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Alega Bay is the newest
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PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Veukitau murder
case bound over
to High Court… 3
Saturday, July 6, 2013
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O le afiafi o le Aso Tofi na tapunia aloaia ai le Aso Faapitoa mo Fanau Talavou faatasi ma le faamanatuina o le Aso
Tutoatasi o le Malo o Amerika, e ala i ni faafiafiaga sa faia
i le Suigaula o le Atuvasa i Utulei lea na aofia ai ma ni ata
tifaga faafiafia a le “Three Stars”, le alii faifaleaitu o Pili ma
lana vaega, aemaise o faafiafiaga a nai fanau talavou Bahai,
o le EFKAS mai Leone faapea le Metotisi mai i Leloaloa. Ona
faai’u lea i se fa’aaliga mataina sa tuufaatasi e le kamupani telefoni a le Blue Sky Communications, i a latou ‘fireworks’ ia po
o mea faapapa felanulanua’i lea sa faia i luga o le gataifale i
Utulei. Na maualuga le afiafi i le auai o le fa’auluuluga o le
malo o Amerika Samoa, le afioga i le Kovana Sili ma le faletua
faapea le Lutena Kovana ma le faletua aemaise ai le afio mai o
le susuga i le Ao o le Malo o Samoa Tutoatasi, le afioga Tui Atua
[ata: SN staff]
Tupua Tamasese Efi ma le masiofo ia Filifilia.
Governor Lolo M. Moliga and Lt. Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga hosted a VIP dinner this past Wednesday evening at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei, for
NFL player Troy Polamalu and his 100+ entourage who were on island to host football and volleyball clinics for local high school students. This is the second year
that Troy and his wife Theodora have brought on island professional players to help hone our local students’ athletic skills. Troy and family also participated in the
[photo: TCA]
celebration of Youth Day and 4th of July festivities at the Suigaula o le Atuvasa Beach Park.
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samoa news, Saturday, July 6, 2013
FAILA TAGI LOPA
FA’ASAGA IA SATELE
MA TUIAGAMOA
tusia Ausage Fausia
More than 60 children ranging in age from 5 to 14 years enjoyed a 3 day camp full of activities at
the 4H Land Grant Operation Military Kids Camp which kicked off July 1st and ended on July 3, at
the Wellness Center at ASCC Land Grant in Malaeimi. The children were divided into categories with
classes and activities designed to match academic levels and abilities. The wellness program is the most
appealing to all campers with Ryan Taifane leading them in afternoon exercises just before their lunch.
Sanerive & Tony were also instrumental in leading the youngest group of campers in their art
classes, singing Samoan melodies, ula making and of course the ‘meet with Polamalu.’ which was the
highlight of the camp, Nellie and the rest of the Land Grant 4H crew are doing a marvelous job with all
the happy campers in their care for three days - “We love our camp, we are enjoying every minute of it,”
said Zynbad Tama. In this photo of the 5-8year old group, Rive is trying to show some of the campers
how to color together. “Togetherness is the emphasis here - for military family children, they miss their
[photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
parents but turn to friends to fill that missing gap.” The 2013 Camps of
Troy Polamalu
Football • Volleyball
Coaches • Officials
July 2-5 at the Stadium and ASCC Gym
Fiji, Adeaze Concert (July 6)
presented by:
the Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation
with support from:
ASG/DOE/ASHSAA
Elieani Tauasosi
Nu’uuli VocTech
Bluesky, Fletcher, GHC Reid, Godinet Rentals,
StarKist Samoa, ASPA, Sports Domain, Carl’s Jr,
Koko Bean, Forsgren’s, Samoa Ford Motors,
Samoa Tuna Processors, Island’s Choice Dairy,
Morris Scanlan, Samoa News, DPS, EMS
Happy Birthday to the Best Mother Ever!
FLO LEOTA
It is you who keeps our
family together, that’s how
strong you are. You’re an
extraordinary, phenomenal
& a remarkable women.
And for that we thank you !
We Love You Always ! XOXO
Special Hugs & Kisses esp.
from your hubby Lekemi
Leota & children; Shekinah,
Shawn & Shaniah Leota
Ua i luma nei o le vaega o Fanua ma Suafa o se Fa’amasinoga
Maualuga a Amerika Samoa se tagi na fa’aulu e le tofa Availopa
‘Lopa’ Seti fa’asaga i le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau
Samoa, le afioga i le Alo o Salamasina ia Satele Galu Satele, ma le
Sui Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa, le tofa Tuiagamoa
Tavai, ona o le mataupu lea na fa’ate’a ese ai Lopa mai le faiganu’u
a le afioaga o Vailoatai.
OTOOTOGA O LE TAGI
I le otootoga o lenei mataupu o lo o taua ai e faapea, i le fonotaga a le afioaga o Vailoatai sa faia i le masina o Aperila 2013, na
fesiligia ai e Lopa ia Satele e faatatau i se ripoti a le Samoa News i
le faaaogaina o le ta’i $1miliona a Falelima sa maua mai i le malo
o Amerika Samoa, mo le faaleleia o atina’e ma galuega tetele i le
2009. O lea tupe o tupe a tagata totogi lafoga sa tuuina atu i Falelima e fausia ai galuega mo le atina’eina o nuu ma alalafaga taitasi.
I le fonotaga lava lea, na fesiligia ai fo’i e Lopa ia Satele e
faatatau i le faaaogaina o le $20,000 mai le $1 miliona a le Falelima,
lea sa totogi atu e le malo ia te ia e faatupe ai le auina atu o le au
siva a Vailoatai i le faamanatuina o le 50 tausaga o le fu’a a le malo
o Samoa Tuto’atasi i le tausaga na te’a nei. E le’i faatalanoaina lava
e Satele le faaaogaina o le $20,000 i totonu o le nuu, ae na pau le
auala e talitonu le itu tagi na faaaoga i ai lea tupe, o le totogiina
lea o pasese o le au malaga i le M/V Lady Naomi, ae na avea le
to’atama’i o Satele i le fesili a Lopa ma itu na ia faia ai loa le faaiuga
e faate’a ese o ia mai le faiganuu a Vailoatai e pei ona taua i le tagi.
Talu mai le fonotaga sa faia i le aso lea, e le’i toe faia lava se
fonotaga a le afioaga o Vailoatai e talanoaina ai le faate’aeseina
o Lopa mai le nuu, ae ina ua tuana’i le vaiaso talu ona maea lea
fonotaga, na alu ai loa Satele ma faasaini mai matai o le nuu i se
talosaga sa ia faia e faate’a ese ai Lopa mai le nuu, ma tuuina atu ai
loa lea tusi ia Tuiagamoa. Mai lea tusi na sainia e Satele ma ni matai
se to’alua o le nuu, sa tuuina atu ai loa e Tuiagamoa se tusi mai le
Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa e aloaia ai le faaiuga e faate’a Lopa.
E le’i valaauina lava e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa se fonotaga
e talanoaina ai le faaiuga e faate’a Lopa mai le nuu, ae ina ua oo i le
aso 13 Me 2013, sa tuuina atu ai loa e Tuiagamoa lana tusi ia Satele,
afioaga o Vailoatai atoa ai ma le Itumalo atoa e faailoa atu ai le aloaia
e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa o le faaiuga e faate’a ese Lopa.
Fai mai Lopa i lana tagi, e leai se malosi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau
Samoa na te faate’a ese ai se sa’o o se aiga mai se nuu po o le taliaina
fo’i o se faaiuga e faia se nuu e faate’a ese ai se sa’o mai le nuu.
MOLIAGA:
Mai moliaga e lima o lo o taua i le tagi a Lopa faasaga ia Satele
ma Tuiagamoa, e tolu moliaga o lo o faia faasaga ia Satele na o ia
ma isi moliaga e lua o lo o mulimuli ai o lo o faia faasaga uma ia i
laua. O moliaga e tolu faasaga ia Satele e aofia ai le tatau lea ona ia
faamanino (Count One - Accounting) i luma o le fa’amasinoga le
faaaogaina o le $20,000 sa tuuina atu ia te ia atoa ai ma vaega tupe
mai le ‘CIP fund’ sa tuuina atu ia te ia, o lona atali’i ma lona faletua.
O le moliaga lona lua o le Faatamala e faatino ona tiute (Negligent Breach of Fiduciary Duty), po o lona faatamala lea e faatino
ona tiute e ala i le puipui ma tausi faalelei tupe a lona nuu sa tuuina
atu i lalo o lana vaavaiga. O moliaga lona tolu o lona faaaoga lea
o tupe e le o ni ana tupe (Converstion), ae o tupe sa a lona nuu sa
tuuina atu i lalo o lana vaavaaiga, ma moliaga mulimuli e lua o lo o
totoe ai faasaga uma ia Satele ma Tuiagamoa, e aofia ai Taufaaleaga
(Defamation) atoa ai ma le Auau faatasi (Civil Conspiracy) e faia le
faaiuga e faate’a ai Lopa mai lona nuu o Vailoatai.
FAAIUGA O LE TAGI
I le faaiuga o le tagi faasaga ia Satele ma Tuiagamoa, ua
talosagaina ai e le Lopa le Fa’amasinoga ina ia tu’uina atu e le
Fa’amasinoga vaega nei:
(1) Ia poloaina Satele ina ia faamanino le $20,000 sa tuuina atu
ia te ia, atoa ai ma tupe mai le CIP sa latou faaaoga ma lona atali’i
faatasi ai ma lona faletua. (2) O se poloaiga e faatonu ai Satele ina ia
toe faafo’i uma tupe mai le $20,000 po o tupe mai le CIP e le tatau
ona ia faaaoga pe soona faaaoga le tatau fo’i. (3) O se poloaiga e
faatonu ai Satele ma Tuiagamoa la te totogiina le tusa ma le $50,000
pe le itiiti ifo fo’i i lea aofaiga ia Lopa, ona o le faaleagaina o lona
igoa atoa ai ma aafiaga na oo ia te ia ona o lenei mataupu. (4) O se
poloaiga e faatonuina ai Satele ma Tuiagamoa la te totogi faatasia
se vaega tupe e tusa ma le $150,000 ia Lopa, i lo la faaaogaina sese
o le malosi faa tagata faigaluega a le malo la te faia ai faaiuga e le
tatau ona faia. (5) O se poloaiga e faaleaogaina ai le faaiuga sa faia e
Satele ma Tuiagamoa e faasala ai Lopa mai le faiganuu a Vailoatai,
e pei ona avea ai o ia ma sa’o o le aiga ‘Availopa’ o Vailoatai ma fai
ai o ia ma sui o lona aiga i le nuu ma le Itumalo. (6) O se poloaiga e
faatonu ai i laua ua faia faasaga i ai lenei mataupu la te totogiina mo
le totogi o lenei mataupu atoa ai ma le tau a loia.
E le’i faatulagaina se aso e fofogaina ai lenei mataupu i luma o
le Fa’amasinoga.
Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
samoa news, Saturday, July 6, 2013 Page 3
Veukitau murder case Fono opens Monday,
bound over to High Court minus one senator…
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
Detective Filemoni Amituana’i of the Criminal Investigation Division told the court that
Arthur “Afa” Christopher Blake struck Lopeti
Kalala Veukitau with a crowbar right in front
of Lopeti’s seven year old son. The defendant
is held in jail on a $500,000 bail, one of the
highest ever set for a defendant in the territory’s judicial history.
A first degree murder charge is a felony
which is punishable by death or life imprisonment without parole until 40 years of the sentence has been served. Lopeti, a father of four,
is a Tongan National who migrated to the territory some time ago.
This was heard during the Preliminary
Examination Hearing held earlier this week,
where District Court Judge John Ward found
that there was probable cause to have this matter
bound over to High Court.
Blake is accused in the brutal murder of
Lopeti two Sundays ago. Chief Assistant
Attorney General in the criminal Division,
Camille Philippe is the prosecutor in this matter
while the defense attorney is Assistant Public
Defender Karen Shelley.
Det. Amituana’i was the only witness called
to the stand. He told the court that the seven year
old son said he saw Blake striking his father.
The wife of Lopeti also told the lead investigator that she was surprised when her son came
running into the house covered with blood,
yelling that the defendant had struck his dad.
The Court also heard from Det. Amituana’i,
who said that Blake told him that he had planned
to kill Lopeti a week earlier with a bush knife
and was going to cut Lopeti into pieces, but
something came up and he was unable to do it
at the time.
The Detective further told the court that at the
scene, Lopeti was found lying in a large pool of
blood with injuries to his head, including a large
gash and a puncture wound.
Court filings say that in the course of the
investigation the defendant was located near an
abandoned house not far from the scene of the
crime. “Defendant immediately told officers he
knew officers were there to get him because of
what happened earlier.” CID Detectives noted
that the defendant’s clothes had blood stains all
over them.
Blake told the police during his questioning
that Lopeti woke him up early that morning
around 7:30a.m. asking him to fetch tapioca
from the plantation for lunch. Court filings say
that the defendant was very upset with Lopeti
for waking him when he was tired, and asking
him to do chores. Defendant said he asked Lopeti for a knife
to get the tapioca, but defendant said the real
reason he asked for the knife was to use it to cut
up Lopeti. According to Det Amituana’i, Blake
said that instead of a bush knife, Lopeti gave
him a butcher knife and he figured that he could
not kill Lopeti with a butcher knife because
it was too small; so he went for the crowbar
near the [coconut] husk[s] with the intention of
killing Lopeti.
Amituana’i alleges that Blake said once he
grabbed the crowbar, he walked back to where
Lopeti was bending down and swung the crowbar
in a vertical motion, aiming at Lopeti’s head.
Blake further told the police that the first
blow landed on Lopeti’s head and when the
victim fell to ground gasping for air, Blake
struck him again on the left side of his body
three or four times. The defendant said he realized Lopeti was still alive so he decided to
‘finish Lopeti off by hitting him further on the
head’. According to the Detective, the defendant repeatedly struck Lopeti on the head, about
nine or ten times.
“Defendant said he had been very upset and
angry with Lopeti for treating him ‘like a slave’
and making him do chores outside, while no
one else had to.
CID Detectives recovered the crowbar,
which had blood stains, that had allegedly been
used in the incident. During cross examination
Assistant Public Karen Shelley asked Detective
Amituana’i if another detective was present
during the interview, and the witness responded
that he was accompanied by Detective Hes
Sopoaga.
Ms Shelley then questioned Det. Amituana’i
if the interview with the defendant was recorded,
to which he replied no.
The defendant’s case is now before the High
Court.
Lawmakers return Monday for the 2nd Regular Session of
the 33rd Legislature with the proposed final budget of fiscal year
2014 a priority that must be approved and signed into law by the
governor before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2013.
However, it will be a sad day for senators as one of the
three senatorial seats of Maoputasi County is vacant, due to the
passing of Sen. Fa’agata Mano Fa’agata last month. His funeral
service is set for later next week.
A family member told Samoa News yesterday that a short
service for the late senator will be held at the LBJ chapel next
Friday (July 12) around 7:30a.m. and then he will be transported
to the Fono Guest Fale, for the state funeral set for 9a.m.
Later, the late senator’s coffin will be taken to the Fagatogo
Methodist Church for the 2p.m. service, followed by the traditional Samoan overnight wake. He will be laid to rest the next
day, following a final service at the Fagatogo Methodist Church.
An official announcement from the family is expected next
week.
Meanwhile, lawmakers will convene at 10a.m. Monday in
their respective chambers. The governor is only required by law
to address the Fono in January to deliver his state of the territory
address.
It wasn’t immediately clear yesterday if any new executive
bills were expected to be sent to the Legislature for consideration during the next session.
The only known new administration bill is the FY 2014 final
budget proposal that lawmakers are very hopeful the governor
will submit early, giving them time for a full review.
The FY 2014 budget call letter went out last month directing
all government agencies and departments to maintain budget
ceilings under the fiscal year 2013 budget law of $454.85 million — including the FY 2013 supplemental of $5 million for the
new fiscal year.
As in previous budget proposals, the new administration
wants all vacant positions omitted from the new fiscal year
budget request.
Expected to be sent to the Fono for confirmation is Malemo
L. Tausaga as director of the Department of Administrative Services. Malemo, a former budget director in the Togiola Administration, was appointed Jun. 20 by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
to head Administrative Services.
There was no clear indication this week from the Governor’s
Office if two acting directors, who were rejected by the Fono in
April, will be resubmitted this session. The rejected nominees
are Pau Roy Ausage for the Department of Youth and Women’s
Affairs and Timothy Jones for the Territorial Energy Office.
For bills sponsored by lawmakers, there is hope by advocates
against domestic violence that the Fono will hold hearings and
approve legislation that would criminalize human trafficking in
the territory. The House bill is pending in committee.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Lucille Aigalesala Feagaimaali’i
Tufaga Galea’i Aoelua
12/10/1940 – 6/25/2013
Farewell Services
Thursday, July 11, 2013 • 10:00am
At the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
Aua Stake Center
ETERNAL COMPANION
Aoelua Va’a Saumaleato Valovalo
CHILDREN
Faleula Virginia Aoelua Sappa
Victoria Vatauomalotetele Aoelua Jacobo
Salote Aoelua-Fanene
Margaret Vaimagalo Aoelua Danielson
Evelyn Sitaimata Aoelua Souza
Barbara Aoelua Vaie’e Taputu
Valovalo Savini Aoelua
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samoa news, Saturday, July 6, 2013
“Walkin a Tight Rope”
“If the second marriage is a success, the first one wasn’t really
a failure.”
“Never trust an idea you come up with sitting down.”
A good day to all fine and loyal friends of Hawkeye.
Here we are celebrating another Independence Day! Time really
does fly when you are having fun! Hawkeye will soon embark on
his onward journey towards his 70th birthday which he will not
bother to celebrate. While Hawkeye has entered into the senior
citizens role, he likes to think of himself as aging gracefully.
Hawkeye has learned to eat the elephant a bite at a time and
therefore has learned, and earned, a higher tolerance for “BullS*#t!
This in itself is a rather fine achievement leading in to the 70th year
of his natural life. Hawkeye having embarked on his second trip
at living when he was of the ripe and tender age of 52, Hawkeye
considers himself as “Born Again!” Though not borne again as the
religious populace sees it, Hawkeye did that his way also. While
he did not stray from the tunnel, he did in fact enter the light. Over.
Last Friday a week ago Hawkeye’s cable service went out. This
happened somewhere about 1:00 in the afternoon, or for those
Nautical Vernacs, 1300. There was a power Pole replacement in
operation and the power was off for a short while. The power was
restored, but Hawkeyes Cable Service was not. Hawkeye called
*611 and informed them of the problem.
The person on the other end said, I will call you right back.
While this never happened, and to make a long story short, this
was repeated about 10 times with the same answer. This went on
from Friday Afternoon, on June, 28th to the morning of July 01.
Bottom line was sheer frustration on the part of Hawkeye and
Sweet Leanor as this is how they while away their leisure hours.
{Watching Re-Runs on Cable.}
Now it is lucky that Hawk & Leanor have many DVD’s in
their collection at home and were able to substitute cable re-runs
with re-runs of their own! Hawkeye watched some of his old Clint
Eastwood collection and others that he happened to have. It was
hardly any different watching Hawkeye’s re-runs over that of the
Cable Service Provider. Hawkeye is certain that when it comes
to the time to pay his next Cable Bill, that there will be an offset
on his bottom line to compensate for the loss of Cable service all
during a weekend.
While Hawkeye will not hold his breath, and will not pursue
a phone call to the Customer Service Manager who is always in
a meeting no matter whom you talk to. Now, what would make
Hawkeye happy once again is to see the return of Fox News Live,
and the return of HBO! It is about time that our citizens receive
what we pay for! Over..
Other than that, Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor had a nice
weekend.
Hawkeye happened to read a few comments pertinent to the
Stray Animal Situation. While Hawkeye will not apologize for anything said pertaining to that article, he certainly will never be guilty
of associating Children of the Homo-sapien species with stray animals. Hawkeye happens to love both Chillen and Stray Animals,
and therefore will not revisit the subject again. Re-read the article
and this time read between the lines for its true intention. Do not
throw rocks at stray animals, or chillen! Hawkeye is hopeful that
one day soon we will see the stray animal population brought under
control in such a manner that is considered to be Humane in nature.
Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor are looking forward to watching
all the nice parades in honor of our Independence Day celebrations. All that Hawkeye remembers is that we kicked some real
ass in 1776 while earning the independence from the British.
When George W. Bush rode through the Boston Common on an
Ostrich, yelling: “They is a Commin!” “And we is a runnin!”
This, as Hawkeye Recalls, was the beginning of the S%#t
a-hittin da fan! All’s well that ends well however as we seem to
get along well with The Brits these days. We have Brits everywhere we look, especially if we happen to be looking in Britain!
There is supposed to be a new addition to the royalty there at
Buckinghorse palace in merry old England when her majesty
gives birth sometime in July. It is a shame that the special child
could not have been born on the American Independence Day!
Folks, please do keep reading Hawkeye and interpetering it in
a positive vein as it is intended.
While we are at it, Hawkeye & Sweet Leanor will wish all
of their friends and relatives in New Mehico, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland, a happy fourth of July, especially his Nephew Gary,
and his Wife Renee of Albuquerque New Mexico. Sister-in-law
Marjorie, along with Fran & Jimmy Stribling.
Hawkeye really should stop at that before he gets all emotional
like, and cries in his Lambrusco!
Until next week, keep the cows over their buckets and the
chariots oiled and fueled up for the trip!
