Philippine typhoon
death toll rises
above 5,000… 4
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
TULEI FUALAAU
OONA E TAUSI AI
LONA AIGA… 3
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AUMAI FAANANA MARIUANA I LE TERITORI
tusia Ausage Fausia
C
M
Y
K
E toalua ni alii ua taofia nei i le toese i Tafuna, ona o tuuaiga i
lo la auai lea i se taumafaiga e aumai faanana ai se vaega tele o le
laau faasaina o le mariuana i totonu o le teritori, lea na auala mai i
le aso Tofi o le vaiaso nei i le malaga a le Lady Naomi mai Samoa.
O i laua e toalua e aofia ai le alii Seila o le vaa a Samoa, le Lady
Naomi ia Liki Kerisimasi, ma le alii mai Aoloau ia Fatu Vagana.
Talu mai le aso Tofi na taofia ai i laua e leoleo, o ananafi na
faatoa faila ai moliaga a le malo faasaga i lenei mataupu.
O moliaga mamafa ta’ilua ua faia faasaga ia i laua nei e
aofia ai le umia faasolitulafono o vaega o le laau faasaina o le
mariuana, atoa ai ma le umia faasolitulafono o mariuana ma le
faamoemoe e tulei ma faatau atu i nisi tagata.
O le moliaga o le umia faasolitulafono o fualaau faasaina, e
mafai ona faasala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le itiiti ifo i le
lima tausaga, pe faasala foi i le salatupe e le itiiti ifo i le $5,000.
Ae o le faasalaga o le umia faasolitulafono o fualaau faasaina ma
le faamoemoe e tulei ma faatau atu i isi tagata, e mafai ona faasala
ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e mafai ona oo atu i le 20 tausaga.
E talitonu le Samoa News, o le afiafi ananafi na faila ai e le
malo moliaga faasaga ia i laua nei, ma ua maea foi ona tuuina
atu e leoleo kopi o moliaga atoa ai ma tuuaiga faasaga i nei alii,
ao taofia ai i laua i le toese i Tafuna.
O lenei mataupu na masalomia e leoleo ina ua tau saili le
auala o lo o sao mai ai mariuana mai Samoa, lea o lo o masalomia o lo o aumai pea i le va’a i le tele o taimi.
(Faaauau itulau 14)
Le Seila o le Lady Naomi ia Liki Kerisimasi (itu agavale) i le taimi o le a ta’ita’i atu ai e le ali’i
Leoleo Su’esu’e ia Det. Leaupepetele Vili Fa’apouli i totonu o le Ofisa o Leoleo i le aso Tofi na te’a
nei mo suesuega, ona o le mataupu e uiga i mariuana lea ua tuuaia o ia sa ia taumafai e aumaia
[ata: AF]
faanana i le teritori.
TO’A 15 LEOLEO MAUA TUSI
PASI I A’OA’OGA FA’APITOA
tusia Ausage Fausia
C
M
Y
K
E to’a 15 ali’i ma tamaitai leoleo mai le
Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu
Lotoifale ua latou tauaaoina Tusi Pasi faapitoa, e
mafai ai ona latou su’esu’ina mataupu e faatatau
i tagata ave ta’avale ‘onana i luga o le alatele.
O le taeao ananafi na tauaaoina ai e le afioga i
le Komesina o Leoleo ma nisi o le au taupulega
tusi pasi mo i latou nei, i le mae’a ai o se aoaoga sa
faagasolo mo le umi e 40 itula, i lalo o le ta’ita’iga
a le Taitai o le Ofisa o Leooleo Suesue (CID) ia
Cmdr. Lavata’i T. Sagapolutele, ma le Sui Ta’ita’i
o le Traffic Division ia Sgt. Utumoe Alefosio, o
i laua ia sa faauu mai i se aoga sa faia i le Iunaite
Setete, i auala e suesueina ai mataupu e faatatau i
tagata ave taavale ‘ona i luga o le alatele.
O nisi o faiaoga sa i ai i le faatautaiga o lenei
faamoemoe e aofia ai le tofa a Cmdr. Sunia
Vaa Sunia; Capt. Muagututia John Cendroski,
faapea ai ma le Taitai Leoleo ia Vai Maiava.
Na faafetaia e le Komesina o Leoleo ia William E. Haleck alii ma tamaitai leoleo sa faauu
mai lenei vasega, ona o le avanoa ua mafai ai
ona aloaia le avea o i latou ma leoleo e suesueina mataupu faapenei.
“E le o leoleo uma e mafai ona latou suesueina mataupu e faatatau i tagata ave taavale
‘ona i luga o le auala tele, e na o outou lava,
o le mafuaaga lena ua faauuina ai outou i lenei
taeao (taeao ananafi), ina ua outou ausia vaega
uma o lenei aoaoga,” o le saunoaga lea a le alii
komesina.
I le aga’i atu ai o leoleo e faatino a latou tiute
i luga o le alatele, sa fautuaina ai i latou e le
alii komesina, ina ia faavae la latou galuega i le
alofa ma le faaaloalo, ma ia asoa i o latou ua le
faamuamua o le va fealoa’i.
“Afai tou te taofia taavale a tagata o le atunuu
i luga o le auala, fai ma le faaaloalo la outou galuega, fai pei lava i latou o nisi o lou aiga, o lou
tama poo lou tina fo’i, aua o mea lelei tou te faia, e
ta’uleleia atu ai a’u ma le matagaluega atoa,” o le
fautuaga lea a le alii komesina i leoleo, ma ia talia
aloaia ai loa i latou e toa 15 ua pasi i vaega uma o
le aoga e pei ona faatautaia mo le lua vaiaso.
O i latou ua faamanuiaina i tusi pasi e filifili
mai i vaega taitasi o le Matagaluega o Leoleo, e
aofia ai lala o fale leoleo i Sisifo, Sasa’e atoa ai
ma le ofisa tutotonu o Fagatogo.
Buckle up &
Save a Life!
(Faaauau itulau 14)
CRASHES
LOCAL HIGHWAYS
01-01-13 to date
931
O se va’aiga i le taimi na mua’i fa’apa’ia ai le nofo a le tofa
Launatausala Fa’agau S. Savea Lefiti i lona laoa i Vainiu ina ua
poto le ava a le Itumalo, e fa’aulufale o ia lona pou, ma ua talia
leleia e le itumalo lona tula’i mai mo le pa’ia o aiga, le afio’aga
ma le itumalo Ituaumalosi. O le afioga le Toafiaoali’i Alo, afioga
Tupuola ma le Matua ia Savea Tavita sa latou fa’apa’ia i le nofo
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
i le taeao ananafi.
FATALITIES
LOCAL HIGHWAYS
01-01-13 to date
2
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samoa news, Saturday, November 23, 2013 Page 3
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le alii lea ua tuuaia e le malo i lona umia
ma le faatauina atu i isi tagata o le pauta oona o
le aisa, sa ia taua i leoleo e faapea, e na o le pau
lea o le auala o lo o maua ai se tupe e tausi ai
lona toalua ma le la pepe faatoa fanau.
E lua moliaga mamafa ua tuuaia ai e le malo
le alii o David Letuli, ma o ia moliaga na afua
mai ina ua maua e se Masela o le Faamasinoga
se taga pepa iila o lo o i ai vaega o le pauta oona
o le aisa, i totonu o le ato tupe a Letuli i le taimi
na su’e ai e le Masela le ato a le ua molia ina ua
ulufale atu i totonu o le Fale Faamasino Faaitumalo i le taeao o le aso Gafua na te’a nei.
O le mataupu lenei na tofu atu i le Vaega e
Taulimaina Mataupu tau i Fualaau Faasaina a
le Ofisa o Leoleo (Vice & Narcotics Division)
i le taeao o le aso Gafua na te’a nei, ina ua logo
e se alii Masela o le Faamasinoga ia alii leoleo
mo se fesoasoani, ona o se mataupu e uiga i
se alii na alu atu i totonu o le Fale Faamasino,
ae masalomia ai o lo o ia umia faasolitulafono
vaega o le pauta fasaina o le aisa, po o le ‘methamphetamine’ e pei ona lauiloa ai i le toatele.
E tusa ai ma faamaumauga a le faamasinoga
o lo o taua ai e faapea, soo se tagata e ulufale atu
i totonu o le Fale Faamasinoga, e muamua siaki
e le Masela i luma o le masini e saili ai u’amea
ma a’upega (metal detector), poo kilia o ia ona
faatoa mafai lea ona ulufale i totonu o le Fale
Faamasino.
Na faatonu e le Masela ia Letuli e tuu uma
i totonu o le bowl o lo o i luga o le laulau mea
o lo i totonu o taga o lona ofu (o faiga masani
ia e saili ai e Masela tagata uma e ulufale atu i
totonu o le Fale Faamasino.)
Na aumai e Letuli i fafo mea uma sa i le taga
o lona ofu sa fai, e aofia ai ma lana ato tupe, ona
tuu atu lea i totonu o le bowl o lo o i luga o le
laulau. Sa ia tuu ai foi se afi penisini, pepa sikaleti, telefoni ma se fuifui ki i totonu o le bowl.
Ina ua amata ona siaki e le Masela le ato
tupe a Letuli sa i totonu o le bowl, o le taimi lea
na vaaia ai e le Masela se suiga i foliga o le ua
molia, ma e foliga mai e i ai se mea o lo o tupu,
atoa ai ma lona aapa atu ua taumafai toe toso
ese atu lana ato tupe o lo o uu e le Masela.
Na avea uiga na faaalia e le ua molia ma itu
na faatonu ai loa o ia e le alii Masela, e sili pe a
latou o i totonu o le Ofisa o le Masela e faaauau
ai le latou talanoaga, ona o lo o tumu le atunuu
i le vaega lea o le Fale Faamasino.
Ina ua taunuu le ua molia ma Masela i totonu
o le potu, sa faalogoina e le Masela le ua molia
ua faapea lana tala, o ia e laititi lona atalii faatoa
fanau, ae le faigaluega foi lona toalua. I totonu o
le ato tupe a Letuli na maua i ai e leoleo se taga
pepa iila o lo o i ai isi tama’i pepa iila se 8, o lo
o i ai vaega o le pauta oona o le aisa.
