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The Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Robert
C. Seamans arrived in the territory on
Monday morning, ready to give college
and high school students the opportunity to experience nautical and marine
science, including marine engineering,
oceanography, navigation, marine biology
and other subjects related to the ocean
and to sailing. It is docked at the Malaloa
Marina in Fagatogo and according to their
schedule, the public is invited aboard this
Saturday, August 16 for an open house
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
Read story inside.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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Marine Sanctuary Preliminary report is released
expansion looms on Suleman plane crash probe
American Samoa’s fishing industry
hangs in the balance, opposition says
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
The local Chamber of Commerce is calling on community
members who oppose President Barack Obama’s proposed
expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine
Monument to send letters of opposition to the President by this
Friday, the deadline to submit public comments.
While there will be no local hearings on the proposal — which
is opposed by the Honolulu-based Western Pacific Regional
Fishery Management Council — a public hearing on the issue
was held in Honolulu Monday, said Nate Ilaoa, who is the
Council’s coordinator in the territory. He said the U.S. National
Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) coordinated the hearing.
He said the Council has been working with the local government and others in the community requesting both the
White House and the NMFS for a local town hall meeting on
this issue so the public can voice their opinion.
“We asked why a town hall meeting was only afforded to
Hawai’i but not American Samoa,” Ilaoa told Samoa News yesterday. “What we have been trying to make the federal government aware of, is that the majority of our people would like to
share their verbal comments, as many of them don’t have access
to the Internet or computers to file their comments online.”
(Continued on page 15)
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
When the local search and rescue team found
the remains of Haris Suleman, hours after the
single-engine plane that he piloted crashed into
the waters off American Samoa, the 17-year
old Indiana teenager “was strapped to a seat
cushion” and there were “burn marks on the
body,” according to the report on a preliminary
federal investigation of the July 22 crash.
The report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also says Haris’
father, Babar Suleman, was warned by an
unidentified ground crewman of unstable
weather conditions that day and into the evening hours, before the plane took off from Pago
Pago International Airport.
While the preliminary report was released
yesterday, NTSB investigator Howard Plagens
said the federal probe is ongoing. “General aviation accident investigations can take about six
months to a year depending on each case and
what we need,” Plagens, who is the lead NTSB
investigator in the Suleman crash, told Samoa
News via phone from California.
He also said that he worked with territorial
authorities in the federal probe and that all evidence pertaining to the plane crash collected by
the Department of Public Safety remains in the
territory at this point, but gave no time frame as
to when it will be sent to the mainland.
“All personal items discovered will be turned
over to the Suleman family while any part of the
plane wreckage recovered will be turned over
to the owner of the aircraft,” Plagens said yesterday morning.
Federal Aviation Administration records show
that the aircraft, manufactured in 1976 was registered to Cyrus Air LLC of Plainfield, Indiana.
As previously reported by Samoa News all
items collected from the plane crash by the
search and rescue team, led by DPS Marine
Patrol Division, have been tagged and placed in
the DPS evidence room for federal investigators. While the Haris’ body was found hours
after the plane crash, his father is still missing.
Haris had hoped to set the record for the
fastest circumnavigation around the world in a
single-engine airplane with the youngest pilot
Thanks to our readers, advertisers for helping us help Mulu family
By Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
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Members of a family of 13 from Gataivai whose home was
destroyed two weeks ago during the flooding and landslides
received a large donation yesterday especially for the kids in
the family. Samoa News staff spearheaded the drive and along
with our readers and advertisers, who were touched by a Samoa
News story that told how the family escaped only with the
clothes on their backs and now have no home to return to — put
together toys, school supplies and clothing for the young ones.
Mrs. Rosalia Mulu, who was interviewed by Samoa News
the day after the landslide, says her entire family of 13 is now
housed at the CCCAS Fagatogo Hall and the government has
been providing support with three meals a day.
Also pitching in is the local chapter of the American Red
Cross and others in the community providing bedding, clothing
and other basic needs.
However, one main issue faced by the family with several
children — six of them belonging to Mrs. Mulu and her husband — is the need to get clothes for the children. “So what we
are doing now is that my children are given the adult t-shirts for
them to wear for the whole day but then at night, I’m concerned
with the cold,” she said. “So we need clothes for the children.”
After hearing last Friday afternoon from Mrs. Mulu —
Samoa News employees stepped forward to help, knowing that
the family’s future is unknown while school will be starting
soon, and the children have no appropriate clothes for school.
Nine of the 13 member Mulu family from Gataivai who lost their home and all their belongings in the flooding and landslide two weeks ago, happy to have clothing, school supplies and toys
[photo: T. Gasu]
for the youngsters in their family.
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by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
THE AM. SAMOA NATIONAL ANTHEM
A House resolution was introduced yesterday
calling on Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga
to address the people of American Samoa
regarding the incorrect singing of the American
Samoa national anthem, and to mandate the
territory’s anthem “Amerika Samoa” be sung
properly. According to the resolution, sponsored by Puletu Dick Koko, “Amerika Samoa”
was officially adopted in 1950 as American
Samoa’s territorial anthem, and it was composed by Napeleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga
and written by Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo to
identify our history, traditions and our people.
The purpose of the anthem is to give the
people of American Samoa something familiar
to rally behind, whether that it be a cultural
event, the Olympics, or war— it is something
that we as people of American Samoa hold
sacred and divine according to the resolution.
It also says that when the national anthem is
sung, it evokes love for our country and reminds
us what being patriotic is all about. The hope is
that when the time comes and our country needs
us, our national anthem will be a reminder of
what is at stake, and our duty to our country.
“It is important for our anthem to be sung
correctly and for the past several years the
singing of the Amerika Samoa anthem has
been altered. In its original composition the
last stanza “Tautua ma punou ia lou malo ia
manuia ia ulu ola, Amerika Samoa, ole malo
ole sa’olotoga” is sung twice or repeated.
“Currently this last stanza is sung only once.
It is imperative that this is corrected and that
Amerika Samoa imparts a national sense of
unity, and it should be sung and taught as it was
composed so that out future generations will
sing the national anthem proudly to represent
and inspire patriotism for the territory.”
This resolution has been assigned to the
House Rules Committee.
TUALAUTA REP AND the
HOUSE BUDGET CHAIRMAN
Vui Florence Vaili Saulo asked House
Speaker Savali Talavou Ale why the House
Budget Committee Chairman, Timusa Tini
Lam Yuen, does not chair some of the budget
hearings. She said “with all due respect to the
Senate side, (Maota o Tama) why can’t our
Budget Chair, chair the budget hearings?”
The Speaker responded that Timusa will be
in charge for some of the hearings, and maybe
he was not given that chance last year because
he’s new at being in charge of the budget and
appropriations committee.
RESOLUTION FOR SWAINS REP
TO VOTE IN HOUSE, AGAIN
RETURNED TO COMMITTEE
The joint resolution by nine representatives
to amend the constitution to provide the right to
vote for the delegate from Swains Island in the
Fono has been returned to committee. This was
after several lawmakers raised concerns that
there are so many issues that need to be sorted
before they proceed on voting on this resolution.
During a committee meeting yesterday after
the regular session, House Vice Speaker Talia
I’aulualo Fa’afetai pointed out that this measure
should be discussed as it should be reported to the
House floor for a second reading vote due to time
constraints and the Fono is nearing their closing.
Manu’a faipule, Fetu Fetui adamantly said
that if the Fono moves to amend the constitution
to allow the Swains Delegate to vote, the residents of Swains should also be given the right to
register to vote, and whoever wants to run from
Swains must register the same as every faipule.
Rep Pulele’iite Tufele Li’amatua Jr. pointed
out that there’s one family — the Jennings
family — from Swains, and if they allow the
registration of candidates for Swains Island this
would not be beneficial for the family, as it will
disturb the peace within the family.
Rep Faimealelei Anthony Allen motioned
to allow the resolution be brought for a second
reading. Swains Island Representative Su’a
Alexander Eli Jennings said during yesterday’s committee hearing that there should be
no amendments added to the resolution, and
pointed out that Attorney General Talauega
Eleasalo Ale said amending the constitution
allowing for Swains to vote in the Fono is only
the beginning, as more will come in this matter.
He further pointed out the Bill of Rights is also
very clear that we can make any law that protects land, culture and traditions without violating the constitution. A vote was called for this resolution to be
returned to the committee and the motion was
approved with a vote by 11 lawmakers.
As reported earlier by Samoa News, Swains’
faipule Jennings said “by forcing Swains Island
to put the Delegate up for popular vote without
granting a selected seat in the Senate, I feel this
violates its constitutional right as an unincorporated Territory of the U.S.” Jennings told Samoa News the selection of the
Swains Island Delegate,” is similar to selecting
the Senators — to protect the land, culture and tradition of Swains Island. Allowing it to be put up
for popular vote (as suggested) is like demanding
that our senators be put up for popular vote.”
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Former police officer, Fiti
Aina escaped jail time, but was
slapped with a $5,000 fine for
his role in allowing inmates
to leave the Tafuna Correctional facility for a beer run to
a nearby store.
In October last year Chief
Justice Michael Kruse postponed the sentencing of former
officer Aina for six months, but
did not specify the reason for
his decision at the time. Aina
was one of two police officers
charged on allegations they
allowed inmates at the TCF to
go on a beer run to a nearby
store. Aina has pled guilty to
permitting escape.
Aina and fellow officer
Rocky Tua were arrested last
July and were out on bail of
$15,000 on charges of aiding
the escape of a prisoner, permitting escape, and public servant acceding to corruption.
Aina pled guilty to permitting escape and the remaining
charges were dismissed; however Tua fought his case before
a jury, and he was acquitted of
all charges following a threeday jury trial.
Last year Aina apologized
for his actions, noting that he
failed to carry out the oath
that he had sworn to uphold.
He said he also failed the oath
“made to my wife and children, which has led me before
the court.” Aina noted that
he’s remorseful for his actions,
and asked the court for another
chance, pointing out that his
household consists of him
and his wife, and their three
children. He further stated his
wife just started working while
he stays home and looks after
their three minor children.
His wife took the stand and
pleaded with the court to allow
her husband a second chance,
as she just started working as
a teacher. During sentencing last week
Kruse noted that there are a lot
of issues at the TCF pointed
out in the probation report, and
when such issues are brought
forth, the court questions who
really runs the jail — whether
it’s the police or the inmates.
He further stated that with the
problems revealed at TCF,
Aina is the only officer who
was caught, and the only
officer who has admitted to his
actions at the jail.
Kruse said that when he
postponed this matter for six
months it was to allow the
defendant to work with the
government and see in what
ways Aina could assist with the
problems at the jail. Assistant
Attorney General Tony Graf
was questioned about Aina’s
cooperation with the government within the six months
and the answer was yes, he did
cooperate.
During the sentencing last
year, Fiti Sunia who represents
Aina, pointed out the defendant is a good candidate for
probation, given he’s a first
time offender and he’s a contributing member of society.
Sunia also stated that Aina
took full responsibility for his
actions and he didn’t place the
blame on anyone but himself.
Sunia further stated that Aina
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“Road Marshal”
considers himself ‘a Director’
Says his car is on 24-hour pass
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
“I consider myself a director for the Road Marshal’s Division
with the governor’s office and the government vehicle assigned
to me has a 24 hour pass,” was the response by Road Marshal
Alu Fa’amasino, following accusations that he’s using the Road
Marshal vehicle as his personal car.
Samoa News received calls from residents of Pago Pago and
government employees who were out jogging in the morning
around the area where Fa’amasino works at his radio morning
show, saying that it’s not fair that he’s supposed to be patrolling the main road for government cars, yet he’s using the ASG
vehicle to get to his part-time job.
Fa’amasino confirmed that he does work in the morning on a
local radio station in Pago Pago village — at 6am — but before
he goes to the radio station, he’s patrolling the highways around
4am. He says that after his three-hour morning show, he goes
right back to patrolling for government vehicles.
He explained that he’s a political appointee working 24 hours
so his car is seen all the time on the road. Fa’amasino also said
that aside from monitoring government vehicles, he also looks
out for government buildings whose workers have forgotten to
turn off their lights after hours.
To date there are now three road marshals, one for the east,
one for the west, and Fa’amasino who roams in the central area.
OTHER ASG VEHICLE ISSUES
Fa’amasino said he’s glad Governor Lolo M. Moliga is back,
as a majority of the departments are deviating from vehicle policies. “In a majority of the departments, the directors are allowing
their deputies to take the ASG car home, but from the beginning
Lolo strongly emphasized in writing and verbally that only directors take their cars home.”
He told Samoa News yesterday that since Lolo took office he
has put his foot down on the abuse of government vehicles and
the directors need to take heed of that mandate.
Fa’amasino pointed out that in August of last year, Lolo threatened to terminate government employees who continue to violate the government vehicle policies in place and he also issued
a memo saying that directors will be held personally responsible
for any reported violation.
“But it’s sad that the directors are the ones allowing this abuse
to continue,” said Fa’amasino. He also pointed out that others
who are not following the governor’s mandates are in the governor’s office, but he declined to name anyone directly.
Kerry visits Solomon Is.
& sees WWII memorials
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry paid a visit Wednesday to the Solomon Islands in
the South Pacific, where he met the tiny nation’s leaders and
commemorated the ferocious World War II battles fought on
Guadalcanal.
Kerry met with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Lilo
and Governor General Frank Kabui to discuss sustainable development, ocean preservation and how the islands’ 600,000 residents are coping with the effects of climate change.
Kerry laid a wreath at the Solomon Scouts and Coastwatchers
Memorial, which pays tribute to Allied personnel and island
natives who observed Japanese movement in the Pacific Ocean
during World War II. It was those scouts who rescued Navy Lt.
John F. Kennedy and his crew after the sinking of PT-109 in
August 1943. Kerry, who’s from Kennedy’s home state, Massachusetts, told Kabui, “We are very tied to you in many ways,
certainly from my part of the country.”
Kerry then visited the Guadalcanal American Memorial,
where he met two American veterans of the U.S. campaign that
began Allied operations against Japanese forces in 1942.
“This was the first moment, right here at Guadalcanal, where
the United States turned from the preparation and aftereffect of
Pearl Harbor into the offensive juggernaut that it became,” Kerry
said. He added, “The tide of battle turned right here.”
Kerry wrapped up his short visit with a trip to the “Bloody
Ridge” battlefield, where some of the fiercest combat in the
Pacific theater took place between American and Japanese forces
in September 1942.
He then left for Honolulu, where he will visit U.S. Pacific
Command headquarters Wednesday night.
The new Leatherman Leap is an exciting new product for our youth to learn from, with add-on
features as they mature, while the Skeletool CX is a trusted old friend, both united in Leather[Photo: Barry Markowitz]
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by Barry Markowitz
The Samoa Tsunami, Manua’s Super Cyclone
Olaf, Japan’s Tsunami, Troy Polamalu’s historic
2011 visit, Talavalu’s historic HK 7s debut, 60
ft waves destroying homes on the North Shore,
and on top of the Ko’olau Mountains doing
search and rescue after the infamous Sacred
Falls helicopter crash killing two HPD Officers
and the HFD pilot —all were done with at least
one Leatherman clipped on or in my pocket.
A Leatherman is a toolbox where you need it.
A Leatherman is that salvation when the tripod
or camera mounts go South. A Leatherman is a
lifesaver. Leatherman has demonstrated tremendous corporate responsibility in its latest release,
the Leap. It was designed to present initially
without a knife, to nurture our youth in all things
outdoors, and mechanical. A superbly designed
plastic sheath allows you to attach the blade
when your son or daughter is ready to step from
basic tools to be trusted with a blade.
In the 1950s when we OG Coolios were
growing up, it was common that we would
receive from “Gramps” a small “pen knife” to
add to a couple marbles, and a handkerchief as
our basic daily carry gear, even to school.
Nobody got stabbed, but we learned and experienced a heck of a lot of freedom and responsibility on healthy hikes with our pals, fixing bikes,
splitting up food, and digging for lost pennies
and dimes. Guess I better not bring up that one
encounter with a real rattlesnake that childhood
buddy Bill McNally and I took out with a BB gun.
It is incorrect and illegal for kids to carry anything to school these days. I do not advocate in
any manner they do. Without proper parental
nurturing, sometimes-violent movies and hip hop
songs can send the wrong messages to youthful
minds. The Leap is that out-of-school tool that
might help our boys and girls become inventors,
skilled engineers, teach skills for future military
service, or really, truly, possibly save their lives.
The Leap is more than a kid’s pocket tool that
will grow with them. It is such a high quality,
well designed tool with unique side tool locks,
Leatherman
Leap and
Skeletool
bright colors, and smaller size that could also
make it a #1 pick for a lady’s purse, car glove
box, or even for me in 3rd World countries
when goofy customs guys (not the Territory’s
customs) want my Leatherman because it is so,
so cool. They will see my happy Leap and think
it’s a lot less substantial than it really is. It is currently available in red, blue, and green.
The Leatherman Skeletool CX is a streamlined pocket cool tool with integral caribiner
that allows you to clip it to your belt loop or
backpack. Back in 2009 my fa’a aiga, Aunty
Mary, bought one for me at Cabela’s in Lehi,
Utah. It went everywhere with me, til my old
belt loop failed and the CX went ta’a without me
in someone else’s pocket.
Really only lacking a saw, the Skeletool CX
is precious because it is always conveniently
there with you. And just like the Leap, the CX
has great looks, but in a more sophisticated
stylish way. This week Leatherman reunited me
with my Skeletool CX — my original or not, I
value it greatly.
My first Leatherman was the original Tim
Leatherman design I purchased from SnapOn Tools back in 1986. After years in Savaii,
Upolu, Manua, Tutuila, Rarotonga, Aotearoa,
Australia, Niue, Wallis & Futuna, Hong Kong,
and the US Mainland, I gave it to the father of a
missing Sacred Falls hiker who was never found
after our Laie, Hawaii group went looking after
first responders were required to terminate.
Leatherman pocket tools have a family and
individual history that makes them worthy of
passing on. Yes, I sincerely view them as affordable functional heirlooms that mean so much in
our recent Pacific Island weather dramas.
Long a Cool Stuff Hall of Fame Classic, even
before we built the museum.
Thank you Tim for your creation, and thanks
for my years of experiencing great product service from Oregon’s Leatherman.
And of course, peace of mind in the sometimes scary and dangerous scenes featured in my
Samoa News and independent CNN coverage.
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Clinton, Obama to party
and maybe… even hug
by B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
DOE CONDUCTING SURVEY
FOR E-RATE APPLICATION
The American Samoa Department of Education Consortium - consisting of public and private schools - is seeking assistance from parents
and legal guardians of students enrolled in the
upcoming school year, regarding the completion of survey forms that will be handed out to
the students to take home when school starts.
Students of Manumalo Baptist Academy
were given theirs on Monday. The information
provided in the survey is, according to a letter
signed by Director of Education Vaitinasa Dr.
Salu Hunkin-Finau, “an absolute requirement
of ASDOE’s E-rate application.”
She explained, “This data is necessary and
crucial so that students, public, and private
schools, receive the services to access the
internet and other telecommunications services
in our schools.” She said the number of surveys
turned in “will determine the eligibility ASDOE
is entitled (or not entitled) to, regarding the
internet usage at all our schools.”
Vaitinasa reminds all parents that information and data provided will be kept confidential
and all surveys are to be submitted no later than
Sept. 30, 2014.
The ASDOE Consortium is required by the
Universal Service Administration Company
(USAC) to complete an annual survey.
Questions on the survey include family size,
household income, and whether or not the individual families are eligible for food stamps, the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and
medical assistance under Medicaid.
DBAS OFFERING CSBG AND
CDBG LOANS UP TO $100K
If you are interested in starting a business
project that focuses on the areas of manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, tourism, fisheries, professional services, specialty retail, or
renewable energy, the Development Bank of
American Samoa (DBAS) has two loans programs that can help.
The Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) and Community Services Block Grant
(CSBG) loan programs offer a minimum loan
amount of $7,500 and a maximum of $100,000
that can be used to fund working capital, renovate a building for non-residential use only, or
to purchase equipment, machinery, and tools.
The loan terms are between two years and
seven years, at an interest rate of 9%.
In addition to the CDBG and CSBG loan
programs, DBAS is now accepting applications
for direct loans for home repair and new home
construction.
AMERICAN SAMOA’S BEST DANCE
CREW COMPETITION OPENS
The wait is over. Starting at 6 p.m. tomorrow
night, American Samoa’s self-proclaimed best
dance crews will take center stage at the Governor
H. Rex Lee Auditorium (Fale Laumei) in Utulei
to show everyone in the territory what they’re
working with, during the opening night of American Samoa’s Best Dance Crew Competition.
The event is being hosted by the Department
of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) with
McDonald’s American Samoa taking the helm
as the major sponsor, providing all the cash
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Hillary Rodham
Clinton is making her presence felt on President Barack
Obama’s summer vacation — in more ways than one.
The potential 2016 presidential candidate happens to be
holding a signing of her memoir from her time as Obama’s
secretary of state Wednesday on Martha’s Vineyard, where her
former boss is on a two-week getaway from Washington.
And while the commander in chief has been trying to balance
leisure time while engaging in global crises, Clinton weighed in
with a magazine interview that distanced herself from some of
his handling of foreign policy.
Clinton called the president at his vacation home Tuesday
to tell him she wasn’t trying to attack him. And her spokesman
says she plans on “hugging it out” with Obama when both are
scheduled to attend an island party Wednesday night for Ann
Jordan, wife of Democratic adviser Vernon Jordan.
The White House initially said Obama didn’t plan to see
Clinton while she was on the island. But after Clinton’s critical
interview was published, the White House said Obama decided
to go to the party.
Clinton, who carried out Obama’s diplomacy in his first term,
described a different approach she would take in places like
Syria and the Mideast and rebuked Obama’s cautious approach
to global crises.
“Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘don’t
do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle,” she told The
Atlantic, referring to a version of the phrase Obama and his
advisers have used privately to describe his approach to foreign
policy.
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton has frequently
touted Obama’s achievements and was honored to be part of his
team, despite some differences.
“Some are now choosing to hype those differences but they
do not eclipse their broad agreement on most issues,” Merrill
said in a written statement Tuesday. “Like any two friends who
have to deal with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it
out when they see each other tomorrow night.”
Clinton’s signing of “Hard Choices” is scheduled at the
Bunch of Grapes bookstore, an independent shop that Obama
often visits to pick up some vacation reading.
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known as the “fire challenge”
that’s gaining popularity on
social media and has left at
least two other children with
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and made its way around the
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shorts on, dousing himself in
what appears to be nail polish
remover.
He lights his chest on fire,
but panics and runs from the
bathroom.
Others had to help him put
out the blaze.
The teen suffered minor
burns to his chest and neck,
according to a news release
from police.
Someone who knew the
mom and teen called social
workers, who called police.
Janie Talley, 41, was arrested
last week on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of
a minor.
A phone listing for Talley
could not be found, and police
records didn’t indicate whether
she had a lawyer.
In the past month or so, the
“fire challenge” has increased
in popularity on the Internet.
