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ASDOE: public school
teachers must have
B.Ed degrees by ‘16 3
Court sentences four
men given 28 months
for sex with minor 5
Wrestlers at Ancient
Olympia with future
of sport in mind B1
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Afalava: O le fa’amamaina
o auala ma nuu o le galuega a tagata uma… 10
It’s true that there is a strong bond among Soldiers that
fight and survive together, and the strength of this bond
overshadows all others, even family, and sometimes, even
death. Often, it seems like this small “band of brothers”
are the only ones that can understand one another. Pictured are CSM Iuniasolua Savusa (RET); MAJ Tauapai
Laupola (RET); CSM Tuileama Nua (RET) who, before
returning to Tutuila after celebrating Manu’a Cession Day
last week, took time out to visit the gravesite of fallen US
Army SSG Tuialu’ulu’u, Salamo Jared. Tuialuuluu died
in Mosul, Iraq, when his Stryker military vehicle received
enemy fire during convoy operations. Samoa News pays
tribute to our ‘band of brothers and sisters’ — lest we
forget that freedom is not free. [Photo: Terry Custodio Auva’a]
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PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Monday, July 22, 2013
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Governor counters Proposed asphalt plant faces
complaints against opposition at PNRS hearing
3 senior staffers
Over 200 Tualauta residents sign petition against it
“Without them, I don’t know what we’d do”
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
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During a July 11th cabinet meeting, Gov. Lolo Matalasi
Moliga fended off complaints against staff of the Governor’s
Office, especially most of his staffers who the governor says
work almost 24-hours a day in moving the ASG to where it is
today. The three senior staffers that the governor identified by
name are his legal counsel Steven Watson, Executive Assistant
Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, and Chief of Staff Fiu Johnny Saelua.
Lolo addressed the issue of complaints about the trio, which
does not come as a surprise as there has been criticism and
complaints circulating within the administration about the
three men. Even some managers within the administration
have complained quietly to lawmakers about the three senior
staffers of the Governor’s Office.
Lolo told directors that he knows there are a lot of times
cabinet members complain about his senior staff but “those
are the people who really help us move this government” and
“those are the people who really do the work for us.”
“So bear with it,” he said, “because the only way we can
move this government, is for them to move us to move you.
That’s their purpose [at the Governor’s Office] and they’re
very committed.”
According to the governor, Iulogologo, Watson and Fiu
“work almost 24-hours a day.”
“I know they come in at odd hours, they come in when I call
them. My agenda has no time schedule,” said Lolo, adding that
he would call Iulogologo, Watson, or Fiu at 11p.m. when he
remembers things that need to be done or something that needs
to be addressed. “And that’s how we move this government,
and we thank God for giving them the strength to advise us on
what to do,” he said. “We’re very capable of taking advice.”
The governor said he made sure to remind the trio, “None
of them come between you - the director - and us (the governor and lieutenant governor)”. “But their role has been very
effective in terms of moving this government. Without them, I
don’t know what we’d do,” Lolo told directors. “So we rely on
people like the staff [at the governor’s office]. Sometimes they
get on you, they push you to do things, and that’s the only way
we can accomplish what we’ve set out to accomplish.”
The governor then reiterated to directors his sincere thanks
and appreciation for “your efforts in getting this government
to move [forward] and we hope we continue to do things the
way we are doing now” for the betterment of the community.
Lolo acknowledged that mistakes will be made along the
way but that’s how “we progress” and “how we improve...is
to know our short comings, and what we do wrong” and then
correct those mistakes.
“Many times, we make bad decisions, but we have to come
back and sit down and think about it. Don’t forget, mistakes is
part of what we do,” he said and jokingly told directors not to
make mistakes too often. The comment sparked laughter from
the cabinet members. “We cannot satisfy everybody” but “we
do our best”, he added.
By B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
Some 221 residents of Tualauta District
signed a petition that was submitted to the Project
Notification and Review System (PNRS) Board
last week during a public hearing on the Land
Use Permit Application (LUPA) received by
the Department of Commerce/American Samoa
Coastal Management Program from Papali’i
Lauli’i Alofa and Paramount Builders proposing to construct an asphalt plant in Tafuna.
This is the same site, where the government
asphalt plant used by the Department of Public
Works is located, and it is also the former location
of the McConnell Dowell asphalt plant that has
since been relocated closer to the airport runway.
Last week’s PNRS hearing was conducted by
Consolidated Permit Review Manager Marvis
Vaiaga’e and members of the PNRS board
comprising representatives from the American
Samoa Power Authority, the American Samoa
Historical Preservation Office, the Governor’s
Office, the Department of Commerce, the
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources,
and the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency.
Also, present were Tualauta residents Esther
Wall and Lucia Bartley, who were both there
to voice their opposition to the location of the
proposed asphalt plant.
Representing Paramount Builders was
Danny Delara who fielded questions from ASEPA’s Kuka Matavao who did not hold back in
expressing his concerns over the health risks
involved if the proposal goes through.
According to Delara, the proposed asphalt
plant is to supply asphalt for the ongoing Airport Road Project which is currently at the
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SFC Steffany-Alosu’esu’emanogi (RET) is pictured here during the saofa’i ceremony for
Aumoeualogo Te’o J. Fuavai this past weekend in Aoa.
His Samoan tatau shows how deeply rooted we are in culture and traditions, and that no
matter where in the world life takes us, the tatau will always identify you as a Samoan. The
retired military serviceman is dancing during the cultural presentation of traditional gifts, which
[photo: Nav-I-Pics/Ararat Afalava]
is the common practice during saofa’i ceremonies.
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samoa news, Monday, July 22, 2013
Twenty cars torched near
Paris after “veil tensions”
TRAPPES, France (AP) — Riot police patrolled Sunday in
suburbs west of Paris that have seen cars torched and a police
station attacked amid tensions linked to authorities’ handling of
France’s ban on Muslim face veils.
Some 20 cars were set ablaze overnight and four people
detained in a second night of violence, officials said Sunday.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said the overnight incidents targeted the town of Elancourt. The second night of unrest seemed
less intense and appeared to involve fewer people than the night
before, when some 250 people clashed with police in the nearby
town of Trappes. Still, the interior minister insisted in a statement
that extra police will remain deployed in the area Sunday night
and stay as long as needed until calm returns.
The violence evoked memories of weeks of car torchings and
clashes with police in neglected neighborhoods around France in
2005. That rioting was sparked by the deaths of two teens who were
electrocuted while hiding from police, as people around the country
— many of them jobless youth from poor, immigrant backgrounds
— unleashed pent-up frustrations on police and public property.
While the government has poured money into projects to solve
some of the problems that led to that rioting, tensions remain.
The violence began Friday after a group of residents gathered at the police station to protest the arrest of a man whose
wife was ticketed Thursday for wearing a face veil. The regional
prosecutor said the husband tried to strangle the officer who was
doing the ticketing.
France has barred face veils since 2011. Proponents of the ban
argue the veil oppresses women and contradicts France’s principles of secularism, which are enshrined in the constitution. The
ban affects only a very small minority of French Muslims, but
some say it feeds discrimination against moderate Muslims, too.
On the first night of unrest in Trappes, a 14-year-old boy and
three police officers were injured and several people detained.
On the second night, “The beginning of the night was calm,
nothing happened. But in the second part of the night, a small group
formed. About 50 assailants were involved, they started to fight
against police and burned vehicles and garbage and public goods,”
David Callu of the SGP police union told reporters Sunday. He said
some assailants were firing weapons and a gasoline bomb at police.
On Sunday, riot officers stood stationed in front of the police
station where the violence started Friday night.
Meanwhile, a warehouse of house and garden materials was
ablaze in Trappes on Sunday, and authorities were trying to
determine whether there was a link to the other violence. Firefighters were working to extinguish the flames.
Benoit Hamon, the government’s minister for social and economic solidarity, sought to point out efforts to crack down on perpetrators of anti-Muslim acts as well as those who attack police
stations. Two people were sentenced to two months in prison this
month after threatening a Muslim woman in a headscarf with a
knife in Trappes, he said.
CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER NOMINATION SENT TO THE FONO
The Governor’s nomination of former police commissioner Tuaolo Manaia E. Fruean, as the
new Chief Election Officer for a term of three years is now in the Legislature.
In his July 8th nomination letter to Fono leaders, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, says Tuaolo is a
“respected traditional leader” who “brings a vast amount of experience” to this post. He pointed
out that Tuaolo has served in the House, the Senate, and retired from the High Court as an associate judge for many years.
“...Tuaolo’s experience across all three branches of government and his role as a traditional
leader, makes him uniquely qualified to meet the challenges of the position of Chief Election
Officer,” said Lolo, who urged the Fono for early review and confirmation of the nominee.
The nomination was introduced in the House last Friday and assigned to the appropriate House
committee for a hearing Wednesday morning. The nomination is expected to be introduced this
week in the Senate.
TAOTASI QUESTIONS GOVERNOR’S STATEMENT
Rep. Taotasi Archie Soliai has questioned the target of Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s statement
regarding the annual budget books that are sent to the Fono as not used by faipules but instead,
being thrown around.
The Ituau lawmaker raised the question during Friday’s House session when an issue dealing
with financial reports was discussed. Taotasi said it’s very important that the Fono has a full
understanding of all government revenues in the past quarters before the administration submits
the new fiscal year 2014 budget for legislative review and approval.
(Reports for the last two quarters of FY 2013 have already been distributed to the Fono and
the third quarter - which ended June 30 - is expected to be submitted to the Fono in mid-August.)
Taotasi said that the governor spoke about the big budget books that have been sent to the Fono
and get thrown around by faipule, but it is unclear whom the governor is referencing.
In past years, the sitting administration would submit two budget books, with one being much
thicker, covering details of specific agencies, departments, and offices, as well as special programs. The second book — a bit smaller in size — was for the Enterprise Fund, which includes
semi-autonomous agencies.
During the July 11th cabinet meeting, Lolo told directors that it costs between $37,000 and
$40,000 to print the “big [budget] books that “faipule just throw around — they don’t use them”.
He said this year’s budget submission to the Fono would be done using “modern technology” with
the entire budget details on a computer disc so “we can cut down on the cost”. He said the budget
summary would be submitted on hard copy.
It remains unclear over the weekend as to when the administration will send the final FY 2014
budget to the Fono for review and approval. Many lawmakers plan to seek a lot of financial reports
from the administration prior to holding any budget hearings in order for them to get a better
understanding on where the government stands financially.
Treasury had forecast, at the end of the first quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2012 — that the total
general fund deficit would be $8.86 million. With all other funds in the Treasury cash pool added,
ASG was projecting a deficit of more than $9.8 million by the close of FY 2013.
However, in the second quarter performance report, Treasury says ASG is now looking at a
deficit of $1.25 million for the general fund. If other funds in the Treasurer’s Cash Pool are added,
the Treasurer says ASG is forecasting a deficit of $3.01 million for FY 2013.
Treasurer Dr. Falema’o ‘Phil’ Pili told Samoa News early last month that ASG still has many
unbudgeted commitments being carried forward from prior years; and “we continually try to be
more frugal, more creative in how we expend our limited financial resources currently available.”
He added, “We have been very active in our efforts to explore new revenue measures, determining
ways to stabilize and to ensure financial liquidity to meet our immediate required treasury mandate.
