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Manu’a store in Officials of 10 Festival of Pac.
Malaeimi burns Arts surprised by expenditures
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by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa news Staff reporter
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The fire which burned Manu’a Store to the ground on Friday
evening has resulted in the loss of employment of close to 50
employees, says Manu’a Chen, the owner of business.
Chen said he was at the store when the fire occurred, saying it
came from where the materials were located and it spread out to
the entire store. He said he was informed by his employees who
were running out the door that smoke was coming from inside
the store and they contacted the police for assistance.
“The fire was spreading too fast through the store,” he said.
Chen said the firemen arrived 10-15 minutes after the call
and some firemen were spraying water onto the buildings next to
Manu’a to hold the fire off, while other firemen were trying to eliminate the fire in his store. However, their efforts were unsuccessful.
Speaking with Samoa News, Chen said he was scared for the
safety of the people who were working at the store and wanted
to make sure that everyone had got out. He said at the moment
police are investigating as to how the fire started in the first place.
Deputy Commissioner Leiseau Laumoli confirmed that the
investigation into this matter is being handled by the Criminal
Investigation Division with Commander Lavata’i Taase Sagapolutele and his detectives.
Samoa News asked Chen for an estimated value of what had
been destroyed by the fire. He said that “there was a lot of materials, which are expensive, cell phones and many other items…
I cannot say how much the value is because there was a lot.”
Manu’a has a second store located in Pago Pago where Chen
is now trying to place some of his employees who worked at
the Malaeimi store. He told Samoa News that he’s temporarily
extending working hours for his store in Pago Pago and making
two shifts so he can place some of the workers there, however
not everyone who worked at the Manu’a store in Malaeimi will
be hired to work in Pago Pago.
He says it’s very upsetting that those who worked for the
store for many years now have no job to care for their families.
The Manu’a store was first opened in Malaeimi in March
2005, with a huge expansion last year. In the meantime, police
officers are posted outside the store securing the area.
The aftermath of the fire which burned Manu’s store to
the ground Friday night around 9:15 p.m. Police officers are
posted at the store, which is located in Malaeimi, and are con[photo: JL]
ducting an investigation into this matter. Testify before SIC
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
Officials of the 10th Festival of the Pacific
Arts maintained there were no paid workers
during the 2008 regional event and were surprised to learn at last Thursday’s Senate Investigative Committee hearing that more than
$200,000 was used as disbursement for volunteers and more than $100,000 went to the 2009
Samoan Heritage Week in Honolulu.
SIC’s hearing on spending of the Arts Festival
hosted by American Samoa is part of its probe
into the spending of the $20 million loan ASG
received from the ASG Employees Retirement
Fund, which provided funding for the festival.
Witnesses subpoenaed for the hearing were
festival co-chairs Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde and
Leala Elisara Pili, who is also the executive director
of the Arts Council and Lauti Simona, who served
as executive director of the Festival Office.
Fagafaga who also served as the festival’s
chief financial officer, submitted to SIC the
festival’s proposed budget, a report of statement
of revenue and expenditures and the revised
and final budget.
In his testimony to committee questions,
Fagafaga said he could recall that the proposed
first budget was over $6 million but was not
endorsed by the festival board, who later revised
it and approved the budget of $4.6 million,
which was submitted to the Governor’s Office.
He also said the governor was informed from
the beginning that an overrun of $1.5 million
was also projected.
Fagafaga said that he, along with Pili and
Lauti went to meet with the governor, who was
informed about the projected shortfall. He said
the governor’s reply was for them not to worry
because there were ways to address the shortfall,
if it occurred.
As to the revenue to fund the budget, he
said $2.5 million was appropriated by the Fono
(which was through the $20 million loan proceeds), $485,500 was received from donations
from private sectors, organizations and other
members of the community and $339,000
under a technical assistant grant from the
Interior Department. (Total revenues came to
$3.32 million)
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STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
✖ It was Canadian American educator Laurence J. Peter who made the following sage
observation: “You can always tell a real friend: When you’ve made a fool of yourself, he
doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.”
✖ In Murfreesboro, Tenn., it is illegal to keep indoor furniture outdoors.
✖ Mike Edwards, one of the founding members of the British band Electric Light
Orchestra, met with an untimely death decades after he left the group. In 2010, as Edwards
was driving in the rural southwest of England, a farmer lost control of a 1,300-pound bale
of hay. This wheel-shaped bale rolled down a hill and over a hedge, and just happened to
smash into the van that Edwards was driving.
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✖ Those who study such things say that there is a 1 million to 1 chance that, within the
next century, an asteroid will crash into the Earth and destroy most life on the planet.
✖ In 2008 a company called Defense Devices, based in Jackson, Tenn., introduced a new
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“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human
bladder.” — Alfred Hitchcock
Kosrae joins effort
to create massive
‘Shark Sanctuary’
(PRESS RELEASE) — KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 21, 2012) — Kosrae has become the first member of
the Federated States of Micronesia to establish shark protections
in its waters. The unanimous vote by the legislature in Kosrae, a
small island of 7,700 people in the Pacific, is an important step in
the creation of the world’s first regional shark sanctuary, which
will encompass 2 million square miles of ocean. The legislation
now heads to Gov. Lyndon Jackson’s desk for signature.
“The protection of sharks fits into an even larger conservation goal for Micronesia,” said Governor Lyndon Jackson, “This
goal, called the Micronesia Challenge, seeks to effectively conserve 30 percent of nearshore resources. But some species, especially sharks, swim in and out of protected areas, so additional
policies are needed.”
When signed into law, the Kosrae sanctuary will ban the sale,
trade, and possession of shark products in Kosrea and prohibit
commercial shark fishing in the 12 mile area under its jurisdiction. Sen. Tulensa Palik, vice chairman of the state’s Committee
on Resources and Development, introduced the bill.
“This is an extremely important piece of legislation,” said
Palik. “I am proud to have Kosrae be a part of a global movement
to protect sharks and the health of our ocean.”
During the Micronesian Chief Executive Summit in July 2011,
Jackson and the other leaders pledged to join a much larger effort
to create the Micronesia Regional Shark Sanctuary. The agreement includes all four members of the Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae-as well as the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, and the Marshall Islands. It will
result in a regional sanctuary covering 2 million square miles.
“Micronesia is leading the world in shark conservation,” said
Jill Hepp, director of shark conservation at the Pew Environment
Group. “Kosrae is an important piece in the puzzle to protect
sharks in the region.”
Each year, up to 73 million sharks are killed by people, largely
for their fins to supply the demand for shark fin soup. Of the 150
species of shark assessed as Threatened or Near Threatened with
extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature,
at least 30 are known to swim in Micronesia’s waters, including
scalloped hammerheads, whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, and
several species of reef sharks.
If the other members of the Federated States of Micronesia
move forward with their plan to create a sanctuary in the next
year, 2.9 million square kilometers (1.1 million square miles)
will be added to the more than 4.7 million square kilometers (1.8
million square miles) of ocean worldwide that have already been
protected by six shark sanctuaries: Palau, the Maldives, Tokelau,
Honduras, the Bahamas, and the Marshall Islands.
The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The
Pew Charitable Trusts, a nongovernmental organization that
works globally to establish pragmatic, science-based policies that
protect our oceans, preserve our wild lands, and promote clean
energy. For more information, visit www.PewEnvironment.
org<http://www.PewEnvironment.org>.
The Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization is a conservation NGO based in Kosrae that implements environmental
programs in marine conservation, environmental education, and
terrestrial conservation. http://kosraeconservation.org/
The Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) supports biodiversity conservation and related sustainable development for the
people of Micronesia in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),
the Republic of Palau (ROP), the Republic of the Marshall Islands
(RMI), the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). http://www.ourmicronesia.org.
Visitor’s Bureau receives $200K
from SBA to help market territory
The American Samoa Visitor’s Bureau is
“very grateful” to the U.S. Small Business
Administration for awarding the agency more
than $200,000 in grant funding that will go
towards, among other things, training of the
local tourism industry and marketing of the territory with off island travel wholesalers.
SBA yesterday morning issued a national
news release announcing the awarding of about
$30 million to 47 states, American Samoa and
other U.S. jurisdictions under the second round
of funding support efforts to increase exporting
by small businesses.
This federal funding is through the State
Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) initiative,
which was launched last year under the Small
Business Jobs Act, aimed at increasing the
value of exports for those small businesses that
currently export.
SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the
second round of STEP funding will be instrumental in helping small businesses start or
expand their exporting opportunities so they
can create an economy built to last.
SBA online records show that the Visitor’s Bureau will receive $246,671. Additionally, the “STEP program will work with
American Samoa to strengthen the capacity of
local tourism industry members with training
to equip them with partnering skills in international travel trade, and to support American
Samoa’s international travel partners to develop
and promote consumer holiday packages from
New Zealand, Australia and Samoa.”
“These partnering initiatives will endeavor
to develop holiday packages and promote the
destination in an effort to generate new tourist
visitors,” the project description states.
When contacted for comments yesterday
morning, Visitor’s Bureau chief executive
officer David Vaeafe said he just received information about the grant award and he is pleased
and “very grateful to SBA.”