Participants are supposed to
pour flammable liquids on
themselves and set themselves ablaze, hopefully extinguishing the flames before they
burn the skin.
But it can go wrong easily.
People panic when the flames
quickly spread and aren’t
immediately
extinguished,
then forget to douse themselves with water. Running
also gives the flames more
oxygen to grow. Superheated
air can be inhaled, burning the
inside of the lungs.
Clothes can catch fire on
parts of the body not protected
by the flammable liquid. And
when open flames cause burns,
they are usually second- and
third-degree burns which are
some of the most devastating
injuries that can happen to
someone, said Ernest Grant, a
spokesman for the Jaycee Burn
Center in Chapel Hill.
“It just goes against everything we’re taught from
when we’re young and defies
common sense,” Grant said.
In the past three weeks,
the burn center has treated a
12-year-old and a 14-yearold who burned themselves
severely in the stunt, requiring
extensive surgery and perhaps
leaving them scarred for life,
Grant said.
Several videos have popped
up in recent weeks on Facebook, which is deleting them
as soon as they are reported.
The extent of the trend isn’t
known, but Grant and others
said it can go wrong so easily
that it is dangerous any time it
is tried.
Several cases have been
reported across the country in
the past few weeks, including
a 16-year-old boy in California
who suffered serious burns.
NY law protects the big
cats, bans ‘tiger selfies’
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Internet Romeos will
have to find new ways to attract mates now that it’s illegal to
pose for photos with a tiger, lion or other big cat — a practice
popular on online dating sites but denounced by wildlife advocates as potentially dangerous to both man and beast.
The law signed this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo prohibits
direct contact between members of the public and big cats at
traveling animal shows and fairs. Animal exhibitors would face
fines for each violation.
So-called tiger selfies have emerged as popular profile photos
on online dating sites, with users — generally young men —
looking to stand out by posting a photo of themselves with the
dangerous predators.
Wildlife advocates say the trend is not only hazardous to
humans but encourages mistreatment of endangered animals.
The big cats are often taken from their mothers as cubs, poorly
cared for and then neglected or discarded when they grow up.
“They breed the cubs, use them for photo-ops, and then
when they can’t use them they breed more,” said Carole Baskin,
founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a Tampa, Florida sanctuary that has more than 100 big cats. “Taking the cub away is a
misery to the cub and the mother, and the cubs aren’t fed properly. They don’t sell tiger milk at the pet store.”
The legislators behind the new law said they hadn’t even
heard of tiger selfies when they crafted the measure and simply
wanted to impose some safeguards on the often unregulated
industry of traveling animal shows.
“I had no idea what a tiger selfie was,” said Assemblywoman
Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat. “This is a serious
issue. People who take selfies with wild animals are fooling with
their lives. And it harms the animal because they’re generally
not well-treated. They’re seen as profit-making props.”
Similar laws are already on the books in states including
Mississippi, Arizona and Kansas, where a 17-year-old girl was
killed in 2005 while posing with a tiger for her senior photos.
Baskin said she hopes other states follow suit. She said men
hoping to use tiger selfies to score a date should consider posing
with a domestic feline instead.
“I think women would love that,” she said.
Mother, cousin of
‘The Rock’ injured
in a DUI accident
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida are
investigating a traffic crash that injured the mother and cousin
of professional wrestler and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
According to Clermont police, officers stopped a vehicle
believed to be driven by an impaired driver on Aug. 2.
Police say the driver fled the stop, ran two nearby red lights,
and struck a vehicle driven by a woman identified as Johnson’s
mother. She and a passenger, Johnson’s cousin, were taken to
the hospital with minor injuries.
A police report did not list their names.
Police filed a warrant for DUI and other charges with the state
attorney’s office on the driver of the vehicle that fled the stop.
On his Twitter account, Johnson called the incident completely preventable.
Johnson said his mother, Ata Maivia Johnson, and cousin,
Lina Fanene, were injured in the crash, which he said involved
an alleged drunk driver.
“My first reaction was to find the person who did this and do
unrelenting harm to them. But then you realize the most important thing is that my family lived thru this and we can hug each
other that much tighter these days,” Johnson said in a longer post
Sunday on Facebook.
“Hug your own family that much tighter today and be grateful
you can look them in the eyes and say, ‘I love you.’”
Other members of Johnson’s family said the two women had
attended an event for their family’s charity, the Usos Foundation, that night at Minneola City Hall to raise money for scholarships in the name of The Rock’s grandmother and Ata Johnson’s
mother, Lia Maivia.
The family and other event-goers were travelling to a
local restaurant and witnessed the horrific crash. Afa Anoa’i,
Johnson’s uncle and a WWF champion known as “The Wild
Samoan,” was just a few cars behind.
“You see it happen everyday but when you see it happen to
your family it hits me, it hits me hard,” Afa Anoa’i said.
Anoa’i’s daughter was on the phone with Ata Johnson at the
time and said the call suddenly dropped.
“It was so scary seeing all that debris and the cars were in
such bad shape.”
Both women were taken to South Lake Hospital with serious
injuries. Johnson was later transferred to an Orlando Hospital.
Both are now home recovering.
Fanene has worked as a ring announcer at WWE’s live NXT
shows at Full Sail University, and has trained at WWE’s Performance Center in Orlando.
She posted a photo of herself in a sling.
Family said she suffered a broken collarbone.
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Sailing School Vessel arrives for teaching visit
By Jeff Hayner, Samoa News Reporter
The Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Robert C. Seamans arrived
in the territory this past Monday for a six week stay, and will be
giving college and high school students a chance to experience
classes in nautical and marine science, including marine engineering, oceanography, navigation, marine biology and other subjects related to the ocean and sailing. The Seamans is a 134-foot
steel brigantine and is an oceanographic research/sailing vessel.
Jan Witting, who is the chief scientist aboard the Seamans told
Samoa News college students through their semester at sea program learn about ocean science, the life of the ocean, management, quality and the cultural ties that people living in the islands
have forged with the ocean.
“This is the broad spectrum of things that we are teaching the
college students, but we are looking forward to talking to the high
school students here as well,” he said. He also said that they are
planning to work with the American Samoa Community College
to design a plan to look at water quality around Tutuila on two
different day sails while they are here.
According to their schedule, this coming Saturday August 16
will be an Open House at the dock for the public from 8 a.m. to
12 noon. On Monday August 18, high school students with prior
registration will be going onboard for a short sail where the crew
will be demonstrating some of the marine science navigation
engineering techniques that are taught onboard. “We came here
as part of a voyage that studies the ocean. We have invited some
of the local students onboard and we will be doing some regular
preventive maintenance before going on another long voyage,”
said Captain of the SSV Seamans Pamela Coughlin.
Captain Coughlin noted that the people here are very friendly,
and they are looking forward to the six-week stay here in American Samoa. The Sea Education Association (SEA) crew and students sailed the SSV Seamans from the Phoenix Islands Protected
Area to American Samoa. According to their website, www.sea.
edu, SEA is an educational institution dedicated to exploration,
understanding and stewardship of the oceans as well as the study
of humanity’s relationship with the oceans. SEA offers students
an “interdisciplinary curriculum, on shore and at sea aboard tall
ships,” that provides challenging voyages of scientific discovery,
academic rigor and personal growth.
For more information, you can contact the National Marine
Sanctuary of American Samoa, which is coordinating the events
at 633-6500.
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The Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Robert C. Seamans arrived in the territory this past Monday
for a six-week stay and were greeted by National Marine Sanctuary personnel who are hosting
the visit. (L-R) Lt. Charlene Felkley who is the Marine Operations Coordinator of the National
Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS), Captain of the SSV Robert C. Seamans-Cap[photo: Jeff Hayner]
tain Pamela Coughlin and Junior Rex Lokeni of the NMSAS.
by Joyetter
Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
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COURT TO HEAR PLEA
DEAL TODAY ON SEX
CASE FROM MANU’A
Chief Justice Michael Kruse
will decide on the fate of the plea
deal offered by the government
to Hanipale Malae, facing two
counts of rape, two counts of
sodomy, two counts of deviate
sexual assault, two counts of
sexual abuse first degree, sexual
assault, endangering the welfare
of a child, third degree assault
and furnishing pornographic
material to minors, on allegations that he assaulted three
girls physically and sexually.
The government claims
three girls from Savai’i lived
with Hanipale and his wife in
Manu’a and the incident came
to light when one of the girls ran
away from the defendant’s residence after she was allegedly
assaulted. She was picked up by
Manu’a police officers the next
day and was taken to the hospital
for treatment. While at the hospital, “FS” informed police she
had also been sexually abused
by the defendant along with two
other females who also lived
with him. It’s unclear what kind
of plea agreement the government offered to the defendant,
but the change of plea hearing
is scheduled for today where the
plea agreements will be read in
open court.
One
of
the
victims
Fa’aso’oso’o Sosaiete who initially field a complaint with the
police against the defendant (and
is referred to in that document
as “FS”) is now being charged
with tampering with a witness
and destroying evidence, after
she changed her statement to
the police. Mrs Asenati Malae
(Hanipale’s wife) has also been
charged in connection with this
case, and she’s facing charges
of witness tampering and concealing an offense.
In Asenati’s case, records say
that witnesses and victims were
subsequently taken into the government shelter where alleged
improprieties regarding witness
tampering by Mrs. Malae came
to light. The alleged witness
tampering involves money and
food being given to one of the
witnesses/victim’s mother by
Mrs. Malae, who allegedly also
paid for the mother to come to
American Samoa.
Asenati, according to court
filings, has admitted she “prepared a box of food items”
for Sosaiete’s mother “for her
return trip to Savai’i as well as
a gift in the amount of $500.” As for the charge of concealing an offense, the government claims Asenati admitted
verbally and in a statement that
she “smuggled” a cell phone
into the TCF for her husband.
Sosaiete was implicated when
she contacted the police telling
them she wanted to rewrite her
statement in this case.
COURT DENIES MOTION
TO REDUCE BAIL FOR
LEPUIAI ALLEN MAYER
The Attorney General’s office
is looking at confiscating the five
vehicles, including an aiga bus,
that were allegedly purchased
with the close to $400,000 that
Pacific Shipping Services former
manager Lepuia’i Allen Mayer
allegedly misappropriated while
employed there.
The four vehicles include an
FJ Cruiser, Toyota Tacoma pick
up truck, Sequoia SUV, and an
Echo, along with an aiga bus.
Mayer is charged with embezzlement, forgery and stealing.
During his appearance in District Court Monday, his attorney
Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei
asked the court to reduce bail
from $50,000 to $15,000 or
$20,000, pointing out that he’s
not a flight risk and his family
lives here with their children.
However Assistant Attorney
General Alema Leota recommended to the court that, given
the severity of this specific case,
bail should remain at $50,000.
Ward denied the defense
motion for reduction of bail,
also noting the circumstances of
the case. In the meantime, Allen
will be arraigned in High Court
today, after he waived his rights
to a preliminary examination in
the District Court yesterday.
The hearing is for the court
to determine whether the government has sufficient evidence
to have this case bound over to
the High Court. Full details on
this case can be found in Monday’s edition this week.
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A police sharp shooter keeps an eye on protesters along W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug.
12, 2014 near the QuikTrip that was burned down a few days earlier in Ferguson.
(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Project Notification & Review System
Legal Notice
PNRS BOARD MEETING
August 20, 2014
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Commerce/American Samoa Coastal
Management Program has received a Land Use Permit Application from the following
individuals.
1. Willie Togafau
14-3000-LVB
Proposal for a new extension to the existing commercial structure - Nu’uuli
2. Faletagaloa Iopu
14-3008-LVB
Proposal to repair existing structure with utilities for commercial use septic tank - Tafuna
3. Fa’atino &Milosia Toia
14-2255-L
Proposal for Dry Litter Piggery - Aunu’u
4. Tivale & Simati Taisali
14-2979-L
Proposal for Dry Litter Piggery - Asili
5. ASPA c/o Ted & Theodore
14-2904-L
Proposal for Proposal for new construction of a Power House with utilities - Aunu’u
Persons interested in or affected by a proposed project, are invited to review the project file
and provide comments based on environmental issues, by contacting Marvis Vaiaga’e at 6335155, at the Department of Commerce in Utulei during regular ASG working hours. Public
comments must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Interested
individuals are also invited to attend a Public Hearing at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 20,
2014 at DOC Conference Room, on the 2nd Floor of the Executive Office Building in Utulei.
O lo’o iai i le Ofisa o Fa’afetauaina ni talosaga mo Pemita e Fa’atagaina ai le Fa’aaogaina o
Fanua ma Laueleele e tusa ma ala o le Tulafono. A iai se tasi e fa’asea pe fia tusia se molimau i
ni afaina o le si’osi’omaga pe a galueaina nei galuega, telefoni mai ia Marvis Vaiaga’e i le 6335155. E mafai fo’i ona e auai i le fono a le Komiti Fa’afoe ia Aokuso 20, 2014, ile itula e 9 ile
taeao.
Ferguson seeking
answers after fatal
MO police shooting
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Nights of unrest have vied with
calls for calm in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was killed by police, while the community is still pressing
for answers about the weekend shooting.
Hundreds of residents packed two churches Tuesday evening
for community meetings about the death of 18-year-old Michael
Brown, who was confronted by a Ferguson officer while walking
with a friend in the street near his grandmother’s home.
People also gathered in the streets Tuesday night, shouting
at police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police again
fired tear gas into a crowd. One person was injured in a drive-by
shooting, although it was not clear if the shooting was related
to the protests. The Post-Dispatch also reported that a St. Louis
County police officer shot and critically wounded a man who
authorities said pulled a handgun on the officer.
The fatal shooting of Brown has exposed deep racial and economic fault lines in the community. At one church gathering with
dozens of clergy members and elected officials, Missouri Gov.
Jay Nixon urged calm “in the face of crisis.”
“We stand together tonight, reeling from what feels like an old
wound torn open afresh,” Nixon said. “A wound that hadn’t quite
healed right in the first place, and now the pain is just as searing
as when the injury first occurred.”
The other church rally featured the Rev. Al Sharpton, who earlier in the day pressed police to release the name of the police
officer involved — but also pleaded for calm after a night of
looting and vandalism and instances of police using tear gas.
“The local authorities have put themselves in a position —
hiding names and not being transparent — where people will not
trust anything but an objective investigation,” Sharpton said at a
news conference with Brown’s parents.
Ferguson police initially planned to release the name of the
officer, who is on administrative leave, on Tuesday. But they said
death threats to its officers prompted them to withhold it. . Computer hackers have also targeted the city’s website and released
details online about individual city employees.
“If we come out and say, ‘It was this officer,’ then he immediately becomes a target,” Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said.
“We’re taking the threats seriously.”
Police have not disclosed the race of the officer, but witnesses
said he was white. The Ferguson police force has 53 officers,
three of whom are black. Jackson said the city has had trouble
recruiting and retaining black officers. Investigators have released
few details about the deadly encounter, saying only that a scuffle
unfolded after the officer on a routine patrol asked Brown and
another teen to get out of the street on Saturday afternoon. At some
point, the officer’s weapon fired inside a patrol car, according to
the St. Louis County Police Department, which is handling the
investigation at the smaller city’s request.
Several hundred protesters rallied Tuesday morning in the
county seat of Clayton, urging St. Louis County’s prosecutor to
file criminal charges against the Ferguson officer.
Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr., said at the news conference to “come together and do this right ... no violence.” President
Barack Obama also urged calm, saying people must comfort each
other “in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.”
Ferguson’s mayor and police chief were among the speakers
at the meeting Nixon attended. Both were welcomed with polite
applause. The forum was intended as an alternative response after
two nights of unrest in which crowds had burned stores, vandalized vehicles, assaulted reporters and taunted officers. Organizers
shared plans for numerous nonviolent responses, such as a prayer
walk planned to mark the one-week anniversary of Brown’s death
and assembling teams of greeters to welcome back students at the
high school from which Brown recently graduated.
The fullest account of Brown’s death so far has come from
Dorian Johnson, who said he was walking home with Brown
when they were approached by an officer in a squad car who
ordered them to move to the sidewalk. Johnson told news crews
that he and Brown kept walking and the officer then reversed his
car “to where it almost hit us.”
The officer, Johnson said, tried to open his door, but it “ricocheted” back. Johnson said the officer reached through the
window, “grabbed my friend around the neck” and tried to pull
him into the car. The officer then reportedly pulled out his weapon
and said, “’I’ll shoot you,’ or ‘I’m going to shoot,’” Johnson said.
When the officer opened fire, Brown was hit, said Johnson,
who hid behind a car. Brown kept running, Johnson said. Johnson
said the officer pursued Brown and fired again. When Brown felt
that shot, he turned around and put his hands in the air and started
to get down on the ground. The officer kept firing, Johnson said.
Police have said there is no security or police video of the
confrontation.
The United States sends ASIAN
130 more troops to Iraq MASSAGE CENTER
Facial SPA
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
(AP) — Another 130 U.S. troops
arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on
what the Pentagon described as a
temporary mission to assess the
scope of the humanitarian crisis
facing thousands of displaced
Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar
Mountain and evaluate options
for getting them out to safety.
Defense Secretary Chuck
Hagel announced the deployment in remarks to Marines at
this Southern California base
on the final stop of a weeklong,
around-the-world trip that also
took him to India, Germany and
Australia. “This is not a combat
boots on the ground kind of
operation,” Hagel said. “We’re
not going back into Iraq in any
of the same combat mission
dimensions that we once were
in in Iraq,” he added, referring
to the eight-year war that cost
more than 4,400 U.S. lives and
soured the American public on
military involvement in Iraq.
Another defense official,
speaking on condition of anonymity to provide additional
details on the sensitive mission, said the extra troops were
Marines and special operations
forces whose mission was to
assess the situation in the Sinjar
area and to develop additional
humanitarian assistance options
beyond current U.S. efforts
there. Still another official said
the mission for the 130 troops
could last less than one week.
That official also said that
while the troops were not being
sent in to execute some type of
rescue mission of the Yazidis on
the mountain, they would assess
the feasibility of a rescue or
what one might look like. The
also would assist in the ongoing
effort to evaluate the use of air-
strikes as part of the mission to
protect the Yazidis from attacks
by the Islamic State militants.
Hagel referred to the 130
as “assessors.” The additional
troops arrived Tuesday in the
city of Irbil, well east of Sinjar.
They were to work with representatives of the State Department and the U.S. Agency for
International Development to
coordinate plans with international partners and non-government organizations to help
the trapped Yazidi civilians on
Sinjar Mountain.
“They will make a very rapid
and critical assessment because
we understand it’s urgent to try
to move those people off the
mountain,” Secretary of State
John Kerry told reporters traveling with him in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
The move shows the Obama
administration is weighing the
impact and implications of several days of targeted airstrikes
on the Islamic State fighters
and how that has affected
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces
opposing them in northern Iraq.
President Barack Obama has
said repeatedly he will not send
ground combat forces back into
Iraq. One immediate dilemma
was the fate of thousands of
displaced Yazidis in the Sinjar
area who have been provided
with food and water delivered
by U.S. cargo planes in recent
days. Washington also was
considering how to increase its
military assistance to the Kurds,
whose militia is outgunned by
the militants.
The 130 were in addition
to 90 U.S. military advisers
already in Baghdad and 160 in
a pair of operations centers —
one in Irbil and one in Baghdad
Greek PM says important
tomb found in recent dig
AMPHIPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists excavating an
ancient mound in northern Greece have uncovered what appears
to be the entrance to an important tomb from about the end of the
reign of warrior-king Alexander the Great, officials said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who visited the tightlyguarded site Tuesday, said the discovery “is clearly extremely
important” and dates between 325-300 B.C.
Alexander, who started from the northern Greek region of
Macedonia to build an empire stretching as far as India, died in
323 B.C. and was buried in Egypt. His fellow royals were traditionally interred in a cemetery near Vergina, far to the west,
where the lavishly-furnished tomb of Alexander’s father, Philip
II, was discovered in the 1970s. But archaeologists believe the
apparently unlooted Amphipolis grave, which is surrounded by a
surprisingly long and well-built wall with courses of marble decorations, may have belonged to a senior ancient official.
Excavator Katerina Peristeri has argued that the mound was
originally topped by a large stone lion that was unearthed a century ago some 5 kilometers from the site. In the past, the lion has
been associated with Laomedon of Mytilene, one of Alexander’s
military commanders who became governor of Syria after the
king’s death. “The excavation will answer the crucial question of
who was buried inside,” Samaras said.
The tomb is expected to be opened in the next two weeks.
So far, workers have unveiled a flight of 13 steps that lead to
a broad path, flanked by masonry walls, which end in a built-up
arch covering two headless, wingless sphinxes — mythical creatures that blend human, bird and lion characteristics.
— working with Iraqi security
forces. They were in addition to
about 455 U.S. security forces
and 100 military personnel
working in the Office of Security Cooperation in the U.S.
Embassy in Baghdad.
U.S. officials said that while
Obama put caps on the number
of troops deployed to Iraq,
these latest forces were being
sent under the authorization for
humanitarian assistance and
didn’t exceed the limits.
• Shiatsu
• Reflexology
• Oil Massage
COMBINATION
$45 for 60 minutes
Location: Beside Brenda’s Photoshop in Nuuuli
Phone no: 699-4936
Business Hours: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm
Employment
Opportunity
GENERAL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Engineering / Maintenance Department for a General Maintenance Supervisor.
Successful candidate must be a High School graduate or have equivalent experience. Must possess at
least five (5) years’ post-apprenticeship or maintenance experience with knowledge of basic plumbing
and carpentry trade skills.
At least 5 years in a tuna cannery or similar food production operation highly desirable, including
knowledge of regulatory requirements such as OSHA and FDA, etc. Able to read, understand and
fabricate from plans and drawings. High school level English communications skills desirable. Must be
able to work all scheduled shifts including 24/7 call-out.
Hands-on experience in operation and maintenance including management / supervision in General
Maintenance equipment / machinery, trouble shooting, preventive maintenance and repairs desirable.
Knowledge of rebuilding of pumps, motors and gearboxes. Knowledge of standard operating procedures
for food processing, sanitation, safety and cost control advantageous. Literacy in use of PC software
programs, i.e., spreadsheets, database, etc., advantageous. Supervisory/management skills training
desirable. Ability to communicate in Samoan a plus.
consideration, bring, send or email a copy of your current resume including relevant certificates,
verifiable references and application by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be
obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
Employment
Opportunity
Assistant Quality Control/Sanitation Manager
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP) in Atu’u has an immediate opening for the Assistant Quality Control/
Sanitation Manager of STP’s Quality Assurance/Sanitation Department. Required and desirable
qualifications for successful candidate include:
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related basic science or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years of supervisory/higher management experience including production operations and
quality control in food processing, preferably in low acid canned food.
• Knowledgeable of fish species, weight and quality standards and procedures highly desirable.
• Knowledgeable of fill and net weight programs.
• College level English writing and verbal communication skills essential. Effective Samoan
communication ability a plus.
• Knowledge of product safety, sanitation and of regulatory requirements such as GMP’s, LACF, HACCP,
FDA, OSHA, EPA, NMFS etc.
