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This is Teachers’ Appreciation week in the territory.
Pictured are three teachers from Manulele Elementary School, who have been teaching for over 20
years. Their years of service have been in the classroom day in and day out — ensuring our children get
the education they need.
(L-R) Si’ivale Molia Pasesa, Corazon Asalele
Fa’pouli, Valerie Sagote and Naomi Vaeao.
Samoa News joins together with the community
in thanking all our teachers — whether in private or
public schools, daycare centers or the Early Childhood
program — or for that matter, all who teach our territory’s children, in formal and informal endeavors.
As the great Greek philosopher said, “I cannot
teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
—Socrates [photo: JL]
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PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Thursday, May 1, 2014
$1.00
The money is there,
but Lolo says no to
overtime payments
for Customs agents
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
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Nu’uuli VocTech High School had their Annual Trades Fair yesterday on campus.
It’s the one day of the year when the high school that was created to focus on trades — such
as welding, sewing, cooking, flower arranging, auto body repair and auto mechanics, in an
apprenticeship-type environment — showcases the student’s projects.
Projects such as a mobile grill (specially for vilivili pig) and auto body repair could be
[photo: TG]
viewed. For videos, interviews and more photos go to samoanews.com
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has not authorized the
payment of $144,000 which the United States Department
of Labor has cited ASG must pay for overtime incurred by
Customs Officers.
Samoa News understands Lolo has instructed the Department
of Human Resources not to act on anything yet, until after he consults with the USDOL’s main office in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
It was reported last week in the media that The Treasury
Department was expected to issue a lump sum payment of
$114,000 for the Customs agents who had insisted that their
unpaid overtime be reviewed and paid.
In January, 2014 a petition was signed by close to 30
Customs Officers regarding their overtime and comp time. The
petition was sent to Sam Tinae, the EEO Officer. Samoa News
understands this prompted the investigation by the USDOL’s
local office. According to the customs officers, they worked
overtime servicing after-hours flights, weekend flights, Saturdays at the post office as well as night time flights for Hawaiian
Air, Pacific Airlines Cargo, Military flights, and private flights
and yet they are not compensated properly.
Altogether, the overtime hours that were submitted totaled
2,500 hours, covering payrolls 15-24. However, last month, the
amount of overtime payment was reduced because a review
found discrepancies including double claiming of hours and
questionable record keeping.
The governor last year put his foot down to end overtime
incurred by government employees who work after hours at
the airport on flight nights. He pointed out the issue of incurring exorbitant amounts of overtime by personnel servicing the
flights after hours is a practice that should be abated right away.
Lolo noted the agencies working at the Airport — which
are Customs, Port Administration and Agriculture — should
hire part time employees, which would eliminate the over-time
charges and provide opportunities of financial assistance to
others in the community. He made it clear in his letter there will
be no more overtime incurred. According to the petition, the
Customs officers say they are being forced to work extra hours
and are not sure how they are being compensated.
Treasurer Falema’o Phil Pili has informed HR that there is
money available in ASG to pay off this overtime.
However, Samoa News understands that the local investigator presented a report on the overtime, for the approval of
HR Human Acting Director Eseneiaso Liu, however Mrs. Liu
refused to sign the document.
Efforts to get a direct comment from Liu were unsuccessful
as of press time, and emails to U.S. Labor Department’s Wage
and Hour Division (WHD) local investigator Siriporn Poondee
were not immediately answered.
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NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT
TO Members of the UTA Family and to all whom these present may come!
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAULO LAUTI (1) of VATIA has offered for recording in this
office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be
erected, on land AMALAU allegedly belonging to UTA FAMILY of the village of VATIA. Said land
AMALAU is situated in or near the village of VATIA in the County of VAIFANUA, Island of TUTUILA,
American Samoa.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such
instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar’s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the
recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of
posting of this notice.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period,
the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument
may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Office.
POSTED: APRIL 11, 2014 thru MAY 12, 2014
SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA
I tagata o le aiga sa UTA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga!
O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o PAULO LAUTI (1) o le nu’u o VATIA ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei
ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga fia tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i
luga o le fanua o AMALAU e fa’asino i le aiga sa UTA, o le nu’u o VATIA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe
latalata ane i le nu’u o VATIA , itumalo o VAIFANUA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa.
O le fa’aaliga fo’i e fa’apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata’upu e mafai ona fa’atu’i’iese
ile fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i
Fagatogo, sana fa’atu’ese tusitusia. O fa’atu’iesega uma lava e ao ona fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o
aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga.
Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a
fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’afia ai tagata uma.
04/17 & 05/01/14
MOMENTS IN TIME
The History Channel
 On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner, an English
country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers
the world’s first vaccination as a preventive
treatment for smallpox by scratching the fluid
from cowpox into the skin of an 8-year-old boy.
The disease had killed millions of people over
the centuries.
 On May 17, 1885, for the second time in
two years, the Apache chief Geronimo breaks out
of an Arizona reservation.
A famous medicine man and the leader of the
Chiricahua Apache, Geronimo achieved national
fame by being the last American Indian to surrender formally to the United States.
 On May 15, 1942, Lt. Ronald Reagan, a cavalry
officer, applies for reassignment to the Army Air
Force, where he would eventually put his thespian background to use on World War II propaganda
films. Reagan was given a job in the First Motion
Picture Unit.
 On May 13, 1958, during a goodwill trip
through Latin America, Vice President Richard
Nixon’s car is attacked by an angry crowd in
Caracas, Venezuela. The trip began with some controversy, as Nixon had engaged in loud and bitter
debates with student groups during his travels
through Peru and Uruguay.
 On May 12, 1963, Bob Dylan walks out of what
was to be his first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He had previewed “Talkin’ John Birch
Paranoid Blues” for Sullivan, who’d approved it
days before. But the CBS Standards and Practices
department equated the John Birch Society’s views
with those of Adolf Hitler.
 On May 16, 1975, Japanese mountaineer Junko
Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit
of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
Located in the central Himalayas,
Everest stands 29,035 feet above sea level.
In 1988, Stacy Allison became the first American
woman to successfully climb Everest.
 On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic
peak in southwestern Washington, erupts, killing
57 people and devastating some 210 square miles
of wilderness. The lateral blast leveled nearly
all vegetation for as far as 12 miles away.
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Lt. Governor reminds cabinet their
budget comes to Gov’s office first
2014 budget ceilings
remain for FY 2015
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
The budget for Fiscal Year 2015 (which officially begins Oct. 1, 2014), two inter Samoa
talks, food safety in the territory and a possible
new phone directory by Bluesky Communications were among the issues discussed during
the Cabinet meeting held Monday, prior to Lt.
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s departure from
the territory.
Lemanu, who is also acting governor, first
acknowledged ASG directors and departments
for a successful Flag Day celebration and he
was very appreciative of the countless hours
spent in preparation by ASG employees.
During the meeting, Director of Agriculture
Lealao Melila Purcell conducted a presentation
on food safety and sustainability in the territory.
He discussed aquaponics, pesticide regulation
and safe practices for agriculture.
Lealao emphasized the prevention of food
borne illnesses through various programs conducted by DoA, DoH, DOE and LBJ.
Awareness of proper food preparation, harvesting, packaging, and food storage were
topics of discussion, along with the ASG school
lunch program.
The DoA is also involved with piggeries,
and is helping to eliminate the contamination
from runoffs and landfills with aid for dry litter
piggeries. (Samoa News will provide details on
these issues in later editions.)
Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Satele Galu
Satele, who chaired the Flag Day celebrations
this year, expressed gratitude for the substantial
undertaking by all cabinet members to make this
Flag Day celebration an extraordinary success.
He acknowledged the personal participation
by the directors and praised Bluesky, ASPA
and the private sector for making this Flag Day
special. He also encouraged cabinet members
to be honest employees and to avoid questionable practices as they carry out their duties and
responsibilities.
Budget & Planning Director Catherine Dora
Aigamaua Saelua reminded the cabinet that
budgets are due May 2, 2014 for FY 2015, with
budget negotiation meetings slated for May 5,
2014 with the Lt. Governor.
She stated that the 2015 budget ceiling is the
2014 budget amount.
The budget director further requested that all
departments that utilized the “special programs
budget” for personnel positions this year need
to incorporate such positions into their own
departmental budgets for 2015, e.g. College
graduate initiative, DPW special hires, Treasury professional staff hires and other positions.
Lemanu then reminded cabinet members the
Fono is not where you ask for funds for ASG
projects — directors must bring their budget
and vision statements to the Budget meeting
with the governor first.
He said the Fono is where directors need to
“defend” their budget requests that have been
submitted to the legislature. He also pointed
out that it is required that directors personally
attend the Budget meeting with the Governor’s
Office and not to send their deputy director or
representatives.
Lemanu noted that the Two Inter Samoa
Talks will be scheduled for June 27, 2014 and
all items to be discussed at this meeting will be
presented to DOC Director Keniseli Lafaele
for pre-approval. The DOC Director will coordinate and work directly with the Governor’s
office on these issues.
The Lt Governor gave the cabinet members
a deadline for their quarterly reports, due on
Monday at 4p.m. and thanked the department
and agencies who have already submitted their
quarterly reports.
Information about the new phone directory
can be found elsewhere in this edition.
samoa news, Thursday, May 1, 2014 Page 3
The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR), which oversees the Fish Aggregation
Program, recently deployed two nearshore Fish Aggregation Devices (FADs) which will assist local
and recreational fishermen, so they don’t have to travel far out to sea to fish. The Fish Aggregation
Program is funded under the Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Grant. The program is
coordinated by TJ Letalie under the supervision of DMWRs Chief Biologist Dr. Domingo Ochavillo.
According to DMWR Director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga, the deployment of the neashore FADS will
also assist our Recreational Fishers in the I’a Lapo’a Tournament. FAD deployment for Manu’a is
scheduled for next week. Dr. Ochavillo explained that the data collected from these FADs indicate the
attraction of pelagic fishes such as wahoo, marlin, masimasi and albacore.
Dr. Matagi-Tofiga concluded, “We urge the fishing community, as well as the public, to please
report any vessel or vessels that try to tie on to the FADS or try to cut the FADs lose, as we have been
receiving reports of vessels that have been doing this.”
[photo: DMWR staff]
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FATHER PLEADS GUILTY TO PPD IN MACHETE CASE INVOLVING DAUGHTER
The father who went after his daughter with a machete in Lauli’i has apologized to his family
for his actions which he says have denigrated their good family name. The father, on Monday,
entered into a plea agreement with the government. In the interest of protecting the identity of the
victim, Samoa News will not name the father.
The father, who is a teacher at Fagaitua High School and in his 50s, was arrested the first week
of April on a Public Peace Disturbance charge. Samoa News points out that the arrest followed an
incident which allegedly uncovered a sexual relationship the defendant had with his female student. That case is pending in High Court. For the PPD case, the father in an agreement with the
Attorney General’s office, pled guilty to the PPD count and in return ASG did not recommend any
jail time. During sentencing before District Court Judge John Ward, the defendant apologized for
what happened. Ward sentenced the father to six months probation, and ordered him to undergo
anger management counseling and not consume any alcohol while on probation.
