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Tri Marine International will begin canning skipjack tuna under Costco’s signature brand Kirkland with Chicken of the Sea brand lightmeat tuna being dropped by the retailing giant.
The product will be in the stores next week according to sources speaking to Undercurrent News.
According to these same sources, the rationale of the switch from Costco is Tri Marine can offer a fully integrated supply chain with its own fleets and own plants.
The initial production of the range is being done in Thailand, with Chotiwat Manufacturing Company (CMC) the processor with TriMarine, planning to move processing to its Samoa Tuna Processors (STP) plant in American Samoa once the canning sec-tion of the plant opens, which is scheduled for the end of the year. Undercurrent News says Costco is making several changes with the Tri Marine-supplied product, in addition to the switch of supplier and move to its own brand.
The product will not contain any vegetable broth and will be caught by vessels fishing on free schools of tuna, not using fish aggregation devices (FADs), sources said. It will use skipjack
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by Rhonda Annesley, Editor-in-Chief
The Center For Medicare & Medicaid Ser-vices (CMS) survey report, in its summary statement of more than ten violations of federal regulations at LBJ Medical Center, points to a ‘condition’ that must be met by the provider of Medicare & Medicaid services — which is that “the hospital must have an effective Governing Body that is legally responsible for the conduct of the hospital as an institution.”
According to the CMS report, “if a hospital does not have an organized governing body, the persons legally responsible for the conduct of the hospital must carry out the functions specified in this part that pertain to the governing body.”
Samoa News should point out that the CMS report uses the term “Governing Body” and does not identify it as the LBJ Board of Directors. However, Samoa News notes the LBJ Board has conducted itself as a ‘governing board’ by being responsible for personnel hires and terminations, which includes medical doctors and the hospital’s CEO and CFO, as well as financial issues.
The report is the result of a surprise survey conducted by a CMS team from the San Fran-cisco Regional Office in June this year of the LBJ Medical Center’s Dialysis Clinic and a full Medicare certification survey of the hospital.
According to the CMS Medicare report of LBJ, the CONDITION (their capitalization) — that a hospital must have an “effective Gov-erning Body that is legally responsible for the conduct of the hospital as an institution” was not met, based on interviews and record reviews the CMS team conducted in June this year.
The 12 areas in which the governing body is deemed deficient, failed to do the following:
1. “…to ensure that the categories of the eligible medical staff practitioners/ candidates were appointed to the medical staff”.
2. “…to ensure that the medical staff was accountable” to the Board for the quality of care provided to the hospital’s patients.
3. “…to ensure that the criteria for selection of medical staff membership included individual
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The commercial building across from Matafao Elementary School was completely destroyed by fire during the evening hours of Labor Day. The two-story structure was home to a family occu-pying the second level while the main floor housed three businesses: Ae Designz, H&H Air Con-ditioning, and Fast Kind Loans. According to Fuega Moliga, assistant to the DPS Commissioner, first responders received a call reporting the fire on Monday night at around 11 p.m. He said when police and firefighters arrived, the family residing on the second floor of the building were already standing outside with some of their belongings, watching the structure go up in flames.
The fire caused traffic to be backed up all the way to Matu’u yesterday morning. Fuega said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. He added that everything in the building was com-pletely destroyed but luckily, nobody was injured. Efforts by the Samoa News to obtain comments from the business owners were unsuccessful as of press time. [photo: AF]
Tuaolo: O suiga
tula-fono palota na afua
mai fautuaga Kovana
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le autu moni o suiga e pei ona fuafuaina i le tulafono tau palota, e pei ona fa’amalamalama e le Komesina o Palota i luma o le Senate ananafi, ina ia mafai ai ona taugofie le auala e faatautaia ai palotaga a le atunuu, ma aveese ai faiga e ono fa’alavelave ai i tagata palota, i le taimi e fa’aali ai a latou aia e palota ai mo le sui ua latou filifili e agava’a i le tofi.
Saunoa le tofa Tuaolo M. Fruen i se iloiloga sa valaauina e le Komiti a le Senate i le taeao ananafi, o suiga e fa e pei ona taua i totonu o le tulafono lea ua i luma o le fono, na afua mai i se fautuaga mai le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliaga ina ua fa’atoa tofia o ia e avea ma Komesina o Palota, i le sailia lea o se auala e fa’a faigofie ai palotaga a le atunuu.
O le to’atele o le komiti a le senate sa maua avanoa e saunoa ai i lenei mataupu, sa latou fa’aalia lagona e lagolago ai suiga i le tulafono, sei vagana ai lava le suiga lona lua lea e fa’asa ai ona toe fai ni BBQ e latalata i le fale fai palota, ma le suiga lona fa e fa’asa ai faiga fa’atosina po o vaega ia e taua o meaalofa e afua atu ona o tu ma agaifanua a Samoa.