• Certified in Better Process Control.
• Management skills/proficiency including goal setting, action planning, performance appraisal, etc.
preferred.
• Competent in the use of MSOffice software, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. essential.
• Good and verifiable employment references required.
Competitive senior management salary and benefits commensurate with qualifications. For consideration,
bring or send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, verifiable references and application
by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
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Employment
Opportunity
ELECTRICAL and INSTRUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP) in Atu’u has an immediate opening for the Electrical and
Instrumentation Supervisor of STP’s Engineer/Maintenance Department. Required and desirable
• High school graduate, Electrical and/or Instrumentation electronic technical Trade Certificate or
equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years experience in electrical and/or instrumentation operations.
• Knowledgeable in trouble shooting and programming PLC’s and calibration techniques and
procedures. Able to read, understand and wire installations from electrical drawings.
• High School level English writing and verbal communication skills essential. Effective Samoan
• Knowledgeable in food processing equipment and operations including Surdry retort operation/
requirement. Knowledgeable steam and pneumatic systems.
• Knowledgeable in OSHA, FDA and EPA regulations, policies and procedures is highly desirable.
• Certified in Better Process Control.
• Supervisory skills/experience including the ability to plan, prioritize, schedule and delegate work, etc.
preferred.
Competitive compensation with commensurate qualifications and experience. For consideration, bring or
send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, verifiable references and application by
August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No. ASCC #004-2014
RFP No. ASCC #004-2014
Issuance Date: July 15, 2014
Due Date and Time: Thursday, Aug 14, 2014
No later than 2:00p.m. Local Time
“FINANCIAL AUDIT OF ASCC FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014”
Notice is hereby given that the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) is requesting
proposals for FINANCIAL AUDIT OF ASCC FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014.
Document:
The Request for Proposals packet outlining requirements will be available for pickup at the
following location on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 or emailing j.suesue@amsamoa.edu:
ASCC Office of Procurement
Malaeimi, American Samoa
From 7:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. Monday - Friday
Submission:
One original and three copies of the Proposal must be submitted in sealed envelopes with
the name of the RFP “FINANCIAL AUDIT OF ASCC FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014” clearly
marked on the outside of the envelope. Submissions shall be delivered or mailed to the
following address beginning Tuesday, July 15, 2014 and thereafter up until and no later
than 2:00 p.m. local time, Thursday August 14, 2014 at which time they will be opened:
ASCC Office of Procurement
P.O. BOX 2609
ATTN: Jessie Su’esu’e, Procurement Officer
From 7:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. Monday – Friday
Proposals may not be faxed or transmitted over the telephone. Any proposal received after
the aforementioned date and time will not be opened or considered and will be determined
nonresponsive. Nothing herein is intended to exclude any responsible firm or in any way
restrain or restrict competition. All responsible firms are encouraged to submit proposals.
Final selection of firm(s) shall be made by the Chief Procurement Officer in accordance
with American Samoa Community College Procurement Rules.
Right of Rejection:
The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals
submitted in the best interests of the ASCC and to waive any irregularities and/or
informalities in any proposal should it be in the best interest of the College or the public.
Approved by:
Dr. Seth P. Galea’i
President, American Samoa Community College (ASCC)
Ebola survivor
shunned by
boyfriend and
even school
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The medical school professors
no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend
has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and
sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch
her months after she survived Ebola.
Long gone are the days when she was vomiting blood and
wracked by fever. And even with a certificate of health declaring
her as having recovered, she says it’s still as though “Ebola survivor” is burned on her flesh.
“Ebola has ruined my life even though I am cured,” she says.
“No one wants to spend a minute in my company for fear of
being contaminated.”
The Ebola virus is only transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids of the sick, such as blood, saliva, urine,
sweat or semen. When the first cases emerged in Guinea back
in March, no one had ever confronted such a virulent and gruesome disease in this corner of Africa.
The current outbreak now has killed more than 1,000 people,
according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization. The fatality rate in previous Ebola outbreaks has been up
to 90 percent, though health officials say this time up to half of
victims are surviving.
While there is no specific treatment for Ebola, patients can
be given supportive care such as intravenous fluids to keep them
hydrated. If they can live long enough to develop antibodies to
the virus they can survive, though they could still contract other
strains of Ebola in the future, medical experts say.
Health workers hope that seeing living proof that people can
survive Ebola will encourage fearful communities to get medical care instead of hiding the sick at home where they can infect
relatives.
In Sierra Leone, Sulaiman Kemokai, 20, was released from
an Ebola treatment center on Sunday after spending 25 days
there. He still feels stiffness in his joints but says he is gaining
strength each day.
“When I became sick, I was scared to go to hospital, I hid
from my family, from health workers. After four days I couldn’t
hide anymore, I was too sick. An Ebola ambulance collected me
and took me to the hospital,” he recalls.
But some within his community are reluctant to have any
physical contact with Kemokai. Those released from treatment
centers are no longer contagious, though Ebola can still be
present in men’s semen for up to seven weeks.
Kemokai will have more family support than most: His older
brother and sister also have survived Ebola, while the disease
took their mother’s life.
Fanta, the Guinean medical student, says she was working as
an intern at a clinic in Conakry, the capital, when a patient came
in from the provinces sick with what doctors initially thought
was malaria. She took the man’s vital signs — but as is common
in Guinea — she had no protective gloves or face mask.
About two weeks later, in mid-March, she started having diarrhea and soon was vomiting blood. She says her lasting troubles
began when doctors declared her cured and discharged her from
the isolation ward at the hospital in early April.
Although she no longer had the virus in her bloodstream,
she still was visibly unwell after nearly three weeks in the hospital. Word of her sickness and return spread quickly in the poor
suburb of Tanene where she was staying with extended family.
The boyfriend she used to see every day disappeared when
he heard she had Ebola. Now he won’t take her calls, even
months later.
She tried to re-enroll with her medical school courses at
Gamal Abdel Nasser University. In a sign of just how entrenched
misconceptions are of Ebola, though, even the instructors did
not want her in the classrooms, even though she handed them
her certificate of health.
“I still haven’t taken my exams while my classmates have
moved on to the next level,” she laments. “The professors said
they were going to grade me by telephone.”
Now she’s living off what money her parents can scrape
together to send her from their village, and still dreaming of
when she can resume her courses.
“I want to take care of patients,” she says. “The reason I
am alive today and speaking to you now is because doctors
saved me.”
Depressed Williams
hanged self but no
answer as to why
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Although police have now
revealed how Robin Williams committed suicide, the Oscar-winning actor’s fans, friends and even family continue to struggle to
understand why someone who spread so much joy throughout the
world could find so little in his own life that he decided to stop living.
Williams, who made no secret of his decades-long struggles
with depression and substance abuse, killed himself by fashioning a noose out of a belt and hanging himself, authorities said
Tuesday. The frenetic funnyman who starred in such films as
“Mrs. Doubtfire,” ‘’Good Will Hunting” and “Good Morning,
Vietnam,” had announced only last month that he was re-entering
a 12-step program to get his life back on track after months of
nonstop work. His publicist confirmed after he died that he had
been suffering in recent weeks from a serious case of depression.
Still, even family members were caught off-guard when his
body was found in his San Francisco Bay Area home Monday
morning. “I’ll never, ever understand how he could be loved so
deeply and not find it in his heart to stay,” his 25-year-old daughter,
Zelda Williams, said in a poignant statement released Tuesday.
“He was always warm, even in his darkest moments,” she noted,
adding she last saw her father when he recently celebrated his 63rd
birthday. It was a day, Williams recalled, that she and her two
brothers spent “sharing gifts and laughter” with their father.
Marin County Sheriff’s Lt. Keith Boyd said Williams was
last seen alive by his wife, Susan Schneider, who went to bed
around 10 p.m. Sunday. She awoke the next morning and left the
couple’s Tiburon home, thinking he was asleep somewhere else
in the house.
When he didn’t answer a knock on the door a short time later,
his personal assistant found him dead in a bedroom. A pocketknife
was nearby and Williams also had superficial cuts on his wrists.
Boyd said all evidence indicates the actor committed suicide
by hanging himself. A final ruling will be announced after toxicology reports and interviews with witnesses are complete.
The lieutenant declined to say if a suicide note was found.
“We still have people we want to speak with so there is some
information we’re going to withhold,” he said.
Like Williams’ family members, fellow actors and comedians
were devastated by the news.
“I never could have expected this ending to his life and to ours
with him,” said Chevy Chase who noted that he, too, suffers from
depression.
But, Chase added, “I cannot believe this. I am overwhelmed
with grief.”
The circumstances of the death do not help explain what motivated Williams, suicide experts said. Understanding that would
require a detailed “psychological autopsy” that includes the review
of medical and other records, and interviews with family and friends.
These experts stressed that suicide rarely is triggered by a single
factor, such as depression or substance abuse. Typically there are
at least two such influences, often compounded by acute stress,
such as from financial hardship or troubled personal relationships.
“We know from decades of research that there are numerous
factors that contribute to suicide risk,” said Michelle Cornette,
executive director of the American Association of Suicidology.
Word that the actor had killed himself also left neighbors
stunned and grief-stricken in the quiet, waterfront neighborhood
of Tiburon, where Williams was a popular figure.
“I’m shocked. I loved him. I loved his sense of humor. I loved
the spontaneity of his life,” neighbor Johanna Dunning said of
Williams, who was often seen riding his bicycle through the
neighborhood or stopping to joke with kids.
Makeshift memorials of flowers and notes popped up around
the country including on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
at his home and outside the house in Boulder, Colorado, where
the sitcom “Mork & Mindy” was set.
People also gathered to remember Williams at a bench in
Boston’s Public Garden where he filmed a scene for “Good Will
Hunting,” the film that won him an Academy Award.
Ben Affleck, a co-star and co-writer on that movie, was among
the legions of friends and fans who shared tributes online.
“Robin had a ton of love & did so much for so many. He made
Matt & my dreams come true,” Affleck said of himself and fellow
co-star and co-writer Matt Damon.
“What do you owe a guy who does that?” Affleck asked on
Twitter. “Everything.”
Williams’ family asked that his fans remember him as the
kind-hearted man that he was.
“Yesterday, I lost my father and a best friend and the world got
a little grayer,” his son Zak Williams said in a statement. “I will
carry his heart with me every day. I would ask those that loved
him to remember him by being as gentle, kind, and generous as he
would be. Seek to bring joy to the world as he sought.”
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Employment Opportunity
August 11, 2014
The LBJ Tropical Medical Center Authority - Department of Human Resources is accepting
applications for the following position with the LBJ Hospital.
Job Title:
Department:
Sr. Medical Office Financial Analyst
Finance Department
Summary:
This position reports directly to the Assistant CFO and is responsible to direct day to day
operations of cash and credit card deposits/transactions/ staff. Below please find a full list of
responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Design and implement internal control cash and credit card policies and procedures.
• Responsible for external annual audits for all aspects of cash control and reporting and
any additional internal audit requests.
• Responsible for daily deposits to the bank.
• Responsible for the daily reconciliation of the total cash receipts to either Cash Sales
(Facility Fees) or Credit Sales (receipts for payments of billings) making sure all credit
sales receipts are posted daily into the A/R sub ledger.
• Responsible for cash reporting reconciliations with Finance for month and year end
closings.
• Responsible for staff selection, development, accountability, and reporting.
• Responsible for LBJ adherence to Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and FTC Red
Flag Rules.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Minimum BS in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• 3-5 years experience in Healthcare, Finance, Banking or a combination.
• Revenue cycle knowledge
• Analysis compilation to include utilization of healthcare metrics
• Thorough understanding of internal cash and credit card controls and ability to adhere to
external audit reviews concerning cash and credit card controls.
• Management experience including development and leadership
• Able to use computerized systems such as enterprise software and/or legacy proprietary
systems.
• Able to use Microsoft suites, is a team player, can be contributor with creative and
innovative mental skills.
• Knows GAAP and is able to work with a team of folks currently on the finance team.
• Requires critical and analytical skills.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Minimum of basic math skills up to and including percentages, trending, ability to analyze
banking and cash deposit information, and the ability to read, understand, and complete
bank account reconciliations.
Physical Demands:
• May require heavy lifting from time to time
• Position requires prolonged sitting and/or standing.
Work Environment:
• Work performed in busy office environment that requires constant interaction with
employees, administrative personnel, physicians, patients and third party payers.
• Constant prioritization and organization of tasks.
• Position requires the ability to be communicative, have normal vision/hearing range, and
manual dexterity.
• Display a positive attitude toward job and others. Receive and carry out tasks in a
cooperative manner. Demonstrates high standards of professional conduct and be a
willing successful team member.
• Must be able to work effectively with all internal and external customers
Application form can be obtained from the Office of Human Resources. Deadline for
filing applications for this position will be August 18, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.
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in command. His journey was
also a fundraiser to help build
schools in his father’s native
Pakistan.
PRELIMINARY
NTSB REPORT
Samoa News should first
point out that the NTSB report
does not identify the Sulemans
by name, nor does it name the
ground crewman, a witness
and another pilot who was
interviewed by authorities.
According to the NTSB
report, DPS located the pilot’s
body (referring to Haris) at
12:40a.m. on July 23 and
“it was strapped to a seat
cushion.”
Employment
Opportunity
STOCK ROOM SUPERVISOR
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP) in Atu’u has an immediate opening for the Stock Room
Supervisor of STP’s Engineer/Maintenance Department. Required and desirable qualifications
for successful candidate include:
• Associate degree in Accounting, finance or business or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years’ experience in inventory control and/or stock room management.
• College level English writing and verbal communication skills essential. Effective Samoan
• Knowledgeable of safety procedures and OSHA regulation.
• Supervisory skills/experience including the ability to plan, prioritize, schedule and delegate
work, etc. preferred.
Competitive compensation with commensurate qualifications and experience. For
consideration, bring or send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, verifiable
references and application by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be
obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
“They reported burn marks
on the body, and a strong odor
of gasoline. They recovered
a life raft, a survival suit and
clothing, a fuselage piece, a
duffel bag, and two gumby
suits along with other debris,”
the report says.
The report puts the plane
crash at 9:58 pm local time on
July 22, on its way to Honolulu and notes that the private
pilot and his father, who was
also rated as a private pilot,
“sustained fatal injuries. ”
Remnants of the airplane have
been recovered, it says.
On the night of the flight,
the report says a ground
crewman and his wife met
the pilot and his father at the
airport to support the departure. The crewman asked if
they were going to depart,
and the father replied “yes”,
noting that the “weather was
great.”
“The ground crewman
stated that the wind had been
gusty and strong all day and
evening. He observed the airplane taxi for departure, and
repositioned himself so that
he could observe the whole
runway for the takeoff,” the
report says, adding that as
the plane moved down the
runway, the ground crewman
noted that the “wind was very
strong.”
“The airplane became airborne, but it was moving up
and down and side to side; it
also was not gaining altitude.
At this point, the airplane
had passed the very high frequency omni-directional radio
range, tactical air navigation
(VORTAC), but was still very
low,” it says.
“Before
the
airplane
reached the end of the runway,
it banked to the right towards
the ocean. Over the next few
seconds, the airplane kept getting lower, and then disappeared. He did not observe it
contact the water; he only saw
the [plane’s] lights getting
lower and lower. He observed
no explosion, and heard no
noise,” it says.
The ground crewman is
quoted in the report as saying
that he contacted the airport
duty supervisor to determine
if there had been any contact
with the airplane.
The supervisor responded
that he was waiting for a call
from the pilot after takeoff,
“and the ground crewman
reported that he thought it
went into the ocean.”
Another witness, who was
a couple of miles away sitting
on a seawall facing the airport
reported that the engine was
loud as the airplane was taking
off, the report says, adding
that the witness reported that
it “was unusual that the airplane did not immediately
gain altitude.
He stated that a few seconds after takeoff, the airplane
suddenly went nose down into
the water.”
The report quoted another
pilot—who was very experienced in transoceanic flights
— saying that he had been in
contact with the pilot’s father
for several months during the
planning of the trip, as well as
during the trip.
On the day of departure, the
father indicated that the airplane had 249 gallons of fuel
on board, and anticipated a
11p.m. departure time so that
he and his son could land in
Hawaii during daylight hours,
the report says.
The report also notes a
flight plan had been filed.
The father of the pilot had
purchased two life vests for
them to wear instead of the
gumby suits, according to the
report, which also provides
aviation information on how
the plane was to take off and
how far up the plane would
climb.
NTSB made clear at the
outset of the report, that this
is preliminary information,
subject to change, and may
contain errors.
Any errors in this report
will be corrected when
the final report has been
completed.
Additionally, NTSB investigators may not have traveled
to the site of this investigation, and used data provided
by various sources to prepare
this aircraft accident report.
➧ COMMUNITY BRIEFS…
prizes for the top four winners, which include $2,000 for first
place, $1,500 for second place, $1,000 for third, and $500 for
fourth place.
A total of ten groups have registered so far for the six-week
competition.
DYWA youth representative DJ J-Smooth who is overseeing
the program said that registration is still open until DYWA
Director Jonathan Fanene says otherwise.
So what can we expect during opening night? J-Smooth said
all ten crews will be performing their ‘introduction piece’ with
a time limit of seven minutes for each performance.
“This is the night we launch the program and it’s a chance
for the dance crews to show everyone what they can bring to
the table, in terms of hip hop,” J-Smooth said in a telephone
interview with Samoa News yesterday afternoon.
Admission to the show is free and will be aired live on
KVZK-TV channel 2.
The panel of judges will include 2014 Miss Flowers Miah
Tupufia, Lologa Olo from McDonald’s, Ernest “Ice Cream
Man” Sevaaetasi from Trophies and Things, and local hip hop
star Bernard “B-Down” Puni.
➧ Sanctuary expansion looms
“We have been told by NMFS to collect letters of those comments and submit them by email, but that does not give residents
equal opportunity to voice their opposition in a town hall setting,
similar to that done in Hawaii,” he said in a phone interview and
noted that the deadline to file comments is Aug. 15 (this Friday).
Ilaoa said the Council has been working closely with the local
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, talking to people
in the community, encouraging them to write their opposing letters, and they will transmit them via email.
Members of the public can submit their letters directly to the
federal government at: PIR@noaa.gov
Obama’s proposal would create the world’s largest ocean preserve by expanding the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National
Monument, an ocean preserve that lies between Hawaii and
American Samoa. It encompasses the 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone of seven US Pacific Island Possessions.
“The proposed expansion is opposed by a wide range of
people who believe that the expansion is unnecessary from a
conservation point of view and a grave threat to the American
Samoa economy, because it will make it significantly harder for
the purse seiners who offload in Pago Pago to operate here,”
wrote Chamber of Commerce chairman Lewis Wolman in an
email to Chamber members, adding that the Chamber board will
be issuing a statement of opposition very soon.
Tri Marine International vice president of production Dan Sullivan told Samoa News, “The US built, US flagged purse seiners
that are based in American Samoa fish in some of those areas”
included in Obama’s proposal. “Closing them will therefore have
an effect on their fishing operations. They will have to fish elsewhere. If fishing elsewhere reduces their catch, their deliveries to
the canneries in American Samoa will be reduced,” he said.
The Council, during a June meeting in Honolulu, discussed the
President’s proposal and issued an official document outlining
its concerns. It says that the proposal “would provide no added
conservation benefit to marine resources, but will economically
harm the area’s fishermen and those reliant on Pacific marine
resources”. (See Samoa News story on July 1 for more details.)
Anyone needing more information can call Nate Ilaoa at 2523175 or email: ilaoa.nate@gmail.com or nate@lava.net
➧ Thanks to our readers…
In addition to our readers, at least two local businesses
stepped in to help by providing donated items and gift certificates to purchase children’s school supplies.
All of the gathered donations were presented yesterday to some
members of the family at the Samoa News office in Fagatogo.
Samoa News would like to thank some supporters and readers
who assisted our efforts. They include: Natasha and Paul Ameperosa; Ben and Tutuila Chen-Sauvao of Tutuila Store; Muaiao
Moliga and her boys; Lolo and Mo; Jennade & Seimydarling
Ausage; Val Tuilefano of the local Red Cross, and Paradise Inc.
➧ FONO BRIEFS…
FONO LEADERS ASK FOR REPORTS
BEFORE BUDGET HEARINGS BEGIN
The Directors or Chief Executive Officers of the Enterprise
Funds and Authorities have been asked to provide their profit
and loss statements five days in advance of their scheduled
budget hearings because “it is critical in the review process of
your financial plan for fiscal year 2015,” according to a letter
sent to Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga from Fono leaders.
The letter further says that each department and agency must
provide a current copy of their revised organizational charts that
corresponds with the FY2015 manpower resources figures three
days in advance of the scheduled hearings, which are slated to
start next week Monday. The letter from Fono leaders also told
the Governor that Directors are expected at the budget hearings
and they must dress appropriately.
➧ TCF officer fined $5,000…
offered to voluntarily assist the government in efforts to fix the
ongoing problems at the Tafuna Correctional Facility. Last week, Sunia asked the court not to impose a jail sentence
for Aina, but instead recommended that he be placed on probation and Assistant AG Graf did not object to the recommendation.
Kruse sentenced Aina to five years in jail, however execution
of sentencing was suspended and he’s placed on probation for
five years under the condition that he pays a fine of $5,000 and
remains a law-abiding citizen.
The charges were filed in this case after a raid of the prison
by police uncovered numerous contraband items including
beer bottles, a flat screen TV, screwdrivers, tools, fans, and cell
phones — all of which were seized by CID detectives.
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Baptist Academy
“Home of the Flames”
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On behalf of the Students and Staff of
Manumalo Academy, we extend our deepest thanks to:
• Honorable Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Governor
• Honorable Lemanu Peleti Mauga, Lt. Governor
• Dr Vaitinasa Salu Hunkin-Finau, Director of Education
• Mr. Motusa Tuileama Nua, Department of Public Health Director
• The Manumalo Academy School Board
• The Manumalo PTA
• And especially, ALL the PARENTS
For your continued support and hard work to prepare the
school for the 2014-2015 school year.
“Lead The Way”
If you would like more information about Manumalo Academy, or to find out how your child can be a part of our successful programs,
please call the school at 699-9512 or stop by the school in Malaeimi.
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Fa’amanino Saelua mafua’aga na
suia ai faamaumauga Tusi Paketi
Lali
Le
tusia Ausage Fausia
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A o le i tuuina e le Fa’atonusili o le Ofisa o le Paketi a le
malo lana tali e tusa ai o se talosaga na tuuina atu e le Fono e
fa’atatau i Tusi Paketi, na fa’aalu e le faletua o Catherine D.
Saelua se taimi e tau fa’amalamalama ai le mafua’aga ua suia ai
e le malo auala e tuu atu ai faamaumauga o le Paketi i le Fono
mo le tausaga tupe fou 2015.
O ni isi o mafua’aga na taua e Saelua, e le gata e fa’aitiitia
ai tupe alu i le tau lolomiina o tusi paketi, fa’aitiitia ai tupe
fa’aalu a le malo, ae toe faigofie fo’i ona faitau ituaiga
fa’amaumauga nei.
