteor that exploded
over Russia was tiny — about 49 feet wide and 7,000 tons before
it hit the atmosphere, or one-third the size of the passing asteroid.
As for the back-to-back events, “this is indeed very rare and
it is historic,” said Jim Green, NASA’s director of planetary science. While the asteroid is about half the length of a football
field, the exploding meteor “is probably about on the 15-yard
line,” he said.
“Now that’s pretty big. That’s typically a couple times bigger
than the normal influx of meteorites that create these fireballs,”
he said in an interview on NASA TV.
“These fireballs happen about once a day or so, but we just
don’t see them because many of them fall over the ocean or in
remote areas. This one was an exception.”
As the countdown for the asteroid’s close approach entered
the final hours, NASA noted that the path of the meteor appeared
to be quite different than that of the asteroid, making the two
objects “completely unrelated.” The meteor seemed to be traveling from north to south, while the asteroid passed from south to
north — in the opposite direction.
Most of the solar system’s asteroids are situated in a belt
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and remain stable there
for billions of years. Some occasionally pop out, though, into
Earth’s neighborhood.
NASA scientists estimate that an object of this size makes a
close approach like this every 40 years. The likelihood of a strike
is every 1,200 years.
The flyby provides a rare learning opportunity for scientists
eager to keep future asteroids at bay — and a prime-time advertisement for those anxious to step up preventive measures.
Friday’s meteor further strengthened the asteroid-alert message.
“We are in a shooting gallery and this is graphic evidence of
it,” said former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, chairman
emeritus of the B612 Foundation, committed to protecting Earth
from dangerous asteroids.
Schweickart noted that 500,000 to 1 million sizable nearEarth objects — asteroids or comets — are out there. Yet less
than 1 percent — fewer than 10,000 — have been inventoried.
Humanity has to do better, he said. The foundation is working
to build and launch an infrared space telescope to find and track
threatening asteroids.
If a killer asteroid was, indeed, incoming, a spacecraft could,
in theory, be launched to nudge the asteroid out of Earth’s way,
changing its speed and the point of intersection. A second spacecraft would make a slight alteration in the path of the asteroid and
ensure it never intersects with the planet again, Schweickart said.
Asteroid DA14 — discovered by Spanish astronomers only
last February — is “such a close call” that it is a “celestial torpedo across the bow of spaceship Earth,” Schweickart said in a
phone interview Thursday.
NASA’s deep-space antenna in California’s Mojave Desert
was ready to collect radar images, but not until eight hours after
the closest approach given the United States’ poor positioning
for the big event.
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E te fia
Poka?
Tusia e Toleafoa Haserota Auvaa
E O MAI UA LE TOE FIA TAUTALA LE ISI I LE ISI
Uma mai le ‘honeymoon’ a le ulugalii fou ua le tautala le isi i le isi, e pei lava o le Fiti ma le
Tonga tagata ia e feoa’i, toe toe lava a fetaui tauau e le toe fai le isi i le isi.
Fai atu loa le uo a Apelu i ai, “E a mai le ‘honeymoon’ a alii Apelu?.” fai mai le tamaloa o
Apelu, “Na manaia lava, ae o le mala paga le mea na tupu, lea e oo mai i le aso e le’i tautala lava
le isi i le isi….” ia ‘oso atu loa Enoka, “Aisea ?”
Fai mai Apelu, “Uma na ma ‘a’ai i le faleaiga, ma o mai loa i le ma potu mo le faamanatuina o
le honeymoon, ou tago loa nana le $50.00 i lalo o le aluga”
Fai atu loa Enoka, “’A’a e leai se mea e leaga ai fua le na mea.” a’e toe ‘oso mai le tamaloa o
Apelu i le fai mai loa i le mea na ita ai, “E le o le mea na, ae na mafua lou ita ona ou te tago atu i
lalo o le aluga e taatia mai lau sui e $20.00.”
Fai atu loa le tamaloa o Enoka, “O le a la la le mea e leaga ai lena mea ?.” ae fai mai Apelu, “O
le fafine ua leva ona faigaluega i le faletalimalo, lona uiga ua masani i faiga nei, ae galo ai o a’u
lea e mate o atu i le ‘honeymoon.’
UA UMA ONA TOE FAASAO LE ULU
Alu alu le tietiega pasika a le isi ‘au vaega, oo atu loa i Tiavi tago loa le tama o Enoka faatu le
pasika, ua ave ifo lana ‘jacket’ ua u mai i tua le mea na u i luma i tua o le ‘jacket’ ona o le malulu.
Ia toe alu loa le tietiega a le toalua lea, masau atu le pasika ma alu atu loa lavea i le ‘aega i Leulumoega, tau atu loa i ai le isi toeaina ma ai loa fesoasoani muamua.
