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Germany and U.S.
win, Nigeria v. Iran
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Fa’agasolo pea tapenaga mo le fa’a a’upegaina o leoleo… 9
Yesterday morning at the Governor’s
Office, five local high school seniors each
received a $2,000 Academic Scholarship from the June Jones Foundation.
The June Jones Foundation was in Am.
Samoa for their 7th Annual Goodwill
Mission which began last Saturday and
ended yesterday with the presentation
of scholarships. On hand to present the
scholarships were (l-r back) Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, June Jones,
and (standing) former NFL player Jesse
Sapolu of the San Francisco 49ers,
along with the parents of the recipients.
Names and photos of scholarship winners in today’s sports section. [Photo: TG]
online @ samoanews.com
Daily Circulation 7,000
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
FBI puts rumors to
rest – Governor not
under house arrest
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
Spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special
Agent Tom Simon has laid to rest rumors circulating that Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga is under house arrest. In response
to Samoa News queries, Simon, who’s based in Honolulu,
Hawai’i said the rumors are false.
“The FBI has not placed Mr. Moliga on house arrest. The
rumors are false,” he told Samoa News in an email.
An official from the governor’s office also confirmed with
Samoa News that Governor Lolo is not under house arrest,
rather that he is staying in Hawai’i for medical checkups.
Samoa News also understands the governor’s medication
needs to be monitored closely to achieve the correct dosages.
In the meantime, a petition has been filed on line by a
‘Tagataese Lesa’. The online petition did not provide information about Tagataese Lesa. However the petition is calling
on Lolo to “provide valid and truthful information as to real
reason why Governor Moliga has been absent from American
Samoa and residing in Honolulu, Hawai’i.”
(Continued on page 15)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
$1.00
DPS OFFICE OF
HIGHWAY SAFETY
congratulates all of the territory’s 2014 graduates
For free presentations on road safety, occupant protection
and the effects of alcohol and driving, contact the
DPS Office of Highway Safety @ 633-7634 or stop by the
2nd floor of the Lumana’i Building, Fagatogo
Please make this 2014 Graduation season a happy & safe one!
South Pacific Academy graduates
14 — men and women “of value”
by Tony Gasu, Samoa News correspondent
Albert Einstein’s quote, “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man
of value,” was the South Pacific Academy’s theme for their final farewell to 14 seniors who
graduated Monday morning, June 9 in a ceremony at the school’s gym, where faculty, friends
and family gathered to celebrate the special day.
LBJ surgeon Dr. Akapusi Ledua was selected by the senior class of SPA as their keynote
speaker. He is also the father of a SPA graduate, and has three other children currently enrolled
at SPA.
“Try to become a man of high morals, try to become a man of high values, try to become a
man that upholds high ethical standards. That is more important than getting fame, wealth, and
social status.”
He added, “There are a few words that I relate the word value to. One of them is integrity
— to have the qualities of being an honest person, to have strong morals and ethical principles.
Morals is another word that relates to value and the standards of behavior — it is the principle
of doing what is right. Differentiate what is right from what is wrong and believe in yourself to
do what is right,” was Ledua’s advice to the graduating class.
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In anticipation of his America’s Got Talent debut tonight, Aoa
native Paul Ieti posted a message on his Facebook page Sunday
afternoon. “Don’t forget to tune in this coming Tuesday. I will be
on that stage doing what I love.” The show airs on NBC and will
be broadcasted locally on KVZK Channel 5. [photo: NBC Universal]
The South Pacific Academy graduating class of 2014 at their Commencement Ceremony,
[photo: TG]
Monday, June 9.
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samoa news, Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The Commissioner
addresses issues
which plague DPS
Rude officers number one complaint
STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
✖ It was novelist Tom Clancy who made the following sage observation: “The difference
between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
✖ Charlie Chan, the fictional Honolulu detective, was created in 1919 by novelist Earl
Derr Biggers. The books featuring Chan became so popular that the character made the leap
to radio, movies and television. Over the years, 13 actors have portrayed the detective, but
not one of them has been of Chinese ancestry.
✖ Rattlesnakes can live up to 20 years.
✖ When the TV sitcom “The Addams Family” was being cast in the early 1960s, actor
John Astin came in to audition for the role of Lurch, the cadaverous butler. He was immediately rejected for the part. As he was leaving the room, though, the producer spotted him,
pulled him aside, and immediately offered him the role of Gomez -- the lead. All he had to
do was grow a mustache.
✖ The nation of France was still executing people with the guillotine until 1977.
✖ In 1973, The Who began a major U.S. tour with a show in San Francisco. As the show
was starting, though, drummer Keith Moon collapsed. He was revived, but then collapsed
once more. At that point, in an unprecedented move, Pete Townsend asked for volunteers
from the audience. Scott Halprin, a 19-year-old aspiring drummer, jumped at the chance. He
played three numbers with the band, and lead singer Roger Daltry later told Rolling Stone
magazine, “That drummer was really good.”
✖ Milk produced by a hippopotamus mother is pink.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • Thought for the Day • • • • • • • • • • • • •
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone,
something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.” —
Paul Dirac
(ANSWERs on page 14)
Commissioner of Public Safety William Bill Haleck said
he’s warned the Traffic Officers who are patrolling the main
highway to be respectful with the public when they engage with
them. In an interview with Samoa News, last week Thursday,
Haleck admitted that there have been a lot of complaints by the
public against the Traffic Division.
He identified one of the Traffic Officers by name, Pepe
Mann, saying “I’ve talked with him one on one and told him to
be mindful of the fact that he has the discretion of issuing the
ticket or giving a warning.”
I told him to be a little bit more friendly, but that’s his attitude
— he has his own way of doing things. I”m trying to counsel
him to do the right thing by our people, show a little bit more
respect and that’s the mindset I’m trying to work with… with
all the officers.”
According to the Commissioner, the complaints which the
public bring directly to him indicate that the traffic officers are
“rude and they think they are God’s gift to the world”.
“They have attitudes,” he said, “that I have the badge” but
they fail to have the mind set that the badge shows… hey I’m
the police I’m just doing my job, you don’t have to go into other
things to upset the person.
“It’s bad enough you get pulled over and will be issued a
ticket and then when you come there with an attitude… I keep
telling them, one of these days someone will punch the police
officers out and then something is going to happen.
“So they have to be careful,” said Haleck.
OMV ISSUES
The Commissioner has issued a public apology to members
of the public who have been affected by the lack of driver’s
license ID cards and the lack of license plates at the Office of
Motor Vehicles (OMV).
During the interview, the Commissioner said that he’s been
working with the new manager at the OMV, Maifea Lumana’i
Maifea “to make sure that they constantly have these supplies
on hand so they don’t run out.” Haleck said there’s a mentality
with not just DPS but other departments that “there’s no sense
of urgency with what they do and how they do it. “It’s like
nothing is urgent,” he said.
Samoa News noted that OMV had run out of ID cards for
drivers licenses and license plates several months ago and the
Commissioner said this is “inexcusable”.
He told Samoa News when he asked about the matter, the
OMV Manager said that he’s already submitted the order,
however it’s stuck with the DPS finance office, who indicated
that there is no money, and is sitting on the order. However he
said the good thing about the Driver licenses is that they are
made with “special cards”.
“Embedded in the card is the ASG logo that can’t be forged
or duplicated, because our driver’s license has to be in compliance with all of the US driver’s licenses.
He said when DPS does order these cards it takes the manufacturer some time to produce them, “but still — its not an
excuse — why they can’t get it done ahead of time so that we
can get the supplies before they run out?”
RECENT PERSONNEL CHANGES
DPS has a new Evidence Custodian, Sergeant Siliaivao Sea.
who was working with the Patrol Division at the Central Police
Station. He’s also assigned to work with Captain Tina Simanu
who now heads the Record Office, Haleck said.
Another personnel change was the removal of Police Lieutenant Pele Uia from the Governor’s Security Detail. Ula has
been assigned to the Police Service Bureau under the direction
of Chief of Police Vaimaga Maiava. Sergeant Pulefano Tu’ufuli
is relieved of his duties from the Patrol Division and is assigned
to the Training Division for 90 days.
INMATE TRANSPORTED TO
MANU’A FOR HIS OWN SAFETY
The Commissioner also confirmed with Samoa News that
one of the inmates has been sent to Manu’a to be held there until
they finalize their investigation into the allegations of police
brutality against the said inmate. This issue came to light when
Leuma Malala appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse for
sentencing two weeks ago in connection with a case in which he
was convicted for shooting his wife last year.
At sentencing, Malala alleged in court that he had been
assaulted by police officers inside the TCF. Kruse in response told
Acting Police Commissioner Save Liuato Tuitele, who was in the
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Prince Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tuipelehake of the Kingdom of Tonga (holding the
cushion) died in Nukualofa over the weekend. He was 56. He is pictured here with members of
his family, including Utulei resident Salote Starr Schuster (sitting, second row) and her husband,
[courtesy photo]
former faipule Su’a Carl Schuster (standing to the right of the Prince).
by B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
TONGAN PRINCE PASSES AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND
Tongans all over the world are mourning the passing of a member of the Tongan Royal Family,
Prince Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tuipelehake who died in Nukualofa over the weekend.
The Prince was the nephew of the late King Taufaahau Tupou IV and successor to the Tuipelehake title which was held by his late brother Sione ‘Uluvalu Ngu Takeivulai Tuku’aho who died
in a 2006 car crash near San Francisco.
Prince Tuipelehake, a former rugby star who captained Tonga’s national rugby team in the
1970s, battled diabetes for many years and the 56-year-old had undergone surgery to amputate
both his legs. Mrs. Salote Starr Schuster of Utulei, who is a relative of the Tonga Royal Family
told Samoa News yesterday that news of the Prince’s death was relayed to her on Saturday.
Funeral services will take place on Thursday and Friday.
PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY IS THURSDAY
Today is the last day to register your kids to take part in the 2014 Progressive Agriculture
Community Safety Day for Children, which is being hosted by the American Samoa Community
College/Community and Natural Resources (Land Grant Program) Agriculture Extension Service
- Farm Safety Program. The event will take place on Thursday, June 19 from 7:30a.m. - 2p.m. at
the ASCC gymnasium and it is open to kids ages 8-13 years old.
This is the 10th year the program will be offered for local youngsters and according to program
coordinator Lefua Amio Mavaega-Luvu, there will be a lot of helpful information for both parents
and children. “Our goal is to take the lead and get the word out there about the importance of being
safe, both in and out of the house,” she said, adding that the majority of kids will be staying home
during the summer and it is critical that they be taught how to stay safe around animals, tools,
equipment, chemicals, and other items that are common in most households.
This year, the guest speaker for the event is Malelega Tuiolosega, the program manager for the
Territorial Energy Office.
Informative sessions will be conducted by different agencies and organizations.
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel will present demonstrations on first aid and
CPR, while employees from the AS-EPA will talk about being safe around chemicals found at home.
Staff from the Land Grant’s Family and Nutrition Program will be sharing information on food safety
while other presentations will be made concerning animal safety, and equipment and tools safety.
As of yesterday, over 100 kids had already registered for the program. However, as with previous years, the number of participants always surpasses the maximum number of 250 kids.
“We never turn anybody away,” Mavaega-Luvu said. “Even if we go past our maximum
number, there is always something for everyone to do.”
Parents are also welcome to the event, where there will be special sessions for vegetable gardening and planting. They will also be taken on a tour of the facilities.
SENIOR CITIZENS CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT READY-TO-EAT MEALS
Yesterday, dozens of senior citizens continued to voice their complaints over the hot meals
now being offered by the Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA) office.