Sa faia se suega faapitoa i pauta nei ma
iloa ai, o vaega ia o le pauta oona o le aisa. Na
taua e le ua molia i leoleo e faapea, sa i ai lona
manatu e le suea e le Masela lana ato, leaga na
sau muamua foi i le isi aso ae le’i suea lana ato.
Sa ia faamaonia foi i leoleo, e pauta sa maua
ia te ia, o ana meatotino ia, o lo o faatau atu i le
ta’i $50 i le pepa e tasi.
O moliaga e lua ua tuuaia ai Letuli e aofia
ai le moliaga o lona umia faasolitulafono o le
pauta oona o le aisa, atoa ai ma lona umia faasolitulafono o le pauta o le aisa ma le faamoemoe
e tulei ma faatau atu i isi tagata.
E $80,000 le tupe lea ua faatulaga e totogi
ona faatoa mafai lea ona tatala le ua molia i tua,
e faatali ai taualumaga o lana mataupu lea ua
faagasolo i le taimi nei.
UA OU FIA ALU I LE FALETAELE
Ua o le loomatua ma lana tama i le lotu, ao faagasolo le lotu,
te’i lava ua faalogoina e le tamaitiiti ua fia alu i le falemamao e
pi, (tulou) fai atu loa le tama i lona tina, “Tina se ou fia alu i le
faletaele ua ou fia pi..” fai atu le loomatua o Ella, “Vaai, o iinei i
le falesa e le se upu mamalu le upu lena o le ‘pi’, ae tatau ona e
fai mai e ‘musumusu’ ua e iloa a ‘pepe’?”
Oo loa i le isi aso Sa o loa Etuale ma lana atalii, ua fai foi le
lauga, ae fai atu le tamaitiiti i lona tama, “Daddy…!!!!! sa fia
‘’musumusu’ lava…” ae fai mai le tamaloa o Vao, “Ia musumusu mai i lou taliga!!.”
IA FAI SE TATALO E TALOSIA AI MEA’AI
Sa tumutumu le fale o le aiga i tagata o le la latou aiga i lena
afiafi, ia ua oo nei i le taimi o mea’ai, mimita loa le fafine o Ella
i isi tagata o le latou aiga, fai loa i ai, “Ia tago oe pepe e fai mai
le tatalo o mea’ai.”
Fai mai le teineitiiti, “E le iloa e a’u Mommy.” fai atu le
fafine, “Tago e fai le tatalo lea e masani ona fai e Mommy, ua
galo foi ia te oe ?.”
Ia faasaga a’e loa le teine ua fai loa le tatalo o mea’ai, “O le a
ea le mea ua tumutumu soo mai ai lo matou nei fale aso uma, ae
se’i o mai foi ma aumai ni mea’ai i le suafa o le Tama, Amene.”
E amene ane le lotu, ua leai ni tagata o toe nonofo mai i le
laulau ‘ai, ua toe o uma tagata i le fietai i le tatalo a lenei teineitiiti, ia o lava ma fai mai, “Magaia lava gutu o le nofotane i
le olo i lalo i ‘floor’.. le le ua aliali lava le ‘aiuu, e fiu a gaga la
moa e aliali mai lava, e vaai i ai poo a gei ituaiga kakalo na nofo
‘ao’ai ai lana kama guku kele la…..!!!!.”
MOSE MA NUU O ISARAELU
Fesili mai le faiaoga Aso Sa, “O le a le mea na umi ai ona
faataamilo ai e Mose le nuu o Isaraelu ?.” Tali atu loa le isi teineitiiti, “Leaga ua le malie i ai le Atua i le latou le usita’i.
Ia fai loa le faiaoga, “Patipati uma mai i le tali o Fiaaiti.” ua
patipati uma tamaiti o le vasega, ae o le la e si’i mai le lima a le
tama o Vao JR, sa tu’u ai loa le avanoa e le faiaoga aso Sa.
Fai mai loa le tali a Vao JR, “Ua alai ona faataamilomilo umi
e Mose, leaga lea ua ita Mose i le tagata lea na nofo ma nana lana
to’oto’o….!!!!!.”
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“Whos goin’ to build Bridges?”
“HAWKEYE”
“Changing Times.”
“If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from
soft touches.”
“We must be willing to get rid of the life that we have
planned, so as to have the life that awaits us.”
As Hawkeye recalls, he had readers from “KOKOMO” a
few years back. He has not been in communication with the
readers of KOKOMO due to a violent computer crash which
left Hawkeye without most of his address book.
The point is that KoKomo was hit by a Tornado, and
Hawkeye wishes his readers well from that area and hopes that
they weren’t hit too hard by the weather conditions. Please do
send Hawkeye a comment to let him know that all is ok in
KoKomo.
And speaking of the violent weather conditions that hit parts
of the Philippines, Hawkeye understands that the aid is being
distributed in a more organized manner. This in spite of looters,
armed gangs, and wagon burners! And moving right along to
the City of Washington Illinois, this city was literally flattened
with a visit from another killer Tornado that touched down
over this town over the weekend of 16-17 November of 2013!
Hawkeye feels for these people and hopes them the best
under the circumstances. Over. At the risk of sounding like a
broken record, Hawkeye will remind us all here in “Dogpatch”
once again to “GEAR UP” for the Tropical Cyclone Season
that we are now in. We can never be prepared enough when we
are dealing with an ever changing world. Hawkeye hears that
there is an Iceberg that has broken away and is now a threat to
the sea ways. This is bad news fans, and Hawkeye hopes that
the new Titanic will miss this gigantic Iceberg while she is on
her way to New York City from Southampton in the USSR.
We have certainly learned a lot about Mayor Ford of The
great city of Toronto Canada these days. One thing is for certain; The Mayor likes to party hearty!
His popularity seems to have soared to new heights with
most likely a new wave of young supporters! They are sure that
if their present Mayor has to defend his title in the next election, he will win hands down from all of his latest new voting
bases. While Hawkeye don’t think that Mayor Ford is setting a
good example for the young folks, he does seem to be gaining
in overall popularity! Hum.
Hawkeye is patiently awaiting the delivery of his copy
of “Sweatshops In Paradise” written by Virginia Sudbury.
Hawkeye knew Mrs. Sudbury but never knew that she was
penning a masterpiece pertaining to the by now Global News
Piece, Dawoosa Sewing Factory. Hawkeye recalls that there
was one Korean who bit the bullet on that one, but never was
there any further investigation as to who shot John from the
inside. Perhaps Mrs. Sudbury will elaborate a little bit further
for our edification, entertainment, and downright Amazement.
Being both the author of the book, and the attorney on the case,
this could prove interesting.
Humm. At the risk of beating a dead Horse, Hawkeye has
ordered a copy of another Masterpiece By Jessie Ventura and
Dick Russell. This one is called; “63 Documents that the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read.” This should prove interesting at best.
Of course while you happen to be browsing on Amazon,
you can scout up Books by Doug Harrington, who just happened to have published three. Over.
Hawkeyes Books are somewhat similar to Hawkeyes
Column in that the writing has a tendency to overflow in to the
Sewer. This is where the reading gets good folks.
There were two of Hawkeye and Sweet Leanors friends who
happened to grace the shores of Wonderland for one Short day.
This was however a day to be remembered and Hawkeye will
forever wish these fine people the best that life has to offer.
Hello to Francis and Jimmy Stribling of Albuquerque New
Mexico. It twas nice having you visit Dogpatch!
The world does in fact get rather small when we least expect
it. If it gets any smaller, Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor can afford
a walk to South Eastern Pennsylvania and visit what is left of
Hawkeye’s Family. If the world continues to get smaller, we
will walk from Paradise to the Philippines to visit Sweet Leanors family. Humm. As a matter of fact, we will be able to take
the Cats and the Dog, “Blackie!” He can show off his new Dog
Tag to every stray animal on the road between Hooterville and
Delta Pennsylvania!
Folks, as Hawkeye mentioned earlier, do have your pets
spayed and or neutered. It is the right thing to do, and they
will thank you for it in their own little ways. We now have a
long awaited Veterinarian, so let’s take advantage of a good
thing. Some Homo-sapien e-mailed Hawkeye last week telling
A Michels Corporation employee demonstrates the use of a drill machine that will be used
beginning the first week of January 2014 for ASTCA’s BLAST (Broadband Linking the American
Samoa Territory) Project, according to Project Manager Randy Thompson. The Michels Corporation from the state of Wisconsin will head the construction of the fiber optic cable system to local
homes and businesses. Yesterday was ASTCA’s Blessing Ceremony for the project that took place at
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
the Michels Corporation lot in Tafuna. Read story in Monday’s Samoa News.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Philippine typhoon Yolanda
death toll rises above 5,000
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll
from one of the strongest typhoons on record
has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to
take hold, Philippine officials said Friday.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said 4,919
people were killed on Leyte, Samar and nearby
islands in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil
defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290
others died in other parts of the central and
southern Philippines.
The regions were battered two weeks ago
by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges
from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda.
Del Rosario said there were 1,611 people
still missing. “That is the sad record of Yolanda’s passage through our country,” Roxas said.
But he added that “The worst is over.”
He said the hard-hit Leyte provincial capital
of Tacloban reported 1,725 dead. “I believe this
number in Tacloban city is not yet final,” he said.
Most of the bodies have been buried in mass
graves, many of them unidentified, he said.
“It is possible that some of the missing are
among the unidentified,” he said.
Journalists in Tacloban say the stench of
death from piles of debris, upturned vehicles
and remnants of what once were homes indicates that bodies remain trapped underneath.
More troops and police have been brought
to the region from other parts of the country to
beef up law and order. The airport in Tacloban,
the regional hub, and its seaport are operating.
Haiyan hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines on Nov. 8 and quickly barreled across its
central islands, packing winds of 235 kilometers (147 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 275
kph (170 mph), with a storm surge of 6 meters
(20 feet).
Obama on JFK anniversary:
Few fears for own safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack
Obama says he doesn’t spend much time worrying about his own personal safety despite
President John F. Kennedy’s assassination 50
years ago. Obama says the tragedy reshaped the
Secret Service in many ways. But he says the
agency does an outstanding job every day. He
says, quote, “It’s not something I think about.”
Obama spoke in an ABC News interview on
the 50th anniversary of Kennedy being gunned
down in an open-top limousine in Dallas. ABC
released excerpts of the interview being aired
Friday evening.
Obama’s comments also come as the Secret
Service is dealing with a new case of alleged
sexual misconduct involving agents assigned
to protect the president. The agency had been
seeking to repair its reputation following a 2012
prostitution scandal in Colombia.