It’s going to take a little time to materialize these planned innovative ideas, but when it finally comes
into full fruition, it should bring a renewed perspective to our overall economy as a whole.”
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ASDOE directive —
all public school
teachers must have
B.Ed degrees by ‘16
Local Department of Education Director Vaitinasa Dr. Salu
Hunkin-Finau has issued a directive for all public school teachers
to have a Bachelor of Education degree in four years time, a move
that comes as the Lolo Administration battles to improve low student performance rates in public schools.
According to statistics presented by ASDOE during a Senate
hearing in April this year, more than 50% of teachers hold an
Associate of Arts degree or less. ASDOE also says only 8% of
teachers hold a masters degree; 37% hold a bachelors; 26% hold
an AA, while 29% hold less than an AA degree.
“I have put out a directive that I expect all teachers currently
in the system to complete their Bachelor of Education degree by
2016. I have also stated in our leadership meeting that DOE will
not hire anymore teachers with less than a bachelors degree by the
year 2016,” Vaitinasa said over the weekend responding to Samoa
News questions.
She explained that ASDOE has “ongoing professional development contracts” with the College of Education at the University of Hawai’i (UH) for “our teachers to obtain their Bachelor
of Education degree and just recently a 4-year bachelor degree
program at the American Samoa Community College as well.”
According to the director, these two degree programs will help
achieve the ASDOE’s directive and goal.
“DOE is required by federal grant programs to hire only ‘qualified teachers’ or teachers who have had the training and credentials from a 4-year accredited college/university,” she explained.
“I expect all teachers who are currently in the system to complete
their programs by that year or at the least, be in the pipeline.”
“Consideration will be given to teachers who have served the
department faithfully and are about ready to retire. They will be
‘grandfathered’ in the system,” she added.
When asked why she set this goal for 2016 and the importance of it to the department, Vaitinasa explained, “Research has
reported time after time that the single most important factor in
the academic achievement of students is the teacher — therefore
the preparation of teachers is critical.”
Additionally, for close to 30 years in American Samoa, assessment of student academic performances report that 70% of local
students tested below basic in reading and math.
“We know that this is due largely because over 50% of our
teachers have not completed their undergraduate programs,” she
said. “We want to change this academic outcome of students’ performances by first concentrating on the quality of our teachers preparation programs and then the teacher’s performance in the classroom.”
Vaitinasa emphasized that a teacher must have a Bachelor
degree in Education under the initiative by the department to have
all teachers hold BAs by 2016. “Inclusive in the attainment of a
bachelors degree are the content courses which will be required:
English, Math, etc.,” she said. “Our new curriculum standards
demand in-depth knowledge in the content areas.”
“I am of the belief that the language of instruction used in
the classrooms for grades ECE to Grade 5 is another critical
factor. We are currently looking into these critical factors in the
education services of students,” Vaitinasa added.
Asked how ASCC being accredited with a 4-year Bachelor of
Education degree program will help ASDOE achieve its goal by
2016, the director replied, “We have an agreement with ASCC to
prepare our elementary teachers who are assigned to teach children in grades K-6.” She added that “UH is contracted to prepare our teachers who will teach grades 7-12. All teachers are
required to take courses to teach content areas, especially English
as a Second Language (ESL) and Samoan language arts.”
Vaitinasa first revealed her directive during the July 11th cabinet meeting saying, “over half of our teachers have only an AA
degree or less” while in the U.S., “no one can teach without a
bachelor and [teacher] certification.”
“Here in American Samoa we’re trying to make that change.
We just don’t have lines of American Samoan people with bachelors [degree] waiting for us to hire them,” she said, noting that
DOE “tries to get the best of them and the best of them are coming
out” of ASCC. “So we hire community college graduates and
while they are teaching, we’re trying to help them teach appropriately,” she told cabinet members. “The teacher is the most
critical person in the classroom.”
Vaitinasa said ASDOE would help teachers without a bachelor’s degree who are already in the ASDOE system obtain their
degree. “We are working on getting our teachers ‘highly qualified’ and certified,” she concluded.
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Survey – Brighter
US economic outlook boosts hiring
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies are increasingly confident the economy will grow at a modest pace over the next
year and are hiring more, according to a survey of business
economists.
Nearly one-third of the economists surveyed by the National
Association for Business Economics said their companies added
jobs in the April-June quarter, according to a report released
Monday.
That’s the highest percentage in nearly two years. And 39
percent expect their firms will hire more in the next six months.
That’s near the two-year high of 40 percent reached in the January-March quarter.
The hiring pickup occurred even though sales and profit
growth slowed in the second quarter.
Optimism about future economic growth increased. Nearly
three-quarters of the survey respondents forecast growth of 2.1
percent or more over the next 12 months. That’s up from twothirds in the first quarter survey, released in April, and the most
in a year.
The quarterly survey’s results echo much of the recent data
tracking the economy. Growth has been slow in the past nine
months, but employers have added jobs at a healthy pace. Many
economists anticipate that the steady hiring will help accelerate
growth in the second half of this year.
The NABE surveyed 65 of its member economists between
June 18 and July 2. The economists work for companies from
a variety of industries, including manufacturing, transportation
and utilities, finance, retail and other services.
Among the findings:
— Only about 35 percent of the respondents said sales at
their firms increased in the second quarter. That’s sharply lower
than the 55 percent who reported rising sales in the first quarter.
And 15 percent said sales fell, up from 9 percent in the first
quarter.
— Profit growth also slowed: Only 21 percent of respondents said profit margins increased last quarter, down from 29
percent in the first.
— Only 19 percent of economists said their firms were
raising wages and salaries, down from 31 percent in April and
the lowest proportion since October.
— A small but increasing minority of respondents say that
government spending cuts and tax increases have hurt their
businesses. Twenty-six percent of the economists said their
firms were negatively impacted, up from only 16 percent in
April. Still, 74 percent said the government policies had no
impact on their businesses, though that’s down from 79 percent
three months earlier.
Looking ahead, companies are increasingly concerned about
higher interest rates. That reflects the jump in rates that took
place following Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s
comments in late May that the Fed could slow its bond-buying
program later this year. Those purchases are intended to keep
interest rates low.
The interest rate on the 10-year Treasury bond, a benchmark
that influences mortgage rates and other borrowing costs, has
increased nearly a full percentage point to about 2.5 percent
since May.
When asked for their biggest concern over the next 12
months, 17 percent of the respondents cited rising interest rates.
That is a big jump from April, when only 4 percent cited such
concerns.
The biggest concern for most companies is the health of the
global economy, which was cited by nearly one-third of the
respondents.
Europe’s financial crisis has plunged that region into a recession, and growth in China, Brazil and other large emerging markets has also slowed.
That’s crimping U.S. exports.
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Renee Vaughan holds a sign up as the G. Zimmerman River Oaks Stand Your Ground group
holds a counter demonstration to Houston community activist Quanell X’s group march in the
River Oaks community in Houston, Sunday, July 21, 2013. Dueling groups of protesters converged on a wealthy Houston neighborhood in reaction to last weekend’s not-guilty verdict in the
(AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, James Nielsen)
shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Across US, people rally
for ‘Justice for Trayvon’
ATLANTA (AP) — Crowds chanted “Justice! Justice!” as they rallied in dozens of U.S.
cities Saturday, urging authorities to change
self-defense laws and press federal civil rights
charges against a former neighborhood watch
leader found not guilty in the shooting death of
unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network organized the “Justice for Trayvon” rallies
and vigils outside federal buildings in at least
101 cities one week after a jury delivered the
verdict for George Zimmerman in Martin’s 2012
death in a gated central Florida community.
“No justice! No peace!” participants chanted.
Some sang hymns, prayed and held hands. Many
held signs — in Los Angeles, one read, “This
is Amerikkka: From Dred Scott to Emmett Till
to Trayvon Martin, black people have no rights
that white people are bound to respect.”
The case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over selfdefense, guns, and race relations. Zimmerman,
who successfully claimed that he was protecting
himself when he shot Martin, identifies himself
as Hispanic. Martin was black.
In Atlanta, speakers noted that the rally took
place in the shadows of federal buildings named
for two figures who had vastly differing views
on civil rights and racial equality: Richard B.
Russell was a Georgia governor and U.S. senator elected in the Jim Crow South; the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of AfricanAmericans’ civil rights movement. “What’s so
frightening about a black man in a hood?” said
the Rev. Raphael Warnock, who now occupies
the pulpit at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
In New York, hundreds of people —
including Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, and
music superstars Jay-Z and Beyonce — gathered
in the heat. Fulton told the crowd she was determined to fight for changes needed to ensure that
black youths are no longer viewed with suspicion because of their skin color. “I promise you
I’m going to work for your children as well.”
Earlier Saturday, at Sharpton’s headquarters
in Harlem, she implored people to understand
that the tragedy involved more than Martin
alone. “Today it was my son. Tomorrow it
might be yours,” she said.
In addition to pushing the Justice Department to investigate civil rights charges against
Zimmerman, Sharpton told supporters In New
York that he wants to see a rollback of standyour-ground self-defense laws. “We are trying
to change laws so that this never, ever happens
again,” Sharpton said. His daughters, Ashley
and Dominique Sharpton, were scheduled to
lead a follow-up march Sunday in Harlem.
Stand-your-ground laws are on the books in
more than 20 states, and they go beyond many
older, traditional self-defense statutes. In general, stand-your-ground laws eliminate a person’s duty to retreat, if possible, in the face of a
serious physical threat.
Zimmerman didn’t invoke stand-your-ground,
relying instead on a traditional self-defense argument, but the judge included a provision of the
law in the jurors’ instructions, allowing them to
consider it as a legitimate defense.
Neither was race discussed in front of the jury.
But the two topics have dominated public discourse about the case, and came up throughout
Saturday’s rallies. “It’s personal,” said Cincinnati resident Chris Donegan, whose 11-year-old
son wore a hoodie to the rally, as Martin did the
night he died. “Anybody who is black with kids,
Trayvon Martin became our son.”
In Indianapolis, the Rev. Jeffrey Johnson told
roughly 200 attendees that the rallies were about
making life safer for young black men who are
still endangered by racial profiling.
Johnson compared Zimmerman’s acquittal to
that of four white officers in the beating of black
motorist Rodney King in 1992. “The verdict freed
George Zimmerman, but it condemned America
more,” said Johnson, pastor of the Eastern Star
Church in Indianapolis and a member of the board
of directors of the National Action Network.
In Miami, Tracy Martin spoke about his son.
“This could be any one of our children,” he said.
“Our mission now is to make sure that this doesn’t
happen to your child.” He recalled a promise he
made to his son as he lay in his casket. “I will continue to fight for Trayvon until the day I die.”
Shantescia Hill held a sign in Miami that read:
“Every person deserves a safe walk home.” The
31-year-old mother, who is black, said, “I’m
here because our children can’t even walk on the
streets without fearing for their lives.”
Attorney General Eric Holder said his department would investigate whether Zimmerman
could be charged under federal civil rights laws.
Such a case would require evidence that Zimmerman harbored racial animosity against Martin.