O le faaiuga o le masina o Iulai 2014, na tusi atu ai le afioga
a Laolagi Fonoti Savali Vaeao ma Talia Fa’afetai Iaulualo ia
Saelua, e fa’atatau i le faigata lea i afioga i senatoa ma faipule
ona faitau ituaiga faamaumauga ia ua avatu e le malo mo le
paketi, ma ia talosagaina ai le tatau lea ona avatu e le malo tusi
paketi tetele e pei ona masani ai i le tele o tausaga ua mavae, e le
gata e faigofie ona faitau i ai sui o le fono, ae mafai foi ona avea
tusi paketi tetele nei ma molimau mo le fono.
Na taua e Saelua i lana tusi i le aso 4 Aokuso 2014 sa tuuina
atu ia Laolagi ma le sui fofoga fetalai ia Talia e fa’apea, o se tasi
o manatu autu na faatulai e le faigamalo a Lolo ma Lemanu talu
ona tula’i mai, o le taumafai e aua nei toe faaaoga pepa i soo se
faamaumauga ina ia faaitiitia ai tupe fa’aalu a le malo.
O le itu e lelei ai le auala lea e pei ona taua e Saelua, e le gata
e faigofie ona tuu i faamaumauga i le masini komepiuta ale malo
o le ‘IFAS’, ae o se tasi fo’i o fuafuaga ua o gatasi ma le faamoemoe o le faigamalo, o le unaia lea o tagata faigaluega uma a
le malo ina ia mafai ai ona alu sa’o i totonu o teugatupe a latou
totogi, nai lo le tau alu o le taimi e lolomi ai siaki ma tele atu ai
ma isi mau galuega.
O le faaalu ai la o tupe e lolomi ai pepa mo faamaumauga
a le malo, o se tasi lea o tulaga e tatau ona silasila toto’a i ai
tagata uma.
I soo se vaega o le lalolagi e aofia ai ma le malo tele o
Amerika, ua tele ina faaaoga e faigamalo taitasi le polokalame
lea e faaitiitia ai le tele o pepa e faaaoga, e le gata e faaitiitia ai
tupe alu, ae faaitiitia ai foi tulaga o kopi e fai e le malo, ma o lea
fuafuaga e tatau foi ona fai e le malo a Amerika Samoa, ina ia
fai ma sao o le malo i taumafaiga a le lalo e faaitiitia tupe soona
faaaoga atoa ai ma le faasaoina o meatotino a le malo, o se vaega
lea o le tusi a Saelua.
Sa ia taua foi e faapea, o le faia o faamaumauga tonu atoa
ai ma le faailoa atu o mea moni, o ni isi ia o vaega o lo o finau
pea le faigamalo e faamanino, e pei ona folafola ai i tagata o le
atunuu.
O se tasi o itu taua e pei ona taua e le tamaitai faatonu, o le
avea lea o le faigamalo a Lolo ma Lemanu o le ulua’i faigamalo
ua latou faia ituaiga faamaumauga nei e faaaoga ai le tomai faaonapo nei (electronic format), e pei ona i ai faamaumauga mo le
tusi paketi o le tausaga tupe fou 2015.
E le gata sa ia faamalumalu ia Laolagi ma Talia, ae sa ia taua
foi e faapea, atonu ua aoga lana faamalamalamaga ma itu ua
manino atili ai le faamoemoe o le malo.
I le faaiuga o le tusi a Saelua, sa ia taua ai lona talia ma le
agaga maualalo o le talosaga a le Fono, e ala i le lomia lea o tusi
paketi e 40 mo senatoa ma faipule, ina ia talafeagai ma le taimi
e pei ona fuafuaina mo iloiloga o le paketi.
O le aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou lea ua faatulaga e amata aloaia
ai iloiloga tuufaatasi a le Fono mo le paketi a le malo, i lalo o le
taitaiga a le afioga a Laolagi le taitaifono o le komiti o le paketi
a le senate, ma Timusa Tini Lam Yuen le taitaifono o le komiti
o le paketi a le maota o sui.
I le sauni atu ai o le fono e iloilo le paketi a le malo, na fesiligia ai e le afioga i le tamaitai faipule ia Vui Florence Saulo i
le taeao ananafi, le mafuaaga e ala ai ona le taitaia e le afioga a
Timusa iloiloga tuufaatasi a le fono mo le paketi a le malo.
Saunoa Vui e fa’apea, o se tulaga lelei tele pe afai ae taitai e
le afioga Timusa le iloiloga o le paketi a le fono i lenei tausaga.
Saunoa le afioga i le Fofoga Fetalai ia Savali Talavou Ale e
fa’apea, o le a ia fautuaina le taitaifono o le komiti o le paketi a le
senate e tusa ai o le fautuaga, ma o se tulaga manaia fo’i pe afai
se taitai e Timusa le iloiloga o le paketi i lenei tausaga, aua o le
senate lea na taitaia le iloiloga tuufaatasi o le paketi i le tausaga
na te’a nei.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
Nisi o le aiga mai Gataivai sa afaina lo latou fale i timuga ma lologa i le masina ua te’a, sa
pu’e le latou ata i le aso ananafi ma sui o le Samoa News i le taimi na tuuina atu ai se meaalofa
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mo i latou. Fesoasoani Samoa News i se tasi aiga a’afia timuga ma lologa
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le taeao ananafi na tauaao aloaia atu ai e
le pulega ma le aufaigaluega a le nusipepa o le
Samoa News, sa latou foa’i o pusa lavalava atoa
ai ma se siaki tupe i se tasi o aiga mai Gataivai lea
ua leai se fale e nonofo ai, ina ua fa’aleagaina le
fale sa latou mautotogi ai i le malolosi o timuga
ma lologa na se’i mavae atu nei.
O le aiga o le tina o Rosalia Mulu o lo o
faamautu nei i le maota o le Ekalesia EFKAS i
Fagatogo, i lalo o le tausiga a le malo o Amerika
Samoa, ma ua aga’i atu nei i le lua vaiaso talu
ona faamautu i latou i le maota o le Ekalesia, i le
tuana’i ai o po e tolu na nonofo ai i le faleaoga
a Samoana.
Talu mai lava le taimi na faaleagaina ai le
fale sa mau totogi ai le aiga o Rosalia i Gataivai
seia oo mai lava i le taimi nei, e le o utuva le
asia pea e le Samoa News mo le fia mauaina
mai lea o ni fa’amatalaga e tusa ai o mea o lo o
manaomia e le aiga.
O le aso Faraile na tea nei ina ua toe asia e le
Samoa News le aiga o Rosalia, sa ia faailoa mai
ai le manaomia o ni lavalava ma si ana fanau,
ona o a latou mea totino uma e aofia ai ma lavalava, na faaleagaina uma i le tafega ma lologa, e
leai ma se lavalava na o mai ma latou.
O fesoasoani sa maua mai e le aiga mai le
Koluse Mumu e aofia ai moega, ieafu ma aluga
o lo o momoe ai, ae o le Vaega a le School
Lunch o lo o sapalaiina taumafa mo ‘aiga e tolu
o le aso.
Na faafetaia e se sui o le aiga le pulega a le
Samoa News e tusa ai o lavalava, mea taalo mo
tamaiti faapea ai ma le siaki tupe sa foai atu mo
i latou, o le a mafai ai ona tali ni isi o manaoga o
lo o tulai mai i totonu o le aiga ae maise le fanau
laiti i le taimi nei.
Na taua e le tina matua o le aiga e faapea, o
a lava foai ma fesoasoani e maua e lona aiga,
latou te talia ma le agaga faafetai, ona ua matua
manaomia lava e le latou aiga se fesoasoani i le
taimi nei i le itu tau lavalava, aemaise ai foi o lo
o tau sailia pea se fale e faamautu ai.
Na taua e Rosalia i le Samoa News ananafi
e faapea, o lo o latou faatali pea mo se fesoasoani mai le malo i le tau sailia lea o se fale mau
totogi latou te faamautu ai.
“O le vaiaso na tea nei na matou feiloai ai
ma sui o le malo mo le tau faamautuina o se fale
mautotogi matou te nonofo ai, e oo mai lava i le
taimi nei o lo o galulue pea le malo e tau saili
se fale mo le matou aiga atoa e to’a 13”, o le
saunoaga lea a Rosalia.
E to’a 13 aiga o lo o galulue le Matagaluega
o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tama’ita’i e sau
saili ni fale mau totogi e faamautu i ai mo le
taimi nei, ao tau faagasolo ai galuega mo le toe
fausia o maota ma laoa na fa’aleagaina i timuga
ma lologa.
Na taua e le afioga Pa’u Roy Ausage i se
fonotaga sa faia i le aso Faraile na te’a nei, i le
va o le malo ma sui o aiga ua faaleagaina maota
ma laoa i timuga ma lologa, o se polokalame
o lo o faatupe mai e le malo tele, e totogi ai
fale mautotogi e nonofo ai aiga ua leai ni fale e
nonofo ai ona o timuga ma lologa.
O lo o gafa le matagaluega ma le tau sailia o
fale e talafeagai ma le aofa’i o tagata o aiga ua
aafia, ina ia mafai ona fesoasoani ia te i latou.
Na pau le faafitauli lea ua maitauina e le malo
i le taimi nei i tulaga o fale mau totogi, o fale sa
na o le ta’i $300 i le masina, ua faafuase’i ona
si’i i le $1,200 i le masina, ina ua iloa e le au fai
fale mau totogi le polokalame lea ua mafai ai
ona totogi e le malo fale mo aiga pagatia.
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American Samoa Government
DEPARTMENT OF PORT ADMINISTRATION
INVITATION FOR BID
“As Is, Where Is”
F/V LELIAFAO BOAT
• Length 78 FT
• Beam 26 FT
• Draft 10 FT
• Steel Hull
ALL BIDS MUST BE TURNED IN BY 2:00PM ON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014
Boat can be viewed at the wharf.
Contact Capt. Wally Thompson6 33-4251 or
Muliagatele Gus Godinet 770-1127.
Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec
Vaega: 48
Fa’atalofa atu i lou alafa’i
mai i fanuga lelei o lenei aso
fou, ona o le tausiga alofa a lo
tatou Matai oi le lagi. E fa’afo’i
ai pea le vi’iga ma le fa’amanu i
le Atua Soifua, ona o Lana tausiga alofa mo i tatou i aso uma
e le aunoa. Ae alo maia, o le a
toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala mo
Employment
Opportunity
ELECTRICIAN CLASS I
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. in Atu’u has an immediate opening in the Electrical and Instrumentation
Department for an Electrician Class I.
Required and desirable abilities, skills and experience include:
• High school graduate or equivalent experience. High school level oral and written English
communications competency.
• Electrical Trade Certificate or equivalent qualification or experience is required.
• Minimum of three (3) years “hands-on” experience in maintenance of electrical equipment preferably
in a manufacturing or industrial work setting.
• Working knowledge of PLC troubleshooting maintenance and programming required.
• Ability to read, understand and wire installations from electrical drawings and schematics.
• Ability to work all scheduled shifts including 24/7 call back.
• PC skills/experience in office and preventative maintenance software preferred.
• Working knowledge of diesel power generation preferred.
• Supervisory skills training advantageous.
• Ability to effectively communicate in Samoan a plus.
• Physically capable of standing for extended periods and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Good employment and attendance record.
Competitive compensation for all employment opportunities commensurate with qualifications. For
consideration, bring or send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, references, Police
clearance, ASG Immigration clearances (not required for US Nationals, US Citizens or AS permanent
residents) and application by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
Employment
Opportunity
WELDER MECHANIC CLASS I
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. in Atu’u has an immediate openings in the Engineering/Maintenance
Department for a Welder Mechanic Class I.
Required and desirable abilities, skills and experience include:
• A fitter/welder or fitter/turner trade certificate or equivalent qualification or equivalent work
experience.
• Three (3) or more years “hands-on” industrial maintenance experience including maintenance of
pumps, gear boxes, motors and valves essential.
• Must be competent in gas, arc and tig welding, cut and braze. ASME IX welding certification
preferred.
• Pipe fitting and experience with hydraulic systems required.
• Knowledgeable in relevant OSHA regulations, policies and procedures.
• High school level oral and written English communications competency.
• Ability to work all scheduled shifts, weekends, including 24/7 call back.
• Physically capable of standing for extended periods and lifting up to 50lbs.
• Good employment and attendance record.
Competitive compensation for all employment opportunities commensurate with qualifications. For
consideration, bring or send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, references, Police
clearance, ASG Immigration clearances (not required for US Nationals, US Citizens or AS permanent
residents) and application by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
lenei aso, ae ia manuia le alo
faiva o le atunu’u i feau ma galuega o le a feagai ai i lenei aso.
Ua alu nei le tali e a Solo ma
Misi, ua mafaufau i le ‘agaga a le
lo’omatua o Eseta, lea e fai so’o,
ma ua fai ma talatalanoa ai tagata
o le nu’u. Ae o le lo’omatua o
Eseta, e leai a kea i se tagata, e
atili ai ona sisi’i i luga le tuiga
o le lo’omatua e le tu’u mai i
lalo. Ua lagona e Misi le vaivai,
a’o lea lava e savalivali Solo e le
kea ane i le atigipusa lea e amo
to’atasi e Misi.
Ua le lava e Misi amo, o lea
na toe fa’apea ane ai lana tala i a
Solo, “A ali’i Solo, ua galo ia te
oe le toto o ou gutu i a Samuelu,
a, ua galo i a te oe, va’ai, e leaga
lava le tagata e tautala so’o,
ae leaga mea faigaluega, ua e
fa’alogo mai, ‘aua le fia ulavale,
ae na toto nei ou gutu ma tae’ei
ou mata i a Samuelu.”
Ua le iloa e Solo pe ‘ata pe
ita i lea taimi, ae ua toe manatua
vave e Solo le fa’atotolo o ia e
Samuelu, lea ua tolu nei vaiaso
talu ai. Na fa’alogo ifo nei Solo
ua tauga lava le tala a Misi lea
ua fai ane i a te ia. O lea na toe
tali atu ai, “Misi, fa’alogo lelei
mai lava oe, o a’u, ou te loto
maualalo, e le o a’u o se tagata
e gaoia pe a o’o i mea fa’apea.”
Ua ‘ata Misi ma fa’apea ane,
“O le loto maualalo, po’o lou
pala’ai, ma le kaea o au mea
faigaluega.” Ua amo to’atasi
nei e Misi le atigipusa a Petelo,
ae na o le savalivali o Solo ma
fa’amaliuliu. O lea ua fai nei
tauga upu a le au ali’i i lea taimi.
Ua taunu’u le sopo a Solo ma
Misi i le fale o Petelo, e taunu’u
ane, ua amata ona pogipogi, ona
e mamao le ala na asa mai ai.
Na fa’ateia Petelo i le
fa’alogo mai o pisa atu tagata, o
lea na tu’u ai loa le tutuina o le
moli, ae liliu ane ma va’ai po’o
ai o lo’o o atu. E fa’alogo mai
lava Petelo, o alu atu le vala’au,
“Petelo, Petelo, ia o le a e nofo
mai, sau ia e avatu le atigipusa
lea na au mai i le toeaina ma le
lo’omatua, o a Misi lea.”
Ua tu a’e nei i luga Petelo ma
savali mai i fafo, ma le taunu’u
ane, o Misi ma Solo lea e tutu
atu ma le atigipusa. “Sole, ua a,
o le a le na atigipusa?” Ua le tali
Misi, aua o lea e tau to lona sela,
ae ua tali mai Solo. “Se o le atigipusa na au mai i le lo’omatua
ma le toeaina, o lae ua momoe i
a Sala ma lona to’alua, o lae fo’i
e i ai me le Faifeau ma Samuelu,
fai mai se i o mai taeao.”
“Ia o maia e fai le tatou
mea’ai, o lona uiga ua na o a’u
nei le fale, ae sili pe a oulua o
mai e fai le tatou mea’ai ona
oulua o ai lea.” Ua tilotilo Misi
i a Solo, tilotilo ane Solo i a
Misi, “Oi ia manaia fo’i, a misi
sia fa’alifu talo lololo.” Ua alu
nei le solo i totonu o le fale, ae
o le mea’ai na saunia e Petelo e
fa’atali ai ona matua ma si ona
uso o Samuelu, o le luau ‘ulo, o
le moa tunu, o le saga talo, ma
le laumoli.
Ua matua’i tau tonu lava
i taenifo o Solo ma Misi le
mea’ai lea, ua tutu nei le moli
ma amata loa ona laulau le
mea’ai, ua fa’afesaga’i nei, ma
fai loa le taliga sua o le afiafi.
Ai ona o le manogi manaia o le
moa tunu, ma le lu’au ulo, o lea
ua le mafai ai ona toe tautala se
isi o le to’alua lea, ae ua fao lava
le tagata latou ua le toe pisa. Na
tete’i le au ali’i lenei i le fa’apea
ane o Petelo, “Se se’i tau ea i
luga, va’ai o mea ua pe pe, e le
toe ola mai, fai fai malie ma se
isi i laoa.” E faia pea…
4 teens plead not guilty
to killing USC student
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four teenagers pleaded not guilty
Tuesday to murder charges in the fatal beating of a Chinese graduate student at the University of Southern California.
According to prosecutors, Jonathan Del Carmen, 19, and
Andrew Garcia, 18, Alberto Ochoa, 17, and Alejandra Guerrero,
16, fatally attacked USC engineering student Xinran Ji at around
1 a.m. on July 24, 2014. They entered their pleas at a downtown
Los Angeles courtroom, Los Angeles County District Attorney
spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said. Xi, 24, was beaten with a
baseball bat and a wrench as he walked to his apartment near the
university campus. He made it back to his apartment, leaving a
trail of blood, and a roommate discovered his body hours later.
Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek the death
penalty against Del Carmen and Garcia, Ardalani said. The other
two defendants are not eligible for the death penalty because they
are under the age of 18. Garcia and the two younger teens were
also charged with robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. All
four are due back in court on Sept. 12.
The fatal beating of Ji reverberated through the university community, particularly among students from China. In 2012, two
USC students from China were fatally shot during an off-campus
robbery also during the early morning hours. In response to Ji’s
death, USC announced last Friday enhanced security measures,
including increased year-round security patrols both on- and offcampus. This fall, the university will also require international
graduate students to complete safety education programs.
Leai se faaiuga faipule
iugafono sui ai Fa’avae
tusia Ausage Fausia
Na fulisia afioga i faipule i
le taeao ananafi e lagolago le
mau na faatulai e le alii faipule
ia Atualevao Gafatasi Afalava,
ina ia toe taoto le Iugafono a
le maota e sui ai le Fa’avae,
ona e i ai vaega o le Iugafono
e tatau ona matua iloilo toto’a
e le maota a o le i faia i ai sana
faaiuga.
O le iugafono e sui ai le
Fa’avae lea na toe talanoaina
i le maea ai o le tauaofiaga a
le maota o sui ananafi, o lo o
tuu atu ai le aia i le faipule mai
le motu o Swains e palota ai i
totonu o le maota o sui, peita’i
na taua e ni isi o le maota, e le o
se mataupu faigofie le mataupu
lenei, e tatau foi ona matua
iloilo toto’a e le maota.
O le mataupu lenei na iloilo
muamua e le maota i le tauaofiaga na sei mavae atu nei,
peita’i na toe faaauau ina ua
le maua se finagalo autasi o
afioga i faipule.
Saunoa le afioga i le alii
faipule mai Manu’a ia Fetu
Fetui Jr, afai e talia e le maota
suiga o le Fa’avae ma tuu atu
le aia i le faipule mai Swains
e palota ai i totonu o le maota
o sui, e tatau fo’i la ona tatala
le avanoa i tagata palota uma o
le motu o Swains e lesitala ai
o latou suafa i le Ofisa Palota,
mo so o se tasi e fia tauva i le
tofi faipule o Swains.
O le agaga o Fetui, afai o le
a tuu atu le aia i le faipule mai
Swains e laina tutusa ai ma isi
fo’i faipule o le maota, e tatau
fo’i la ona tutusa auala uma e
agava’a ai faipule o itumalo taitasi ma le faipule mai Swains.
O ni isi o faipule na maua
le avanoa e saunoa ai, sa latou
lagolagoina le tuu atu loa o le
avanvoa e palota ai le faipule
a Swains i totonu o le maota e
tusa ai o le agaga o le iugafono,
ae aua nei toe faia fua i ai ni isi
suiga ma le lavelave o le iugafono, peita’i na finau le afioga
i le ali’i faipule ia Atualevao,
e le faigofie le mataupu lenei
aemaise lava o lea ua talanoaina ai suiga o le Fa’avae.
Saunoa le alii faipule mai
Swains ia Su’a Alexander E.
Jennings e fa’apea, e faigofie
lava le agaga o le i’ugafono e
pei ona taoto i luma o le komiti,
o lo o talosagaina ai le tuu atu
o le aia i le faipule o Swains e
palota ai i totonu o le maota.
Na toe faatepa e Su’a sui o
le komiti i se iloiloga sa faia i
le tauaofiaga na se’i mavae atu
nei, lea na molimau ai le Loia
Sili a le malo, Failautusi o le
Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa
faapea ai ma le loia a le fono
faitulafono, ma latou taua ai lo
latou lagolagoina o le agaga o
le iugafono.
Na faamanino e Su’a e
fa’apea, e le o faasaina mai i
le Faavae le palota o le sui o
Swains i totonu o le fono, e leai
fo’i se aafiaga tele o le Faavae
ona o le iugafono e pei ona
talanoaina e le komiti.
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i le saunoaga a Su’a, faavae
mai lea i ana suesuega sa fai,
e pei o le le palota o le sui o
Amerika Samoa i totonu o le
konekeresi, atoa ai ma le le
mafai e le komiti ona taofi o
le aia tatau o le sui o Swains e
palota ai.
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faipule ia Puleleiite Tufele
Li’amatua e fa’apea, e faigofie
lava le manaoga o le sui mai
Swains, ua na o le aia e palota
ai, ae afai e faaopoopo i ai e le
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atu o le aia e lesitala ai tagata
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lea ua tatou ola ma savavali
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a afioga i faipule, na pasia ai
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le iugafono i le komiti, e toe
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The Weatherization Assistance Program encourages the public to attend a public
hearing for the proposed 2014-2015 Weatherization Assistance Program Draft Plan.
This public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at the North Wing of the
Lee Auditorium in Utulei at 9:00 a.m. Copies of the 2014 Draft Plan are now available
for pick up at the Territorial Energy Office. Please submit any questions or comments
in writing, regarding the plan no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 15, 2014. For
more information about this announcement, please call (684) 699-1101 or 1102.