Travelers evacuate after
erroneous LAX gun reports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a
loud auto crash that some passengers thought was
shots being fired and a call reporting a gunman
prompted evacuations at two terminals of Los
Angeles International Airport. LAX spokeswoman Nancy Castles says the crash outside Terminal 5 Friday night caused passengers to report
gunfire, and many fled from the terminal.
Castles says soon after the crash an anonymous
caller reported a gunman at a gate in Terminal 4.
Police ordered the evacuation of that terminal as
a precaution. The terminal has been deemed safe
and travelers can return, but they must go through
security again. The incident brought temporary
traffic backups and flight delays.
It came three weeks after a gunman walked
into the airport and opened fire, killing an airport
(Continued on page 12)
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2nd Annual
TERRITORIAL
FARM013FAIR
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Malae o le Su’igaula a le Atu Vasa
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH
Registration: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Judging: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Short Service & Entertainments: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
MASTER OF CEREMONY: . . . Joseph Iosua (J-Smooth)
INVOCATION PRAYER: . . . . . . Rev. Fouvale Asiata, CCCAS Matu’u & Faganeanea
OVERVIEW: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Gurr, Deputy Director, Dept. of Agriculture
SPECIAL REMARKS: . . . . . . . . . . . Lemanu P. Mauga, Lt. Governor of Am. Samoa
BENEDICTION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Fouvale Asiata, CCCAS Matu’u & Faganeanea
VIEWING OF DISPLAYS & ENTERTAINMENTS (6:00pm to 9:00pm)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH
Short Service & Entertainments: 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Awards: 10:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
MASTER OF CEREMONY: Manu Tuionoula
INVOCATION PRAYER: . . . . Rev. Pelekina Laupati, CCCAS Utulei
OVERVIEW: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lealao M. Purcell, Director, Dept. of Agriculture
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: . . . . . . . Hon. Lolo M. Moliga, Governor of Am. Samoa
FAUTASI RACE (return to the Malae o le Suigaula afterwards)
LUNCH
AWARDS & SPECIAL PRESENTATION by DOA
BENEDICTION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Pelekina Laupati, CCCAS Utulei
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FAUTASI RACING: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00am
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StarKist Samoa is set to
launch a new product for
Samoa at next week’s Trade
Fair in Apia, according to the
draft program of the two-day
event that will open Nov. 28.
Responding to Samoa News
inquiries, StarKist Co., cooperate spokesperson Michelle
Faist said, the “launch of the
new StarKist Samoa product is
our 5 oz. Chunk White Tuna in
oil,” adding that she will provide later any new information.
The Trade Fair program
states that StarKist Samoa will
launch the product during the
opening ceremony in front of
the Government complex in
Apia. The launching follows
the official ribbon cutting to
open the Trade Fair Doors by
the U.S. Charge’d Affairs with
the American Embassy in Apia.
The program also states that
there will be a tasting event
of StarKist products and other
company “specials” presented
at their booth.
As the largest private
employer in the territory, about
60% of StarKist Samoa’s
workforce comes from neighboring Samoa.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE STAFF SHORT OF
FUEL AND SUPPLIES
In its fourth quarter performance report, the Department of Administrative Services cited problems faced
by staff overseeing government housing properties. The
department says its biggest
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impediment is the delay in
getting much needed gasoline
and other supplies in a timely
manner in order to continue
“our grounds keeping.”
“There have been a few
occasions when the employees
ended up purchasing fuel
and supplies for the grounds
keeping equipment in order
to keep the work running efficiently,” the report says.
It also says that they are
“in dire need of furniture,
building materials and supplies
to carry out our basic repairs”,
adding that the majority of the
units have furniture that needs
replaced.
Additionally, there is a need
to furnish the newly renovated/
repaired units, while the warehouse is “full of broken and/or
damaged furniture.”
local CRUISE SHIP
VENDORS SURVEY
A survey by the Commerce
Department of cruise vendors
during the last quarter of fiscal
year 2013 found these small
businesses raking in more than
$20,000 for the three cruise
ships that called into the Port
of Pago Pago between July 1
and Sept. 30, said DOC in its
4th quarter performance report
for FY 2013.
The report says DOC staff
surveyed a total of 89 vendors
that were selling a variety of
goods such as handicrafts,
clothing, boutique gift items
and food. In total the vendors
reported an earned income of
$27,352.
Meanwhile,
American
Samoa Visitors Bureau executive director David Vaeafe
plans to release either at the end
of this month or the first week
of next month, the complete
2014 cruise ship schedule,
which currently shows 16 confirmed vessels.
Vaeafe said the 2014
schedule includes two cruise
ships arriving back-to-back “to
visit our shores.”
STRAY DOG TASK
FORCE HELP SOUGHT
Rep. Larry Sanitoa has
asked the stray dog task force
for help regarding stray dogs
that are bothering public areas
of Tualauta and also suggested
that the group look at taking
over funding allocation for the
stray dog program allocated in
the fiscal year 2014 budget.
In a letter this week, Sanitoa
wrote to Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, chairman of the governor’s Animal Control and Care
Program (ACCP) Task Force,
asking for assistance regarding
stray dogs in public areas—
specifically around the Office
of Motor Vehicle area where
many residents walk the track
in the mornings and evenings.
“A pack of stray dogs is
reported to be [there] at the least
favorable time when there are a
lot people walking. This was
reported once before and was
resolved, however it appears to
be a problem again and getting
worse,” Sanitoa said.
He also pointed out that in
the FY 2014 budget, $50,000
is earmarked under the Special Program for a Dog Eradication Project. “Perhaps this
is a program the ACCP Task
Force would consider taking
over and utilizing the funds
to control the repeated emergence of stray dogs,” he said
and thanked ACCP for their
work in addressing the stray
dog problem.
ASG TO SUBMIT NEW
APPLICATION FOR
FEDERAL PROGRAM
Commerce
Department
director Keniseli Lafaele
confirmed Wednesday that
American Samoa will be submitting next week to the U.S.
Treasury Department, the territory’s new State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
application and plan.
“Hopefully we’ll get the
[U.S.] Treasury’s stamp of
approval shortly after that,” he
told Samoa News.
The territory’s new application and plan followed a meeting
that Lafaele held Oct. 31 in
Washington D.C. with U.S.
Treasury official David Rixter,
who is the Outreach Manager
for the SSBCI program.
U.S. Treasury Department
had approved $10.4 million
for American Samoa under
the SSBCI, which was created under the federal Small
Business Jobs Act of 2010 in
response to concerns that small
businesses have been unable to
access capital that would allow
them to create jobs.
The program supplies
pledged
cash
collateral
accounts to lending institutions
to enhance collateral coverage
of individual loans, but officials of the two banks testified
in the Fono last year of their
reluctance to participate in the
program, due to among other
things, their concerns that the
SSBCI provides only up to
50% of the cash collateral.
Officials of the previous
administration told lawmakers
that the government was
looking at off-island banks
to participate in this program
since the two local banks were
reluctant.
According to the federal
government, the SSBCI is a
one-time program of limited
duration and the authorities
and duties of the Secretary of
the Treasury is to implement
and administer the program
that terminates on September
27, 2017.
Moreover, the obligations
of participating states and territories to perform and report on
progress will expire as outlined
in the terms of the Allocation
Agreement on March 31, 2017.
samoa news, Saturday, November 23, 2013 Page 7
Students of Manumalo donate FAUTUAINA GALUEGA
over $1,120 for Haiyan victims MASELA O LE AUALA
tusia Ausage Fausia
by B. Chen
Samoa News Correspondent
The devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan
that struck the Philippines two weeks ago is
being felt by everyone, even the youngest
members of the territory’s population. Super
typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful
storms ever to make landfall hit the Philippines
on Nov. 8 with winds as high as 190 mph and
blew its way across the islands south of Manila.
Yesterday morning, during a one-day fundraising event, the students of Manumalo Baptist Academy in Malaeimi came together to
donate whatever they could to help out with
relief efforts.
In a matter of hours, Manumalo Baptist
Academy - with an enrollment of 606 - managed to rake up $1,120.40 from students who
generously donated their lunch money, allowance, and whatever they had and wanted to
give.
Manumalo’s Filipino teachers Miriam Mirasol and Veronica Occena presented the donation to Maria Guyapa, a representative of the
local Filipino community who was grateful for
the meaalofa and expressed gratitude on behalf
of their small organization.
Since news of Haiyan’s wrath hit the airwaves, members of the local Filipino community have been busy soliciting donations
all over the territory and the response has been
sensational, evident through the outpouring of
love, words of encouragement, and monetary
contributions.
Even the local chapter of the American Red
Cross is accepting donations on behalf of the
victims.
As of yesterday morning, according to nbcnews.com, the death toll in the Philippines had
topped 5,200 and counting. More than 23,000
had been injured and 1,611 were still missing
across islands devastated by Haiyan, which is
known as ‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines.
A reported 800,000 people were able to
evacuate their homes, but the storm nonetheless “damaged millions of dollars worth of
crops and infrastructure, destroyed half-a-million homes, and affected more than 10 million
people.”
Additionally, “Some 4.3 million people
were said to have been displaced— one million
of whom were children,” nbcnews.com reports.
The total cost of the damage is pegged at
more than $288 million, with around $112 million of it being damaged crops, and $100 million damage to livestock and fisheries.
The U.S. is one of about two dozen governments who have sent aid to the Philippines.
According to an online tracker, a United
Nations appeal for $301 million in relief aid
has so far raised $131 million.
Samoa News spoke to several local Filipino
seamstresses and domestic workers who are
hopeful that their family members are at least
getting by.
One local Filipino seamstress said she is
grateful that the storm didn’t affect her family,
as they reside on an island that wasn’t in the
direct path of Haiyan. Another local Filipino
said that although his family was not affected,
his wife’s family is hurting right now, as their
home was completely damaged and they are
relying on relief efforts for food and shelter.
Major Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the
Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (NDRRMC), told
NBC News yesterday that they are on their
third round of distributing relief.
O le vaiaso nei na taoto atu ai i luma o le Kovana Sili se fautuaga mai se tasi o Faatonusili faasaga i le galuega o lo o faatino
e le Masela o le Auala (Street Marshall), ina ia i ai sina avanoa e
tuu i tagata faigaluega mo le toe faafo’iina atu o ta’avale i totonu
o a latou fale faigaluega, ae le o le taofi ma faasala ae le’i o o i le
taimi faatulagaina.