Uma loa toe vili i Leoleo e tau i ai le mea ua tupu, “Hello…hello, na ou maua mai le pasika o
lavea atu i le aega tele lea i uta o Leulumoega…” fesili mai Leoleo, “Ua a mai la nai tama ?.” Tali
le faifaatoaga lea, “O lea ua manuia, na o le tama lea na pito i luma, na ou tago faasa’o lona ulu.”
AVE MA OE OE
Ua manaia lava le mea lea e fai a Atamu ma Apelu i California, ua alu lava e pei e leai ni Leoleo,
oo atu i lea auala ‘oso i ai i lea auala, ua tete’i lava i oo atu i le isi auala lena, ae tu lelei mai lava le
taavale o Leoleo. Ia alu loa i le atoa le taavale a le toalua lea, ua fiu le taavale a Leoleo e tuli, ‘oso
atu i ‘i, ia toe ‘oso mai i ‘i fai ai a se’i i’u lava ina maua.
Savali atu le Leoleo a ua mafaufau lava le tama nei o Atamu i sana pepelo o le fai i Leoleo, oo
mai loa le Leoleo fai mai loa, o le a le mea ua e alu la’atoa, ae tali atu le tamaloa o Atamu, “O le
vaiaso na te’a nei, na sosola ai le Leoleo ma lou toalua, o le leaga ia o lena fafine, faapea lava a’u
ia, ai ua toe sau le Leoleo e toe faafoi mai.”
Fai atu loa le Leoleo ia Atamu, “E LEAI OU TE LE ‘AI TOEAIGA, AUMAI LOU LAISENE
FAAMOLEMOLE….!!!!.”
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Tel: (684) 633-5237 Fax (684) 633-4240
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No: RFP-024-2013
Issuance Date: February 12, 2013
Date & Time Due: March 12, 2013
No Later than 2:00pm local time
The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) from
qualified firms to provide:
“E-Rate Year 16 – Local Telephone Services for the Dept. of Education”
Submission:
Original and five copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked:
“E-Rate Year 16 Local Telephone Services.” Submissions are to be sent to the following
address and will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Tuesday, March 12, 2013:
Office of Procurement
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
attn: Tiaotalaga J.E. Kruse, CPO
Any proposal received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any
circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and will be determined as
being non-responsive.
Documents:
The RFP Scope of Work outlining the proposal requirements is available at The Office of
Procurement, Tafuna, American Samoa, during normal working hours.
Review:
Request for Proposal 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 proposals and to
waive any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted proposals that are not in the best
interests of the American Samoa Government or the public.
TIAOTALAGA J.E. KRUSE, Chief Procurement Officer
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samoa news, Saturday, February 16, 2013
Ex-mayor’s $1B
gambling woes
stun San Diego
A child places posters into razor wire that read “down with dictatorship,” after a pro-democracy
march in Budaiya, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators
jammed a major highway Friday as clashes broke out for a second day between security forces and
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
protesters marking the anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf nation.
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
KCNC-TV reports there’s another way to
stop the damage that can cost thousands of dollars to repair.
Mechanics say coating the wires with fox
or coyote urine can rob the rabbits of their
appetite. Fox urine can be purchased at many
hunting shops.
Clashes near Syria
airport kill 150
BEIRUT (AP) — Intense clashes between
the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the
country’s second-largest airport killed around
150 people in recent days, anti-regime activists
said Friday, pointing to the significance both
sides in the country’s civil war place on controlling key infrastructure.
The battle for the international airport near
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, resembles other
battles over strategic assets that could provide
an edge in the larger fight for the country.
This week, rebels seized a hydroelectric
dam and a major oil field, cutting off President
Bashar Assad’s regime from key resources
necessary for its long term survival.
On Friday, activists also reported that rebels
seized an air defense base and fought near two
other army installations in Syria’s north.
Rebels have been trying for months to capture Aleppo’s international airport, which lies
east of the city in a complex with a smaller
military airfield and an army base charged with
protecting the area.
Malaysia detains Australian
senator at airport
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —
Malaysian immigration authorities have
detained an Australian senator who flew into
Kuala Lumpur to speak with officials about
upcoming Malaysian elections.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has
made statements considered critical of Malaysia’s government ahead of general elections
that must be held before the end of June.
Xenophone had planned to meet next week
with Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar
Ibrahim as well as a Cabinet minister and electoral authorities to discuss polling transparency
issues.
He said he was taken into custody when he
arrived at a Kuala Lumpur airport Saturday and
told he was on a security watch list.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr called
for the immediate release of Xenophon, who is
expected to be deported Saturday night.