Respectfully,
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FA’ASALALAUGA FA’ALAUA’ITELE
O le a fa’atalatalanoaina se tasi o polokalame a le Ofisa o le Enetia i le Aso Lua,
Aokuso 19, 2014 i le 9:00 i le taeao, i le potu i Matu i le Fale Laumei i Utulei. O lenei
polokalame e maua ai le fesoasoani mo aiga i le fa’aitiitia lea o latou pili o le eletise i
masina taitasi. O tusitusiga po o le talosaga mo le tausaga tupe 2014-2015 ua maua
nei i le Ofisa o le Enetia. E fa’ailoa atu ai ma le ava tele, i le mamalu o le tatou
atunu’u e tala mai a’ao i le Ofisa o le Enetia mo se lomiga mo lou silafia ae e le’i o’o
atu i le aso ua ta’ua i luga. Fa’amolemole, a iai ni ou manatu e tusa ai ma lenei
tusitusiga, e tatau on a tusi fa’alelei ma fa’ao’o mai i le Ofisa o le Enetia i le Aso
Faraile, Aokuso 15, 2014 ae le’i ta le 4:00 i le afiafi. Mo ni isi fesili, faamolemole
vala’au mai i le (684) 699-1101 po o le 1102.
Ma le fa’aaloalo lava,
Ali’itama Sotoa, Fa’atonu Sili
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DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT
PO BOX 5666, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
Fa’amatalaga Taua e uiga
i le Fa’ama’i o le Dengue
ma le Chikungunya
O nei fa’ama’i o lo’o feavea’i e se ituaiga namu e ta’ua i le faaperetania o le “Aedes Aegypti” ma le “Aedes polynesiensis”.
O nei namu e tele ina u tagata i le taeao ma le aoauli i aso to’afilemu ma aso puaoa.
O nei namu e fofoa mai i tunatuna i totonu o
nofoaga e to’a ai le vai, e pei o:
• Pakete
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Atigi pa’u
Atigi kalone
Ipu popo
Kapeta pa’u
Tapoleni
Pakete ma mea tu’u teu
Atigi apa
Mea fale: pusa aisa, po fale taele, fa’atanoa fulu ipu
Va’a ua le toe fa’aaogaina
Pu o le sima po’o paipa
Apa alamini po o ‘ulo
Pakete asi kulimi
Ipu
Apa o le fale
Atigi ma afi o ta’avale
Pu o la’au
O nofoaga e le mafai ona fofoa pe fananau ai
nei namu:
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Sa mi
Vaitafe
Fa’atanoa vai tetele
Vaivai i luga o auala
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Lau Talo, Lau Ta’amu po le Laufala
Fagu Pia
Apa ma Fagu Inu
Taga Chips
Taga Pepa I’ila
Auala e tineia ai le fananau o nei namu:
• Fa’afao ia pakete ma teu i lalo o malu o fale
• Ave atigi pa’u i le ASPA, fa’atumu i palapala, pe teu i
lalo o malu o fale
• Fa’afao atigi kalone, teu i lalo o malu o fale pe ufiufi i
se ie.
• Susunu, fa’afao pe tanumia Ipu Popo
• Faapupu ia kapeta, teu tapolegi ma uga i lalo o malu
o fale, fa’apupu tapolegi ina ia mafai ona tafe le vai
• Faapupu ia pakete o lo’o toto ai i totonu la’au ina ia
le to’a le vai
• Lafoa’i atigi apa, ipu uga, alumigi, pakete aisa kulimi
faatasi ma le lapisi
• Lafoa’i i le ASPA ia ogaumu tuai, taavale tuai ma so’o
se tulaga e ono to’a ai le vai
• Faatumu pu i sima po o la’au i oneone, palapala po o
sima palu
• Tu’u apa fale i lalo o malu o fale, pe faatu sa’o i luga
in a ia tafe le suavai
• Fa’afao va’a e le toe fa’aaoga, ufiufi pe tu’u i lalo o
malu o fale ina ia le to’a ai le vai
• Sui faatanoa vai mo meatuaolo ma fagafao
Auala e mafai ona puipui mai ai i namu o lo’o
feavea’ia le fa’ama’i o le Dengue po o le
CHIKUNGUNYA
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Faapupu’u vao i tafa o fale
Faalelei tulaga o uaea o fa’amalama
Tapuni faitotoa o fale
Fa’aaoga spray (repellant) e tineia ai namu - mo le
tino ma totonu/fafo o fale
• La’ei ofu vae po o ofu tino u’umi, totini ma seevae
ta’alo
• Fa’aoga ta’inamu aemaise lava pe afai e iai ni fanau
iti i le fale
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DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
PO BOX 5666, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
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Important Information
about Dengue and
Chikungunya Vectors
Dengue and chikungunya are spread only by certain species of mosquitoes; in American Samoa the most important vectors are Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis
These mosquitoes bite mostly during the daytime, in the morning or late afternoon. On cloudy, calm days they may bite all day.
They come from larvae (tugatuga) that develop mostly in water-holding containers
These mosquitoes do not usually fly very far from where they develop as larvae
Principle breeding sites for dengue- and
chikungunya-carrying mosquitoes:
• Buckets (Pakete)
• Tires (Atigi pa’u)
• Drums (Atigi kalone)
• Coconut shells (Ipu popo)
• Linoleum (Kapeta)
• Plastic tarps (Tapolegi)
• Flower pots with water (Pakete ma vase fai teu)
• Tin cans (Atigi apa)
• Discarded appliances: refrigerators, toilets, sinks
(Mea fale: pusa aisa, pou fale taele, fa’atanoa fulu
ipu)
• Unused boats (Va’a)
• Holes in concrete, cinder blocks, uncapped fence
pipes (Pu o le sima po’o paipa)
• Discarded aluminum trays, cooking pots, pans
(Apa alamini, ulo)
• Ice cream containers (pakete aisa kulimi)
• Plastic cups and bowls (Ipu)
• Corrugated roofing (Apa o le fale)
• Car parts, engines (Atigi ma afi o ta’avale)
• Tree holes (Pu o la’au)
Water-holding places that don’t usually breed
dengue- and chikungunya-carrying mosquitoes:
• Ocean
• Streams
• Large reservoirs (may have other spp.)
• Puddles on ground (may have other spp.)
• Taro, ta’amu, pandanus leaf axils (may have other
spp.)
• Beer bottles
• Soda cans and bottles
• Chips bags
• Plastic shopping bags
Source reduction—the elimination of mosquito
breeding sites:
• Turn buckets upside-down, store under roof
• Dispose of tires at ASPA facility, cut sidewall and
turn inside out for decoration around plants, fill
tires around trees with soil, store under roof
• Turn drums upside-down, store under roof, or
cover with cloth
• Break, bury, burn coconut shells, or turn upsidedown
• Make holes in linoleum, store tarps and plastic
under roof, tighten tarp coverings or make holes
for drainage
• Make drainage holes in plant pots, use plastic flowers,
discard flowers and clean pot/vase when finished
• Discard tin cans, plastic cups, plates, bowls, aluminum
trays, ice cream containers, etc. with trash
• Dispose of old appliances, cars, car parts, etc. at ASPA
facility
• Fill holes in concrete, cinder blocks, trees, with sand,
soil, or concrete
• Store corrugated roofing under roof, on its side, or at
an angle so water cannot collect
• Turn unused boats upside-down, cover, store under
cover, pull plug so water drains
• Change water and clean watering dishes for pets, pigs,
etc. daily
Other ways to protect yourself from dengue- and
chikungunya-carrying mosquitoes
• Cut/remove tall grass/weeds near house, school, place
of work
• Install/repair window screens
• Keep doors closed
• Use repellant
• Wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, shoes and socks
• Use mosquito net when sleeping—even in daytime;
especially children, infants
• Use aerosol insecticide for mosquitoes indoors; follow
label carefully
• Use larvicide or 10 tbsp/gal liquid hand dishwashing
detergent to spray surface of water in containers that
cannot be emptied or dealt with in other ways. (Do not
spray water used for humans, animals, or plants)
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nofomau i Amerika Samoa, ae to’atele fo’i lona
aiga o lo o nonofo i le atunu’u, e aofia ai si ona
to’alua ma le la fanau e to’afa, e le o i ai fo’i se
fuafuaga e malaga ese ma Amerika Samoa.
Na finau le itu a le malo ina ia faatumau pea
le tupe ua maea ona faatulaga e le faamasinoga,
ona e matuia tu’uaiga faasaga i le ua molia.
Saunoa le alii faamasino ia John L. Ward II,
afai e ta’usala e le fa’amasinoga le ua molia i
moliaga mamafa e tolu e pei ona tuuaia ai o ia e
le malo, e ono oo atu i le $60,000 le fa’asalaga
tupe e mafai ona fa’asala ai o ia e le fa’amasinoga
e pei ona fa’atulaga mai e le tulafono.
Ona o lea tulaga, e talitonu le faamasinoga, o
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mamafa e tolu e aofia ai le gaoi, ave faagaoi o
tupe sa tuuina atu na te vaavaaia ma tausia, faapea
ai ma lona faia o ni faamaumauga tau faasese.
O tuuaiga faasaga ia Mayer na alia’e mai i le
taimi ao avea o ia ma pule o le kamupani o le
Pacific Shipping Service (PSS) i le atunuu, lea
na ia gaoia ai se vaega tupe e silia i le $300,000
e pei ona taua i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga.
SIAOSI IEREMIA
O le aso 3 Setema lea ua fa’atulaga e lau ai le
fa’asalaga a le ali’i o Siaosi Ieremia i luma o le
fa’amasinoga maualuga, ina ua ta’usala o ia i le
moliaga mamafa o le fa’ao’olima i le tulaga lua, i
lalo o se maliliega sa latou sainia ma le malo ma
talia fo’i e le fa’amasinoga. I le tali ioe ai o Ieremia
i le moliaga o le faaoolima i le tulaga lua, sa ia
tautino ai e faapea, i se taimi o le aso 19 Me 2014
i Vaitogi, sa ia faaoo ai manu’a i se isi ali’i e ala
i lona fa’aaogaina o se agaese e tipi ai lona lima.
Na taua e Ieremia i le faamasinoga e faapea,
o se inugapia sa faia i le latou fale a lona uso
matua, na tulai mai ai loa le vevesi ina ua alu
lona uso matua i luma o le aai ma fa’aumuumu
ai, ma laga ane ai loa tamaiti o le pitonuu lea ma
fasi lona uso, ma tula’i mai ai loa le vevesi iina,
ma ia fa’aoolima ai loa i le alii na aafia.
Ina ua fesiligia Ieremia e alii faamasino po o
fea na aumai ai le agaese sa ia faaaoga, ae na tali
le ua molia, na tamoe i le latou fale ma aumai
ai le naifi, ma toe fo’i atu ai loa i le vaega o lo o
tula’i mai ai le vevesi ma ia tipi le lima taumatau
o le alii na aafia ma manu’a ai, ao vaovao mai le
ali’i lea i lona uso matua. O lo o taofia pea Ieremia i le toese i Tafuna e fa’atali ai le aso lea ua
fa’atulaga e lau ai lona faasalaga.
POKATI SOLA
Ua solofua nei e le fa’amasinoga maualuga
moliaga sa tuuaia ai e le malo se alii faipisinisi i
le atunu’u, ina ua talia e ali’i fa’amasino le talosaga na fa’aulu e le loia a le malo ia Tiffany Oldfield, ina ia solofua tu’uaiga.
O moliaga faasaga i le ali’i faipisinisi e aofia
ai le faiaiga ma se teineititi e laititi i lalo o le tulafono, faia o amioga faasotoma, tagofia o itutinosa
o se teineititi i le tulaga muamua, faapea ai ma le
moliaga mama e tasi o lona faia o ni gaioiga e
ono lamatia ai le saogalemu o fanau laiti.
O tuuaiga faasaga i le ua molia na alia’e mai
i le 2012, ina ua tuuaia o ia i lona faia o uiga
mataga i le niece a lona to’alua e 16 tausaga le
matua sa latou nonofo fa’atasi.
E tusa ai o fa’amaumauga a le fa’amasinoga o
lo o taua a e fa’apea, o le ulua’i fa’alavelave e pei
ona tuuaia ai le ua molia na tula’i mai i le latou
fale, ina ua ia fa’amalosia le teineititi na a’afia
la te faiaiga, i le mae’a ai lea ona ia faia i ai o
amioga e fa’ailoa ai ona lagona tu’inanau.
O le isi fa’alavelave e pei ona taua e le teineititi i leoleo na tupu i totonu o le ofisa a le ua
molia, lea fo’i na fa’amalosi ai e le ua molia o ia
la te faiaiga, ma le isi mataupu na tupu i le fale i
le masina o Aokuso 2012, lea fo’i na fa’amalosia
ai o ia e le ua molia la te faiaiga, sa faigata fo’i
ona ia tete’e le ua molia ona o lona mamafa.
Na fa’amatala fo’i e le teineititi i leoleo le
fa’afefe o ia e le ua molia na te fasiotia o ia, pe
afai na te taua i lona aunty le mea o lo o tupu.
LEROY FA’AANITIU
Ua talia e le fa’amasinoga maualuga le talosaga na fa’aulu e le itu a le malo i le taeao ananafi,
ina ia solofua le tagi sa latou fa’aulu fa’asaga ia
Leroy Fa’aanitiu, ina ua le mana’o le sa tagi e
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Na taua e le loia a le malo ia Tiffany Oldfield e fa’apea, talu ai ua le mana’o le sa tagi
e fa’aauau lana tagi fa’asaga i le ali’i o lo o
tuuaia i lenei mataupu, ua le mafai ai fo’i e le
malo ona fa’amaonia tu’uaiga fa’asaga ia te
ia, o le mafua’aga lea ua ia talosagaina ai le
fa’amasinoga ina ia fa’aleaoga tu’uaiga sa faila
fa’asaga ia Fa’aanitiu.
O Fa’aanitiu na tu’uaia e le malo i le mataupu
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NEWS BRIEFS
Haitian police recapture
kidnapper who escaped prison
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police recaptured an
alleged kidnapper who escaped custody during a mass breakout
that authorities believe was staged for him at a prison outside the
Haitian capital, officials said Tuesday.
Clifford Brandt was taken into custody in the Haitian town of
Cornillon, near the border with the Dominican Republic, Communications Minister Rudy Heriveaux said. Brandt, the son of
a prominent Haitian businessman, was in a vehicle with several other prisoners involved in the breakout, said Ed Lozama,
a spokesman Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. “They tried to
escape but were quickly apprehended,” Lozama said.
On Sunday, gunmen stormed a prison in Croix-des-Bouquets
on the outskirts of the capital and wounded two guards in an
attack that authorities believe was intended to free Brandt. In the
ensuing chaos, police said 329 prisoners escaped.
Police have fanned out across the country in search of the
escaped prisoners and appealed for help from the neighboring
Dominican Republic as well as nearby Jamaica, fearing some
may have fled abroad. “The government will not rest until every
single one is in custody,” the prime minister said.
Brandt, who owns a car dealership and whose family has
extensive business holdings in this Caribbean country, had been
in custody since October 2012. He was awaiting trial on charges
stemmed from the kidnapping of the adult children of another
Haitian businessman.
pres. Obama: Teen’s death has
prompted ‘strong passions’
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama
says that while the shooting death of a Missouri teenager has
prompted “strong passions,” people should remember Michael
Brown through “reflection and understanding.”
Obama’s comments came in a written statement about
18-year-old Brown. The unarmed teen was fatally shot by a
police officer Saturday while walking on a street near his suburban St. Louis home.
Witnesses have said the officer was white and Brown was
black. The shooting has prompted violent protests in Brown’s
community.
Obama says he and wife Michelle send their deepest condolences to Brown’s family and community.
He says the Justice Department is continuing to investigate
the situation along with local officials.
The president also called on people to comfort each other “in
a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.”
New Jersey’s gov. Christie
takes Ice Bucket Challenge
NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is
proving again he doesn’t mind a little humiliation. The Republican on Tuesday posted on his Facebook page a video showing
two of his kids dumping a bucket of ice water on his head.
The video is part of the Ice Bucket Challenge, launched by the
ALS Foundation to raise money for fighting ALS, also known as
Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Christie nominates three other people to complete the challenge within 24 hours or donate $100: Democratic New Jersey
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
and late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon.
Christie has been trying to move past a scandal at home by
drawing laughs, including an appearance on Fallon’s show.
The ALS Foundation reports raising $4 million since July 29
thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Shots fired at New Jersey
police station overnight
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — An early morning driveby shooting left the outside of a southern New Jersey police station riddled with bullets, but no officers were injured, authorities
said Tuesday.
Police in West Deptford, near Philadelphia, said a dark-colored sedan drove through the parking lot just after 4 a.m., and
someone fired seven rounds toward the building, which houses
the police department and other municipal offices.
Six bullets hit the outside of the building and the seventh
went through the window of the deputy chief’s office, Lt. Stephen Meduri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Four officers were working at the time, but only the supervisor
was in the station when the shots were fired.
Deputy Chief Sean McKenna said at a news conference
Tuesday that the department had not received threats, but “they
were clearly out to hurt one of our officers.”
Police have video of the suspect’s vehicle, but not of the
shooting. Authorities are trying to enhance the video to gather
license plate and vehicle information. Meduri said it’s unclear
how many people were in the car. He described the bullets as
“large-caliber,” without elaborating.
Employment
Opportunity
LABEL and CASE MANTENANCE SUPERVISOR
International operating in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa, currently has a vacancy in the Production
Engineering / Maintenance Department for a Label & Case Maintenance Supervisor.
least five (5) years hands-on experience in label and case maintenance. At least 5 years in a tuna cannery or
similar food production operation highly desirable, including knowledge of regulatory requirements such as
OSHA and FDA, etc. High school level English communications skills required. Must be able to work all
scheduled shifts including 24/7 call-out.
Hands-on experience in operation and maintenance including management / supervision in Labeling and
Casing equipment / machinery, trouble shooting, preventive maintenance and repairs desirable. Knowledge
of machinist, fitter and mechanical. Knowledge of standard operating procedures for food processing,
sanitation, safety and cost control advantageous. Knowledge of label and casing operations and set up of
equipment desirable. Ability to schedule flexible product lines and manage critical supply inventories
preferred. Literacy in use of PC software programs, i.e., spreadsheets, database, etc., advantageous.
Supervisory/management skills training a desirable. Ability to communicate in Samoan a plus.
consideration, bring, send or email a current resume including relevant certificates, verifiable references
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Library – Learning Resource Center
EMPLOYMENTO PPORTUNITY
Position Title:
Employment Status:
CATALOGER
Full Time/12 Months (Career Service)
General Description:
The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Library is seeking an energetic and
innovative individual, a Cataloger, to provide expertise in the management of cataloging
and maintenance of bibliographic records. This position reports to Director of LibraryLearning Resource Center.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Reports to and work under supervision of ASCC Director of Library-Learning
Resource Center.
• Will be responsible for cataloging print and non-print materials using standard
catalog rules and formats in an automated environment, and serving as a resource
person for cataloging quality control.
• Will involve the original cataloging and copy cataloging utilizing Follett software to
retrieve public domain records.
• Will supervise and train library staff in collection development efforts.
• Work with the library director on project planning and implementation.
• Will maintain the established territory-wide union cataloging system.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Library-Learning Resource Center.
Must have at least a Master’s Degree in Library Science or Information Science with
a minimum of five years of Cataloging work experience using the Follet software system.
Salary: GS 15; 7-11; $27,955 - $32,115
Application Deadline: Monday, August 25, 2014
Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources
Office at 699-9155 Ext. 477/335/436 or email Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at
s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu or Lipena Samuelu at s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu
“An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
And A Drug-Free Workplace”
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Course
Alpha Sec.