Saunoa le afioga Mauga Tasi Asuega e fa’apea, e tatau ona matua manino lelei po o fea tonu vaega e tatau ona fa’asa ai BBQ ona toe fai i aso o le palota, ina ne’i avea ma mataupu e vevesi ai tagata o le atunuu.
online @ samoanews.Com UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon was bestowed a Samoan chiefly title of Tupua on Saturday (Samoa time) in Saleapaga, Lepa, Samoa.
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by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu Samoa News Reporter
APIA,SAMOA — One of the 10 contestants will be crowned McDonald’s Miss Samoa 2014 this coming Saturday, September 6, 2014 in front of the government building in town.
McDonald’s Family Restaurant, owned by Tautolo Charlie Tautolo is the major sponsor of the event. The ten contestants are Josephine Mafoa, Faalagilagi Vaifale Tuisalega Farani, Monica Giselle Sene Schwenke, Tu’utasio Aiga Jessica Taulaga, Tusipepa Sandra Lilomaiava, Tili Lafaele, Monica Tuaimau Evans, Fa’ailoga Leagiagi Leota, Cheyenne Faapaia Maiava and Latafale Auva’a.
Samoa News reported on five of the ten con-testants in yesterday’s edition.
The lady who will be crowned Miss Samoa will represent Samoa at local and international events, including the Miss South Pacific Pag-eant, which will be held in November this year.
MISS CULtURE X SAMOA
Monica Gisella Sene Schwenke, 26, was born and raised in Samoa by her late Father Fred-erick Schwenke and her mother Rita Betham-Schwenke. Ms Schwenke is the youngest of her siblings from the villages of Aleipata, Taufusi, Lefaga, Lepea and Vaoala. She’s lived in the United states of America, New Zealand and Australia. “My time spent between home in Samoa and abroad, has shaped and sharpened me to appreciate and uphold the Fa’a Samoa and Aganu’u.
She’s currently studying for her Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Performing Arts at Auckland University. Ms Schwenke is a volunteer tutor at Matavai Cultural Arts, where she teaches female students ages 5-19 how to conduct the Siva Samoa and Samoan Culture. “I am proud to say that I have matured into a grounded and graceful Samoan Tama’ita’i who values respect and patience, posses the virtues of honesty and humility, is resilient, hard working and journeys through all things with great love.”
She believes that with God, all things are possible. “I am grateful for the strength he has provided me, the people he has surrounded me with and the opportunity he has given me, to journey to the Miss Samoa 2014 pageant. “My ambition is to become a role model and an ambassador for the Youth of Samoa, to stand tall and encourage them to be proud of their identity and hold on to their culture.”
MISS SUPERKIdZ SAMOA FOUNdAtION
Fa’ailoga Leota is an independent young woman, who’s interested in helping other people and serving the public. “I love dancing and showcasing my dancing talent. “I hope to own my own dance company in the future to teach and guide kids to reach their full potential.”
MISS MOAtOGA ENtERPRISES Afiogatuutasioaiga Jessica Taulaga was born and raised in Sydney, Australia but despite living and being invested in this multicultural society, she has also spent a lot of her time in Samoa, growing up with strong Christian faith. “Being raised and taught of the unique values, tradition and culture of our beautiful Samoa, as well as the qualities of a ‘tamaitai Samoa’, I feel beyond privileged to be a Samoan and want to showcase this privilege to others.”
Ms Taulaga is currently pursuing a Bach-elor of Arts & a BachBach-elor of Communication in Journalism and participating in this prestigious event would allow her the opportunity to fur-ther her knowledge of the world and our dear Samoa, to encourage and promote our Samoan Women within our society.
“I love to challenge myself because I want to believe and better myself, hence competing in this pageant will help me gain more experi-ences and take back wonderful memories. As a contestant in the Miss Samoa Pageant 2014, I will flaunt and uphold the respectful, and moral traditions and values of our esteemed Samoa.
MISS POLyNESIAN SHIPPING LINE Ltd Josephine Mafoa grew up in a religious Samoan family which she claimed has shaped her to the woman she is today.
Born in Siumu, Ms Mafoa at the age of 12, moved with her to New Zealand, where she attended university. She holds a Bachelors in Commerce, and was an accountant and mar-keting assistant at Audio Management Group Ltd in NZ.
“I’m currently enrolled at Massey Univer-sity Grad School and recently started a business with my mum and sister.
“In the next 5 years I hope to continue my studies, because I’m a strong believer in a good combination of theoretical knowledge and prac-tical experience.”
She added,“I strongly believe that the values of our culture, respect — fa’aaloalo, serving — o le ala i le pule o le tautua, humility — loto maualalo and being courteous – aga ma uiga tausa’afia are what defines and sets us tama’itai Samoa apart.