Malaysian Home Ministry representatives
could not be immediately reached.
Continued from page 6
Canada’s aboriginal
affairs minister resigns
OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s aboriginal
affairs minister has resigned after improperly
advocating to a tax court on behalf of a constituent he represents in Parliament.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced
John Duncan’s departure Friday afternoon.
Duncan released a statement soon afterward
explaining his decision. Duncan will keep his
Parliamentary seat representing a Vancouver
Island district. In recent months, Duncan faced
nationwide protests by the aboriginal community over treaty rights. He has suffered from
poor health and was considered one of the government’s less effective officials.
The position of aboriginal affairs minister is
likely to take on a much higher profile in during
a new round of negotiations over treaty issues
and land-claims settlements to which Harper
has committed. Heritage Minister James Moore
is temporarily taking over the post.
SJ Valentine’s Day deaths
possible murder-suicide
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a
former couple were found shot to death at their
house in East San Jose during an apparent Valentine’s Day murder-suicide. Sgt. Jason Dwyer
says a roommate found a man and a woman in
a bedroom Thursday afternoon who were once
boyfriend and girlfriend who were still living
together after breaking up a few weeks ago.
Investigators believe man apparently fatally
shot his ex-girlfriend before shooting himself.
Police say they have recovered the weapon.
Dwyer stopped short of calling the shootings a
domestic violence incident as the suspect was
about 30-years-old and the woman he killed was in
her early 20s. Their names have not been released.
The incident remains under investigation.
Mexico: Bird flu outbreak
hits 582,000 chickens
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s animal
health agency says a bird flu outbreak at seven
farms in central Mexico has affected as many
as 582,000 chickens. The Agriculture Department says more than a half million birds were
exposed, but the number that will have to be
slaughtered has yet to be determined.
An outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in
western Mexico in 2012 led to the slaughter
of more than 22 million hens and caused price
increases in chicken and egg products.
But the department said Friday that the current outbreak has not affected the supply of
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Maureen O’Connor was a physical
education teacher who won a seat on the San Diego City
Council when she was only 25 years old, later winning two
terms as the city’s first female mayor as she charmed voters
with a populist flair.
But her rapid rise was matched by her fall, culminating
Thursday when she acknowledged in federal court that she
took $2.1 million from her late husband’s charitable foundation
during a decade-long gambling spree in which she won — and
lost — more than $1 billion.
O’Connor pleaded not guilty to a money laundering charge
in an agreement with the Justice Department that defers prosecution for two years while she tries to repay the foundation and
receives treatment for gambling.
O’Connor, 66, once had a personal fortune that her attorney
estimated between $40 million and $50 million, inherited from
her husband of 17 years, Robert O. Peterson, founder of the
Jack in the Box Inc. fast-food chain. She is now virtually broke,
living with a sister.
O’Connor walked across the courtroom with a cane,
appearing frail and struggling to maintain composure at one
point as her attorney wrapped his arm around her shoulder and
placed his hand on her head.
At a news conference, she said she always intended to repay
the foundation and appeared to blame her behavior on a brain
tumor that was diagnosed in 2011.
“There are two Maureens — Maureen No. 1 and Maureen
No. 2,” said O’Connor, who declined to take questions. “Maureen No. 2 is the Maureen who did not know she had a tumor
growing in her brain.”
O’Connor’s game of choice was video poker at casinos in
San Diego, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J. Her attorney,
Eugene Iredale, said she played for hours at a time.
She won about $1 billion from 2000 to 2009, according to
winnings that casinos reported to the Internal Revenue Service,
but lost even more. Iredale said her net gambling losses topped
$13 million.
News of O’Connor’s gambling troubles and financial ruin
elicited sympathy in her hometown. Magistrate Judge David
Bartick told her that she left “a very strong legacy in the city of
San Diego.”
The U.S. attorney’s office said O’Connor’s medical condition
influenced the decision to strike a deal, saying it may have been
impossible to bring the case to trial. The tumor was removed but
doctors submitted letters detailing significant ailments.
“Maureen O’Connor was a selfless public official who
contributed much to the well-being of San Diego,” said U.S.
Attorney Laura Duffy. “However, no figure, regardless of how
much good they’ve done or how much they’ve given to charity,
can escape criminal liability with impunity.”
O’Connor, the eighth of 13 children whose father was a
boxer and nightclub owner and mother was a registered nurse,
was elected to the City Council three years after graduating
from San Diego State University. She was mayor from 1986 to
1992, San Diego’s only Democratic leader over a four-decade
span. She promoted community policing, championed the arts
and oversaw completion of a downtown convention center.