MAN IN JAIL SINCE DECEMBER ON STEALING CASE, HAS BEEN RELEASED
A 22-year-old Aua man who pled guilty to stealing ASG checks that belonged to his uncle was
released from jail last Friday, during sentencing. Brandon Vaiula was charged with forgery and
stealing. However, in a plea agreement with the government, the defendant pled guilty to stealing
while the forgery count was dismissed. The stealing count is a class C felony punishable with up
to seven years in jail, a fine of up to $5,000 or both. During the plea agreement hearing on this case the defendant admitted to the court that on Apr.
11, 2013 he stole a government check on a desk at the Police Station, along with the driver’s license
of the man who owns the check, who is his uncle. He noted he went to a store in Leloaloa with the
victim’s driver’s license and cashed the check in the amount of $1,324.54. The defendant admitted
not only did he use the driver’s license of the victim but he also forged the victim’s signature. Chief Justice Michael Kruse asked the defendant how could he have used the driver’s license to
cash the check when his face is not the same as the owner of the driver’s license, and the defendant
replied he just showed the driver’s license to the cashier and he was able to cash the check.
During sentencing last week, the defendant said he was sorry for what happened and asked the
court for a second chance. He also apologized to his uncle, who owns the check he stole.
Assistant Public Defender Karen Shelley informed the court police found $600 on the defendant, while $700 had already been used by the defendant. Kruse sentenced the defendant to three
years in jail, however execution of sentence was stayed, and the defendant is placed on probation
for three years under the condition that he serves one year in jail. The court however stayed that
one year, and Vaiul was ordered to undergo 200 hours of community service.
Court filings say the victim informed police he had received two government checks and placed
them in his desk on Apr. 10, 2013, however the next day when he arrived at his office, both checks
were missing. The victim stated he drove around to different stores to see if anyone had cashed
the checks, and it was at T.I. Inc., he saw video footage of the defendant using his (the victim’s)
driver’s license for identification and cashing the check for the amount of $1,324.54. The owner
showed the victim the check, and the victim reported the matter to police. The store owner told
police the defendant came into the store three times to cash government checks, and the owner
told Vaiula that in order for him to cash the checks, he must provide a valid ID.
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NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT
TO Members of the UTA Family and to all whom these present may come!
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAULO LAUTI (2) of VATIA has offered for recording in this
office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be
erected, on land AMALAU allegedly belonging to UTA FAMILY of the village of VATIA. Said land
AMALAU is situated in or near the village of VATIA in the County of VAIFANUA, Island of TUTUILA,
American Samoa.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such
instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar’s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the
recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of
posting of this notice.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period,
the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument
may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Office.
POSTED: APRIL 11, 2014 thru MAY 12, 2014
SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA
I tagata o le aiga sa UTA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga!
O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o PAULO LAUTI (2) o le nu’u o VATIA ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei
ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga fia tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i
luga o le fanua o AMALAU e fa’asino i le aiga sa UTA, o le nu’u o VATIA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe
latalata ane i le nu’u o VATIA , itumalo o VAIFANUA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa.
O le fa’aaliga fo’i e fa’apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata’upu e mafai ona fa’atu’i’iese
ile fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i
Fagatogo, sana fa’atu’ese tusitusia. O fa’atu’iesega uma lava e ao ona fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o
aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga.
Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a
fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’afia ai tagata uma.
04/17 & 05/01/14
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samoa news, Thursday, May 1, 2014
WPRFMC schedules a
busy week in territory
(BASED ON A PRESS RELEASE) — The Western Pacific
Regional Fisheries Management Council staff will be traveling
to American Samoa for a busy week of meetings and workshops.
Beginning on Saturday May 3, the Council will be providing a
fresh fish training workshop with local tuna processors and vessel
owners and operators. This training will provide hands on training
in fresh fish operations, focusing on proper storage with ice and
refrigerated seawater. The Council will be bringing two experts
in the field to train attendees. John Kaneko, Program Manager of
the Hawaii Seafood Council, and Nelson Aberilla, Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) Manager of the United
Fishing Agency, will be conducting the workshop and providing
information that will greatly benefit the attendees. This workshop
is being hosted at the Samoa Tuna Processors facility in Atu’u.
Also on Saturday May 3, the Council will be holding a public
hearing on the draft amendment to the Council’s Pelagic Fishery
Ecosystem Plan which will modify the Large Vessel Prohibited
Area around American Samoa. This hearing will be convened at
Sadie’s by the Sea upstairs conference room from 4pm to 6pm.
On Monday May 5, the Council will be holding its Regional
Ecosystem Advisory Committee meeting with local committee
members. The meeting will cover local fishery management
topics including fishery development programs in the Territory,
the modification to the Large Vessel Prohibited Area, and the
Marine Conservation Plan for American Samoa. A wide range
of local and federal leaders and experts have been invited to this
meeting to provide feedback on these and other related topics.
Also on Monday May 5, the Council will be honoring local
student winners for the Council sponsored Poster Art Contest for
the 2014 Amerika Samoa Lunar Tide Calendar (grades K-12) and
the Photo Essay Contest (grades 9-12). The theme of both of these
contests was Suiga o le Tau ma Nofoaga Talafa’asolopito: O aiā
Tatau ma Matāfaioi (Climate Change and Traditional Places:
Rights and Responsibilities). Sixteen students will be recognized
for being overall winners in the various categories.
Top student honors go to Gayathri Murali, 8th grade of South
Pacific Academy. She won the middle school division for American Samoa and her art will be on display at the First Stewards
Symposium and Living Earth Festival at the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC this
July. Taylor Falealili, a senior at Fagaitua High School won the
top overall prize for best artwork submission.
Louisa Faulkner, a senior at South Pacific Academy won the
Photo Essay Contest. The Council will be sending her to attend
the First Stewards Symposium and Living Earth Festival at the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC this summer to present her photo and essay along with
other regional winners from Guam, the CNMI, and Hawai’i.
Bluesky plans to publish
Yellow Pages telephone
directory for the Territory
by Samoa News staff
Bluesky Communications is publishing an American Samoa
Yellow Pages Telephone Directory later this year, with a briefing
given early this week during a cabinet meeting, which was
attended by Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, before he departed
for Honolulu, according to minutes of the meeting.
Bluesky country manager Lewis Wolman made the presentation about the yellow pages. It was revealed during the cabinet
meeting that all telephone entries from ASG departments and
entities were invited to contact Bluesky for inclusion in the government section of the phone directory.
Responding to Samoa News questions, Wolman told Samoa
News yesterday morning that there will be no cost for phone
number listings for businesses and government agencies and
organizations. Asked about the listing of residential landlines,
which is a service provided by the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority, Wolman said “We will be meeting with
ASTCA soon to discuss residential landline listings” adding that
“we don’t yet know if those listings will be included.”
Wolman, who is also chairman of the Chamber of Commerce,
says more than 10,000 copies will be distributed free to households,
government offices, and workplaces. “There will be a cost for
advertisements. That is how the book is financed,” Wolman said.
Samoa News understands that the last time ASTCA published
a directory, which included yellow pages for businesses and government, was in 2008. The ASCTA book provided a section for
cell phone listing. Meanwhile, the 2014 edition of the Samoa
Islands Business Directory — covering Am. Samoa and Samoa —
was released in late February. This is the 8th Edition of the directory published by Apia-based Talamua Media & Publications.
From American Samoa to
Afghanistan: Leaving home for
1st time, a huge culture shock
by Senior Master Sgt. Gary J. Rihn
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan— Lackland Air Force Base is worlds away from American Samoa, in more ways than one.
And for Senior Airman Desirae Faasavalu, she found a few of those differences right away.
“It was a huge culture shock, seeing all of the buildings and freeways and no greenery,”
she said.
Faasavalu is a native of American Samoa, who left her island for the first time to travel to
Air Force Basic Training in Texas. Despite being initially homesick, she soon adapted, and even
thrived in her new setting. She started off with a strong performance in basic training, where she
was named Honor Graduate for her flight.
“I persevered in basic training because I wanted to make my parents proud. They were my main
motivation,” she said.
Coming from a family of five other siblings, she wanted to get an education and better herself.
“Besides Air Force training, I have already completed my Community College of the Air Force
degree, am working on my bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, and would like to go on to
get a master’s,” said Faasavalu.
Following basic training, Faasavalu continued her military training, and was assigned to the
Force Support Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. She is currently deployed
to Bagram as a member of the Personnel Support for Contingency Operations team, where she is
in charge of waivers and extensions.
Early in her career, Faasavalu was selected to perform as a vocalist with the Air Force’s premier
Tops In Blue touring ensemble. She spent a year with the program, traveling around the United
States and Europe, performing for Service members. In addition to her singing, she enjoys dancing
and playing musical instruments.
When not busy processing passengers arriving at or departing Bagram, she volunteers as the
public affairs representative for the Airmen Committed to Excellence group on base, where she
helps to tell the story of the Airmen at Bagram.
Faasavalu said that she is the first of her family to join the military, and is proud that she can
help to support her family in American Samoa, where her father is the High Talking Chief for their
village, Nu’uuli. Even with her family’s prominent position on the island, she saw how her parents
struggled trying to send her older brother and sister through college.
“If I could help my parents and take away that burden from them, I knew that I wanted to help,”
she said.
She is also very proud of her heritage, and enjoys talking about it when possible.
“I love representing our Polynesian culture. Everyone should be prideful and love where they
come from. If there’s one thing about me that people know, it’s how much I love my culture.”
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Pago Pago American Samoa 96799
Proclamation
SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH
“Safe Today. Healthy Tomorrow”
WHEREAS, the Territory of American Samoa includes 5804 senior citizens ages 60 and older; and
WHEREAS, the Territory Administration of Aging ( TAOA ) is committed to helping all individuals live
longer, healthier lives; and
WHEREAS, the Senior Citizens of American Samoa have made countless contributions and sacrifices
to ensure a better life for future generations; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the value of injury prevention and safety awareness in helping older adults
remain healthy and active; and
WHEREAS, our Territory can provide opportunities to enrich the lives of individuals young and old by:
• Emphasizing the need to take action to safeguard themselves from unintentional injuries
where they live,work and socialize.
• Providing information on avoiding leading causes of injury for older adults - falls, motor
vehicle-related incidents, suffocation, medication overdose, and fire/burns.
• Helping the Seniors of American Samoa take control of their safety and well-being.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEMANU P. MAUGA, Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, do hereby
proclaim the Month of May 2014, to be THE SENIOR CITIZENS’ MONTH. I urge every resident of
American Samoa to take time this month to recognize our senior citizens and the people who serve
and support them as powerful and vital individuals who greatly contribute to the Territory.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my Signature and Seal of the Office of the Governor
on this 28th day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen.
LEMANU P. MAUGA
Acting Governor of American Samoa
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Russia evokes
Nazi horrors to
‘bash’ Ukraine
ZHDANIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow calls the detention center under construction near the Russian border a “fascist
concentration camp.” Inside the barbed-wire fences, the reality
is less ominous: It’s an EU-funded project to hold asylum
seekers and illegal immigrants, similar to other such detention
centers across Europe.
The accusation is part of a relentless Kremlin-driven propaganda offensive that uses World War II-era terms and imagery
to rail against Ukraine’s fledging government. “Nazis,” ‘’fascists” and “Fritzes” are some of the terms that Russia is hurling
at Ukrainian authorities who took power after the ouster of the
last elected president, a reversal in political fortunes that has led
to a pro-Western Ukrainian government in Kiev and a pro-Russian insurgency in the country’s east.