“To be a tama’ita’i Samoa is to carry one’s self with a humble, graceful poise yet at the same time stand proud in and be empowered by our heritage and culture.”
Ms Mafoa is honored to be part of the Miss Samoa pageant 2014 calling it a dream come true “as it is an opportunity to serve our country.
“We are Samoa”, and I look forward to cel-ebrating what makes our country unique, with our culture and traditions while also promoting our beautiful piece of paradise.”
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OtHER SAMOAN CUStOMS WOULd bE bANNEd by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
Several senators, who spoke during a Senate hearing on an administration bill which would ban the distribution of food on election day, are in agreement that local elections have become costly to candidates and their families. Government witnesses attending yesterday’s hearing were Chief Election Officer Tuaolo M. Fruean, Election Office legal counsel Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde and Deputy Attorney General Mitzie Jessop.
Tuaolo revealed in the hearing that the bill, which has four major amendments to current election laws, was drafted by the Election Office. He told senators that when he was appointed to the post, the governor had recommended that he find a way to reduce campaign costs for candidates during election.
tIE VOtE
One proposed amendment provides for a run-off in case of a tie vote between two or more candidates, when there is at least one additional candidate not involved in the tie. Local law (ASCA 6.0901) states that in case of the failure of an election by reason of the equality of vote between two or more candidates, the tie shall be decided by lot, under the supervision of the Chief Election Officer.
Tuaolo explained that in a recent House election with three candidates, two of them were tied — and the tie was decided by lot. However, he said the third candidate had received 100 votes, and these 100 voters didn’t have a chance to decide in a run off election as to which candidate they would support.
(Samoa News should point out that under current law no run off is required in the Congressional or gubernatorial races. A run off is required by law if none of the gubernatorial teams received 50% plus one vote to win in the general election.)
According to the new bill, the tie shall be decided by a run off election held no later than 30-days after the general election.
FREE FOOd
Distribution of free food — including barbecue plates — has long been part of election fever in American Samoa. And on election day candidates have tents at villages where the polling stations are located, where free food is handed out to voters and non-voters alike. However, the bill describes such action as a campaign activity which would therefore be prohibited.
Tuaolo acknowledged that tents where free food is distrib-uted on election day is a common practice but that this has also prevented some people from going to the polls, so they could avoid having to pass by the gauntlet of food distribution tents.
Under this proposed amendment, Tuaolo said voters would be given a choice to go to vote on their own and decide for the candidate they feel should be elected without having to deal with the tents giving out free food. Several senators agreed, saying this practice has also made it costly for candidates running for office. Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, a former chief election officer, added that it’s important to protect the integrity of the election process, and such practices should be eliminated to ensure there is no hint of trying to influence voters.
Gov. Lolo has said that the practice of distributing free food — including but not limited to barbecue plates on election day — may “unfairly influence electors in the exercise of the franchise, and when conducted near locations where voting is taking place, tends to disrupt the flow of voting activities at such location.”
ELECtION FRAUd ANd SAMOAN CUStOMS Current law provides for actions which are considered election fraud, such as a person giving or lending money to a qualified voter. (ASCA 6.1203). The bill proposes adding this provision of the law: that even if the giving “is presented in accordance with Samoan customs” — that will still be considered election fraud.
Lolo had told the Fono that while it may be Samoan custom for candidates to make presentations of money or items of value to their families or village councils, this may unfairly influence electors and is contrary to the law.
In fact, he said, the High Court has declared such presenta-tions unlawful when made to influence the ballot. He cited the 1994 court case of Mau Mau Jr. vs. Fuimaono.
Tauiliili-Langkilde explained briefly the court case, which was filed by Mau to invalidate the 1994 election results for House District #6, wherein the court sided with Mau. She said that the court considered Samoan sua presentations and gifts of value given by another candidate were in violation of election law.
Tuaolo added that under the bill, use of Samoan customs — with gifts and/or sua presentations — will be prohibited.
Soliai explained the challenge centered on the ‘fa’aaloaloga” or “sua presentations” at the village level which resulted in the case going to court. He also made it clear that local law allows individuals to make election contributions of up to $500 and cor-porations up to $2,000 to a candidate of their choice.
Senate hears testimony
on a bill banning free
food at polling stations
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent Is American Samoa prepared to prevent the spread of Ebola virus — which has no tested and proven vaccine — within our borders, and what measures are in place to monitor the out-break that has hit the five West African countries killing more than 1,000 people?
Those are the two main health questions that the Senate Health/LBJ Committee wants addressed by both the Department of Health and the LBJ Medical Center officials in a hearing that was initially set for today by Sen. Mauga T. Asuega, chairman of the Senate Health/LBJ Committee.