Court sentences four men to 28 ‘Alarming’ rise in kids
injured by falling TVs
months in jail for sex with minor
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
Chief Justice Michael Kruse handed down
a 28-month prison sentence for each of the
four men charged with having sexual intercourse with a 13-year old girl. Tavita Mariota,
Anthony Sioka, Lewis Lokeni and Peni Levi
were each charged with sexual assault, a class
D felony punishable by up to seven years in
jail, a fine of up to $5,000 or both, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor that carries a jail term of up to one year
in jail, a fine of up to $1,000 or both. The men entered into a plea agreement with
the government in which they pleaded guilty to
the sexual assault charge in exchange for the
dismissal of the remaining charge.
Prior to sentencing, all four men pleaded
with the court for leniency and asked for
second chances to allow them to return home
to care for their parents and families.
Acting Public Defender Mike White who
represented the defendants asked the court to
take into consideration the ages of the defendants and their remorse for their actions, and to
look at the future that lies ahead for them.
Kruse told the young men that the crime of
having sex with a girl 16 years old or younger
is a serious matter.
He pointed to a law passed by the Fono that
disallows girls 16 and under to engage in sexual
conduct, because they are not mature enough to
know the consequences of sex.
Kruse noted the initial charges the four men
faced had more severe penalties and the defendants could have faced up to 15 years in jail;
however, the government filed new charges carrying a penalty of up to seven years.
The Chief Justice noted the defendants’
pleas for a second chance to return home to care
for their families yet, according to the pre-sentence report, none of the defendants are gainfully employed. In addition, two of the defendants have previous records with the District
Court for public peace disturbance.
Kruse said the victim in this case was 13
years old at the time of the incident and it’s the
Court’s job to protect young girls from these
types of incidents. He made it clear that this
type of behavior is unacceptable to the Court.
The defendants were each sentenced to sevenyear jail terms but execution of sentencing is
suspended and the defendants are placed on probation for seven years under certain conditions.
The defendants were ordered to serve 28
months in prison, and they are not allowed to contact the victim directly or indirectly upon being
released from jail. They were also ordered to register as sex offenders and undergo HIV testing as
mandated by law for any registered sex offender.
According to the government’s case, the
incident came to light when a truancy officer at
Lupelele Elementary School contacted police
about a possible sex case after observing “love
bite marks” on a 14-year-old girl’s neck. During
the investigation, the victim told police that she
had engaged in sexual intercourse with the four
defendants, at different times, from August
2011 to April 2012. All 4 defendants admitted
to police having sex with the minor.
The victim’s father told police that his
daughter swallowed Clorox bleach on April 30,
2012, in an attempt to hurt herself. The victim
told police that she attempted to kill herself after
a teacher discovered the love bite marks on her
neck and questioned her about them.
CHICAGO (AP) — Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000
U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years and the injury
rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a study found.
Doctors and safety experts say better awareness is needed
about the dangers — especially the risks of putting heavier, older
model TV sets on top of dressers and other furniture young children may try to climb on.
Most injuries are in kids under 5; head and neck injuries
including concussions are the most common.
“This is a problem that is increasing at an alarming rate,” said
lead author Dr. Gary Smith, a pediatric emergency specialist and
president of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance in Columbus,
Ohio. Smith said it is unclear from the data what type of TV sets
are involved in the accidents or whether older, heavier models
are the most common culprit.
The study was published online Monday in the journal
Pediatrics.
In 2011, 12,300 children nationwide got ER treatment for TVrelated injuries, compared with 5,455 in 1990. The injury rate
nearly doubled, from 0.85 injuries per 10,000 children aged 17
and younger in 1990 to 1.66 per 10,000 in 2011, the study found.
The researchers examined national ER data on non-fatal television-related injuries to kids from 1990-2011. In many cases, the
set had been placed on a dresser and the child used open drawers
as stairs to climb up and reach the TV, toppling it.
Over those two decades, 215 children died from these injuries, government data show, and news reports indicate that since
January 2012, at least six young children have been killed nationwide by falling TVs.
Scott Wolfson, spokesman for the government’s Consumer
Product Safety Commission, said as flat screen TVs have become
more popular, many families move heavier old TVs to bedrooms,
placing them on dressers or other unsteady furniture not designed
to hold them.
The commission urges parents to anchor furniture to the wall
or floor with brackets or other specially designed tethers. TVs
also should be anchored to sturdy surfaces, the commission
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Obama to begin
a series of economic addresses
NEWS IN BRIEF
Strong earthquake in
western China kills 47 people
BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake
in a dry, hilly farming area in western China
knocked down power lines and damaged scores
of homes early Monday, killing at least 47
people and injuring nearly 300, the local government said.
The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in
Gansu province, a region of mountains, desert
and pastureland. Residents described shaking
windows and swinging lights but little major
damage and little panic. Tremors were felt in
the provincial capital of Lanzhou 177 kilometers (110 miles) north, and as far away as Xi’an,
400 kilometers (250 miles) to the east.
With a population of 26 million, Gansu is
one of China’s more lightly populated provinces, although the New Jersey-sized area of
Dingxi has a greater concentration of farms in
rolling hills terraced with fields for crops and
fruit trees. Dingxi has a total population of
about 2.7 million.
The deaths and injuries were reported in Min
County and other rural southern parts of the
municipality, Dingxi Mayor Tang Xiaoming
told state broadcaster CCTV. Tang said damage
was worst in the counties of Zhang and Min,
where scores of homes were damaged and telephone and electricity services knocked out.
Su Wei, leader of a 120-member rescue team
from the paramilitary People’s Armed Police,
told state broadcaster CCTV that they were on
their way to the epicenter, but progress was being
slowed by mud and rock slides blocking the road.
The Chinese Red Cross said it was shipping 200 tents, 1,000 sets of household items,
and 2,000 jackets to the area and sending teams
from both Lanzhou and Beijing to help with
relief work and assess further needs.
Heavy rain is expected in the area later in the
week, raising the need for shelter and increasing
the chance of further landslides.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the
magnitude of the initial quake as 5.9 and the
depth at 10 kilometers (6 miles).
Dingxi is about 1,233 kilometers (766 miles)
west of Beijing.
China’s worst earthquake in recent years was
a 7.9-magnitude temblor that struck the southwestern province of Sichuan in 2008, leaving
90,000 people dead or missing.
Fisherman gets 230-lb.
tuna despite capsized boat
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A 54-year-old fisherman is safe after his 14-foot boat capsized as
he was landing a 230-pound tuna in the ocean
off Hawaii.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued Anthony
Wichman on Friday after receiving a distress
call from his wife.
Wichman was fishing about 10 miles southwest of Port Allen on the island of Kauai (kuhWEYE’) Friday morning when he hooked the
Ahi tuna. Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Mickelson
tells Hawaii News Now that Wichman was able
to use his cellphone to call his wife for help.
The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter to
rescue Wichman. Friends arrived on another
boat and were able to right Wichman’s boat.
They towed it — and the fish — back to port.
Obama — Helen Thomas a
‘true pioneer’ in journalism
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack
Obama calls the late White House correspondent Helen Thomas “a true pioneer” who broke
down barriers “for generations of women in
journalism.”
Thomas, who covered 10 presidents, died
Saturday in Washington. She was 92.
Obama says Thomas “never failed to keep
presidents — myself included — on their toes.”
He praised her for her “fierce belief” that
democracy works best when “we ask tough
questions and hold our leaders to account.”
Hundreds protest police
shootings in Anaheim, calif.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of
people have marched through Anaheim protesting the fatal shooting of two men by police
there that prompted several days of unrest.
About 300 protesters gathered at Anaheim
City Hall on Sunday and then went to police
headquarters. The march marked the one-year
anniversary of the fatal shooting of Manuel
Diaz by police. Diaz was unarmed but police
believed he had a weapon.
A day later police shot and killed Joel Acevedo. Investigations into both shootings found
police were justified in their response.
Police said the protest has been peaceful.
Anaheim police were involved in nine shootings last year that led to five deaths.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drawing renewed attention to
the economy, President Barack Obama will return this week
to an Illinois college where he once spelled out a vision for an
expanded and strengthened middle class as a freshman U.S. senator, long before the Great Recession would test his presidency.
The address Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.,
will be the first in a new series of economic speeches that White
House aides say Obama intends to deliver over the next several
weeks ahead of key budget deadlines in the fall. A new fiscal
year begins in October, and the government will soon hit its borrowing limit.
The speech comes just a week before Congress is scheduled
to leave for its monthlong August recess and is designed to build
public pressure on lawmakers in hopes of averting the showdowns over taxes and spending that have characterized past
budget debates.
In his economic pitch, Obama will talk about efforts to expand
manufacturing, sign up the uninsured for health care coverage,
revitalize the housing industry and broaden educational opportunities for preschoolers and college students. He will also promote the economic benefits of an immigration overhaul.
The White House is promoting the speech as part of an arc
of economic messages from the president that began at Knox
College in 2005, when Obama was in his first year in the Senate.
Since then, Obama has sought to raise the profile of his economic agenda with periodic speeches, including one at Georgetown University in Washington in 2009 and one in Osawatomie,
Kan., in 2011. The White House posted a video highlighting
Obama’s previous economic addresses.
The president will also speak Wednesday at the University of
Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo.
Obama’s focus on the economy comes as he has experienced
a degree of success with the Senate, which passed an overhaul of
immigration laws and unclogged a Republican blockade against
several presidential nominations. It also reflects a belief at the
White House that the administration has been able to manage
a series of confrontations with Congress over the Internal Revenue Service, phone surveillance of Americans and the deadly
attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
“The president thinks Washington has largely taken its eye
off the ball on the most important issue facing the country,”
Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday evening in a
message sent to the White House’s public email list. “Instead
of talking about how to help the middle class, too many in Congress are trying to score political points, refight old battles and
trump up phony scandals.”
Obama’s agenda still faces stiff opposition in the House,
where Republicans have a majority. On immigration, for
example, Speaker John Boehner has said the House will not pass
the Senate bill and, instead, intends to deal with the issue on a
piecemeal basis.
Obama is pushing to end the federal budget cuts that kicked
in this year so they don’t extend into the next fiscal year. That
could create a showdown with congressional Republicans in
September, as the end of the current fiscal year approaches.
Some Republicans also want more deficit reduction as a price for
raising the debt ceiling, a bargain Obama says he will not make.
Republicans are fundamentally opposed to Obama’s mix of
budget cuts and tax increases. It wasn’t until after last year’s election that Republicans agreed to increase taxes for the wealthiest
Americans in a deal that kept taxes for most Americans at rates
set during the administration of President George W. Bush.
Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday, Boehner said
the way to get the economy moving again is by stopping unnecessary regulations and bringing the federal deficit under control.
Describing “this new normal of slow economic growth, no
increase in jobs that are available, wages are being basically
frozen,” Boehner said: “We’re squeezing the middle class. And I
would argue the president’s policies are getting in the way of the
economy growing, whether it’s Obamacare, whether it’s all these
needless regulations that are coming out of the government.”
Obama has some wind at his back as the economy continues
its recovery from the recession that began during the Bush
administration.
Housing is coming back, the stock market is on an upswing
and consumer confidence is generally higher. But unemployment, while down from a peak of 10 percent in 2009, remains
high at 7.6 percent and economic growth remains modest.