It’s an effective tactic because of the emotional weight that
World War II has in Russia.
The Soviet victory against Hitler is the nation’s single most
powerful rallying cry.
In evoking the ugliest words related to Nazi Germany, the
Russian media loyal to President Vladimir Putin is galvanizing
support for his aggressive stance toward Ukraine, both among
his countrymen and among Russian-speakers in Ukraine’s east.
It’s also a dangerous tactic, because the inflammatory propaganda may provoke the anti-Kiev opposition in the east.
The propaganda assault began during the monthslong proWestern protests that ousted Ukraine’s pro-Russian president in
February.
Russian state news media were quick to dismiss the protests as the work of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, a particularly loaded
accusation because Ukrainian nationalists collaborating with
the Nazis are blamed for horrific reprisal attacks during World
War II. The Maidan movement did contain an ultranationalist
element, known as the Right Sector, but its influence appears
greatly amplified by the Russian media.
Putin has set the national tone by eagerly using the word
“Nazis” to refer to the protesters in Ukraine. Speaking at his
annual April call-in show, Putin warned that “neo-Nazism is on
the rise” in Ukraine.
By invoking World War II imagery, the Kremlin is stirring a
cauldron of emotion; millions of Russians were killed in battle or
thrown into Nazi camps in a war that left no family unaffected.
“The only thing that truly unites the nation is the mythology
of the Second World War and the idea of victory,” said political
analyst Dmitry Oreshkin. “Putin appeals to that; there’s nothing
else to rally around.”
Arkady Mamontov, a TV journalist who led the media assault
against punk band Pussy Riot, broadcast footage of the Zhdanivka
detention center, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the major
eastern city of Donetsk, on his Sunday program and declared that
Ukraine was constructing “fascist concentration camps” for proRussian activists rallying in eastern Ukrainian cities.
“There will be enough cells for everyone,” Mamontov said
as he walked along the barbed-wire fence, though he failed to
provide any evidence of it.
On an unannounced visit to the facility, The Associated Press
was given an extensive tour of the grounds, and found nothing to
suggest it was not an ordinary detention center. There were rows
of barracks under construction for 100 people, but no barred
windows or watch-towers.
“We’re not building any Auschwitz here,” said Volodymyr
Pashchenko, a Ukrainian official with the Turkish company
building the facility. “This is not a prison. This is a center which
is to provide normal accommodation to people who have fled to
Europe or who have somehow ended up in Ukraine illegally.”
Pashchenko said his company secured the deal in 2010 to
build the immigration detention center, which is being completed under an EU-funded project.
There is a deep and dark history behind the anti-Ukrainian
messages now emanating from Russia.
When Nazi troops entered Ukraine in 1941, they enlisted
local Ukrainians to fight for them and against the Soviet Union.
The nationalist Ukrainian brigades that were formed saw themselves as patriots fighting for independence.
But while serving under the Nazis, some participated in war
crimes, including extermination campaigns against Jews, Poles
and fellow Ukrainians. Even after the fall of Nazi Germany in
1945, bands of Ukrainian nationalists fought on in the forests
against the Soviet re-occupation of Ukraine until finally subdued
or annihilated by around 1948.
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Air Force Senior Airman Desirae Faasavalu passes out paperwork during the in-processing
briefing for Airmen arriving at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Apr. 17, 2014. Faasavalu is assigned
to the 455th PERSCO (Personnel Support for Contingency Operations) team, and is responsible for
[photo: Senior Master Sgt. Gary J. Rihn]
in-processing of Airmen arriving at Bagram.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Study: Wealth gap growing
across rich countries
PARIS (AP) — A new study says the gap
between the richest and poorest is growing
across leading economies, and recommends
fairer tax laws to reduce it.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development says the gap is growing even
in countries seen as more equal, such as Finland,
Norway and Sweden. The Paris-based OECD is
made up of 34 major economies, including the
United States.
The study says the top 1 percent of earners
in the United States earned 47 percent of all
income growth over the past three decades.
It warns that the gap will continue to grow
“without concerted policy action.” Ideas it is
mooting include reducing tax breaks and havens
that reward the rich more than the poor.
Police arrest two in
‘wrong car color’ killing
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose police
say they have arrested two people in the
shooting death of a man relatives say was targeted for driving the wrong-colored car in a
gang-plagued neighborhood. The San Jose
Mercury News reported Tuesday that 21-yearold Richard James Guerrero was arrested on
suspicion of murder and 20-year-old David
Ramiro Martinez was arrested on suspicion of
being an accessory to the murder.
Eric Mendoza was gunned down April 3
in East San Jose. Family members say the
25-year-old was driving a red car in a neighborhood where the Sureno street gang is active.
The gang claims the color blue and clashes with
its red-bearing Norteno rivals.
Relatives say Mendoza had no gang ties.
Puerto Rico formally
submits balanced budget
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto
Rico’s government has released more details on
the island’s first balanced budget in more than a
decade. Officials say the U.S. territory’s education and police departments will receive the bulk
of general funds spent. However, the education
department also will see several cuts amid $1.4
billion in spending reductions, including a 40
percent decrease in school transportation funds
that is expected to save about $65 million. Office
of Management & Budget Director Carlos
Rivas says municipalities are now expected to
coordinate school transportation.
Rivas also says the government will close
roughly 100 schools because of the drop in the
island’s population. Some 450,000 people have
left Puerto Rico in the past decade amid economic struggles. The government’s $9.64 billion budget was formally submitted to the legislature Wednesday.
May Day clashes are
expected in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators are gathering in Istanbul in observance of
May Day, with many pledging to defy a government ban on protests in the central Taksim Square.
Demonstrators are massing at different spots
throughout the city, as well as in other cities in
Turkey. In Istanbul, clashes are expected with protesters determined to mark International Workers’
Day in Taksim, the city’s most iconic square.
Before being declared a national holiday in
2009, May 1 was a day of conflict that often led
to violence across Turkey. Taksim carries significant importance for May Day, which is also
known as Labor Day. In 1977, 34 people were
killed in the square when shots were fired into
the crowd from a nearby building.
Governor calls for review
after botched execution
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma
Gov. Mary Fallin named a member of her Cabinet on Wednesday to lead a review of how the
state conducts executions after a botched procedure that the White House said fell short of the
humane standards required.
Fallin said Clayton Lockett, who had an
apparent heart attack 43 minutes after the start of
an execution in which the state was using a new
drug combination for the first time, had his day
in court. “I believe the death penalty is an appropriate response and punishment to those who
commit heinous crimes against their fellow men
and women,” he said. “However, I also believe
the state needs to be certain of its protocols and
its procedures for executions and that they work.”
Lockett convulsed violently and tried to lift
his head after a doctor declared him unconscious, and prison officials halted the execution.
Fallin said “an independent review” would be
effective and appropriate.
July trial set in Michigan
porch shooting case
DETROIT (AP) — A July trial is scheduled for a Detroit-area man who fatally shot an
unarmed woman last fall on his porch.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Dana
Hathaway on Wednesday set Theodore Wafer’s
trial for July 21. It’s expected to last about three
weeks. A final conference is June 20.
Last week, Wayne County Circuit Chief
Judge Pro Tem Timothy Kenny removed
Judge Qiana Lillard from the case. Hathaway
was drawn to take over. There’s no dispute
that Wafer shot Renisha McBride in the face
on Nov. 2 in Dearborn Heights. His lawyers
insist he opened the front door and fired in selfdefense, fearing that the drunken 19-year-old
was trying to break into his home before dawn.
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samoa news, Thursday, May 1, 2014 Page 7
H appy 3rd B irthday
FONZELINA JUBILEE
FALEFONO May
IAKOPO
1, 2011
At a recent Lions Club board meeting, Lion Tafa Tua Tupuola, chairperson for the Special
Olympics Amerika Samoa (SOAS), presented a beautiful pin of appreciation to the club. The pin
itself came from the Special Olympic Asia Pacific Regional Games, which our athletes were able
to attend in Australia, with the help of many community organizations and individuals.
SOAS wanted to acknowledge the Lions for their support, not just in fundraising, but for sponsoring a fun day for the Special Olympians at Luna’s Park, an amusement theme park in Sydney.
[photo: tlh]
Receiving the pin on behalf of the Lion membership was president Chris King.
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Prosecutors, however, say he should have
called 911 and kept the door shut.
Blasts in south Indian
train station kill 1 woman
CHENNAI, India (AP) — Twin blasts
ripped through two coaches of a passenger train
Thursday morning minutes after it pulled into
the station, killing a 22-year-old woman and
injuring nine people, officials said.
Authorities suspect the blasts were caused
by bombs planted on the Bangalore-Guwahati
Express train, said M. Bhupati, the spokesman
for India’s southern railway system.
“The police are already on the job, they are
investigating what kind of bomb it was and
what was the purpose,” Chennai Central station
General Manager R.K. Mishra told reporters.
The blasts come amid heightened security
nationwide for India’s massive general election,
which is held in phases over several weeks.
At least one of the blasts erupted from underneath a seat where the 22-year-old victim was
sitting, killing her, Mishra said.
China-Russia to hold
East China Sea naval drills
BEIJING (AP) — China and Russia will
hold joint naval exercises in the East China Sea
later this month, amid regional tensions over
island groups and airspace.
A notice on the Chinese Defense Ministry’s
website Thursday said the “Jointly At Sea 2014”
drills would begin in late May near Shanghai.
It said the latest in a series of joint drills
aimed to “deepen practical cooperation and
boost their abilities to work together to respond
to seaborne threats.”
The East China Sea includes a string of uninhabited islands controlled by Japan but claimed
by China, which regular dispatches patrol boats
to confront Japanese coast guard vessels in the
area. The long-running dispute over the islands
that Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu
has grown more intense since Japan, a U.S. ally,
nationalized some of them in 2012.
China also sparked denouncements from
Tokyo, Washington and others over its announcement in December of an air defense zone encompassing much of the airspace above the sea,
including over the disputed islands. Both said they
wouldn’t recognize China’s demands that flights
passing through the area identify themselves and
follow Chinese instructions, requirements Beijing has apparently not sought to enforce.
China and Russia have conducted a number
of joint naval and other military exercises since
2005 within the framework of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization.
Continued from page 6
Sheriff: 2 killed, 9 hurt
in oil field explosion
MENTONE, Texas (AP) — A buildup of
pressure caused an explosion as workers were
changing a wellhead Wednesday at a West
Texas oil field, killing two of them and injuring
nine others, a sheriff said.
Loving County Sheriff Billy Hopper said
authorities received an emergency call before
8:30 a.m. Wednesday about the explosion some
60 miles southeast of Carlsbad, N.M.
The two workers who were killed died at
the scene, he said. Their names have not been
released. Hopper said all of the nine workers
who were hurt had minor injuries and did not
go to a hospital.
It was not clear Wednesday which company
operates the oil field, he said.
Initial reports indicated the workers were
operating an oil rig, but Hopper later clarified
they were using heavy machinery to switch out
the wellhead.
“Those wellheads are tremendously heavy
pieces of equipment,” he said, explaining they
can weigh more than 1,000 pounds.
Beached dead whale stinks
up town in Newfoundland
TROUT RIVER, Newfoundland (AP) —
The 60-ton carcass of a blue whale is rotting on
the shore on Canada’s east coast, stinking up a
town and triggering fears that it could burst.