However, the committee yesterday postponed the hearing until a later date because one of the physicians needing to testify was off island. The committee will announce later a new date.
The Ebola hearing followed a request by Sen. Tuiasina S. Esera at Thursday’s Senate session. Tuiasina pointed out that television news has shown a major outbreak causing many deaths on the African continent and it continues to spread. Tuiasina reminded those present that it’s the responsibility of the “fathers of the country”, or ‘tama o le atunu’u” —referring to the sena-tors — to make sure that the people of American Samoa are protected from diseases and other afflictions affecting the world.
He says the U.S. has already done its prepa-ration and protection from this deadly outbreak and he wondered if American Samoa is prepared to protect local borders. He said hundreds of people, including a delegation from American Samoa are attending this week’s UN Small Island Developing States conference in Apia.
Tuiasina says there may be delegates from African countries attending the conference and he is concerned with returning local residents getting exposed to Ebola from others who may have contracted the virus. Tuiasina called for a Senate hearing to find out what preventive mea-sures are in place by local health officials to pro-tect the territory’s borders.
Mauga agreed with Tuiasina’s concern and pointed out that during a Senate Health committee hearing more than a week ago on the Chikun-gunya virus, the issue of Ebola was also raised and
according to Department of Health officials, Amer-ican Samoa is aware of it and working on border protection. However, Mauga said a hearing is still necessary and requested that in addition to DoH and LBJ officials attending the hearing, a report on the Ebola virus is also needed by the committee.
In the meantime, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has mobilized a team of health surveillance specialists to help the Samoa Min-istry of Health with public health surveillance at the SIDS conference. (See story in this issue.)
During the Senate committee hearing more than a week ago, Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua told senators that DoH is concerned about the Ebola outbreak. “We have been directed by the governor to work with LBJ and our other part-ners to come up with a plan on how to handle our borders if this (Ebola) gets closer to American Samoa,” Motusa said. “We also understand that Health Department has the authority, under local law, to close our borders — if we feel it’s neces-sary — with the consensus of all of our partners. If the need requires us to close our borders, we will consult with the governor for an emergency dec-laration that a health situation exists and the Fono will be consulted as well.”
According to the U.S. Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC), working together with the World Health Organization (WHO), as of Aug. 28 there are 3,069 suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola while there are 1,552 deaths from the outbreak.
The outbreak is affecting four countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone but “does not pose a significant risk to the United States”, according to the CDC website, which provides more details at: www.cdc.gov
Also on Aug. 28, the WHO issued a roadmap to scale up international response to the Ebola out-break in west Africa. WHO said in an international news release that the aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any fur-ther international spread. It also says that nearly 40% of the total number of reported cases have occurred within the past three weeks, according to the WHO website at: www.who.int
UNODC warns — Small Island
States vulnerable to corruption
September 1, 2014 — On the occasion of a side event during the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) taking place in Samoa from 1-4 September, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said in prepared remarks that the SIDS were vulnerable to the corro-sive effects of corruption, particularly as it impacts sustainable development.
“To address this challenge,” he said, “we have the UN Con-vention Against Corruption (UNCAC), which is the sole glob-ally accepted framework to fight corruption, with 171 States parties, including 28 SIDS.”
The conference, which has drawn 3,000 participants from SIDS and elsewhere, seeks to galvanize renewed action for small island nations, including identifying how they will transition to a more sustainable development path regarding issues like climate change and renewable energy.
The UNODC side-event, titled “Sustainable Anti-Corruption Reform in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)” drew atten-tion to the importance of a common understanding around gov-ernance and anti-corruption.
The joint UNODC-UN Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project was also highlighted as an excellent platform for achieving anti-corruption objectives in the Pacific, and the UNCAC Review Mechanism was mentioned as a key entry point to reform.
“The importance of combating corruption and promoting good governance has increasingly come to the fore, notably in the ongoing dialogue on the post-2015 development agenda,” UNODC Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Jeremy Douglas, on behalf of Mr. Fedotov, stressed. Other issues discussed at the side-event included the need to link small states efforts to address transnational organised crime, money laundering and corruption, and how to use anti-corrup-tion tools like whistleblower and witness protecanti-corrup-tion schemes in a small state context.
Mr. Douglas was joined at the side-event by UN Develop-ment Group Assistant Secretary-General, Haoliang Xu, the Attorney-General of the Federated States of Micronesia, April D. Skilling, as well as an expert panel drawn from several regions of the world and UNDP.
Obama addresses
West Africans on
facts about Ebola
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama urged West Africans on Tuesday to wear gloves and masks when caring for Ebola patients or burying anyone who died of the disease.He also discouraged the traditional burial practice of directly touching the body of someone who died of Ebola, which is one way the disease has been spreading in the region.