Love and Hugs to all from
Hawkeye & Sweet Leanor
DMWR Director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga and Tisa Fa’amuli, Alega resident and owner of
Tisa’s Barefoot Bar, who signed a Cooperative Agreement earlier this week which makes Alega
Bay the newest member of the Community-based Fisheries Management Program. [photo courtesy of DMWR/ Afa Uikirifi]
Alega Bay is newest member of
Fisheries Management Program
Tisa: “we need to work together in order to survive”
By B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
The Department of Marine and Wildlife
Resources (DMWR) signed on Monday, July 1,
a Cooperative Agreement with local businesswoman Tisa Fa’amuli, making the eastside’s
Alega Bay the newest member of the Community-based Fisheries Management Program. The agreement was signed at the DMWR
main office in Fagatogo by the Tisa’s Barefoot Bar owner and DMWR Director Dr. Ruth
Matagi-Tofiga.
Over a telephone interview with Samoa
News this week, Fa’amuli said what drove her to
sign the Co-op Agreement is her desire to work
together with DMWR and the new administration, who seem to be proactive in the conservation and preservation of local marine resources.
“I know people understand that times are
really tough right now and we need to do what
we can to survive. We need to work together
and find ways to protect the special and limited
resources we have,” she stated.
According to Fa’amuli, her life has been
threatened numerous times by poachers and
foreign fishermen who constantly fish around
the waters in Alega. “I am not a selfish person,”
Fa’amuli said. “It’s not like I want to save all
the fish in Alega for myself, but my livelihood and that of my family is dependent on the
resources found on land and in water. If people
continue to come in and take all of our marine
resources away, what will be left for me and my
family? These fishermen are starving and they
are hungry. It’s all about survival and we need
to work together to find ways to protect what
we have and ensure that everyone eats, without
having to take from others.”
She concluded, “The indigenous people of
American Samoa need to step up and come
together to work as a team in order to move forward. There are programs like the Communitybased Fisheries Management Program that are
in place to help us progress towards better days.
We the people are the government, and we need
to work with the government if we want to
become a stronger community. We need to take
those extra steps and support all efforts that aim
to benefit us and our children.”
In an email correspondence to the Samoa
News earlier this week, DMWR’s Tepora Toliniu
Lavata’i explained that the Community-based
Fisheries Management Program is a conservation
regime that works closely with local village communities in co-managing their marine resources. Part of the Program includes the establishment of
a Village Marine Protected Area (VMPA) to help
replenish the marine resources.
Various group meetings are held to disseminate information regarding the historical profile
of the participating village’s marine resources,
the cultural significance, and changes - whatever
they may be - that have led to its current state.
The information is then compiled and
recorded into the Village Fisheries Management
Plan, which also outlines activities and responsibilities of the department and village communities, in their partnership, to resolve direct and
indirect impacts on the coastal resources.
Lavata‘i explained, “As long as the village
communities continue to participate and support the program, the department will conduct
research, provide training sessions, and coordinate educational activities in further efforts to
improve the state of their marine resources.”
Other villages that are currently a part of
the Community-based Fisheries Management
Program include: Aoa, Alofau, Amaua, Auto,
Sa’ilele, Masausi, Vatia, Poloa, Fagamalo,
Matu’u, and Faganeanea. Under the program, Lavata’i pointed out, these
communities have the authority to take action
against any and all violators and trespassers of
their Village Marine Protected Area, by prosecuting them under the law, based on rules and
regulations that have been in place since 2008.
(Continued on page 14)
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o le
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Local businessman David Betham, who owns the BTI Express Management in Nu’uuli attended
and completed business seminars, Export University 101 & 201 plus the SWIFF (Shipping Worldwide, Interstate and Interisland Fair). According to a press release from BTI, Betham stated that
due to President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) to double US Exports by the end of
2014, BTI Express Management has recently completed the Export University 101 which is a comprehensive training seminar series hosted by industry experts to teach business owners the nuts and
bolts of exporting. Experts included local Hawaii business people from a variety of fields, including
lawyers, bankers and marketing gurus.
Betham said, “BTI Express has benefited from both programs to help small businesses that are
interested in exporting to identify the best markets for their products or services and the steps
needed to connect with new customers worldwide”.
Export University 101 is a comprehensive training seminar series by industry experts that will
help business owners learn the nuts and bolts of exporting while developing a personalized International Business Plan to grow their international business successfully.
Export University 201: E-Commerce for International Sales will help to leverage global business
using online tools and social media savvy.
BTI Express first opened its doors in American Samoa in 2004 and is now initiating in Hawaii.
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BTI Express will also be targeting Samoa, Fiji and other South Pacific islands.
E te fia
Poka?
SAU I FAFO E FUSU FAATAMALOA MAI
O loa le isi ‘au vaega e le bar e inu ai, talanoa lava i a latou tai toalua, fai loa le tala a Noa, “Ia
vaai la oulua, poo a le leva o le po, a ou ona atu nei, tasi lava lou fano i le fafine, sau i le atoa i fai
mai la’u mea’ai. A uma ona ou ‘ai, ia alu ifo lea tapena ma faamama uma le mea na ou ‘ai ai.”
Ia ‘oso mai le tamaloa o Apelu, “Faapena foi au, o le taimi lava oute alu atu ai e le fale, ‘oso
mai le fafine tatala o’u se’evae, tatalo lou ofu tino ma aumai sa’u apa pia ma alu tope le faiga o
lou mea’ai.”
Ia oo foi i le taimi ma faamatala mai ai Arona, fai mai loa, “E faapena a’u a oo nei i le taimi
mate misa ai ma le fafine, e fai mai le fafine, ‘Sau i fafo, sau lava i lalo ma le moega, ma e fusu
mai faa-tamaloa mai, e aua le fai so’o lau mea na o lou lafi i lalo o le moega.”
UA LAKI OU FAI MAI UA MALIU LOU GRANDPA
Ua oo i le tasi na, ua maua le teine e o Atamu e fai aiga i le faleaiga,
(blind date) e alu Atamu o le tauaso lana paaga lea ua faatali mai i le laulau ua uma ona telefoni
mai i ai i le Hotel.
Ia ua talanoa lava ma faamasani, fai atu loa Atamu, “O le mea o le uma ona faamalamala mai
i le face-book o lou igoa, ma le tagata na e i ai oe. Ae lea ua faatoa ou iloaina nei e te tauaso.”
Fai loa le teine, “Malie lou loto ua galo ia te ‘au ona ta’u uma mai na mea i le face-book.” a ua
tago le tama o le Atamu na vili le numera a lona uo lena e vili mai.
Tatagi loa le telefoni a Atamu, fai loa Atamu i si teine se’i alu atu se’i tali lana telefoni, “Ua
a alii Atamu ?.” ae tali le tamaloa o Atamu, “Ia a aua mai, o le tauaso lou teine lea e mata ‘aai.”
Toe foi loa Atamu i le laulau, pepelo loa i si teine, “Sole ua oti si tama o lou tama.” fai mai le
teine, “Oi faafetai, ana le oti le tama o lou tama, semanu oute fai atu fo’i ua oti le tama o lou tama,
tofa.” ma alu lava le teine tauaso lea i fafo.
TOLU LE FANAU NA FAAIPOIPO I LE ASO E TASI
Ua fiafia lava si ulugalii aemaise ai le olomatua o Safaira ua mitamita lava ina ua fai i le aso e
tasi faaipoipoga a fanau teine i le aso e tasi, ua uma loa le faaipoipiga ia o mai loa teine e tofu ma
le potu e momoe ai ma o latou taitoalua.
Oo i le leva o le po, na sau le loomatua o Safaira e inu sana vai i le pusa aisa, e pasi mai i le potu
o le ulumatua faalogo atu ua ‘ata mai lana ulumatua, sau i le potu o le teine lona lua, faalogo ua
‘e’e mai le teine lona lua, faapea le mafaufau a le loomatua, ‘o mea lava nei e tutupu i po muamua
i soo se ulugalii fou.’
E oo mai i le potu a se ana uii e leai lava ni leo o pisa mai ai, na malama le taeao, o loa tamaloloa e faigaluega, ae na o le loomatua ma si ana fanau teine.
Fesili atu loa le loomatua o Safaira, i lana fanua, “O le a mea na e ‘ata mai ai anapo a Sue ?.”
fai mai lana ulumatua, “A faafefea ea o le malie o ana o lenei tamaloa ana po.” fai atu loa i le lona
lua, “O le a le mea na ‘ee mai ai mai ai anapo a alii Elisapeta.” ae tali mai Elisapeta, “O faiga lava
o po muamua o le ulugalii fou, ua ou fiu e tatali le tamaloa ae ua ova lona ona uaina, ou fiu loa e
faatali ia ‘e’e loa e ai.”
‘IA TALITONU, E MAFAIA MEA
UMA I LE MANA O LE ATUA’
(Mareko 9:14-29)
Ua faatoa o ifo Iesu ma soo mai i le mauga lea na latou
nonofo ai i aso e tolu, na uma ona ia faia faailoga ma le ola
faatuatua, ina ia mausali ai le latou ola faatuatua, i le latou oo
mai e Petesaita ona aumai lea e ia o le tauaso, na latou ave i
tua pa o Isaraelu ma feanu ai le alii i ona fofoga ma o lea na
pupula ai loa lea o ia.
Ua o i le mauga lea na faaali ai Elia ma Mose ma talanoa
ma Iesu, ia ona toe o ifo lea i le mauga ua vavao atu e Iesu e
aua latou te tau atu i le mea lea ona latou vaai ai i le mauga.
Soo se mea e fealua’i ai le Iesu i lena vaitaimi i ai lava se
ma’i e faamaloloina e Iesu, ae la e taumulimuli solo ai lava le
au tusiupu ma le farasaio i mea e feoa’i ai i latou ia.
Lea ua oo mai iina sa maua le taimi o le ‘au tusiupu e fesiligia ai le ‘ausoo a Iesu, ae sau loa se tasi o tagata ua fai mai,
“Le aoao ua ou aumai ia te oe oe lou atalii ua i ai le agaga
gugu, so o se mea lava e pue ai ia te ia, ona lafotu ai te ia, ua
faua le gutu ma ou maaa lona tino, lilivau ona nifo, ua uma
ona fai atu i lou ‘au soo ina ia latou tulia o ia, a ua le mafaia
e i latou.”
Ona fai atu lea o Iesu, “Le tupulaga le faatuatua e, tatou
te i ai ma outou seia afea ? Ou te faapalepale ia te outou seia
afea ?.”
E le lava le faatuatua o le ‘au soo, e le taitai ona oo i ai le
latou faatuatua i le tama lea ua faia e temoni, o le taitai ‘au o
Satani ma ona temoni…e le taitai i ai ona oo le tatou malosi
faa-le-tagata-soifua i lona faatuatua i lena vaitaimi i le maga
a Satani.
E faaleaga e Satani mea uma tatou te taumafai atu ai i le ola
e faavavau, e faaleaga o tatou aiga, e faaleaga o tatou mafutaga
ua lelei, e faaleaga faalapotopotoga, e faaleaga le nofo fealofani o tagata e saili atu i le ola e faavavau.
Afai ua mai aitu nei se tagata, ua aumai le fofo ma ua faapea
mai le aitu, “Ia ua lelei o le a ou alu oute le toe sau ia te ia.”
fiafia le aiga ina ua fai mai le aitu o le a le toe sau. Faafefea
ona tatou talitonu i se upu faapena ua fai mai ai le aitu, o ‘au
uma na a Satani.