Provincial officials said Wednesday they’re
working with federal agencies to help small
towns on Newfoundland’s west coast deal
with the rotting carcasses of whales, including
one that washed ashore near the town of
Trout River.
The town’s clerk, Emily Butler, said the
26-meter (85-foot) blue whale is beached next
to a community boardwalk and is emitting a
powerful stench that is spreading through the
town of 600 people. Butler said residents are
worried that the methane gas brought on by
decomposition could cause the animal to burst.
“I’m not sure with the heat and gases that are
trapped inside of this mammal if at some point
in time it will explode,” Butler said.
Jack Lawson, a research scientist with Canada’s Fisheries Department, said the risk of the
whale blowing up is “very small.”
It’s more likely gases will escape as the
whale’s skin breaks down, deflating like an old
balloon, Lawson said.
Local officials have raised health concerns,
and worry that the stench could affect the
looming tourism season.
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Three years ago, God blessed us with a precious baby girl with such a
vivacious & witty personality. Your beautiful smile brings joy to our lives
every single day. May the Lord continue to bless and guide your life
always. We love you “Fonzy”.
Love from, Your families here and abroad
Your Papa Ti’a & Nana Fono
Dad & Mom
Especially from your older brothers Jake, Jack & Jerry
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Happy 1st Birthday
AATASI “LOINA” TAGOAI
by B. Chen
Samoa News Correspondent
We thank the Lord for blessing us with
a wonderful Princess. May God
continue to bless and guide you with
many years to come so that you may
explore the world.
1
Love always,
Your Grandparents, Uncle,
Aunty and the whole family
Especially your Parents;
Sinaafulilo & Loia Tagoai
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FAGATOGO SEAWALL
FINALLY GETS REPAIR
The seawall that extends
from behind the Fagatogo Marketplace to the Fono building
is getting a long awaited makeover. After being severely
damaged during the tsunami of
2009, work to restrengthen and
rebuild the seawall has finally
commenced.
The project addresses long
standing concerns about the
road giving way to erosion.
Samoa Maritime Construction is carrying out the work
which is set to be completed in
90 days. The project is being
funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). The work is being
carried out in an area that Faga-
TOFIA MINISITA FOU
Ua faavaeina nei se matagaluega fou a le malo ma ua tofia ai foi se minisita fou na te faatautaia. Na
faatumulia le maota o Luafatasaga po o le maota lea e malolo i ai sui o le Palemene i taimi o tauaofiaga
a le maota, i sui o le malo, sui o malo mai fafo, ma le mamalu o le atunuu sa autovaa atu e molimauina
le tofia aloaia ma le faatautoina o se sui fou o le Kapeneta e suia le afioga Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, lea ua
faamavae mai lona tofi minisita o Tupe. Sa toatele i latou sa taumate po o ai o le a tofgia e le alii palemia,
ma na faateia uma i latou ina ua faailoa mai e le susuga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, le tofia
ai o le afioga i le alii faipule o le itumalo Satupaitea, le afioga Lautafi Fio Serafi Purcell, e avea ma sui
o le Kapeneta. Na faailoa foi e le alii palemia, o le alii minisita fou ua tofia o le a ia vaaia le matagaluega fou ua faavaeina e gafa ma le pulea o nisi o faalapotopotoga a le malo e pei o le Komisi e Pulea le
Aufaigaluega a le Malo (PSC), o le Ofisa o Fuainumera Faamauina, o le Ofisa o Eleele a Samoa (SLC),
o le Pulega o Malae Taalo a Samoa (SSFA) ma le Pulega o Fale a le malo (SHA). I lana saunoaga, na
faaalia ai e Tuilaepa, e to’a 13 sui o le Kapeneta – e to’a 10 mai Upolu ma le to’atolu mai Savaii. “Ma
ua alagatatau ai le tofia o se isi sui mai Salafai e suia le sui o Salafai ua faamavae, le afioga Faumuina,”
a Tuilaepa lea. Sa faapea ona faatautoina le alii minisita fou i luma o le Ao o le Malo, le afioga Tui Atua
Tupua Tamasese Efi. Ua see atu nei le Matagaluega o Tupe i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le alii palemia.
TALOSAGA LOIA MO SALA TUPE
Ua talosaga loia o lo o tulai mo le alii sui palemia, le tofa Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo ma le alii
minisita lagolago ia Muagututagata Peter Ah Him, i le Faamasinoga ina ia tuuina atu ni faasalaga tupe.
E pei ona lipoti muamua, ua faamaonia nei le moliaga e tasi o le faalavelave i galuega a leoleo faasaga
ia Fonotoe, ae faamaonia le moliaga e tasi o le le usitaia o tulaga moomia i le feulaina o le masini e iloa
ai le aofaiga o le ava malosi i le tino o le tagata faasaga ia Muagututagata. Na vali e le alii loia o Donald
Kerslake lea o lo o tulai mo Fonotoe, se ata felanulanua’i o le alii sui palemia i lana talosaga i le afioga
Faamasino Vaepule Vaemoa Vaai. Fai mai a ia, o Fonotoe o lo o ia tauaveina le tofiga lona lua i le faasologa o tofiga o le malo, e tasi le tausaga sa faigaluega ai i le Ofisa o le Komesina Maualuga o Niu Sila, o
se alii loia, o se matai Samoa, o le sui o le itumalo faaalalafaga o Anoamaa, o se sui o le Sosaiete o Loia a
Samoa ma o se tama e toafa lana fanau. Peitai e lei avaga ai le tofa a le afioga i le alii faamasino. Na saunoa
Vaepule, e le avea le tulaga maualuga ua i ai I le malo e avea ma ‘alofaga mai le solitulafono sa tulai mai
ma e le ‘alo foi le tulafono. Sa tulai foi le loia a Muagututagata, le susuga Patrick Fepuleai ma ia talosagaina
se sala tupe e $200 mo le alii minisita lagolago. Ua tolopoina nei le lauina o a la faasalaga i le aso 13 o Me.
TOLOPO LE FAAMASINOGA O BRIAN LIMA
O le vaiaso ua te’a na faagasolo ai le faamasinoga o le alii lakapi lauiloa o Muliagatele Brian Lima, lea
o lo o molia i moliaga o le faaoomanua tuga, o le lafo o mea faitino matautia ma le taufaamatau. E pei ona
lipotia muamua i a tatou tala, o ia moliaga e mafua mai i se feeseeseaiga i le va o Muliagatele ma le tamaitai
sa avea ma ona toalua faaipoipo, o Lemalu Sina Retzlaff i fafo o le falekalapu o le Y-Not i Matautu-tai i le
tausaga na te’a nei. Sa molimau le tamaitai Lemalu i le vaiaso ua te’a ma ia faamatala ai lea faalavelave.
Fai mai a ia, sa la feosofi i totonu o le la taavale ma lana uo alii sa la tafafao i lea po, le alii o Sialofi, ae oo
atu loa Muliagatele. Na molimau Lemalu sa ia vaaia foliga ataata o Muliagatele i le amataga o le la talanoaga. Sa fesili atu Muliagatele po o le alii lea ua la feoa’i, ma pe ua ia fetaui i o la alo. Sa tali o ia, ioe ua
uma. Peitai sa faafuasei ona fesili atu Muliagatele, po o la faiaiga ma lea alii i luga o le la (Muliagatele ma
Lemalu) moega. O le faafuasei o lea fesili sa toe fesili ai Lemalu po o le a le moega, ae amata loa ona tatu’i
e Muliagatele o ia ma lana uo. Ua toe tolo nei e Faamasino Ida Malosi lea faamasinoga i le aso 7 o Me.
togo faipule Rep. Maugaoali’i
Leapai Tusipa Anoa’i told
Samoa News last month, will
be included in the development
of a board walk, to coincide
with the playground/multi-use
court that will eventually turn
out to be a minipark between
the Iseula boat shed and the
Fagatogo Square.
The original contract for the
seawall repair job was $98,000
but change orders that include
the addition of another 25 feet
of repairs has slightly increased
that amount.
SAMOA TALKS POSTPONED YET AGAIN
The Inter-Samoa Summit,
known to many as the Samoa
Talks, has been postponed yet
again, with the new date being
June 27.
The Samoa Talks were tentatively scheduled to be held
next week in Samoa but Acting
Governor Lemanu Peleti
Mauga announced during the
cabinet meeting on Monday
that the new date for the interSamoa talks is June 27. No
explanation for the change of
date was provided. (It should
be noted that both the governor
and Lemanu are to-date both
off-island. )
The Samoa Talks were initially set for last year, Governor
Lolo M. Moliga’s first year in
office. But Lolo told reporters
at the time that he needed more
time to research certain issues
that require detailed discussions, in addition to finding
ways for both Samoas to benefit from the Summit.
Lemanu has urged all cabinet members to relay any
issues they want to see raised
during the Samoa Talks to
Dept. of Commerce Director
Keniseli Lafaele who will then
relay them to the Governor and
Lt. Governor.
DPW CARRYING OUT
CONSTRUCTION
OF EOB IN MANU’A
An
Executive
Office
Building for the Manu’a
Islands is close to becoming
reality, as employees from the
Department of Public Works
are carrying out the work in an
area along the Ofu Airport.
The new structure will be
similar to a two-story classroom building and will house
different agencies including
Public Works, DPS, the
Dept. of Marine and Wildlife
Resources and the Territorial Administration on Aging
(TAOA) in Ofu and Olosega.
It is hopeful that the project
will be fully completed in time
for the Manu’a Flag Day celebrations. Funding for the
project comes from the Governor’s Office.
REV. FATHER VIANE
ETUALE IS NOW A
MONSIGNOR
Vicar General of the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago, Rev.
Father Viane Etuale will now
be addressed as Monsignor,
which is a designation granted
by the Pope “to individuals
who have rendered valuable
service to the Church or who
provide some special function
in church governance, or who
are members of bodies such as
certain chapters.”
Monsignor Viane is currently the head of the CoCathedral Parish of St. Joseph
the Worker in Fagatogo and is
second in line to the Bishop in
the chain of command for the
Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago.
A former Director of Catholic Education, Monsignor
Viane is currently a member of
the Board of Higher Education.
Rev. Father Faitau Lemautu
of Alao Parish told Samoa News
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Lali
Le
Leai se manatu
fa’amasinoga e
fa’asala tupulaga
talavou toese…
tusia Ausage Fausia
Se vaaiga i ni isi o galuega sa mafai ona faailoa e fanau aoga o le aoga a le Nuuuli VoTech i se
[ata: AF]
latou polokalame sa faia i le aso ananafi i le lotoa a le aoga i Nuuuli.
tusia Ausage Fausia
XUI PENG
O le alii faipisinisi Asia lea
o lo o tuuaia e le malo i lona
faaoolima lea i se isi alii Asia
e faaaoga ai se naifi, ua ia talosaga i le faamasinoga maualuga ina ia faatulaga loa se aso
e faia ai lana faamasinoga autu.
O le vaiaso nei na toe valaau
ai le mataupu a Xui Peng i luma
o le faamasinoga mo le isi ana
iloiloga, ae faailoa ai loa e lana
loia fautua ia Joel Shiver i le
faamasinoga le mana’o o Peng
e fa’atulaga se aso e faia ai
lana faamasinoga iloilo i luma
o tagatanuu o Amerika Samoa.