“You can respect your traditions and honor your loved ones without risking the lives of the living,” Obama said in a brief video message to residents of hard-hit Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria.
The video was posted on the White House website. “Stopping this disease won’t be easy but we know how to do it.”
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,500 people in the four countries.
In the video, Obama said the first step to slowing the disease is to know the facts, and then delivered a tutorial on how Ebola is and isn’t spread.
Obama said the disease isn’t spread through the air, like the flu, or through such casual contact as sitting next to someone on a bus.
People also cannot get the Ebola virus from another person until that individual shows symptoms of the disease, like fever, he said.
Obama said the most common method of infection is from touching the body fluids — sweat, saliva or blood — of some-one who is ill or has died of the disease. Contact with a con-taminated item, such as a needle, is another common infection method, he said.
He said anyone who feels sick should get help immediately, saying nearly half of patients can recover provided they seek prompt medical treatment.
Obama also was briefed Tuesday on the Ebola crisis by Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion. Frieden recently returned from a visit to West Africa.
Senate voices concern about
diseases and border security
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by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa News Correspondent
To fully protect the interest of the people of American Samoa in a case on appeal, the American Samoa govern-ment and Congressman Faleo-mavaega Eni have asked the federal appeals court in Wash-ington D.C. to allow the pair to intervene in the citizenship lawsuit case, in which five American Samoan plaintiffs seek to overturn a decision by the lower court, which last year dismissed the plaintiff’s claim that because they were born in American Samoa they are automatically U.S. citizens under provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
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ASG and Faleomavaega argue that they have a direct substantial interest in this case and are so situated that dis-posing of the case may impede their ability to protect that interest.
The pair noted in their motion that ASG is the demo-cratically elected government of the people of American Samoa, and Faleomavaega is the only elected representative of the American Samoa people to the U.S. Congress.
“A decision from this Court that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies would impede the his-torical ability of the American Samoa Government to nego-tiate with the federal govern-ment about the naturalization status of American Samoans and the ability of... Faleoma-vaega to represent the Samoan people on this important issue before Congress,” it says.
The motion further points out that the interests of American Samoa will not be adequately represented by the parties to this action and noted that Faleomavaega had explained to the lower court in his amicus brief, that a ruling that the Citizenship Clause encompasses the people of American Samoa could have unintended and harmful effects on their culture.
ASG “shares this view” of the Congressman, according to the motion, which also noted that the plaintiffs and their non-Samoan amici (friends of the Court) are directly opposed to it.
“The plaintiffs assert indi-vidual harm based on their status as U.S. nationals, but they do not consider the poten-tial societal harms that their proposed remedy could cause in American Samoa,” the motion states.
And although the U.S. defendants have taken the legal position that Proposed Intervenors advocate, the U.S. defendants have no particular interest in protecting the
tradi-tional way of life in American Samoa, it says.
According to the motion, ASG’s request to intervene is timely and will not prejudice any of the parties. Addition-ally, the motion to intervene was filed in accordance with an initial order of the Appeals court.
Citing federal court case laws and other federal provi-sions of the law, the motion argues that ASG and Faleoma-vaega have standing to partici-pate in this suit.
It went on to argue that the Samoan plaintiffs in the law-suit “seeks to circumvent the historical role of ASG in nego-tiating with the U.S. about the rights of the American Samoan people, and this Court should not exclude the America Samoa Government from that
litigation, particularly because the interests advanced by the Samoan Plaintiff are adverse to those advanced by the Amer-ican Samoa Government.”
According to the motion, Faleomavaega also has per-sonal interest at stake in the action. For example, if the Samoan plaintiffs succeed in this suit, “Faleomavaega will suffer several, specific harms”:
• It will undermine his role as advisor to Congress on the question of Samoan citizenship;
• It will nullify his ability to guide legislation through the House of Representatives on the subject of Samoan citizen-ship; it may preclude him from choosing U.S. national status in the future; and,
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ASG & Faleomavaega file motion
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SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji’s military commander said Tuesday that Syrian rebels have issued three demands for the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers they’ve held captive for five days.
Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga said the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front wants to be taken off the U.N. terrorist list, wants humani-tarian aid delivered to parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and wants compensation for three of its fighters it says were killed in a shootout with U.N. officers. Tikoitoga didn’t say if the demands would be seriously considered. He said the U.N. had sent hostage negotiators to Syria to take over discussions from military leaders.
The Nusra Front abducted the Fijian soldiers on Thursday and is holding them at an unknown location. The rebels on Thursday also surrounded two Filipino units serving in the U.N. mission that monitors the buffer zone between Israel and Syria, but the Filipino troops escaped over the weekend.