Pfeiffer said Obama will unveil some new ideas, outline steps
Congress can take and identify measures he can initiate on his
own. “He’ll talk about the progress we’ve made together, the
challenges that remain and the path forward,” Pfeiffer said.
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Su’igaula o le Atuvasa Park at Utulei Beach with a “Samoan
Cultural Village” as part of the government’s effort to identify
areas to help boost tourism in American Samoa.
During the July 11th cabinet meeting Gov. Lolo Matalasi
Moliga told directors that funding of $500,000 is allocated in
the proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 for the development
of the Si’ugaula o le Atuvasa park “where our people can go to
enjoy” themselves and a place that can be used by “your family”
to spend time.
“Right now it’s everybody’s park, including dogs,” he said to
smiles from the directors. (Dogs are seen in the area, especially
when there is a lot of trash left behind by those who use the park.)
“So we’ll find a way to better use that park” at Utulei Beach,
Lolo said, adding that these are just some of the many things that
the government needs to do to assist the community. “Let’s show
our people that we are concerned” with their wellbeing, he added.
Allocating funds to develop this area of Utulei Beach follows
the Governor’s visit to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie,
Hawai’i where American Samoa Visitor’s Bureau Executive
Director David Vaeafe joined him. Lolo was enroute back to
the territory last month and requested Vaeafe to fly to Honolulu.
Responding to Samoa News questions, Vaeafe said over the
weekend that the Governor is looking at the new Fale Samoa
site as part of creating activities for a Samoan Cultural Village
for visitors from cruise ships as well as local residents to enjoy.
He said part of the project would have an outdoor stage with
entertainment “drawing people from cruise ships as well and our
own residents.”
Vaeafe said, “The governor is committed to tourism development and to identifying areas for developing this sector of the
local economy.”
He explained that Lolo is allocating the $500K for the project
from Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds, which involves
the Visitor’s Bureau, Department of Parks and Recreation, and
other ASG agencies.
The Su’igaula o le Atuvasa portion of the Utulei Beach, the
area next to the former home of the Pago Pago Yacht Club and
now occupied by DDW Beach Cafe, was named and designated
by former Gov. Togiola Tulafono four years ago as one of the
venues for the 10th Festival of the Pacific Arts hosted by American Samoa in the Summer of 2010.
This was before the new traditional Fale Samoa was built,
about two years ago. During the arts festival, which attracted
more than 4,000 delegates and visitors from around the region,
there was an outdoor stage at Su’igaula Park (at the other end of
the park from the Fale Samoa) used for cultural performances
and other activities.
BACKGROUND
The Fale Samoa, the “Le Upega Ua Toe Timata” — Fale Tele
Project begun under then Secretary of Samoan Affairs Office,
the late Tufele F. Li’amatua. At the time, Tufele said he envisioned the Fale Samoa as a center for learning for the youth of
the territory of Samoan cultural traditions, including house (fale)
building — and would hopefully be followed by others being built
throughout the territory for use by villages and districts as focus
for the Samoan cultural development for youth. The project was
funded by the Department of Interior – Office of Insular Affairs.
During his Flag Day keynote address in 2012, then DOI
Assistant Secretary of Insular Areas Anthony M. Babauta spoke
briefly about the project and said that during his trip to the territory the year before, he made a promise to Tufele that his office
“would assist in upholding its part of an agreement that had been
forged over a century ago.”
“This fale will be a symbol of what is sacred to the faa-Samoa,
in particular the family and matai system — which is the heart of
the Samoan culture,” said Babauta. “It will provide a forum to
learn the fa’alupega.”
During the groundbreaking in 2011, Tufele said the guesthouse is to serve the people of American Samoa.
At the time, then Governor Togiola Tulafono said when Tufele
took over as Secretary of Samoan Affairs, he told the administration that the ‘Si’ugaula o le Atuvasa’ at Utulei Beach is not complete and “we need a dignified [guest] house for the people.”
Togiola said the idea caught his attention because it would
be a “house that will stand as a monument to our forefathers and
will lay claim to the present generations for and on behalf of the
children, who are not even born.”
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This undated aerial photo released by the Israel Antiquities Authority shows the archeological
site in Khirbet Qeiyafa, west of Jerusalem.
A team of Israeli archaeologists say they have discovered a palace used by King David at the
site, a historic discovery that was quickly disputed by other members of the countryís archaeological community. (AP Photo/SkyView, HOEP)
Israeli team — King
David’s palace found
JERUSALEM (AP) — A
team of Israeli archaeologists
believes it has discovered the
ruins of a palace belonging to the
biblical King David, but other
Israeli experts dispute the claim.
Archaeologists from Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and
Israel’s Antiquities Authority
said their find, a large fortified
complex west of Jerusalem at a
site called Khirbet Qeiyafa , is
the first palace of the biblical
king ever to be discovered.
“Khirbet Qeiyafa is the best
example exposed to date of a
fortified city from the time of
King David,” said Yossi Garfinkel, a Hebrew University
archaeologist, suggesting that
David himself would have used
the site. Garfinkel led the sevenyear dig with Saar Ganor of
Israel’s Antiquities Authority.
Garfinkel said his team
found cultic objects typically
used by Judeans, the subjects
of King David, and saw no
trace of pig remains. Pork is
forbidden under Jewish dietary
laws. Clues like these, he said,
were “unequivocal evidence”
that David and his descendants
had ruled at the site.
Critics said the site could
have belonged to other kingdoms of the area. The consensus among most scholars is
that no definitive physical proof
of the existence of King David
has been found.
Biblical archaeology itself is
contentious. Israelis often use
archaeological findings to back
up their historic claims to sites
that are claimed by the Palestinians, like the Old City of Jerusalem. Despite extensive archaeological evidence, for example,
Palestinians deny that the biblical Jewish Temples dominated
the hilltop where the Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound, Islam’s
third-holiest site, stands today.
In general, researchers are
divided over whether biblical
stories can be validated by
physical remains.
The current excavators are
not the first to claim they found
a King David palace. In 2005,
Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar
said she found the remains of
King David’s palace in Jerusalem dating to the 10th century
B.C., when King David would
have ruled. Her claim also
attracted skepticism, including
from Garfinkel himself.
Using carbon dating, the
archaeologists traced the site’s
construction to that same
period. Garfinkel said the team
also found a storeroom almost
50 feet long, suggesting it was
a royal site used to collect taxes
from the rest of the kingdom.
Garfinkel believes King
David lived permanently in
Jerusalem in a yet-undiscovered site, only visiting Khirbet
Qeiyafa or other palaces for
short periods. He said the site’s
placement on a hill indicates
that the ruler sought a secure
site on high ground during a
violent era of frequent conflicts
between city-states.
“The time of David was the
first time that a large portion
of this area was united by one
monarch,” Garfinkel said. “It
was not a peaceful era.”
Archaeologist Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University
agreed that Khirbet Qeiyafa is
an “elaborate” and “well-fortified” 10th century B.C. site, but
said it could have been built by
Philistines, Canaanites or other
peoples in the area.
He said there was no way to
verify who built the site without
finding a monument detailing
the accomplishments of the
king who built it. Last week,
for instance, archaeologists in
Israel found pieces of a sphinx
bearing the name of the Egyptian pharaoh who reigned when
the statue was carved.
Garfinkel insisted that critics
like Finkelstein are relying on
outdated theories. “I think other
people have a collapsed theory
and we have fresh data,” he said.
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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake
strikes off New Zealand coast
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The New Zealand capital
Wellington was rattled by a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake on
Sunday that broke water mains, smashed windows and downed
power lines.
Wellington Police Inspector Marty Parker said there had been
minor structural damage that had left parts of the city without
power. There have been no reports of injury and no tsunami.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck under the
Cook Strait 57 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of Wellington. It
was 10 kilometers (6 miles) underground.
The quake could be felt hundreds of kilometers away in the
center of New Zealand’s North Island.
Parker said the quake struck near nightfall. A more complete
picture of the damage would emerge in the morning, he said.
New Zealand is part of the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire”
that receives regular seismic activity. A severe earthquake in the
city of Christchurch in 2011 killed 185 people and destroyed
much of the city’s downtown.
Myanmar police — Explosion
in Mandalay wounds 5 people
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police say they are investigating an explosion that went off near a firebrand monk as he was
giving a sermon in Myanmar’s second largest city, wounding
five. The blast occurred Sunday night during a Buddhist ceremony in Mandalay.
The monk, Ashin Wirathu, is accused of inciting violence
with speeches warning that country’s minority Muslim community poses a threat to Buddhist culture. He was unharmed.
A police officer who spoke anonymously because he was not
authorized to speak to the media said Monday that the explosion
went off under a parked car about 18 meters (60 feet) from the
monk. He said five people suffered minor injuries.
A 35-year old Mandalay resident Ma Sandar who was at the
speech, said it was a small blast and that Wirathu continued
speaking afterward.
Giant ‘corpse flower’
blooms next to US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The long wait is finally over for
visitors who have been yearning for a whiff of a giant flower that
smells oddly like rotting flesh.
The giant rainforest plant known as a “corpse flower” for
its terrible smell began blooming Sunday afternoon at the U.S.
Botanic Garden next to the Capitol. Experts had been anticipating its bloom for more than a week and have extended the
garden’s hours for visitors.
Garden officials expect the flower to hit “peak smell” early
Monday, and remain open for one or two days.
The flower is officially known as the titan arum. It is native to
the tropical rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, and was discovered in 1878. Scientists say the flower’s odor attracts insects that
are normally drawn to rotting flesh.
Man fires shots into floor
of southern Mo. church
NORWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman walked
into a southern Missouri church service and fired two shots into
the floor.
Wright County Sheriff Glenn Adler tells KOLR-TV that
another round hit the ceiling Sunday morning when churchgoers
tackled the man to the floor of First Baptist Church in Norwood.
KOLR-TV reports that one of the men who tackled the
gunman suffered a minor shoulder injury during the struggle.
No one else was hurt.
Adler told the station that the gunman may have been upset
with the church but declined to elaborate.
The gunman’s name wasn’t immediately released. He is in
custody and charges are pending.
A phone message that The Associated Press left for the sheriff
wasn’t immediately returned.
Pemex pipe explodes in
central Mexico, 7 injured
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — A pipeline explosion Sunday that
injured seven people and sent flames and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air in central Mexico was caused by illegal
tapping, Mexico’s state-owned oil company said.
The pre-dawn explosion in a farm field injured four police
officers and three firefighters among those called to the scene by
a report of an oil leak, the state prosecutor’s office said.
Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, issued a statement on its
Twitter account blaming the blast on an attempt to steal oil with
an illicit tap. The supply of crude oil through the pipeline was
immediately suspended, it said.
The explosion in Tonanitla in central Mexico state did not
threaten any of the area’s communities, Mexico state Gov. Eruviel Avila said via Twitter.
There were no evacuations. An oil leak was first reported
about 3:35 a.m. and the explosion occurred at 4 a.m., said Francisco Ventura of the Tecamac municipal police.