O’Connor began gambling around 2001 as she struggled
with pain and loneliness from the death of her husband from
leukemia in 1994 and the passing of several close friends, said
Iredale, who called it “grief gambling” in a court filing. Within
four years, she was betting heavily.
O’Connor acknowledged taking $2.1 million from the R.P.
Foundation between September 2008 and March 2009 to pay
gambling debts, wager more and cover living costs. She was
one of three trustees of the foundation, a nonprofit organization
that supported the Alzheimer’s Association, City of Hope, San
Diego Hospice and other charities.
Her annual gambling winnings peaked at more than $200
million, said Phillip Halpern, an assistant U.S. attorney. Prosecutors said they didn’t know exactly how much she lost but
that she also borrowed money from friends and sold property
to gamble.
O’Connor sold a home in tony La Jolla for $2.5 million in
2010 that is down the street from former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
She also sold the Heritage House Hotel in the Northern California coastal town of Mendocino for $7.5 million in 2005 to
investors who defaulted, Iredale said. She sued and plans to turn
over any damages to repay the foundation.
samoa news, Saturday, February 16, 2013 Page 13
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
chicken products. It said tests were continuing
to determine the exact strain of virus involved in
the outbreak, but said it did not affect humans.
Mexico’s nationwide flock amounts to 137
million birds.
Court bombing mastermind
sentenced to 55-year term
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mastermind
behind the 2008 bombing of a San Diego courthouse has been sentenced to 55 years in prison.
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
Margaret McKeown called the act despicable
when she sentenced 46-year-old Donny Love
on Friday. Love denied having anything to do
with the plot.
Love was convicted in 2011 of 10 counts,
including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass
destruction.
Prosecutors say Love arranged for the placement of three pipe bombs in front of the federal
courthouse in San Diego in 2008. The blast shattered glass doors but caused no injuries. Prosecutors say Love planned to collect a $75,000
reward by turning in one of the bombers.
Two women and a man who pleaded guilty
have been sentenced to about a decade in prison.
Pa. dad admits maternity
ward girlfriend assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has
admitted assaulting his girlfriend in the maternity ward of a suburban Philadelphia hospital
during an argument over what to name their
newborn baby.
Twenty-three-year-old Richard Lavon Davis
Jr. of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault in connection
with the January 2012 incident at Lankenau
Hospital in Lower Merion.
The Delaware County Daily Times reported
Friday that Montgomery County Judge Joseph
Smyth sentenced Davis to eight to 23 months in
the county jail and ordered him to complete a
domestic violence counseling program.
Continued from page 12
Assistant District Attorney Wallis Brooks
says it’s outrageous that a new father would
push and punch a defenseless woman recovering from childbirth over the name of their
baby. Defense lawyer Gregory Nester says his
client is remorseful.
Mom’s stripping disrupts
N.Y. school assembly
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a mother
who got on stage and started to strip during an
upstate New York school assembly is facing
child endangerment and lewdness charges.
Albany police say 24-year-old Aydrea
Meaders was arrested at North Albany Academy
on Friday morning.
They say school staff told them the assembly
was halted and the cafeteria cleared after
Meaders began dancing onstage and took off
some of her clothes. She’s charged with seven
counts of endangering the welfare of a child and
one count of public lewdness. An Albany City
Court clerk says Meaders was arraigned Friday
afternoon and ordered held on $3,000 bail. She
doesn’t have a lawyer yet. The North Albany
Academy is a prekindergarten through eighth
grade school in the Albany district.
Cayman Islands woman bites
intruder and loses a tooth
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP)
— Police in the Cayman Islands say a woman
drove off an intruder by biting him. It cost her a
tooth, though.
Police Chief Inspector Robert Scotland says
the woman was home alone when she woke up
to find a man standing over her bed. Scotland
told The Associated Press on Friday that the
woman bit the intruder when he put his hand
over her mouth. He then fled.
He said the woman was treated at a hospital
and that police are still looking for the intruder.
The incident occurred early Thursday in the
northwest part of Grand Cayman.
Pacific Horizons “surpasses”
National Average test scores
[PRESS RELEASE] —Pacific Horizons School received news
testifying to their high caliber curriculum, teacher quality and academic standards in the 2012/2013 SAT standardized test. This
year, the mean score of PHS’s seniors’ SAT scores is 1660. The
national average is 1330. A score of 1550 is considered as college
and career ready. In the eight year history of PHS’s high school,
two students have earned the recognition of National Merit Scholar
having scored in the top 99% on the Preliminary SAT.
School Director, Mrs. Caroline Tuiolosega, attributes Pacific
Horizons School high academic performance to the school’s tradition of recruiting qualified and caring teachers. All of PHS’ core
teachers from grades K5 through high school hold bachelor degrees
or masters in teaching or in the subjects they teach; nearly half hold
masters. The school has always known that having teachers with
degrees in the subject or content areas that they teach is critical to
building a rigorous curriculum.