“This is great in terms of the support of our
work in the development of our industry and
this funding will help us in many ways,” Vaeafe
said in brief phone interview. Among the main
“elements of the project” is a “second element
training of industry managers” on various travel
issues such as preparing commissionable rates
for travel and tour wholesalers.
Another element of the project is for marketing support with off island partners, such as
those in Samoa, New Zealand and Australia.
“And we’re also going to translate our website to a number of different foreign languages
for overseas travelers,” said Vaeafe. “And
all of these elements are part of our efforts to
strengthen and grow our tourism industry.”
Meanwhile, Vaeafe says nine U.S. travel
wholesalers and one journalist will be in the
territory next month as part of a familiarization
visit being organized by the Visitor’s Bureau, in
partnership with Hawaiian Airlines.
The traveler wholesalers are from California
and Hawai’i and, along with the journalist, are
scheduled to arrive in the territory Oct. 18 for a
few days and will also travel to Samoa.
“This is a joint familiarization with Hawaiian
Airlines - assisting us with air fares for the
group from the U.S.,” said Vaeafe.
The wholesaler and media visit is the third
one planned this year, organized by the Visitor’s Bureau. This month they hosted a group
from Australia and last month was a group from
New Zealand. The visits were made possible
with a US Department of Interior’s Office of
Insular Affairs technical assistant grant.
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CORRECTION
Samoa News reported in Monday’s article on gubernatorial
candidates Afoa Leulumoega Su’esu’e Lutu and Le’i Sonny
Thompson “Meet the Candidates” event held on Saturday,
September 22, 2012 .
Unfortunately, we inadvertently used the unedited version
of the story and photo caption, resulting in published typos in
Le’i’s speech and photo caption.
The corrected sentences are: “We need people who can say
the ‘BUCK’ stops here, we need leaders with a no nonsense
attitude who will hold people accountable for their actions,
yet at the same time, American Samoa, not afraid to say I am
sorry, I made a mistake.”
“We need leaders who promote equal opportunities for all
and ‘FOSTER’ their advancements only through a system of
merits; anything less American Samoa is unacceptable.
The corrected caption is: Lt. Governor Candidate Le’i
Sonny “THOMPSON” while speaking to a crowd of “1,300
PLUS” supporters, DURING the “Meet the Candidates” event
held on “SATURDAY”.
Samoa News apologizes to its readers, Afoa & Le’i and
supports of the gubernatorial team for our unintentional error.
San Francisco American Samoa to be recognized as
could OK tiniest “TsunamiReady” in official ceremony
apartments in US
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco may soon give
new meaning to the word “downsizing.”
Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change
to the city’s building code that would allow construction of
among the tiniest apartments in the country.
Under the plan, new apartments could be as small as 220
square feet (a little more than double the size of some prison
cells), including a kitchen, bathroom and closet, the Los
Angeles Times reported. Current regulations require the living
room alone to be that size.
Schematics for 300-square-foot units planned for San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood include window seats
that turn into spare beds and beds that turn into tables.
Proponents say the smaller apartments would provide a
cheaper option for the city’s many single residents, who have
been priced out of the rental market as the region experiences a
resurgent technology industry.
San Francisco apartments rented for an average of $2,734 in
June, up 13 percent from a year ago, according to the research
firm, RealFacts.
The micro-units, in contrast, are expected to rent for $1,200
to $1,500 a month, San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener told
the Los Angeles Times. Wiener drafted the legislation for the
smaller apartments.
It allows them to accommodate up to two people and requires
an additional 100 square feet of space for each occupant above
that number.
“Although in our fantasy world everyone would live in a
single-family home or a huge spacious flat, the reality of life is
that not everyone can afford that,” Wiener said.
But critics counter that the units wouldn’t help families and
could boost population density, straining public transit and
other city services.
“This has to be a pilot project and allow for further study
before we end up like Singapore,” said Sara Shortt, executive
director of the tenants’ rights group, Human Rights Committee
of San Francisco.
Singapore authorities recently raised minimum dwelling
sizes because of concerns about congestion. Some critics want
San Francisco to follow the example of New York City and first
test a small number of the units. New York City’s micro-units
also have a higher minimum-size requirement.
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American Samoa will officially be recognized later this week as a “TsunamiReady” community, with a ceremony set for Sept. 28, one day before the third anniversary of the 2009 tsunami
that killed 34 people in the territory.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather
Service will host the ceremony at Utulei Beach where the official designation will be made.
The ceremony will also recognize the hard work by the American Samoa Government, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) team.
It will be attended by Gov. Togiola Tulafono and off-island guests which includes Nancy
Ward, Administrator of the FEMA Region IX based in Oakland, Calif.
“The people of American Samoa have shown incredible resilience in the face of the devastating
2009 Tsunami,” Ward said yesterday from California in a brief comment through the FEMA public
affair’s office. “Their dedication and commitment to participate in this program will undoubtedly
help save lives in the future, and is an accomplishment the entire island can be proud of.”
The TsunamiReady program is administered by the National Weather Service as a way to
increase and strengthen the ability of communities to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from
natural hazards, said FEMA whose region office will issue Thursday an official news release on
the tsunami anniversary.
A report released September last year by the Western States Seismic Police Council (WSSPC)
states in part that the local Department of Homeland Security and its TEMCO agency have taken
major strides toward making the territory “TsunamiReady”.
“We are very happy to reach this milestone of receiving the federal TsunamiReady certification,
which is the culmination of a lot of hard work by our staff to meet the requirements of the program,”
ASDHS director Mike Sala said yesterday responding to Samoa News questions from last Friday.
“No community is ‘Tsunami-Proof’, but TsunamiReady means our community is better prepared to respond to this type of disaster,” he said. “It is geared to help prevent the loss of life and
property, but an important part of the whole program is for our community to be aware of what
to do and where to go to be safe in these situations.”
Certifying American Samoa to TsunamiReady status means “we have met the federal requirements to show we are better prepared to save lives and property in the event of a tsunami through
better planning, education and awareness,” according to ASDHS information responding to Samoa
News questions. Being designated TsunamiReady, American Samoa now joins 115 other communities in 10 states and territories of the U.S. “The September 29, 2009 tsunami that devastated lowlying coastal areas of our islands has shown that a large percentage of our population is at-risk, especially with our close proximity to the Tonga Trench and the fact that we are geographically located
within the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific region,” said ASDHS official Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde.
In American Samoa, many schools, the hospital, centers of commerce, government offices, villages, port and airport facilities, and the general population are exposed to the threat of a tsunami,
he said. “The TsunamiReady program has helped our community leaders and emergency managers
strengthen our local operations,” said Fagafaga adding that the program was developed by the National
Weather Service and funded by the NOAA National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP).
American Samoa’s NTHMP grant is for $1 million over three years to develop community
warning systems, tsunami evacuation routes and maps, tsunami zone signage and designation of
hazard and safe zones, and community planning and education, he said.
He also pointed out that the Territory-wide emergency siren system which was installed following the 2009 tsunami was funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA with
a grant of $3.2 million. “Being certified TsunamiReady should open up other disaster related
federal funding for American Samoa,” said Langkilde.
Sala thanked Mase Akapo and the staff of the local office of the National Weather Service and
NOAA, as well as ASG Port Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/
FEMA for their strong support to get American Samoa’s TsunamiReady designation.
He also thanked the many local agencies who partnered with ASDHS in this project, which
included the Office of Samoan Affairs, the Department of Commerce. The Department of Marine
and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, ASTCA, ASPA,
and the Department of Public Works.
According to the Weather Service many contributed to American Samoa becoming TsunamiReady, including the Army Corps of Engineers, which spent $500,000 to conduct an assessment of the tsunami risk, U.S. Coast Guard and other parts of NOAA that work under the Pacific
Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO) coordinating body.
Thank You!
FOBBNATION Entertainment-----September 16
BIG UPS to all the nominees. You were all nominated by the people as “best” in your respective categories. Your hard work
and passion is recognized!!! Continue doing what you’re doing…WE HEAR YOU!!! And the FOBBNATION MUSIC AWARDS 2012
winners are:
Best Polynesian Hip Hop/ Rap Solo Artist - Drew Deezy
Best Polynesian Hip Hop/ Rap Group - Boo-Yaa Tribe
Best Polynesian R&B Solo Artist - Alo Key
Best Polynesian R&B Group - Common Kings
Best Polynesian Reggae Solo Artist - J-Boog
Best Polynesian Reggae Group/Band - Katchafire
Best Polynesian Gospel Solo Artist - Elijah Tavai
Best Polynesian Gospel Group - The Katinas
Best Polynesian Male Artist (overall) - Fiji
Best Polynesian Female Solo Artist (overall) - Lole Usoalii
Best Polynesian Group (overall ) - Common Kings
Best Polynesian Collaboration Track - Spawnbreezei ft. Celle – I’m In Love
Best R&B Album - Finn – “The Groovah”
Best Hip Hop/ Rap Album - Savage – “Savage Island”
Best Reggae Album - J-Boog – “Hear Me Roar”
Best Gospel Album - The Katinas – “The Katinas”
Best Mix Tape - Drew Deezy – “Connected”
Best Polynesian Amateur Cover Song (Solo/Group) - DSS – “Ganjah Farmer”
Polynesian Producer of the Year - Fiji
Polynesian Graphic Designer of the Year - Island Tat
Polynesian Disc Jockey Champion (Live or Radio) - Big Body Cisco
Breakthrough Polynesian Artist - Spawnbreezie
Best Music Video - Pretty Little Teine by Ekredible ft. Ras Mas
(video shot by Whitecomb media)
Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to: George “Fiji” Veikoso and Boo-Yaa Tribe
ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO GOD THE GIVER OF ALL TALENTS AND GIFTS.“O LOU PALE LEA,
TAMA…FA’AFETAI…FA’AFETAI…VIIA LAVA OE.”