O lo o tuuaia e le malo ia
Peng i le moliaga mamafa e
tasi o le faaoolima i le tulaga
lua, atoa ai ma le moliaga
mama o le faatupu vevesi i
nofoaga faitele.
O tuuaiga faasaga ia Peng
na afua mai i se vevesi na tulai
mai i le va o sana tagata faigaluega ma se isi alii Asia i lona
faleoloa i Aua, ma faaleagaina
ai le masini tupe o le faleoloa,
ina ua fufusu le alii faigaluega
ma se isi alii Asia.
Na logo e le aufaigaluega
ia Peng i le mea ua tupu, ma
tago ai loa le ua molia i le naifi
ma tuli loa le alii na fufusu ma
lana tama faigaluega, ma maua
atu i le isi faleoloa i Atu’u, ma
tauanau loa e Peng le alii lea e
alu atu la te fusu.
Na taua e le malo le tata’e
e Peng i le tioata o le faleoloa
ma ulufale atu ai loa i totonu
ma lafo upu mataga i le alii na
aafia, a’o faaauau pea ona ia
sasau atu le tama’i naifi o lo o
uu i lona lima ma lavea ai loa le
lima o le ali’i na manu’a.
O lo o tumau pea poloaiga o
lo o tatala ai Peng i tua e fa’atali
ai le aso lea ua faatulaga e lau
ai lona fa’asalaga.
TOLUPO HODGES JR
Ua talia e le faamasinoga
maualuga le talosaga na faaulu
e le tamaitai loia ia Sharron
Rancourt lea o lo o tula’i mo le
alii o Tolupo Hodges Jr, mo se
avanoa e toe tolopo ai le ulua’i
iloiloga o lenei mataupu i le isi
tolu vaiaso, ina ia mafai ai ona
tuuina atu sana tali e tusa ai o ni
isi o faamaumauga ua faila e le
malo i luma o le fa’amasinoga.
Na talia e le afioga i le alii
faamasino sili lagolago ia Lyle
L. Richmond le talosaga a
Rancourt, ma toe tolopo ai loa
le iloiloga a Hodges Jr i le aso
29 Me, 2014.
Na taua e Rancourt e
faapea, e foliga mai e ese lava
faamaumauga ia ua faila e
le malo i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga e faatatau i le
mataupu lenei, ese faamaumauga na latou faila i luma o
le faamasinoga faaitumalo i le
aso na faia ai le ulua’i iloiloga
o lenei mataupu.
Na finau Rancourt e faapea,
o le eseese o faamaumauga ua
tuuina atu e le malo e faatatau
i lenei mataupu, ua feteena’i ai
ma mea moni e talitonu le itu
tete’e sa tupu.
Ae na taua e le loia a le
malo ia Tony Graf e faapea, o
faamaumauga lava ia na faila
e le malo i luma o le faamasinoga faaitumalo, o faamaumauga lava fo’i na o lea ua
latou failaina i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga.
O Hodges Jr o lo o tuuaia
i lona umia faasolitulafono
o fualaau fa’asaina, ma o lo
o taofia pea o ia i le toese i
Tafuna e fa’atali ai le aso lea
ua faatulaga e toe fofogaina ai
lana mataupu i le masina fou.
FITIAO FILEMU
O le vaiaso na te’a nei na
faila ai e le malo le moliaga
mamafa o le ave ta’avale a
o se’i le laisene fa’asaga ia
Fitiao Filemu, ina ua maua
e leoleo o lo o ia faafoeina
se ta’avale i luga o le auala
i Fagatogo ae o lo o se’i e le
fa’amasinoga lona laisene.
O le mataupu faasaga ia
Filemu na tula’i mai ina ua ia
kolosiina se isi ta’avale i luga o
le auala i se auala e le tusa ai ma
tulafono o le alatele, ma mafua
ai loa ona taofia lana taavale
e leoleo, ae ina ua fesiligia o
ia i lona laisene, na manino ai
o lo o se’i lona laisene mo le
umi e 6 masina, ina ua ta’usala
e le fa’amasinoga fa’aitumalo
o ia i le masina o Fepuari na
te’a nei i le moliaga o le ave
ta’avale ‘ona.
O lo o tatala pea i tua
Filemu e fa’atali ai le aso lea
ua fa’atulaga e toe iloilo ai e le
fa’amasinoga lana mataupu.
I le mae’a ai ona fofoga e le fa’amasinoga maualuga o lana
fa’asalaga fa’asaga i le ali’i talavou o Henry Satila Jr i le vaiaso
nei, na saunoa ai le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino lagolago ia
Mamea Sala Jr e fa’apea, e naunau le fa’amasinoga ina ia mafai
e tupulaga talavou o lo o a’afia i solitulafono ona latou a’oa’o se
lesona mai le taimi o lo o taofia ai i latou i le toese, ina ia suia ai
o latou olaga ma o ese mai ai i le olaga solitulafono o lo o fiafia
le to’atele e fai.
“E tu’u avanoa le fa’amasinoga i tupulaga talavou e pei o
oe, ina ia mafai ona e a’oa’oina se lesona mai le mea sese sa e
faia, ae afai e te le fa’aaogaina lelei le avanoa ua tu’uina atu e le
fa’amasinoga ia te ia, o lou iuga o lou nofonofo ai i le falepuipui
fa’atasi ai ma tagata fasioti tagata ma le au toso teine,” o le saunoaga tu’u sa’o lea a Mamea i le ali’i o Satila Jr.
E tolu moliaga mama o le fa’ao’olima i le tulaga tolu na
ta’usala ai e le fa’amasinoga maualuga ia Satila Jr, ona o se
fa’alavelave na tula’i mai i totonu o le fale kalapu o le Bowling
Alley, lea na ia fa’ao’olima ai i se tama’ita’i ma manu’a tigaina
ai o ia, faapea ai ma lona taumafai e fa’ao’o manu’a i isi fo’i
tama’ita’i e to’alua.
O le mataupu e pei ona ta’usala ai Satila Jr e le faamasinoga na tula’i mai i le po o le aso 14 Tesema 2013 i se latou
tafaoga sa alu i le Bowling Alley, lea na ia togiina ai le ulu o le
tama’ita’i na manu’a tuga i se ipu malamalama ma mana’omia
ai fila e 26 e su’i ai le manu’a sa i lona muaulu, ina ua tula’i mai
se tauga upu i le va o lea tama’ita’i ma lona aunty.
Na taua e le tama’ita’i na manu’a i luma o le fa’amasinoga
a’o lumana’i le fofogaina o le fa’asalaga a Satila Jr, e ui i le
matuia o le gaioia sa faia e Satila Jr ia te ia, ae ua ia maua le loto
fa’amagalo mo ia.
Na taua e le tina e fa’apea, i le taeao na soso’o ma le po na
tupu ai le fa’alavelave, sa fefe ai si ana tama e tasi le tausaga e
vaai atu ia te ia, ona o se mea faapipi’i tele sa fusi ai lona ulu
e mafua mai ona o le manu’a sa a’afia ai o ia, ma e o o mai i le
taimi nei o lo o ia lagonaina pea le nenefu o lana vaai talu mai
ona mae’a le fa’alavelave na manu’a ai.
Na fa’atoese Satila Jr, o lona tama faapea ai ma lona tuafafine i le tama’ita’i na a’afia, ina ia fa’amagalo se sese a le ua
molia sa faia.
Na ta’utino le tama o le ali’i ua molia e fa’apea, afai e tuu atu
e le fa’amasinoga se isi avanoa mo lona atali’i, o le a faaauau
pea lana galuega o le a’oa’i ma fa’atonu o ia, ma saili se isi
lumana’i lelei mo ia e pei o le lesitala i le aoga po o le su’e fo’i
o sana galuega.
Ae na taua e le tuafafine a Satila Jr e fa’apea, o le ua molia, o
se ali’i e filemu ma agamalu i totonu o le aiga, na te fa’amuamua
lona aiga aemaise ai ona tuafafine i so o se taimi.
Na tutu fa’atasi loia e talosaga i le fa’amasinoga ina ia
fa’asala le ua molia i se fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui, ina ia mafai
ai ona ia maua le avanoa e usita’i ai i ni poloaiga e tu’uina atu
e le fa’amasinoga.
Na umi se taimi o iloilo e le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino sili
ia Lyle L. Richmond ma Mamea se fa’asalaga mo le ua molia,
ae i le tuana’i ai o le silia i le 10 minute o iloilo se fa’asalaga,
na manatu ai loa le fa’amasinoga o le a fa’asala Satila Jr i se
fa’asalaga nofovaavaaia.
E tasi le tausaga na manatu le fa’amasinoga e faasala ai le
ua molia i le toese, peitai ua faamalumalu lona tuliina o lea
fa’asalaga, ae o le a nofovaavaaia o ia mo le 2 tausaga i lalo o
poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga.
O ni isi o ia poloaiga e aofia ai lona tuliina o fa’aiuga o
vaiaso sosoo e 5 i le toese i Tafuna, amata atu i le faaiuga o le
vaiaso nei, mai le itula e 6:00 i le afiafi o le aso Faraile ae tatala
i le itula e 6:00 i le afiafi o le aso Sa.
Ua faasa o ia ona ia toe tagofia le ava malosi, faasa ona toe
alu i le Bowling Alley, faasa fo’i ona ia toe solia se tulafono
a le malo, a ia avea o ia ma tagata nuu lelei e tausi i tulafono,
totogi le salatupe e $1,000, saili sana galuega ma ia fa’atoese i
le tama’ita’i na a’afia atoa ai ma lona aiga.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
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Teena fa’amasinoga
talosaga a le Komiti
tuai a le Litaea…
tusia Ausage Fausia
Na teena e le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga a Amerika Samoa le talosaga na fa’aulu e le Komiti tuai o le Litaea a le malo, mo se avanoa e
toe iloilo ai e le fa’amasinoga lana fa’aiuga sa tu’uina mai i le tausaga
na te’a nei, faasaga i le mataupu e uiga i totino fou o le Komiti o le
Litaea lea na tofia e le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga.
O le susuga i le ali’i loia ia Marcellus T. Uiagalelei na tula’i
mo totino tuai o le komiti a le litaea, lea e aofia ai Aleki Sene
Sr, Faoa Aitofele Sunia, Fanene Morris Scanlan, ma le afioga i le
alii senatoa ia Magalei Logovi’i, ae o le tama’ita’i loia ia Elana
Rivkin-Hass na tula’i mo le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga, lea o lo o faia fa’asaga i ai lenei tagi.
O le mataupu lenei na tofu atu i le faamasinoga, ina ua faila e
totino tuai o le komiti faafoe o le litaea sa latou tagi fa’asaga i le
ali’i kovana, i lona tofiaina o ni totino fou mo le komiti faafoe a
le litaea, e aunoa ma lona faatalatalanoaina o le mataupu pe fesiligia fo’i so latou finagalo, e tusa ai o ala o le tulafono o lo o lima
taitaiina ai galuega a le komiti faafoe o le litaea.
O le mae’a ai ona tuuina mai o le fa’aiuga a le fa’amasinoga i
lemasina o Iulai 2013 e faatatau i le mataupu lenei, na toe tu’uina
atu ai loa e le itu tagi sa latou talosaga i le fa’amasinoga mo se
avanoa e toe iloilo ai lana faaiuga, atoa ai ma le talosaga mo se isi
fa’amasinoga fou.