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AFALAVA: O le
fa’amamaina o
auala ma nuu
o le galuega a
tagata uma…
tusia Ausage Fausia
Se vaaiga i ni isi o ali’i Mautofi i le taimi na faatautoina ai i latou i totonu o le potu fono a le
[ata: AF]
Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa i le masina o Ianuari o le tausaga nei.
tusia Ausage Fausia
FAATAUNUU ILOILOGA FAIPULE
MA KOMITI O KOLISI MA IUNIVESITE
O le taeao nei lea ua faamoemoe e feiloa’i ai le Komiti o Aoga a le Maota o Sui, ma le Komiti
o Kolisi ma Iunivesite na tofia e le kovana, mo le iloiloina o tofiga e pei ona filifilia i ai i latou e
le tofa i le tootoo ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga.
O le Aso Tofi na te’a nei na faatulaga e faataunuuina ai lea iloiloga, i lalo o le ta’ita’iga a le
afioga i le ta’ita’i komiti ia Vaetasi Tu’umolimoli Saena Moliga, peita’i o le taimi fo’i lea o lo o
faia ai le iloiloga a lea komiti ma le komiti o Aoga a le Senate.
O ni isi o mataupu ua sauni alii faipule e fesiligia i le taeao nei o tulaga e pei ona faamanuiaina
ai le Kolisi Tuufaatasi a le atunuu (ASCC) mo le aveina o faailoga mo le umi e fa tausaga (BA),
aemaise ai o ni isi o auala e faaleleia ai tulaga o a’oa’oga i totonu o le teritori.
TAULIMAINA E LE FONO TOFIGA MO
TUAOLO E AVEA MA KOMESINA PALOTA
O le vaiaso na te’a nei na fa’aulufale ai i luma o le Fono Faitulafono se i’ugafono e faamaonia
ai le tofiga a le kovana sili mo Tuaolo M. Fruean, e avea ma Komesina o le Ofisa Sili o Palota a
le atunuu.
I se tusi a le afioga i le kovana sili ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i ta’ita’i o le Fono i le aso 8 o Iulai
2013, sa ia taua ai le talafeagai ona agava’a o Tuaolo mo le tauaveina o lenei tofiga mo le isi tolu
tausaga, e afua atu i le taimi e faamaonia ai o ia.
Na taua e Lolo i ta’ita’i o le fono e faapea, o Tuaolo, o se ta’ita’i faaaloalogia faaleaganu’u,
e tele lona tomai masani o lo o i ai e aoga mo le galuega, ma o se tasi fo’i sa vea ma faipule i le
maota o sui, faapea ai ma le tofi senatoa i le maota maualuga ma sa avea fo’i o ia ma Fa’amasino
i le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga a Amerika Samoa mo le tele o tausaga.
Na taua e le alii kovana e faapea, o le tomai masani a Tuaolo i lala uma e tolu o le faigamalo
atoa ai ma le avea o ia ma ta’ita’i faaleaganuu, ua tele ai lona agavaa i le feagai ai ma lu’itau o
lenei galuega.
Na faai’u le tusi a Lolo i lona talosagaina o ta’ita’i o le fono ina ia latou iloiloina ma le toto’a
agava’a o Tuaolo ma ia pasia o ia e avea ma Komesina o Ofisa Sili o Palota a le malo.
O le Aso Lulu o le vaiaso nei lea ua faatulaga e faia ai le iloiloga a le komiti o le Faagaioiga
o le Malo a le maota o sui, mo lenei tofiga i lalo o le ta’ita’iga a le ta’ita’i komiti ia Faimealelei
Anthony Fu’e Allen.
PASIA I’UGAFONO AVATU AI LE FAAMALO
IA JOANNA NUNAN O LE MALO TELE
O le vaiaso na te’a nei na pasia ai e le Fono Faitulafono sana i’ugafono malilie faatasi, e tuu
atu ai le agaga faafetai ma le faamalo i le tama’ita’i Kapeteni ia Joanna Nunan o le malo tele o
Amerika, i lana tautua le faalogologo tiga sa ofoina mai mo Amerika Samoa i le tele o tausaga.
(Faaauau itulau 12)
E ui o lea ua taoto i luma o le maota o sui ni isi o faasea
mai ni isi o faipule ona o tulaga faaletonu i auala aemaise
ai le le faia o tiute a le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele a le
malo i le faamamaina o tafatafa o le alatele ma teuteu auvai,
peita’i na saunoa le ali’i faipule mai Atiulagi/Leasina, “O le
fa’amamaina o tafatafa o auala ma auvai o le galuega e galulue
faatasi ai tagata uma o le atunu’u ae le na o le malo.”
Talu lava ona tatala le Tauaofiaga lona lua a le Fono Faitulafono i le vaiaso na te’a nei, o le mataupu lava i faaletonu
i auala o lo o mamafa i ai saunoaga a afioag i Senatoa ma
Faipule.
Na taua e se tasi o faipule e faapea, ua manaia auala fou ia
ua amata ona fausia atu i le itu i Sasa’e o le atunuu, ae o le faalavelave e le o faamamaina e le Matagaluega o Galuega auvai
ma ni isi o laau o lo o falala i luga o le au ala.
O le mataupu lava fo’i lea na saunoa i ai le afioga i le ali’i
Senatoa mai Saole i le vaiaso nei, e faatatau i niu ma le tele
o laau o lo o falala i luga o auala, ma o lo o atugalu lona loto
ina ne’i pau se popo pe gau se lala laau ma aafia ai se soifua
o se tagata ona faaopoopo ai fo’i lea o le isi avega i le itu tau
tupe i le malo.
I le toe lagaina ai o le mataupu lea i le aso ananafi, sa le’i
nofonofo lelei ai le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Atualevao Gafatasi Afalava, o ia fo’i lea o le ta’ita’ifono o le Komiti o Galuega Lautele a le maota o sui, ae na ia tula’i ma faailoa i luma o
le maota, o le faamamaina o nuu ma auala e le o se galuega e
fai to’atasi e le Matagaluega o Galuega a le malo, ae o le tiute
lena o tagata uma o le atunuu.
Na taua e le alii faipule e faapea, o lea ua tele faasea i le
faaletonu o auala, sosolo vao i luga o auvai ma tafatafa o le
alatele, ae o le fesili ua tula’i mai, o fea o i ai pulenuu o le
latou matafaioi tonu lea.
“E le iloa po o a galuega a pulenuu o lo o fai ae o mea nei
o galuega faigofie, e galulue faatasi uma i ai tagata uma,” o le
saunoaga lea a Atualevao.
“O le mataupu i le faamamaina o nuu ma auala e galulue
faatasi ai le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa ma le malo, faaopoopo i ai ma le galulue faatasi o tagata uma ona manuia ai
lea o le galuega”.
I luma o le Senate i le Aso Faraile na te’a nei, na fesiligia
ai fo’i e ni isi o senatoa le mataupu lava lenei, i le leai lea o se
galulue faatasi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa ma matagaluega a le malo i le fa’amamaina o auala ma aai.
Saunoa le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Alo Fa’auuga, o ia fo’i
lea o le ta’ita’ifono o le komiti o Galuega Lautele a le Senate,
afai e le fesoasoani le malosi o le nuu i afioaga ta’itasi i le
galuega a le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele a le malo i le
faamama ma le teuteuina o auala, e fiu lava le kovana e valaau
e le tumau lava le mataga o tafatafa o le alatele.
Na viia e sui io le fono ni isi o suiga ua maitauina i le taimi
nei i tama’i nuu o lo o i le ogatotonu o vaega eseese o le auala,
lea ua vaaia le tau fai toto ai o laau e faamatagofie ai laufanua
o le atunuu.
Na taua e se tasi o alii pulenuu e le’i finagalo e faailoa lona
suafa e faapea, e iloa gofie lava nuu o lo o sosolo vao i a latou
auvai ma tafatafa o le alatele, o le nuu lena e le o galue le latou
pulenuu, ae o le tele lava o afioaga e aofia ai ma lona nuu, o lo
o faia galuega i vaiaso uma mo le faamamaina o aai.
Na faailoa e le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga i lana
kapeneta atoa ai ma le motu o Manu’a, e le mafai ona manuia
le malo pe a le galulue faatasi tagata uma e faamatagofie le
atunuu.
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TEPA I LE TA
FAIGA MALO
tusia Ausage Fausia
FA’ASEA PEA LE
ATUNU’U I LE LEAI
O NI LAISENE AVE
TA’AVALE FOU
E to’alua ni tagata ave
ta’avale i le atunu’u na o la
fa’aalia i le Samoa News i
le faaiuga o le vaiaso nei o la
lagona le fiafia, ona ua avea
le tuai ona maua o laisene ave
ta’avale ma itu ua pala so’o ai i
laua e leoleo i luga o le alatele.
Na taua e se tina e 43 tausaga
mai Futiga e faapea, ina ua
taofia o ia e se ali’i leoleo i le
masina na te’a nei, sa ia faailoa
i ai i le leoleo le lisiti mo lana
laisene ave ta’avale ua uma ona
totogi i le Ofisa o Ta’avale Afi
a le malo (OMV) i Tafuna, ae
le’i pu’eina ona e le’i taunuu
mai le oka mai fafo.
I le vaiaso na te’a nei, na
toe taofia ai fo’i o ia e le leoleo
ma toe fesiligia e uiga i lana
laisene ave ta’avale, lea fo’i na
ia fa’amatala i ai le tala lava lea e
tasi, ae na aea ma itu na tetele atu
ai saunoaga a le leoleo ia te ia.
O le molimau fo’i lea a se
ali’i ave taxi na tuuina mai i le
Samoa News e tusa ai o le faafitauli na la fetaia’i i le vaiaso
na te’a nei, ina ua otegia o ia e
le leoleo i le leai o sona laisene
aveta’avale.
Na taua e le ali’i komesina
o Leoleo ia William E. Haleck
i le Samoa News e faapea, e
leai se mea o le a aafia ai fua
le atunuu i le le maua o laisene
ave ta’avale, ona e le o se faaletonu o le atunu’u, ae o le faaletonu a le latou matagaluega.
Na taua e se sui o le ofisa o
le OMV e faapea, ua silia ma le
fa masina o fa’atali le to’atele
o le atunuu mo le pu’eina o a
latou laisene ave ta’avale, ae ua
i ai le faamoemoe o le masina
fou e tatau ona taunu’u mai ai
le latou oka mo laisene.
Na i ai le latou oka na aumai
muamua peita’i na toe fa’afo’i
ina ua aumai vaega mo laisene
ave ta’avale e le o faapipi’iina
mai ai le pine a Amerika
Samoa.
FA’AMANINO FAATONU
O AOGA LE FA’AIUGA
E TU’UFA’ATASI AI
AOGA I MANU’A
Na teena e le Fa’atonusili
o le Matagaluega o Aoga a
le malo ia Vaitinasa Dr. Salu
Hunkin Finau fa’asea ma ni isi
o tagata o le itumalo o Manu’a,
i le faaituau lea o le faaiuga ua
faia ina ia tu’ufaatasi le Aoga
Tulaga Muamua a Faleasao ma
Fitiuta i le faleaoga i Fitiuta.
Na taua e le fa’atonusil o
aoga i le vaiaso na te’a nei e
faapea, o le fa’aiuga ua faia
ina ia tu’ufaatasia aoga tulaga
muamau nei e lua i se nofoaga
e tasi, e le gata na vaavaai i
auala e faasaoina ai tupe mo
le matagaluega o aoga ma le
malo, ae sa vaavaai fo’i i le
saogalemu o ola o fanau aoga i
nofoaga o lo o i ai faleaoga i le
taimi nei.