Course Title
AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE
1 AGR 100 I 01 Practical Job Experience
2 AGR 152 01 Survey of Community and
Natural Resources
3 ANS 150A 01 Animal Science
4 ANS 150B 01 Animal Science
5 AGR 197 / 01 Polynesian Culture & Natural
MSC 197
Resources Learning Project
6 NRS 180 01 Forests and Agroforestry
7 NRS 180L 01 Forests and Agroforestry Lab
8 NRS 250 01 Environmental Studies
9 NUT 150 01 Nutrition
Days
Time
CR Room Instructor
MW
TR
09:30 - 10:50 1 210
10:00 - 11:20 3 210
PMCFALL
PMCFALL
T
R
02:00 - 03:50 2 208
02:00 - 03:50 2 208
OHANSELL
OHANSELL
TR
MWF
F
TR
MW
08:00 - 09:20
08:00 - 08:50
01:00 - 03:50
09:30 - 10:50
08:00 - 09:20
3
3
1
3
3
208
208
208
208
210
IFAASAVALU
IFAASAVALU
IFAASAVALU
IFAASAVALU
PMCFALL
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
1 ART 150 01 Art History Survey I
2 ART 160 01 Design Fundamentals
3 ART 172 01 Painting I
4 ART 170 01 Drawing I
5 DRA 150 01 Introduction to Drama
6 DRA 151 01 Drama Workshop
7 MUS 150 01 Music Fundamentals
8 MUS 160 01 Music Literature
9 MUS 165 01 Music of the World
10 MUS 170 01 Concert Choir
11 MUS 180 01 Band
12 SPH 153 01 Introduction to Speech
16 PHIL 150 01 Introduction to Philosophy
17 REL 150 01 World Religions
TR
MWF
MWF
MWF
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
TR
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
MWF
11:00-12:20
09:00-10:50
02:00-03:50
11:00-12:50
09:00-09:50
08:00-09:20
02:00-02:50
09:30-10:50
10:00-10:50
01:00-01:50
02:00-03:20
09:30-10:50
10:00-10:50
02:00-03:20
11:00-11:50
10:00-10:50
12:00-12:50
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
B8
B8
B8
B8
29
29
30
30
30
30
30
29
20
29
29
8
9
RMEREDITH
RMEREDITH
RMEREDITH
RMEREDITH
PMAGEO
PMAGEO
KTUIASOSOPO
KTUIASOSOPO
KTUIASOSOPO
PMAGEO
PMAGEO
PMAGEO
MTAAMU
KTUIASOSOPO
PMAGEO
LTEMESE
TTAGO
BUSINESS
1 ACC 150
2 ACC 151
3 ACC 152A
4 ACC 210A
5 ACC 220
6 BUS 103
7 BUS 150
8 BUS 160
9 BUS 170
10 BUS 180
11 BUS 260
12 ECO 250B
13 MGT 250
14 MKT 195
MWF
TR
TR
MWF
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MWF
MWF
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
TR
TR
TR
09:00-09:50
09:30-10:50
08:00-09:20
03:00-03:50
10:00-10:50
11:00-11:50
09:00-09:50
08:00-08:50
02:00-03:20
02:00-02:50
01:00-01:50
11:00-12:20
11:00-12:20
02:00-03:20
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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20
23
20
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23
23
23
23
20
23
23
20
20
ITAUAI
ITAUAI
ITAUAI
ITAUAI
ITAUAI
LLAMYUEN
FFAATOAFE
FFAATOAFE
FFAATOAFE
LLAMYUEN
LLAMYUEN
FFAATOAFE
LLAMYUEN
LLAMYUEN
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
Principles of Accounting I
Financial Accounting
Payroll and Income Tax
Managerial Cost Accounting
Automated Accounting
Introduction to Business
Financial Math
Business Communication
Ethics in the Workplace
Applied Business Statistics
Business Law
Principles of Macro Economics
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
COLLEGE AND LIFE PLANNING
1 CLP 150 01 College and Life Planning
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
1 CJ 150
01 Introduction to Criminal Justice
2 CJ 160
01 Patrol Operations
3 CJ 165
01 Introduction to Probation and
Parole
4 CJ 175
01 Criminal Investigation
5 CJ 180
01 Criminal Law
6 CJ 190
01 Juvenile Delinquency
7 CJ 210
01 Constitutional Law
8 CJ 215
01 Foundations in Criminology
9 CJ 220
01 Survey of Law
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
1 HEA 140 01 Introduction to Health
Occupation
2 HEA 150 01 Introduction to Health Sciences
3 HEA 151 01 Medical Terminology
4 HEA 152 01 First AID and CPR
5 HEA 250 01 Introduction to Developmental
Disabilities
6 HEA 299 01 Health Science Practicum /
Work Experience
7 HSV 150 01 Introduction to Human Services
8 PH 101 01 Dental Health
HISTORY
1 HIS 150
2 HIS 151
3 HIS 162
4 HIS 162
5 HIS 162
6 HIS 170
7 HIS 170
8 HIS 171
9 HIS 171
01
01
01
02
03
01
02
01
02
American History I
American History II
Pacific History
Pacific History
Pacific History
World Civilization I
World Civilization I
World Civilization II
World Civilization II
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
1 ENG 150 01 Introduction to Literature
MWF 09:00 - 09:50 3 8
RNUUSA
MWF 10:00-10:50
MWF 08:00-08:50
MWF 11:00-11:50
3 18
3 18
3 18
TLAA
MMAGEO
MMAGEO
MWF
TR
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
19
18
18
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18
TLAA
TLAA
MMAGEO
TLAA
MMAGEO
TLAA
MWF 09:00-09:50
3 A1
DCHANG
MWF
MWF
TR
TR
11:00-11:50
01:00-01:50
03:30-04:50
04:00-05:20
3
3
1
3
DCHANG
DCHANG
DCHANG
TTUPUOLA
TR
06:00-08:50
2 A1
DCHANG
TR
MW
04:00-05:20
02:00-02:50
3 A5
2 7
PPELENATO
TALIFA
MWF
TR
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
10:00 - 10:50
11:00 - 12:20
09:30-10:50
09:00-09:50
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08:00 - 08:50
08:00 - 09:20
02:00 - 02:50
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RBAKER
RAHCHEE
TTAGO
TTAGO
EFELETI
RBAKER
RBAKER
RBAKER
RBAKER
01:00-01:50
02:00-03:20
11:00-12:20
02:00-02:50
02:00-03:20
03:00-03:50
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ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 150
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 151
ENG 250
ENG 250
ENG 251
ENG 251
ENG 251
02
03
04
05
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07
08
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
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01
02
01
02
03
Introduction to Literature
Freshman Composition
Survey of Literature
Survey of Literature
Sophomore Composition
MWF
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MWF
TR
TR
TR
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MWF
MWF
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TR
TR
TR
TR
MWF
TR
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TR
TR
10:00-10:50
11:00-11:50
12:00-12:50
01:00-01:50
08:00-09:20
11:00-12:20
02:00-03:20
08:00-08:50
10:00-10:50
12:00-12:50
01:00-01:50
02:00-02:50
08:00-09:20
09:30-10:50
11:00-12:20
02:00-03:20
02:00-02:50
11:00-12:20
12:00-12:50
09:30-10:50
02:00-03:20
3
3
3
3
3
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3
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26
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8
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26
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27
19
26
MFIAUI
VMATUU
SMATAI
MFIAUI
BGOODWIN
BGOODWIN
VMATUU
MTAAMU
BGOODWIN
BGOODWIN
MTAAMU
BGOODWIN
SMATAI
MFIAUI
MFIAUI
MTAAMU
VMATUU
MTAAMU
VMATUU
VMATUU
SMATAI
MATHEMATICS
1 MAT 151 01 Intermediate Algebra
6 MAT 155 01 Vocational Tech
7 MAT 250 01 College Algebra & Trigonometry
12 MAT 280 01 Calculus I
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
TR
MWF
01:00 - 01:50
09:30 -10:50
10:00-10:50
11:00 -12:20
11:00 -11:50
08:00-08:50
08:00-09:20
10:00-11:50
10:00 -11:20
01:00 -02:20
02:00-03:50
02:00-03:40
3
3
3
3
3
3
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4
4
4
4
5
A5
A5
A40
A40
A40
A35
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A35
A35
A35
A35
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AFELISE
AFELISE
AFELISE
AFELISE
LLIUFAU
AFELISE
LLIUFAU
TLEIATO
TLEIATO
TLEIATO
LLIUFAU
LLIUFAU
NURSING
1 NUR 100 01 Nurse Aide training
M-F
03:00-04:30
4 N2
2 NUR 100L 01 Clinical Lab
M-F
04:30-06:00
3 NUR 150 01 Fundamentals of Nursing
S
MT
08:00-03:30
09:00-11:00
W
07:30-04:00
5 NUR 205 01 Adult Health I
MT
12:00-02:00
R
07:30-04:00
7 PHM 150 01 Clinical Pharmacology
F
12:00-03:00
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
1 PED 150M 01 Men’s Basketball
2 PED 151M 01 Men’s Weight Training
3 PED 151W 01 Women’s Weight Training
4 PED 152 01 Beginning Aerobics
5 PED 153 01 Beginning Tae Kwon Do
6 PED 154 01 Golf
7 PED 155M 01 Men’s Volleyball
8 PED 155W 01 Women’s Volleyball
9 PED 156 01 Introduction to Tennis
TR
TR
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
MWF
TR
09:30 - 10:501
11:00 - 12:20 1
02:00-03:20 1
04:00 - 04:50 1
04:00-06:20 1
09:00 - 09:50 1
02:00 - 03:20 1
10:00 - 10:50 1
03:00 - 04:20 1
RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
1 MSL 100 01 Introduction to Physical Fitness
2 MSL 100 02 Introduction to Physical Fitness
3 MSL 101 01 Introduction to Military Science I
4 MSL 101 02 Introduction to Military Science I
5 MSL 201 01 Intermediate Military Science I
6 MSL 201 02 Intermediate Military Science I
MWF
MWF
TR
TR
TR
TR
06:00 - 06:50
06:00 - 06:50
08:00-09:20
10:00-11:20
08:00-09:20
10:00-11:20
STUDIES OF SAMOA & THE PACIFIC
1 SAM 101A 01 Conversational Samoan I
2 SAM 101B 01 Conversational Samoan II
3 SAM 111 01 Introduction to the Samoan
Language
Language
Language
Language
7 SAM 151 01 Freshman Samoan
8 SAM 151L 01 Freshman Samoan Laboratory
AH MU/
LONGNECKER/
SESEPASARA/
TAUILIILI
2 N2
AH MU/
LONGNECKER/
LBJ/DOH SESEPASARA
4 N2
LAHMU/
LONGNECKER/
TAUILIILI
3 N2/ LBJ AH MU/
MAREKO /
TAUILIILI
2 N2
AH MU/
LONGNECKER/
TAUILIILI
4 N2/ LBJ AH MU/
MAREKO
3 N1
TAUILIILI
1
1
3
3
3
3
GYM
GYM
GYM
GYM
GYM
GC
GYM
GYM
TC
ROTC 1
ROTC 2
ROTC 1
ROTC 1
ROTC 2
ROTC 2
EIMO
EIMO
UMARTIN
PLAMYUEN
JMARTINEZ
DGODINET
EIMO
EIMO
DGODINET
SVAOULI
KMOLIGA
KMOLIGA
KMOLIGA
SVAOULI
SVAOULI
MWF 02:00-02:50
TR 11:00-12:20
MWF 11:00-11:50
3 M4
3 19
3 M4
TMCHEUNG
EFELETI
ANUUSILA
MWF 09:00-09:50
3 M4
TMCHEUNG
TR
08:00-09:20
3 M4
EFELETI
MWF 01:00-01:50
3 M4
EFELETI
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TR
TR
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EFELETI
ANUUSILA
ANUUSILA
09:00-09:50
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Course
Alpha Sec.
Course Title
Days
STUDIES OF SAMOA & THE PACIFIC (con’t )
MWF
MWF
TR
TR
15 SAM 152 01 Introduction to Samoan Culture MWF
16 SAM 152 02 Introduction to Samoan Culture MWF
17 SAM 154 01 Introduction to Samoan Literature TR
18 SAM 172 01 Samoan Traditional political
TR
Organization
19 SAM 244 01 Theatrical Arts (Faleaitu)
MWF
20 SAM 261 01 Samoan Oratory
MWF
Time
CR Room Instructor
01:00-01:50
02:00-02:50
08:00-09:20
09:30-10:50
11:00-11:50
03:00-03:50
11:00-12:20
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ANUUSILA
ANUUSILA
TMCHEUNG
TMCHEUNG
TAUSAGE
TAUSAGE
ANUUSILA
TCAUSAGE
11:00-11:50
12:00-12:50
3 20
3 M4
TMCHEUNG
TCAUSAGE
SCIENCE
1 BIO 150
2 BIO 150L
MWF 08:00-08:50
W 01:00-03:50
3 A17
1 A17
KBELLE
KBELLE
3
4
MWF 10:00-10:50
M 12:00-02:50
3 A17
1 A17
GOPALAN
GOPALAN
5
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9
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01 Introduction to Biological Science
Laboratory
BIO 150
BIO 150L 02 Introduction to Biological Science
Laboratory
BIO 155
01 Ecology
BIO 155L 01 Ecology Laboratory
BIO 180
01 Biology I
BIO 180L 01 Biology I Laboratory
BIO 180
02 Biology I
BIO 180L 02 Biology I Laboratory
BIO 250
01 Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO 250L 01 Anatomy and Physiology I
Laboratory
CHM 150 01 Chemistry I
CHM 150L 01 Chemistry I Laboratory
MSC 100 01 MOP Seminar
MSC 150 01 Introduction to Oceanography
MSC 150L 01 Introduction to Oceanography Lab
MSC 160 01 Natural Marine Resources
MSC 200 01 Introduction to Aquaculture
PHSCI 150 01 Physical Science
PHSCI 150L 01 Physical Science Laboratory
PHY 151 01 Physics I
PHY 151L 01 Physics I Laboratory
SOCIAL SCIENCES
1 ANT 150 01 Introduction to Anthropology
2 ANT 153 01 Introduction to Archaeology
3 GEO 160 01 Introduction to Geography
4 PAD 150 01 Introduction to Public n
Administration
5 POL 150 01 Introduction to American
Government
6 POL 160 01 Introduction to Politics
7 POL 170 01 Introduction to Public Policy
8 PSY 150 01 Introduction to Psychology
9 PSY 150 02 Introduction to Psychology
10 PSY 250 01 Human Development
11 SOC 150 01 Introduction to Sociology
12 SOC 150 02 Introduction to Sociology
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12:00-02:50
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02:00-04:50
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IFAASAVALU
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KBELLE
KBELLE
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KBELLE
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RDEWEES
RDEWEES
JNEWTSON
JNEWTSON
JNEWTSON
JNEWTSON
KTAGARINO
MGOPALAN
MGOPALAN
MGOPALAN
MGOPALAN
MGOPALAN
MGOPALAN
RDEWEES
RDEWEES
RDEWEES
RDEWEES
TR
W
MWF
TR
11:00-12:20
10:00-12:50
11:00 - 11:50
09:30 - 10:50
3
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DADDISON
DADDISON
TTAGO
LTEMESE
MWF 08:00 - 08:50 3 8
LTEMESE
TR
MWF
MWF
TR
MWF
MWF
TR
TRADES AND TECHNOLOGY
1 ADT 140 01 Residential House Wiring
MWF
2 ADT 160 01 Introduction to AutoCAD
MWF
3 ADT 215 01 Construction Codes
TR
4 ADT 251 01 Electrical Designs
TR
5 ADT 260 01 Advanced AutoCAD
MWF
7 AUTO 172 01 Automotive Engine Performance MWF
8 AUTO 172L 01 Automotive Engine Performance MWF
9 AUTO 176 01 Automotive Steering & Suspension TR
10 AUTO 176L 01 Automotive Steering & Suspension TR
12 ELE 151 01 Electronic II
TR
13 ELE 170 01 Consumer Electric
MW
14 ELE 190 01 Digital Techniques
TR
16 ELE 299A 01 Electronic Systems Practicum
MWF
17 ETP 100 01 Basic Electrical Therory I
TR
18 ICT 150
01 Introduction to Computers
MWF
19 ICT 150
MWF
20 ICT 150
TR
21 ICT 150
TR
22 ICT 150
MWF
23 ICT 150
TR
24 ICT 150
MWF
25 ICT 162
01 Working at a Small to medium
MWF
Business or ISP
26 ICT 170
01 Microcomputers Applications
MWF
TEACHER EDUCATION - 2 YR PROGRAM
1 ED 150
01 Introduction to Teaching
MWF
2 ED 157
01 Introduction to Elementary
MWF
Curriculum & Instruction
3 ED 215
01 Introduction to Exceptional Children TR
4 ED 240
01 Instructional Technologies
TR
5 ED 257
01 Teaching Language Arts to
MWF
Elementary School Teachers
6 ED 257P 01 Observation, Participation
TR
and Practicum
7 ED 280
01 Introduction to Bilingual
MWF
Education
8 ED 285
01 Teaching Samoan Language
MWF
and Culture
02:00 - 03:20
01:00-01:50
02:00 - 02:50
11:00 - 12:20
11:00 - 11:50
09:00 - 09:50
08:00 - 09:20
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
9
8
9
9
18
20
LTEMESE
LTEMESE
DHELSHAM
DHELSHAM
DHELSHAM
DHELSHAM
DHELSHAM
01:00-01:50
09:00-09:50
10:00-11:20
02:00-06:00
11:00-12:20
09:00-10:40
11:00-02:50
10:00-12:20
02:00-03:20
10:00-12:20
01:00-03:20
01:00-03:20
04:00-05:50
03:30-04:50
08:00-09:50
12:00-01:50
08:00-10:30
02:00-04:30
10:00-11:50
09:30-11:50
12:00-01:50
03:00-04:50
3
3
3
4
4
5
4
5
1
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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B18
B18
B18
B18
B18
ATLA
ATLA
ATLA
ATLA
B23
B23
B23
OFF
B23
LAB C
LAB C
LAB C
LAB C
LAB A
LAB A
LAB A
LAB B
AESERA
AESERA
AESERA
AESERA
AESERA
FSUISALA
FSUISALA
FSUISALA
FSUISALA
TLAULU
TLAULU
TLAULU
MLEAU
TLAULU
RMOORE
RMOORE
RMOORE
RMOORE
ESEIULI
ESEIULI
ESEIULI
JMARTINEZ
02:00-03:50
3 LAB A RMOORE
10:00-10:50
11:00-11:50
3 TED 1 SDELAROSA
3 TED 1 SDELAROSA
11:00-12:30
11:00-12:50
02:00-02:50
3 TED 1 IAFU
4 10
SDELAROSA
3 TED 2 FLAUILEFUE
09:30-10:50
1 SS
FLAUILEFUE
01:00-01:50
3 TED2
FLAUILEFUE
10:00-10:50
3 TED2
FLAUILEFUE
9 ED 285P
01 Teaching Samoan Language and
Culture Practicum
TR 11:00-12:20
1 SS
TEACHER EDUCATION - 4YR PROGRAM (300 Course Level)
1 ED 300
35 Foundations in Education
MWF 04:00-04:50 3
2 ED 301
35 Educational Psychology
MWF 05:00-05:50 3
3 ED 305
35 Foundations of Curriculum &
MWF 06:00-06:50 3
Instructions (Elementary K-8)
4 ED 312
35 Teaching Language Arts to
TR
04:00-05:20 4
Elementary Teachers II
5 ED 319
35 Children’s Literature
TR
05:30-06:50 3
6 ED 325
35 Principles of Child
MWF 07:00-07:50 3
Development: The Samoan Child
7 ED 330
35 Elementary Mathematics Methods MWF 04:00-04:50 3
8 ED 330P 35 Elementary Mathematics
TR
08:00-09:20 1
Methods Practicum
9 ED 335
35 Elementary Science Methods
TR
04:00-05:20 3
10 ED 335P 35 Elementary Science Methods
TR
09:30-10:20 1
Practicum
11 ED 340
35 Test Measurements
MWF 04:00-04:50 3
12 ED 350
35 Health & Fitness Education
TR
05:30-06:50 3
for Elem. Schl. Tchrs
13 ED 350P 35 Hlth & Fitness Edu. For
TR
10:30-11:50 1
Elem. Schl Tchrs Practicum
TEACHER EDUCATION - 4YR PROGRAM
1 ED 410
35 Elementary Social Studies
2 ED 410P 35 Elementary Social Studies
Practicum
3 ED 435
35 Creative Dramatics
4 ED 435P 35 Creative Dramatics Practicum
5 ED440
35 Elementary Samoan Language
Methods
6 ED 440P 35 Elementary Samoan Language
Methods Practicum
7 ED 490
35 Student Teaching Seminar
8 ED 491
35 Student Teaching Field Work
FLAUILEFUE
M7C
TED1
M7C
LPURCELL
LPURCELL
LPURCELL
M7C
LPURCELL
M7C
TED1
FPETELO
LPURCELL
M7B
SS
TTALAMOA
TTALAMOA
TED1
SS
IAFU
IAFU
10
TED1
SDELAROSA
TMATUU
SS
TMATUU
(400 Course Level)
TR
04:00-04:50 3 TED2
TR
11:00-12:20 1 SS
IAFU
IAFU
MWF 05:00-05:50
TR
12:30-01:50
TR
05:30-06:50
3 TED2
1 SS
3 M7
IAFU
IAFU
FLAUILEFUE
TR
09:30-10:50
1 SS
FLAUILEFUE
MWF 05:00-05:50
Daily 08:00-03:50
2 TE1
10 SS
FPETELO
FPETELO
C.A.P.P Schedule: Fall Semester : 1st & 2nd Session
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUE: First Session
1 ENG 70
151 Beginning Reading
Daily 08:00-09:20
2 ENG 70
Daily 11:00-12:20
3 ENG 70
Daily 09:30-10:50
4 ENG 71
151 Beginning Writing
Daily 09:30-10:50
5 ENG 71
Daily 08:00-09:20
6 ENG 71
Daily 11:00-12:20
7 ENG 80
151 Intermediate Reading
Daily 08:00-09:20
8 ENG 80
Daily 09:30-10:50
9 ENG 80
Daily 11:00-12:20
10 ENG 81
151 Intermediate Writing
Daily 08:00-09:20
11 ENG 81
Daily 11:00-12:20
12 ENG 81
Daily 02:00-03:20
13 ENG 90
151 Advanced Reading
Daily 08:00-09:20
14 ENG 90
Daily 09:30-10:50
15 ENG 90
Daily 02:00-03:20
16 ENG 90
Daily 09:30-10:50
17 ENG 91
151 Advanced Writing
Daily 08:00-09:20
18 ENG 91
Daily 09:30-10:50
19 ENG 91
Daily 11:00-12:20
20 ENG 91
Daily 02:00-03:20
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
E1
E1
M12B
E1
M12B
E4
E2
E2
E2
M12A
M12A
M12A
E3
E3
E3
M12A
E4
E4
E3
E4
EFAALAFI
EFAALAFI
EZARRAGA
EFAALAFI
EZARRAGA
EZARRAGA
ESOKIMI
ESOKIMI
SFAULKNER
SFAULKNER
ESOKIMI
SFAULKNER
SROPETI
JMAREKO
JMAREKO
FCALUMPANG
FCALUMPANG
SROPETI
JMAREKO
FCALUMPANG
MATH: First Session:
1 MAT 80
151 Preparatory Math
2 MAT 80
3 MAT 80
4 MAT 80
5 MAT 80
6 MAT 80
7 MAT 80
8 MAT 80
9 MAT 90
151 Elementary Math
10 MAT 90
152 Elementary Math
08:00-09:50
10:00-11:50
01:00-02:50
02:00-03:50
11:00-12:50
11:00-12:50
02:00-03:50
08:00-09:50
08:00-09:50
02:00-03:50
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
A40
A14
M12C
A14
M12B
M12C
M12B
M12C
A14
A40
BAUVAA
SMOSE
AMOEFIAINU
BAUVAA
ETOFILAU
MPORTER
ETOFILAU
AMOEFIAINU
MPORTER
SMOSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUE: 2ND SESSION
1 ENG 70
Daily 08:00-09:20
1 ENG 70
Daily 11:00-12:20
2 ENG 71
Daily 09:30-10:50
2 ENG 71
Daily 08:00-09:20
3 ENG 80
Daily 08:00-09:20
4 ENG 80
Daily 09:30-10:50
5 ENG 81
Daily 09:30-10:50
6 ENG 81
Daily 11:00-12:20
7 ENG 90
Daily 08:00-09:20
8 ENG 90
Daily 09:30-10:50
9 ENG 90
Daily 11:00-12:20
10 ENG 91
Daily 08:00-09:20
11 ENG 91
Daily 09:30-10:50
12 ENG 91
Daily 11:00-12:20
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
E1
E1
E2
E2
E2
E1
M12A
E2
E3
E3
E3
E4
E4
E4
EFAALAFI
EZARRAGA
EFAALAFI
EZARRAGA
SFAULKNER
ESOKIMI
SFAULKNER
ESOKIMI
SROPETI
FCALUMPANG
JMAREKO
JMAREKO
SROPETI
FCALUMPANG
08:00-09:50
10:00-11:50
01:00-02:50
02:00-03:50
08:00-09:50
08:00-09:50
01:00-02:50
02:00-03:50
10:00-11:50
12:00-01:50
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
A40
A14
29
A14
M12B
29
M12B
A40
29
A14
ETOFILAU
MMOEFIAINU
BAUVAA
MMOEFIAINU
BAUVAA
MPORTER
ETOFILAU
SMOSE
SMOSE
MPORTER
09:30-10:50
08:00-09:20
02:00-04:20
12:30-01:50
11:00-12:20
3
3
3
3
3
TBA
LAB B
LAB B
A40
30
SMATAI
ESEIULI
ESEIULI
AFELISE
KTUIASOSOPO
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
MATH : 2ND SESSION
1 MAT 80
Daily
2 MAT 80
Daily
3 MAT 80
Daily
4 MAT 90
251 Elementary Math
Daily
5 MAT 90
252 Elementary Math
Daily
6 MAT 90
253 Elementary Math
Daily
7 MAT 90
254 Elementary Math
Daily
8 MAT 90
255 Elementary Math
Daily
9 MAT 90
256 Elementary Math
Daily
10 MAT 90
257 Elementary Math
Daily
C.A.P.P- General Requirements: 2nd Session
1 ENG 150 251 Introduction to Literature
Daily
2 ICT 150
251 Introduction to Computer
Daily
3 ICT 150
252 Introduction to Computer
Daily
Daily
Daily
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➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Clifford Brandt is escorted by police after his arrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, August
12, 2014. Brandt was taken into custody in the Haitian town of Cornillon, near the border with
the Dominican Republic after a mass breakout from a prison outside the Haitian capital.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB-065-2014
Issuance Date: August 11, 2014
Closing Date: August 18, 2014
No later than 2:00 p.m. (local time)
1. INVITATION
Sealed bids are invited from qualified contractors for the “Aircraft Rescue & Fire
Fighting (ARFF) Vehicles for Pago Pago International Airport” (Rebid) in the
Territory of American Samoa.