Na faamanino e le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael
Kruse ina ua toe iloiloina lenei mataupu i le vaiaso nei e faapea, o
le mataupu lenei e faasaga i sui e toafa o le komiti faafoe o le litaea
sa latou faaulu se tagi faasaga i le alii kovana.
Ae i lalo o le vaega 7.1410 o le tulafono, e agava’a ai ona avea i
latou nei ma totino o le komiti faafoe mo le umi e ta’i lima tausaga,
peitai o le mea ua tupu, ua leva ona tuana’i le ta’i lima tausaga sa
tatau ona galulue ai i latou nei e avea ma totino o le komiti, ae ua
faaauau ai pea ona galulue i latou o ni totino o le komiti faafoe.
O le vaega sa fia manino i ai le fa’amasinoga, pe sa i ai se
fa’aletonu o lana faaiuga ua mae’a ona tu’uina mai e tusa ai o lenei
mataupu, lea ua mafua ai ona talosaga le itu tagi ina ia toe iloilo
lana faaiuga ua tuuina mai, ae pe tatau fo’i i le fa’amasinoga ona
taofi le faamalosia o lana faaiuga sei faatali se faaiuga o le talosaga
apili mo lenei mataupu.
“I le maea ai ona iloilo o le talosaga, ua teena ai e le faamasinoga le talosaga mo se isi faamasinoga fou, atoa ai ma le teena o le
talosaga ina ia taofi le faamalosia o le poloaiga ua maea ona tuuina
mai e le faamasinoga,” o le saunoaga lea a Kruse.
I le talosaga mo se faamasinoga fou e pei ona taua e Kruse i
lana faaiuga, e mafai ona tupu pe afai e i ai ni isi o suiga i le tulafono o lo o faatautaia ai gaioiga o lenei mataupu.
O le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino lagolago ia Fa’amausili Pomele
na lagolago i le fa’amasino sili i le iloiloina o lenei fa’aiuga.
Couple’s death on tracks
ruled a “murder-suicide”
ONEIDA, N.Y. (AP) — The death of a New York couple who
stood together in front of a freight train was ruled a murder-suicide Wednesday, but investigators can’t say why or when Earl
Myatt Jr. decided to drive his beloved wife of 42 years to the
railroad crossing. Relatives have said Myatt became despondent
after his wife, Mary, suffered a brain aneurism in January that left
her with the mental capacity of a toddler.
Troopers said Earl Myatt called one of his sons and apologized
two minutes before stepping with his wife onto tracks in the path of
an oncoming CSX Railroad freight train on Sunday. Police said a
railroad video showed them waiting on the tracks before they were
hit and killed. A note was found in Myatt’s car. “We’re devastated,”
Brad Myatt, one of their sons, told the Utica Observer-Dispatch.
“But I want everyone to know that my father was a good man, and
my mother was an angel who would do anything for anybody.”
Trooper Jack Keller said it was determined Earl Myatt was
responsible for the deaths after interviews with family, physicians
and others. He said the investigation is continuing. “One thing
we don’t know is if he decided that morning or the night before,”
Keller said. “There’s no evidence of how long he had planned it.”
Keller also said there are questions about why Myatt did what
he did. “A lot may never be answered,” he said.
Married in 1972, the couple had two sons, four grandchildren
and a variety of jobs that made them familiar faces in Oneida, their
hometown. Both were born there within about a month of each
other in 1954. Mary had worked as a teacher’s aide, medical office
receptionist and as manager of the Mohawk Community College
bookstore in Rome before she was incapacitated and sent to recover
at an extended care facility. Her husband was a golfer and worked
as text book manager at the community college branch in Utica.
Sone
Vevela
O le
Fa’aliliu: Akenese Ilalio Zec
Vaega: 146
Tatou fa’afetaia pea le alofa ma le agalelei o
lo tatou Matai oi le lagi, ona o Lana tausiga alofa
mo i tatou, o lea fo’i ua mafai ai ona o tatou alafa’i
mai i le manuia i lenei taeao fou. E ao ai ona o
tatou fa’apea ifo, “Ae o a’u, ou te fa’atalitali ma
lo’u fa’amoemoe i lo’u Ali’i, ou te fa’atali mo le
Atua lo’u Fa’aola, ma o le a fa’afofoga mai o ia i
a te a’u i lenei aso ma aso uma o lo’u ola, ia vi’ia
pea Oe Tama e fa’avavau, Amene.” ia manuia
le alo faiva o le atunu’u i feau ma galuega o le a
feagai ai i lenei aso.
Ua fa’aauau pea le talanoaga a le ali’i foma’i o
C.J. Peters ma le tuistala o Richard Preston, na fesili
muamua ane Peters i a Preston, pe ua va’ai i foliga
o le virusi o le Ebola, na tali le ali’i tusi tala, ioe, na
fa’aali ane ia te ia e le tama’ita’i foma’i o Nancy
Jaxx. “O lona uiga ua e iloa, ma e mafai ona e va’ai
lelei lava i foliga o le Ebola i totonu o avanoa o le
ma ma.” Na toe fesili le ali’i tusitala, “Pe sa e taumafai e fia iloa ma tu’u le Ebola Reston i le ea ma
fa’asosolo ai pe mafai ona a’afia ai manuki?
Na tali le ali’i foma’i o C.J. Peters, e leai, ona sa
i ai lona manatu e le o se mea e tatau ona fai. Afai
ae maua pe iloa e se tasi na taumafai le Ami e faia
lea tulaga i le Ebola, o lona uiga, o le a tu’ua’ia le
Ami i le gaosia o meatau, ma ua o’o ai le manatu i
a i latou e ‘aua ne i faia lea tulaga.”
Na toe fesili le ali’i tusi tala o Richard Preston,
“O lona uiga tou te le o talitonu ma iloa e mafai ona
a’afia le tagata po’o le manu e ala i le ea? Na tali le
ali’i foma’i o C.J. Peters e fa’apea, “E sa’o. Matou te
le iloa. O se mea e mafaufau ma saga mafaufau pea
i ai, pe fa’aaoga e le Ebola le ea. Afai e mafai, o se
tulaga mata’utia o le a aliali mai.”
O le au uso e to’atolu- Marburg, Ebola Sudan,
Ebola Zaire- o lea ua i ai nei ma le latou uso e
to’afa ai, o le Ebola Reston. Ua galulue nei le
vaega a le C.D.C, le ali’i foma’i o Anthony Sanchez ma le ali’i foma’i o Heinz Feldmann, e tu’u
‘ese’ese virusi ia e fa, ma ua o la iloa ai o le virusi
o le Ebola Zaire ma le Ebola Reston, o se virusi
e tutusa lelei lava, ma ua faigata ona i ai se talitonuga pe fa’apefea ona ‘ese’ese.
Fai mai le fa’amatalaga a le ali’i tusi tala o
Richard Preston, ina ua la feiloa’i ma le ali’i
foma’i o Anthony Sanchez ma fesili i ai e tusa ma
le fa’aiuga o a la su’esue’ga na fai ane i ai le ali’i
foma’i, “Ua pei o se tausoga, virusi nei e lua, ae ou
te le iloa pe aisea ua le mafai ai e le virusi o le Ebola
Reston, ona a’afia ai tagata, ae na o manu.”
O se manatu na paso ai ali’i foma’i ma tama’ita’i
foma’i, ona e tutusa lelei rivusi nei e lua o le Ebola
Zaire ma le Ebola Reston, ae o le mea ua tula’i mai,
o le Ebola Zaire na matua’i mata’utia ana faiga lea na
maliu ai le tama’ita’i o Mayling i totonu o Zaire, ae
maise o le to’atele o isi tagata. A’o le Ebola Reston,
lea na alia’e i totonu o Virginia i le nofoaga na fafaga
ai manuki, ua na o manuki lava na a’afia ai, ae le
a’afia ai tagata. O le Ebola Reston, na fa’aigoa ai le
fa’ama’i lenei ina ua taunu’u ane i totonu o Reston
i Virginia. O le mafua’aga lea ua fa’aioga ai e ali’i
foma’i atamamai, i le Ebola Reston, ona o manuki
ia sa tausi i Reston lea na a’afia tele i le virusi lea.
O le fesili ua tula’i mai, aisea ua tutusa lelei ai
le virusi o le Ebola Reston ma le virusi o le Ebola
Zaire, ona o lea ua iloa atu nei, o le Ebola Reston
na amata mai i le Atu Asia? Afai e ‘ese’ese konitineta (continents) o lona uiga e i ai fo’i le ‘ese’esega
o virusi, e le tutusa uma, e pei ona i ai nei le virusi
o le Ebola Reston. E faia pea…
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GOP blocks Democrats’ minimum
wage try in Senate
Firefighters and rescue workers work along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown in Lynchburg, Va.,
Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Nearby buildings were evacuated for a time, but officials said there
were no injuries and the city on its website and Twitter said firefighters on the scene made the
(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
decision to let the fire burn out.
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Tankers carrying oil
derail, catch fire in Va.
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Multiple CSX
train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught
fire Wednesday along the James River, with
three tankers ending up in the water and leaking
some of their contents, becoming the most
recent crash involving oil trains that has safety
experts pushing for better oversight.
Nearby buildings were evacuated for a time
in downtown Lynchburg, but there were no
injuries, authorities said. CSX said the train was
on its way from Chicago to an unspecified destination when most of the cars on the train were
knocked off the tracks.
Online photos and videos showed large
flames and thick, black smoke right after the
crash. The fire burned itself out, but authorities
were keeping people out of the area.
Nicole Gibs, 32, a server at the Depot Grille
just across the street from the tracks, said she
was waiting on a table when she heard a train
that sounded louder than usual.
She saw several train cars wobbling, and
then one fell over, sparking a fire immediately.
Several other cars also toppled “like Tyco
trains,” she said.
The manager yelled: “Evacuate!” and the
restaurant immediately began emptying, with
some people in wheelchairs being carried down
steps as the fire raged, filling the air with black
smoke. The people from the restaurant moved a
block away, then two.
Russian FM rules out ‘stupid
things’ over Ukraine
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Russia won’t
rush into doing “stupid things” in response to
U.S. and European Union pressure over the
situation in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.
He said the series of sanctions imposed by
the West over Russia’s annexation of Crimea
and unrest in Ukraine’s eastern region “are
totally without sense.”
Despite that, Lavrov said, “We are not going
to rush into stupid things. We want to give our
partners the possibility to calm themselves.”
But he cautioned that Russia could change
its stance if Western nations kept trying to
punish it.
“If their actions are going to continue, if
they are going to use economic levers, in that
case we are going to have to study a different
approach,” he said.
Lavrov said the most important thing is for
Russia, the United States and the European
Union to ensure there is dialogue between
Ukraine’s government and those who oppose it,
particularly in areas where ethnic Russians are
a large presence.
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Heroic Anaheim police
dog to leave hospital
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bruno, the Anaheim police dog hailed as a hero after he was
shot trying to apprehend a man who had opened
fire on officers, is going home from the hospital.
Police say the 7-year-old German Shepherd
will make a brief appearance at a news conference
Friday at Yorba Linda Regional Animal Hospital.