The hot meals are replacing the usual $40 food vouchers that used to be distributed on a
monthly basis.
An elderly woman from the western district contacted Samoa News yesterday and said she was
disappointed and frustrated with her meal. “I picked up my food last week at 10 a.m. and I was not
too happy with what I got,” she said. According to her, the plate she received consisted of a piece
of chicken, a small scoop of rice, half an orange, and steamed cabbage.
“It looked and tasted like the food was prepared the night before,” she complained. “The cabbage was over cooked, the rice was dry, and the portion was just not enough,” she said.
Another elderly woman said, “We would rather just get the $40 food vouchers we used to get.
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canned food that could last for several weeks.”
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Police: Teens were lured
and beaten on videotape
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Seven teenagers have been charged
with luring other teens to places in their upstate New York village where they beat them and videotaped the attacks, despite
pleas from two of the victims begging to be let go, authorities
said Monday. The arrests were made after authorities obtained
cellphone video images from three attacks that occurred in May
in the village, Hudson Falls, 45 miles north of Albany. Different
groups of teens — three boys and four girls between the ages of
14 and 17 — were involved in the attacks, which the suspects
videotaped and shared with others via their electronic devices,
said village police Sgt. John Kibling.
The 14- and 15-year-olds have been charged in juvenile court
with conspiracy to commit assault, he said. Two 17-year-old girls
were charged with child endangerment and will be prosecuted as
adults, Kibling said. The attacks, first reported by The Post-Star
of Glens Falls, occurred at a home, outside a convenience store
and at the high school in Hudson Falls, a Hudson River community of about 7,200 residents.
An 18-year-old suffered a concussion when her head was
slammed into a locker at Hudson Falls High School, Kibling said.
Police say two other victims, a boy and a girl, both 15, suffered
bumps and bruises.
In the first videotaped attack, one of the 17-year-olds lured the
boy to her home on May 1. The girl’s boyfriend showed up and
he and another teen repeatedly punched the boy while a third teen
recorded it, Kibling said. The victim twice asked to be allowed to
leave before he his assailants finally let him go, police said.
“He just wanted to leave,” Kibling said.
Kibling said that after being threatened with another beating,
the boy brought a knife to school. School administrators were
alerted and took the weapon from him, and the school disciplined
the teen, police said.
The second attack occurred May 23 in the parking lot of a
convenience store, where the 15-year-old girl was punched and
then hit in the back of the head as she walked away while telling
the group she didn’t want to fight, Kibling said.
In the third assault on May 29, a girl attacked the 18-year-old
from behind and slammed her head into a locker while someone
recorded the attack, police said.
“This is a situation where these events are planned,” Kibling
said. “These kids record these incidents, the victim pleads for
help and no one’s intervening, then they’re taking these devices
and sharing it with friends.”
Police don’t believe any of the videos were posted online.
Police report Indian factory
workers kill CEO in dispute
KOLKATA, India (AP) — An angry mob of Indian workers
wielding iron rods and stones beat the CEO of a jute factory to
death in a dispute over increasing their working hours, police said
Monday after arresting six workers.
The suspects — two detained Monday and four on Sunday
— are expected to be charged with murder, vandalism and other
crimes allegedly committed when the mob of about 200 workers
stormed the office of 60-year-old H.K. Maheswari in the eastern
Indian state of West Bengal, according to Hooghly District Police
Superintendent Sunil Chowdhury.
Maheswari had denied their earlier request to work and be
paid for 40 hours a week at the North Brook Jute Mill, instead
of the current norm of 25. He had also proposed shutting down
the mill for three days a week to limit mounting financial losses,
according to the factory’s general manager, Kiranjit Singh.
“The mill workers suddenly resorted to stone pelting while we
were busy in a meeting,” Kiranjit Singh said.
At one point during Sunday’s meeting, Maheswari looked out
the window at the growing crowd and was struck in the head by
two stones. He collapsed, at which point a large group of workers
stormed the office, Singh said.
“The CEO was thrashed with iron rods, and he succumbed to
his injuries very soon,” Singh said. Both the general manager and
a security guard were hospitalized for injuries and later released,
while Maheswari died on the way to a hospital, police said.
West Bengal is known for its combative labor unions backed
by political parties, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee immediately blamed the violence on unions run by opposition parties.
The opposition denied any role in the attack, and said an independent investigation should be held before any blame is hurled.
On Monday, Banerjee sought to reassure the business community that her government did not tolerate union violence.
“There is no place for violence in a democracy,” she said,
while also telling members of the state assembly that a regular
police investigation would suffice.
Meanwhile, work at the mill has been suspended indefinitely.
A funeral was planned for Tuesday for Maheswari, who is
survived by his wife, two grown daughters and a son.
ANDREW AH YOUNG RECEIVES UCLA DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIP
Local student Andrew Ah Young, a 2005 graduate of Tafuna High School, has been selected to
receive a 2014-2015 Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the intellectual community and progress towards completing his doctoral degree from
the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
The announcement was made via email to Samoa News from Phuong H. Pham, the Fund
Manager/Student Affairs Officer for the Dept. of Biological Chemistry at UCLA- Caltech Medical
Scientist Training Program (MSTP), David Geffen School of Medicine. Phuong is the administrative graduate student advisor at UCLA for the Biological Chemistry Ph.D program.
According to him, the Fellowship consists of a $20,000 stipend and covers full tuition and fees
for the academic year. “This is one of the most prestigious fellowships at UCLA and I would like
to share this great news with you,” Phuong wrote.
Ah Young, of Faleniu, wrote to Samoa News yesterday and said he wanted to dedicate this
special honor to his mom Luisa and especially to his dad Sua as a late Father’s Day gift. He also
wanted to acknowledge his high school science mentor Dr. Joserose “to whom I owe a great debt
for his academic guidance.”
Ah Young (center) is pictured with his colleagues Giancarlo and David, both of whom were
[courtesy photo]
also awarded the DYF in the department of Biological Chemistry at UCLA.
Summer Youth Employment
Program opens later in month
Parents urged not to ‘falsify’ information on applications
An estimated 500 teenagers from Tutuila and
Manu’a will gain valuable job training beginning
June 23 when the Summer Youth Employment
Program (SYEP), administered by the Dept. of
Human Resources, officially kicks off. Every
year, the SYEP employs the highest number of
youth during the summer months. The program
not only offers invaluable on-the-job training but
also classroom work readiness workshops.
DHR’s Chief of Employment and Training,
Makerita Enesi told Samoa News yesterday that
beginning June 23, youth employed under the
SYEP will start to get paid at a rate of $5 per hour
to work for four hours a day, 20 hours a week for
a period of eight weeks. Under the program, the
teens are not entitled to holiday pay or overtime.
The program officially closes on August 15.
Also on June 23, an orientation session will be
held to determine where each participant will be
assigned. This year, 450 youth will be working
at different sites in Tutuila while another 50 will
be working in the Manu’a Islands.
According to Enesi, 43 government agencies
and 86 private sector businesses are taking part
in this year’s summer youth program. She said
a requirement of the program is that priority be
given to ‘disadvantaged’ youth, and that is why
tax refund forms and check stubs are required
during the application process.
Enesi said during the verification process,
some applicants have been disqualified for providing false information, including how many
people in the household are employed and how
much they earn.
She said part of the requirement for the program is that everything pertaining to income has
to be verified and the target is not only to employ
low income applicants but also those who are
determined to be ‘in need’ like dropouts, and
those who read below the eighth grade level.
“These are all things that we consider during
the assessment process,” Enesi said, adding that
all things must be considered so the selection
process is ‘fair’ and meets the requirements as
set forth under the program.
Funding for the SYEP comes from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula grant
and this year, the Fono approved an additional
$200,000 which Enesi said has helped provide
additional slots for local youth.
In addition, there is money allotted in each
government agency’s operating budget for the
SYEP.
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Utu pleads guilty to
stealing charges in
“visa” agent scam
Nofo Te’o Utu, an alleged Visa agent, will be sentenced
next week Friday following a plea agreement she entered into
with the government in High Court yesterday. Utu, who’s
released out on a surety bond of $10,000 is represented by
Fiti Sunia, while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General
Tiffany Oldfield.
The matter was heard before Chief Justice Michael Kruse.
Utu was initially charged with two charges of stealing,
which are both class C felonies punishable by imprisonment of
up to seven years, a fine of up to $5,000, a fine equal to twice
the amount of gain from the commission of said crime, up to
$20,000 — or both fine and imprisonment.
However in the plea deal struck with the government, Utu
pled guilty to two misdemeanor stealing charges amended from
the felony stealing counts.
The misdemeanor counts carry a lesser penalty, and are punishable with up to one year in jail for each count, a fine of up
to $1,000 or a fine equal to twice the amount of gain from the
commission of said crime, or both fine and imprisonment.
According to the plea agreement, the defendant admitted
that she told the two men to pay for fingerprints, knowing that
there’s no need to have fingerprints to apply for a visa to the
U.S. Kruse asked the defendant where the men were supposedly to get finger printed, and she responded “in Samoa.”
According to the government’s case, on March 2013, ‘IT’
and his wife, upon learning that the defendant was an individual Visa agent, went to her residence and asked for her help
in applying for a United States visa for “IT” through the U.S.
Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa.
It’s alleged that Utu told the couple that they needed to
pay $100 for the processing fee, $150 for the visa application request, $160 for fingerprinting and $150 for IT’s airfare to Samoa.
Court filings state that IT paid the defendant $560 in Mar
ch 2013 and the defendant informed IT that she had processed all paperwork for his visa and to get ready for his
appointment in Apia.
Court filings say that it’s also alleged that on the day
before IT was scheduled to fly to Apia, the defendant called
him, saying that he would not fly to Apia but instead she (the
defendant) would be the one to represent IT and other applicants at the U.S. Embassy in Apia to answer questions on
their behalf.
The government claims that IT and his wife stated that
when the defendant returned from Apia she told IT that his visa
will arrive in two weeks time, but when more than two weeks
passed by without a visa confirmation, IT contacted the defendant again.
According to court filings, the defendant gave IT a different story on when his visa would arrive and the stories kept
changing up until May 17, 2013.
Police also spoke to another complaining witness, “SS” who
also paid money to the defendant for a U.S. visa, which he also
did not receive.
SS told CID Detectives that on March 12, 2013 he paid the
defendant $150 for a Visa Confirmation number and then two
days later, he gave the defendant $100 for processing fee and
$150 for airfare to Apia.
Court filings say the defendant told SS he would leave for
Apia on Apr. 6, 2013 for his interview but when SS spoke with
defendant on April 4, 2013 she told him that he needed to pay
$160 more for a fingerprinting process — which SS paid.
According to the government’s case, SS said the defendant
kept changing her story on SS’s departure date for Apia, thus
driving SS to seek assistance from the CID Division at the
Department of Public Safety.
Court filings also state that the police spoke to Utu on May
21, 2013 where she said that the appointments have been set
for the two male individuals and she allegedly admitted that
she had been overcharging the two males and used the money
for personal reasons, and that she was willing to pay back the
victims in a timely manner. The defendant had also stated that she had given false information to the victims regarding their visas and wished to apologize for it.
After the defendant entered a guilty plea, Kruse asked the
attorneys in this case if there will be argument for restitution.
Assistant AG Oldfield responded yes, the government will ask
for restitution in this case.
The Chief Justice accepted the plea agreement in this matter.