2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa
Government, Tafuna, American Samoa 96799, until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Monday,
August 18, 2014 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and
read.
3. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Contract documents may be examined at the Office of Procurement or obtained there
from during normal business hours.
4. The American Samoa Government reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any
bid.
5. The American Samoa Government reserves the right to waive any informalities in
bidding as may be in the best interest of American Samoa Government.
“Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action”
TIAOTALAGA J.E. KRUSE
Chief Procurement Officer
Obama administration eases
part of lobbying rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is
easing a key part of its rule restricting lobbyists from serving
in government. The move comes after a judge ruled against the
administration in a court case filed by several lobbyists.
Under the rule change, registered lobbyists will now be allowed
to service on federal advisory committees if they are representing
an entity, recognizable group of people or state and local governments. They cannot serve only to represent their individual interests. Obama included the original restriction in an ethics package
seeking to restrict lobbyists influence on government.
Family: Missouri shooting
victim had eerie dream
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Relatives of a Missouri teenager
who was fatally shot by a policeman say he had an eerie dream
shortly before his death.
Pastor Charles Ewing said Tuesday that his nephew Michael
Brown Jr. had confessed Jesus as his savior a couple of weeks
before Saturday’s shooting. Ewing said Brown then had a dream
in which he saw a body covered by a sheet and told his family he
believed the world would one day know his name. Ewing said
the public attention surrounding Brown’s shooting has fulfilled
that dream in a way his nephew couldn’t have expected.
Relatives have described Brown as gentle despite his large
size. Cousin Eric Davis said Brown quit his high school football
team before playing a game because didn’t want to hurt anyone.
Fox’s Smith expresses regret
over robin Williams comment
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News’ Shepard Smith says he
regrets using the word coward while speculating on air what
Robin Williams may have been feeling before his suicide.
Smith made the comment Monday night during coverage of
the Academy Award-winning actor’s death.
“I have no way of knowing the depths of Mr. Williams’ suffering but I never meant to suggest that he acted in any such
manner,” Smith said in a statement. “He was a one-of-a-kind
American treasure and I regret using any word during the hourlong special, reflecting on his extraordinary career, that would
appear I disparaged him in any way.” Smith was speaking about
how Williams’ death might impact his three adult children.
Critics took to social media after Smith said Williams’ children were giving him so much joy, “and yet something inside
you is so horrible or you’re such a coward or whatever the
reason that you decide you have to end it.”
Officials say the 63-year-old Williams hanged himself at his
home in the San Francisco Bay area.
Utah nude sunbather to
fight lewdness charges
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A 76-year-old man who
police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church
parking lot in Utah has pleaded not guilty to lewdness charges.
The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that Myron Lee
Kipp was in a Farmington, Utah, court Tuesday. Kipp pleaded
not guilty to four counts of lewdness involving a child and three
counts of lewdness.
Court documents show a police officer called to Kipp’s house
by neighbors on March 5 could see the man from the church
parking lot. The backyard fence is chain link with no privacy
slats. When confronted, a completely nude Kipp told the officer
it was his property and he could do what he wanted.
Several parents said they and their children could see the man
from the parking lot.
Gunman kills police reporter in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican newspaper says
a gunman killed its police beat reporter outside his home in
southern Oaxaca state.
The newspaper Buen Tono published a story Tuesday on its
website saying reporter Octavio Rojas was shot to death in the
town of Cosolapa, where he lived. Relatives told the newspaper
Rojas was shot by a man who entered his home asking to see a
car the 35-year-old reporter was selling. The newspaper is based
in the city of Cordoba in Veracruz state. It says Rojas covered
police stories and the area along the Veracruz-Oaxaca state line.
Rojas was also the spokesman for Cosolapa’s city council.
The press freedom group Article 19 says the newspaper has
been threatened several times since 2011, including having its
offices set on fire by gunmen.
Suspect dead after
officer-involved shooting
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Officials say an unidentified male suspect is dead and two other people are injured following an officer-involved shooting in San Fernando.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday in the small
town in the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley.
Officials say two additional unidentified people suffered
minor injuries. They were taken to a local hospital.
Further details on their identities or the nature of their injuries
were not immediately available.
The
shooting,
which
occurred about 3:30 p.m.,
caused the brief lockdown of a
nearby elementary school. LA
County homicide detectives are
assisting San Fernando police
officers with the investigation.
Quake rattles
Ecuador’s capital;
2 deaths reported
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) —
A magnitude-5.1 earthquake
shook Ecuador’s capital and
surrounding areas Tuesday,
causing tall buildings to sway
and sending some people
rushing into the streets. The
government said two people
were confirmed dead and eight
injured outside Quito.
The Department of Risk
Management said the casualties were in the Catequilla area
7 miles (12 kilometers) north
of the capital near the country’s monument marking the
Equator. It did not say how the
deaths and injuries occurred.
The U.S. Geological Survey
said the quake was centered 14
miles (23 kilometers) northeast
of Quito at a depth of 4 miles
(7 kilometers). There were no
reports of widespread damage,
but officials said some roads
were blocked by small landslides. Authorities halted operations at the capital Tababela
airport as a precaution because
of a thick layer of dust thrown
up into the sky around Quito.
Best-of-summer
meteor shower
eclipsed by moon
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The annual best-of-summer
meteor shower peaks late
Tuesday and into the wee hours
Wednesday morning. But don’t
expect to be too wowed.
NASA meteor expert Bill
Cooke said the bigger, brighter
supermoon will interfere with
viewing the Perseids (purSEE-uhds), but it should still
be fun, weather permitting. It
peaks after 2:30 a.m.
Cooke said instead of seeing
as many 100 fireballs per hour,
expect to see about 30. Instead
of just lying on the ground and
looking up, observers will need
to gaze away from the moon.
The meteor show is debris of
the Comet Swift-Tuttle. Cooke
said asking people to watch
the meteor shower is a favorite
pickup line of astronomy nerds.
He said it can be seen online
but is not as good.
a Steer kills an
Austrian farmer
VIENNA (AP) — Police
say a steer killed a farmer
while he was working in its
stall, in the latest of several
deaths or injuries over the past
few weeks caused by Austrian
cattle. A police statement says
the 49-year old victim was
crushed to death Tuesday.
A worker on the farm in
western Austria heard screams
but arrived to find the man
already dead.
The victim was not identified, in accordance with Austrian confidentiality rules.
He was killed a little more
than two weeks after a herd
of cows attacked and killed a
German woman hiking through
their pasture in Tyrol province.
Police said the animals were
apparently riled by the sight of
her leashed dog.
At least two other people
have been injured in Austria by
cattle since that incident.
Magnitude 5.8 quake
strikes Mexico’s
Oaxaca state
NEW YORK (AP) — The
U.S. Geological Survey says a
magnitude 5.8 earthquake has
struck the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The U.S.G.S. said the quake
struck early Wednesday with
its epicenter 10 miles (16
kilometers) west of Santiago
Pinotepa near the Pacific Coast.
It had a depth of 6.2 miles (10
kilometers).
There were no immediate
reports of injuries.
A magnitude 5.8 quake can
cause considerable damage.
Hoax report: Mountain lion escaped
from pet store
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Officers in South Carolina spent
hours searching for a mountain lion on the loose from a
pet store — but police now say
the threat was based on a false
report.
Police say 55-year-old Bill
Lunsford reported the escaped
animal about 1 a.m. Sunday in
Aiken. He said a burglar broke
into a pet store and let the
animal loose.
Police warned residents that
the domesticated, declawed
mountain lion was 3 feet tall
and 100 pounds, wearing a dog
harness.
Aiken Police told WRDWTV that about a dozen officers
looked for the cat for up to 18
hours.
But police now say the
report was a hoax and a mountain lion was never at the store.
Lunsford is charged with filing
a false police report.
It wasn’t known whether he
has a lawyer.
Memorial service
set for boy stabbed
at playground
CALEDONIA
TOWNSHISP, Mich. (AP) — A
memorial service is planned
for a 9-year-old boy who was
fatally stabbed at a western
Michigan playground.
The service is Wednesday
at Cornerstone Church in Kent
County’s Caledonia Township.
A 12-year-old boy is accused
of repeatedly stabbing Michael
Connor Verkerke on Aug. 4 in
Kentwood, near Grand Rapids.
Police say the young victim
ran home and collapsed on the
porch after the stabbing and
died at a hospital.
The Associated Press isn’t
naming the boy charged with
murder because of his age.
He is designated as an adult
in the juvenile court system,
which would allow the boy to
be sentenced as a juvenile if
convicted and then as an adult
once he turns 21.
On Monday, a judge ordered
a mental competency exam for
the 12-year-old.
Turkish museum
wants to display
2-headed dolphin
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —
A marine biologist says that
his university does not know
the whereabouts of a dead twoheaded dolphin photographed
on a beach in western Turkey.
Mehmet Gokoglu said
Tuesday that, based on photos,
the mammal appears to be conjoined dolphins.
He denied media reports
that his university in Antalya,
southern Turkey, is studying
the remains, but added that the
university would like to dis-
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Employment
Opportunity
DOCK SUPERVISOR- 2ND SHIFT
International operating in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa, currently has a vacancy in the Cold Storage
Department for a Dock Supervisor-2nd Shift.
least five (5) years directly related hands-on experience in cold storage operations. At least 5 years in a
seafood processing, large warehousing or dock operations with tuna cannery or commercial fishing
experience highly desirable, including knowledge of regulatory requirements such as OSHA and FDA, etc.
Strong verbal and written English communications skills required. Must be able to work all scheduled
shifts including weekends, Sundays and 24/7 call-out.
Knowledge of fish species, conditions, unloading, grading and sizing. Good understanding of tuna or
relevant production goals and quality standards and procedures. Knowledge of standard operating
procedures for food processing, sanitation, safety and cost control advantageous. Ability to effectively
communicate with vessel agents, contractors, suppliers, staff and management. Literacy in use of PC
software programs, i.e., spreadsheets, database, email etc., advantageous. Supervisory/management skills
in providing technical and safety trainings desirable. Ability to communicate in Samoan a plus.
consideration, bring, send or email a current resume including relevant certificates, references and
applications by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
Employment
Opportunity
ROLLING STOCK SUPERVISOR
Engineering / Maintenance Department for a Rolling Stock Supervisor.
Successful candidate must be a High School graduate or have equivalent experience. Must possess
at least five (5) years’ experience as a qualified diesel mechanic with knowledge of gasoline and LPG
powered equipment / hydraulics and electric forklifts. At least 5 years in a tuna cannery or similar food
production operation highly desirable, including knowledge of regulatory requirements such as OSHA
and FDA, etc. High school level English communications skills desirable. Must be able to work all
scheduled shifts including 24/7 call-out.
Hands-on experience in operation and maintenance including management / supervision in Rolling
Stock equipment / machinery, trouble shooting, timely repairs, overhaul, preventive maintenance and
repairs desirable. Knowledge of heavy equipment’s inspection. Knowledge of standard operating
procedures for sanitation, safety and cost control advantageous. Literacy in use of PC software
programs, i.e., spreadsheets, database, trouble shoot electrical forklifts, etc., advantageous.
Supervisory/management skills in providing technical and safety training a desirable. Ability to
communicate in Samoan a plus.
consideration, bring, send or email a copy of your current resume including relevant certificates,
verifiable references and application by August 22, 2014 no later than 4:00pm to (applications may be
obtained at):
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
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OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No: RFP-038-2014
RFP No:
RFP-038-2014
Issuance Date: August 13, 2014
Date & Time Due: August 20, 2014
No later than 2:00 p.m. local time
The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) from
qualified firms for the:
“Breakers Point Archaeological Survey”
Submission:
Original and five copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked:
“Breakers Point Archaeological Survey” Submissions are to be sent to the following address
and will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
Office of Procurement
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
beingn on-responsive.
Document:
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.
“Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action”
TIAOTALAGA J.E. KRUSE
Chief Procurement Officer
American Samoa
Power Authority
Human Resource Department, Tafuna
PO Box PPB, Pago Pago
American Samoa 96799
Phone No: (684) 699-3033
Fax No: (684) 699-3046
Email: humanresources@aspower.com
PUBLIC JOB POSTING
Position Title
Department
Division
Position Type
Reports To
Senior Water Operations Specialist
Posting Date
Water Division
Deadline
Operation
Pay Range
Contract (2 years)
Job Status
Water Division Manager
Major Duties & Responsibilities
August 07, 2014
4:00PM, August 15, 2014
$45,000 - $60,000/per year
Exempt
The primary objective of the Senior Water Operations Specialist position is to provide hands-on direction and
control over the water treatment and water distribution personnel. This position will also coordinate and oversee
the progress of all water treatment and water distribution personnel toward achieving Certified Operator status
through regular training, technical study, and subsequent examination activities.
MinimumR equirements
Education
Experience
Skills, Abilities,
Job
Requirements
• Associates of Science or Arts Degree from an accredited post-secondary institution, AND Current
Level IV Certification as a Water Treatment Operator from one of the 50 US state certification
programs or from a program specifically approved by ASPA, or
• The individual must hold a current Level III Water Treatment Operator certification with eligibility
for examination as a Level IV Water Distribution Operator within six-months or from one or more
of the 50 US state certification programs.
• 12-years of direct experience in potable water distribution operations, OR
• 15-years of combined and directly related experience in potable distribution system operations,
potable water treatment operations, and public utility administration.
1. Basic understanding of computer-based hydraulic system modeling.
2. Ability to setup, fine tune, maintain, and repair automatic level or pressure control valves (PRVs,
altitude valves, etc.) and monitoring devices.
3. Practical experience with hydraulic principles, practices, and methods as they are applied to the
day-to-day operations of a multiple influent point-source, Level IV water treatment plant.
4. Ability to identify system and programmatic problems and develop recommended solutions which
ensure adherence to regulatory constraints.
5. Ability to clearly express, both verbally and in written schematic or diagrammatic form, basic
hydraulic data and information to less knowledgeable operations and maintenance personnel.
6. Computer literacy and competence with standard office software.
7. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
8. Ability to coordinate Water Division activities with other ASPA divisions .
9. Ability to write and speak in the Samoan language is desired, but not required.
Qualified applicants: please submit a completed ASPA Employment Application with a copy of your resume
to ASPA Tafuna (address listed above) by the deadline listed above. Please attach copies of credentials and
transcripts. Candidates selected for hire must pass examinations (when applicable), pre-employment
clearances & test negative on pre-employment drug test. ASPA reserves the right to waive education and
experience requirements as necessary.
No phone inquiries accepted.
An Equal Opportunity Employer * A Drug Free Workplace
play them if it can locate them.
The dolphin calf was discovered on a beach in Dikili, near the
Aegean city of Izmir, last week by a vacationing gym teacher.
On ‘Tonight Show,’ Fallon
pays tribute to Williams
NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Fallon paid to Robin Williams
on the “Tonight Show,” where the late comic made many memorable, seldom-seated appearances.
His voice cracking, Fallon called Williams “the Muhammad
Ali of comedy” on Tuesday and stood atop his desk to declare,
“O Captain, my captain, you will be missed.” Fallon performed
a brief impression of Williams’ fast-talking, riffing delivery, but
mostly let a clip from Williams’ first appearance on the “Tonight
Show” in 1981 speak for itself.
To the delight of host Johnny Carson, Williams jumped into
the crowd playing a mock evangelist. Such frenetic guest spots
became regular events for Williams.
With many late-night hosts on break this week, few have yet
reacted on air to Williams’ death on Monday. Conan O’Brien
heard the news while taping his TBS show Monday.
Sept. 11 war crimes judge
ponders way forward
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A war-crimes judge at Guantanamo Bay is pondering the way forward for five detainees
accused in the Sept. 11 attacks after ordering a separate trial for
one of them.
The tribunal reconvenes Wednesday afternoon at the U.S.
naval base in Cuba for more proceedings involving Ramzi
Binalshibh (RAM’-zee bin-al-SHEEB’).
Army Col. James Pohl severed Binalshibh’s case from those
of four co-defendants last month amid concerns that issues,
including questions about his mental health, would unduly delay
progress on the larger case.
Prosecutors have asked Pohl to reconsider his severance
order. They say the issues peculiar to Binalshibh can be resolved
in a timely fashion without trying him separately.
The hearing is being shown on closed-circuit video at Fort
Meade, near Baltimore.
Baltimore gears up for
Star-Spangled Spectacular
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tall ships, a Blue Angels air show
and musical performances will be among the highlights of a
weeklong celebration of the 200th anniversary of writing of the
Star-Spangled Banner.
Star-Spangled Spectacular will begin in Baltimore on Sept.
10. Festivities will include stage performances, fireworks, tours
of naval ships and tall ships in the harbor, a Blue Angels air show
and performances by Smokey Robinson, Kristen Chenoweth and
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Irish rock band, O’Malley’s March.
The celebration will commemorate the writing of America’s
national anthem. After watching American troops withstand a
25-hour land and sea attack to maintain control over Baltimore
in September 1814, lawyer Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics.
A piece of the original flag and manuscript will be on display
at Fort McHenry.
2 die after being smuggled
from Mexico in trunk
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say two Mexican men have
been found dead inside a trunk at a San Diego border crossing,
in what authorities believe was a smuggling attempt.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection say the 28- and 20-yearold men appeared to be unconscious and not breathing when
inspectors opened the trunk of a 2012 Dodge Challenger
Tuesday afternoon at the San Ysidro port of entry. The agency
said the men were pronounced dead at nearby hospitals.
Hundreds of migrants perish each year after entering the
country illegally to trek through Arizona deserts and Texas
ranches. However, it is extremely rare for someone to die being
smuggled inside a vehicle.
The driver — a 41-year-old, U.S. citizen who was not named
— was taken into custody.
Commonwealth Bank posts
$8 billion annual profit
SYDNEY (AP) — Commonwealth Bank of Australia, one
of the nation’s largest lenders, has posted a 13 percent increase
in annual profit to 8.6 billion Australian dollars ($ 8 billion) on
Wednesday and expressed cautious optimism for the current
fiscal year.
The 102-year-old bank reported gains in all its core divisions
through the year ending June 30, 2014, with customer deposits
up AU$34 billion to AU$439 billion and accounting for 64 percent of the bank’s total funding.
The bank’s chief executive officer Ian Narev described the
2014 fiscal year as “a period of relative stability in the global
economy, although downside risks remain.”
“We are cautiously positive about the outlook for the 2015
financial year,” Narev said in a statement.
“If the stability in global markets continues, gradual increases
in consumer spending and demand for credit from businesses
over the next year are likely,” he added.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
Australia won’t rule out
sending troops to Iraq
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister
says he’s holding open the possibility of sending a combat force
to Iraq in addition to military transport aircraft to airlift humanitarian aid to refugees trapped by insurgents in northern mountains. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters in London after
meeting with British officials on the Iraq crisis on Tuesday that
his government wouldn’t rule out taking military action in Iraq.
The suggestion that Australian combat troops could return
to Iraq was widely attacked Wednesday by the government’s
political opponents. But Defense Minister David Johnston
played down the prospect of an Australian combat force, saying
the military had only committed to sending two unarmed C-130
Hercules transport planes for humanitarian aid air drops to begin
within two or three days.
Ohio animal park worker
killed in horse cart crash
BERLIN, Ohio (AP) — A horse-drawn wagon has run over
an animal park worker in Ohio’s Amish country and crashed,
killing the worker and injuring nine passengers.
The Holmes County sheriff’s office says deputies were called
to Rolling Ridge Ranch Animal Park in Berlin on Tuesday
morning. It says Apple Creek resident Orley Miller was operating the wagon and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say Miller stopped the wagon to let passengers
feed nearby wildlife. They say Miller was leaning on the wagon’s safety rail, which broke and caused him to fall backward.
The spooked horses then took off, and the wagon ran over him
and struck a tree. The sheriff’s office says the passengers suffered minor to moderate injuries and no horses were injured.
Fans leave robin Williams
tributes at Boston park bench
BOSTON (AP) — A bench in Boston has become a quiet
memorial to Robin Williams, whose Academy Award-winning
performance in “Good Will Hunting” was filmed in the city.
In the 1997 movie, Williams, playing an empathetic therapist, and his patient, a blue-collar genius played by Matt Damon,
have a conversation on a bench in Boston’s Public Garden.
Dozens of people quietly visited it Tuesday. Some left tributes — pinwheels, flowers, bottles of beer, a teddy bear, an
autographed baseball. Some used chalk to write messages on the
walkway. Many were quotes from his performances: “It’s not
your fault,” from “Good Will Hunting,” and, “You ain’t never
had a friend like me,” from “Aladdin.”
Williams died Monday at his California home at age 63.
Authorities say he hanged himself.
Rights groups: flotilla
to break Gaza blockade
ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of human rights organizations
said Tuesday they are organizing a flotilla of vessels that will
attempt to breach Israel’s blockade of Gaza later this year.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said it plans to sail to Gaza
“during 2014.” It did not specify how many vessels would participate, but said the flotilla was “a reflection of the growing
worldwide solidarity with the Palestinian people; from the U.S.
to Malaysia, from Scandinavia to South Africa.”
The group said the boats would also be carrying “Palestinian
commercial products purchased by buyers worldwide to complete the work of Gaza’s Ark,” a cargo boat built by the FFC and
Palestinians that the group said was bombed on July 11.
It said it will also organize demonstrations in ports worldwide in coming months.
“Along with other projects, the initiative will support the
right of Palestinians to operate international marine lines in and
out of the port of Gaza,” the group said.
The group organized two previous flotillas, in 2010 and in
2011. During the first, Israeli forces stormed the Turkish ship
Mavi Marmara, killing nine people on board. The incident led to
a breakdown in Turkish-Israeli relations.
US budget deficit running
24.2 percent below 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government ran a lower
deficit this July than a year ago, keeping it on course to record the
lowest deficit in six years. The July deficit was $94.6 billion, an
improvement of 3.1 percent from a year ago, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday in its monthly budget statement. For the
first 10 months of this budget year, the deficit totals $460.5 billion, down 24.2 percent from the same period a year ago.
The Congressional Budget Office expects this year’s deficit
to total around $500 billion, down from $680.2 billion last year.
That would be the lowest deficit since an imbalance of $458.6
billion in 2008, which was a record at the time. The Great Recession and efforts to deal with the financial crisis sent deficits
above $1 trillion for four straight years.