In Manila, Philippines, military chief of staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang said the 40 Filipino peacekeepers who escaped had not accepted a rebel demand that they give up their firearms and surrender because that would have put the troops in grave danger.
Catapang said the rebel demands for the Fijians’ release showed their true nature. “We don’t negotiate with terrorists,” Catapang said. “We have machine guns and crew-served weapons so if we give them our weapons, this will help create an international problem.”
Tikoitoga on Tuesday also released the names of the 45 detained Fijian soldiers, who he said are led by Captain Savenaca Siwatibau Rabuka. The commander asked Fiji’s community and church leaders to help look after the families of the captive troops and asked the public to also offer support.
Fiji says rebels issue
demands for captives
by B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
LOCALS tAKE PARt IN PEStICIdE tRAINING Employees from the American Samoa Environmental Protec-tion Agency (AS-EPA) were joined by representatives from the Dept. of Health, the ASCC Community and Natural Resources (CNR) Division, the Dept. of Agriculture, and the Customs Division of Treasury last week for a special training and work-shop held at the DOA conference room, regarding the use of pesticides.
An official from the USEPA’s San Francisco office was present to provide technical assistance for the training program which focused on the regulations regarding pesticides and how to use them properly.
Pesticides are toxic — some more than others — and when not used correctly, they can get into the soil, air, water, and via these sources, into our food.
The training program stressed the importance of using pesti-cides the right way and ensuring that only pestipesti-cides that have been approved by the USEPA can be used in the territory.
ECE, SPEd tEACHERS COMPLEtE ORIENtAtION Over 100 teachers from the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program and Special Education (SPED) attended orienta-tion sessions and workshops last week at the ECE main office in Fagatogo, in preparation for the new school year.
While all local public schools are set to start instruction today for SY 2014-2015, ECE students and those in the Manu’a Islands will begin classes next Monday, Sept. 8
Orientation for those involved in the ECE program on the east side will be held today, while those from the central area will have orientation tomorrow. West side SPED and ECE teachers are scheduled for orientation on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Last week’s orientation focused on what is expected of the teachers, as far as adhering to federal regulations for the ECE and SPED programs, as well as local guidelines set by ASG and the local Dept. of Education.
Teachers were also informed about getting licensed, certified, and taking the PRAXIS test.
Altogether, as of last Friday, a total of 1,332 students were already registered for the ECE program and the number is enough to meet the requirement for funded enrollment under the program.
In Tutuila, Aunu’u and Manu’a, there are 23 ECE centers and 43 classrooms that serve the territory’s youngest students.
PROJECt LAUOLAOLA OPENS At HOPE HOUSE The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition, in part-nership with the Dept. of Agriculture and Hope House at Fatuo-aiga, have announced the opening of their newest community outreach project: Lauolaola.
In her remarks, Rochelle Reid of the ASCCC said the pri-mary mission of their organization is to fight cancer locally and attack the risk factors (hypertension, diabetes and obesity) that increase the likelihood of developing cancer.
The goal of the project is to expand outreach efforts to ‘com-munity health’ and getting the kids involved, by letting them plant fruits and vegetables and educating them on the benefits of eating healthy because ‘a healthy Samoa can eliminate cancer’.
Project Lauolaola encourages kids to garden and teaches them that hard work and commitment are very important.
Mrs. Pohakalani Mauga said the project aims to get kids excited about eating what they grow.
ASbdC COMPEtItION IN FULL SWING
In its third show since opening night, American Samoa’s Best Dance Crew (ASBDC) competition is getting better, with new acts signing on— and showing off their skills.
Last week, a handful of new groups took center stage at the Fale Laumei in Utulei and with their participation, things are getting pretty heated. In the words of one of the judges, “Now we have a competition”.
Things weren’t exactly popping during opening night, with the judges commenting on the poor preparation by some of the acts and the need to ‘tighten’ up some of the routines.
It was Flower Power — a new entry that night — that stole the second show a week later but the acts that followed during last week’s third show have proven that they have what it takes to walk away with the title and the grand prize of $2,000 provided by ASBDC’s major sponsor — McDonald’s Amer-ican Samoa.
The ASBDC competition, which is grounded in hip hop, will be ongoing for the next five weeks and can be viewed live on KVZK-TV Channel 2 every Thursday at 7 p.m. or at the Gov-ernor H. Rex Lee Auditorium, where admission is free.
The ASBDC competition is hosted by the Dept. of Youth and Women’s Affairs.
American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB-071-2014
Issuance Date: September 02, 2014 Closing Date: September 16, 2014 No later than 2:00 p.m. (local time) 1. INVITATION
Sealed bids are invited from qualified contractors for the “Landscaping Services for
AUASI W HARF ” located in the village of Aunuu, Territory of American Samoa. 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), Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and r ead.