Members of the Fagatogo village aumaga, including chiefs, church leaders and people of all
ages are keeping their promise to keep the town area clean by conducting village clean-ups every
Saturday morning. [photo: B. Chen]
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
“Pesticide Applicator Training”
ASCC Land Grant Program will be conducting a Pesticide Applicator Safety training for those
who handle farm chemicals. If you are using farm pesticides without being certified, or you
are planning to use chemicals in the near future, this is a good opportunity for you to attend
this important training. The training schedule is as follows:
Date:
June 23 - 27, 2014
Time:
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Place:
ASCC Land Grant Training Room
Registration is FREE. To confirm your participation for this training, please call Cora or
Helen at 699-1575/2019.
THANK YOU.
FAAALIGA FA’ALAUA’ITELE
“A’oa’oga mo i latou o lo’o fa’aaogaina vaila’au o’ona”
O le a faia se a’oa’oga mo i latou o lo o fa’aaoga vaila’au o’ona i fa’ato’aga. Afai o lo’o e
fa’aaoga vaila’au o’ona ae leai se tusi fa’ataga po’o e fa’amoemoe fo’i e te fa’aaoga i se taimi o
i luma, o lou avanoa lelei lenei e te ‘auai ai i lenei a’oa’oga taua. O taimi la nei mo lenei
vasega.
Aso:
Iuni 23 - 27, 2014
Taimi:
12:00 - 4:00 i le afiafi
Nofoaga e fai ai: Potu mo A’oa’oga a le Vaega o Laufanua ma
Atina’e a le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi ma Alaalafaga o Amerika Samoa.
“E leai se totogi o le resitala. Afai e te fia ‘auai ai i lenei a’oa’oga, fa’amolemole ia
fa’afeso’ota’i mai Cora po’o Helen i le telefoni 699-1575/2019
FA’AFETAI.
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Guam crash-stabbing
rampage trial begins
Rescue personnel tend to a young tornado victim in Pilger, Nebraska, Monday, June 16, 2014.
A hospital spokeswoman says at least one person is dead and at least 16 more are in critical con(AP Photo/Mark ‘Storm’ Farnik)
dition after two massive tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Obama: 275 US forces
deploying to Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack
Obama is notifying Congress that about 275 U.S.
military personnel could deploy to Iraq.
Obama says the forces are going to provide
support and security for U.S. personnel and the
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. He says the forces are
equipped for combat and will remain in Iraq until
the security situation becomes such that they are
no longer needed. About 160 troops are already
in Iraq, including 50 Marines and more than 100
Army soldiers. Some of those soldiers have only
recently arrived.
Under the authorization Obama outlined, a
U.S. official says the U.S. will put an additional
100 soldiers in a nearby third country where they
would be held in reserve until needed.
The White House says the U.S. military personnel are entering Iraq with its consent.
Army begins probe of Bergdahl’s 2009 disappearance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said
Monday it has begun investigating the facts and
circumstances surrounding the disappearance
and capture of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan. It put a two-star general with Afghan
combat experience in charge. “These types of
investigations are not uncommon and serve to
establish the facts on the ground following an
incident,” the Army said in a written statement.
Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl is heading the
investigation. He is deputy commanding general of 1st Corps at Joint Base Lewis McChord
in Washington state. He served as deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division
in southern Afghanistan in 2010-12, and returned
in 2012 as a deputy commander of U.S. Forces
Afghanistan, according to his Army biography.
Bergdahl disappeared from his post in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan on June 30,
2009. Some former members of his unit have
said that he left of his own accord, but Bergdahl has not commented publicly on the circumstances of his disappearance and the Army has
made no charges against him.
In its statement Monday, the Army said investigators will not interview Bergdahl until those
who are currently helping Bergdahl recover from
his five years of captivity say it is all right to do
so. As a result, no timeline has been set for completing the investigation. Bergdahl was released
to U.S. military control by the Taliban on May
31 and spent nearly two weeks recuperating at a
U.S. military hospital in Germany before being
moved to Brooke Army Medical Center in San
Antonio, Texas, last week.
1 person dead and 19 injured
by Nebraska tornadoes
PILGER, Neb. (AP) — A powerful storm with
tornadoes ripped through northeast Nebraska on
Monday, destroying more than half of the tiny
town of Pilger, killing a 5-year-old child and
injuring at least 19 people, hospital and emergency
officials said. The National Weather Service said
dual twisters touched down within roughly a mile
of each other. Emergency crews and residents
spent the evening sorting through demolished
homes and businesses in the community of about
350, roughly 100 miles northwest of Omaha.
“More than half of the town is gone — absolutely gone,” Stanton County Commissioner Jerry
Weatherholt said. “It’s a complete mess.”
Victims were taken to three regional hospitals, and at least one had died from unspecified
injuries, hospital officials said.
Authorities said the first tornado touched
down around 3:45 p.m. and downed several
power lines before it leveled a farmhouse.
Four people were trapped inside.
While local crews removed them from the
debris, a second tornado was spotted southwest
of Pilger, according to the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly afterward, the town suffered
a “direct hit” that leveled several buildings,
including the Fire Department building, the sheriff’s office said. Several people near Main Street
in Pilger suffered critical injuries, including the
child who later died.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman declared a
state of emergency, and the National Guard was
preparing to assist local emergency responders and
help with the cleanup. Heineman and officials with
the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
were expected to arrive Tuesday morning.
father arrested after baby
found crawling on Ga. road
CARLTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in
northeast Georgia say the father of a 1-year-old
girl found crawling along a highway has been
charged with child cruelty, reckless conduct and
obstruction. The Athens Banner-Herald reports a
man driving along Highway 72 in Carlton called
911 after he spotted the girl and put her in his
vehicle Friday. Madison County sheriff’s officials say the girl’s father, 37-year-old Timothy
Pickens, approached while deputies were investigating and was arrested after a scuffle.
The girl’s mother told authorities she and her
husband left the house and their other children,
ages 13, 9 and 5, were supposed to be watching
the baby. Authorities say charges could be filed
against the girl’s mother.
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The murder trial of a 22-year-old
man charged with killing three Japanese tourists during a rampage
on Guam last year opened Monday with the prosecution saying
rage triggered the attack, while the defense argued the defendant
was mentally ill. Authorities accuse Chad Ryan DeSoto of barreling his car down a sidewalk, crashing into a convenience store,
then getting out and stabbing bystanders during the Feb. 12, 2013,
attack that killed the three tourists and injured 11 others.
Chief Prosecutor Phillip J. Tydingco told the 11-woman, oneman jury that DeSoto, his anger and rage fueled by problems with
his life and relationships, committed his crimes in the heart of
Guam’s Tumon tourist district.
DeSoto “shattered the peaceful and once enjoyable tropical
night of at least 14 innocent human beings,” Tydingco said. He
argued that the defendant acted out “his anger over his depression, anger about his life, anger about his girlfriend who left him
a year or more ago to live away in Utah, anger about his job, his
friends and family life.”
Tydingco said he will present evidence that DeSoto told his
mother four hours after the attack that he was going to jail.
The defendant sat impassively next to his counsel, public
defender Eric Miller, as the prosecutor argued his guilt.
Tydingco called three witnesses to the stand Monday, including
a security guard for The Globe nightclub who said he witnessed
the defendant plow his car into pedestrians standing nearby.
The 3 tourists killed were 81-year-old Kazuko Uehara and
29-year-old Rie Sugiyama, who were stabbed to death; and Hitoshi
Yokota, 51, who was hit by a car and died two days later.
Miller told the panel that the case was about severe mental illness. “He is not guilty by reason of insanity,” Miller said. “Mental
illness is like any illness. It’s like breast cancer, tuberculosis,
measles. You don’t choose to get it.” Miller said when a brain
gets diseased, a lot of “bad things can happen.”
About 120 people are expected to testify during the trial, which
court officials say will likely last more than a month. One of the
key witnesses expected to testify is the defendant’s former girlfriend, Reanne Acasio. Miller told jurors they will hear back from
the defense next month, when the defendant’s family, including
his mother, will testify. He also said three psychiatrists will testify
that DeSoto has a mental illness. Miller added that toxicology
reports will show no drugs were in the defendant’s body, and that
the victims were chosen at random.
Guam is a popular destination for Japanese tourists, with the
territory getting about 200 flights from Japan weekly, Guam Visitors Bureau spokesman Josh Tyquiengco said. Last year, Guam
had 1.3 million visitors, and industry experts expect arrivals to
grow this year. The visitors bureau is paying for the transportation
and lodging of some witnesses from Japan and Australia at the
request of Guam’s attorney general.
The trial is scheduled to resume Tuesday.
Swarm of earthquakes in
Alaska puzzles scientists
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A moderate earthquake
shook northwest Alaska on Monday, the fifth temblor of the
same magnitude since April in an area with otherwise little
activity, seismologists said. The magnitude-5.7 quake struck
at 4:01 a.m. Monday northeast of the village of Noatak, the
Alaska Earthquake Center reported. As with other temblors in
the earthquake swarm, the quake was felt in Noatak, an Inupiat
Eskimo community of 560 people.
“It woke me up,” said resident Alvin Ashby. “Some people
slept through it.” People there aren’t used to earthquakes, and
these have some residents worried, said Ashby, who has lived
in the community most of his life.
Before the swarm that began April 18, the last known quake
of similar size in the area was a magnitude-5.5 quake that
occurred in 1981, earthquake center seismologist Natasha Ruppert said. The swarm of magnitude-5.7 quakes is connected to
more than 300 smaller aftershocks, some with magnitudes in
the high 3s, Ruppert said.
The first quake and the others of that magnitude have been
located in roughly the same area about 20 miles from Noatak.
The community is 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Monday’s quake was preceded by one minute by a magnitude-4.2 foreshock and followed by at least 10 aftershocks.
Minor damage from the earthquakes includes cracks in walls
in Noatak, but no injuries have been reported.
Ruppert said old seismic faults have been mapped in the
area, but there are no known active faults, although that doesn’t
mean there aren’t any. She said sometimes surface fault scars
could be hidden by vegetation or glacial deposits.
The series of earthquakes has scientists puzzled about
activity that is considered very unusual in the area.
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Continued from page 6
Airliner with problem
returns to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration
spokesman says an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to
the Washington, D.C., area returned to Los Angeles because of a
problem with the Boeing 737’s air-speed indicator.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said the crew of American Flight
74 declared an emergency, reversed course and landed around 1
a.m. Monday. The flight had departed Los Angeles International
Airport around 11 p.m. Sunday, bound for Dulles International
Airport. American Airlines spokesman Casey Norton said after
returning to LAX, the flight’s 149 passengers boarded a different
airplane that departed at 2:15 a.m.
Norton said the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline is now servicing the plane for a maintenance issue.
The FAA says it will work with American Airlines to identify
the problem and determine why it occurred.
Tracy Morgan now in fair
condition after crash
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy
Morgan has been upgraded to fair condition following the New
Jersey highway crash that badly injured him and killed one of his
friends, his spokesman said Monday. “His personality is certainly
starting to come back as well,” spokesman Lewis Kay said.
The 45-year-old former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock”
star suffered broken ribs and a broken leg in the June 7 crash
on the New Jersey Turnpike. The crash killed fellow comedian
James McNair and seriously injured two other people.
Prosecutors say Wal-Mart driver Kevin Roper’s truck hit
Morgan’s limo. The Jonesboro, Georgia, resident has pleaded not
guilty to death by auto and assault by auto charges.
A criminal complaint alleges Roper hadn’t slept for more than
24 hours before the accident when he swerved to avoid slowed
traffic on the turnpike and plowed into Morgan’s limo.
3-hour effort rescues horse
from Oregon mud hole
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters and others in Oregon
worked for three hours to rescue a horse that had fallen into a
muddy hole that held it like quicksand. The horse named Missy
apparently fell off an embankment into a shallow creek where she
was trapped by mud up to her sides.