Iesu i lona faatuatua e mafaia ai e ia mea uma, pei o le atalii
lea i lona tigaina na silafia lelei e Iesu ma o le tatalo ma le
faatauanau i le mana e toe tulei mai lona ola faatuatua na faia
ai mea nei o le a laua feagai.
Fai mai lo tatou matua, ‘Ia talitonu, e mafaia mea uma i le
mana o le Atua.’ pei ona taua mai i le mataupu e 3:14-15 ‘Ona
ia tofia lea o le toa-tinogafulu ma le toalua ina ia faatasi ma ia,
ina ia aauina atu foi ia te i latou e talai le tala lelei; ina ia tuuina
atu foi le pule ia te i latou, latou te tutuli ai temoni.’
O le ola faatuatua e mafai ai e i tatou ona fai atu i mauga e
o i le sami, e tatou mata ala pea, e tetee i faiga o le tiapolo e
faia mai i aso uma, e manaomia e ia ina ia tatou pauu atu i le
agasala pea tatou tuu pea i mea o le lalolagi nei.
Pei ona molimau mai ai le Luka 9:42-43 ‘O loo sau ia, a e
lafotu ma faafaafiti ia te ia le temoni, Ona vavao lea e Iesu i
le agaga leaga ma ua faamalolo i le tama, ma toe tuu atu ia te
ia i lona tama. Ua latou matua ofo uma i le mana mamalu o
le Atua.
E pei ona tusia i le Eperu 11:6 ‘A leai se faatuatua e le
mafai ona fiafia mai o ia, aua e tatau i le alu atu i le Atua ona
talitonu o loo soifua o ia, o ia foi na te tauia mai o e mai o e
matua saili ia te ia.
Na o Iesu lo tatou auala moni, e mafai ai mea lelei ma le
matagofie lea na molimau mai le Mareko 9:29 ‘Ua fetalai atu
lea o ia ia te i latou , “Ua na o le tatalo e mafai ai ona o ‘ese o
mea faapena.” Amene
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Tusia mo lea Ata Tifaga
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Ua tele ata tifaga Fa’asamoa na na pu’ea fo’i i Samoa, peita’i, ua tafa le loto o tagata Amerika
Samoa ma o latou Pu’eata Tifaga ua mae’a tapena taleni mo lea fa’amoemoe, o le a so’o le fau
ma le fau, e aga fo’i Amerika Samoa i sona sao i lea fo’i fa’asoa o tomai fa’apitoa mai le Atua
soifua i ona tagata.
“Fatu o le Alofa” ua tula’i mai o se tala fatu na fausia i lagona o le tama’ita’i tusitala o Mareta
Feagaimali’i Purcell-Unutoa, o le a faitino lana galuega sa tusia e molita’i atu ai ni fe’au taua i
loto ma agaga o tagata o lona atunu’u, fa’atasi ma isi o tatou tagata o lo’o nonofo i nu’u mamao.
“O le tala lava ia e ‘auga i le Alofa fa’aleuso sa i ai i loto o tagata Samoa uma lava, a’o le’i
lutia i tatou i le tele o mea mai fafo, le atamai fa’aonaponei ma a latou tu ua le toe malosi lea alofa
fa’aleuso ia te oe ma a’u, tagata Samoa moni lava!”
Talofa, e fa’amoni i lea manatu o le tusitala! O le isi mea, ua vaivai le alofa lea, ua manatu
tagata ia taui ma sui e ala i le fa’ao’o o mataupu i le fa’amasinoga e faia mai ai fa’ai’uga, ae o le
pui aiga lava sa tupu ai se fa’alavelave, pe ua le tutusa manatu e afua ai!
“Ua leai lava se alofa atu, fa’atino se fesoasoani mo le isi o mafatia ma tagi mai i sona mafatiaga! Ua tauemu i ai, ma lau le fa’avalevalea pe a o’o ina tula’i ese atu lea tagata pagatia! O
lagona ma manatu ia, e fa’ailoa ai, ua vaivai lava lea alofa sa ta masani ai!”
Na fa’aauau pea manatu o le Unutoa e tusa ai o fe’au taua i lenei tifaga, “O le isi fe’au ua
molita’i mai ai, “Ia toe fo’i le tagata Samoa e gagau le vao, lea ua tau tele mai Kolea ma Saina
e fa’aaoga o tatou laueleele, ae ua tatou nofonofo ma fa’atalitali i ai mo tatou fofoga taumafa.”
O se tasi mea ua iloga mai e tele sona aoga i lea fo’i ata tifaga, o le taua ma le fita o tulaga tau
Fanua i totonu o aiga Samoa.
“O le isi vaega tele o lea ata, ua fa’atepa ai i tatou i afaina e ono tutupu mai totonu o tatou aiga
ma o tatou Laueleele, e matua taua lea fo’i vaega o le ata lea! E le o misia lava nei mea ma o tatou
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“E le gata i lea, ae ua fa’aatagia fo’i le faigata ma le lelei o le auaunaga a fanau a Samoa i le
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e tauau e mae’a pu’ea fo’i ma tu’ufa’atasia i le masina o Setema, 2013.
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atu i atunuu i fafo o lo o alala ma aumau ai tagata
Samoa , ina ia mautinoa le filifilia o ni sui talavou,
agavaa, toe lava le manava. O le aso Lulu na taunuu
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faiaoga pe aisea ua fai ai mea sa fai atu e aua le faia,”
o a Tuilaepa lea. “O le mea e tau mai ia i tatou, e le i
faamaoni ni isi o sui o le au i a latou koleniga.”
MOLIA I MARIUANA SE ALII 18 TAUSAGA
Ua faatonuina e Faamasino Vui Clarence Nelson
o le Faamasinoga Maualuga se alii e 18 tausaga
mai afioaga o Afulilo ma Magiagi, e tuli ni itula e
faatinoina ai ni galuega mo le manuia lautele o le
atunuu, faatasi ai ma le auai atu i polokalama mo le
toe faaleleia o lona olaga, e faatonuina ai o ia e le
ofisa faanofovaavaaia mo le umi e tasi le tausaga. E
talitonu le alii faamasino, o lenei faasalaga e talafeagai lelei lea ma lea taulealea i o le faasalaina i se
faasalaga faafalepuipui. Na faaalia e Vui, e tele se
aafiaga e ono maua e lea alii pe a faasalaina i le toese
iTafaigata. O lea alii na molia ma pueina e leoleo ina
ua latou osofaia le fale o lea alii i Magiagi ma maua
ai le fualaau faasaina o le mariuana.
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MATATAMA LE TAMAITITI 7 TAUSAGA A’O
FASIOTI LONA TAMA
tusia AFM
“Na vaai tino lava le tamaititi e 7 tausaga le matua o fasioti e
Arthur ‘Afa’ Blake lona tama i le tolopa, ma o ia fo’i lea na tamo’e
i totonu o le fale ma ta’u i lona tina le faalavelave ua tupu,” e pei
ona taua i le molimau a le ali’i Leoleo Su’esu’e ia Det. Filemoni
Amituana’i ina ua iloilo e le Fa’amasinoga Fa’aitumalo mau a le
malo faasaga i le mataupu o lo o molia ai Arthur ‘Afa’ Blake i lona
fasiotia o Lopeti Kalala Veukitau o Iliili i le lua vaiaso talu ai.
I le tuana’i ai o le fa’alavelave na maliu ai Veukitau i le aso
23 Iuni i lona aiga i Iliili, o le aso vaiaso nei na faia ai lana ulua’i
iloiloga i luma o le ali’i Fa’amasino ia John Ward II, ma valaau ai
e le malo le ali’i leoleo su’esu’e ia Det. Amituana’i mo le tuuina
atu o lana molimau e tusa ai o le fa’alavelave na tula’i mai.
Na taua e Det. Amituana’i i se vaega o lana molimau e faapea,
ina ua mae’a ona fa’aaoga e Blake le tolopa e sasa ai le ulu o le
ali’i ua maliu, na faliu ai loa le tamaititi ma tamo’e i lona tinå o lo
o i totonu o le fale ma ta’u i ai le mea ua tupu.
“Mama, ua ta e Afa le ulu o Lopeti i le tolopa ma oti ai,” o upu
ia na valaau ai le tamaititi i lona tina e pei ona taua e le ali’i leoleo
su’esu’e i lana molimau.
Ina ua mae’a ona fa’atino e Blake le solitulafono o lo o tuuaia
ai o ia e le malo, na bia tia’i ai loa le tolopa i le vaega na ta’atia
ai le tino o Veukitau ae sola ese ma lafi i se fale tuufua, pe a ma
le maila le mamao ese mai le nofoaga na tupu ai le faalavelave.
E vaiaso o atoa o taumafai Blake e saili se auala e fasioti ai
Veukitau e pei ona taua e Det. Amituana’i i lana molimau.
E vaiaso atoa o fuafua Blake e fasiotia Veukitau e ala i lona
tipi tipiina o ia i le sapelu, ae talu ai na te le’i maua lava se taimi
lelei na te faatinoina ai lea gaioiga, o lea na ia manatu ai loa o lona
taimi lelei lava e faatino ai lona mana’o o le taeao o le aso Sa ina
ua fafagu o ia e le ali’i ua maliu e alu e fai mai ni manioka e fai
ai le latou meaai.
Ina ua maua e leoleo ia Blake i totonu o le fale tuufua na lafi ai,
e le gata na pisia uma ona lavalava i le toto ae oo lava fo’i i ona
lima na pisipisia uma i le toto.
Na fesili le loia a Blake i le molimau pe sa i ai ni isi leoleo na
faalogo i le faatalatalanoaina o le ua molia, na tali le molimau
“ioe sa i ai le leoleo na molimauina le faatalatalanoaga,” ae ina ia
toe fesiligia pe sa pu’eina lea faatalatalanoaga i se video na tali le
molimau “leai”.
O le taeao ananafi na tula’i ai Blake i luma o le fa’amasinoga
maualuga mo le ulua’i taimi ma ia teena ai tu’uaiga faasaga ia te
ia.
I lona teena ai o tuuaiga faasaga ia te ia, ua faatulaga ai loa
lana ulua’i iloiloga e faia lea i le aso 26 Aokuso 2013, ma o lo o
taofia pea o ia i le toese i Tafuna i le taimi nei ina ua le mafai ona
ia totogiina le $150,000 ua faatulaga e le fa’amasinoga e tatala ai
o ia i tua.
[Sosoo ane loa lau faitau i le tatou tala faasolo
mo lenei vaiaso, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na tea
nei i le taimi lea ua faalogoina ai e Kati le lafo e le
alii lea o upu malolosi ma le tau faamata’u i matua o
lana uo teine, ona ia logoina ai loa lea o leoleo o lo
o sipai latalata ane i le nofoaga lea ina ia faalatalata
atu i totonu ma sauni i soo se gaioiga e tula’i mai.]