3. PRE-BID CONFERENCE
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Auasi Wharf. Bids will not be accepted from bidders who are not present at the pre-bid meeting.
4. CONTRACT D OCUMENTS
The Invitation For Bids (IFB) documents, including plans and specifications, may be examined at the Office of Procurement or obtained there from, free of charge.
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 informality in
bidding as may be in the interest of the American Samoa Government.
TIAOTALAGA J.E. KRUSE
Chief Procurement Officer
“Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action”
Paramount Builders was one of the few businesses that participated in the festivities held last Friday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium to celebrate ASG Workforce Day — a program to honor all the working men and women of the territory, from both the government and the private sector. [photo: BC]
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OU TE SAVALI I A’U UPU - I WALK THE TALK
1974 Teacher at Central Intermediate School, Honolulu, Hawai’i
1975-1980 Teacher at Farrington High School, Honolulu, Hawai’i
1975-1980 Head Coach for the Farrington High School Track and Wrestling team, Honolulu,
Hawai’i
1970-1980 Served as a member of the Hawaii National Guard
1980-1987 Assigned to the 100th Battalion 442nd Infantry with mission to establish new
infantry Army Reserve Unit in American Samoa
1987 Opened New United States Army Reserve Te’o Center & Post Exchange Store
1987-1990 Assigned to the Battalion S4 for 100th Battalion at Fort DeRussy, Hawai’i
1990-1995 Assigned to the G3 operations for 9th Corps Regional Command
1995-1996 Assistant Professor of Military Science at UCLA
1997-1999 Secretary for General Staff 9th Corps Regional Command
1999-2001 Assigned to American Samoa as Installation Commander with mission to establish
a new Engineering and Maintenance Unit
2000 Established the new SROTC program at the American Samoa Community College
2001 Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from US military service with almost 31 years of
reserve and active duty
2008 March Appointed Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the US Army for American Samoa
2008 June Assigned as the Director of Army Instruction for American Samoa JROTC Program
CIVIC AFFILIATIONS:
Mapu Jamias is a chartered member of the Lions Club, Masons and Shriners, ASNOC Executive Council for Boxing and Wrestling, a member of the VFW, a member of the Samoan Veterans Association and a Commissioner of the American Samoa Political Status Commission.
2010 Selected onto the AIBA Executive Committee for Olympic Boxing and appointed
chairman of AIBA’s Athlete & Youth Commission
2011 Selected as an International Technical Official of AIBA
2012 Selected by AIBA as a Technical Official for 2012 London Olympics
Born April 8, 1950 on Tutuila island, American Samoa. Moved to the state of Hawaii in 1959.
Graduated from Punahou High School in 1969. Graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Special Education f rom the University of Hawaii in 1974. Graduated with a Masters of Science in General Administration from Central Michigan University in 1998.
Married Elizabeth A. Puha (deceased). Children: Dr. Alohalani Jamias (daughter) & Mapu S. Jamias Jr . (son)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The international group Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have been “reduced to places where people go to die alone.”
In separate remarks after a United Nations meeting on the crisis, the World Health Organization chief said everyone involved had underestimated the outbreak, which has now killed more than 1,500 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. U.N. officials implored governments worldwide to send medical workers and material contributions.
Meanwhile in Liberia, a missionary organization announced that another American doctor has become infected.
Doctors Without Borders, which has treated more than 1,000 Ebola patients in West Africa since March, is completely over-whelmed by the disease, said Joanne Liu, the organization’s president. She called on other countries to contribute civilian and military medical personnel familiar with biological disasters. “Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it,” Liu said at a U.N. forum on the outbreak. “Ebola treatment centers are reduced to places where people go to die alone, where little more than palliative care is offered.”
In Sierra Leone, she said, infectious bodies are rotting in the streets. Liberia had to build a new crematorium instead of new Ebola care centers.
At the U.N. meeting, WHO Director Margaret Chan thanked countries that have helped but said: “We need more from you. And we also need those countries that have not come on board.”
Later at a news conference, she warned that the outbreak will get worse before it gets better.
President Barack Obama urged West Africans on Tuesday to wear gloves and masks when caring for Ebola patients or burying anyone who died of the disease. He discouraged the burial practice of directly touching the body of Ebola victims, which is one way the disease has been spreading. “You can respect your traditions and honor your loved ones without risking the lives of the living,” Obama said in the brief video message.
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the situation is now the world’s first Ebola epidemic, given how widely it is spreading.
The latest missionary to come down with the disease, a male obstetrician, was not immediately identified by the group Serving In Mission. The group did not specify how he contracted the dis-ease, but it can be spread through vaginal fluids. He did not work in an Ebola ward.
A Liberian doctor on the missionary’s treatment team said it was too soon to tell whether he will be evacuated. The doctor would speak only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with reporters.