Na taua e se tasi o tama
matua mai Manu’a e faapea, e
ui e taua le finagalo o le malo e
fa’atatau i le fa’aiuga ua faia, ae
ao fo’i ona silasila le malo i le
tulaga tau mamao o le a savalia
nei e fanau mai Faleasao mo le
aga’i atu i le aoga i Fitiuta, e le
iloa fo’i ni fa’alavelave e tutupu
i luga o le auala i aso uma o le
a momoli ai fanau i le aoga,
aemaise ai fo’i e i ai le vaega o
le auala e latalata i le sami, ina
ne’i tula’i mai se fa’alavelave e
pei o se galulolo ma a’afia ai le
pasi aoga a’o pisi i le momoliina
o fanau i le aoga.
“Atonu e atugalu le matagaluega o aoga i le tulaga i tupe
ina ia faasao mo le malo, ae o
a’u nei o le matua ou te atugalu
i ola o fanau ina ne’i tula’i
mai ai se fa’alavelave, ona le
aoga lea o nei mau tupe e tau-
mafai e faasao ae ua le aoga ua
ma’imau se soifua,” o le saunoaga lea a se tasi o tama mai
Manu’a e le’i finagalo e faailoa
lona suafa.
I le tausaga aoga na mavae
atu nei, e sili laititi ma le 50 le
aofa’i o fanau aoga na aooga i
Fitiuta, ae o Faleasao pe a ma le
to’a 80 tamaiti aoga.
Na faaalia e le afioga i le
kovana sili ia Lolo Matalasi
Moliga ina ua ia asia aoga i
Manu’a i le masina o Me na
te’a nei, e le taua le tofu o le
nuu o Manu’a ma le aoga ae
fa’aletonu faiaoga ma vaega o
lo o a’oa’oina ai fanau aoga, ae
lelei pe a tasi le aoga ae mautu
vaega uma e a’oa’o ai fanau toe
lelei fo’i ma faiaoga.
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ausage@samoanews.com
Police – Toxic levels of
pesticide in kids’ lunch
PATNA, India (AP) — Samples of cooking oil and leftover
food taken from an Indian school where 23 children died after
eating lunch this past week were contaminated with “very toxic”
levels of an agricultural pesticide, police said Saturday.
Ravindra Kumar, the additional director general of police in
the city of Patna, told reporters that forensic tests revealed that
the samples contained the pesticide monocrotophos in levels
that were “very toxic” for humans.
The free midday meal was served to the children Tuesday in
Gandamal village in Masrakh block, 80 kilometers (50 miles)
north of Patna, the Bihar state capital.
Twenty-three children between the ages of 5 and 12 died
from eating the meal and many others fell ill.
No arrests have been made in the case. Authorities discovered a container of insecticide in the school’s cooking area next
to the vegetable oil and mustard oil, but it wasn’t yet known if
that container was the source, officials have said.
India’s midday meal plan is one of the world’s biggest school
nutrition programs. State governments can decide on menus and
timings of the meals, depending on local conditions and availability of food rations.
It is seen as an incentive for poor parents to send their children to school and currently covers some 120 million children
across the country. It’s also part of an effort to address concerns
about malnutrition, which the government says nearly half of all
Indian children suffer from.
While complaints about the quality of the food served and the
lack of hygiene in the program are routine, the incident in Bihar
appeared to be unprecedented for the massive food program.
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se ia
tiga…
Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec
In this photo released by the Belgian Prime Ministers Office, Belgium’s royal family poses for a
photo at the royal palace in Brussels on Sunday, July 21, 2013.
From left, Princess Eleonore,Prince Gabriel, Queen Mathilde, King Philippe, Princess Elisa(AP Photo/Belgium Prime Ministers Office, HO)
beth and Prince Emmanuel. ➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Bus carrying Egypt soldiers
hits truck, 16 killed
CAIRO (AP) — A bus carrying Egyptian
soldiers crashed into a truck on a highway near
the Mediterranean coast early Sunday, killing
16, a security official said.
The accident took place on the highway
between Cairo and the port city of Alexandria
as the soldiers were heading home from their
military base in northwestern Egypt for a vacation to join their families during the holy month
of Ramadan, the official said.
The official said the dead included 15 soldiers and a driver, while another 40 people were
injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital
for treatment. The official spoke on condition
of anonymity because he was not authorized to
speak to the press.
Road accidents are common in Egypt due to
badly maintained roads and poor enforcement
of traffic laws. According to a 2012 World
Health Organization report, road accidents kill
about 12,000 people each year in a population
of about 90 million.
Greek police kill prison
escapee after manhunt
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say
they have killed Marian Kola, the Albanian
mastermind of a daring prison escape, in an
intense firefight after a four-month manhunt.
Kola and fellow escapee Ilir Kupa clashed
with a police patrol near the border with
Albania, in northwest Greece.
According to a police statement, Kola and
Kupa used AK-47 assault rifles and pistols and
a police officer was wounded in the leg during
the encounter Sunday. Police are still searching
for Kupa. Kola, Kupa and nine other Albanians
escaped from a central Greece prison on March 22.
Since then, in several clashes with police,
three of the escapees and an outside accomplice
were killed. Also killed were a police officer
in June and a 25-year-old female bystander in
April. The other escapees have been arrested.
Man falls to his death on
Colorado’s Capitol Peak
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Rescue crews have
recovered the body of a man who fell 200 to
300 feet while descending Capitol Peak west of
Aspen, Colo.
The Pitkin County sheriff’s office says Ryan
Joseph Palmer, of Vail, decided to climb down
the north face of the peak Friday instead of
crossing the exposed “knife edge” route again.
The 35-year-old’s climbing partners crossed
the knife edge and watched him make his way
down the face. They called authorities when
Palmer did not return to camp.
The sheriff’s office says search and rescue
crews found Palmer’s body at the base of the
north face just after 2 p.m. Saturday. The body
was recovered Sunday. Capitol Peak rises to an
elevation of 14,130 feet.
Burkina Faso workers
protest high living costs
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) —
Burkina Faso’s prime minister says the government will begin talks with trade unions after
thousands of workers joined protests around the
country against rising costs for basic goods like
rice and sugar.
In an interview on state television late Saturday, Luc Adolphe Tiao said talks would begin
“soon” but provided no details. He also did not
address protesters’ concerns about the creation
in May of a new Senate, which the opposition
says is part of a broader scheme by President
Blaise Compaore to extend his time in office.
Compaore has been in power for 26 years,
but his term ends in 2015 and current rules
would not permit him to run again.
Tole Sagnon, spokesman for the union that
organized Saturday’s protests, said the new
Senate was unacceptable.
Boehner — ‘Judge us by
how many laws we repeal’
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker
John Boehner says Congress “ought to be
judged on how many laws we repeal.”
The Ohio Republican makes the comments
on an interview aired Sunday on CBS “Face the
Nation.” He was responding to a question about
how little Congress is doing these days.
Boehner says Congress “should not be
judged by how many new laws we create.”
He says the U.S. has “more laws than the
administration could ever enforce.”
Boehner says that view may be unpopular
because this country has a divided government.
Boehner says he and his allies in Congress are
fighting for what they believe in.
And he adds, “Sometimes the American
people don’t like this mess.”
7 killed in clash of 2
families in Philippines
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) —
At least seven people are dead in the Philippines
after two families locked in a longstanding feud
battled each other with guns, police said.
Such violent clan conflicts, known as “rido,”
have long complicated security worries in the
country’s south, which is already mired in decadeslong Muslim rebellions. Many of the clan clashes
are over political power, land, business and past
grudges in far-flung communities awash with guns
and burdened by weak law enforcement.
Armed members and followers of the Macugar and Capal families confronted each other
late Friday in a village of Bayang town in Lanao
del Sur province, sparking a gunbattle that left
seven people dead and five others wounded,
police officer Ansari Musa said by telephone.
Police and soldiers were deployed to the village about 840 kilometers (520 miles) south of
Manila to prevent further bloodshed, Musa said,
Vaega: 98
Fa’aalofa atu i le mamalu ole atunu’u i lenei taeao fou,
malo le soifua, malo fo’i le fa’atautai i lenei aso, e i ai pea le
fa’amoemoe o lo’o fa’apena ona manuia faiva ma tiute o lo’o
feagai ai ma le atunu’u i lenei aso. Ma e ao ai ona o tatou momoli
la’au i foga’a ma fa’afo’i le vi’iga i le Atua Soifua, ona o lona
alofa ma lona agalelei, lea o lo’o tatou o’ao’a ai pea i faleseu
ma o tatou sa’a ai i ma’a o malie i ana fa’amanuiaga mo i tatou
i aso uma o lo tatou ola.
Ae alo maia, o le a toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala fa’asolo i
lenei aso, na muta mai ina ua ou alu ‘ese nei ma lo’u aiga sa
ou ola ai. Ua amata nei lo ma a’iga, ma o se amataga fou mo
i ma’ua uma, ae sa o ma tumau pea i lo ma manatu e tasi, ia
fa’amuamua le Atua i mea uma ma te faia.
Ma e le mamao ‘ese ma ma’ua, ua amata ona fa’ato’a le
fanua atoa, ona ua i ai lo ma manatu ia fai ni a ma fa’atoaga
ma ni lafu manu e tasi ai ma’ua. Ua amata fo’i le ma ofisa Loia
i lea lava taimi, ona o tulaga o lo’o mo’omia ai tele e tagata le
fesoasoani mo fa’alavelave e tutupu mai i totonu o aiga, o fale
faigaluega ma isi fuafuaga o lo’o i ai nei.
Ae ui lava i lea tulaga, ae sa maua pea taimi ma te galulue
fa’atasi ai i le tau atina’eina o lo ma aiga. Ua taunu’u manuia
mea uma, ae e i ai lava lo’u mana’oga lea na ou mana’o lava ina
ia taunu’u. Ua uma ona iloa e lo’u to’alua o Tino mea uma o
lo’u aiga, ae maise ai o lo’u mana’oga lava e tasi, o lo’u fia va’ai
lea i si o’u tina o Elisapeta.
Ua ma’ea fo’i ona ma talanoaina ma Tino lea itu, ma ua ioe
mai ia te a’u, e sai se aso ma te o ai i Amerika, e sa’ili ia si o’u
tina. O mea uma fo’i sa tutupu i lo ma va ma lo’u tina o Makerita, ua amata lava ona taunu’u i se taunu’uga lelei mea uma,
ai ona ua mamao le mea ua ou alu i ai, ae o lo’o o’u maua pea
fa’amatalaga mai tagata faigaluega a lo’u tama, o lo’o fai lava
le taua i le va o lo’u tama ma lo’u tina.