O le taimi lava na faalogoina ai e Kati upu tau
faamata’u a le tagata lea i matua o lana uo teine ua
maliu, aapa atu loa i lana uaealesi ma logo leoleo o
lo o paka latalata ane i le nofoaga lea ina ia faalatalata atu i totonu ma ia sauni mo se faalavelave e
ono tula’i mai, ona o lo o i ai lona masalosaloga o le
tagata o lo o i totonu o le fale o lo o faaa’upegaina o
ia i ni fana malolosi ma isi mea tau mata’utia, ma e
le’i umi ae vaaia le tau fai li’o uma o le nofoaga lea e
taavale a leoleo ma ua sauniuni uma i soo se gaioiga
e tula’i mai. Na faalogoina e Kati ua ioe le ulugali’i
e faamata’u faamaumauga uma e faatatau i teugatupe
a le la tama o lo o i totonu o le faletupe faapea ai ma
tupe o le Inisiua, ma ua sauni fo’i le ulugali’i la te
sainia pepa e tala mai ai i tua teugatupe uma nei mo
le teuina i se nofoaga e malu puipuia e pei ona faailoa
atu e le tagata lea ia te i laua, o le taimi foi lea na ia
logo ai loa le vaega faapitoa a leoleo ina ia li’o atoa le
fale ma ia mataalia i soo se gaioiga e ono tula’i mai i
ni isi o ta’avale o lo o paka solo i le vaega lea o le aai.
E le’i toe faatali Kati i le taimi lea, ae ua tago i lana
fana ma savali sa’o loa aga’i i le fale o le ulugali’i, ona
taumafai lea e tatala le isi faamalama o le potu moe ma
oso atu ai loa i totonu laua ma le isi o leoleo faapitoa o
lo o fesoasoani ia te ia i lana galuega, ae o le taimi lea
ua siomia uma e leoleo fafo o le fale ma ua tofu fana
uma i latou. Na ona maea lava ona saini e le ulugali’i
o pepa, tuu atu i le ali’i lea ona tago loa lea o le tagata
ua tuu pepa i totonu o lana ato, uu loa ma lana ato ma
savali atu ua faatalofa i le olomatua ma talanoa i ai, ona
toe liliu loa lea ua faatalofa i le toeaina, e fetaui lava le
faatalofa o le ali’i i le toeaina ae osofa’i atu loa Kati ma
lana leoleo mai totonu o le potu moe a le ulugali’i ma
la a’upega ma faasiilima loa le ula lea, ae o le taimi fo’i
lea sa la faailoa atu i ai ma la pine leoleo.
Na pei o le emo o le mata gaioiga a le leoleo na
toalua ma Kati i lona lokaina lea o lima o le ali’i lea
ae o Kati na alu atu ma aveese mai le ulugali’i ma
faamalamalama ia te i laua le autu o le osofaiga ma
le mea o lo o tupu. O pepa uma na saini e le ulugalii
mo tupe a le la tama na toe faafo’i uma i ai ma faaleaogaina uma ae ua ta’ita’i atu nei le ula lea i totonu
o le taavale a leoleo ma avatu ai loa i le Ofisa mo
isi suesuega. E tau faliu le tama o le a savali i fafo
ma le fale ae tau lana vaai i se ata tele lava o lo o
faapipii mai i le wall o le fale, o le la ata ma lana uo
tama’ita’i sa pu’eina i totonu o le faleaiga, ua faatele
e le olomatua ma le toeaina ae tuu i totonu o le fale e
faamanatu ai si a la tama ua maliu.
POLOGA I LE ALOFA
[E toe faatalofa atu i le mamalu o le au faitau i lenei taeao, malo le soifua maua malo foi le onosa’i,
ae alo mai loa o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou tala faasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le
taimi lea ua vaaia ai e le aiga le le mautonu o le tamaititi o Lisati ina ua talanoa i le telefoni, ma ua tasi
lava le mate a le olomatua tevolo lea o Lupe le aunty o le tamaititi, o Lasela lea o lo o vili mai Samoa.]
Se’i o tatou tuli tatao atu lava le tama’ita’i o Lasela i Samoa ma lana telefoni lea ua faatutu i Aotearoa
i le tamaititi o Lisati. Na ona tapuni lava e Lasela o le telefoni ona nofo lea i luga o le nofoa ma mapusela,
pei o se tagata o lo o tamo’e i se maila. O totonu o le faletelefoni a le malo i Matafele lea o lo o fai ai le
telefoni a Lasela, e mafai lava ona lagona mai e le isi tagata talanoaga o lo o fai atu i le isi itu, lona uiga
e tatau ona talatalanoa lemu pe afai e maua le avanoa e te talanoa ai i se tasi o lou aiga o lo o e vili i ai.
E pisi ane lava le tamaloa Sikulaki o Vena i tafatafa o le nofoa lea e nofo faasauapa ai Lasela ae sa le
ano lava i ai le tama’ita’i, pau le mea lea e i lona loto se’i tuana’i se isi 10 minute ona toe vili lea o lana
telefoni. “Siaula, e mafai ona e alu atu e te nofonofo mai le nofoa lale e toe faatali ai le taimi e toe vili ai
lau numera ae se’i faasolo mai tagata e faaaoga le telefoni ona o lo o tumu luma i o,” o le musumusu atu
lea a Vena ia Lasela, ona tu lea o le mafine i luga ma savali i fafo o le Fale Telefoni ma manava ai sina
ea fou e toe faaseki ai lona mafaufau, e le’i umi ae toe fo’i i totonu ma toe vili loa lana numera i Niu Sila.
“Hello, e maua atu Lisati faamolemole,?” o le fesili lea a Lasela ina ua tali mai le tagata i le telefoni,
na va i ni nai sekone ae faalogoina loa e Lasela le leo o le tamaititi o Lisati e foliga mai o lo o tagi mai
i luga o le telefoni, “Talofa Lasela, o a’u lea, faafetai mo lou telefoni mai, ae ou te faamalie atu ina ua
motusia faafuase’i la ta talanoaga, ae ua ou manatu e le aoga ona ou talanoa atu ia te oe i lenei taimi i luga
o le telefoni leaga o lo o tumu tagata i totonu o le ta’avale o lo o matou malaga ai, ae siaki lau pusa meli
i le vaiaso fou o lea o le a ou tusi atu ai ia te oe ...” na ona uma lava o le talanoaga a le to’alua lea, ato e
Lasela le telefoni ona savali lea ma ona loimata i fafo ma le Fale Telefoni, ae o lo o maitau uma mai e le
tamaloa Leoleopo o Vena gaioiga uma a le tama’ita’i o lo o fai.
“Siaula, e i ai se mea ua e matafia ai, e te mana’omia se fesoasoani,?” o le saputu atu lea o fesili a Vena
i le tama’ita’i a’o nofonofo na o ia i le fale faatali pasi o lo o i luma tonu o le Fale Telefoni, i le timuga ma
le malulu o le po, “Leai fa’afetai, ua lagona lava lo’u fa’anoanoa i la’u telefoni sa fai i lo’u aiga i Niu Sila,
ae o lea lava e Okay mea uma. Talofa i moomooga sa faataoto mo le lumana’i, afai ae i’u manuia mai le
aoga a le tamaititi o Lisati mai Niu Sila, ona tuu faatasia lea o i laua e avea ma aiga e tasi mo le lumana’i, ae
foliga mai ua siliga tali i seu se tali mo ia ae ua na o le pologa o le mafaufau i le alofa le mea ua tula’i mai.
Tala i Vavau o Samoa
TUPUAGA O TUISAVALALO
vO le pogai na fati magalo ai na tuta ai le ausaga a tamaiti nei
le ava o Salemuliaga. Fai mai o i taga, e pei ona i ai le Saotale ulugalii ma le la fanau e toa maitai o Afemata i Safata, i le
10 na sau le latou malaga mai mea na amata mai ai le malaga
Safata, ao aso ia e lei taitai ona a le ulugalii, o “Tutaitaga,” e
nofoia e tagata le nuu o Tagata faamanatu ai le taimi na tuta ai
i Savaii, ma ua oo ina afatia ai le ausaga i Taga. I se tasi aso, na
le faigamalaga, ma ua to ai lo o ai le au uso lenei e toa 10 e ta
latou vaa i le vasa. Ona sau loa mai sa latou fale i le vaomatua,
lea o le ausaga a le ulugalii ma ma o le tama o Sefulu e matua i
le la fanau, peitai na maliliu le ona uso uma lava, sosoo ane ai
ulugalii i le malolosi o au, ma ma Iva, sosoo ane ai ma Valu,
ua faaigoa ai lava nei nofoaga o Fitu, o Ono, o Lima, o Fa, o
i gatai o Taga o Pugauta, e faa- Tolu, o Lua ae uii lava le tama
manatu ai le vaega na maliu ai o Tasi, ma soo se taimi lava e
le fafine, ae o Pugatai e faama- valaau ai e le ulugalii le la fanau,
natu ai le vaega na maliu ai le e amata mai lava ia Sefulu aua
tamaloa i le itu i tai o le nuu, ona o ia e matua, ma ua masani ai
faaauau mai pea lea e le fanau e lava i soo se taimi, e muamua
toa 10 le ausaga ma taunuu loa i lava ona valaau Sefulu, Iva,
le nuu o Taga, ma iina na maua Valu ma faasolosolo mai ai lava
ai loa le upu, “ua fati magalo le seia oo ia Tasi le uii.
ava o Salemuliaga,” ma o loo
Fai mai le tala tuu, e alu atu
i ai pea pine faamau o le taimi le tama o Sefulu i le vao, aua
o ia lava e muamua faitau lona
igoa, o tau mai le lulu ma le
gata, fai mai le tala, o le lulu
ma le gata e le o ni meaola, ae
o tagata itulua aua o Samoa sa
itulua ona tagata i aso ua mavae.
Sa tagi atu loa le lulu ia Sefulu,
ina ia alofa ma fesoasoani atu ia
te ia, peitai sa le kea i ai Sefulu
ae sa faaauau lava lana malaga.
Ua oo i le isi aso ua alu atu Iva
i le vao, o le mea lava foi e tasi,
o loo tau mai le lulu ma le gata,
ona tagi ane lea o le lulu ia Iva
e alofa fesoasoani atu ia te ia,
peitai sa le kea i ai Iva.
Ua faapena ia Valu seia oo
lava ia Lua, sa tagi atu i ai le
(Faaauau itulau 14)
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Despite a cloudy morning with winds of 15-20 mph, these workers from StarKist Samoa were
at Fagaalu Park around 8a.m. yesterday for dance practice to prepare for the company’s upcoming
50th Year Celebration of its establishment in American Samoa.
[photo: FS]
The 50th Anniversary Ceremony is set for sometime next month. Where
it’s at in
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ATTENTION AMPUTEES
NEWLY ESTABLISHED
SAMOA PROSTHETICS INC.
IN AMERICAN SAMOA
Compiled by Samoa News staff
DOH REQUIRES APPROVAL FOR NEW
BUSINESSES DEALING WITH FOOD
Department of Health has made clear that new
businesses that requires health certification and
approval must wait before opening local operations.