He’ll then head home to continue his recuperation. Bruno was severely wounded last month
after he tracked Robert Moreno Jr. to an apartment complex the man had fled to after firing on
probation officers trying to apprehend him.
Police officers shot Moreno dead after he
wounded Bruno in the jaw and chest.
The dog had to undergo several surgeries.
People have showered Bruno with chew
toys, dog treats and other gifts during his long
hospitalization.
Paper says it has viewed
second mayor crack tape
TORONTO (AP) — The Globe and Mail
newspaper is reporting that it has viewed a
second video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
smoking what appears to be crack cocaine in
his sister’s basement. The national newspaper
reported Wednesday night that two Globe
reporters viewed a video from a self-professed
drug dealer showing Ford taking a drag from a
pipe early Saturday morning.
It reports the video is part “of a package of
three videos the dealer said was surreptitiously
filmed around 1:15 a.m., and which he says he
is now selling for “at least six figures.”
The report comes as his lawyer says Ford
will take a leave of absence for substance abuse.
Ford is seeking re-election in the Oct. 27 vote.
News reports of the existence of an earlier
video of Ford apparently smoking crack first
surfaced last May, igniting a media firestorm
around Ford.
California man whose gun
killed boy gets prison
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego man
has been sentenced to four years in prison for
leaving his gun in a garage where a 10-year-old
boy who found it was shot to death.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Todd
Conrad Francis was sentenced Wednesday.
Francis, 56, had pleaded guilty in February
to two counts of felony child endangerment.
Eric Klyaz, who lived next door, was playing
with Francis’ 9-year-old daughter last year
when the pair found the gun.
Eric was shot in the chest. The girl’s parents weren’t home and her teenage brother was
upstairs when the gun discharged.
Francis told authorities he had hidden the
weapon and thought it was unloaded.
(Continued on page 14)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans derailed a
Democratic drive Wednesday to raise the federal minimum
wage, blocking a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s economic plans and ensuring the issue will be a major feature of this
fall’s congressional elections.
Facing the threat of a GOP Senate takeover, Democrats have
forced votes on a procession of bills designed to amplify their
message of economic fairness. Republican senators accused
Democrats of playing politics by pushing a minimum wage measure designed to lure voters but too expensive for employers and
sure to result in lost jobs and higher inflation.
“This is about trying to make this side of the aisle look bad
and hard-hearted, and to try to rescue this midterm election,” said
No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas.
The legislation by Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa would increase
the $7.25 hourly minimum wage for American workers in
three steps until it reached $10.10 after 30 months, with annual
increases for inflation afterward. The minimum has been at $7.25
since 2009, with 3.3 million Americans — including disproportionate numbers of women and younger people — earning that
figure or less last year.
“We saw this morning a majority of senators saying yes, but
almost every Republican saying no to giving America a raise,”
Obama said in pointedly political remarks at a White House event
with low-wage workers. “And then if they keep putting politics
ahead of working Americans, you can put them out of office.”
All but daring Republicans to vote against the measure, Harkin
said before the vote, “Who’s going to vote to give these people
a fair shot at the American dream? And who’s going to vote
against it?” The answer came moments later when senators voted
54-42 to continue debating the legislation — six votes short of
the 60 needed to keep the measure moving forward. Every voting
Republican but one — Bob Corker of Tennessee — voted no.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada was the only
Democrat to vote with Republicans. That was a procedural move
that will let Reid stage a future vote on the measure, underscoring
the political value Democrats see in it.
Though Obama backed Harkin’s legislation, the president
proposed a $9 minimum wage in his 2013 State of the Union
address. That has fueled talk by lawmakers including Maine’s
two senators, Republican Susan Collins and independent Angus
King, that compromise is possible.
But election-year politics suggests that would be difficult.
Leaders of the GOP-run House have shown no interest in even
allowing debate, giving Senate Democrats little incentive to cut a
deal. And Obama has recently signed executive orders requiring
a $10.10 minimum for many federal contractors, making it hard
for him to agree to a lower figure for everyone else.
Polls show that while the overall public favors an increase,
Democratic voters strongly support one but Republicans —
especially tea party backers — are against it. Powerful interest
groups on each side are also against a middle ground, with unions
backing a full increase and business groups opposing one.
Republicans in turn point to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which estimated that an increase to $10.10
could cost about 500,000 jobs in 2016. They did not mention that
the report also found the boost would mean higher incomes for 16.5
million earners and lift 900,000 people out of poverty.
Instead of a minimum wage increase, Congress should work
on bills creating jobs, such as allowing construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas,
Republicans said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of the
bill’s supporters: “These are the same Washington Democrats
who have been at the helm of the economy for five-and-a-half
years, the same ones who have been bragging about a recovery.”
Democrats note that if the minimum reached $10.10 in 2016,
it would mark the first time since 1979 that a family of three
earning the minimum would have surpassed the federal poverty
line. They also argue that the minimum wage, which began in
1938 at 25 cents an hour, has fallen well below its peak value.
In 1968 when the minimum was $1.60, it was worth $10.86 in
today’s buying power.
Other Democratic bills that have hit GOP roadblocks this year
would restore expired benefits for the long-term unemployed and
pressure employers to pay men and women equally. Democrats
plan future votes on bills easing the costs of college and child care.
Harkin’s bill would also gradually increase the minimum
wage for tipped workers like waiters to 70 percent of the minimum for most other workers. It is currently $2.13 hourly, which
can be paid as long as workers’ hourly earnings including tips
total at least $7.25.
German consulate
seeks justice for
murdered student
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) —
The German consulate called
for justice Wednesday after a
homeowner fired four blasts
from a shotgun into his garage,
killing a 17-year-old exchange
student who was inside.
The investigation into the
killing of Diren Dede of Hamburg should make clear that
it is illegal to kill an unarmed
juvenile just because he was
trespassing, said Julia Reinhardt, spokeswoman for the
consulate in San Francisco.
“We consider what happened completely out of proportion to the probable risk,”
Reinhardt said.
Dede’s father, Celal, arrived
in Missoula on Tuesday night
with a family friend to recovery
his son’s body. They spent part
of the morning at the home of
Diren Dede’s host family in
Missoula and declined to be
interviewed.
The teen was studying
at Missoula’s Big Sky High
School and was to leave the
U.S. after the school term
ended in just a few weeks.
It is not clear what Diren
Dede was doing in Markus
Kaarma’s garage just before the
shooting early Sunday morning.
Prosecutors allege the 29-yearold wildland firefighter shot into
his garage without warning after
an intruder tripped sensors he
had installed.
Just days before, Kaarma
told a woman that his house
had been burglarized twice and
he had been waiting up nights
to shoot an intruder, court
records said.
Kaarma’s attorney, Paul
Ryan, said his client plans to
plead not guilty to a charge of
deliberate homicide because
Montana law allows homeowners to protect their residences with deadly force when
they believe they are going to
be harmed.
There had been a number
of break-ins in the neighborhood and Kaarma believed the
police weren’t doing anything
about it, Ryan said.
“We know with no question
the individual entered garage.
Kaarma didn’t know who he
was, his intent or whether he
was armed,” Ryan said.
Kaarma and his partner
have remained in their home
since he was released on
$30,000 bond Monday. A sign
on their front door Wednesday
told visitors not to ring the bell.
Kaarma left the home once
with a child in his arms and
walked away without comment after an Associated Press
reporter identified himself.
An official from the German
consulate is in Missoula to
assist Celal Dede in recovering
the body and to meet with local
law enforcement and prosecutors, Reinhardt said.
“This is very important
to us, and she is there to put
pressure on the authorities to
investigate thoroughly,” Reinhardt said. “We don’t have any
doubt that this will happen.”
Dede’s family in Hamburg
told the German newspaper
Bild the family has lived in
Germany since 1977, and
Diren has two sisters ages 19
and 21. He was to be in the
U.S. for just another six weeks,
but now the family plans a
burial in Turkey, the newspaper reported.
Diren Dede played soccer
for his Missoula high school
and in Germany. His former
team in Hamburg was to play
a charity match Wednesday
to help the family pay for the
funeral and other costs.
samoa news, Thursday, May 1, 2014 Page 13
Mine Lilomaiava Taufetee of Salelologa, Savai’i and Nu’uuli, and Rosa Perez from Tokelau and
Malaeimi both received their Masters Degrees in Education from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, Sat., Apr. 26. Both currently teach at Manulele Tausala Elementary. [courtesy photo]
American Samoa Government
TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
(T.A.O.A. OFFICE)
FA’ASALALAUGA TAUA
O paia o ou sa ma faiga, Samoa, tulouna lava. A’o lenei fa’asilasilaga e fa’apito
augafa lea mo tagata matutua o lo’o aofia i le polokalama o pepa taumafa a le
T.A.O.A. O le a leai ni pepa taumafa e tufatufaina i le Aso Tofi nei, Me 1, 2014 ona
o lo’o fuafuaina mea taumafa vevela e amata i le aso 27 o Me, 2014. O afioga nei
o le a maua ai taumafa vevela:
1. AMANAVE
8. AUA
2. LEONE
9. FAGA’ITUA
3. PAVA’IA’I
10. AMOULI
4. ILIILI
11. AUNU’U
5. TAFUNA
12. OFU
6. NU’UULI
13. FITIUTA
7. PAGO PAGO
14. TA’U
O lo’o matou galulue fa’atasi ma le Procurement Office mo nisi o fuafuaga, ma o
le a fa’asalalauina atu i le ea ma nusipepa i le masina fou nisi o auiliiliga o lenei
polokalama.
Ma le fa’aaloalo lava.
PUBLIC NOTICE
There will be no food vouchers distributed this Thursday, May 1, 2014. However,
the transition of vouchers to hot meals will start May 27, 2014 at the villages
indicated above. T.A.O.A. and the Procurement Office are collaborating on
issuance of bids and awarding of contracts for this program. Further details will
be published in the media in the near future.
HTC Ale Tifimalae Ale
Director, Territorial Administration on Aging
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➧ COURT BRIEFS…
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
ASG’S OFFICE DISMISSES SEX
CASE AGAINST MARCADO UREZ
Chief Justice Michael Kruse has dismissed a sex case against
a 46-year-old Filipino man who was charged on allegations that
he touched a five-year-old girl inappropriately.
The dismissal came after the request by Assistant Attorney
General Tiffany Oldfield who informed the court the victim’s
mother, who filed the complaint, is no longer on island.
The 46-year-old defendant was charged with child molestation and endangering the welfare of a child.
Samoa News is withholding the defendant’s name to protect
the identity of the victim in this case.
According to the government’s case, on Jan. 20, 2013 the
LBJ hospital Social Services reported the sexual abuse of a fouryear-old girl to the Police Station in Tafuna.
Court filings say the victim calls the defendant her uncle.
The victim and her parents lived together with other people in a
seven-bedroom house that is rented by different families and the
defendant is among the tenants.
KERRY NAOLAVOA’S CASE REFERRED TO
ACTING ASSOCIATE JUDGE ELVIS PATEA
Chief Justice Michael Kruse has referred the case of Kerry
Naoalava facing charges in a burglary case, to Acting Associate
Justice Elvis Patea. Kruse pointed out that he’s related to the victims in this case. Naoalava was before the court last Friday for
sentencing, where he was charged with second degree burglary
and stealing on allegations that he had stolen speakers from a
home last year in January.