“Thank you to all my family, friends and love ones who have supported me and voted for me on Facebook, Twitter and on Fobbnation, I couldn’t have
done it without you all. Special thanks to FOBBNATION for recognizing the achievements of our young generation of Polynesan artists. Finally, our
Polynesian Artists can be recognized and awarded for the hard work, dedication, and talent. Fa’amalo Lava…FOBBNATION. Thank you for believing
in the gift of music that God has blessed me with and that I am able to share and be a blessing to you all. Everyone of you have been blessing also in
my walk and journey throughout my music career and accomplishments. The Biggest thank you to my parents who are my #1 supporters; for pushing
me to become the person I am today and for believing in the call of God upon my life. I love you both so much, this award is for the both of you for
the many sacrifices you both have given. Words are not enough to explain what my heart says but all I can say is Thank you! Thank you to my Alofa
Tunoa family and Aglow Internationl for the prayers and support.”Music is my life, my joy, my passion!” ……Elijah Jared Tavai
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Anti-Japan protesters scuffle with police officers during a rally criticizing Japanese government’s claim over the disputed islets called Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan, and
demanding an official apology and compensation for South Korean wartime sex slaves from the
Japanese government, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
24, 2012. by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Staff reporter
MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING WIFE FIGHTS HIS CASE IN JURY TRIAL TODAY
The High Court will start today the jury trial in the government’s case against a man accused
of raping his wife and holding her against her will.
The defendant whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the victim is charged
with rape, first-degree sexual abuse, attempted kidnapping and false imprisonment.
Jury selection will take place this morning before Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond and
Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr.
The defendant’s case was called in court on several occasions for plea agreements between the
defendant and the government. However the defendant vehemently denied the charges and the
plea offers, telling the court that he was trying to correct his wife’s adulterous behavior (Sotoma
ma Komoro) and yet he’s in jail for it.
The defendant added that the laws need to be changed in the territory because it was his wife’s
actions that should be questioned, not his.
According to the government’s case, the charges stems from a domestic dispute that occurred
in February 2012 where the defendant accused his wife of having an affair.
The High Court appointed Asaua Fuimaono to take over this case, however during the last
hearing Fuimaono informed the court the defendant did not wish to speak to him when he visited
him in jail. Fuimaono then requested that the court withdraw him as counsel for the defendant.
The defendant, who’s held on bail of $30,000 is standing pro se, meaning he is representing
himself in court, while prosecuting for the government is Assistant Attorney General Cecilia
Reyna. The government expects to call several witnesses in this case.
MAN ACCUSED OF BRIBING OFFICER CONTINUES PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
Emanuel Ulberg accused of bribing a police officer with $100 while he was pulled over for a
suspected DUI, received a plea offer from the government. Ulberg is charged with bribery of a
public servant, driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI), prohibited place of consumption and careless driving.
Presiding over the matter was Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond who was accompanied on
the bench by Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr.
Assistant Public Defender Mike White asked the court to reset another pre-trial conference for
this matter noting that this case is very close to being resolved through a plea.
Richmond scheduled the matter for October 11, 2012.
According to the government’s case, on April 15, 2012 police officers were patrolling near the
stadium, and came across the defendant who was allegedly swerving near the stadium. According
to the government’s case, the defendant failed the Standard Field Sobriety Test, however when the
officer attempted to start on the breathalyzer test the defendant handed the officer $100.
It’s alleged Ulberg told the cop to give him a chance and take him home, however the officer
gave the defendant back his money and placed him under arrest.
LAND DISPUTE PUTS ONE MAN IN JAIL ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Police arrested Laau Fanene over the weekend charging him with public peace disturbance
and third degree assault. Fanene is accused of punching another man over a land dispute issue in
Malaeimi over the weekend. The defendant made his initial appearance in the District Court this
morning.
According to the government’s case, the defendant, who was intoxicated, walked over to where
the complaining witnesses were working clearing the land in question.
It’s alleged the defendant asked the family members why are they working on the land and yet
the case for this specific land is pending in court.
The government further claims the defendant then punched one of the men; however bystanders
stopped the fight and police were called. Fanene is represented by the public defender’s office
while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Kimberly Hyde. Local governments
try to “cut costs”
through efficiency
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — In some places, it’s as simple
as pulling the plug on thousands of unused telephone lines
or installing software that automatically shuts off idle school
computers to save on electric bills.
Other places are doing such things as merging town fire
departments, combining 911 centers or outsourcing collection
of parking fines.
Around the country, governments big and small are
embracing cooperation, consolidation and efficiency to wring
a few more dollars out of the budget as the effects of the Great
Recession linger.
“What we’re seeing is that many places are really taking
a look at doing more with less,” said Steve Hamill, a former
administrator in Alameda County, Calif., and founder of the
U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, which
helps municipalities learn of money-saving opportunities.
During the worst of the downturn, many local governments
resorted to layoffs and other blunt means of cutting spending.
Now, with the economy still shaky, they are looking in less
obvious places for ways to save money.
Earlier this year, Long Island’s two counties and several
townships announced anticipated savings of more than $1 million annually by joining forces to buy such things as medical
supplies for ambulances and chemicals for wastewater treatment and swimming pools.
“Joint purchasing is an example of where we can do more
with less by finding efficiency,” Suffolk County Executive
Steve Bellone said.
In neighboring Nassau County, officials are in the midst of
a review of unused telephones and telephone lines in the wake
of large staff cutbacks.
The county comptroller’s office estimates as many as 3,000
phone lines could be disconnected by the end of the year,
saving more than $535,000.
Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene School District set up a system to
turn off all computer monitors after five minutes of inactivity.
Computers are put in standby mode after 90 minutes.
The district expects to save $300,000 over three years,
Hamill said.
An effort in Los Angeles County that includes disconnecting unused phones and buying efficient light bulbs is
expected to cut costs by about $218 million annually.
Last year, three cities in San Diego County — El Cajon, La
Mesa and Lemon Grove — struck an agreement to combine
their firefighting, emergency medical treatment and emergency planning services.
They expect to save a combined $560,000 annually. Fire
response times haven’t suffered, according to Heartland Fire
and Rescue Fire Chief Mike Scott.
Three counties in New Jersey are each trying to combine
their local 911 call centers under one roof. Something similar
has already been done in Lincoln Park, Southgate and Wyandotte, three cities in Michigan’s Wayne County.
In other places, discussions are under way to consolidate
school districts.
And some municipalities are outsourcing data processing
operations that manage such things as the collection of property taxes and parking fines, Hamill said.
“Officials are taking a look at what core services are needed
and that they need to be involved with and what services
someone else can do,” he said.
Police departments on Long Island and elsewhere are
employing high-tech sensors in high-crime areas to alert officers to exact locations when gunshots are fired.
“This allows departments to cut down on the number of
patrol cars that may be needed to investigate these cases,
which can save money,” Hamill said.
State governments also are striving to cut costs by consolidating or reorganizing agencies, according to Todd Haggerty,
an analyst for the Conference of State Legislatures. Among
them:
➤ Connecticut placed nine state agencies within a new
Office of Government Accountability, resulting in a reduction
of 23 positions and a savings of $1.5 million in 2012 and a
projected $1.8 million in 2013.
➤ Kansas estimates it will save $3 million in 2012 by abolishing its Health Policy Authority and shifting its responsibilities, including the administration of Medicaid, to the Department of Health and Environment.
➤ Missouri transferred the responsibilities of the State
Water Patrol to a division within the State Highway Patrol; $3
million a year in administrative cost savings are anticipated.
Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
ISLAND BREEZE
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appear on the ABC Television show
“The View” in New York, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.
From left are, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, the president, the first lady, Joy Behar,
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. 1 dead in So. Calif. wildfire; 20 homes destroyed
CAMPO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters recovered the body of a man who ignored evacuation
orders from a burned house Monday as they
battled to contain Southern California wildfires
that destroyed 20 homes and threatened several
hundred more in rural areas, authorities said.
Crews worked against winds gusting up to
30 mph that were expected to continue late
Monday in southeastern San Diego County,
where a 3-square-mile fire churned slowly
through hilly brushlands in a desert area near
the U.S.-Mexico border.
The man’s body was found just before 2:30
p.m. inside a home on Tierra del Sol Road near
Campo, said Cal Fire spokesman Capt. Robbie
Richard.