Mrs. Tuiolosega also said that another important characteristic
of PHS is keeping class sizes small. This allows for a more individualized approach to instruction, particularly in the areas of language arts and math. In a larger, traditional classroom, students
who learn quickly are held back while students who need more
time are pushed ahead before they are ready. At Pacific Horizons School every effort is made to meet the individual needs of
students and this can only be accomplished in a class where the
teacher-to-student ratio is kept small. Class size is usually limited
to 16 students at all levels.
At the high school level, PHS recognizes that their biggest challenge—their small school size—can also be their greatest strength.
The school has designed a high school program that takes advantage of its small size. The school makes every effort to include
elements in their program that can be more difficult to include in
a larger school setting such as full integration of technology into
the curriculum, rigorous courses with high standards, independent study opportunities which include online courses, potential
for earning high school credit through extra-curricular activities,
longer class periods to maximize instructional time, and close
working relationships between students and teachers.
PHS also recognizes that although standardized test scores
should not be used as the only measure of a student’s academic
achievement; however, they are important for college entrance and
are taken seriously by the school.
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PO. BOX 368, PAGO PAGO, AS. 96799
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Construction Services for
STARKIST SAMOA PLANT
Starkist Samoa is seeking proposals from
Construction Companies to provide services
for various building & renovation project at our
facility. Dealine for submitting proposals will be
Feb. 22, 2013. For more details, please contact
the Purchasing Department at 644-2142.
Notice for Proposed Registration of Matai Title
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 6.0105 of the Revised Code of American Samoa
that a claim of succession which has been filed with the Territorial Registrar’s office for the
registration of the Matai Title TAGALOA of the village of OLOSEGA by SUAESI T. TAGALOA of the village
of OLOSEGA, county of OLOSEGA, MANU’A District.
THE TERRITORIAL REGISTRAR is satisfied that the claim, petition by the family and certificate of
the village chiefs are in proper form.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone so desiring must file his counterclaim, or objection to
the registration of this matai title with the Territorial Registrar Office before the expiration of 60 days
from the date of posting. If no counterclaim, nor any objection is filed by the expiration of said 60
days, the matai title TAGALOA shall be registered in the name of SUAESI T. TAGALOA in accordance
with the laws of American Samoa.
POSTED:
JANUARY 4, 2013 thru MARCH 5, 2013
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
Fa’aaliga o le Fia Fa’amauina o se Suafa Matai
O le fa’aaliga lenei ua faasalalauina e tusa ma le Maga 6.0105 o le tusi tulafono a Amerika
Samoa, e pei ona suia, ona o le talosaga ua faaulufaleina mai i le Ofisa o le Resitara o Amerika
Samoa, mo le fia faamauina o le suafa matai o TAGALOA o le nu’u o OLOSEGA e SUAESI T. TAGALOA
o OLOSEGA faalupega o OLOSEGA, falelima i MANU’A.
Ua taliaina e le Resitara lea talosaga, faatasi ma le talosaga a le aiga faapea ma le tusi faamaonia
mai matai o lea nu’u, ma ua i ai nei i teuga pepa a lea ofisa.
A i ai se tasi e faafinagaloina, ia faaulufaleina sana talosaga tete’e, po o sana faalavelave tusitusia i
le Ofisa o Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na faalauiloa ai lenei fa’aaliga. Afai o lea leai se
talosaga tete’e, po’o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea
faamauina loa lea suafa matai i le igoa o SUAESI T. TAGALOA e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono a
Amerika Samoa.
01/16 & 02/16/13
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Tel: (684) 633-5237 Fax (684) 633-4240
Request for Public Comment on
Special Education Funding Application
The Department of Education for the Division of Special Education has for public
review its application for funding under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) with the US
Department of Education.
These funds are used to provide special education services to all school age
children, ages 3-21 years, in the territory of American Samoa who have a disability
that adversely affects their classroom achievement. As a condition for granting the
funds, each state or territory proposing the application must submit the application
for public review and comment. The public must be afforded reasonable opportunities
for comment for 30 days prior to the submission of the application on May 10, 2013.
The Department of Education must review and give due consideration to all comments
and suggestions prior to the submission of the application for funding.