O lea mataupu na fofogaina e le tamaitai faatonusili ia Faleosina Voight i le Fono a le Kapeneta sa faia i le aso Lua na te’a nei.
E ui na viia e le tamaitai faitonu le auaunaga o lo o faatinoina
e le Street Marshall, peitai sa ia taua e faapea, sa i ai se taavale
a lona Ofisa na taofia e le Masela i se taimi e le’i mamao atu, ae
faatoa ta le itula e 3:30, e le’i o o foi i le taimi e amata faamalosia
ai le tiute a le Masela o le Auala.
Saunoa Faleosina, e manaia foi ae tuu atu i le itula e 5:00 i le
afiafi le taimi e amata faamalosia ai e le Masela lana galuega, ina
ia maua ai se taimi o tagata faigaluega e toe faafoi atu ai taavale i
totonu o le lotoa, pe afai e mae’a galuega i le 4:30 i le afiafi.
Mo se faataitaiga e pei ona saunoa Faleosina o lana matagaluega, e vava mamao nofoaga e faatino ai galuega a nai tama, ae a
oo ina mavana, ona aga’i atu lea i totonu o le lotoa i Tafuna e toe
faafoi atu taavale a’o le’i fo’i i o latou aiga i le afiafi.
O se fautuaga na taoto lelei i le finagalo o le afioga i le kovana
sili ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga, lea ua ia tuuina atu le faamalosia o le
tulafono o taavale a le malo, i lalo o le taitaiga a le susuga a Sonny
L. Thompson ma le matagaluega a Tagata Faigaluega a le malo.
“O lo o tulaga lelei lava le faatinoina o galuega a le alii
Masela ma lana aufaigaluega, e ui o lo o maitauina pea nisi o
Matagaluega e le o usitai i le tatou tulafono ua maea ona tuuina
atu,” o le sanoaga lea a Lolo, ma ia toe fautuaina ai faatonusili
ina ia fautua i a latou tagata faigaluega, afai e leai se pemita e
faataga ai se tasi ona fealua’i i le taavale a le malo, e le tatau ona
fealua’i ai lea tagata.
Talu ona tofia mai le alii Masela o le Auala ia Alu Faamasino i
le amataga o le tausaga nei, na te faamalosia le tulafono o taavale
afi a le malo, e aofia ai le faasa lea ona toe alu o se tagata faigaluega i se taavale a le malo i lo latou aiga, atoa ai ma le toe soona
faaaoga o taavale a le malo i galuega e le patino i le malo, e tele
ni taavale ua taofia e le susuga Faamasino ina ua faamaonia latou
te le o usitaia le tulafono.
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O LE FINAGALO TOATASI
LAVA O LE TAITAIFONO
Ua faaalia i se faaaliga aloaia mai le Fono o
Ekalesia Soofaatasi a Samoa e faapea, o se finagalo
na faaalia e le taitaifono, le afioga Tiakono Kasiano
Leaupepe, e faatatau i le mataupu e faatatau i feusuaiga fai faamalosi po o le toso teine, faapea sauaga
mataga ma faaoogalima mataga faasaga i tamaitai, o
le finagalo toatasi lava lea o le taitaifono, ae le atagia
ai pe tauaofai ai finagalo o sui o le Fono o Ekalesia
Soofaatasi a Samoa.
Sa faasalalau faalauaitele le finagalo faaalia o le
afioga i le taitaifono i le fofo o lea faafitauli e faapea,
e tatau i tina ma tamaitai o lo o aafia i nei sauaga
mataga, ona matua u se vaega o tino o alii o lo o faia
lea solitulafono ina ia faamanualia tuga ai. Fai mai a
ia, a le faia lea tulaga, e ono faauigaina o lo o latou
taliaina le faia o ia sauaga ia i latou.
Na saunoa foi le taitaifono, o le solomuli o le olaga
faakerisiano ua mafua ai faatupulaia pea o ia ituaiga
solitulafono.
TOALUA NA MALILIU I SE
FAALAVELAVE TAU TAAVALE
E toalua ni alii talavou na maliliu i se faalavelave
tau taavale na tulai mai i le afioaga o Vailoa, Faleata
i le vaveao o le aso Tofi ina ua taavalevale le pikiapu
sa tietie ai i laua i le keli. O i laua ua maliliu o Leslie
Risale o se alii e 21 tausaga le matua o Vaimoso, ma
Thesaurus Heather, e 23 tausaga o Tufuiopa.
Na faaalia e se tama na muamua oo atu i le nofoaga
na tupu ai le faalavelave e faapea, e oo atu o taatitia
mai ia alii i luga o le auala, ae na faasaoina le tamaitai
talavou sa faafoeina le taavale.
Na faaalia e lea tama, na maliu ai lava i lena taimi
se tasi o alii, ao le isi sa manava lava. Ae peitai e oo
atu i le falemai ua maliu o ia. Na faaalia foi e lea tama
e faapea, sa ia mauaina se atigifagu o se fagu malosi o
le ituaiga o le Jim Beam i le nofoaga na tupu ai le faalavelave. O lo o masalomia e leoleo o le faasua’ava
tele o le ave taavale na mafua ai lea faalavelave.
FAALAUILOA TAITOA 7 MANU SAMOA
Ua faalauiloa mai e le Iuni Lakapi a Samoa ia suafa
o le Manu Samoa Taitoafitu o le a malaga atu mo le
Taamilosaga Taitoafitu a le Fono Faatonu o le Lakapi
i le Lalolagi, le IRB i le vae i Dubai i le faaiuga o le
vaiaso fou, sosoo atu ai ma le vae i Aferika i Saute i
le vaiaso i ona tua atu. I se sauniga faapitoa i le ofisa
tutotonu o le iuni i Tuanaimato i le aso Faraile na sei
mavae atu nei, na saunoa ai le taitaifono o le iuni, le
susuga i le alii palemia, Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele
Malielegaoi, e le gata i upu faalaeiau ma faamalosi i
le au ua filfilia, ae sa faapea ona faalauiloa aloaia ai
foi suafa o i latou ua filifilia.
O le au ua filifilia; Laina i luma – Falemiga Selesele, Fale Sooiali, Misioka Timoteo, Oneone Faafou,
Levi Asi-Faamatala, Lio Lolo. Laina i tua – Vavao
Afemai, Sani Niue, Reupena Levasa (kapeteni),
Alatasi Tupou, Richie Ah Chong, Tulolo Tulolo. O
le faiaoga taiulu o Viliamu Punivalu, faiaoga lagolago/taitai malaga o Malo Nofoagatoto’a. Mai le au
ua filifilia, e toalua sui o le a faatoa taaalo lea i lea
taamilosaga faavaomalo, ma oi laua ia o Richie Ah
Chong ma Oneone Faafou. Na toe faamanatu e le alii
palemia i le faiaoga taiulu, e faalagolago lava le toe
filifilia o ia i lea tofiga i le sologa lelei o le taaalo a le
au. Fai mai a ia, e faaletonu le au, o le a sailia foi se
faiaoga fou e tauaveina le aoina o le au.
TATALA ALOAIA FALEMAI
FOU NA FAATUPE AMERIKA
Ua tatalaina nei le falemai faaitumalo fou i Faleolo
lea na faatupeina e le malo Amerika i se faiga faapaaga
ma le malo Samoa.
E sefulu masina sa faatinoina ai lenei galuega i le
tau aofai e $3 miliona tala e pei ona saunoa faafetai ai
le afioga i le alii palemia, le susuga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, i le sauniga faapitoa e tatala
aloaia ai lenei galuega tele.
Na faafetaia foi e Tuilaepa, le vaega o le Navy
a Amerika lea na tauala mai ai lenei fesoasoani i le
latou polokalama fesoasoani i atunuu eseese o le
Pasefika. Na saunoa le alii amepasa o Amerika, le
susuga David Huebner, o lenei galuega ua faaalia ai
le faatauaina e Amerika o avanoa e faaleleia atili ai le
soifua maloloina lelei o tagata o le Pasefika.
LE FAASALAINA SEVE I LE FALEPUIPUI
Ua le faasalaina i se faasalaga faafalepuipui le alii
sa avea ma komesina o le Ofisa Tinei Mu, le susuga
Seve Tony Hill, ae ua faanofovaavaaia o ia mo le lua
tausaga. O lea faaiuga a le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo
na lauina i le aso Faraile na sei mavae atu nei, ma sa
vaaia le faatumulia o le maota Faamasino i aiga ma
uo o le susuga Seve sa tapuaia lona faamasinoga.
E pei ona lipotia muamua i a tatou tala, sa molia
Seve i moliaga o le faia o sauaga faafeusuaiga i se
tamaitai sa faigaluega i le Ofisa Tinei Mu.
O le vaiaso nei na teena ai e le Faamasinoga se
talosaga a le loia a Seve ina ia tatala o ia i tua e faatali
ai le lauina o lona faasalaga.
The fish sculpture shown here is made up of recycled material from CD’s, used foil, plastic bottles collected from our beaches, newspapers, screen wire and soda
cans. Created by Faga’itua High School’s Physical Science class, whose instructor is Lulu F. Pulu and Vaimili Tyrell’s Art Class, also at Fagaitua, the work was
entered in the Marine Debris Sculpture Competition 2013. The contest was part of the People, Air, Land and Sea Program that concluded yesterday after week -long
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
activities at the DMWR marina in Fagatogo, sponsored by the Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources. C
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Tulimanu O KATI LE LEOLEO NANA
o le
fa’aolataga
[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 faateia ai le fafine ave taxi ina ua
faailoa atu e Kati faamatalaga uma e uiga ia te ia.]
Na te’i le fafine ina ua faailoa e Kati talaaga uma
e faatatau ia te ia, atoa ai ma le mafuaaga o lona i ai
i totonu o le malo. Na fesili le fafine ia Kati pe i ai se
mea o tupu, ae na faailoa i ai e le tama, o lo o i ai le
vaega faatupu faalavelave o lo o taumafai e fasioti
o ia, e ala i le faaaoga o se tamaitai e faatosina o ia
la te momoe. E silia ma le afa itula o talanoa Kati
ma le ave taxi i totonu o le taavale, ao paka pea le
taavale i luma o le faleoloa lea e tu i le tulimanu o le
auala. Ao talanoa Kati ma le ave taxi, na faafuase’i
ona la vaaia se solo o taavale lanu uli sa tumutumu
i luma o le fale’aiga ua toe faataalise agai atu i le isi
tulimanu o le aai, e foliga mai e i ai se mea o lo o
mafua ai ona nati nati atu i le isi itu o le aai.