The Statesman Journal reports Marion County Fire District
No. 1 responded on Sunday and firefighters worked about two
hours before the owner called in a front-end loader.
The heavy equipment was fitted with lifting straps and a veterinarian sedated Missy before she was extricated from the mud
and placed on stable ground.
Top Chinese diplomat to
visit Vietnam this week
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A top Chinese diplomat will visit
Vietnam this week after China’s deployment of a giant oil rig off
Vietnam’s coast in May increased tensions.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vietnamese Deputy
Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh will discuss the oil rig when
they meet at an annual bilateral event Yang is attending, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh told reporters.
Yang’s visit will be the highest-level meeting between the two
governments since the rig was deployed on May 2.
“As we have affirmed many times that Vietnam has always
been patient to look for dialogues with China to peacefully resolve
the tension in the East Sea,” Binh said referring to the South
China Sea. “This meeting, therefore, will surely be a channel and
an event the two sides could discuss the issue to find out solutions
for the current tension.”
Minh and Yang spoke by phone in early May.
Pasadena to pay over $1M
to parents of slain teen
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Pasadena will pay a little over
$1 million to the parents of an unarmed young man who was
killed by police after a caller falsely said two men robbed him
at gunpoint. The city will pay Kendrec McDade’s mother, Anya
Slaughter, $850,000 and father, Kenneth McDade, $187,500, the
Pasadena Star-News reported Monday.
The parents filed separate federal civil rights and wrongfuldeath lawsuits against the city and Police Department after their
son was fatally shot in March 2012 when officers responded to
the call of an armed robbery.
Authorities say McDade was the lookout when a 17-year-old
companion stole a backpack from a car. Officers said they feared
for their safety and McDade was clutching his waistband when
the 19-year-old was shot eight times, but neither McDade nor his
companion was found to be armed.
Oscar Carillo, who had called 911, admitted he’d lied about a
weapon to get a faster police response.
He pleaded guilty to filing a police report.
The 17-year-old admitted to juvenile theft charges.
The case had been set to go to trial, but Slaughter reached a
settlement agreement June 6 and McDade announced an agreement minutes before the trial was set to begin June 10.
A woman walks down Black Hills Trail road in Pilger, Neb., Monday, June 16, 2014.
At least one person is dead and at least 16 more are in critical condition after two massive
(AP Photo/Mark ‘Storm’ Farnik)
tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska on Monday.
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Human Resources Office
EMPLOYMENTO PPORTUNITY
Position Title:
Employment Status:
HUMAN RESOURCES TECHNICIAN I
Full Time/12 Months (Career Service)
General Description:
The incumbent reports directly to the Human Resource Manager. The incumbent will assist in the
daily operations of the ASCC Human Resources Office, which include frequent interaction with the
ASCC faculty and staff, and the general public.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the accuracy of data entered into the Datatel Payroll system.
• Track and distribute monthly leave statements. Compile quarterly reports on employee
leave balance.
• Responsible for the maintenance of all employees files to ensure current documentation
and required information is filed and noted accordingly.
• Maintain training records of ASCC employees.
• Maintain a daily account of all HR purchase orders, and track the budget fo daily
submission to the HR Director for review.
• Receive, log and route correspondences to and from the Human Resource Office, with
weekly follow-up.
• Assist in addressing daily requests from faculty and staff.
• Assist in payroll when gathering and collecting timesheets for the spreadsheet process and
for updating leave balances.
• Update the directory for all ASCC employees.
• Answer incoming calls and take messages.
• Assist in organizing activities and functions for ASCC as requested by the HR Director and
President.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the HR Director or Manager.
Minimum Qualifications:
• AA Degree with one (1) year of office/clerical support experience.
• Knowledge of office operation, organizing files & tracking correspondences.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, ability to maintain
confidentiality, and conduct daily duties in a professional appearance and manner.
• Knowledge of administrative functions.
• Skills in written and oral communications and computer software programs.
• Abilities in organizing files and keeping accounts of employee leave balances.
Salary: GS 12; 3-5; $15,073-$17,673
Application Deadline:
Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources Office
(699-9155 Ext. 477/335/436) or by emailing Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu
or Lipena Samuelu at l.samuelu@amsamoa.edu.
“An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
And A Drug-Free Workplace”
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Ua ‘ou tu nei i le pala gatete ma ou sausau i le moana
pei o le faiva o le Tuiatua. O pa’ia lava lea e afua mai
i le fagaone samasama o le Tui Manu’a e o’o atu i le
fagaone ‘ula’ula o Nafanua. Tulou, Tulou, Tulou Lava.
O le pa’u a le popouli e pa’u ae toe tupu. Ua tupu ai
se manatu o le ‘a ‘ou toe tauva. O le tautua toto o le
vavae mu itiiti a’o le Sulu o le Tautua e talali e
favavau.
O la Iesu, “Ou te alu ae Ou te toe sau.”
Fai mai le Ta’ita’i’au Mekiafa, “Ou te toe fo’i mai.” Ia
taunu’u ai le upu e le tu’ua fa’a po evaga la’u
tautinoga mai le amataga.
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Sulu o le Tautua or Torch of Service remains what I
stand for.
My Christian values teach me what the Lord said
I adhere to: “My grace is sufficient for you for My
strength is made perfect in weakness.”
II Corinthians 12:9
Samoan proverb says: “When the popouli or ripened
coconut falls, it grows back stronger.”
With humility and respect for our beloved people of
Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Ta’u, Aunu’u and Swains Island,
I offer myself as a candidate for U.S. Congress.
Whatever God wants for me,
I am happy for that.
Authorized by THE FRIENDS OF AMATA COMMITTEE, M. Usle, Treasurer
PO Box 1178, Pago Pago, AS 96799 <aumua.amata@gmail.com> ph: 733-1387/256-8659
Fa’agasolo pea
tapenaga mo le fa’a
a’upegaina o leoleo
Lali
Le
tusia Ausage Fausia
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E to’a 40 ali’i ma tama’ita’i leoleo o lo o aofia i a’oa’oga o
lo o fa’agasolo a le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu
Lautele i le taimi nei, mo le fa’amautuina lea o le fuafuaga e pei
ona fa’ataoto e le ali’i komesina i le amataga o le tausaga, i le
fa’aa’upegaina lea o leoleo i se taimi e le o toe mamao.
I se fa’atalatalanoaga a le Samoa News ma le susuga William E.
Haleck i le vaiaso na te’a nei, sa ia fa’amaonia mai ai le fa’agasolo
ai o su’esu’ega o le mafaufau (psychological assessment) mo leoleo
e to’a 40, ma le fa’amoemoe a mae’a le su’esu’ega i le tulaga lelei
ma le malosi o le mafaufau o lo o i ai, ona filifilia mai ai loa lea
o leoleo e to’a 20 e auai i a’oa’oga mo le fa’aaogaina o a’upega
mama, a o le i o o atu i le fa’aaogaina o fana.
“Ua i ai le fa’amoemoe a mae’a le su’esu’ega o le mafaufau
o lo o fa’agasolo i le taimi nei, ona filifilia mai ai loa lea o leoleo
ta’i sefulu mai Ofisa o leoleo i Leone, Tafuna, Fagatogo ma
Fagaitua e auai i aoaoga mo le fa’aaogaina o a’upega mama”, o
le saunoaga lea a Haleck.
Na taua e Haleck e fa’apea, o le ‘phase I & phase II’ o le polokalame lea ua toeititi mae’a i le taimi nei, ona sosoo ai loa lea ma
le ‘phase III & phase IV’, o le amataina lea o a’oa’oga i auala e
fa’aaoga ai isi a’upega mama e pei o ‘pepper spray’; ‘wooden
police baton’, ma le ‘TASER’, a o le i o o atu i le fa’ataunu’uina
o le ‘phase V’, o le fa’aaogaina lea o le a’upega po o le fana.
“Afai e sologa lelei pea fuafuaga ma gaioiga o lo o faia a le
Matagaluega i le taimi nei, e tatau ona o o atu i le tausaga fou
ua amata aoga a leoleo mo le fa’aaogaina o fana e pei ona fuafuaina”, o se saunoaga lea a le alii Komesina.
Ina ua fa’atoa mapuna a’e le mataupu e fa’atatau i le
fa’aa’upegaina o leoleo i le tausaga na te’a nei, na fa’alauiloa ai
e le ali’i komesina e fa’apea, o lo o i ai lana fuafuaga e tatau ona
tofu lala o ofisa o leoleo i le atunu’u ma leoleo e fa’aa’upegaina.
O le silasila mamao a le ali’i komesina, e tatau ona ta’i 5 fana
e fa’aaoga e lala ta’itasi nei o le fale leoleo.
O gaioiga e pei ona fa’agasolo i le taimi nei e aofia ai suesuega mo leoleo e tatau ona fa’aa’upegaina; o fesuiaiga ua faia i
ni isi o vaega o le ofisa o leoleo; atoa ai ma le fa’amaopoopoina
o le aoga mo avanoa e 20 mo leoleo fou e pei ona fuafuaina i
le masina nei, e tasi lava le autu o nei fuafuaga uma e pei ona
saunoa Haleck, o le taumafai lea ina ia si’itia le tulaga o le tautua
ma le auaunaga a le matagaluega mo le atunu’u.
“O suiga eseese e pei ona ou taumafai e faia i le fale leoleo, o
suiga ou te manatu e tatau ona faia mo le manuia o le auaunaga
a le ofisa o leoleo i le atunu’u”, o se saunoaga lea a Haleck ina
ua ia talanoa i suiga ua faia i totonu o le matagaluega, e pei o
le tofiga lea o le susuga a Comdr. Lumana’i Maifea e avea ma
Pulesili o le Ofisa o Ta’avale a le malo i Tafuna, le OMV.
(Faaauau itulau 10)
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Se vaaiga i faiaoga sa auai i le polokalame lea na fa’atautaia a le Polamalu Foudation i le
[ata: AF]
vaiaso na te’a nei
Toatele faiaoga fa’amanuiaina polokalame “Polamalu Foundation”
tusia Ausage Fausia
Na matua fa’amanuiaina ali’i ma tama’ita’i
faiaoga a le malo na auai i le polokalame mo
aoaoga, lea na fa’atautaia e le vaega a le ‘Polamalu Foundation’ mo le umi e 3 aso i le vaiaso
na te’a nei, ina ua mae’a aoaoga sa faia e aoaoina
ai i latou i auala e unaia ai fanau ia siitia tulaga o
aoaoga i tulaga tau taaloga.
O le silia i le to’a 50 faiaoga na auai i le
aoaoga lea na mae’a i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso na
te’a nei, o ni isi o i latou o puleaoga, sui pule
aoga, faapea ai ma faufautua mo fanau aoga.
Na taua e ni isi o i latou na maua le avanoa e
fesiligia ai e le Samoa News, le fa’amanuiaina
o i latou i lenei polokalame, ma ua maua ai isi
o metotia fou e unai ma aoao ai fanau i auala e
fa’aleleia ai aoaoga i tulaga o ta’aloga, aemaise
ai o le fa’aaogaina o auala eseese e faalautele ai
o le tomai mo lo latou lumana’i.
“O se aoaoga taua tele lenei aoaoga mo a’u,
e le gata ua maua ai le avanoa e faalautele ai o
le tomai i metotia eseese e aoaoina ai le fanau,
ae ua mafai ai fo’i ona maua le avanoa e aoao
ma faalautele ai le tomai o a’u nei o le faiaoga i
auala eseese e una’i ai fanau ia fiafia ma tino u i
aoaoga”, o le saunoaga lea a Mrs. Avalua.