Under the newly expedited business license process for ASG, it takes about 24-hours for a business applicant to get the business license. However, DoH official Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu says
DoH will still need to give certification, if it’s a
business—such as a restaurant, fast food place or
a store that sells cooked food— that requires DoH
approval and certification.
Speaking on DoH’s program on KVZK-TV,
Papali’i says his Environmental and Sanitation
Division (ESD) has found a problem with new businesses being given their business license— where
the owners and operators have already opened to
the public—despite the fact they have not received
certification first required from DoH.
Papali’i, who heads ESD, says there is specific
information outlined in the application form which
requires DoH inspection and certification for certain types of business before they can be officially
open for business.
He says site inspections of local businesses by
his staff have found that some businesses have
opened without DoH certifications as required by
law and the sad thing is that the business will then
have to closed their doors until DoH certification
is given. He urged new applicants to please read
carefully the application form because there are
requirements by law that DoH must follow.
ASG MANU’A islands
DEVELOPMENT PREPARATION
American Samoa Government agencies and
departments now have just over one-week to set up
their operations in the Manu’a island group and to
be ready by July 15, before the official dedication
the next day, which is Manu’a Cession Day.
This is part of the Lolo Administration’s push
to have offices in Manu’a for all ASG entities on
Tutuila. And this is all part of what’s labeled by the
administration as the Manu’a Development project.
During last week Friday’s cabinet meeting, Lt.
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga reminded directors that
they only have a short-period of time left to relocate
resources, including equipment and personnel, to
Manu’a. Additionally, the government only has one
vessel for ocean transport and for directors to identify
“what you nee,d so we know what we can do to support you,” said Lemanu, adding that the governor is
scheduled to head to Manu’a the morning of July 15,
and the official program for the Manu’a Cession Day
is expected to be released soon to directors.
Lemanu also revealed during the meeting that
all government agencies and departments whose
offices will be in Manu’a— including the Governor’s Office—are all to contribute to the purchase of
fuel, to be shipped from Tutuila, for ASG vehicles
in Manu’a, until ASG sets up a gas station there.
Additionally, they will also all contribute to the
pot for the purchase of supplies, said Lemanu, who
noted that the Governor’s Office will make sure
that all offices and agencies make their necessary
contribution.
GROUP SUPPORTS STARKIST
MOTION TO DISMISS LAWSUIT
A U.S. non-profit group which promotes seafood safety has asked the federal court in Oakland,
Calif., for approval to file a ‘friend of the court’
amicus curiae brief in support of StarKist Co.’s
opposition to a lawsuit, which accuses the cannery
of under-filling its canned tuna products.
The federal court has scheduled for July 9 a
hearing for the request by the National Fisheries
Institute (NFI) president John Connelly, who says
the non profit group is dedicated to education about
seafood safety, sustainability, and nutrition.
Additionally, NFI promotes the US Dietary
Guidelines that suggest Americans include fish and
shellfish in their diets twice per week for longer,
healthier lives. NFI also works with its members
in their interaction with the United States Food and
Drug Administration.
California resident Patrick Hendricks earlier
this year sued StarKist for “negligent misrepresentation”, “unjust enrichment”, violating California
consumer laws, and committing “fraud” —with
allegations that StarKist is under-filling its canned
tuna products.
He also sought the court’s certification of a
nationwide class action suit comprising purchasers
of StarKist’s five-ounce tuna products.
Connelly in his request filed Monday says the
suit against StarKist alleges violation of a regulation
issued by the Food and Drug Administration under
authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics
Act governing the fill weight of canned tuna.
He said Starkist has moved to dismiss the complaint on a number of grounds, including federal
preemption, referring to StarKist’s argument that
a petition from the industry and others is pending
before the FDA to amend the standard of fill provisions in federal law.
According to Connelly, the NFI’s Tuna Council
represents the largest processors and household
names for canned and pouch tuna in the U.S. including
StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea.
Additionally, the Tuna Council speaks for the
tuna industry on numerous issues from fishing
access arrangements and federal and state regulations, to sustainability and education and marketing.
Moreover, NFI has supported its Tuna Council
members in their Citizen Petition with the FDA in
2011, asking the FDA to amend the standard of fill
provisions of federal law and to adopt a ‘drained
weight’, as opposed to a ‘pressed weight’ standard.
“Such a change would make the standard of
identity fill requirements for tuna sold in America
consistent with the requirements for canned tuna
sold in all other countries of the world, and consistent with other canned foods sold in the United
States,” he said, adding that NFI believes that the
standard of identity for canned tuna cannot be met
given current can technology.
NFI believes that the FDA is the sole organization to determine standards of canned tuna fill, he
said.
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FETU’U A’OA’O LE
AULOTU AI U MEAAI O LE MALIU…
tusia AFM
In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, goats graze on a patch of San Francisco
International Airport land in San Francisco. San Francisco airport is using 400 goats to clear
(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
from an area of the airport prone to fire. Here, only goats can
prevent airport fires
(AP) — Last month, officials at San Francisco International Airport hired a herd of parttime employees to toil on the west side of the
property and engage in an unusual — but environmentally friendly — form of fire prevention.
Anyone looking down from a plane departing
the airport may have wondered, What’s with
the goats?
For two weeks in June, Mr. Fuzzy, Cookie,
Mable, Alice and nearly 400 other goats
chomped on the brush in a remote corner of the
airport. The area needs to be cleared each spring
to protect nearby homes from potential fires.
But machines or humans can’t be used because
two endangered species — the San Francisco
garter snake and the California red-legged frog
— live there.
It’s not exactly the type of job you advertise
in the local classifieds. So, for the past five years
officials have turned to Goats R Us, a small
brush-removal company run by Terri Oyarzun,
her husband Egon and their son Zephyr.
The airport paid $14,900 for the service this
year.
The goats travel 30 miles each spring from
their home in Orinda, Calif. to the airport in a
16-wheel truck that Oyarzun calls her “livestock limo.” They come with a goat herder and
a Border Collie named Toddy Lynn. The goats
spend two weeks cutting away a 20-foot fire-
break on the west side of the airport.
“When passengers take off and fly over the
goats, I’m sure that’s a thrill,” Oyarzun says.
Whatever the emotion, it isn’t reserved for air
travelers. When Oyarzun’s goats aren’t clearing
brush at the airport, they’re munching away on
the side of California’s freeways, at state parks,
under long-distance electric lines and anywhere
else with overgrown vegetation. The family has
about 4,000 total active goats on its payroll.
Working at an airport does come with its
own set of challenges, namely loud, frightening
jets constantly taking off. “There was an adjustment period,” Oyarzun said. “But they have a
lot of confidence in their herder.”
The goats did their job. “We’re pleased with
our organic process for weed abatement,” said
airport spokesman Doug Yakel.
At least one other airport has taken note.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has
requested bids for goats to clear brush in an out
of the way area of the airport’s 7,000-acre property and expects them to be at the airport sometime this summer.
When goats become too old to work, they
are typically sold for meat. But fear not, Mr.
Fuzzy, Cookie, Mable, Alice won’t end up at
the slaughterhouse. The Oyarzun family lets its
goats peacefully retire at its farm.
At least one part of air travel is still humane.
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Police hoped
to interview about a dozen students of a local
karate studio Friday after riding on the Fourth
of July parade float driven by a man who accidentally ran over and killed his 8-year-old son.
No charges are expected to be filed against
Quinton Hooper, 44, who was driving the
float to a staging area after participating in
Edmond’s LibertyFest Parade when his son,
Aidan Hooper, either fell or jumped from the
float, Police Officer James Hamm said.
“The hard thing in this case is that most of the
witnesses were young children, so we’re having
to speak with their parents to get a good idea
of whether he jumped off or fell somehow,”
Hamm said. “That’s the main thing we’re trying
to determine.
“We’re having to be sensitive to the fact that
these are young children.”
Police interviewed Quinton Hooper, but a
final report on the accident will not be completed until investigators determined who was
on the float and spoke to them.
The flatbed trailer — decorated with red,
white and blue ribbons and loaded with hay
bales — knocked the child to the ground and ran
over him, Hamm said. As many as 20 or more
people, including many young children outfitted
in karate uniforms, were aboard the float, and
several others were walking behind it when
the accident happened. A nurse and a police
officer performed CPR on the boy until he was
transported by ambulance to a hospital in Oklahoma City, where he was pronounced dead. The
medical examiner’s office had not completed an
autopsy on the boy late Friday afternoon, and
the cause of his death had not been officially
determined, spokeswoman Amy Elliott said.
Police interview Oklahoma
father who ran over son, 8
Na tete’i se tasi o aulotu i le itu i Sisifo o le motu nei ina ua
fa’ai’u le lauga a le latou A’oa’o o lo o tausia le Ekalesia, i lona
fetu’u lea o le aulotu e aunoa ma le malamalama o tagata aulotu
i le mafuaaga o le fetu’u, ae ina ua sailiili pea e le aulotu le
mafuaaga o le fetu’u, na maua mulimuli ane ai, ua ai u le A’oa’o
ina ua le maua sana tufa’aga mai le inati a le aulotu na maua mai
i le maliu a le isi tama matua o le Ekalesia.
O le tolu lenei o masina talu ona vaai e le A’oa’o ma lona
faletua le Aulotu, ona o lo o saili togafiti le Faifeau ma si ona
Faletua i fafo, talu mai lea umi, o se ulua’i taimi lea ua pa’ulua
ai le leo o le A’oa’o i le folafolaina o le upu a le Ali’i.
Na fa’amatala ata e se molimau i le Samoa News e faapea,
na manaia lava le amataga o le lauga a le ali’i A’oa’o i le fa aso
Sa ua tuana’i, ina ua tatala lava lana lauga i lona faamatalaina o
vavega eseese sa faia e le Fa’aola a’o i ai i le lalolagi, peitai ina
ua lamalama faai’u le lauga, na fa’amatala ai loa e le A’oa’o le
tala i tama’iti na ‘ai e Urosa ona o le ula i le ulutula o Elisaia atoa
ai ma le le ‘ava i le ali’i perofeta.
“O le iuga fo’i lena o le tatou aulotu pe afai tou te ‘ava ma
tausi i le A’oa’o, a le feoti i ni mala e faia e le Ali’i ni vavega
e faaumatia ai outou .... “ o ni isi ia o upu o le lauga a le a’oa’o
na tomumumu ai le toatele o le au matutu ao le aulotu ma taape
gugu ai i lena aso Sa e aunoa ma se isi na fu’e se to’ona’i mo le
a’oa’o e pei ona taua e le molimau.
Ae i le fono a le aulotu i le aso To’ona’i na soso’o ai, na
faatoa manino ai le mata o le vai i le aulotu atoa, na ai u le a’oa’o
ina ua le maua atu sana tufa’aga i le inati a le aulotu na maua
mai i le maliu.
Ae na taua e le molimau e faapea, sa manatu le aulotu e le toe
aapa atu le a’oa’o i le inati a le aulotu, aua sa ta’i lana sua ma
maua fo’i lana teutusi mai le aiga ina ua mae’a le maliu, ae na
faatoa manino le mata o le vai ina ua faailoa e le a’oa’o i le taimi
o le fono e faapea, e ese lava le sua a le a’oa’o na maua mai i le
aiga, e ese fo’i sana inati e tatau ona maua atu i fa’aaloaloga a le
aulotu sa maua, aua o ia fo’i o le isi totino a le ekalesia.