Na ou maua fo’i le isi fa’amatalaga e fa’apea, ua galue nei
Peteru i totonu o le ofisa tutotonu lea e i ai lo’u tama ma le
to’atele o tagata faigaluega. O nei fa’amatalaga uma o lo’o
o’u maua pea mai i si a’u uo lea na uo sili i la’u fa’aipoipoga
o Malia. E leai se mea e gole i la’u uo lea, ona ua ia maua
fa’amatalaga e uiga ia Makerita ma Peteru, ma na ou talanoa
fo’i i ai, ia alofa e va’ai ane si o’u tama, ona o lea o le a ou alu
‘ese, ma sa fa’apea lava ona fai.
ia ia fa’amatalaga uma, sa ou lagona lava le fa’anoanoa o
lo’u loto, ona sa i ai lo’u manatu, o lo’u alu ‘ese mai, o le a
maua ai e si o’u tama le filemu i mea uma. Ae peita’i, o lea ua
ou iloa atu, e leai, ua avea lo’u alu ‘ese mai ma ala ua atili ai ona
mamafa mea uma i le loto ma le mafaufau o si o’u tama.
Na fai nei la’u tala i lo’u to’alua o Tino, “Tino, o le a ou alu
e asi lo’u tama i totonu o le ofisa, ou te le alu i le fale, ae ou te
alu e asi si o’u tama po’o a mai, ua malie mai Tino ou te alu ma
au tapena nei au mea mo la’u malaga, ona o lou fia iloa po’o ai
mai si o’u tama, ae maise ai o fa’afitauli o lo’o fa’afeagai pea
ma ia.
E faia pea…
➧ Tala mai le fono…
Mai itulau 10
O Joanna e galue i le vaega a le US Coast Guard a le malo
tele, ma o ia lea na fa’atuina se matati’a o le aumaia o ni moliaga
tau i le le tausia lelei o le si’osi’omaga faasaga i ni va’a fagota
i Amerika Samoa, ona o le fa’alavelave lea na gogoto ai i le
taulaga i Fagatogo ni va’a fagota ia Iuni 2012, ma masa’a ai le
ova ma le 26,000 kalone suau’u i le sami.
E tele ni isi o matati’a na faatutu e Cpt. Joanna mo Amerika
Samoa, e ala i le faaaogaina o lona tofiga o se sui o le US Coast
Guard, sa galulue soosoo tauau fo’i ma ni isi o ofisa o le malo o
Amerika Samoa mo le tuuina mai o faamatalaga e faatatau i le
tau, aemaise lava i taimi e tulaga faaletonu ai le tau i Amerika
Samoa nei.
O ni isi o vaega sa malosi ai le fesoasoani a lenei tama’ita’i
mo Amerika Samoa, o le toe faaleleia lea o le sootaga a
Amerika Samoa ma ni isi o lala o le malo feterale, mo le tuuina
mai o vaega tupe e fesaosoani ai i le faaleleia o tulaga tau i le
puipuiga i luga o le sami.
E talitonu le Fono Faitulafono, o le tele o gaioiga sa faia e
lenei tama’ita’i ua manuia ai Amerika Samoa.
O lenei i’ugafono na tauaao atu ia Cpt Joanna i le sauniga
o le sisigafu’a ua mavae atu i le masina o Aperila, peita’i o lea
faatoa faaulufale ma pasia e le Fono Faitulafono.
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Ex-Marine sergeant
sentenced to death
for SoCal murders
This photo released by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship taken on
Friday, July 19, 2013, shows several destroyed vehicles after some 125 asylum seekers rioted at
an Australian-run detention center in Nauru. The rioters, who are now in police custody, caused
an estimated 60 million Australian dollars ($55 million) damage to the detention center on the
(AP Photo/Australian Department Of Immigration and Citizenship)
Pacific island nation.
Asylum seekers caused
$55 Mil damage at Nauru
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Some 125
asylum seekers were in police custody on the
Pacific island nation of Nauru after a riot ended
with fire destroying most of an Australianrun detention center there, an official said on
Sunday.
The fire on Friday evening destroyed all the
accommodation blocks, medical facilities and
offices and caused an estimated 60 million Australian dollars ($55 million) damage, an Immigration Department spokeswoman said under
the department’s usual condition of anonymity.
Only the dining and recreation buildings survived the blaze.
She said 125 asylum seekers remained in
police custody on Sunday over the riots and
blaze. She did not know how many had been
charged. Nauru Police Commissioner Richard
Britten did not immediately return a phone call
on Sunday.
The remaining 420 asylum seekers had been
transferred to a second detention camp under
construction at another part of the tiny atoll that
is home to fewer than 10,000, the spokeswoman
said. They are now living in tents.
Eight asylum seekers received hospital treatment following the riot in which protesters
hurled rocks at guards and police armed with
batons and shields.
Australia pays Nauru and Papua and New
Guinea to hold asylum seekers who attempt
to reach the Australian shore by boat. Their
asylum claims are assessed at the island deten-
tion camps.
In a further step to deter future boat arrivals,
the government announced that since Friday
all bona fide refugees who arrive by boat will
be permanently settled in Papua New Guinea,
a national of 7 million mostly subsistence
farmers.
Ian Rintoul, coordinator of Australia’s Refugee Action Coalition advocacy group, said
asylum seekers could no longer to adequately
cared for at Nauru because of the fire and should
be brought to Australia.
Rintoul said Friday’s protest against delays
in asylum claims being processed had been
planned throughout last week. The fire had not
been planned, he said.
“The Friday night protest was planned to be
a breakout and march to the airport then back to
the detention center,” Rintoul said.
“What seems to have happened is that there
has been far more resistance than had been
expected,” he said.
Most of the protesters were Iranian, Palestinian, Lebanese and Iraqis, he said.
Clint Deidenang, a resident who witnessed
the hour-long riot from the camp fence, told
Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Saturday that up to 1,000 local Nauruan men
carrying machetes and steel pipes arrived to
help police prevent the asylum seekers from
breaking out.
Deidenag described the unrest as the biggest
riot he had ever seen on the island.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak will
never have children, conquer his fear of public speaking or
master his goal of reading 10 books a year since his life was cut
short nearly five years ago in a brutal murder.
His mother, Henryka Pietrzak said she is still grieving the
loss of her son and his newlywed wife after they were killed
in their Southern California home. While she was pleased by
a judge’s decision Friday to sentence former Marine Tyrone
Miller to death for the murders, that still can’t satisfy her.
“I will never know what kind of father he will be,” she told the
court during a sentencing hearing. “I will never receive another
card for Mother’s Day. I will never hear, ‘I love you, mom.’”
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian Thierbach
ordered the sentence for what he called an attack of “savage
brutality” by Miller, one of three former Marines convicted of
killing Pietrzak and his wife, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak in October
2008. The couple was found gagged, tied and shot in the head in
the living room of their Winchester home.
Miller, 25, was convicted last month with former Marines
Emrys John and Kevin Cox of first-degree murder with special
circumstances of murder during a robbery and a burglary and
multiple murders. Miller looked straight ahead as Thierbach
spoke. He did not speak on his behalf during the hearing.
Jurors have recommended the death penalty for John, 23, and
life without parole for Cox, 25. They are scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 16. A fourth former Marine charged in the killings,
Kesaun Sykes, 26, is being tried separately.
Prosecutors say the four men went to Pietrzak’s home to rob
him and forced their way inside. Pietrzak, who was Miller’s
supervisor at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego,
was assaulted and his wife was sexually assaulted before they
were killed. Jewelry was missing and a fire was set in an apparent
attempt to destroy the evidence.
Prosecutors have said Miller told another Marine after the
shooting that he handed a gun to John that night and said, “Do
them.” During trial, Miller testified that he did not order the killings or see who fired the fatal shots.
Prosecutor Daniel DeLimon said Miller deserved the death
sentence but it doesn’t make victims’ relatives feel any better.
“This isn’t a happy or joyous moment,” he said. “It’s just the
only option.”
Defense attorney John Dolan said while he didn’t agree with
jurors’ recommendation of death for Miller, he respected their decision. He said the case would automatically be appealed. “This is a
day when we should focus on the family of the victims,” he said.
Miller, who grew up in North Carolina, testified in May that
he was upset when he went to Pietrzak’s home because the sergeant had told him he would not get a promotion. Miller said
he was drunk on brandy and tequila and fought with the helicopter airframe mechanic and wrote racial slurs on the walls in
an attempt to hurt Pietrzak’s feelings. Pietrzak’s wife was black.
During the hearing on Friday, Jenkins’ mother, Faye, told the
court that losing her only daughter and son-in-law had turned the
world she knew into a cold, lonely place.
Even now, she prays the devastating news won’t be true and
somehow the couple will be returned to her, according to her impact
statement. “I keep my front porch light on in hope she’ll find her
way home to me,” Jenkins wrote in remarks that were read aloud
to the court by a victim’s advocate after she broke down sobbing.
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families were feuding over.
US Treasury Secretary
Lew in Greece for talks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — U.S. Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew urged Greece on Sunday to
continue its efforts to stabilize its debt-ridden
economy and capitalize on the sacrifices already
made “to ensure prosperity and growth for generations to come.”
Lew was on a one-day visit to Greece after
attending a Group of 20 summit in Russia.
In an hour-long meeting with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, Lew discussed Greece’s
austerity program, its long-term prospects, and
visits the so-called troika of Greece’s creditors
— the European Commission, the European
Central Bank and the International Monetary
Fund — have made to Greece, said Dimitris
Kanellisa, a Finance Ministry spokesman.
Later, Lew met with Prime Minister Antonis
Samaras at an unusual setting, the Acropolis
Museum, not the Greek leader’s office.
Italy: 5 convicted for Costa
Concordia shipwreck
GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — Five employees
of an Italian cruise company were convicted Saturday of manslaughter in the Costa Concordia
shipwreck that killed 32 people, receiving sentences of less than three years that lawyers for
victims and survivors criticized as too lenient.
The guilty verdicts for multiple manslaughter and negligence were the first reached
in the sinking of the cruise liner carrying more
than 4,000 crew and passengers near the Tuscan
shore in January 2012. The ship’s captain, the
only remaining defendant, was denied a plea
bargain and is being tried separately. He faces
up to 20 years, if convicted of manslaughter,
causing the shipwreck and abandoning the ship.
On Saturday, lawyers representing the 32 victims of the shipwreck said the sentences of the plea
bargain — a fraction of what is usually handed
down for manslaughter — were inadequate given
the gravity of the disaster. “It seems like a sentence for illegal construction,” said lawyer Massimiliano Gabrielli. “It’s an embarrassment.”
Another lawyer for victims, Daniele Bocciolini,
called the sentences “insufficient” and questioned
the prosecutors’ hypothesis placing the lion’s share
of the blame on Capt. Francesco Schettino.
The five employees of the Costa Crociere
SpA cruise company were charged for their
respective roles in the nautical maneuver that
put the ship in peril, evacuation and response to
the emergency.
The longest sentence went to the company’s
crisis coordinator, who was sentenced to two
years and 10 months. Concordia’s hotel director
was sentenced to two years and six months,
while two bridge officers and a helmsman got
sentences ranging from one year and eight
months to one year and 11 months.
Venezuela halts normalization
talks with the United states
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela
says it’s ending talks with the United States to
restore normal relations because Washington’s
U.N. ambassador-designate criticized its human
rights record. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Friday that Samantha Power’s remarks
compelled it to halt the process begun in Guatemala last month by its foreign minister, Elias
Jaua, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Power said in Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday that Venezuela is guilty of
a “crackdown on civil society,” along with
Cuba, Iran and Russia. Jaua and Kerry had said
they would fast-track talks to resume ambassadorial-level ties absent since 2010. Those
prospects dimmed after Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro later offered asylum to U.S.
leaker Edward Snowden. Kerry subsequently
called Jaua and threatened unspecified action if
Snowden wound up in Venezuelan hands.