The July imbalance followed a $70.5 billion surplus in June,
a month when government coffers are swelled by quarterly tax
payments. But without the quarterly payments, the government
ran a deficit in July, a month when it has recorded deficits in 58
of the last 60 years.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Job Title:
Police Officer Cadet Trainee (10)
PostingD ate:
August 5, 2014
Serial No.:
189-14
Department/Division:
Department of Public Safety
ClosingD ate:
August 18, 2014
Announcement No.:
189-14
Type of Position:
Permanent
Appointment
PostingT ype:
EmploymentO pportunity/Open
to the Public
Pay Grade and Salary Range:
GS 08/$10,471 - $23,471
NOTE: This is exempted from the freeze as per the Governor’s General Memorandum.
General Description:
The incumbent of this position of Police Officer Cadet trainee will be attending the American Samoa Government
Department of Public Safety Police Academy upon completion of all requirements. They are expected to perform
general duties of a Police Officer Cadet trainee and any related work assigned to them.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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A position in this class requires excellent physical condition and aptitude for a police Officer’s duties.
A Police Officer Cadet trainee should quickly become familiar with the board range of modern law
enforcement methods and procedures.
Work is performed under close or general supervision depending on the assignment.
A Police Officer Cadet trainee is required to exercise initiative and discretion when faced with emergency
conditions.
The work involves an element of personal danger.
Supervision is occasionally exercised by a senior Police Officer during the absence of a supervisor.
A Police Officer Cadet trainee is expected to have applied through the American Samoa Government (ASG)
Department of Human Resources (DHR) and passed all qualifications of the recruitment process.
Attend the Department of Public Safety Police Academy and training sessions.
All other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Knowledge Skill and Ability:
Knowledgeo f:
• Basic principles of first aid, methods, techniques.
• Effective teamwork techniques, including skills to accept, understand, and follow orders.
• Work and live harmoniously with co-workers and to consistently follow through on assigned or implied
duties.
• Human behavior theories, practices and techniques.
• Rehabilitative theories, practices and techniques.
• Criminal investigation principles, practices and techniques.
• Court and trail procedures.
• Territorial and federal laws, statutes, ordinances, court decisions and interpretations.
• Public safety tool and equipment usage and maintenance.
• Radio codes and proper use of two-way radio systems.
• Vocabulary of technical, specialized field of criminal investigation.
• Rescuing victims and handing difficult or unexpected police problems at the scene.
• Department policies, practices and procedures.
Ability to:
• Write, read, and interpret clearly, accurately, concisely, legibly and with correct English grammatical
construction and spelling.
• Observe, assimilate, remember and recall pertinent facts and details.
• Read maps and mapped information.
• Run at varying speeds for varying distances and varying periods of time.
• Hurdle obstacles such as fences, hedges, barricades, and to jump ditches.
• Squat or crouch, crawl in, around, over or under various structures.
• Exercise the required physical capabilities while wearing various police uniforms and accessories up to 60
pounds.
• Discharge firearms (trigger squeeze).
• Utilize defensive equipment (night stick or riot baton).
• Physical capability to work under adverse/hazardous conditions.
• Get Standard First Aid Certification, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification.
Skills to:
• Sketch crime scenes, raid scenes and locations.
• Collect, organize, and analyze a variety of information in order to decide on an appropriate and reasonable
course of action.
• Accurately identify and distinguish between colors, excellent health and hearing.
• Mobility to make complex body movements involving balance and coordination while moving through
restricted spaces.
• Defend oneself and physically restrain persons as required.
Academic and Experience Requirements:
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Applicant must have an Associate Degree OR High School Graduate plus 3 years of work related
experience. Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment to Academy; vision adequate to
identify and distinguish between various visual inputs, and requires minimum correctible to 20/20 in each
eye; posses a valid American Samoa Private Driver’s license. Exercise tact, restraining and good judgment;
has good moral characteristics; is free from any physical, emotional or mental condition which would
adversely affect job performance; is willing to adhere to ethics of law enforcement as stated in the “Law
Enforcement Code of Ethics” enforce laws regardless of personal ethics of feelings; comply with
department grooming standards and wear a uniform furnished and/or authorized by the department; work
irregular days, overtime, weekends, holidays, variable shifts; evening on-call and 24-hour shifts; work at
any location in the territory on short notice; attend meetings or classes both on and off duty; pass an illegal
drug test administered by a certified laboratory technician of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center; perform
routine, repetitive work to completion; be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or a Permanent Resident. Years of
progressively responsible working experience may be substituted for a portion of the academic
requirement. Salary will be adjusted according to experience.
Applicant must complete/pass all Parts of the Selection Process:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Part 1/ Entrance Exam
Part 2/Physical Fitness Test
Part 3/Applicant Information and Background Investigation
Part 4/Psychological Evaluation
Part 5/Oral Interview
Complete information concerning this vacancy may be obtained from the Personnel
Division of the Department of Human Resources, or please contact the Recruitment unit at
633-4485/633-5357.
Fa’afetai tele,
SonnyT hompson, Director
Department of Human Resources
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Employment
Opportunity
Production and Label & Case Maintenance Manager
Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP) in Atu’u has an immediate opening for the Production and Label &
Case Maintenance Manager of STP’s Production Maintenance Department. Required and desirable
• Advanced Trade Certificate or equivalent experience and successfully completed high school.
• Five (5) years hands-on experience in trouble shooting, preventative maintenance and repairs of
label & case equipment’s, retort equipment’s, packing equipment’s, double seamers, can palletize
and conveying systems with 10 or more years at supervisory/higher management level. Knowledge
of machinist, fitter and mechanical. Ability to schedule flexible product lines and manage critical
supply inventories preferred. Supervisory/management skills in providing technical and safety
trainings a desirable. Must be able to work all scheduled shifts including 24/7 call-out
• Proficient English writing and verbal communication skills essential. Effective Samoan
• Knowledge of standard operating procedure for cost control, food processing, product safety,
sanitation and of regulatory requirements such as GMP’s, FDA, OSHA, etc.
• Management skills/proficiency including goal setting, action planning, performance appraisal, etc.
preferred.
Competitive senior management salary and benefits commensurate with qualifications. For
consideration, bring or send a copy of your resume including, relevant certifications, verifiable references
P.O. Box 957
Ph: (684) 644-5272/Ext. 321 / Fax: 644-2290
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Situations Vacant
PROJECT MANAGER
Preferred Qualifications:
• Civil Engineering Degree
• Project Management experience and qualifications
• Safety Supervisor Certification
• Confined Space Entry Certification
• Workplace Environmental Certification
• A proven experience in large scale drainage and underground services projects
• A working knowledge of critical path programming and the application of it to
implementing and managing construction progress
• Proven ability to effectively manage and coordinate a drain laying work force
• Proven ability to successfully work with Clients representatives
• Proven history of completing civil works projects to meet contract deadlines
PROJECT ENGINEER
• Civil Engineering Degree
• Project Engineering experience and qualifications
• Design and implementation of trench shoring systems
• Survey layout and control
• Environmental management skills
• Project quality control and assurance experience
• A proven experience in large scale drainage and underground services projects
• Proven ability to successfully work with Clients representatives
• Pipeline pressure testing and certification ability
DRAIN LAYING SUPERVISOR
• Drain laying Trade Certification
• Minimum 20 years Pipe Laying and Supervision experience in all facets of
underground services installation
• Proven ability to effectively manage and coordinate a drain laying work force
• Specific experience with the welding and installation of HDPE pipe
• Working knowledge of the use of trench shielding equipment
Please submit application in writing with copies of all relevant qualifications and previous
job references to:
The Manager
PO Box 4179
“WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER”
Pilots strike in Argentina,
stranding many thousands
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s government stepped in to halt a brief pilot’s strike that stranded thousands of passengers Tuesday in the country’s capital.
More than 30 international and local flights by state-run
Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral were cancelled or delayed,
including routes to cities such as Miami, Caracas and Bogota.
The Labor Ministry then ordered the two sides to accept
mediation, and union leaders said operations would soon be
back to normal.
The secretary-general off the Association of Air Line Pilots,
Pablo Biro, said the pilots were seeking a 35 percent pay raise to
keep up with inflation and elimination of some taxes.
Aerolineas Argentinas issued a statement calling the strike
“untimely, disproportionate and unreasonable” because the
pilots’ contract extends through the end of September.
UN chief urges world to
help in Ebola outbreak
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon is pressing the international community to urgently
respond to a shortage of doctors, nurses and equipment to stem
the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Ban said at a news conference Tuesday that a coordinated
global response is essential.
Ban announced that he has appointed U.N. public health
expert David Nabarro to coordinate the world body’s effort to
fight Ebola after consulting with U.N. health chief Margaret
Chan.
Nabarro has led earlier U.N. efforts to combat infectious diseases, including SARS.
“We need to avoid panic and fear,” Ban said. “Ebola can be
prevented.”
The WHO says more than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola
outbreak in West Africa. The virus was detected in Guinea in
March and has hit Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
New ID-check system for
military installations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military installations have a new
system for checking the credentials of people trying to gain
access.
Department of Defense spokeswoman Lt. Col. Valerie Henderson said in a statement that the system, called the Identity
Matching Engine for Security and Analysis, became functional
Friday.
The system matches people affiliated with the Department
of Defense against an FBI database for active arrest warrants. It
also alerts if a person is using a lost or stolen credential or one
that is no longer valid.
Moving quickly to implement the system was one of four key
recommendations made by the Secretary of Defense following
last year’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. The shooter
had a valid credential to gain entry.
Henderson says she couldn’t say how many installations are
using the system.
Prosecutor: Musician’s
$500,000 prize money stolen
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suburban
New York man on charges he stole nearly $500,000 in prize
money belonging to famed jazz musician Cecil Taylor.
Brooklyn prosecutors say Noel Muir was facing a court
appearance Tuesday.
The Uniondale man is charged with second-degree grand larceny. The name of his attorney was not immediately known.
Prosecutors say Muir is a general contractor who befriended
the noted pianist while repairing a home next to Taylor’s
Brooklyn residence.
In 2013, the 85-year-old Taylor was named a recipient of the
Inamori Foundation’s Kyoto Prize. Muir allegedly accompanied
Taylor to Japan to accept the award and had the money sent to
his bank account instead of Taylor’s.
The award is given annually for achievement in science,
technology, and arts and philosophy.
Long Beach men found guilty of pimping
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A jury has found two Long
Beach men guilty of human trafficking and pimping two women
and a teenager over several months.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram reported Monday that
23-year-old Stacey Winn was convicted of several counts
including pimping, human trafficking, sodomy by use of force,
rape and kidnapping.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says
Winn’s co-defendant, Eric James Avery, was convicted of two
felony counts: pimping a minor 16 years of age or older and
human trafficking of a minor for a sex act.
Jurors also found true allegations that the 25-year-old Avery
was a member of the Long Beach Baby Insane Crip gang.
One of the victims was a 16-year-old girl who said she had
been working as a prostitute for Avery.
Each man faces more than 30 years in prison.
Holmes lawyers renew bid
to ID source of news leak
DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for Colorado theater shooting
defendant James Holmes renewed their attempt to find out
who leaked information about a “critical piece of evidence” to
a reporter, or to weaken prosecutors’ case if the source can’t
be identified. In a motion filed last week and released Monday,
defense lawyers said the jury pool was tainted and Holmes’ right
to a fair trial was violated by a news story that said days before
the shooting, Holmes sent his psychiatrist a notebook containing
violent drawings.
The defense is asking Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos
A. Samour Jr. to do one of three things: bar trial testimony from
all 14 officers who handled the notebook but denied being the
reporter’s source; block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty; or appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the leak.
The story, by Fox News Channel reporter Jana Winter,
cited unnamed law officers. Holmes’ lawyers argue that whoever it was violated a gag order and likely committed perjury
by denying it when questioned later under oath, undermining
their credibility as trial witnesses. Holmes, now 26, is accused of
fatally shooting 12 people and injuring 70 in the July 20, 2012,
attack on a suburban Denver theater. He pleaded not guilty by
reason of insanity, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. His trial is scheduled to start Dec. 8.
NYC official calls for police body cameras
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City official is calling for
body cameras on police officers as a check on misconduct, citing
last month’s death of a man who was put in a police chokehold.
Public Advocate Letitia James on Monday called for a pilot
program to put body-worn cameras on patrol officers in 15 percent of the city’s precincts, with the eventual goal of outfitting all
patrol with the cameras. “We are living in an increasingly technological world, and we should take measures to incorporate video
cameras into policing to improve public safety,” James said.
Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered some patrol officers
to wear the cameras in a pilot program in her 2013 stop-and-frisk
ruling. A police spokeswoman said Monday that the department
is exploring the feasibility of camera technology.
Indian prime minister claims
Pakistan is waging ‘proxy war’
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s prime minister on
Tuesday accused Pakistan of waging a proxy, terrorist war
because it was too weak to fight a conventional one, a day after
India accused its traditional rival of violating cease-fire agreements in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to provide Indian
troops with more weapons, saying they were suffering more
casualties from “terrorism than from war.”
“Pakistan has lost the strength to fight a conventional war, but
continues to engage in the proxy war of terrorism,” Modi said
in an address to Indian army soldiers and officers in the city of
Leh. He also announced that a national war memorial would be
installed in the region.
The pugnacious comments appeared to mark a reversal from
friendlier tones struck in the days after Modi and his Hindunationalist party won Indian elections in a landslide in May.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was among regional
leaders who attended Modi’s inauguration.
Vatican to Muslim leaders:
Condemn Iraq barbarity
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is urging Muslim
leaders to denounce the “barbarity” of the Islamic State’s attacks
against Christians and other minorities in Iraq, saying their credibility is on the line. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the main Vatican office that deals with the
Muslim world, said Tuesday that the forced expulsions and massacres of Christians and minority Yazidis shamed humanity and
couldn’t be justified by any religion.
The office said the “unspeakable criminal acts” — the
beheading, crucifying and hanging of bodies in public places,
the “barbaric practice of infibulation,” the abduction of women
and girls as spoils of war, and the destruction of Christian religious symbols — required a “clear and courageous stance on the
part of religious leaders, especially Muslims.”
Unpaid O.J. Simpson civil
judgment to be auctioned
NEW YORK (AP) — After waiting 17 years for O.J.
Simpson to pay a $9 million wrongful death judgment, Ronald
Goldman’s mother is selling her right to the cash online.
Sharon Rufo listed the judgment Tuesday on JudgmentMarketplace.com. Bidding continues for 30 days, but it can be
bought right away for $1 million. Website founder Shawn Porat
says Simpson’s judgment is worth $24.7 million after interest is
factored in. That’s only if Simpson pays.
The winning bidder takes on the risk of collecting from the
financially strapped ex-football star. He’s been in a Nevada
prison since 2008 on a robbery and kidnapping conviction.
Simpson has paid little of the $33.5 million he owes from the
1997 civil case. A jury acquitted him in 1995 of killing Goldman
and ex-wife Nicole Brown.
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Employment Opportunity
August 04, 2014
The LBJ Tropical Medical Center Authority - Department of Human Resources is accepting applications
for the following position with the LBJ Hospital.
Job Title:
Department:
Clinical Social Worker – Renal
LBJ Social Services
Summary:
The incumbent is the Clinical Social Worker - Renal position provides social work services to LBJ Tropical
Medical Center patients, outpatients, wards, clinics; or for patients and their families; to assist them in
their task of adjusting to concerns related to acute or chronic illness and/or disability, and to prevent
further social emotional and physical de-compensation by facilitating comprehensive dispositional
planning in conjunction with other health care resources and community agencies.
Administrative Responsibilities:
• Complies with National Association of Social Work (NASW) Standards for Clinical Social Work
Practice in Nephrology, the NASW Code of Ethics, LBJ HIPAA policies and procedures, and federal
regulations for nephrology care and services under the U.S. Center for Medicaid and Medicare
Services.
• Stay current with Clinical Practice Standards for Dialysis Social Work.
• Actively participates as a member of the Dialysis Interdisciplinary Team.
• Consults with Program manager for clinical support needs.
• Participates and contributes to the development and implementations of quality improvements
projects with the IDT to measure quality performance.
Clinical Responsibilities:
• Complete timely psychosocial assessments utilizing acceptable evidence-based interventions for
individual and group therapies.
• Complete timely, comprehensive patient care plans to support and fulfill identified areas of need.
• Consistently and actively monitors patient’s progress in the dialysis program.
• Assist patient/family set realistic goals to support their desired level of participation in the dialysis
program.
• Refer to government, community, private and non-profit resources to support areas of need (i.e.
finances, medication, durable equipment, insurance, continuing education, employment,
childcare, etc).
• Provide consistent documentation o all social work activity in the patient medical record.
• Assist patients obtain and maintain insurance and provide appropriate referrals to government,
community and non-profit services to support patients bio-psychosocial needs and engages in
advocacy work to ensure patients rights.
• Provide supportive counseling and empowering approaches to motivate behavioral changes and
develop coping skills to assist the patient in achieving and sustaining an appropriate psychosocial
status.
• Utilize standardize assessment tools as needed to measure mental and physical wellbeing.
Administrative Responsibilities:
• Be an active participant in Interdisciplinary Team meetings and grand rounds to discuss
psychosocial aspects impacting quality, comprehensive care planning.
• Assess discharge planning needs for patients discharge from treatment.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and evaluate an effective, data-driven, quality assessment and
performance improvement program alongside the dialysis units interdisciplinary team.
• Performs miscellaneous tasks as assigned by the Program Manager.
• Bachelors Degree in Social Work or related field with prior experience in counseling, education
and/or advocacy work. Incumbent must be willing to work towards obtaining an MSW degree for
consideration.
• Demonstrate sound skills in conducting psychosocial patient assessments, resolving conflict and
awareness of ethical decision making practices.
• Dependable, honest, hard working, able to work well independently and as a team player in a
fast-paced work environment.
• Must work well with diverse patient populations by sex, gender orientation, race, age and
disability, and with their family members/significant others.
• Prefer knowledge of National Association of Social Work Practice, Code of Ethics and Clinical
Practices for Nephrology Social Workers.
• Knowledge of acceptable medical record notations, medical abbreviations.
• Basic knowledge of mental health assessment tools for depression, anxiety and adjustment
disorders and evidence based therapies.
• Must have good clinical social work experience in working with patients, children, adults and
geriatric population.
• Must have good clinical interviewing skills, diagnostic social work assessment, counseling skills
and ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Preferably bilingual by cultural.
Application form can be obtained from the Office of Human Resources. Deadline for filing
applications for this position will be August 15, 2014 at 4:00p.m.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Student Services/Records Management
Phone: (684) 633-2678 • Fax: (684) 633-1404
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Department of Education’s Office of Student Services will begin Registration of ALL NEW STUDENTS, School Year 20142015. Only Parents and Legal Guardians can register their children. Registration hours are 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. The Official Dates
for each School Division are:
East Division Mon., June 23 – Thur., July 03, 2014
1. Faga’itua High School
2. A. P. Lutali Elementary
3. Alofau Elementary
4. Aua Elementary
5. Lauli’i Elementary
6. Masefau Elementary
7. Matatula Elementary
8. Olomoana Elementary
West Division Mon., July 07 – Fri., July 18, 2014
1. Leone High School
2. Alataua Lua Elementary
3. Leone Midkiff Elementary
4. Siliaga Elementary
Mid/West Division Mon., Aug, 04-Fri.,Aug., 15, 2014
1. Nu’uuli Technical & Vocational High School
2. Tafuna High School
3. Lupelele Elementary
4. Manulele Elementary
5. Pava’ia’i Elementary
6. Tafuna Elementary
Central Division Mon., July 21, - Fri., Aug. 01, 2014
1. Samoana High School
2. Afonotele Elementary
3. Le’atele Elementary
4. Matafao Elementary
5. Mt. Alava Elementary
6. Peter Tali Coleman Elementary
Late Registration: Mon., Sept. 02, 2014 – Onward
1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Monday - Friday
Manu’a Division Mon. Aug., 18 – Aug. 29, 2014
1. Manu’a High School
2. Faleasao Elementary
3. Fitiuta Elementary
4. Olosega/Ofu Elementary
The following documents are needed before authorization is released:
1) Original Birth Certificate (of Student)
2) Students transferring from Private and Off-Island School MUST bring Records or Clearance from previous schools.
3) Photo I.D. of the Parent or Legal Guardian (registering the student): and
4) Immunization record/Shot Record (of Student)
For further information call our Office @ 633-2678 or email: ss@doe.as
FA’ASILASILAGA
E fia fa’asilasila atu e le Matagluega o A’oga a le Malo. O le a amata le resitalaina o tamaiti a’oga, fa’ato’a ulufale i a’oga a le malo,
mo le tausaga a’oga 2014-2015. E tatala le ofisa resitala i le Aso Gafua seia o’o i le Aso Faraile 7:30 am – 3:00 pm. Na’o matua
po’o tagata o lo’o tausia fanau e tusa ai ma le tulafono, e mafia ona resitalaina fanau I aso ua fa’atulagaina.
Itumalo Sasa’e – Aso Gafua, Iuni 23-Aso Tofi Iulai 03, 2014
1. A’oga Maualuga Faga’itua
2. A’oga A.P. Lutali
3. A’oga Alofau
4. A’oga Aua
5. A’oga Masefau
6. A’oga Matatula
7. A’oga Olomoana
8. A’oga Lauli’i
Itumalo Sisifo –Aso Gafua, Iulai 07-Aso Faraile, Iulai 18, 2014
1. A’oga Maualuga Leone
2. A’oga Alataua Lua
3. A’oga Tulaga muamua a Leone (Midkiff)
4. A’oga Siliaga
Sisifo Tutotonu-Aso Gafua, Aukuso 04-Aso Faraile, Aukuso 15, 2014
1. A’oga Maualuga Matata’ese’ese
2. A’oga Maualuga Tafuna
3. A’oga Lupelele
4. A’oga Manulele
5. A’oga Pava’ia’i
6. A’oga Tulaga muamua Tafuna
Itumalo Totonu – Aso Gafua, Iulai 21-Faraile, Aukuso 01, 2014
1. A’oga Maualuga Samoana High School
2. A’oga Afonotele
3. A’oga Le’atele
4. A’oga Matafao
5. A’oga Mauga o Alava
6. A’oga Uifa’atali Pita Kolumane
Itumalo Munu’a Tele-Aso Gafua, Aukuso 18-Aso Faraile, Aukuso 29, 2014
1. A’oga Maualua Manu’atele
2. A’oga Faleasao
4. A’oga Ofu/Olosega
Mo fanau e le’i resitalaina I aso e pei ona fa’atulagaina, e
tatalaina le Ofisa o le Resitala e amata atu ia Setema 02,
2014 i le itula 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
O Pepa e mana’omia ona aumai e le Matua i le Ofisa:
1. Pepa aso fanau a lou alo
2. Ripoti o togi, po’o se tusi fa’amaonia le a’oga sa a’oga ai.
3. Pepa fa’amaoina, e iai le ata, o le matua po’o le tagata o lo’o tausia le fanau.
4. Pepa tui a lou alo
Fa’afeso’ota’i mai le Ofisa o le Resitala mo tamaiti a’oga a le Malo, i le Telefoni 633-2678 po’o le i-meli : ss@doe.as
Thank you;
___________________________
Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau
Director of Education

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