Officials did not identify the man, other than
to say he was reported missing by neighbors
who were concerned when they saw his only
vehicle parked outside.
Neighbors told U-T San Diego the man was
an 82-year-old with one leg.
Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies had to
wait several hours before it was safe enough
to enter the home, San Diego County sheriff’s
spokeswoman Melissa Aquino said.
The 2,000-acre blaze was 40 percent surrounded Monday, with fire officials expecting
further containment as night brought cooler
conditions. About 80 homes were ordered evacuated near the Campo Indian Reservation.
The fire destroyed 20 homes, damaged 10
and burned 15 outbuildings since it erupted
Sunday, said California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection Capt. Mike Mohler.
An evacuation center was set up at a high
school in the nearby community of Pine Valley.
Many residents gathered at the Golden Acorn
Casino, which also served as the command post
for firefighters, to learn whether their homes
were still standing.
Christopher Kirchner told U-T San Diego
that the place he rents was about 200 feet from
a residence that burned down.
“I was just talking to some of my neighbors,”
Kirchner said. “They were crying and saying
they had no place to go. We’ve heard rumors
that our place is still standing, but nobody will
tell us anything.”
Farther north, a 150-acre wildfire in Riverside County was about 90 percent contained.
It had been reduced mainly to embers but still
posed a potential threat to as many as 200
homes in the Murrieta area if afternoon winds
pushed it over fire lines, Murrieta Fire Chief
Matt Shobert said. The cause of both fires was
under investigation.
Elsewhere in the West, major wildfires in
Washington on the eastern slopes of the Cascade
Range were relatively calm, but smoke continued to blanket some communities Monday.
The two largest fires were reported as bigger
in size due mostly to better mapping and the use
of burnouts to create fire lines, officials said.
The Wenatchee Complex of fires was reported
Monday morning at 82 square miles, while the
Table Mountain fire was reported at nearly 57
square miles in size.
State officials said air quality in the
Wenatchee and Cashmere areas remains in the
“hazardous” category, while many other Eastern
Washington communities have “unhealthy” air
quality. Air quality was not expected to improve
much Monday.
In Montana, Musselshell County lifted an
evacuation order for about 50 homes southeast
of Roundup after a 5 1/2-square mile wildfire
was reported about 60 percent contained.
Fire officials hoped to have the blaze fully
under control by Tuesday.
The human-caused blaze ignited Saturday
and was under investigation.
Dog quickly takes in, nurses stray kitten
JORDAN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman says she was shocked when her small dog
began caring for an abandoned kitten, then started producing milk and nursing the fuzzy gray
stray to health.
Pat Weber says the kitten was days old when her grandson found it in the family’s barn in early
September in Jordan, about 40 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
She says the 2-inch-long kitten was “ice cold.”
But she felt it move, so she wrapped the kitten in a warm towel. Then it began meowing — and
her 4-year-old Pekingese perked up.
The tawny pooch named Mittens began licking the kitten, who nuzzled in and began suckling.
Mittens hadn’t had puppies in two years, yet she eventually began producing milk.
She’s been nursing the kitten ever since.
Weber calls it a miracle.
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Governor clarifies enforcement issue
pertaining to banned soap, detergent
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa
Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi addresses the high level meeting on
rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.
Gov. Togiola Tulafono has
clarified one issue pertaining
to the prohibition of imported
soaps and detergents containing phosphates after new
concerns surfaced from the
private sector as the enforcement of the regulation was
implemented.
Some two weeks ago, the
American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
issued a news release
reminding the community
— especially business establishments and ocean and
air freight forwarders — on
the prohibition of importing
soaps and detergents containing phosphates into
the Territory, based on an
August 21 executive order
issued by the governor, and
the order was effective that
same date.
Then two weekends ago,
the governor on his radio program spoke about the ban,
which has gone into effect.
He also called on the private sector to work with the
government in resolving this
important
environmental
issue dealing with phosphates that affects the water
supply.
But this past Saturday on
his radio program, Togiola
said that the enforcement
of the ban has resulted in
new concerns from the private sector and he wanted to
clarify certain issues.
He said the problem is that
when the executive order was
issued and mentioned on his
radio program two weekends
ago, enforcement was implemented and included products that were either already
on island or enroute to the
territory.
Togiola clarified that all
products already on island
or is enroute to the territory
when the order was issued are
exempted and this was relayed
to the local enforcement
agencies, which are Customs
and ASEPA according to the
executive order.
He says merchants need
to provide proof, that the
products were already on the
vessel to Pago Pago or the
products already on island
when the order was issued.
At the same time, the governor cautioned not to use this
exemption as a way for merchants to knowingly change
the shipping manifest.
The governor apologized
to the public,especially to the
private sector, if the enforcement was quickly implemented without the proper
clarification to merchants and
the public.
Togiola recalled his statement two weekends ago where
he called on the businesses
not to be quick to complain or
call the governor and the government some very colorful
names, but to come together
to discuss various issues of
concern, to see where they
could be addressed.
He said the goal is to protect the environment to last
forever. In his memorandum
to ASG departments and
agencies regarding the ban
on phosphates, the governor
says the ban of phosphates
in detergents is necessary
to maintain water quality in
American Samoa.
By requiring of use of
phosphate-free
detergents,
the government is reducing
pollution and ensuring water
quality throughout American
Samoa, he said.
Meanwhile, medical facilities can apply to Customs
Division for a waiver to the
ban and this information was
reported by Samoa News last
month when the executive
order to ban phosphates was
released.
However, it appears from
a handful of e-mails to Samoa
News that some are not aware
that a waiver is available for
medical facilities, who must
among other things, provide
to Customs prior to importation, description of the soap/
detergent including name of
product, amount imported,
ingredients, phosphate levels
and point of origin.
The request must also
include an explanation as to
why it is necessary that the
soap/detergent with phosphates is necessary and
why there are no viable
alternatives.
Samoa News again urged
any vendors needing more
information to contact the
Governor’s Office for a copy
of the executive order, which
includes other bans.
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Chinese & Japanese
officials meet amid
dispute over islands
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BEIJING (AP) — Rival claims to a group of tiny islands in
the East China Sea were the focus of talks Tuesday between
Chinese and Japanese officials, testing whether the countries can
summon the political will to put the rancor behind them.
The Japanese government’s purchase of some of the uninhabited islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China
from private owners this month has sparked sometimes violent
protests in China and informal boycotts of Japanese products.
Journalists were allowed in briefly as Chinese Vice Foreign
Minister Zhang Zhijun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister
Chikao Kawai, flanked by their aides, began their meeting at
China’s Foreign Ministry.
On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei
said Kawai was visiting at Japan’s request.
“China will urge Japan to correct their mistakes and make
efforts in improving ties,” he said.
Taiwan also claims the islands and has registered a formal
protest over Japan’s purchase. Despite the meeting, the gamesmanship around the islands continued Tuesday. Japan’s coast
guard said six Chinese surveillance ships were going in and out of
the 24 nautical mile zone around the islands. On Friday, the vessels briefly entered waters within 12 nautical miles, which Japan
considers its territorial waters. Japan told them to leave, and one
vessel told them over the radio that the islands were Chinese.
On Tuesday morning, about 50 Taiwanese fishing boats accompanied by 10 Taiwanese surveillance ships came within 12 nautical
miles of the disputed islands, said Yasuhiko Oku, an official with
the Japanese coast guard. It was the first incursion by Taiwanese
vessels since Japan’s purchase, according to Japan’s Kyodo News
Agency. Japanese patrol boats warned the boats to leave with electronic signboards and directives over loud speakers.
A Taiwanese surveillance ship responded that the waters
belonged to Taiwan and that the boats were engaged in legitimate operations and urged the Japanese patrol boats to withdraw,
Kyodo said. Some of the Taiwanese fishing boats displayed banners asserting Taiwan’s claims to the islands.
People
First
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Lali
Le
O se va’aiga i le fanau a’oga i le Manumalo Baptist High School ua faia le latou fa’apotopotoga
mo le amatalia o le latou a’oga i le aso Faraile talu ai.
O i latou fo’i nei ua latou auai i le JROTC a le latou a’oga lea ua fa’atula’ia i lenei tausaga a’oga
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
e afua mai ia Aukuso 6, 2012. tusia Ausage Fausia
AMATA FA’AMASINOGA ALII TUUAIA FAAMALOSI LONA TOALUA
O le alii lea o lo o tuuaia e le malo i lona faamalosia o lona toalua faaipoipo la te faiaiga, e ui
sa musu ai le fafine, ua faamoemoe e amata i le taeao nei lana faamasinoga iloilo i luma o le alii
faamasino sili lagolago ia Lyle L. Richmond.
E le o mafai e le Samoa News ona faalauiloa le igoa o lenei alii, ona o puipuiga i si ona faletua
o lo o aafia i lenei mataupu.
E faalua ona taumafai le malo e tuuina atu se ofa i le ua molia, peitai na fofogaina e le ua molia
i luma o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga e fa’apea, e i ai lona talitonuga e le tatau ona molia o ia e le
malo i le mataupu lenei, leaga o ia na taumafai e taofi uiga faa Sotoma o lo o faia e lona toalua,
ae ua aafia ai fua o ia i le tulafono.