Talu ai e masani lelei le ave taxi i le ma’ale’ale
o le galuega lea o lo o galue ai Kati, na maua ai
ona ia valaaulia o ia la te o sa’o i lona fale se’i fai
sina mapu ma tau faato’a lona mafaufau, ona toe
seki ai lea mo se isi ana fuafuaga, peitai sa musu
le tama ona e popole i lana taavale lea e paka i
luma o le Fale’aiga ina nei faaleaga e ni tagata
ona faaletonu lea o lana galuega o lo o faatino i le
taimi lea. Ui o lea, na talia e le Kati ma valaaulia
a le fafine, ona alu lea o Kati i le taxi ae alu atu le
fafine ave taxi i lana taavale, ma la aga’i atu loa
i le nofoaga o lo o nofo ai le fafine, i luga o le isi
pito mauga o le aai o Italia, e le mamao lava ma
le taulaga lea o lo o autu i ai le galuega a le tama.
Se fale ina tele ma matagofie ae na o le fafine
lava ma lana tama teine ua 21 tausaga le matua, o
lo o ave foi lana mataupu i galuega faa leoleonana
i le Iunivesite tele o Italia, o le aoga foi lena na
faauu mai ai lona tina atoa ai ma le tama o Kati.
Na lilo i le manatu o Kati, sa i ai tagata o le au
faatupu faalavelave na lalafi i le vaega e paka ai
taavale a le fale’aiga, mo le tau maitauina o le
tagata e alu atu e piki mai lana taavale sa paka
ai, ma na avea le alu atu o le fafine ave taxi e piki
mai lana taavale ma itu na mulimuli atu ai loa ma
le au alii ia i tua o le taavale, ma latou iloa ai le
nofoaga o lo o nofo ai le fafine. Toeititi ao le po o
talanoa ma fefaasoaa’i Kati ma le fafine i auala e
fesoasoani ai i lana galuega, ae o la faalogoina loa
se pao e aga’i mai i le pito i lalo o le fale.
Na oomi e le fafine le ki o lo o i luma o le
faitoto’a ma vaaia ai le tau fai ola uma o moli o le
auala seia oo lava i luma o le auala, ma vaaia ai loa
se Sipi lanuuliulio lo o tu faasaga mai i le isi itu
auala, ma ni tagata se to’alua o lo o nonofo mai ai i
totonu. “Pei lava e i ai le mea o le a tupu,” o le tala
lea a Kati ma fai atu i le fafine ina ia saili se vaega
o lona fale e saogalemu ai ma lana tama, ona o lea
ua ia iloa sa mulimuli atu le au faatupu faalavelave
i tua o lana taavale. “E faapefea ona e iloaina lena
mea,?” o le fesili lea a le fafine, ae na tali Kati, “A
lea ua o mai le au faatupu faalavelave.”
E LE MAUMAU LE OLA O LE FAAMUAMUA LE ATUA.
(Hakai 1:7-15, Mataio 16:24-28.)
Ua amata ona faailoa mai e Iesu i tatalu ona alu i Ierusalema, e
faatigaina foi i mea e tele e toeaina ma le ‘au ositaulaga sili, ma le
‘au tusiupu, e fasiotia foi o ia, a faatuina foi o ia e le aso tolu, ae
ua vavao atu ai Peteru ua faapea mai, “Le Alii e, ia mamao ia te oe
lea mea, e le oo lena mea ia te oe.”
Ona faliu mai lea o ia ma faapea mai, “Satani e, ina e alu ia oe i
o’u tua, ua fai oe ma mea ou te tausuai ai, aua e le o mea a le Atua
ua e loto i ai, a o mea a tagata.”
E faapea le upu faafoma’i e i ai le upu o le ‘pulse’ poo se ola, ae
‘ese ma upu faa-Eleni, o se ola poo le ‘psyche’ i totonu o le tatou
ola poo ‘our innermost self’ i totonu o tatou loto ma a tatou olaga
e nofo ai na o tatou ola ai. E le tutusa le upu ola lena e ta’u mai i le
upu faa-foma’i ma le upu faa-Eleni i le ola.
E le’i o mai le tusitusi tala lena e i ai le ola i tua atu o le isi ola
lea tatou te feola ai nei, na’o Iesu lava na ia ta’u mai e i ai le isi
ola i tua o le ola lenei tatou te soifua ai, pe a E LE MAUMAU LE
OLA O LE FAAMUAMUA LE ATUA.
O le lua o tausaga o le tupu o Tariu i le ono o masina na auina
mai le afioga a le Alii e le perofeta o Hakai ia Serupapelu le atalii
o Salatielu, le alii e pule e ia Iuta, atoa ma Iosua le atalii o Iosataka
o le faitaulaga sili, o loo faapea mai, “Fai mai lenei nuu, e le’i
oo i ona aso, o aso e fai ai le fale o le Alii.” Ona fai mai ai lea o
le afioga a le Alii e le perofeta o Hakai, “O ona po nei ea tou te
nonofo ai i fale ua tapapa (mananaia) a o lenei ua faatufunaina.”
ona fetalai mai lea o le Alii, “Ia outou mafaufau i o ala.
[E toe faatalofa atu i le mamalu o le au faitau i lenei taeao, malo le soifua maua malo foi le
Ua ‘ese le mea ua ave i ai le faamuamua o le nu’u, ua ‘ese fo’i
onosa’i, ae alo mai loa o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou tala faasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na
le mea ua popona lava le tagata latou ia, ua faamuamua i lona aiga
te’a nei i le taimi lea na pepese fiafia ai manu o le vao maoa ae molimau fetu i le lagi i le mafuaga
ma mea e lelei ai le tagata latou ia, ae ua faamulimuli le Malumalu
a Lisati ma Lasela lea ua faatoa atoa i le la mafutaga ina ua maea le misa.]
lea e tu’u ai i le totonu le ato laau.
E lei toe ano lava tagata o le nuu i le mea sa tupu, ae ua na o le foi i o latou aiga ma talie i faasUa le ano i ai Isaraelu i le mea na alai ona faatonuina i latou e
alaga lea ua sauni le nuu e tuu atu i le fafine o Mekala, ona o le mea sese sa ia faia i lona fasi lea
le tupu a Asuria o Tariu, o le Malumalu o le Atua Soifua, o lea na
o le toalua o le matai o le nuu, ae na lilo i tagata ua avea le vevesi na tulai mai ma itu ua maua ai
faatonuina e le Alii e ala i le miti, ia toe aumaia.
loa ma le avanoa o Lisati ma Lasela e mafuta ma feiloa’i ai, talu mai tausaga e tele o le la faigauo i
E pei ona faatonuina ai Hakai ma Sakaria o perofeta a le Alii, e
totonu o le nuu, aemaise ai o tausaga e lua lea na tuua ai e le tamaititi le nuu ona o aoga i Niu Sila.
taua o le ‘O le periota Auro o le feagaiga tuai’ o i laua o perofeta
“Sole, sole, o ai lea e pisa mai tua i i,?” o le fesili fia iloa lea a le tama o Lisati lea faatoa fo’i
laiti i le Tusi Paia, ae ua laua talanoa i le nuu i uiga i le faia o le
mai i le piliaki, ina ua ia maua le tala e uiga i le mea sa tupu. “Papa, o a’u lea e i tua i i, o lea ma
Malumalu poo le mea e taua e le Tusi Paia, ‘O le feau taua o le
te talanoa ma Lasela,” o le tali lea a le tamaititi o Lisati ma savali mai i luma o le auala, a’o lona
Feagaiga Tuai.’
tama o lo o tu ma autilotilo aga’i i le latou fale, e foliga mai e i ai se mea o lo o manu’a ai lona
I le faiga o le pa, e tau mai ia tatou ua ‘O le finagalo le Alii e tuu
loto. “Aisea ga vevesi ai lou kiga ma Mekala, a’o fea sa e i ai,?” o le fesili lea a le tamaloa i lona
ai mea tuai i le taimi tuai i tua’ ua lifi e le Alii aso tuai ma e olaga
atalii, ma maua ai loa le avanoa o le tamaititi e faamatala atoa ai i lona tama le mea sa tupu, amata
tuai ae o le a tatou savavali atu i le olaga fou, ma ia faia le finagalo o
mai lava i le taimi o le taaloga Bingo, ma faasolo mai ai lava seia oo i le taimi na tupu ai le misa.
le Alii, (1) Muamua lona Malumalu (2) aua le faamuamuaina mea e
O le ‘ona o le tamaloa o Lomi na faigata ai ona televave lona ita, ae sa na o le luelue ulu ma
mananao i ai lona nuu, ae mulimuli le mea lea e finagalo i ai le Alii.
faalogologo i le faamatalaga a lona atalii. “A’o ai le la e gofo mai i luga o le oga giu,?” o le fesili
Aua le ma aua fai mai lo tatou matua, E LE MAUMAU LE
lea a Lomi ma faasaga atu i le isi itu o le latou fale lea o lo o saofa’i mai ai le tagata, “O Lasela
OLA O LE FAAMUAMUA LE ATUA.
le la ma te talanoa.” O le musu o le tamaloa e toe tulai mai se isi talanoaga i le va o lona atalii ma
Le mea nao finagalo i ai le Alii, ia muamua lava Ia ona tatou o
Lasela, na mafua ai ona ia faatonu lona atalii e fai ia Lasela e alu i le fale, ae alu atu loa o ia latou
ai lea e faia isi mea i le olaga lenei, le mea lena na fetalai ai Iesu,
te momoe o lea ua totoeititi ao le isi aso fou.