Brazil: Biden called president
about american surveillance
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government says U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
has telephoned President Dilma Rousseff in an
effort to ease tensions created by the disclosure
that the United States collected data on billions
of telephone and email conversations in Latin
America’s biggest nation. The Brazilian presidency’s website says Rousseff and Biden spoke
for 25 minutes on Friday night.
After the phone conversation, Communications Minister Helena Chagas told reporters that
Biden called Rousseff to offer explanations and
to “express his regret over the negative repercussions caused by the disclosures.”
Chagas said Rousseff accepted Biden’s invitation to send a delegation to Washington to
receive “technical and political details” about
the case, but the date and makeup of the delegation had not been decided. State-run Agencia
Brasil news agency said the group would be
comprised of representatives of the foreign,
justice and defense ministries and would go to
Washington in about three weeks.
Rousseff told Biden she wants the U.S. government to “change its security policies and practices,” the communications minister said. “The
president told Biden that the privacy of Brazilian
citizens and the country’s sovereignty cannot be
infringed in the name of security,” she said.
➧ Proposed asphalt plant faces opposition…
center of a controversy.
Whitehorn Construction, the main contractor
for the job, had until last Friday to ‘cure its
default’ with the bonding issues they were experiencing. In late May, ASG officials claimed
Whitehorn’s initial bond certificates were fake
or bogus, while Governor Lolo M. Moliga in a
statement released to the media said the bond
certificates were forged documents.
It is unknown at this time, if the pursuit by Paramount Builders for a permit to build and operate
an asphalt plant indicates the airport project is still
in the hands of Whitehorn. Paramount Builders is
a local subcontractor for the project.
ASEPA’s Matavao asked Delara how much
asphalt they plan on producing and how long
they plan to operate the plant. Delara said they
anticipate utilizing the plant when it is needed,
and their equipment can produce 45 tons of
asphalt per hour.
He said they don’t expect to operate the
plant during nighttime hours but instead, have
it up and running during normal working hours.
When asked about issues regarding emissions
in the air, Delara said they have a filter and dust
collector to address these concerns.
Matavao then asked if Paramount Builders
had received approval from the USEPA, to
which Delara said he was not sure.
During a site meeting on June 12th, Delara
said he sent the information to an employee of
the ASEPA but as of last week, their company
still had yet to receive a response.
Matavao then referred to the site visit conducted by his office and inquired about the oil
drums he saw there, as well as the cement dust
that was “all over the area”.
He asked Delara if he supervises the operations and if he was aware of the chemicals that
are being released in the air from the Tafuna
site and blowing towards the Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Delara replied that they do not have a permit
to operate a concrete batch plant, although they
have used it a “couple of times.” He added
that the cement is loaded using machines and
manpower, and that he is not there to supervise
the operations. He stated that they do not have
a permit to store the oil drums that are on the
premises and he did not know why the workers
opted to store the oil drums there, instead of discarding them properly at ASPA.
Matavao said ASEPA is “very concerned”
for the public, because of the air quality in that
area if the proposal goes through. He told Delara
that chemicals are not only being dispersed
through the air but also on the ground, and with
the recent rainy weather, the chemicals will kill
the grass, which is our source for oxygen.
The AS-EPA rep referred to the oil drums
and told Delara that their office is also concerned with a possible oil spillage, adding that
the AS-EPA can help with containment to prevent contamination of ground water.
Vaiaga’e, soothing the water, told Delara that
the PNRS hearing is to help them go through the
right process and there are legitimate concerns,
as their job is to ensure that all environmental
impacts are strictly considered.
The majority of the people at the hearing
were not against the opening of a new asphalt
plant, saying their main concern is the proposed location, which is an area located near
four schools — South Pacific Academy, Tafuna
High School, Tafuna Elementary School, and
Samoa Baptist Academy.
Delara said, at this time, their company has no
alternate site for the asphalt plant. (The proposed
site is where McConnell Dowell had its asphalt
plant before but because of health concerns and
a decision from the AS-EPA, the plant was relocated to where it is today — farther away, near
the airport runway, and closer to the ocean.)
Matavao told Delara that obvious dust flyways are evident inside the nearby Stadium
where the dust has accumulated so much that is
appears to be ‘white powder.’
“What goes in the hopper produces dust and
all you have to do is run your hand across the
stands in the Stadium to find out exactly how
much dust is there,” Matavao said. He added,
“If we allow you to operate, what would become
of our kids who frequent the stadium and the
families living nearby? The grass there is not as
green as it should be.”
Delara argued that DPW operates an asphalt
plant within the vicinity, to which board members explained that the plant he is referring to
only produces enough asphalt for minor projects
that include quick fills and patching potholes.
There were suggestions that Paramount
Builders work hand in hand with McConnell
Dowell for the supply of asphalt and hot mix.
An attorney for the AS-EPA said during the
hearing that there is no need for two asphalt
plants on island. He said the plants are “stinky,
and produce hazardous chemicals that enter the
lungs unseen.” He said having two plants would
be “excessive.”
The concern is that after only one year of
operation, if the plant is not maintained well,
smoke being emitted will affect the young children nearby and then it becomes dangerous, as
the concern will now move from being environmental to health.
When the floor was open for public comments, Lucia Bartley said Samoan people used
to be healthy but in recent years, they have been
sicker and dying young because of the environment. She told Delara that their company should
consider life over money.
Esther Wall took the floor next and produced
a petition that was circulated for two days and
garnered 221 signatures from Tualauta residents objecting to the proposed asphalt plant.
She pointed to the risk it poses to airplanes,
saying dust eventually hardens and pieces could
get stuck in the engines of airplanes flying in
and out of the territory. “This is a vast and dangerous thing,” she said.
Tualauta faipule Rep. Larry Sanitoa shares
the same concerns as the board members. He
was not at the hearing but told the Samoa News
over a telephone interview that he is very supportive of new business ventures, especially
those driven by Samoans. But he does agree that
the location is questionable and an alternative
site should be explored. He said having a second
asphalt plant on island would be beneficial and
serve as a great ‘back up plan,’ in case one of the
plants shuts down for whatever reason.
Asphalt plants mix gravel and sand with
crude oil derivatives to make the asphalt used
to pave roads, highways, and parking lots; and
in the process, millions of cancer-causing toxic
chemicals are released into the air we breathe.
According to the EPA, “asphalt processing and
asphalt roofing manufacturing facilities are
major sources of hazardous air pollutants such
as formaldehyde, hexane, phenol, polycyclic
organic matter, and toluene. Exposure to these
air toxics, asphalt fumes may cause cancer, central nervous system problems, liver damage,
respiratory problems, severe skin irritation,
headaches, dizziness, coughing, wheezing,
shortness of breath and nausea.”
The New Jersey Department of Health Senior
Services (NJDHSS) website notes that animal
studies show (PAHS) polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons affect reproduction, cause birth
defects, and are harmful to the immune system.
Samoa News, however, understands that
the Governor’s Office has already given the
approval for the proposal, signed off on the
license and land permits — in fact Samoa News
was told by a reliable source it happened before
the PNRS meeting was held.
Questions then abound: Was the PNRS
public hearing an ‘after the fact’ deal that had
to be held strictly for record purposes — to say
that a hearing was held for the land use permit?
What if the PNRS Board denies the application? Whose decision prevails? The Governor’s
Office or the PNRS Board?
Samoa News spoke to the Governor’s Chief
of Staff Fiu Johnny Saelua, who said he had not
heard of such an approval being granted and
efforts to contact the Governor’s legal counsel
Steven Watson were unsuccessful as of press
time.
The PNRS Board has 10 days to render a
decision on the proposal.
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U.S. drops bombs
onto Barrier Reef
“Lest we forget” — A fitting tribute at the end of the Manu’a Cession Day Celebration was when
we, Samoa News, came upon a heart-wrenching scene in the final hours of our trip. CSM Iuniasolua
Savusa (RET) and current Director of the ASDHS is seen here paying his respects at the gravesite of
fallen US Army SSG Tuialu’ulu’u, Salamo Jared. Tuialuuluu died in Mosul, Iraq, when his Stryker
military vehicle received enemy fire during convoy operations. Savusa was the Command Sergeant
Major at Ft. Campbell when Tuialuuluu first joined the Army. He was not able to escort Tuialuuluu’s
body back home for funeral services as he was in Afghanistan on duty at the time. This was Savusa’s
first visit to the fallen soldier’s gravesite. May we never forget the sacrifice of our son’s and daughters
[Photo: Terry Custodio Auva’a]
so that we may enjoy the life we live — Freedom is never free.
CANBERRA,
Australia
(AP) — The U.S. Navy said
on Monday it is considering
salvaging four unarmed bombs
dropped by U.S. fighter jets into
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park last week when a
training exercise went wrong.
The two AV-8B Harrier jets
launched from the amphibious
assault ship USS Bonhomme
Richard during joint exercises
with the Australian military
each jettisoned an inert, concrete-filled practice bomb and
an unarmed laser-guided explosive bomb into the World Heritage-listed marine park off the
coast of Queensland state on
Tuesday. None exploded.
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world’s largest network of coral
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Marine Park Authority, the
government manager of the
133,360 square miles protected
marine zone, said in a statement
that identifying options for the
“rapid recovery” of the bombs
so that they could pose no risk
to the marine park was “a high
priority.”
But the authority also said
the ordnances posed a “low risk
to the marine environment.”
Based on where the ordnance
have been dropped in a location
that is in water around 164 feet
deep, about 19 miles from the
nearest reef and 31 miles from
the shoreline, the immediate
impact on the marine environment is thought to be negligible,
the statement said.
U.S. 7th Fleet spokesman Lt.
David Levy said Monday the
Navy was currently reviewing
the possibility of retrieving the
ordnances in consultation with
Australian authorities.
“If the park service and the
government agencies of Australia determine that they want
those recovered, then we will
coordinate with them on that
recovery process,” Levy said in
an email.
Levy could not say whether
the bombs were damaged or
what the effect of long-term
immersion in seawater could
be. The four bombs, weighing
a total of 900 kilograms (2,000
pounds), were dropped in deep
water away from coral to minimize possible damage to the
reef, the Navy said.
The jets from the 31st Marine
Expeditionary Unit had intended
to drop the ordnances on the
Townshend Island bombing
range, but aborted the mission when controllers reported
civilian boats in the way.
The pilots conducted the
emergency jettison because
they were low on fuel and could
not land with their bomb load,
the Navy said.
The authority that manages
the marine park said the risk
of any bomb detonating was
“extremely low.”
The emergency happened
on the second day of the biennial joint training exercise
Talisman Saber, which brings
together 28,000 U.S. and Australian military personnel over
three weeks.
The Navy and Marine Corps
were working with Australian
authorities to investigate the
incident, the Navy said.
Australian Sen. Larissa
Waters, the influential Greens
party’s spokeswoman on the
Great Barrier Reef, described
the dumping of bombs in such
an environmentally sensitive
area as “outrageous” and said it
should not be allowed.
“Have we gone completely
mad?” she told Australian
Broadcasting Corp. “Is this how
we look after our World Heritage area now? Letting a foreign
power drop bombs on it?”
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