Copies of the application are available at the Special Education Office located at
the west end of the Matafao Elementary School in Faga’alu. All persons interested in
the application are encouraged to pick up a copy between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. Written comments will also be taken during these hours. Comments and
Suggestions may also be made via email to Russ Aab at russaab@gmail.com,
Faauifono Vaitautolu at faauitolu@yahoo.com or Jeanette Vasai Tilo at
jvasai@gmail.com or may be sent surface mail to Jeanette Vasai Tilo, Assistant
Director Special Education Division, PO Box 472, Pago Pago, AS 96799. The Part B
application for funding is also posted on the ASDOE website: www.doe.as
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TALITONU LOLO
I LE KAPENETA
UA LA FILIFILIA
MA LEMANU
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le susuga lena ia Leaupepe Esera Poliko le alii pule o le fale siisii fou o le Fitness Firm Samoa lea ua
tatalaina i fogafalelua o le fale fou o le SNPF i le nofoaga sa i ai le Molesi Samoa i tausaga ua tuanai. O le
Fitness Firm Samoa e i le pito i tua faafesagai ma le fale tifaga o le Apollo Cinema. [ata: Naenae Productions]
➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
Continued from page 8
SOLOFUA MOLIAGA O LE FAIAIGA FAAMALOSI FAASAGA i SE ALII SA FAIFEAU
Na solofua moliaga o le faiaiga faamalosi faasaga i se alii sa faifeau i se tasi o ekalesia autu i
totonu o le atunuu ma sa tuua e ia le Fale Faamasino Maualuga o se tama saoloto i le aso Faraile
na sei mavae atu nei.
O lea alii e 63 tausaga o lona soifua ma sa tuuaia o ia i lona faiaiga faamalosi i se teineititi
e le atoatoa le malosi o lona mafaufau. Sa iloiloina e faatonu o le faamasinoga ia folasaga a le
sa molia faapea molimau sa valaauina ma tuuina atu ai le latou faaiuga e le faamaonia moliaga
faasaga i le sa molia ona e le lava molimau e faamaonia ai. Sa faapea loa ona faaleaoga e Faamasino Vui Clarence Nelson moliaga faasaga i lea alii.
Na faaalia le agaga faafetai o le sa molia i le faaiuga a le au faatonu o le faamasinoga ona o
aafiaga o lona aiga i lenei mataupu. Fai mai a ia, e tele aafiaga o si ana fanau i lenei mataupu ona
o le ulagia i a latou aoga ma fale faigaluega, ae o lea ua iu ma le manuia.
MALIU SE TAMA MAI MULIVAI, SAFATA MASALOMIA PULE i LE OLA
O lo o suesueina nei e leoleo le mafuaaga o le maliu o se tama mai le ututau o se laau malosi.
O lea faalavelave na tulai mai i le faaiuga o le vaiaso na sei mavae atu nei.
Na faailoa mai e le sooupu o le Matagaluega o Leoleo ma Falepuipui, le afioga Leaupepe Fatu
Pula, o lo o talia nei a latou suesuega e patino i lenei mataupu.
Peitai, o lo o masalomia i le taimi nei le pule o lea tama i lona lava soifua e faaaoga ai le laau
malosi. E le o mafai ona faailoa mai le suafa o lea tama ua maliu, ae 53 tausaga o lona soifua mai
le afioaga o Mulivai, Safata. E le iloa le umi o suesuega o lo o faagasolo nei.
FINAL BEE PRACTICES
All Spelling Bee Contestants
NO PRACTICE ON MONDAY, FEB 18th
Tuesday, February 19th @ 3 p.m. @ South Pacific Academy
All individual school winners come prepared to practice and have
your picture taken for your ad in Samoa News if you haven’t done
so already! Bee coordinator, Evelyn Lili’o Satele will explain how the
Bee works and answer any questions you might have. Bee there!
Call Evelyn at 699-9845/770-9300 if you have any questions.
Spelling Bee Date: February 20th, 2013
Na faailoa e le alii kovana sili ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i lana
saunoaga i le fono a le Kapetena ananafi, lo la talitonu atoatoa
ma le alii Lutena Kovana ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga, i sui uma ua
la filifilia e avea ma taitai o Ofisa ma Matagaluega taitasi uma
a le malo. “Ou te talitonu ua ma filifilia ma Lemanu tagata pito
sili ona lelei e fai ma taitai o le malo i le nofoaiga lenei,” o le
saunoaga lea a Lolo i le fonotaga a le kapeneta sa faia i le potu
fono a le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele a le malo, lea na faia
mo le umi e 2 itula.
Na faailoa e le alii kovana i sui o lana kapeneta e faapea, sa
tele faafitauli na feagai ma le malo i le tausaga ua tuana’i atu,
peitai ua la talitonu ma Lemanu, “o outou uma ua ma filifilia
e avea ma taitai o Ofisa ma Matagaluega taitasi, e mafai ona
outou faia le galuega ma fai suiga.”