O le aso lea na toe fono ai le aulotu mo sa latou faaiuga faasaga
i le a’oa’o, ina ua faalua ona fautuaina o ia e tama matutua o le
aulotu e faatoese i le ekalesia e tusa ai o ana lafoga mamafa sa
fai i luga o le pulela’a ae musu.
Two Koreas start talks
on stalled border park
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Delegates from North and
South Korea began talks Saturday on restarting a stalled joint
factory park that had been a symbol of cooperation between the
bitter rivals.
The Kaesong industrial zone, just north of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, was the centerpiece
of inter-Korean projects hatched during a previous era of
warming ties. But it was closed in April as tensions rose
between the rivals when South Korea held military exercises
with the U.S. troops not far from the border, which led to
North Korea pulling its 53,000 workers out of the industrial
park in protest. South Korea then ordered its managers to
leave as well, against their wishes.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which is in charge
of relations with North Korea, said the two sides began the
working-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom inside
the DMZ
The two agreed to discuss retrieving products that the South
Korean managers left behind at the industrial complex in North
Korea and inspecting the facilities. They will also discuss
restarting work at the park.
The park, which brought together North Korean labor and
South Korean capital, resulted in nearly $2 billion a year in
cross-border trade. It was the last remaining joint project
between two Koreas as relations soured over the past five years.
The closure meant a loss of salary for tens of thousands of
North Korean workers employed in factories run by 123 South
Korean companies, and a loss of goods and orders for business
managers who relied on Kaesong to churn out everything from
shoes and watches to cables and electrical components.
The Saturday talks come after a protocol disagreement last
month resulted in the Koreas calling off what would have been
the first senior-level meeting in years.
samoa news, Saturday, July 6, 2013 Page 13
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
CASE OF MAN ACCUSED OF
STRIKING DAD WITH MACHETE
BOUND over TO HIGH COURT
District Court Judge John Ward found that
there was probable cause to bind over to High
Court the government’s case against Mark
Mulipola, charged with first degree assault and
Public Peace Disturbance, on allegations of
striking his father with a machete. The incident occurred in the village of
Malaeimi, say court filings. Assistant Public
Defender Karen Shelley represented the defendant while prosecuting the case was Chief
Assistant Attorney General, Camille Philippe. Mulipola is held at the Tafuna Correctional
Facility on bail of $150,000. The Assault count is a
class A felony that is punishable up to life imprisonment, or a jail term from 10 to 30 years. Police
Officer Gia Moeoge was called to the stand, where
she stated that the first two police officers who
arrived at the scene saw the defendant in possession of the machete and they were the ones who
removed the weapon from the defendant.
Officer Moeoge stated that she spoke to the
father who said he was waiting for his kids, who
had gone to fetch herbs for medicine, when his
son Mark came to the door. The officer said that
the father told her, he was not aware that Mark
was in possession of a machete and was surprised to be attacked by his son.
The father then stated that his son struck him
twice, on the head and arm. According to court
filings, the father underwent emergency operations due to the severity of his injuries. Family
members told Samoa News that the defendant
has a history of mental issues.
MICHAEL SAOFAGA CHARGED
WITH FELONY DRIVING
FOLLOWING A MAJOR ACCIDENT
A man who was recently convicted of Public
Peace Disturbance has come before the court
with a new case filed against him. In this new
matter, Michael Saofaga is charged with felony
driving causing injuries. He’s held on bail of
$5,000 at the Tafuna Correctional Facility.
According to the government’s case, the
defendant, who was allegedly driving under the
influence, was behind the wheel when the car
went off the road and into the ocean in Lauli’i.
Saofaga sustained severe injuries from the incident, while the three passengers had minor injuries. The incident occurred on June 9, 2013.
Assistant Public Defender Karen Shelley
who represents the defendant told Samoa News
that the government delayed filing the charges
because the defendant was injured and they
waited for his full recovery to file criminal
charges in this matter. FORMER COP DENIES
ASSAULT CASE AGAINST
A former police officer, John Tialavea facing
charges of first degree assault and unlawful
use of a weapon, which are both felonies, was
arraigned in the High Court yesterday, where he
denied the charges. Samoa News understands
that Tialavea is on probation with the District
Court on a Public Peace Disturbance matter
from Amouli last year over a land dispute.
Tialavea earlier this week waived his rights
to a Preliminary Examination hearing in District
Court. According to the government’s case, the
incident allegedly occurred last year in May.
On the day of the incident, police officers at the
East Substation received a call from a woman
claiming that Tialavea had shot at her with a
shotgun. Police Officer Pese was assigned to
investigate.
Upon arriving at the scene police officers
were informed by the woman who had contacted police that there is an ongoing land dispute between her family and the defendant.
Court filings say that the woman and her son
were working on said land, when Tialavea
allegedly shot at them to scare them off. “Tialavea shot several gunshots, which she heard
hitting the coconuts and banana trees. She estimated she heard 3-4 (gun) shots fired by Tialavea,” say court files.
The government claims that during the
course of the investigation the police spoke to
the woman’s son, who told police they went to
the plantation that Saturday as usual to clean
up the land and he saw smoke coming from the
other side of the land. It is alleged that when
the woman walked over to where the fire was,
Tialavea and his wife were burning grass.
Court filings say that Tialavea (allegedly)
began yelling profanities and telling the boy
and his mother to leave the land. The boy told
the police that he didn’t pay attention to Tialavea and then he heard the defendant calling
out to his son to fetch his gun “and subsequently
saw Tialavea take the shotgun, point it at him
and his mother and start shooting at them.”
It’s alleged that Tialavea was about 40-feet
away from the boy and his mother. The boy further told the police that his five-year-old sister,
who was present at the time of the incident, was
crying due to the shots fired. Court documents say the defendant also told
the police that he was on probation and that not
possessing a firearm was one of the conditions
of his probation. The defendant also allegedly
stated that he had not registered any firearms
with the Department of Public Safety. It’s
unclear at this time if the police confiscated the
gun in question, as efforts to obtain confirmation
from the prosecutor have yet to be answered.
IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE BY THE
AMERICAN SAMOA DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION (ASDC)
The American Samoa Development Corporation (ASDC) which owns the old
Rainmaker Hotel buildings, hereby notifies the public that any individual, business
or entity that removes any type of material (sink, bathtub, window, mirror, lumber
etc.) from the old Rainmaker Hotel buildings without the written authorization of
ASDC, will be reported to the Department of Public Safety and Attorney General’s
Office for criminal prosecution for the crimes of Stealing and Trespassing.
The public is encouraged to report to the Administration Office (telephone number
633-4031) of the Development Bank of American Samoa (DBAS) located at the
Second Floor of the Lumanai Building at Fagatogo, any suspicious activity at the old
Rainmaker Hotel premises.
John Paul II’s
miracle woman
cries while she
described cure
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A Costa Rican woman whose
brain aneurysm reportedly disappeared after she prayed to Pope
John Paul II broke down in tears Friday as she publicly spoke
for the first time about the church-confirmed miracle underlying
John Paul’s case for sainthood.
The Roman Catholic Church presented 50-year-old Floribeth
Mora and her doctor to reporters after Pope Francis approved the
miracle needed to canonize John Paul II.
With tears in her eyes, Mora described how she was sent
home with pain medicine but no apparent hope for treatment,
thinking she was going to die after her 2011 aneurysm diagnosis.
She says a photograph of the pope seemed to speak to her
during the deceased pontiff’s beatification, and her doctor says
the aneurysm disappeared for no apparent reason.
Mora and her family kept silent as they awaited the signing of
the papal decree recognizing her story as a miracle. On Friday,
accompanied by her husband, doctors and Catholic officials,
Mora told gathered reporters that she had gone from believing
she was about to die to a state of perfect health.
Mora, who owns a private security business with her husband
in the middle-class neighborhood of Dulce Nombre de Tres
Rios, said she woke up on April 8, 2011, with a strong headache
and went to a hospital in the nearby city of Cartago, where she
was diagnosed with a severe migraine.
The pain lasted for three days and Mora returned to the hospital, where a series of tests revealed an aneurysm on the right
side of her brain that had begun to hemorrhage, according to her
attending physician, Alejandro Vargas.
Doctors were unable to stop the bleeding and Vargas consulted colleagues in other Latin American countries and Spain,
who advised against operating because of the difficult access to
the affected area. “The risk for Floribeth was death, or ending up
with significant neurological damage,” Dr. Vargas said Friday.
“I returned home with the horror of imminent death. Seeing
my children walking by looking at me, standing beside my bed,
seeing my husband making himself strong, taking my hand and
crossing himself every night, it was very sad,” Mora said.
Her family built an altar to John Paul II outside her house,
and while Mora was watching the late pope’s beatification on
May 1, 2011, she picked up a magazine and, looking at a photo
of the pope, starting to hear a voice.
“It said, ‘Get up, don’t be afraid,’” Mora said.
Mora said she stood up and felt instantly better, and a variety
of medical exams revealed that her aneurysm had simply disappeared. She showed reporters photos of her brain taken before
and after the purported miracle.
After her recovery, Mora wrote her story on a blog dedicated
to John Paul, where it was seen by people pushing for the pope’s
canonization. Later, she traveled to Rome, where she underwent
further exams, and church officials began working to have her
recovery classified as a miracle. Francis will set the date for canonization at an upcoming meeting of cardinals.
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POLOAINA LE SAILIA O
SE ALI’I I SE TUSI SAISAI
tusia Ausage Fausia
An empty car is submerged in a flooded area of the parking lot of The Boardwalk on Okaloosa
Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. on Friday July 5, 2013.
Heavy rains flooded area streets in Northwest Florida during the holiday weekend, causing
(AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News)
many outdoor activities to be canceled. ‘Evil spirit’ scam plagues
Asian immigrants in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — One woman was told
by a fortune teller that her son was possessed
by demons. Another was approached on a Chinatown street by a stranger who eerily claimed
her daughter would die in two days. A third was
informed that her dead husband was communicating from the grave, telling her to hand over
thousands in cash.
“Your son will die in a car accident — he is
cursed,” a 65-year-old was told.
In each instance, the women bundled up cash
and jewelry in a bag and gave it to strangers they’d
just met — self-proclaimed spiritual healers.
They were told the contents would be blessed in
an effort to ward off evil spirits, bring good luck
to the family or heal a sick child — they just have
to wait a period of time to re-open it.
When they do, they find water bottles, cough
drops and beans. But no valuables.
Detectives say there has been a rash in New
York of what’s known as an evil spirit or blessing
scam, where older immigrant women, mostly
Chinese, are swindled out of their valuables by
clever scammers arriving from China who prey
on superstition and fear. In the past six months,
two dozen victims have reported valuables stolen
— in some cases more than $10,000 in cash and
$13,000 in jewelry, according to police reports.