O le mataupu lenei na afua mai ina ua masalomia e le ua molia lona toalua, o lo o faia sa la
faanunumi ma se isi tamaloa, Na o’o lenei alii i le fale faigaluega a le fafine ma i’u ina vala’au
ai e le fafine le ofisa a leoleo.
Na tuu atu e le Ofisa le fafine e alu e nofo i lona aunty i Fagatogo, ae peita’i, na o’o lava i ai
le alii lenei ma ia taumafai ai e faamalosi le fafine i totonu o le fale o le ‘aunty’.
Na fai foi le ua molia i le fafine, e la te o i le la aiga e talanoa ai ma taumafai e toe faalelei le
la ulugalii.
O luma o le faletupe a le ANZ na faatu ai e le ua molia le taavale a sana uo ma taumafai e una’i
faamalosi i ai le fafine i totonu o le taavale.
Na lagona mai e ni isi na latalata mai, le taualaga a le fafine, ma logo ai loa le ofisa a leoleo.
O lo o tuuaia le ua molia i moliaga e aofia ai le faiaiga faamalosi, tagofia o itutinosa o se fafine,
faaoolima mataga, atoa ai ma lona taumafai e taofi faapagota se tagata i se auala e le tusa ai ma
le tulafono, ma o lo o tumau pea ona teena tuuaiga ua faia faasaga ia te ia.
SAUNI SAMATUA E TALI I ONA MOLIAGA
Ua maea ona tuuina atu e le malo sa latou ofa ia Linnea Samatua, ina ia tali ioe i nisi o moliaga
o lo o tuuaia ai o ia, ae solofua isi moliaga ma faamuta ai loa lana mataupu.
Na talia e le Faamasinoga Maualuga talosaga a le ofisa o le loia fautua mo tagata lautele, ina
ia toe tolopo le fofogaina o le maliliega a Samatua ma le malo i le vaiaso fou, ona o lo o gasegase
lana loia, ia Michael White.
O lo o tuuaia Samatua i lona sainia o ni siaki ma tuu atu i le kamupani a le Airport Way Gas
Station faapea ai ma le Haleck’s Serivice Center, e ui sa ia iloa lelei e le o i ai se tupe i totonu o
le teugatupe o lo o saini mai ai le siaki.
E $745 le aofai o le tupe sa tuuaia ai Samatua sa ia aveina mai siaki sa ia sainia, peitai i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai, ua maea ona ia toe totogia le $200, ae toe $545 le tupe
e tatau ona ia totogia atu.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai, na fiu le kamupani e tulituli Samatua ina ia
toe totogi atu tupe nei, peitai sa le maua sa latou feiloaiga, ma iu ai loa i le faila e le kamupani o
le latou tagi i le ofisa o leoleo.
Fai mai le malo, e 7 siaki na saini e Samatua ma tuuina atu i le kamupani i le va o le aso 16
ma le 25 o Iulai 2012.
(Faaauau itulau 12)
Fa’atautaia JROTC
Aoga Maualuga
Manumalo
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
Mai le aso 6 Aokuso, 2012, na amata fa’atautaia ai le Polokalama JROTC i le a’oga a Manumalo Baptist High School i
Malaeimi. O lenei avanoa, sa fa’ailoa mai e Gen. Mapu Jamias o
le Ofisa autu o le JROTC Program i le teritori, sa ia fa’ailoa mai,
o le talosaga lenei sa fa’aulu mai e le Manumalo High School
e lua lelei tausaga o latou tatali ma taumafai e o’o i le sini, o
le talia mai e amata a’oa’oina ai ‘tomai amata’ e a’otau ai o se
‘Fitafita o le Vaega ‘Au’ i le polokalama JROTC.
O lo’o ua mae’a tofia le ali’i faia’oga mo lea polokalama i
Manumalo Baptist High o SFC Tufele, ma ua ia fa’ailoa mai,
“O lo ua va’aia le naunauta’i o le fanau a’oga, ma ua ‘ese fo’i le
fa’agae’etia loto o le fanau ina ua amatalia lenei polokalama i le
latou laumua. Ua iloga mai, e le tu’umamaina fo’i e Manumalo
Baptist lo latou avanoa ua leva o tatali ia maua mai!”
O le aofai o tamaiti uma lava ua mae’a lisia suafa i le latou
polokalama i le a’oga maualuga lea, e to’a 53 i latou. E la’eia e
i latou uma nei le toniga a le JROTC i Amerika Samoa i le aso
Tofi, ma e amata mai i le sisiga o le fu’a i le taeao a le a’oga atoa,
o le a fa’atino ai e lea vasega le sisiga o le latou Fu’a Amerika,
Fu’a Amerika Samoa ma le Fu’a a le A’oga Manumalo Baptist
School.
Ua fa’ailoa mai e SFC Tufele, “O lo’o i ai sina fa’aletonu i
le toniga, ona ua ‘ese’ese mamao tino o le fanau ua auai, o nisi
ua lapopo’a tele, ae o nisi fo’i ua pa’e’e tele, a’o o nisi fo’i ua
pupu’u tele, ae o i latou uma lava, e ao ina tofusia ma le toniga.
Talosia, ae mafai ona fa’atoniga uma e le matou ofisa i latou i le
aso Tofi nei.”
Pe afai o le a mae’a a’otauina le fanau i tiute ma le tomai
mo’omia e fa’atino ai e i latou o latou tiute fa’afitafita amata, o le
a i ai se isi fa’aulufalega aloa’ia o le JROTC Manumalo Baptist
High School JROTC i le polokalama aoao i le teritori, e mafai ai
fo’i ona tauva i latou fa’atasi ma isi a’oga, i so’o se ituaiga tomai
ua alagatatau ona agava’a ai.
O lea aso, e le o mautinoa, ae o le vave lava ona fa’ailo e le
faia’oga JROTC, SFC Tufele, i le latou Ofisa autu ua agava’a le
fanau aoga mo ia ituaiga o tauvaga i le va o JROTC i a’oga maualuluga i le tatou teritori, o le a vave mai fo’i lena aso fa’ailogaina
mo le a’oga ma le fanau a’otauina i Manumalo.
I le taimi nei, ua na’o le fanau a’oga i le Grade 9 - 12 ua aofia
i lenei polokalama i le Manumalo Baptist. Ua numera fitu nei
le Manumalo Baptist High i le lisi o a’oga i le tatou teritori ua
fa’atautaia ai le Polokalama JROTC.
A lone resident battles with police during a demolition of
their shanties at the financial district of Makati city Monday
Sept. 24, 2012, east of Manila, Philippines.
Police use tear gas and water cannons to effect the demolition of more than 200 families which the residents resisted by
throwing bottles rocks and fire bombs known as molotov cocktails. About a dozen residents were arrested and several were
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
injured from both sides. samoa news, Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Page 11
Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
O se va’aiga i le ituaiga tumu sa fa’atumulia ai le Fale Laumei i Utulei ona o se sauniga e toe sa’afi ai
ana uo mamae, o e masani ma ia i le galuega i le ASPA, ae maise o si ona Aiga atoa i ona itu tetele ma
ona itu taulagi, ona fa’ato’a faia ai lea o lona toe sauniga i le fa’ai’uga o lenei vaiaso. O le itula e fa na
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
amatalia ai i le afiafi ananafi le sauniga, ae fa’ato’a tu’ua i le itula e 8:30pm.
Pasia Senatoa ma Faipule
Paketi $454.8M a le malo
tusia Ausage Fausia
Mai le $497 miliona na tuuina atu e le malo
i le Fono Faitulafono e faatupe ai galuega mo le
Tausaga Faaletupe 2013, i le vaiaso ua tuana’i.
O le Aso Tofi na pasia ai e Faipule la latou
pili o le paketi i le faitauga faatolu ina ua fulisia
uma faipule e lagolago a latou suiga, ae o le Aso
Faraile na sosoo ai na faatoa pasia ai e le Senate
la latou foi pili o le paketi, i le palota e 13-1.
E na o le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Velega
Savali Jr na palota leai ina ua faitau faatolu le pili
o le paketi a le Senate. Na ia saunoa i le aso na
iloilo ai e maota e lua suiga o le paketi, e le mafai
ona pasia le paketi e faamoemoe i ai le taitaiga o
le malo a Tutuila ma Manu’a mo le tausaga atoa,
ae le o malamalama lelei i ai i suiga ua faia.
O ananafi na pasia ai e le Senate le pili a le
maota o sui i le faitauga faalua ma le faamoemoe, o le taeao nei o le a faitau faatolu ai le
tulafono taufaaofi.
O le suiga tele ua faia e le Fono i le paketi a
le malo sa tuuina atu, o le faaitiitia lea o le paketi
a le Faalapotopotoga o le Eletise ma le Suavai
(ASPA) i le fa masina, atoa ai ma le aveesea o le
$6.8 miliona sa valoia e le malo, o le a maua mai
i le Maliliega o le Tapaa sa faia ma le Initeria
(Tobacco Settlement).