“O le filifiliina la o oe i le tofiga lena, e maualuga ma faapitoa,
ma o se itu taua foi lea mo tupulaga talavou a le atunuu pe a latou
vaavaai mai ia te outou, ina ia fai ma lu’itau mo i latou tofiga ua
ma faia, ma, atonu o se aso o i luma o le a tofia ai se tasi o i latou
faapei o outou ua ma filifilia,” o le isi lea saunoaga a Lolo.
Na faailoa e le alii kovana i lana kapeneta e faapea, e le’i
tofia i latou i le galuega ina ia tautua mo ia lava, ae ia tautua le
atunuu ma tagata.
Sa ia faamanuia i Faatonusili uma ua maea ona faamaonia
e le Fono Faitulafono, aemaise ai i latou ua sauni e laasia lea
tulaga i se taimi oi luma.
Na pau lona faanoanoaga e pei ona ia saunoa, o se tasi o a
la tofiga ma Lemanu na teena e le Senate, ma ua la filifili e toe
tuuina atu lea tofiga i luma o le Fono.
Mai tofiga uma a le kovana na tuuina atu i luma o le Fono
Faitulafono, e na o le afioga a Pa’u Fuiavailiili Roy Taito
Ausage na teena e le Senate e ui na pasia e le maota o sui. O
Pa’u na tofia e avea ma Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tama’ita’i.
A’o aga’i malie atu ai galuega a le nofoaiga fou a Lolo ma
Lemanu, na faailoa ai e le alii kovana i lana kapeneta e faapea,
e i ai lu’itau o le a feagai ma i latou i le lumana’i, peitai ua la
talitonu atoatoa ma Lemanu, latou te mafai ona saili auala e foia
ai lu’itau o le a tula’i mai.
“O se tasi o itu ua ma fiafia ai ma le Lutena Kovana, e le o
toe i ai ni Faatonusili tausi pepe na ma filifilia, e pei ona vaaia i
tausaga ua tuana’i, ae ua ma filifilia na o tagata pito sili ona lelei
e fai ma ta’ita’i o le malo,” o le isi lea saunoaga a Lolo.
Saunoa Lolo, i le uluai taimi na la ulufale ai ma Lemanu i
totonu o le la Ofisa fou ua i ai nei, sa tele mea e le talitonu ai
le vaai na latou fetaiai, ma e i ai lona talitonuga e faapena uma
lava fo’i le tele o isi Ofisa a le malo ina ua nofoia e taitai fou e
pei ona tofia nei, ae talitonu o la loto ma Lemanu o le a mafai e
i latou ua la tofia ona fai suiga e tusa ai o ia faaletonu.
I le faaiuga o lana saunoaga, sa ia toe fautuaina malosi ai sui
uma o le kapeneta ina ia naunau e fai le mea sa’o, faamaoni ma
le amiotonu, ma ia galulue e tautua le atunuu ma le malo.
Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
➧ FUFUSU LE AULOTU…
Mai itulau 1
Fai mai le molimau, e le’i tali lelei le teutupe i le fesili fia
malamalama a si tiakono toeaina lea, ae sa faaali i ai lona fia
‘kama’, ma te’i ai loa le fia ‘kama’ o le teutupe ina ua pulupululima i ai toeaiina e toalua o le aulotu e fasi faamo’amo’a.
“Aga le fao ai i luga le falekua o le faifeau ga muamua aku i
ai, semagu e ke’i Kapilielu ua ku faafuase’i si keukupe i faiga a
le au faaulusigasiga ia e ko’alua,” o le tala ata lea a le molimau.
O le mea e malie ai i le tala a le molimau, e le gata na manu’a
tigaina foliga o si teutupe i faiga a le au alii ia na fasia o ia, ae na
atili ai ona tigaina ina ua toe faapau atu i ai ma le faletua i ona
luga, ona uma ai loa lea o le ee mai o si teutupe i le fia ola, ae ua
vaaia le oona ua mole.
O le itu e laki ai, na avea le faapau o le faletua i luga o si teutupe ma itu na sefe mai ai o ia mai isi osofaiga malolosi a le au
ulu sinasina e toalua ia na fuafua o le a toe osofa’i ai o ia.
Ua maea nei ona toe teuteu le mumugaveve a le aulotu ma
le latou teutupe, ma ua maea foi ona faamanino tala o le tupe sa
nenefu ai le aulotu.
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➧ Governor Lolo discusses…
Continued from page 1
One of the world’s largest cruise ships, the MS Queen Elizabeth made a scheduled stop in the
territory on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th with its more than 2,500 passengers. It was the second
cruise ship to visit the territory in one week and the largest this year. Most of the passengers and
crew disembarked to tour the island in aiga buses, walk thru town, and visit some of the beautiful
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
spots such as Turtle and Shark, Tisa’s Barefoot Bar and Two Dollar Beach.