In the signed plea agreement that was read in open court earlier this month, Naoalava pleaded guilty to the burglary count
and upon his plea of guilt, the government moved for the court
to dismiss the stealing charge. In his guilty plea, the defendant
admitted that between Jan. 13-15, 2013 he unlawfully entered a
home by breaking a window to gain entrance, had gone into a
bedroom and taken off with speakers.
The defendant further admitted that after stealing the speakers
he sold them to his friend Johnny Patu. The defendant stated
he was not allowed by the family to enter their home. Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond has accepted the plea agreement
and scheduled sentencing. The court has yet to schedule another
sentencing date for this matter.
UK prosecutor to help
Ukraine find stolen assets
LONDON (AP) — Britain will send a prosecutor to Ukraine to help local authorities there
track down the billions of dollars believed to have
been stolen by the government of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, officials said
Wednesday. Attorney General Dominic Grieve
made the announcement at the end of a twoday forum in London aimed at helping find and
recover the assets. The event, co-hosted by Britain
and the U.S., was attended by Ukrainian officials
and anti-corruption experts from 30 countries.
“During this forum we have heard from our
Ukrainian colleagues of the shocking levels of
dishonesty and greed of government ministers
and public officials who held office under Yanukovych,” Grieve said. The assets will be difficult to trace, likely concealed through layers
of corporate structures and laundered through
legitimate businesses, he added.
Earlier, Ukrainian general prosecutor Oleh
Makhnitskyi said Yanukovych’s government
systematically misappropriated public funds
worth potentially tens of billions of dollars for
personal use. He described the former government as an organized crime gang that left the
country’s treasury bare.
Ex-No. 2 at Vatican defends
his “spacious apartment”
VATICAN CITY (AP) — An Italian cardinal
who served as the Vatican’s No. 2 has defended
his new, sprawling apartment as “normal,” and
denied that Pope Francis, who prizes frugality,
is angry with him. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
was reacting to news reports last week claiming
Francis was furious over his plans to move into a
“mega-penthouse” in one of the buildings where
prelates live on Vatican property. Bertone, a
longtime aide to Benedict XVI, served as the
now retired pope’s secretary of state. Francis
replaced Bertone in the powerful post last year.
Francis says he wants a “poor” church. He
chose to live in a smallish, three-room suite in a
modest hotel on Vatican’s grounds instead of in
the grand Apostolic Palace where predecessors
lived. Francis also gets around in an economy
car, on occasion sitting next to the driver instead
of in the back seat.
In a post this week on the website of the Genoa
archdiocese, where Bertone had been archbishop,
he claimed Francis phoned him to “express his
solidarity and disappointment over the attacks on
me about the apartment, which he was told about
from the day it was assigned to me.”
Continued from page 3
➧ COMMUNITY BRIEFS…
Continued from page 8
that Monsignor Viane “deserves” to be addressed as a monsignor.
“Father Viane is one of the priests that have worked and built
the local diocese for the past two decades and I am very honored
to work with him,” Father Faitau said.
He explained that Monsignor Viane was his vocation director
who worked with him during his years as a seminarian, which is
the initial step to becoming a Catholic priest.
“Viane is a good priest,” Father Faitau said of the new Monsignor. “Hopefully he will become bishop someday.”
Continued from page 12
Biden: Russia can’t alter
Europe borders by force
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President
Joe Biden is drawing parallels between Russia’s interference in Ukraine and the world
wars of the last century. Biden says Ukraine’s
struggles start with Russia’s acute violation of
rules that the 20th century taught us must be
upheld. He says Russia has violated the fundamental principle that Europe’s borders cannot
be changed by military force. He was speaking
to the Atlantic Council a week after meeting
with leaders of Ukraine’s government in Kiev.
Biden sharply criticized corruption in
Ukraine. He says Ukraine has been free for 25
years but hasn’t met its goals, largely because
of corruption and obsolete institutions.
British media: Prince Harry,
girlfriend break up
LONDON (AP) — British news media are
reporting that Prince Harry and his girlfriend
Cressida Bonas have split up. Press Association cited an unidentified source as saying that
Harry, 29, and Bonas, 25, had decided to end
their two-year relationship. Other news media
— including the BBC, the Daily Mail and The
Sun — also reported the breakup, giving no
sources. Royal officials declined to comment.
This year, Harry shifted his military career
from flying Apache helicopters to organizing
army events as a staff officer, meaning he could
see Bonas more often. Speculation about a possible engagement had been rife since Bonas and
Harry appeared together at an official charity
event in March. Harry is the grandson of Queen
Elizabeth II and is fourth in line for the throne.
US faults China, India over
intellectual property
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is highlighting failures by China and India to curb intellectual property theft in an annual report that
could add to strains in relations between Washington and the two Asian powers. Each year, the
U.S. Trade Representative reviews in its “Special 301 Report” the violations and enforcement of intellectual property by dozens of U.S.
trading partners. Ten nations are included on a
“priority watch list” in the 2014 report, released
Wednesday. Among them, China and India are
singled out for the most attention.
The report says India has improved its legal
framework in that area, but Internet piracy is
growing and the trade in counterfeit goods
remains “very troubling.”
(Continued on page 15)
➧ Russia evokes Nazi horrors
Continued from page 6
Pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine are drawing inspiration from the Kremlin in pushing the fascism narrative. “No
to fascism” banners flutter and wartime songs blare from loudspeakers in front of occupied government headquarters in the
eastern city of Donetsk. One poster inside shows President
Barack Obama’s face with a Hitler mustache and the distinctive
blond braids of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Alarmist rumors have proliferated since Russia began calling
the Ukraine leadership fascist. One popular claim is that the
Kiev government has hatched a plan to “exterminate” Russianspeakers in the east. The rumors feed into Putin’s argument that
Moscow needs to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
“They already have it all planned out,” said retired coal miner
Volodymyr Chernenko. “In the social networks, they say that a
partisan war should be waged, and they list the names of those
whose throats should be slashed and who should be blown up.”
Russian news media regularly distort information to make it
fit the black-and-white World War II mindset, condoning vigilante violence.
Pro-Kremlin Life News television recently showed footage
of gangs wearing St. George ribbons — the symbol of the proRussia movement — viciously beating marchers at a peaceful
Ukrainian unity rally.
Instead of condemning the brutality, the TV anchor
announced: “Donetsk self-defense broke up a neo-Nazi march.”
Russian officials have gradually adopted the media’s World
War II rhetoric.
The Russian foreign ministry quoted Mamontov’s concentration camp report in a statement and went further, asking: “Is
the Kiev regime going to throw discontented citizens from the
country’s southeast in there?”
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Where
it’s at in
American Samoa
A Sunday, March 9, 2014 photo from files showing Britain’s Prince Harry, top left, with his
girlfriend Cressida Bonas, top right, as they attend the Six Nations Rugby Union match between
England and Wales at Twickenham stadium in London. British news media are reporting that
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida Bonas have split up. Press Association cited an unidentified source as saying that Harry, 29, and Bonas, 25, had decided to end their two-year relationship. Other news media _ including the BBC, the Daily Mail and The Sun _ also reported the
(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
breakup, giving no sources. Royal officials declined to comment.
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Malaysia to release plane
investigation report
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —
Malaysia says it will release a preliminary report
of its investigation into Malaysia Airlines Flight
370 on Thursday, more than seven weeks after
the plane vanished with 239 people on board.
Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the report will be similar to the one
the government sent to the International Civil
Aviation Organization. The Boeing 777 jet disappeared March 8 while traveling from Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. Officials are still
searching for the plane, which is believed to
have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
Radar and satellite data show the jet veered
far off course for unknown reasons. An analysis
indicates it would have run out of fuel in the
ocean off western Australia where a massive
multinational hunt has been focused, but not
one piece of confirmed debris has been found.
AFL-CIO: North Dakota’s
worker death rate highest
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota
continues to have the highest worker death rate
in the country, with 17.7 fatalities per 100,000
employees in 2012, the nation’s largest labor
federation said Wednesday. The 2012 rate is a
dramatic increase from the 7 deaths per 100,000
workers recorded in 2007 before the state’s oil
and economic boom took off.
The data comes from an AFL-CIO report
slated to be released next week and included
in a statement to The Associated Press on
Wednesday. In the statement, the AFL-CIO said
North Dakota’s 2012 rate is one of the highest it
has observed since the federation began issuing
reports on worker fatalities more than 20 years
ago. North Dakota also had the highest worker
fatality rate in the nation in 2011, with 12.4
deaths per 100,000 employees that year. The
national worker fatality rate was 3.5 deaths per
100,000 employees in 2011.
Guyana and US in dispute
over ‘democracy project’
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A program that the United States says is intended to
improve democracy in Guyana has come under
fire from the government of the South American
country. Guyana officials revoked the work
permit Wednesday of the official in charge of
the Leadership and Democracy Project. Cabinet
and Defense Secretary Roger Luncheon says
the project should be put on hold until U.S. officials clarify its intent.
The U.S. Embassy had no immediate comment. U.S. Ambassador D. Brent Hart has said
the project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development is intended to build consensus in a divided country. It is run by Glen
Bradbury, who has extensive government experience in his native Canada.
Continued from page 14
Gov’t report says the US
lost $11.2B on GM bailout
NEW YORK (AP) — A new report says taxpayers lost $11.2 billion on the government’s
bailout of General Motors. The estimate comes
from a quarterly report to Congress by a government watchdog that oversees the bailout, and is
up from a previous estimate of $10.5 billion.
The Detroit automaker needed the $49.5 billion bailout to survive its bankruptcy restructuring in 2009. The company went public again in
November 2010, and the government sold its last
shares of GM in Dec. The report says the Treasury Dept. wrote off an $826 million administrative claim against General Motors Co. in March,
ending its involvement with the company.
In an interview last year, Special Inspector
General Christy Romero said there was “no
question” the department and the taxpayers
would lose money on GM. The agency said last
year that the government lost $2.9 billion on the
bailout of Chrysler, which cost $12.5 billion.
Bus collides with truck
in Nepal; 18 dead, 19 hurt
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A bus collided head-on with a truck on a narrow mountain highway in western Nepal on Wednesday,
killing at least 18 people and injuring 19 others,
officials said. The accident occurred on a turn
where the road was barely wide enough for
two large vehicles to pass, said Resham Raj
Acharya, who was involved the rescue. He said
both the truck, which was carrying cooking gas
cylinders, and the bus were being driven rapidly.
After they collided, the vehicles rolled over
the edge of the highway. Police and villagers
helped pull the injured out of the wreckage.
The accident occurred near Narpani village,
250 kilometers (160 miles) west of Katmandu,
police official Dipendra Chetri said.
Top two Pentagon intelligence officials quitting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The three-star
Army general who has headed the Defense Intelligence Agency for less than two years is being
nudged aside amid conflict within the agency
and between the general and leaders elsewhere
in the intelligence community, a senior defense
official said Wednesday.
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and the DIA’s civilian
deputy director, David Shedd, announced in a
joint statement to the agency’s workforce that
they plan to retire by early fall. They made no
reference to their reasons.
A senior defense official said Flynn had
already been considering retirement but was
encouraged to leave early as a result of friction
linked in part to Flynn’s aggressive efforts to
shake up the way the DIA does business. The
official spoke about the circumstances of Flynn’s departure on condition of anonymity in
order to discuss internal matters.
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