Ua atagia mai i le faitiitia o le paketi a le ASPA,
le finagalo o le Fono, o i latou o lo o i ai le malosi e
faatulaga ai suiga i soo se paketi a le malo e aofia
ai ma le ASPA, ae o le aveeseina o le $6.8 miliona, o loo faavae lea i ripoti na maua e le Fono
mai iloiloga o le paketi, e le o i ai se tupe e $6.8
miliona o i totonu o teugatupe a le malo.
Na taua e le Faatonusili o le Ofisa o le Paketi
o Malemo Tausaga i lana molimau, o se fasi
pepa sa tuuina atu e le kovana ia te ia o lo o
faamaonia atu ai, e maua e le malo o Amerika
Samoa le $6.8 miliona mai le Initeria, ma o lea
tupe ua i totonu o teugatupe a le malo, ae ina ua
fesiligia le Teutupe a le malo ia Magalei Logovii
e uiga i le tupe lea, na saunoa Magalei, “na te
le iloaina se tupe, e leai foi se tupe o i totonu o
teugatupe lautele a le malo.”
Ae i le molimau a le Loia Sili i luma o le
Fono, sa ia faamaonia ai le maua e Amerika
Samoa o le tupe lea mai le Initeria, peitai ua
faamoemoe e totogi ai le nonogatupe a le malo o
lo o i ai i le Initeria.
I le aveese ai la e le Fono o le $6.8 miliona
mai totonu o le paketi a le malo, na faaulu ai loa
i luma o maota e lua i le vaiaso na te’a nei se pili
faaopoopo (supplemental) e faasoasoa mai ai e
le Fono le faaaogaina o le tupe lenei, e faatupe ai
gaioiga a nisi o ofisa ma matagaluega a le malo,
e aofia ai ma le totogia o poloaiga a le faamasinoga faasaga i le malo.
O nei poloaiga e aofia ai le $150,000 e faatupe
ai le faamasinoga i le va o le malo o Amerika
Samoa ma Siaumau Siaumau Jr; maliliega i le
va o le malo ma le kamupani tosovaa a le Marisco i Hawaii e $1 miliona; faapea ai ma le isi $1
miliona i le maliliega sa faia i le mataupu o le
Laufou Shopping Center, lea
Na fesiligia e le afioga i le alii faipule ia Larry
Sanitoa i le Aso Faraile na te’a nei, pe faapefea
ona faaulu e le maota o sui se pili e faasoasoa ai
le $6.8 miliona, ae o lea ua faaali manino e le
alii kovana i sana tusi i le Fofoga Fetalai, e le o i
ai se vaega tupe faapea ($6.8 milona) i totonu o
teugatupe a le malo.
Na saunoa Taotasi Archie Soliai, o le
mafuaaga tonu lava lea na aveese ai e le Fono
le tupe lea mai totonu o le paketi a le malo, ona
e talitonu le fono e le o i ai se tupe faapea i teugatupe a le malo.
O le tusi o lo o faatatau i ai saunoaga a alii
faipule, o le tusi lea na tuuina atu e Togiola
Tulafono i taitai o le Fono i le aso Faraile na
te’a nei, e faailoa atu ai lona teena o pili tupe e
lua na pasia e le fono, e totogi ai poloaiga a le
faamasinoga i le mataupu i le va o le malo ma
Viiga Tuavale faapea ai le mataupu i le va o le
malo ma le kamupani a le PIE.
Sa faamoemoe le fono e faatupe mai pili tupe
ia i tupe totoe e lei faasoasoaina o le tausaga
tupe lenei 2012, mai le Maliliega o le Tapa’a,
peitai na taua e le kovana i lana tusi e faapea,
e leai se teugatupe faapea o i ai i totonu o teugatupe a le malo.
E ui na fesiligia e alii faipule tulaga o le pili
taufaaofi, ae na pasia lava e le maota i le faitauga
faalua i le aso Faraile na te’a nei ma le faamoemoe, o le taeao nei e tatau ona faitau faatolu ai
loa lenei tulafono.
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Court: Man can sue LAPD over wrongful conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appellate court has ruled that a man who spent 19 years
in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit can sue Los Angeles police for allegedly coercing
his confession. The 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said Harold Hall
can amend his lawsuit because his Fifth Amendment rights may have been violated.
Hall was convicted for a pair of slayings in 1985 and was sentenced to life in prison without
the possibility of parole. His convictions were later overturned after it was determined there were
falsified documents from a jailhouse informant and his confession was given while he was under
duress. Hall sued the city, but didn’t claim possible Fifth Amendment violations, which protects
people from forced self-incrimination.
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Tusia: Akenese ilalio Zec
Se vaaiga lena i otaota o loo to’a i gatai o le afioaga o Pago Pago, lea ua mafua ai ona faasea
sui o le afioaga, i le le faatinoina lea o galuega a nisi o Ofisa o le malo o loo gafa ma le faamamaina lea o le otaota i luga o le sami e aofia ai le Fagaloa. E talitonu sui o le afioaga, o lapisi uma
(ata AF)
lava e paepae i luga o le sami i le Fagaloa, e to’a uma atu lava i gatai o Pago Pago.
Fa’asea Pago Pago i lapisi
o lo o to’a i lona gataifale
tusia Ausage Fausia
Na faaalia le le fiafia o ni isi o sui o le afioaga o Pago Pago i le taeao ananafi, ona o le tulaga
mataga ua i ai le gataifale o le afioaga i lenei vaitau, ona o lapisi ma otaota ia o lo o tafe atu i le
sami ma to’a uma i gatai o le afioaga.
E le o se taimi muamua lenei ua faaleoina ai e le Maoputasi lana faasea i Ofisa o le malo o lo o
gafa ma lenei tautua, ona o le faafitauli o lo o feagai pea ma le nuu i le tele o taimi.
E lei mamao atu nei foi ona fesiligia e le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Mauga Tasi Asuega lenei
fa’afitauli ia le Faatonu o le Matagaluega o le AS-EPA ma le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le
Vaomatua, Siosiomaga ma le Gataifale (DMWR), ona o le fia malamalama po o ai tonu e pau i ai
le matafaioi lenei.
Na asia e le Samoa News le nofoaga o lo o afua mai ai le faasea a le afioaga, ma maitauina
ai otaota e pei o atigi fagu, atigi apainu, fagu pa’u, ipu plastics, pepa iila ma le anoanoa’i lava o
ituaiga lapisi o loo to’a i luga o ma’a o loo avea ma taligalu i tua tonu o le nofoaga o loo i ai le
maota sa avea maketi le tumau, le Chinatown, ma faasolo atu ai i tua o le Ofisa o le Asosi Soka
ma oo atu ai i tua o le Ofisa o le TAOA.
Na taua e le afioga i le matua ia Pulu Ae Ae Jr , “E le o se lapisi le mea lea, o le nuu o loo
nonofo ai tagata soifua, ae o lea ua avea ma nofoaga e taunuu uma mai i ai lapisi pe a tafea mai i
le ‘au, e mafua mai ona ua le faia e ofisa o le malo o latou tiute e faamama ese le lapisi i luga o le
sami atoa ai le Fagaloa”.
Saunoa Pulu, e le tatau ona nofonofo ofisa o le malo o lo o gafa ma le matafaioi lenei, ae tatau
ona galulue ina ia foia le faafitauli. “O lea e pagatia le nuu e teuteu faamatagofie lona atufalega
a’o lenei lava e faamataga e lapisi ma otaota o loo tafea mai i le sami, ua tiga foi mata e vaavaai
soo atu i nei lapisi se, o le lapisi lava ia e ave i Futiga ae le o Pago Pago”.
Na taua e se tama pe a ma le 45 tausaga le matua na maua atu i ai e le sui o le Samoa News i
le nofoaga tonu o lo o afua mai ai le faasea, o ni isi o taimi latou te mauaina ai ta’ifau ua mamate
(tulou) o lo o opeopea i luga o le sami, ona latou logoina lea o le Ofisa o le Soifua Maloloina ona
o le manogi leaga (tulou).
O le lua vaiaso talu ai na laga ai foi e le faipule a Pago Pago, le susuga Vaamua Henry Sesepasara, i luma o le maota o sui, sona faasea, ona o le suavai lafoa’i o lo o pamu a le kamupani a
le StarKist i gatai o Aua, peitai o lo o toe tafea uma mai i uta ma to’a i Pago Pago vaega leaga o
le suavai lea.
E tusa ai o molimau a alii faatonu ia Ufagafa Ray Tulafono ma Fanuatele Dr. To’afa Vaiaga’e i
luma o le Senate i le masina na te’a nei, e le o toe faia le konekarate sa sainia i le va o le kamupani
ma le malo e faamama ai le lapisi i luga o le sami, ina ua taofia mai e le feterale le tupe ona ua
mulimulita’i le kamupani i ta’iala e pei ona manaomia ai le faaaogaina o le tupe.
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➧ Tala o faamasinoga…
Mai itulau 10
FA’AI’U FA’AMASINOGA FE’ESEESEAIGA MAFUA MAI FANUA
Na faaiu i le faamasinoga se feeseeseaiga i le va o ni alii se toalua lea na mafua mai i se fanua
o latou aiga i Malaeimi, ina ua taofia e leoleo le alii o Laau Fanene i le faaiuga o le vaiaso na tulai
ai i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo i le taeao ananafi.