➧ BRIEFS…
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High school boy
in camo and gas
mask arrested
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.
(AP) — A Northern California
high school student has been
arrested for showing up on
campus wearing camouflage
and a gas mask. Mountain
View and Los Altos police
officers were called to the
campus Thursday morning
after receiving calls reporting
the suspicious man on campus.
Officers surrounded the
school and began searching for
the man. They didn’t know at
the time that he was a student.
The San Jose Mercury
News says 18-year-old Christopher Egerton was arrested
for investigation of causing a
disturbance on school grounds.
No weapons were found
and authorities say there was
never a danger to Mountain
View High School students.
man arrested trying
to choke police dog
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP)
— A Southern California man
has been arrested after he tried
to choke a police dog that bit
him during a chase. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports
that 25-year-old Ryan Dunbar
of Hemet was taken into custody early Friday. Sheriff’s
deputies said they went to a
mobile home park after Dunbar
rammed through a fence in a
reported stolen vehicle. Dunbar
fled and when he was found
later hiding in heavy brush, he
refused to surrender.
When a police dog was sent
in, authorities say the animal bit
Dunbar on the hand and then
he tried to strangle the dog.
They each suffered a minor
injury. Dunbar was booked
for investigation of battery on
a police dog, possession of
stolen property, resisting arrest
and driving a stolen car.
understand what it will take to serve the people in the best way
you can, given the resources that you have, he said.
Lolo discussed the budget for the Office of the Governor,
noting that almost half of the second quarter funds have been
used and the personnel cost for the first quarter went as high as
$800,000, when less than half a million dollars had been budgeted for the first quarter.
He told the directors that they will have similar problems
and that is one of the reasons they were chosen— because they
can find ways to solve these problems. Lolo urged the directors
to meet with their finance people and go over every penny in
their budget, and also to understand where each and every penny
goes, because every penny counts.
He also noted that they also have to make sure that they do
not violate the anti deficiency act.
He added that they project a 5.7 million deficit, and said that
the government can do better. Lolo noted there’s been a misuse
of Federal grants, where they allowed the unallowable to take
place, and did things they were not supposed to do. As a result,
the issue of high risk comes in.
“It’s simple— follow the plan. When the grant says purchase
two vehicles, follow the plan, buy two vehicles because when
you step away from the plan, that’s where high risk comes in”
he stated.
He noted that financially the government is not in good shape,
but he added that the government is in good hands with Treasurer Falema’o Pili. Lolo added that Falema’o is committed,
aggressive and will always find ways to come up with the money
to meet the government needs.
Samoa News will report on other issues discussed during the
cabinet meeting in later editions.
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MEET A SPELLING CHAMP!
The student at the right will
represent an elementary school
in the American Samoa Spelling
Bee to be held February 20th.
The winner of that Bee will
represent American Samoa in
the 85th annual Scripps Howard
Spelling Bee to be held May 28th
- 30th in Washington, D.C.
BIOGRAPHY OF A 2013
SPELLING BEE FINALIST
What is your name?
Judy Faleatua Vaimoli
What is your school name?
CCCAS Kanana Fou Elementary
What grade are you in?
Grade 8
Who is your Spelling Bee Coach?
Amia Faleatua & Ms. Sauni
Who are your parents?
John and Amia Faleatua
What village are you from?
Fagaima, Tafuna
What was your winning word?
HORS D’OEUVRE
Territorial Spelling Bee
Major Sponsor
in conjunction with
Department of
EDUCATION
Spelling Bee Winners, if you’ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment.
A worker puts the finale touch to a train made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton, southern France, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The theme
(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
for the festival, which involves over 300 professionals working on the project and 145 tons of citrus fruits is “Around the World in 80 Days.”
MEET A SPELLING CHAMP!
The student at the right will
represent an elementary school
in the American Samoa Spelling
Bee to be held February 20th.
The winner of that Bee will
represent American Samoa in
the 85th annual Scripps Howard
Spelling Bee to be held May 28th
- 30th in Washington, D.C.
BIOGRAPHY OF A 2013
SPELLING BEE FINALIST
What is your name?
Rienara Apa’ula Talo
What is your school name?
Laulii Elementary
What grade are you in?
Grade 7
Who is your Spelling Bee Coach?
Gingerlei Maga-Uili
Who are your parents?
Mapu & Nerisa Talo
What village are you from?
What was your winning word?
TCHOTCHKE
Territorial Spelling Bee
Major Sponsor
in conjunction with
Department of
EDUCATION
Spelling Bee Winners, if you’ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment.
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