E to’alua isi pule aoga sa la fa’ailoa i le
Samoa News e fa’apea, o le isi itu taua o aoaoga
sa latou maua mai i le polokalame lenei, o le a
fa’aleleia atili ai le sootaga i le va o le faiaoga
ma fanau aoga laiti, ina ia unaia ai fanau aoga
ao laiti i latou ina ia fa’aleleia ma atina’e tulaga
o a latou aoaoga, ina ia matutua ane ae ua lava
tapena i latou mo le lu’itau i aoga ma ta’aloga.
Na vaevae i vasega le polokalame ina ua
amataina i le vaiaso na te’a nei, lea e pei ona i ai
faiaoga mai le vaega 1 - 5; sosoo ai faiaoga mai
le vasega 6 - 8, ae fa’ai’u e faiaoga o le vasega
9 - 12.
O le susuga a Penny Semaia, o se ali’i ta’alo
i le ta’aloga o le football a Amerika na to’afa i
ai faiaoga sa fa’atautaia lenei polokalame, lea
sa fa’aigoaina o le ‘Fa’aSamoa: Academic and
Life Skill Training’.
Na taua e Semaia i le Samoa News e fa’apea,
o le taua o le aoaoga lenei, ua mafai ai ona maua
le auala latou te fa’asoa ai i faiaoga o aoga tulaga
muamua ma aoga maualuluga, auala e tapena ai
fanau aoga mo le fa’aleleia o latou lumana’i.
“O le taua o le polokalame lenei o le a mafai
ai ona unaia fanau i aoga tulaga muamua e faamasani i latou i auala e faaleleia ma unaia ai o
latou mafaufau i tulaga o taaloga po o aoaoga o
le poto salalau mo lo latou lumana’i”, o le saunoaga lea a Semaia.
O alii e to’atolu na fesoasoani ia Samaia i
le polokalame lenei e aofia ai le uso o Polamalu ia Tafea Polamalu, o se polofesa i tulaga
tau i ‘sociology and writing’ i le Iunivesite o
Oregon; Dr. Charles Small, o le isi lea o sui o le
‘Life Skills 360’, o ia fo’i o le fa’atonu o polokalame tau atina’e mo fanau ta’aalo i le Iunivesite o Arkansas, ma Dr. Gabby Yearwood, o
se polofesa i tulaga tau ‘socio-cultural’ mai le
Iuvesite o Pittsburg.
Na taua e Tafea Polamalu i le Samoa News
e fa’apea, o le isi taua o aoaoga nei mo faiaiga,
pule aoga ma sui pule aoga, ua mafai ai ona latou
fa’asoa atu auala eseese e aoaoina ai fanau ina
ia naunau e avea i latou ma tagata e i’u manuia
i tulaga tau aoaoga ma ta’aloga i le lumana’i.
“Afai e lelei ona tapena atu le olaga aoaoina
o le tama ma le teina aoga i vasega i lalo, e o
o atu i aoga maualuluga ma kolisi ua mautu
le mafaufau o le tamaititi i le ituaiga lumana’i
e tatau ona ave i ai lana fa’amuamua, po o le
fa’aleleia o le itu tau ta’aloga po o le faaauau
pea o le itu tau i le aoaoga o le mafaufau”, o le
saunoaga lea a Tafea Polamalu.
Na taua e Polamalu e fa’apea, e ese mai ai lava
tupulaga Samoa mai isi tupulaga o le lalolagi, e le
gata e mamalu lana aganuu ae mautu fo’i pulega
i totonu o nuu ma aiga e mafai ona fesoasoani i le
unaia o latou lumana’i ia lelei ma mautu.
Na taua e le faletua a Polamalu ia Theodora
e fa’apea, o le taua o aoaoga nei e mafai ai ona
unaia fanau aoga ina ia atina’e le tomai i tulaga
o aoaoga ma taaloga mo i latou, ina ia faauau
ai pea ona aga’i atu o latou olaga aoaoina i se
tulaga manuia, e fa’apena fo’i i faiaoga, e tatau
ona unaia i latou e aoao metotia eseese e fesoasoani ai i le aoaoina o fanau.
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Ioe tama’ita’i fai visa
malaga i moliaga gaoi
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le tina lea e galue mo le faia o visa e
malaga ai tagata i atunu’u i fafo e aofia ai ma
Amerika, lea na tu’uaia e le malo i le tausaga na
te’a nei i le moliaga o le gaoi, ua ia ta’utino i le
fa’amasinoga maualuga e fa’amaonia tu’uaiga
fa’asaga ia te ia.
E lua moliaga mamafa o le gaoi na ulua’i
tu’uaia ai e le malo ia Nofo Te’o Utu, 35 tausaga
le matua i le tausaga na te’a nei, ae i lalo o se
maliliega na sainia e le ua molia ma le malo ma
ua talia fo’i e le fa’amasinoga, ua ta’usala ai o
ia i moliaga mama e lua o le gaoi, ina ua talia e
le fa’amasinoga le talosaga na fa’aulu e le malo,
e talia suiga ua latou toe faia i le pepa o tagi na
mua’i fa’aulu fa’asaga i lenei mataupu.
Na ioe le ua molia sa ia ave fa’agaoi tupe mai
ali’i e to’alua na a’afia, e ala i lona fa’aaogaina
o se auala tau fa’asese fa’asaga ia te i laua, ma
o lea auala tau fa’asese, o lona fai lea i ai la te
totogiina se vaega tupe mo le faia o la ‘finger
print’ e ui e le mana’omia i le talosagaina o la
visa le faia o ni ‘finger print’.
I le tali ioe ai o Te’o Utu i moliaga mama
e lua o le gaoi i le taeao ananafi, sa ia taua ai
e fa’apea, i se taimi o le masina o Mati 2013 i
Amerika Samoa, sa galue ai o se tagata na te faia
talosaga mo visa e malaga ai tagata i Amerika.
O talosaga uma ma fa’atalatalanoaga mo visa
e malaga ai i Amerika, e faia uma lea i le Ofisa o
le Amapasa a Amerika i totonu o Apia, Samoa.
Na ta’utino Te’o Utu e fa’apea, i le masina la o
Mati e pei ona taua, sa ia talanoa ai le i ni ali’i
se to’alua, e mafai ona ia tapenaina ni talosaga
mo visa e malaga i Amerika mo i laua, ae la te
totogiina fo’i se vaega tupe mo lana tautua.
Na ta’utino le ua molia, sa i ai mo’i tusi talosaga mo visa sa ia faia mo i laua e to’alua na
a’afia, sa i ai fo’i le aso na fa’atulaga e faia ai le
fa’atalatalanoaina o talosaga mo visa malaga a i
laua nei, peita’i sa ia fa’atonuina fo’i i laua ina
ia la totogiina tupe mo le faia o la ‘finger print’,
e ui e le i mana’omia ni ‘finger print’ mo le talosagaina o la visa, ma o le tupe sa totogi atu e i
laua nei sa ia fa’aaoga mo ia lava.
Na fesili le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael
Kruse ia Te’o Utu po o fea sa fuafua e faia ai
‘finger print’, ae na tali le ua molia, sa fuafua e
faia i Samoa.
E tusa ai ma fa’amaumauga a le fa’amasinoga
o lo o taua ai e fa’apea, o Te’o Utu e galue i sana
pisinisi e fai ai talosaga mo visa malaga.
I le masina o Mati 2013, na fai ai le ua molia
i le ali’i muamua sa fia talosaga mo sona visa
malaga i Amerika, na te totogiina atu totogi mo
lana tautua e pei o le $100 e fa’agasolo ai le
talosaga mo le visa; $150 mo le visa; $160 mo
le ‘finger print’; ma le pasese e $150 e malaga
ai i Samoa mo le taimi e fa’atalatalanoa ai le
talosaga mo le visa.
Na taua e le ali’i muamua i leoleo e fa’apea,
e $560 le tupe sa ia totogi i le ua molia mo mea
uma sa mana’omia mo lana visa, peita’i na te le
i mauaina se visa.
E fa’apena fo’i i le ali’i lona lua na a’afia e
pei ona taua i fa’amaumauga a le fa’amasinoga,
sa ia totogi le $100 i le ua molia mo le talosaga
o lana visa; $150 mo le totogi o le visa; $160 mo
le faia o le ‘finger print’, ma le pasese e $160 e
malaga ai i Samoa mo le fa’atalatalanoaina o le
talosaga mo le visa.
Na taua e le ali’i lona lua na a’afia i leoleo, e
ui sa ia totogiina se vaega tupe tele i le ua molia
mo lana visa, peita’i e leai sana visa na maua.
O lo o taua fo’i i fa’amaumauga a le
fa’amasinoga e fa’apea, ina ua o o i le aso e sosoo
ma le aso e tatau ona malaga ai i laua e to’alua
na a’afia i Samoa mo le fa’atalatalanoaina o a
la talosaga mo ni visa, na alu atu ai le ua molia
ma fai atu ia te i laua, o le a leai se isi o i laua
e alu i Apia, Samoa mo le fa’atalatalanoaina o
talosaga mo visa, ae o le a alu e fai o ia ma o la
sui mo le taliina o ni fesili e fa’atatau i la visa.
Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Te’o Utu e uiga i
lenei mataupu, sa ia ioeina ai le ova o tupe sa ia
fa’atonu i laua na a’afia e totogi atu ia te ia, ma
o ia tupe sa ia fa’aaoga mo ia lava, lea e aofia ai
tupe sa totogi atu mo la pasese mo le va’alele i
Apia. Na taua fo’i e le ua molia i leoleo e fa’apea,
o fa’amatalaga sa ia tu’uina atu i ali’i na a’afia e
tusa ai o la visa, e pepelo uma, ma e le gata la ua
ia mana’o e fa’atoese i ia ali’i e tusa ai o tala sese
sa ia tuuina atu, ae ua ia mana’o fo’i e toe totogi
uma atu la tupe sa ia fa’aaogaina.
O le aso Faraile o le vaiaso fou lea ua
fa’atulaga e lau ai le fa’asalaga a Te’o Utu
i luma o le fa’amasinoga maualuga, ma ua
poloaina fo’i e le ali’i fa’amsino sili le itu a
le malo ina ia fa’ailoa atu i le fa’amasinoga le
aofa’i o le tupe e tatau ona toe totogi e le ua
molia i ali’i na a’afia.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia
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“O lea ua ou tofia le susuga Comdr. Maifea
e avea ma pule o le OMV i Tafuna, e sui tulaga
ia Comdr. Lee Vaouli sa tauaveina lea tulaga
mo ni nai tausaga, ma ou te talitonu ua lava ma
atoatoa le agava’a o Maifea na te fa’atinoina ai
lenei galuega, ua loa fo’i tausaga o galue i le
ofisa o leoleo”, o le saunoaga lea a Haleck.
A o le i tofia Maifea e avea ma pule o le OMV,
sa avea o ia ma pule o le toese i Tafuna mo le tele
o tausaga, ae o le fa’aiuga o le tausaga na te’a nei
na aveese mai ai o ia mai le avea ma pule o le
toese i Tafuna, ae tofia na te vaaia le potu e teu
ai mea molimau a le malo i le ofisa o leoleo (evidence custodian) mo ni nai masina, ma tofia ai loa
i le tulaga e pei ona galue ai i le taimi nei.
O isi suiga e pei ona taua e Haleck, e aofia
ai le tofia o Capt. Kilisitina Simanu lea sa galue
i le Falepuipui o Tamaiti i Tafuna, e fa’auluulu i
ai le vaega o Fa’amaumauga a le Ofisa o Leoleo
(Record Division), ae tofia ai loa le susuga a Sgt.