“Ai se tasi e fia mulimuli mai ia te au, ea faafeti o ia se fia faasaoO le po o le aso fou lea o le a malama, e toe fo’i atu ai Lisati i Niu Sila mo lana aoga, ina ua
galemuina lona ola,e maumau ai ia te ia, a o le faamaumau lona
maea vaiaso e lua na faanoi ai ona o le ma’i a lona tama. Ua sauni le tamaititi e toe foi i lona aiga
ola ona o a’u, e maua e ia.”
fou i Niu Sila o lo o nofo ai, ae o lona loto lea ua faavaeluatai i lona manatu ia Lasela, ona o lea ua
Ae o le tagata lava e talitonu ia Iesu ae lea faia le mea ma uiga
feulua’i le alofa ma ua lagona foi e le tamaititi le moni o upu na talanoa atu ai le tamaitai ia te ia.
faa-keriso e manumanu i lona olaga e manumanu nei i le lalolagi
Ua faasolosolo atu le aiga e faamavae ia Lisati i le malae vaalele, e o o foi i le faifeau ma isi tagata
ae le maua e ia se olaga fiafia i le ola pe a mavae lenei ola.
o le aulotu atoa ai ma le autalavou, sa gasolo atu uma e faamavae ia Lisati, peitai e maea loa le solo
E le mafai ona ia ave ‘esea mea o lenei lalolagi, ola faamaualuga,
umi o le a savali le tamaititi i totonu o le potu e faatali ai le aga’i atu i le vaalele, ae valaau mai loa
ola fia sili, ola lava ia ia te ia, e le fia fesoasoani i se tasi ua mafatia,
ma le tei laititi o Lisati, “Sati, vaai fo’i ia Lasela la le savali mai.”
e le loto fesoasoani lava ia i se ua fia maua le ola e faavavau lava, la
e pei lava ona fai mai ai le (Mataio 10:38) “O se le ave lona satauro
ma mulimuli mai ia te au, e le aoga foi lea ia te ia.”
Pei ona fetalai Iesu, “Sa i le amataga, le Upu, sa i le Atua le
Upu, A le Atua foi le Upu. O ia lava sa e le Atua o le amataga. Na
O le Tala ia Lata poo Rata
ia faia mea uma lava e leai se e tasi na faia e lei faia e ia. Sa ia te
ia le ola, o le ola foi o le malamalama lea o tagata. Ua pupula mai
Ao tatou i ai i le faamata- e uiga i le mea na afua mai ai
foi le malamalama e le pouliuli, a e lei manumalo i ai le pouliuli.” laina o le mafuaaga na afua mai tagata Polenisia, peitai o le mea
O ai se faataitai ia te Ia, ina ave ia lona satauro ma tatou ai tagata Polenisia, fai mai le ua manino i la tatou polokalame,
mulimuli atu ia te Ia, Amene.
mau a Samoa i aso ua mavae, e i ai lava itu i le gagana ma
soo se taimi lava e usuia ai le aganuu e tutusa ai tagata eseese
fono a agaga o Saualii poo alii nei, ma o i latou foi nei sa nofoia folauga, ae taunuu loa le vaega
i le malae i Pulotu, e le fe’ausi atumotu o le atu Polenisia, lea e lea na folau mai Kiripati ma o
pe a’au i le sami, ae momoli e pei ona i ai ma Samoa.
laou iloa ai, e tai tutusa lava i
le Vaaloa, ma, atonu o le ala
O le isi mea ua manino i le latou ma tagata na ulua’i nofoia
lea a tuumalo ai se tamalii i aso tatou polokalame, o le toatele le motu, peitai o le mea ua tupu,
ua mavae, ona momoli lea e le o tagata nei na uluai nofoia le ua amata ona le fiafia tagata na
Vaaloa, ma, atonu o le ala foi atu Polenisia, na o latou folau mua’i taunuu i Samoa i tagata
lea a tuumalo se tamalii, ona i vaega eseese o le lalolagi, ma fou, e ui e tutusa o latou lanu,
faapea lea o upu pe a manu, “o o le toatele lava o i latou na peitai e le masani le isi vaega
lea ua tootoo atu nei le Vaaloa..” toe a’e manumalo mai a latou i le isi. O le vaega na ulua’i
o lona uiga, o lea ua molimoli folauga ae o nisi na maliliu atu nofoia Samoa, ua latou taamilo
atu e le Vaaloa lona agaga i le ai ona o le tulaga soua o le vasa ia Upolu ma Savaii, ma ua latou
Fafa o Saualii, poo le nofoaga e na folau ai. I le tala faasolopito faailogaina ai nofoaga lelei ma
faatasitasi i ai agaga o alii uma o Samoa o loo taua ai, tusa i le le tu matafaga, ua latou mumusu
o le atunuu. E ui i le lavelave va o le 100 ma le 150 tausaga ai e toe foa’i atu nei nofoaga i isi
ma nunumi solo faamatalaga talu ona nofoia Upolu e le ulua’i
(Faaauau itulau 14)
POLOGA I LE ALOFA
Tala i Vavau o Samoa
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Pago Pago American Samoa 96799
Poloa’iga Fa’alaua’itele
Vaiaso e Toto ai La’au
“Puipui le Vaomatua”
Novema 18-23, 2013
TALUAI, o la’au Samoa e pei o le Aoa, ‘Ava, U’a, Tamanu, Malili, Asi, Au’auli, Tava, Poumuli, Maota, Taputo’i, Magaui,
ma’anunu, Futu, To’ito’i, Niu, Fetau, Pu’a, Milo, Fogamamala ma Ifilele sa fa’aaoga e fau ai fale, gaosi ai vailaau mo togafitiga o
gasegase, e gaosi ai fo’i taumafa fa’apea ma lavalava mo tagata Samoa i le afe ma afe o tausaga ua mavae; ma
TALUAI, o nei la’au e matua tele le taua i le Aganu’u Fa’asamoa; ma,
TALUAI, o nei la’au Samoa ua fai ma lafitaga o manu/meaola i le vaomatua, atoa ma le puipuiga o punavai ma le suavai, fa’apea
le fa’aitiitia o le tafe ese o ele’ele; ma,
TALUAI, o nei la’au Samoa e matua taua lona aoga i le si’osi’omaga tulaga ese i Amerika Samoa, e aofia ai vaomatua i mauga
maualuluga i Manu’a, togatogo Masefau, Nu’uuli ma Aunu’u, ‘ele’ele susu o Leone, atoa ma vaega o le gataifale atoa o Amerika
Samoa, ae maise le Vaomatua fa’apitoa i Ottoville, Tafuna; ma,
TALUAI, o nei la’au Samoa o lo’o tumau pea le taua ma le aoga i lo tatou ola i aso nei, e pei ona taua foi ma fa’aaoga e o tatou
tua’a, ma,
TALUAI, e taua le toto, puipui ma fa’asao la’au Samoa, o se tala’aga/molimau ola, e taua i la tatou aganu’u; ma,
TALUAI, ua alaga tatau ma onomea le fa’amanatu/fa’ataua o la’au Samoa ese’ese e pei o la’au o lo o ola/tutupu i le Vaomatua i
Ottoville e ala i le puipuia o nei la’au mai le ta/tu’u i lalo faapea le fa’aleaga/fa’atama’ia on a o fauga o fale, pisinisi, auala; ma
TALUAI, o le Vaiaso e Toto ai La’au o se taimi e fa’amanatu/fa’ataua ai lo tatou tofi faapea le mitamita ma le fa’aaloalo e ala i le
totooga ma le si’iga o la’au e maua mai ai taumafa, vaila’au e togafitia ai gasegase, fafie, la’au fau fale, lavalava, tupe,
fa’aasinomaga, ma le matagofie; ma,
TALUAI, o Amerika Samoa sa fa’aleaga/fa’atama’ia e se mafui’e ma le galulolo ia Setema 29, 2009; ma,
TALUAI, o la’au o le vaomatua, ua fa’atusa o ni fa’ailoga o le iai o le fa’amoemoe, toe fuata’iga, ma le toe afua; ma,
TALUAI, o le Vaiaso e Toto ai La’au o lo’o fa’amanatu i le Iunaite Setete o Amerika, Hawaii, Guam ma le tele o isi atunu’u, e
aofia ai ma le Malo Tuto’atasi o Samoa. O le Masina o Novema i tausaga ta’itasi ua fa’atulaga/fa’ailoga e fa’amanatu/fa’ataua ai le
taimi mo La’au ma Vaomatua i Amerika Samoa.
O LE MEA LEA, O A’U, LOLO M. MOLIGA, Kovana Sili o Amerika Samoa, ua o’u fa’alauiloa atu o Novema i lona aso 18 e o’o i
le 23, 2013, i Tutuila ma Manu’a, o le Vaiaso e Toto ai La’au i Amerika Samoa, ma ou te talosaga atu ai i faia’oga, tama ma teine
a’oga, ma tagatanu’u o Amerika Samoa ina ia fa’ataua/fa’amanatu nei aso e ala i le auai i fuafuaga ma polokalama uma e pei on a
fa’atulagaina e le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi i Amerika Samoa fa’apea le Vaega o Laufanua ma Atina’e.
Ua ou fa’amaonia ma tu’uina iai le Fa’amaufa’ailoga a lo’u Ofisa i le aso 15 lenei o Novema i le tausaga o lo tatou Ali’i 2013.
Ia manuia le vaiaso o le fa’ataua/fa’amanatu o La’au ma le Vaomatua i Amerika Samoa.
LOLO M. MOLIGA
Kovana Sili o Amerika Samoa
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Tafaoga i Matafaga?
SASA’E:
Alega Stream Beach
Faga’itua
Aoa Stream Beach
Aganoa
Auasi
Fagasa-Fagale’a
AuaP ouesi
AuaS tream
AfonoS tream
Vatia
Lauli’i
SISIFO:
Asili Stream
TUtotonu:
Fatumafuti
Utulei,D DW
Utulei Beach
Lapata’iga mo Matafaga: Novema 20, 2013
Ofisa o le Puipuia o le Si’osi’omaga
i Amerika Samoa (AS-EPA)
633-2304
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
security officer and injuring
three other people.
Media — Chinese
stealth drone takes
its 1st test flight
BEIJING (AP) — China’s
first unmanned stealth drone
made its first test flight in the
latest advance for the domestic
arms industry, state media
reported Friday. Photos and
video of the tailless delta-wing
drone flying were posted on
the websites of People’s Daily
and other major outlets. The
location of the 20-minute flight
made Thursday was identified
only as a southwestern China
testing base.
The jet powered drone
was identified as the Lijian, or
“Sharp Sword,” photos of which
have been circulating for some
time. The aircraft is similar to
the X-47B drone being tested by
the U.S. Navy for aircraft carrier
operations, as well as France’s
experimental Neuron project.