Ua molia e le malo Fanene i le moliaga o le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele ma le faaoolima
i le tulaga tolu, ma ua tolopo lana mataupu e toe fofogaina i le masina fou.
O le vevesi na tulai mai ina ua faaoolima Fanene i le isi alii, e mafua mai i le fanua e pei ona
tuuaia ai o ia e le malo, ma laga atu ai loa nisi sa i ai ma taumafai e vaovao, ae o le taimi foi lea
ua logoina ai leoleo mo se fesoasoani.
Ua poloaina e le faamasinoga le ua molia ina ia aua nei ona toe taumafai e faafesootai le alii
na aafia i lenei mataupu, ma ia tausi le filemu i totonu o la aiga.
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Agelu a
le Ali’i
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Malo le soifua, malo fo’i le onosa’i i faiva ma tiute o lo’o
feagai ai ma le mamalu o le atunu’u, e laga i Samoa nei ae fa’apea
fo’i le mamalu o le atunu’u o lo’o alaala ma papaa’ao i so’o se itu
o le lalolagi. Fa’atalofa atu i lo outou paia, ae alo maia o le a toe
fa’aauau atu la tatou tala fa’asolo mo lenei aso.
Na muta mai la tatou tala ina ua oso i tua le ta’avale la’ititi o
lo’o i ai i totonu le fa’afafine ma teine e to’alua, o lo’o aga’i atu i
le fale fa’afiafia po’o le kalapu e eva ai.
Se i o tatou tuliloaina le tulaga ua i ai nei le silasila mai a
Kapilielu i ana Amepasa nei e to’atolu na tuli mai e asiasi i
Amerika Samoa. Ua na o le pupula to’a mai nei i lalo o Kapilielu
ma lona loto fa’anoanoa tele, i le Agelu numera tolu ma ana faiga
o lo’o fai nei. Ua toe manatua e le toeaina, ua ma’ea ona fai a la
tala ma le Amepasa lona tolu, ia ‘aua ne i toe tupu se mea i lalo
nei pe a taunu’u mai, peita’i, ua iloa mai nei i luga, o le matua’i
mata’utia lava o faiga a le Agelu lenei o lo’o fai nei.
Na tonu nei i le manatu o le toeaina, o le a logo ia le Atua le
Tama, ma ta’u i ai le tulaga o lo’o i ai nei le Agelu numera tolu,
ma ua fa’apena lava ona fai. Na tu a’e nei i luga Kapilielu ma
savali atu loa i le itu o lo’o nofo mai ai le Atua i lona nofoali’i, ua
ifo to’ele ma ua tu nei i luma o le Atua.
Na saunoa ane le Atua ia Kapilielu, “Kapilielu la’u auauna ma
la’u Agelu lelei, pe ua i ai se mea ua fa’aletonu.?”
Ua tula’i lemu i luga Kapilielu ma toe ifo to’ele i luma o le
Atua, ma fa’apea ane, “Lau Afioga e, ua ou o’o mai i ou luma ona
o se manatu ua o’o mai ia te a’u, pe a fa lou finagalo, pe le tatau
ea ona toe fa’afo’i mai le Amepasa numera tolu i luga nei, ona ua
fai lava si vaogata i le galuega o lo’o i ai nei i lalo.”
Na va’aia e Kapilielu le soisoi o le Atua i lea taimi ma sa
ia saunoa ane e fa’apea, “Kapilielu, la’u auauna lelei ma le
fa’amaoni, taga’i oe, e leai se mea e lilo i la’u va’ai atu i le lalolagi na ou gaosia. O mea uma fo’i sa ou faia, sa fa’asilisili lava i
a’u galuega uma le gaosia o le tagata soifua e foliga ia te a’u. Afai
la ua e taga’i atu i amioga ma tulaga ua o’o i ai tagata o le lalolagi
sa ou gaosia ma ou alofa fa’amaoni i ai, ona e iloa ai lea, ua amata
ona fulitua mai ia te a’u. O Amepasa fo’i sa e auina atu e asiasi ia
Amerika Samoa, o lo’o fai lava lo latou tiute e pei ona fa’atonuina
i latou ina ia fa’ataunu’u. O amio vaogata fo’i a le Agelu numera
tolu o lo’o fai nei i lalo, ‘aua e te popole pe e te to’atama’i ai, o
tofotofoga uma lava na ou te mana’o ia a’oa’i ai tagata o le lalolagi, ina ia o latou filifili ai pe fai le lelei, pe fai le leaga.”
Ua na o le punou nei o Kapilielu ma lulu lona ulu. Na i’u lava
ina fa’apea ane le isi ana tala, “Tama, ua ou iloa lou alofa ma lou
agalelei i tagata o le lalolagi, peita’i, o lea ua ou iloa atu nei, o le
matua’i faigata lava ma le vaovaogata o tagata, ae ui i lea, o le a
faia pea lou finagalo ae tu’u lo’u loto.”
Na toe tali le Atua ma fa’apea ane ia Kapilielu, “Kapilielu, tau
tu’utu’u ‘ese lou agaga ma le autilotilo so’o i lalo, e te autiloautilo
e tilotilo atu i se fa’afanua lapo’a, lapo’a lava.”
Two plead no contest to
extorting Stevie Wonder
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people charged with trying to
extort millions of dollars from Stevie Wonder pleaded no contest on Monday and were released after being sentenced to timeserved in jail.
Alpha Lorenzo Walker and Tamara Diaz were sentenced to
serve 292 days in jail and three years of probation for attempting
to sell a video that purportedly portrayed Wonder in a negative
light. Jail credits made the pair eligible for release Monday.
The pair was arrested in May after the Grammy-winner’s
attorney arranged a sting and claimed Walker had sought up to
$5 million for the video.
Walker’s attorney, Ian Wallach, said the deal was reached after
prosecutors encountered trouble proving the extortion case and
that the charges were eligible to be reduced to misdemeanors and
expunged later if the pair comply with the terms of their release.
A judge ordered the pair to stand trial in July after a preliminary hearing in which a police detective described the video as an
80-minute rant against Wonder. Portions of it were filmed in the
former home of the singer’s late mother, which is now dilapidated,
and it also shows Wonder’s son, whom the musician is protective of.
Wallach had maintained his client was innocent and that he
had a constitutional right to make and market the video. Diaz
is Walker’s girlfriend and was present during a police sting that
involved Wonder’s attorney and led to the pair’s arrest.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said both were ordered
to stay away from Wonder and his associates while on probation.
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He also pointed out that a condition of
the grant was that a CFO was to be hired and
paid for under the grant to ensure that there is
someone handling accounting and finances of
festival money.
Fagafaga went on to testify that the Fono,
prior to the 2008 Festival, was sent a copy of the
approved budget and that he, along with other
members of the festival board testified before
lawmakers, who were also informed at the time
of the expected shortfall. He said the Senate at the
time had stated that if the festival needed additional funding to make the appropriate request.
There were also SIC questions as to whether
all vendors had been paid for their services, to
which Fagafaga twice said, he does not know
and the reason for this reply is that when the
festival budget was given to the governor in
the early part of 2008, the governor was also
informed about the expected shortfall.
And then about a week and a half before the
festival opened, the festival committee ran out
of money, he said, adding that the governor was
immediately told about the situation. In return, the
governor informed them that any other invoices
thereafter be sent to ASG Treasurer Magalei
Logovi’i and this was the process thereafter.
He also said that as of May 2009, there were
still efforts to pay other vendors, who contacted
their office about not getting their payments,
and the office brought these vendors’ requests
to Magalei’s attention.
Later in the hearing, responding to SIC questions, Fagafaga said total expenditures for the
festival actually came to $3.5 million and SIC
chairman Lualemaga Faoa quickly asked Fagafaga
for a breakdown of the $3.5 million in expenditures.
Fagafaga also explained that the festival board
was able to keep costs down because they knew of
the projected shortfall. He said the festival wanted
to hire personnel but that couldn’t be done due to
the projected shortfall, adding that a lot of local
residents volunteered for the festival.
And during another round of questions
from the committee, Fagafaga said that the festival budget, in the end, ended up being short
$251,182 — which was the amount covered by
the Treasury Department after the Arts Festival.
BUDGET OFFICE REPORT
The witnesses were told that SIC had been
provided with a report from the ASG Budget
and Planning Office on festival spending and
some of the expenditures were questionable. For
example, Sen. Fuata Dr. Tagiilima Iatala said
there is an expense of about $150,000 for the
Samoan Heritage Week in 2009 and wanted to
know the Arts Festival link to the heritage week
a year later.
Fagafaga responded that he was not aware
of the Budget Office report and he was also
not aware of the heritage week payment which
has nothing to do with the Arts Festival. This
was echoed by Pili, who said the heritage week
expenditure is something new to them and they
were not aware of it.
Lualemaga pointed out another Budget Office
report expenditure to counter what Fagafaga had
told the committee earlier that all workers volunteered their time.