Sili Sea e vaaia le potu e teu ai mea molimau a le
malo i le ofisa o leoleo (evidence custodian), lagolago sua i ai le tama’ita’i leoleo o Sgt. Jackie Lagai.
O isi suiga e aofia ai le aveese mai le ali’i
leoleo ia Lt. Pele Uia mai le vaega o leoleo a
le ali’i kovana, ae tofia e galue i le vaega o le
‘Police Service Breau’, i lalo o le ta’ita’iga a le
Ta’ita’i Leoleo ia Vaimaga Maiava.
O le ali’i leoleo ia Sgt. Pulefano Tu’ufuli
ua aveese mai le vaega o le ‘Patrol Division’
sa galue ai, ae ua tofia e galue i le vaega o le
‘Training Division’ mo se taimi le tumau, i lalo
o le ta’ita’iga a le ali’i leoleo ia Comdr. Tauese
Va’a Sunia mo le umi e 90 aso.
Saunoa Haleck e fa’apea, mai le tele o fesuiaiga e faia i totonu o le matagaluega i taimi
eseese, e tasi lava le mafua’aga o nei fesuiaiga
uma, e le o lava leoleo e fa’atinoina le galuega.
“O avanoa e 20 mo leoleo fou lea ua amata
fa’agasolo i le taimi nei ona fa’atalanoa, e le
taitai lava ia avanoa e tali ai le manaoga o lo o
tula’i mai i lala o le ofisa i totonu o le atunu’u,
talu lava fo’i ona tatala le lala o le ofisa o leoleo
i Leone, ua matua mana’omia lava ni isi leoleo
e galulue i le matagaluega, o ni isi o taimi e na
o le ta’ito’a 3 i le to’a 4 leoleo i le sifi (shifts),
afai la e tau fai valaau uma mai ni aiga se to’a 5
i Tafuna i le taimi e tasi mo se fesoasoani, o le
a fa’afefea ona tali atu leoleo nei e to’a 3 mo se
fesoasoani”, o le saunoaga lea a Haleck.
O lo o i ai le fa’anaunauga o le ali’i komesina,
talosia ae maua se isi vaega tupe i le paketi a
lana matagaluega i le tausaga tupe fou, e saili ai
ni isi leoleo fou mo le matagaluega, e fesoasoani
i le galuega o lo o fa’atinoina mo le atunu’u.
GM recalls 3.4 Million more
cars for ignition problems
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling another 3 million
cars because of a defect that causes a similar problem to one that led
to an earlier massive recall of cars, and is linked to 13 deaths. The
ignition switches in Chevrolet Impalas, Cadillac Devilles and five
other models can slip out of the “run” position if the keychain has
too much weight on it and the car is jarred, for example, by hitting a
pothole. To fix the problem, GM will revise or replace the key.
Similar to the 2.6 million small cars GM began recalling in February, drivers of the newly recalled models could experience an
engine stall, loss of power-assisted steering and brakes, and the air
bags may not inflate in a crash. GM says the latest recall involves
six injuries and no deaths, and is related to the design of the key.
A mechanical defect in the switch is at the heart of the other recall.
GM is in the midst of a companywide safety review, and has
now issued 44 recalls this year covering more than 20 million
vehicles — nearly 18 million the U.S. The latest recall is likely
to spark more questions about GM’s commitment to safety when
CEO Mary Barra testifies for the second time before a House panel
investigating why it took GM 11 years to recall the small cars.
Obama to headline super PAC fundraiser
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will headline his first super PAC fundraiser Tuesday in New York.
The White House says Obama will raise money for the Senate
Majority PAC, a Democratic group that takes unlimited donations. Obama’s appearance will complete his gradual acceptance
of the big-money groups he once opposed.
Obama’s transition began when he announced his support for
a super PAC backing his 2012 re-election. While he authorized
his aides to attend fundraisers for the organization Priorities USA,
Obama himself vowed to not directly raise money for the group.
Earlier this year, the White House said Obama would raise
money for super PACs backing Democratic House and Senate
candidates running in the midterm elections. Tuesday’s event will
mark the first time he has made good on that pledge.
Suspect arrested after
standoff with SWAT team
BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — The state police SWAT team was
called in to arrest a suspect in a sexual assault case in Brookings
after he barricaded himself in the back room of a house along U.S.
Highway 101, claiming he had a gun and a hostage.
Curry County Sheriff John Bishop says when officers stormed
the house before dawn Sunday, they found Lorenzo Ignacio King
had stabbed himself in the thighs in an attempt to bleed to death.
Police found a handgun, but no hostage. A Coast Guard helicopter flew King to the hospital in Coos Bay. Following treatment,
he was taken to jail. Bishop said King, 42, is from Arroyo Grande,
California, but had been working as a camp cook in Alaska.
He was held on $1 million bail after arraignment Monday on
assault and sodomy charges, according to court records. Bishop
said more charges were likely. Court-appointed defense attorney
Jim Gardner said he had no comment.
Nielsen throws out family
that cheated the system
NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company has delayed its ratings for Los Angeles radio stations because it found an employee
of a Univision-owned radio station was cheating the system.
Nielsen strictly forbids employees of media organizations
from participating in its measurement system. But the company
said Monday that an employee of KSCA radio station had misrepresented himself to become part of Nielsen’s sample audience,
and reported that he’d been listening to a lot of KSCA.
Nielsen said Monday the company is recalculating its Los
Angeles radio rating so that the KSCA radio employee’s preferences aren’t included. Univision Radio President Jose Valle said
the employee, who was not identified, has been fired.
California wildfire evacuations lifted
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) — All evacuation orders were
lifted Monday evening after firefighters made significant progress
containing 50 percent of a smoky mountain wildfire west of a
lake near Bakersfield, officials said. The blaze has destroyed three
houses, damaged another and forced hundreds to flee their homes.
At least two of the burned houses appeared to be abandoned, the
U.S. Forest Service said in a statement.
One other home was damaged by the blaze, which charred
more than 4 square miles of trees and brush in and around Sequoia
National Forest and also threatened power lines and communications facilities. Firefighters used air tankers and helicopters to
battle the blaze in the southern Sierra Nevadas. The fire’s been
pushed by gusty winds amid drought conditions.
On Monday, firefighters succeeded in digging a fire line almost
all the way around the blaze and were burning vegetation in the fire’s
path. “It’s running out of fuel basically, and it is burning downhill,
so the fuel load is lighter as it goes downhill to brush and grasses
rather than conifers,” said fire spokeswoman Cheryl Chipman. She
said lighter winds were also expected in coming days.
Their progress was helped Monday by winds that were calmer
than expected and about 500 more firefighters assigned to battle
the blaze, bringing total personnel to more than 1,600.
American Samoa Government
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
“Police Entrance Examination Notice”
The Commissioner of Public Safety, William E. Haleck, would like to acknowledge the Entrance Examination for New Recruits for the next Police Academy. This
announcement is for all applicants who applied at the Department of Human Resources for the position of Police Officer Cadet. The exam date is set for Tuesday,
June 24, 2014 at the Lee Auditorium in Utulei. There will be two sessions by alphabetical order, please show up accordingly to the listing below:
8-11 am
A-N
•
12-3 pm
O-Z
The following participants must be at the venue of the exam at least one hour before the starting time.
MORNING SESSION 8-11 AM • AFOA - NUUSILA
FirstN ame
LastN ame
Afoa
Josephine
Afoa
Kosetatino
Afoa
Pekina
Afuola
Marissa
Ah Foon
Jr. Falaniko
Ah Ching
Patrick
Ah Hing
Kamilo
Ah Mu
Viane
Ah Sam
John
Ah See
L.B. Iupati
Alaimaleata
Delores
Ale
Kalele
Ameperosa
Ronald
Amituana’i
Loimata
Amituana’i
Nikolao
Anapapa
Seluia
Anoa’i
Naomi
Asiata
Emanuele
Aukuso
Sarah
Aumale
Saufoi
Aupaau
Faasii
Ausage
Saipale
Ausage
Sinapioa
Bohanak
Christian
Boone
Felix
Cameron
Kalala
Chad
Epifania
Chan Kau
William
Chan Sau
Agnes
Chan Sau
Kau
Chanel
Tauvela
Collins
Nixon
Collins-TonumaivaoMileta
Dunham
Ralph
Esekia
Fialogo
Eseroma
Genesis
Eteuati
Tamara
Faagata
Katrina
Faagata
Oilau
LastN ame
Ofagalilo
Olive
Oneone
Paepule-Moananu
Pale
Palu
Paogofie
Papatu
Park
Patane
Patu
Pauga
Peapea
Pelesasa
Pelini
Penalosa
Peni
Pepe
Pese
Peters
Petersen
Potasi
Poyer
Poyer
Prendergast
Puipuifatu
Pulesala
Reid-Sagato
Rengulbai
Ropati
Saau
Sagaga
Saifoloi
Saifoloi
Sala
Salanoa
Salanoa
Salavea
Sale
Samatua
FirstN ame
Simati
Aukuso
Foou
Lemusu
Hall
Tausaga
Tauasosi
Faavae
Telesia
Barry
Faaitu
Senosa
Matauaina
Aiga
Seila
Mark
Livingston
Faitalia
Michael
Livingston
Bernadette
Marcus
Jerry
Joseph
Caralina
Edward
Fiatele
Ciara
Stanley
Melisha
Jody
Alfred
Faaiuga
Siaosi
Nuumotu
Marcus
Tuluiga
Shaun
Lita
Jonathan
Faagata
Faagogo
Faagu
Faalae
Faaola
Faasala
Faasala
Faasavalu
Faasoa
Faatiliga
Faifeau
Faiga
Faiilagi
Fairholt
Faiupu
Fakaua
Fala-Salanoa
Falefaga
Falemalama
Faoa
Farani
Fatu
Faumuina
Fea
Felise
Feliuai
Fernandez
Fetoai
Fetuao
Filemoni
Filipo
Filipo
Finau
Finau
Foster
Fruean
Fruean
Fuamatu
Fuavai
Renee
Faifua Janet
Sa
Ruth
Charlene
Alexander
Alton
Karen
Tony
Nathan
Peter
Pulemau
Raymond
Dean
Hyrum
Elaine
Zarina
Iufita
Herbert
Lyza
Farani
Faitu
James
Jeremiah
Asofa
Adrianne
Arlyn
Falaniko
Sauilemau
Tausagafou
Ioane
Opeta
Christina
Abigail
Faepa
Pamerina
Donovan
Samuelu
Ramrod
Fuimaono
Tuumafua
Fuimaono
Princess
Fuimaono
Anthony
Galeai-Muhu Misipeka
Gutu
Charmaine
Hall
Pale
Heilala
Lagalaga
Houston
Tofaagaoalii
Huakau
Tulei
Hunkin
Carmen
Hunkin
William
Hunt
Amu
Hunt
Lily
Iafeta
Vaipua
Iakopo
Liutai
Ieli
Jonathan
Ieremia
Ieremia
Ili
Vitale
Ioane
Tasha
Iosefa
Tanu
Ipiniu
Vaeleti
Isaako
Derek
Isaako
Kirsten
Iti
Baby
Iulio
Petelo
Jordan
Leilani
Jungblut
Courtney
Kelemete-Maa Flora
Knowles
Adrian
Kome
Daniel
Lagafuaina
Lester
Lagai
Jennifer
Laie
Bingham
Lameta
Sonny
Lam-Yuen Ioane Pauline
Laolagi
Shaun
Latu
Heamasi
Lauoletolo
Moses
Lauoletolo
Poumona
Laupapa
Lavaka
Leala
Leasoon
Leatualevao
Leaupepe
Lee
Lefiti
Legalo
Leiato
Leifi
Leituala
Leituala
Lemoe
Leo
Leotele
Leovao
Lepau
Lepolu
Lepou
Letoga
Letufuga
Letuli
Leuma
Leuma Jr.