Others have reported the drone
is a reverse-engineered copy
of Russia’s Mikoyan Skat
unmanned aerial vehicle.
Potential uses for such an
aircraft range from conducting
electronic surveillance and
to launching missile strikes.
Some analysts have suggested
the drone might someday be
launched from China’s sole
aircraft carrier, possibly to fly
missions around China’s East
China Sea and South China
Sea island claims.
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The capabilities of the
drone and two manned stealth
fighters, the J-20 and J-31,
that China is developing aren’t
known, although China’s arms
industry is producing increasingly sophisticated weapons
systems. Those include a large
range of military drones.
WFP feeds 3 Million
after typhoon; aid
in Kenya camps cut
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) —
The executive director of the
U.N.’s World Food Program
says food aid is now reaching
3 million people affected by
Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, but that the extraordinary needs there and in Syria
mean food assistance is being
curtailed to refugees in Kenya.
Ertharin Cousin told The
Associated Press on Friday that
the destruction in the Philippines, including the loss of key
bridges, has made reaching victims difficult but that food deliveries have steadily increased.
WFP is also feeding 4 million people inside Syria and 1.8
million outside the war-torn
country. WFP spends $40 million a week delivering food to
the region. That expense means
that two refugee camps in
Kenya where close to 400,000
Somalis live have seen food
rations cut by 20 percent in
November and December.
US survey: More than
1 in 10 kids has ADHD
ATLANTA (AP) — The
number of U.S. children with
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder continues to rise but
may be leveling off a bit, a new
survey shows.
More than 1 in 10 children
has been diagnosed with it,
according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, which surveyed more
than 95,000 parents in 2011.
ADHD diagnoses have
been rising since at least 1997,
according to CDC data. Experts
think that’s because more doctors are looking for ADHD, and
more parents know about it.
The condition makes it hard
for kids to pay attention and
control impulsive behaviors.
It’s often treated with drugs,
behavioral therapy, or both.
The latest survey found
about 11 percent of children
ages 4 through 17 had been
diagnosed with ADHD. That
translates to nearly 6 ½ million children. Half of children
are diagnosed by age 6, the
study found. A 2007 survey
put ADHD diagnoses at 9.5
percent of kids.
The CDC survey asked
parents if a health care provider told them their child had
ADHD. It’s not known how
thorough the assessment was
to reach that conclusion.
ADHD diagnoses were
increasing at a rate of about
6 percent a year in the mid2000s, but slowed to 4 percent a year from 2007 to 2011.
That may reflect that doctors
are closer to diagnosing most
of the kids with the condition, said the CDC’s Susanna
Visser, the study’s lead author.
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conspiracy group
demonstrates in
Dealey Plaza
DALLAS (AP) — Members
of a group that believes John F.
Kennedy’s assassination was
part of a conspiracy demonstrated during the ceremony in
Dealey Plaza on the 50th anniversary of the shooting.
As “America the Beautiful”
was sung, several men wearing
T-shirts showing Kennedy’s
image on the half-dollar coin
with a bullet hole and blood
gathered toward the back of
the standing crowd and silently
pointed toward the plaza’s
“grassy knoll.” The T-shirts
include the slogan “50 years in
denial is enough.”
The group usually gathers
on the “grassy knoll” for a
moment of silence at 12:30
p.m. Some members gathered
a few blocks away for their
own ceremony.
OKC bomb squad
says suspicious item
was just a burrito
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)
— A burrito caused a minor
scare at an Oklahoma City
police briefing station after a
man brought the foil-wrapped
object in for analysis.
Oklahoma City Police Capt.
Dexter Nelson says a man discovered a Thermos-type container in his lawn Thursday
afternoon and brought it to a
police briefing station. Nelson
says the container was heavy
and had tinfoil protruding from
the lid, so the man considered
it suspicious.
The Oklahoman reports that
officers told the man to leave
the container outside and the
police bomb squad X-rayed the
item. The analysis determined
that it was only a burrito.
Although it was harmless,
police aren’t laughing at the
incident. Nelson says anyone
who finds a suspicious object
should call authorities — not
bring it to a police station
themselves.
ESA satellites
in orbit to study
magnetic field
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says it has
successfully launched three
European Space Agency’s satellites intended to study Earth’s
magnetic field.
Roscosmos said that a Rokot
booster rocket launched Friday
from the Plesetsk launchpad
in northwestern Russia put
the three Swarm satellites into
their designated orbits.
During their four-year mission, the satellites will help
gather data that would help
better understand the workings of Earth’s magnetic field
that protects its biosphere from
deadly space radiation, ESA
said. The satellites will monitor the magnetic field from
Earth’s core to its upper atmosphere and perform precise
measurements to evaluate the
current weakening of the magnetic shield.
The satellites are controlled
by ESA teams at the European
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Continued from page 12
Space Operation Center in
Darmstadt, Germany.
UN court orders
release of Greenpeace ship, crew
BERLIN (AP) — A U.N.mandated tribunal has ordered
Russia to immediately release
a Greenpeace ship and its crew
in return for a 3.6 million euro
($5 million) bond.
The Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law
of the Sea ruled Friday that
“the Russian Federation shall
immediately release the vessel
Arctic Sunrise and all persons who have been detained
upon the posting of a bond or
other financial security by the
Netherlands.”
The tribunal also ordered
Russia to allow the vessel and
those detained to leave the
country. Thirty people aboard a
Greenpeace ship were detained
when the Arctic Sunrise was
seized by the Russian coast
guard after a protest near a Gazprom-owned oil rig on Sept. 18.
Most of them have already been
ordered released on bail.
Burgled Pa. tattoo
shop offers body
art for information
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) —
The owner of a Pennsylvania
tattoo shop that was broken
into is putting up an unusual
reward for information leading
to arrests — free tattoos and
piercings for life.
Brandon George of Permanently Scarred Tattoos in Berwick posted the offer on his
Facebook page after he found
the door kicked in Thursday
morning and a TV and other
gear stolen. He told The Press
Enterprise of Bloomsburg that
the break-in cost him several
thousand dollars.
George says he thinks more
than one person was involved
because it would take several
people to move his 70-inch TV
and other equipment. As for
the tattoo and piercing offer,
he says, “I’d do that in a heartbeat. That offer is good.”
Utah man found not
guilty of indecent
exposure on plane
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
— A Utah man who says he
exposed himself on a plane
because he accidentally got
peppermint oil on his private parts has been cleared of
wrongdoing.
The Salt Lake Tribune
reports a judge ruled Thursday
that 49-year-old Stuart Ronald
Clarke is not guilty of indecent
exposure.
The incident happened on
a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City last
November, when a seatmate
says she spotted Clarke fiddling with his genitals.
Prosecutors say he told
investigators he put oil on his
forehead for a headache and
then went to the bathroom with
the oil still on his hands.
He told authorities he unbuttoned his jeans as he became
uncomfortable.
The judge cited several reasons for the not guilty finding,
including that Clarke covered
himself with a jacket.
JFK’s death overshadowed Ohio
nursing home fire
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A
nursing home fire that killed 63
people in Ohio 50 years ago is
largely forgotten — and went
barely noticed at the time —
because it came just hours after
the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
Many of those who died
at the Golden Age Nursing
Home outside the northern
Ohio village of Fitchville
were restrained to their beds
or trapped behind wheelchairs
too wide for the exits.
It remains one of the worst
nursing home fires in U.S.
history. Investigators blamed
faulty wiring and found that
the nursing home didn’t have
an evacuation plan.
The fire and a string of other
nursing home fires in the 1960s
brought about better federal
and state oversight and safety
regulations for nursing homes.
Norway: workers
at US Embassy
avoided taxes
OSLO, Norway (AP) —
Norwegian tax officials say
they have reported 15 to 20
local employees at the U.S.
Embassy in Oslo to police for
not paying income tax over
several years.
The head of the country’s tax administration Hans
Christian Holte says most of
the failed payments were on
incomes of 100,000 to 600,000
kroner ($16,500-$99,000) over
10 years ending in 2011. Holte
said Friday that the most serious
violations were on incomes of
up to 2 million kroner.
The U.S. Embassy has
declined to comment on the
claims but says that paying
taxes is an issue between a
local employee and the government. It said in a statement
to the AP that the embassy
doesn’t share income information of its personnel with the
Norwegian government.
Killer dinosaur
found in Utah;
preceded T. rex
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered a killer
dinosaur that roamed in what
is now Utah some 100 million
years ago.
Experts say the discovery
provides insight into the top
predators in North America
before T. rex showed up.
The two-legged beast was
estimated to stretch more than
30 feet long and weigh more
than 3 tons. It helps fill a gap in
the fossil record of big North
American predators between
earlier killer beasts and the
arrival of the group including
T. rex. It wasn’t related to that
famous beast.
Researchers from the Field
Museum in Chicago and the
North Carolina Museum of
Natural Sciences in Raleigh
announced the finding Friday
in the journal Nature Communications. They named the
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A tent city for typhoon survivors emerges Saturday Nov. 23, 2013 at Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons to make a landfall this year, battered central Philippines Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Samoan Studies Institute
EMPLOYMENTO PPORTUNITY
Position Title:
Employment Status:
ASSISTANT ETHNOGRAPHER / VIDEOGRAPHER
Full Time/Career Service
General Description:
Under the general director of the Director of the Samoa Studies Institute, the
incumbent assists in the performance of field and archival research in oral history and
ethnography; recording and editing of research and program materials that are of
interest to SSI, students and ASCC; record activities of SSI and ASCC and compile
reports thereon as directed; maintaining and repair of equipment; coordinating field
research / trips by staff and / or students; anthropological logging and planning and
other duties directed by the director.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assist in the performance of field and archival research in oral history and
ethnography;
• Record and edit research and program materials that are of interest to SSI,
students and ASCC;
• Record activities of SSI and ASCC and compile reports thereon as directed;
• Maintain and repair equipment
• Coordinate field research/trips by staff, faculty and/or students;
• Anthropological logging and planning;
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Director.
Minimum Qualifications:
Incumbent must have an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree and at least
four years of ethnographic and video recording, with a demonstrated portfolio of
fieldwork. Incumbent must also be able to demonstrate ability to perform film/video
editing, and formulation of raw research materials into completed programs.