According to the report, “disbursement to
volunteers” is $201,144 which means volunteers
were compensated, said Lualemaga; to which
Pili said that all of them who worked during the
festival worked as volunteers and this was the
first she had heard about such a payment. This
was supported by Fagafaga.
Lualemaga went on to say that there was
“disbursement to delegates”, according to the
budget office report, of close to $742,000. Witnesses reiterated they were not aware of this
expenditure either.
And there were also expenditures for the Miss
South Pacific Pageant, which was also hosted
by American Samoa in 2008, and charged to the
Arts Festival, but the witnesses stressed that this
expense had nothing to do with the Arts festival.
According to the Budget Office report to the
SIC in March this year, $1.50 million was allocated to Arts Festival for logistics but it overspent by $1.02 million; and $1 million was allocated for the food voucher program for the Arts
Festival, which was overspent by $44,453.
Earlier in the hearing the witnesses were
asked about what they thought about the outcome of the festival and Pili said it’s her testimony is that it was a spectacular event.
She said the festival was a success and even
countries who participated at the time, up to
now, are still talking about host country American Samoa and its successful hosting in 2008.
She said the successful festival was because
everyone in American Samoa worked together
and this includes the Fono, the Executive
Branch, the private sector, the board and the
entire community.
Lauti added, that after the festival, an “evaluation” was conducted of the participating countries — and all the responses were positive.
Hawai’i, he said, was the only one who brought
up issues that should be addressed, adding that
he didn’t pay much attention to Hawai’i, because
Hawai’i has never come under the category of
“developing countries and territories” as they
are already a well developed American state.
Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
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of Muslimsî that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Schwarzenegger is back —
this time as think tank guru
LOS ANGELES (AP) — He’s been a governor, a movie star and the world’s greatest body
builder, but Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t done
yet. The man who never tires of telling people
he’ll be back returned again Monday, this time
as a global policy wonk and statesman dedicated
to leading America into what he calls a new postpartisan era.
Schwarzenegger, in a dark suit, crisp white
shirt and red tie, appeared at the University of
Southern California to officially launch the USC
Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global
Policy with a symposium featuring some of the
most notable names in politics and entertainment.
For the former Republican governor, the symposium marked a sudden public re-emergence
after leaving office nearly two years ago with a
mixed record that he suggested Monday accomplished about half of what he had set out to do.
He’s hoping that through the institute, created
with a $20 million commitment from Schwarzenegger and others, he can accomplish the rest,
tackling issues such as hunger, health care and
global warming.
Officials say he’ll also take an active role
in teaching at USC. The institute’s academic
director, Nancy Staudt, referred to him several
times as “professor Schwarzenegger.”
Schwarzenegger is also publishing his autobiography next week and has a pair of movies
in post-production. One of them, “The Tomb,”
co-stars his old buddy Sylvester Stallone. The
other, “The Last Stand,” opens in January and got
a brief plug at the symposium’s afternoon panel
discussion on Hollywood and culture.
His return to the spotlight will also include a
segment Sunday on “60 Minutes” to promote the
book and discuss, among other things, the affair he
had with his maid that resulted in a son out of wedlock and destroyed his marriage to Maria Shriver.
No questions were taken during the symposium’s first panel, which was attended by about
700 people and featured Schwarzenegger in an
hour-long discussion of partisan politics that was
moderated by Cokie Roberts and featured Sen.
John McCain, R-Ariz., former Senate Majority
Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and others.
The former governor doffed his tie for the
second panel, where he was joined by recording
industry executive Jimmy Iovine in a Bruce
Springsteen shirt. Other panelists included studio
executives Brian Grazer and Ron Meyer, and
director James Cameron, who helmed Schwarzenegger’s first two “Terminator” films.
A handful of questions from USC students
were taken, but none was addressed to Schwarzenegger. No mention was made of the maid
scandal or the huge budget deficit that Schwarzenegger, who had promised to bring fiscal
accountability to politics, allowed to run up during
his seven years as governor. His successor, Jerry
Brown, has said he’ll drastically cut services if
voters don’t approve tax increases in November.
Also unmentioned was Schwarzenegger’s
controversial decision during his last hours as
governor to commute the involuntary manslaughter sentence of the son of a former political ally. Schwarzenegger said at the time he cut
Esteban Nunez’s sentence to seven years from 16
because he thought the latter was excessive. But
he also acknowledged he was helping a friend,
former state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
Schwarzenegger did make a brief reference
to Shriver’s politics when he said cooperation
among Republicans and Democrats is key to
solving the nation’s problems.
“I never looked at the Democrats as villains,”
he said. “Remember, I was married to a Democrat for 25 years.”
He called repeatedly for bipartisan cooperation, as McCain called the current presidential
campaign the most bitter he has ever observed.
“You cannot just do it my way or the highway.
I tried that and I failed,” Schwarzenegger said at
one point, noting his lack of success when he
tried early in his administration to bypass the
state Legislature by bringing his agenda directly
to the voters in a series of failed ballot initiatives.
Overall, however, he painted a bright picture
of his time as governor. During his welcoming
remarks, he said his administration took the lead
in pushing to stem global warming, provide
health care to its citizens, and rebuild the state’s
infrastructure while the federal government was
gridlocked on those issues.
He also noted that California committed $3
billion to stem cell research when he was governor and created an independent, citizen-led
commission to more fairly draw state legislative
districts. He didn’t mention that the stem cell
research project was made possible when voters
passed a ballot initiative creating the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
He said he wants the Schwarzenegger Institute to continue to take on those issues and
others, collaborating with innovators of all political backgrounds. “No ideology has a monopoly
on solutions,” he said.
Schwarzenegger showed he could still charm
a crowd with one-liners, even though he didn’t
use his signature phrase, “I’ll be back,” or even
the modified version, “I’m back,” from his latest
action film, “The Expendables 2.”
Introduced by USC President C.L. Max
Nikias, who called him a larger than life hero,
Schwarzenegger said, “Thank you for that fantastic introduction, President Nikias, that’s
exactly how I wrote it.”
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more Army exercises
A fisherman raises a Taiwanese national flag as several dozen fishing boats set out from the
Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept.
24, 2012. The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are controlled by Japan but
also claimed by China and Taiwan, and have been a key part of simmering regional tensions over
rival territorial claims. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii
(AP) — The leader of U.S.
Army forces in Asia and the
Pacific says his soldiers will
be able to conduct more exercises with other nations in the
region, as the U.S. withdraws
from Afghanistan and the military refocuses its attention.
Lt. Gen. Francis J.
Wiercinski, the commander of
U.S. Army Pacific, said he’d
like U.S. soldiers to undertake
more exercises with counterparts from nations such as
Indonesia, Malaysia and India.
The Army will also be able
to have more active duty soldiers, instead of reserves, participate in exercises with allies
such as Japan.
“We’ve been engaged,
obviously, in the conflicts in
Iraq and Afghanistan, and
that’s where we’ve had to
focus — for all the right reasons,” Wiercinski told The
Associated Press in an inter-
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view at his headquarters in
Hawaii. “But now that we’re
having this opportunity, we
can get back into the Pacific
with our partners here.”
The Army has 70,000 soldiers and 12,000 civilians at
installations in the Asia-Pacific
region.
U.S. military leaders and
diplomats have increasingly
emphasized the importance
of Asia and the Pacific as the
region’s economies grow and
gain clout.
Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta stressed last week that
the U.S. pivot to the Pacific
isn’t aimed at containing or
threatening China, which now
has the world’s second-largest
economy after the U.S. But
Washington has criticized
China for lacking transparency
while it has rapidly modernized its military and boosted
military spending.
The Pentagon in January
issued a new national defense
strategy declaring that the U.S.
would “rebalance” toward the
region, noting U.S. economic
and security interests are inextricably linked to developments in the area.
Examples of the strategy
are slowly emerging.
Last year, the U.S. and Australia announced an agreement
for up to 2,500 U.S. Marines to
rotate through a joint military
training hub in the northern
Australia city of Darwin. The
Navy next year plans to begin
deploying a littoral combat ship
— a new type of vessel that can
operate closer to shore than
other ships — to Singapore.
The Air Force, meanwhile,
plans to make greater use of
airfields and bombing ranges
in the Australian Outback.
Wiercinski said the Army
doesn’t want to set up new
bases. Instead, he spoke of
soldiers training with other
nations to get a feel for cultures, terrain and interaction
with U.S. allies.
“We’re not talking about
putting bases in other countries or a permanent presence
anywhere,” he said. “We’re
talking about rotating — 30,
40 days at a pop.”
Wiercinski pointed to the
current deployment of a few
dozen soldiers to Tonga for a
weeklong disaster relief exercise as the type of drill likely
to become more prevalent.
In the drill, which also
involves Australia, France and
New Zealand, Tonga calls the
U.S. for help after being hit by
a major earthquake and tsunami. The Army sends soldiers
to the Pacific island nation
within 24 hours to assess the
situation and report what help
Tonga needs.
“Just that, the ability to do
that, demonstrates our capability, shows the Tongan government and all the neighbors
in the area that we’re backing
up what we say we can do,”
Wiercinski said.
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