Leupolu
Leupolu
Leutogi
Levaoalii
Lito
Liu
Liu Chan
Liuia
Logologo
Logologo
Loia
Luani
Maalona
Mageo
Mageo
Jacqualine
Veisinia
Masunu
Levaa
Roteliko
Iusitini
Ronald
Faulua
Ulufale
August
Risatisone
Elizabeth
Jason
Catherine
Bishop
Ropeti
Erlene
Kilita
Fesuiai
Faatiu
Airline
Faailoilo
Koreti
Christine
Paul Peau
Samantha
Simon
Va
Eteline
Seti
Tapuni
Metitirani
Matulino
Jenny
Vaa
Bernadette
Tilo
Tiuli Rocky
Ielome
Elijah
Maiava
Maileoi
Maina
Malaga
Malila
Maloa
Maloa
Mao
Mase
Mataafa
Matagi
Matai
Matamua
Matatule
Matautia
Matautia III
Mauga
Mauga
Maugatai
Mauigoa
Mayer
Meki
Mekuli
Mika
Mikaele
Milikini
Miller
Misilagi
Misipeka
Moetala
Moliga
Muhu
Naiuli
Neemia
Neemia
Nifo
Niko
Nimoai
Niumata
Nuusila
Cleighton
Galueituavaa
Leu
Paul
Daniel
Felicia
Epenesa
Pito
David
Ueligitone
Ieremia
Lolesio
Tapu
Jessica
Peter
Kereti
Araisa
Solofua
Loligi Jr.
Peneueta
Tavita
Moimoi
Aaron
Maria
Michael
Temukisa
Crystal
Lauao
Kea
Korama
Terran
John
Misi
Gene
Vitale
Nuulotuosamoa
Maina
Enoka
Gataiala
Uulopaimoana
Tupai
Tupito
Tupua
Tupua
Tupua Jr.
Tupuola
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Private Dental Clinic
opens in Tafuna area
Cambodian migrant workers get off from a Thai truck upon their arrival from Thailand
at a Cambodia-Thai international border gate in Poipet, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
The number of Cambodians who have returned home from Thailand this month after a threatened crackdown on foreigners working illegally has topped 160,000, a Cambodian official said
Monday. Thai officials insist the cross-border movement is voluntary and is not forced repatriation. They say Thai military and government resources were used to transport workers who
decided to return home after being laid off because they were working illegally. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Wildfire rages as Navajo
communities evacuate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Residents
of two Native American communities near
the New Mexico-Arizona border were forced
to leave their homes Monday as strong winds
fanned the flames of a wildfire burning in the
Chuska Mountains. The blaze ballooned to more
than 17 square miles, forcing Navajo Nation
police to issue an evacuation order for parts of
Naschitti and nearby Sheep Springs. About 400
people live in the area, and fire managers said
those who have yet to leave have been put on
notice that more evacuations could be possible.
The Assayii Lake Fire was burning unchecked
across dry pinon, juniper and brush. Gusts
grounded all air support and hampered other
efforts to directly attack the fast-moving flames.
Authorities did sweeps of sheep herding
camps in the hills Sunday and early Monday
and evacuated some people. The fire has since
burned through those areas, Perea said.
Report — Clinton says U.S.
should have female leader
BERLIN (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton
has told a German magazine that she will work
to make sure the United States is led by a woman
— even if it’s not her. Clinton told weekly Stern
that the U.S. lags behind countries such as Germany, Chile and Brazil because it’s never had a
woman as head of state or government.
In excerpts published Monday, Clinton is
quoted as saying that she “will do everything I
can to make that happen.” But she adds that “I
don’t know if that means I will be the person to
make it happen. I just have to factor that into my
decision making.” The former secretary of state
hasn’t yet announced whether she will run for
president in 2016.
Dutch gov’t encourages
self-driving car tests
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government says it wants to encourage large-scale tests
of self-driving cars in the Netherlands by next
year, and supports a plan to allow tests of selfdriving trucks by 2019.
The country’s infrastructure minister, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, said Monday she is
investigating legal changes needed to allow selfdriving cars to use public roads in the Netherlands, and plans to submit a law by early 2015.
This fall she will indicate likely conditions and
roads earmarked for testing.
In addition, the Port of Rotterdam, DAF trucks
and the Netherlands’ Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research have applied to test a system
to transport goods caravan-style on public roads
using self-driving trucks.
Egypt’s newest president
swears in new government
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s new Cabinet was
sworn in on Tuesday by the country’s newly
elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The
swearing-in ceremony took place at the presidential palace in the capital, Cairo, and state television
aired live footage from the swearing-in early in the
morning hours. The government of 34 ministers
— including four women and several technocrats
— is led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, who
also served as the interim premier for the past five
months. There are 13 new faces on the list.
Mahlab was the second person to fill the
post since el-Sissi ousted Egypt’s first freely
elected president, Mohammed Morsi, last July,
following massive protests against the Islamist
leader and his Muslim Brotherhood. Mahlab was
asked by el-Sissi to return to the post.
Would-be cat rescuer
ends up needing rescue
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Pennsylvania say a woman who tried
to rescue a cat from a tree ended up needing
a rescue herself. Firefighters in Erie say they
brought a 28-foot ladder to help Tara Dennis get
down from the branches on Sunday.
Residents tell the Times-News that they’ve
heard the feline crying for the past couple of
days. It’s not clear who owns the cat. Dennis
says she couldn’t stand by and do nothing. So,
she scaled a fence, got on a roof and climbed
onto a branch. She reached the animal, which she
put in her shirt. But the 21-year-old got stuck as
she tried to come down. A neighbor called 911.
Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Carroll says firefighters
first carried down the cat, then helped Dennis.
Pope, archbishop of Canterbury battle trafficking
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and
the archbishop of Canterbury denounced human
trafficking as a crime against human dignity
Monday and pledged to combat it jointly —
finding common ground on a social issue amid
deep theological divisions over the Anglicans’
ordination of women bishops.
Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the 80 million-strong Anglican
Communion, met in private and then prayed
together in a Vatican chapel, their second such
meeting since both were elected within days of
one another last year.
Francis has made the fight against modernday slavery a priority of his pontificate: The Vatican has hosted two conferences, Francis has met
with women who were trafficked and the Vatican has teamed up with the Anglican church and
The newest business to open in the territory is not a grocery
store or general merchandise shop. Instead, it is a private dental
clinic nestled in the Tafuna area between Kanana Fou and Tafuna
Mini Mart. Island Smiles Private Dental Clinic is owned and operated by Dr. Toko Motutama Sipeli’i, a resident of Utulei who
graduated from the Fiji School of Medicine and worked as a dentist in the LBJ Hospital’s Dental Clinic from 2000-2013.
Currently, Island Smiles is serving a minimum of five patients
per day, most of them being family and friends of Dr. Sipelii.
Later this month, a grand opening will be held, during which
time everyone in the community will be invited to take advantage of the full service facility. According to Sipelii, his clinic will
offer everything that the LBJ Dental Clinic does, including other
services that only he can offer. Services like orthodontics (braces)
and prosthodontics (dentures).
When he was employed at the LBJ Dental Clinic, Dr. Sipelii
was the only dentist who dealt with braces. Now he is offering
that same service for people of all ages at his clinic. Island Smiles
offers services in cleaning, teeth whitening, fillings, extractions,
prosthetic surgery, and preventive treatments, to name a few. By
the end of the year, Dr. Sipelii said, they will be offering implants.
“After many years of working at the LBJ Hospital, I came to
realize that people want to come in on their own time, like after
work, on the weekends, and they don’t want to take leave just so
they can wait the whole day to see a dentist,” Dr. Sipelii said when
asked why he decided to leave LBJ and venture out on his own.
“My main reason for opening my own clinic is so the working
people can have the option of setting their own appointment times,
which are convenient for them,” he added.
Right now, Island Smiles is serving people by appointment
only as they only have one chair and one employee who serves
as a dental assistant and receptionist. “As the number of clients
increases, so will our staff,” Dr. Sipelii said.
Those interested in getting braces for themselves or their children can feel confident knowing that Dr. Sipelii has done the procedure hundreds of times before and he even offers payment plans:
60% down and payments can be made for the remaining 40%.
Those interested in making Island Smiles their dental clinic of
choice must first register and stop by for an initial examination
which costs $50.
Island Smiles is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
All appointments can be made by calling 699-0733 or 7330073 or emailing <islandsmilesdentalclinic@gmail.com>
Teacher reclassification
committee established
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has established a teacher
reclassification committee and given them 90 days to complete
and submit reports for the governor’s review and approval.
In a letter to all departments and agency directors sent out
last week, Lolo appointed Human Resources Director, Sonny
L. Thompson to chair this committee. The other members
are directors from the Budget Officer, Treasury and assistant
directors from secondary elementary, elementary education,
early childhood education and Special education.
Lolo said the committee is tasked with the responsibility to
comprehensively reclassify the salary structure for all teachers,
to align salaries with educational credentials, years of experience in subject content and level of teacher categorization
predicted on successful passing of different levels of teachers
competence as measured by the PRAXIS tests.
The Praxis test measures teacher’s candidates knowledge
and skills in core areas. According to the governor’s letter the
Committee may elect to incorporate other salary alignment
criteria to ensure that teacher salaries are equitably set, based
on clearly defined benchmarks.
“The expected outcome of this teacher salary reclassification exercise is to establish an equitable compensation system
for all teachers that is driven and dictated by specific criteria to
be utilized by the Human Resources Department to adjust salaries of all current teachers not properly aligned; to facilitate
quoting of salaries during recruitment and setting the salaries
of the new entrants into the teacher universe of the Department
of Education,” said Lolo.
This framgrab taken from video provided by StormChasingVideo.com shows two tornados approaching Pilger, Neb., Monday June 16, 2014. The National
(AP Photo/StormChasingVideo.com)
Weather Service said at least two twisters touched down within roughly a mile of each other Monday in northeast Nebraska.
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the world’s foremost seat of Sunni
learning, to launch a global initiative to fight human slavery.
“Let us persevere in our commitment to combat new forms of
enslavement, in the hope that we can help provide relief to victims and oppose this deplorable trade,” Francis told Welby.
Welby said cooperation was key. “It is a crime that we all need
to overcome as a matter of urgency, as a matter of human dignity,
freedom and wholeness of life,” he said.
Another extremist attack in Kenya: 9 dead
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Extremists attacked a coastal area
of Kenya for the second night in a row, killing at least nine people
a day after the deaths of nearly 50, an official said Tuesday.
Police spokesman Masoud Mwinyi said that al-Shabab militants attacked Majembeni village. The Somali militant group also
claimed responsibility for the Sunday night attack in nearby Mpeketoni that killed 48 people.
The back-to-back attacks underscore the weak security around
the Lamu area, which lies just south of the Somali border. Lamu
once attracted swarms of foreign visitors but its tourist sector has
been suffering in recent years because of increasing violence.
On Sunday night the gunmen went door to door demanding to
know if the men inside were Muslim and if they spoke Somali. If
the extremists did not like the answers, they opened fire.
The U.S. ambassador made Kenya’s entire coastal region offlimits for embassy employees after the attack.