Salary:
$16,780.00 - $20,477.00
Application Deadline: November 29, 2013 at 04:00 pm
Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human
Resources Office. Phone 699-9155 Ext. 403/335/436 or email Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at
[email protected] or Roxanne Moananu at [email protected]
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ma latou tuli mata’iina ai loa
gaioiga e pei ona afua mai ai
lenei mataupu.
Na taua i faamaumauga a
le faamasinoga e faapea, sa
maitauina uma lava e leoleo
gaioiga a le alii Seila atoa ai
ma Vagana, i le taimi na ulufafo mai ai le Seila ma le afifi
ma tuuina atu ia Vagana i se
nofoaga e le mamao ese mai
le uafu.
I totonu o le afifi lea sa tuu
atu e le Seila ia Vagana, e tolu
nisi afifi lapopo’a o lo o i ai i
totonu, ma o ia afifi o lo o kava
uma i pepa iila ina ia faigata
ona lagona le manogi.
E le o se taimi muamua
lenei ua aafia ai Seila mai le
vaa o le Lady Naomi i ni solitulafono i totonu o le teritori.
O le tausaga na te’a nei na
molia ai se Seila i lona faia lea
o ni uiga mataga i se teineitiiti
sa malaga mai i luga o le va’a,
e aofia ai lona ave o ia i toton o
se potu ma la fai’aiga ai.
O le tausaga nei fo’i na
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o le laau faasaina o le mariuana, a’o lea fo’i ua toe alia’e
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repair technician’s in the repair of electrical and engine
driven machines
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This position is an immediate opening, and pay/benefits will be
commensurate with qualifications.
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OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB No: 017-2014
Issuance Date: November 21, 2013
Closing Date: December 04, 2013
No Later than 2:00pm local time
1. INVITATION
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Facility Repair and Canopy Construction”, located in the island of Manu’a, Territory of
AmericanS amoa.
2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa
Government, Tafuna, American Samoa 96799, until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Wednesday,
December 4, 2013 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and
read.
3. PRE-BIDC ONFERENCE
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Monday, November 25, 2013, 9:00 a.m.
at the Office of Procurement Conference Room. Bids will not be accepted from bidders
who are not present at the pre-bid conference.
4. CONTRACTD OCUMENTS
Contract documents, including Scope of Work may be examined at the Office of
Procurement or obtained there from during regular business hours.
5. The American Samoa Government reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any bid.
6. The American Samoa Government reserves the right to waive any informalities in bidding
as may be in the best interest of American Samoa Government.
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O aoaoga fo’i nei o lo o faia i ofisa o leoleo i setete uma ma
teritori o le Iunaite Setete, lona uiga, o lo o laina tutusa Amerika
Samoa ma isi vaega faamalosi tulafono i le faamalosia o tulafono e uiga i le ave taavale ‘ona.
Na fautua Leseiau i leoleo e faapea, e leai se aoga o aoaoga ua
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tagofia o le ava ma ave le taavale, leaga e aafia atu ai ma le saogalemu o tagata lautele.
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SC child taken 20 years
ago is safe in Australia
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A woman accused of
abducting her infant daughter from South Carolina 20 years ago
has been located in Australia and is facing extradition back to
the United States to face charges, federal authorities announced
this week. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said that an
indictment had been unsealed charging Dorothy Lee Barnett, 53,
with international parental kidnapping and making a false statement on a passport application.
Her daughter, Savanna Catherine Todd, now 20, was in Australia living a normal life, Nettles said.
Barnett did not have custody of her then 10-month-old
daughter when she left in 1994 from Isle of Palms, Nettles said.
At the time, police said Barnett left for a birthday party with her
daughter and never returned. In 1993, she had filed for divorce
from her husband, Bowling Green, Ky., native and former
Charleston stockbroker Benjamin Harris Todd III.
Authorities said Barnett was located in Australia earlier this
month and had been living under several aliases.
Federal authorities have not given details on how they
tracked Barnett down. In a news release, Nettles said federal law
enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Australia cooperated
on the case. Court papers show that an arrest warrant was issued
for Barnett in 1994.
Barnett has been denied bond pending extradition back to the
United States, where no court date has been set, Nettles said. If
convicted on all charges, she could face more than 20 years in
prison, and court papers listed no attorney for her.
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tagata faatoa taunuu mai.
Ua tula’i mai le faafitauli tele ia Samoa ina ua amata ona
feitana’i ona tagata na ulua’i nofoia le motu, ma i’u ai loa ina lua
itu, mulimuli ane ua tupu le taua i lo latou va. Ae ui i lea, na mafai
lava ona toe faatoafilemu i latou nei, e ui na manumalo tagata
Samoa fou ia ua faatoa taunuu mai i tagata ua leva ona taunuu,
ma faaigoa ai loa e tagata tuai tagata fou o Samoa “Togafiti” e
faamanatu ai a latou togafiti pepelo ma le mata’utia lea ua mafua
ai ona latou manumalo i fanua ma laueleele ua maea ona latou
faailogaina mo i latou lava, ma o Samoa la na amata ai ai loa
folauga ia ua mafua ai ona nofoia le tele o atumotu o le Pasefika
i le taimi nei. I faamaumauga mai ia Samoa anamua o loo taua
ai, o ona tagata na folau atu i isi atumotu o le Pasefika ma latou
vaaia ai le tulaga manuia o ia motu, ona latou toe foi mai lea ma
tapena atu o latou auaiga ma nofoia loa nei motu eseese.
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beast Siats meekerorum, after
a man-eating monster of legend
from Utah’s Ute tribe, and a
family that has donated to the
Field Museum.
China sets new air
defense zone over
the East China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — The
Chinese Defense Ministry on
Saturday issued a map of an
East China Sea Air Defense
Identification Zone including
a chain of disputes islands also
claimed by Japan. Beijing also
issued a set of rules for the
zone, saying all aircraft must
notify Chinese authorities and
are subject to emergency military measures if they do not
identify themselves or obey
orders from Beijing.
Both Beijing and Tokyo
claim the islets, known as the
Senkakus in Japan and the
Diaoyu in Chinese. Protests
erupted throughout China last
year to denounce the Japanese
government’s purchase of the
islands from private ownership.
A rising economic and military power, China has become
more assertive over its maritime claims. It has been in
rows with several neighboring
countries over islands in the
East and the South China seas.
Judge considers
closing Sriracha
hot sauce factory
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A
judge has declined to act immediately on a request to close
a factory that residents say is
stinking up their Southern California city with spicy smells
produced by the manufacture of
the popular hot sauce Sriracha.
City News Service reports
that Judge Robert O’Brien did
agree Friday to take Irwindale’s
request for a preliminary injunction to close the plant under
consideration. The judge didn’t
indicate when he might rule.
Huy Fong Foods says there
is no reason to close the plant
now because harvest season
for red-hot Jalapeno peppers,
the sauce’s key ingredient, has
passed. Residents say when the
peppers are ground into sauce
during summer months their
eyes water, they have trouble
breathing and they must stay
indoors. The issue could eventually be resolved with a trial.
Deputy pleads
guilty to helping
jail inmate escape
DENVER (AP) — A
former Denver sheriff’s deputy
has pleaded guilty to a charge
of helping an inmate escape
from jail. KMGH-TV reports
Matthew Andrews faces up to
six years in prison at his Jan.
24 sentencing after entering
his plea on Friday to a felony
charge of attempting to influence a public servant.
Prosecutors say he helped
Felix Trujillo walk out of jail in a
sheriff’s deputy’s cap and jacket
and drove him away in April.
Investigators say Andrews told
co-workers he helped with
the escape because he and his
family had been threatened.
Trujillo later surrendered.
He was sentenced to 34 years
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in prison after pleading guilty
to both the escape and the robbery he was in jail for at the
time of his escape.
Obama speaks
to Peace Corps
to honor J.F.K.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama has
spoken with Peace Corps volunteers in Tanzania to pay tribute
to President John F. Kennedy.
The White House says Obama
met with volunteers and leaders
via videoconference on Friday,
the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination.
Kennedy is credited with
establishing the Peace Corps.
Obama opened the meeting
with a moment of silence to
honor Kennedy’s memory.
Obama also heard about work
Americans are doing overseas
to promote public health, food
security and youth empowerment. The White House says
since the Peace Corps was
created, more than 215,000
Americans have participated,
serving in 139 countries.
ex-cop sentenced
for sex assaults
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)
— A former Garden Grove
police officer who sodomized
three women he dated has been
sentenced to 12 years in prison.
City News Service says
36-year-old Jesse Green was
sentenced Friday in Orange
County. He was convicted of
three forcible sodomy charges
in September. Prosecutors say
the Huntington Beach man
assaulted the women between
2006 and 2009. He met two
victims online and a third
through friends.
Authorities say two women
had consensual sex with Green
but he also forced them to commit
sex acts while insulting them
and saying he was giving them
a sexually transmitted disease.
One woman told the judge that
Green was a “Jekyll and Hyde”
who turned into a monster.
At trial, Green denied sexually assaulting the women,
saying he understood that “no
means no.”
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HURRICANE
SEASON
NOVEMBER - APRIL
VAI
TAU
AFA
NOVEMA - APERILA
We have witness the devastation Ua tatou molimauina le faigata ua
in the Philippines as Typhoon
iai nei le atu-Filipaina ona o le
Hyian (Yolanda) blows through… malosi o le Afa o Hyian (Yolanda)…
Prepare now by putting a
EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT
together for your family
Water/Vai
C
M
Y
K
C
M
Y
K
Tapena nei ma tu’u fa’atasi ni
OLOA FA’ALEOLEO
mo lou aiga
Radio/Leitio Flashlight/Batteries
Moli-uila/Ma’a
Food/Mea’ai
Medication/Prescription
Fuala’au/Vaila’au fa’atonuina
First Aid Kit/Oloa mo manu’a
-
1 gallon of WATER per person per day
Battery powered RADIO
FLASHLIGHT and batteries
FOOD
FIRST AID KIT
MEDICINE including prescription
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1 le kalone VAI mo le tagata i le aso
LEITIO e ola i ma’a moli-uila
MOLI-UILA ma ma’a
MEA’AI TAUMAFA
OLOA mo lavea ma manu’a
FUALA’AU ma vaila’au mo ma’itaga
BE HURRICANE READY / SAUNI MA TAPENA
NEI MO AFA MA
MATAGI
MALOLOSI
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