A total of more than $1.8 million has been stolen.
“They know the culture, they know how to
talk to these victims to get them to listen,” chief
New York Police Department spokesman Paul
Browne said of the grifts. “One person’s spirituality is another’s superstition, and they prey on
that distinction.”
The scam itself has many permutations, but the
basic principle is the same: A woman, usually in
her 50s or older, is approached by a stranger, usually a younger woman, who asks the woman if she
knows where to find a particular healer or fortune
teller. Another seeming stranger joins the conversation, says she knows where the healer is located,
and convinces the older woman to come along. The
healer convinces the victim that in order to ward
off some evil, she must hand over valuables in a
bag to be blessed. And then they switch the bag.
Similar scams occur in other places in the U.S.
with large Asian communities, such as Boston,
Seattle, Chicago and in Hawaii. In San Francisco
late last year, thieves stole about $2 million in
nearly 60 cases. Police there called the scams
an organized crime ring. The district attorney’s
office, police and politicians waged a public
safety awareness campaign, including community meetings and a video depicting a reenactment of a scam and tips on how to spot one.
The grift may be prevalent right now in Asian
neighborhoods, but it’s also rampant in Haitian
and Latino communities where there is also distrust of Western culture and banks, and plenty of
cash and valuables kept at home, said Dr. Alan
Hilfer, director of psychology at Maimonides
Medical Center in New York.
“It has to do with the idea of not necessarily
adopting Western belief systems about magic
and incantation systems, but staying with some
of their traditional spiritual beliefs,” he said.
“And, in many cases they’re so lost and desperate
in a foreign culture they will turn to anyone who
offers them something in a language they can
understand.”
A similar public awareness campaign has been
underway in New York. Detectives in Chinatowns
in Brooklyn and Manhattan have canvassed the
streets warning of the scams and put up posters in
Mandarin and English warning women.
“The power of belief is serious,” Hilfer said.
“And faced with an idea of a very expensive,
absolutely incomprehensible, say, MRI machine
versus someone putting grains or coins into a bag
with incantations, it’s just less frightening and
unfamiliar to them.”
New York City detectives say there is no
larger criminal organization at work here, most
scammers operate in groups of three or five and
then disappear after, mostly fleeing back to China.
Some arrests have been made, but recovery of the
valuables is difficult.
The awareness campaign helped one 67-yearold woman, who turned the tables on the scammers, police and prosecutors said. She was
approached June 3 in Manhattan’s Chinatown. A
younger Chinese girl on the street asked where to
find a particular doctor. The accomplice joined
and said she knew the doctor, and a third woman
turned up saying she was a relative. They persuaded the woman that she was cursed. But rather
than go home and bundle up her valuables, she
called the cops, who set up a sting and nabbed
five suspects after they’d stolen the 67-year-old’s
bag of fake jewelry.
Manhattan prosecutors charged the five with
grand larceny. They are all from China. Lawyers
for three didn’t return calls seeking comment.
But a lawyer for Jun Liang, 44, and Jingchang
Quan, 44 said his clients were innocent.
“The prosecution so far seems to be creating
guilt by association by pointing out similar
cases that have happened around the country,”
attorney Jae Lee said. “But to really make out a
case they’re going to have to prove that it was
these particular individuals that had the intent to
defraud people.”
Browne said it looked like the sting broke
the scammers’ spell: There have been no new
reported thefts since.
O le aso ananafi na faia ai e le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael
Kruse sana faaiuga o le a tuuina atu se tusi saisai e poloaina ai le
sailia o le ali’i o Anthony Sioka, ina ua le tali i le taimi na valaau
ai lana mataupu i luma o le fa’amasinoga ananafi.
O Sioka lea o lo o tatala i tua i lalo o tuutuuga a le fa’amasinoga,
na fuafua o ananafi e lau lona fa’asalaga faatasi ai ma isi ali’i e
to’atolu o lo o taofia pea i le toese i Tafuna i le taimi nei, ina
ua ta’usala i latou e le fa’amasinoga maualuga i le fa’alavelave
lea na o latou faia ai uiga mataga i se tama’ita’i e 14 tausaga le
matua.
Ina ua valaau le igoa o Sioka e le Failautusi a le Fa’amasinoga,
sa faailoa i ai e lana loia fautua ia Michael White i le faamasinoga e faapea, ua alu le vaiaso atoa o ia taumafai e vili le telefoni
a Sioka ma faia fo’i isi auala e feso’ota’i atu ia te ia, peita’i e le’i
manuia lana taumafai.
Na fesili Kruse i loia po o Sioka lea o lo o tatala i tua i lalo
o poloaiga a le faamasinoga ina ua ia totogiina le tinoitupe e
$10,000, na tali loia ioe.
“O le a toe tolopo le mataupu a Sioka i le aso Faraile o le
vaiaso fou ae o lea o le a ou sainia se tusi saisai (bench warrant) e poloaina ai le sailia o Sioka ona o lea ua le o’o mai i le
faamasinoga i le aso (aso ananafi), afai ae oo atu i le aso Faraile
o le vaiaso fou e tumau pea le leai o se faamatalaga e maua mai
i lea ali’i, o le a faia loa se faaiuga a le fa’amasinoga i le tupe
lea na totogi e tatala ai o ia i tua,” o le saunoaga lea a Kruse i le
loia a Sioka, atoa ai ma lona faia o le poloaiga e tolopo atu ai
ma le lauina o faasalaga a isi ali’i e to’atolu o lo o tuuaia faatasi
i latou ma Sioka i lenei mataupu seia aulia i le aso Faraile o le
vaiaso fou.
E talitonu le Samoa News, e maea loa taualumaga o le
mataupu a Sioka ua malolo le fa’amasinoga mo le 5 minute
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US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Obama administration is
turning to top officials to tout
democracy, political transparency and peaceful protest for
Egypt, a message that took on a
hollow tone as the Egyptian military installed a new leader for
the country and began rounding
up its ousted president and his
supporters.
Tens of thousands of supporters of ousted President
Mohammed Morsi marched in
Cairo on Friday, and gunfire
and stone-throwing marked
clashes taking place after dark.
Across Egypt, at least 30 people
were reported killed and more
than 200 wounded.
In Washington, the State
Department condemned the violence and called on all Egyptian
leaders to condemn the use of
force and to prevent further violence among their supporters.
“The voices of all who are
protesting peacefully must be
heard - including those who welcomed the events of earlier this
week and those who supported
President Morsi,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki
said in a statement. “The Egyptian people must come together
to resolve their differences
peacefully, without recourse to
violence or the use of force.”
Gen. Martin Dempsey,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, on Friday called Israel’s
military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny
Gantz, for a second time in as
many days. The Pentagon said
Dempsey had spoken earlier
with Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi, the
chief of staff of Egypt’s military, although the Pentagon
wouldn’t disclose details about
any of the calls.
High-level diplomacy consultations took place Thursday
when Secretary of State John
Kerry,
Defense
Secretary
Chuck Hagel and national security adviser Susan Rice briefed
President Barack Obama on
their calls to counterparts in
Egypt, Israel, Turkey and other
U.S. partners in the region.
That round of calls conveyed
“the importance of a quick
and responsible return of full
authority to a democratically
elected civilian government as
soon as possible,” Bernadette
Meehan, a spokeswoman for the
White House National Security
Council, said at the time. The
U.S. officials also pushed for
what Meehan called “a transparent political process that
is inclusive of all parties and
groups” and urged all parties
to avoid violence, she said in a
statement.
Behind the scenes, the U.S.
was signaling to Egypt and its
allies that it accepts the military’s decision to depose Morsi,
and was hoping that what fills
the vacuum of power would be
more favorable to U.S. interests
and values than Morsi’s Islamist
government. But those hopes
were tempered by very real concerns that a newly emboldened
military would deal violently
with the Muslim Brotherhood,
sending Egyptian society further into chaos and making reconciliation more difficult.
The Obama administration’s
stance, which carefully avoided
the legal implications of calling
the military’s intervention a
coup, won something of a bipartisan endorsement Friday from
the Republican chairman and
the top Democrat of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
Republican Rep. Ed Royce
of California and Democrat Eliot
Engel of New York issued a joint
statement that criticized Morsi
for not embracing “inclusiveness, compromise, respect for
human and minority rights and a
commitment to the rule of law. “
“We are encouraged that a
broad cross-section of Egyptians will gather to rewrite the
constitution,” the lawmakers
said. Like Obama, they urged
the Egyptian military “to exercise extreme caution moving
forward and support sound
democratic institutions through
which the people and future
governments can flourish.”
In spite of U.S. urging,
Egyptian authorities arrested
and detained the leader of the
Muslim Brotherhood, General
Guide Mohammed Badie, on
Thursday, although he was later
released and emerged publicly
Friday to speak defiantly before
a cheering crowd of pro-Morsi
supporters, vowing to reinstate
ousted Morsi and end military
rule. Morsi, a leading member
of the Brotherhood, and at
least a dozen presidential aides
already had been placed under
house arrest.
The swearing-in of Adly
Mansour, the head of the
Supreme Constitutional Court,
as Egypt’s interim president
illustrated the military’s desire
to be seen as quickly returning
the nation to civilian control.
Morsi’s ouster also threatened a divided reaction in Congress. One view tended to support the Egyptian military’s
action because of the longtime
partnership between the U.S.
and Egyptian military officials
as well as perceived threats by
Morsi to the type of democracy
Egyptians aspired to during
their 2011 revolution. Another
view, however, noted that U.S.
law called for an end to aid to a
country if a military deposed its
democratically elected government, even amid promises of a
return of power to its people.
Obama on Wednesday,
while not calling Morsi’s ouster
a coup, said he was ordering
the government to assess what
the developments portended
for aid to Cairo. The U.S. considers the $1.5 billion a year it
sends Egypt to be a critical U.S.
national security priority.
The administration faced difficult choices amid the ongoing
crisis. If it denounced the ouster
of Morsi, it could be accused of
propping up a ruler who had lost
public support. Yet, if it supported the military’s action, the
administration could be accused
of fomenting dissent or could
lose credibility on its commitment to the democratic process.
The administration is acting
as if it accepts what happened in
Egypt — and actually believes it
could turn out for the best with
the Islamist Morsi no longer in
charge. At the same time, officials are attempting to keep their
distance, laying down markers for
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what they want to see in the long
term while leaving it up to the military to make sure that happens.
But the White House may
also be concerned that in the
short term, the situation could
spiral out of control, with the
military using the clamoring
in the streets as an excuse to
confront the Muslim Brotherhood with excessive force. In
bringing up U.S. aid in conversations with Egyptians without
cutting it off, the U.S. leaves
itself room to escalate the situation if need be, but also to work
with Egypt’s new government if
it moves in the right direction.
After
Morsi’s
ouster
Wednesday, Obama said the
U.S. would “not support particular individuals or political
parties,” acknowledging the
“legitimate grievances of the
Egyptian people” while also
observing that Morsi won his
office in a legitimate election.
Egyptian military leaders
have assured the Obama administration that they were not
interested in long-term rule following their toppling of Morsi.
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