Deputy — Florida man hid
drugs under ‘stomach fat’
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida man who weighs
about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff’s deputies
say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach
fat.” According to a new release, a Volusia County sheriff’s
deputy stopped a vehicle Friday after noticing that the passenger
wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Officials say 42-year-old Christopher Mitchell told the deputy
that he’s too big to wear a seatbelt. The deputy says he requested
a drug-detecting dog because Mitchell and the driver appeared
nervous. The dog detected the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
In addition to the drugs on Mitchell, deputies say they also found
a handgun and $7,000 in cash in the vehicle. Mitchell and the driver
were arrested. It was not clear whether Mitchell has an attorney.
Boy accidentally hangs
self from basketball net
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old
North Carolina boy is in the hospital after he accidentally hanged
himself on a basketball goal in his yard. A news release from the
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says the boy was outside playing
basketball Sunday south of Lincolnton. His grandmother looked
outside and saw him hanging from the goal netting. According to
deputies, the goal was set about 5 feet off the ground.
Investigators say the boy’s father ran outside, cut away the netting, and began CPR. The boy was airlifted to Carolinas Medical
Center-Lincoln and then to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
A statement from the sheriff’s office Monday said the boy was
in stable condition and alert.
Department of Community & Natural Resources
EMPLOYMENTO PPORTUNITY
Position Title:
Employment Status:
RESEARCH ASSISTANT I OR II (ENTOMOLOGY)
Full Time/12 Months (Career Service)
General Description:
Under the direct supervision of the staff entomologist, the Research Assistant works to develop and
disseminate knowledge that will help the people of American Samoa better manage agricultural and
other insect pests. The incumbent is responsible for implementing research protocols in the field and
laboratory, collecting and recording data, communicating and coordinating with community members,
and maintaining research plots and equipment.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Implement laboratory and field protocols for insect pest management research – including field
plot layout, establishment, and management; pesticide application; pest surveys; and insect
collection and rearing.
• Gather and record data on insect densities, crop and environmental conditions, and other
ecological parameters affecting insect pests. Clean and maintain research equipment, tools,
vehicles, and laboratory premises.
• Act as liaison to communicate with farmers, agency officials, and other members of the
community about entomology research.
• Assist with development and presentation of oral and written information about entomology and
pest management to members of the community.
• Help design and construct cages, shelves, and other research apparatus
• Assist staff entomologist with extension and instruction
• Assist with field collection, preparation, and preservation of arthropod specimens for
entomology research collection.
• Other duties as assigned
Knowledge and Skills:
Must possess excellent observation skills with attention to detail. Must demonstrate an ability to
describe, in English, crop conditions, insects, damage symptoms, and other relevant information both
orally and in writing. Must communicate effectively in written and spoken Samoan and use culturally
appropriate dress, speech, and action when interacting with clients, colleagues, and the general public.
Must have American Samoa driver’s license and be able to safely operate manual transmission vehicle,
rototiller, weed eater, backpack sprayer, hoe, spade, and bush knife. Must be capable of moderately
strenuous work outdoors under adverse weather conditions and able to maintain concentration and
quality of work when doing monotonous tasks over long periods of time. Must possess good manual
dexterity and ability to handle small, delicate insects without damaging them. Must have strong
interpersonal skills and ability to work well independently and as a member of a team. Should have
basic knowledge of agricultural production in American Samoa and possess basic computer skills.
Minimum Qualifications (Research Assistant I): Associate degree or equivalent in biology,
agriculture, natural resources, or related subject with 3 years experience in agriculture or related
field.GRADES: GS 14 Step 1-5 AMERICAN SAMOA COMMUNITY COLLEGE P.O. Box 2609, Pago Pago,
American Samoa 96799 (684) 699-9155 (684) 699-8606 (fax)
Preferred Qualifications (Research Assistant II): BS/BA degree or equivalent in entomology, biology,
agriculture, natural resources, or related subject.GRADES: GS 16 Step 1-5
Salary Range:
Research Assistant I – $18,657-$22,297
Research Assistant II – $25,012-$29,172
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Applications are available from American Samoa Community College Human Resources Office at 6999155 Ext. 477/335/403 or by emailing to Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu or
Lipena Samuelu at l.samuelu@amsamoa.edu
“An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
And A Drug-Free Workplace”
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Class President Suluga Taliau sitting with her graduating classmates during their commence[photo: TG]
ment ceremony Monday, June 9.
➧ South Pacific Academy graduates 14…
Selected as class Valedictorian for South
Pacific Academy’s Class of 2014 was LanceIvan
Eustaquio, who also had a chance to deliver his
final message at the podium. “Our high school
years have been filled with fun, struggles, perseverance, and uniqueness. No matter what we
faced, we faced it together. We worked hard for
success, and stood in triumph, as we urged one
another to do better and aim higher.”
He noted, “With each other’s support, we
urged ourselves to do good inside and outside
of school. We pulled though math competitions, National History Day, Science Fairs, art
competitions, and various sporting events. We
have truly made this school proud.”
Following Eustaquio’s Valedictorian speech
was the acceptance of graduates by the SPA
Board chairman, Tom Drabble. The turning of
the tassels was led by class president Suluga
Taliau, following their awards ceremony.
AWARDS
South Pacific Academy Class of 2014 Valedictorian - LanceIvan Eustaquio
South Pacific Academy Class of 2014 Salutatorian - Akash Sivakumar
ASG Scholarships went to: Louisa Faulkner,
Malcolm Monotaga, Micky Liu, and Suluga
Taliau
The Rotary 4 Way Test Award was given to
Suluga Taliau
Presidential Awards were presented to
Alyssa Adriano, LanceIvan Eustaquio, Micky
Liu, Malcolm Monotaga, Akash Sivakumar and
Suluga Taliau
The Presidential Achievement award was
given to Sione Lui
Samoa News congratulates these, and all the
territory’s graduates of 2014 and wishes them
well on their way to a bright future.
South Pacific Academy Class of 2014 Salu[photo: TG]
tatorian - Akash Sivakumar
South Pacific Academy Class of 2014 Vale[photo: TG]
dictorian - LanceIvan Eustaquio
➧ Governor Lolo not under house arrest…
According to the online petition, the “Lolo
Moliga Administration has promised the people
of American Samoa “accountability” and “transparency”. As an elected official, Governor Moliga
has been residing in Honolulu for supposed ‘medical’ reasons.”
The petition further says that as voters and taxpaying citizens of American Samoa, we demand
validity of the claim that he is seeking medical treatment. The online petition is also asking as to why
Governor Lolo has not left the American Samoa
Government in the hands of Lt. Governor Lemanu
Peleti Mauga, but instead has left it to the governor’s
executive assistant Iulogologo Joseph Pereira. “The Governor has been absent for many
months and running the government from Honolulu. There have been rumors circulating as the
real reason the Governor is away, [and that is]
due to an investigation of the 1602 Development
Bank federal funds.”
It further states that this online petition “exercises our rights as voters and should put pressure
on the administration to give us real answers as
to why our elected official has been running the
government from thousands of miles away.”
The online petition is calling for the public to
sign the petition and give the governor reasons to
prove that they are accountable and transparent. As
of yesterday afternoon, 13 people had signed the
petition, and the petition asks for an additional 87
signatures, prior to handing it over to the governor.
There are also three comments with the petition,
where people are calling on Governor Lolo to come
clean as to the reason he is staying in Hawai’i.
Samoa News has sent numerous emails to the
governor and his executive assistant for a comment about the online petition, as well as a comment on the rumors that have become rabid in the
territory and online, however there has been no
immediate response.
Last week the governor’s executive assistant,
Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, told Samoa News that
Governor Lolo will remain in Hawai’i indefinitely for his medical appointments, but at the
same time he will continue working out of the
ASG Honolulu office.
Samoa News notes that during a conference
call from Honolulu in late March this year, the
governor told his cabinet that he will be away for
another 90-120 days depending on his medical
check ups in Hawai’i. Another conference call was made in April
with his cabinet, and both conference calls came
from the ASG Honolulu office. Iulogologo said
last Monday via email from Honolulu that the
“governor is progressing well and he is doing
very well; thanks to the people for the prayers
and well wishes”.
As to when the governor will return to the territory, Iulogologo said Lolo “is anxious to come
home and as soon as his appointments are completed we will be returning home.”
Samoa News understands the governor currently leases an apartment in Honolulu, paid for
by himself, not the government.
It is unconfirmed if his medical costs are also
being paid for by himself.
BACKGROUND
The 1602 program that the online petition is
referring to, landed FBI Agents in the territory
last year July. FBI’s spokesperson, Simon, said
there were several FBI agents on island on a factfinding mission into the 1602 Program, the lowincome housing grants administered locally by
the Development Bank of American Samoa.
Last year Simon told Samoa News the FBI
agents were here to ensure that alleged misuse of
federal funds in American Samoa will be fully
investigated.
“There are currently a few federal agents
in American Samoa speaking to community
members we view as potential witnesses in our
cases, including our investigation of low-income
housing grants commonly known as the 1602
Program. This is simply a fact-finding mission.”
Samoa News notes that Governor Lolo was
President of DBAS during the time they were
disbursing the 1602 loans.
➧ Commissioner addresses DPS issues…
court room at the time, to look for a place where the defendant could serve his time, and it must be a place
where the defendant cannot have contact with police officers, correction officers or inmates.
When asked for an update on Malala, Save told Samoa News that DPS has complied with the
court’s order and the defendant was transported over the weekend to the Ta’u cell block.
Haleck told Samoa News that while the inmate is in Manu’a, the department is conducting an
investigation into the allegations, then DPS will take the necessary course of action in this matter.
STATUS OF NEW JAIL
Asked about the status of the new jail, Haleck said it is his understanding that this project is now in the
bidding process and “there should be ground breaking shortly.” He said with this new jail DPS would not
need to send any more inmates to Manu’a, as they will have “ a lot more options to work with.”
ISSUES AT THE JAIL
Samoa News asked the Commissioner why the trustees are not patted down when they exit and
enter the jail. This issue was briefly spoken of by the probation officers who told judges in court that
they see inmates going in and out of the jail without being checked properly.
Samoa News pointed out to the Commissioner that last week, the Chief Justice told Save to look
into this matter, as there should be proper procedures followed by the correction officers to check
every inmate, including the trustees. Haleck said the new Warden has been told that there should
be procedures in place and that every inmate, including trustees and those who are let out on work
release, should be checked thoroughly.
STATUS UPDATE: ARMING THE POLICE OFFICERS
Regarding arming the police, the Commissioner says that DPS has selected 40 officers to undergo
the mental evaluation to proceed with the program to have them carry guns.
Haleck said there are ten police officers from Leone, ten from West Substation, ten from Central
and another ten from the Fagaitua Sub Station.
He said that following the mental evaluation, they will proceed to the next level of training.
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FOURTEEN GRADUATE FROM DYWA HAIRSTYLING COURSE
The Dept. of Youth and Women’s Affairs has hit yet another milestone, graduating 14 women
and youth from its first ever hairstyling course. A special ceremony to honor the graduates was held
last Tuesday at the DYWA office on the second floor of the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in
Utulei where certificates of completion were handed out to each course participant.
The ten-week class was taught by local beautician Jonitta Fruean and it is one of many courses
offered by the DYWA to teach women and girls a trade/skill that they can use to either find a job or
open a business of their own. Other classes offered by the DYWA include sewing, cooking, floral
arranging and elei making. The Community Youth Center in Pago Pago is expected to be fully completed later this year in October and once that happens, the DYWA will move its operations there,
and all the courses they offer will be taught there as well.
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