Last month, two Americans, including one from the same missionary group, were evacuated to the United States for treat-ment after contracting Ebola in Liberia. The two recovered after receiving an experimental drug known as ZMapp. The manufac-turer says it has run out of supplies of the drug and it will take months to produce more.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday announced a $24.9 million, 18-month contract with Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. to speed development of ZMapp. As part of the project, Mapp is to make a small amount of the drug for early-stage safety testing, while working with the Department of Health and Human Services to accelerate the manufacturing process.
The outbreak has taken a particularly high toll on health care workers, and nurses in Liberia and Sierra Leone have repeatedly gone on strike to demand hazard pay and better protective gear.
On Monday, nurses at a major hospital in the Liberian capital went on strike, according to spokesman Jerald P. Dennis III. While JFK hospital is treating Ebola patients, the striking nurses were all from non-Ebola wards.
Information Minister Lewis Brown said late Tuesday that the dispute had been resolved, but Dennis said discussions were ongoing. Meanwhile, the Sierra Leone government said nurses were back at work Tuesday after a strike at a Freetown hospital this weekend. The government has said it will pay out all accrued hazard pay and double the allowance going forward.
Also Tuesday, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warned that food in countries hit by Ebola is becoming more expensive and will become scarcer because some farmers can’t reach their fields. Authorities have cordoned off entire towns in an effort to halt the virus’ spread. Surrounding countries have closed land borders, and airlines have suspended flights to and from the affected countries. Seaports are losing traffic, restricting food imports to the hardest-hit countries.
Those countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — all rely on grain from abroad to feed their people, according to the U.N. food agency. For instance, the price of cassava root, a staple in many West African diets, has gone up 150 percent in one market in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.
“Even prior to the Ebola outbreak, households in some of the affected areas were spending up to 80 percent of their incomes on food,” said Vincent Martin, who is coordinating the food agency’s response to the crisis. “Now these latest price spikes are effec-tively putting food completely out of their reach.”
Group says world is losing battle against Ebola
Health workers spray the body of a amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus with disinfectant, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014.
Food in countries hit by Ebola is getting more expensive and will become scarcer because many farmers won’t be able to access fields, a U.N. food agency warned Tuesday.
An Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,500 people, and authorities have cordoned off entire towns in an effort to halt the virus’ spread. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent A petition by eleven local sports association to, among other things, oust two top executives of the American Samoa National Olympic Com-mittee (ASNOC) board has prompted a call by the International Olympic Committee and the Oceania National Olympic Committee to provide complete reports regarding the allegations cited in the petition.
According to the Aug.19 petition, the sports asso-ciation under the ASNOC umbrella called for an “Extraordinary General Assembly” of the ASNOC and the meeting was then scheduled for Sept. 5.
The petition seeks to remove ASNOC presi-dent J. Victor Langkilde for alleged violations of ASNOC bylaws and constitution for making pay-ments and donations without ASNOC approval. It also wants to remove secretary general Billy Young, who they allege is not a U.S. National and therefore does not qualify for the post.
In a Sept. 1 letter to all sports federations, Langkilde said the IOC and ONOC have con-tacted ASNOC requesting “a full report regarding the National Federation suspensions reported in the media.”
According to the petition, one issue of impor-tance which the eleven associations want dis-cussed at the assembly is to “invalidate the sus-pension” issued by ASNOC for Boxing, Judo, Golf, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling, Softball, Athletics and Table Tennis.
They said the reason for this request is that there are no provisions in the ASNOC Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws that allow such a suspension.
In the Sept. 1 letter, Langkilde also says that due to the “serious nature” of the National Feder-ation suspensions, the “ASNOC executive board has unanimously decided to prioritize the IOC report and table the request for an Extraordinary
General Assembly at this time.”
The letter says, “It is also important now that the 9 suspended National Federations resolve their status with the ASNOC before calling for an Extraordinary General Assembly.” The ASNOC president adds that a “meeting in good faith” for all will still be held Sept. 5 at the ASNOC confer-ence room to discuss any issues or concerns as well as a response to the IOC request.
A former ASNOC executive, who asked not be identified, told Samoa News that the “meeting in good faith” means, that all sports associa-tions — including those who are suspended — are allowed to attend the meeting. The former executive also says that “it may be illegal for the ASNOC executive board to hold an extraordinary general assembly” when there are nine associa-tions on suspension.
Langkilde declined to comment, saying only that the ASNOC is concentrating on the reports to IOC and ONOC.
A spokesperson for IOC has told a sports online news group that they are awaiting a report from American Samoa.
Langkilde told Samoa News last week that there were a number of sports associations that were given notices because they were not in com-pliance with their rules for governance.
“These associations were asked to comply with what was required for months. In return for these notices, certain associations circulated this [Aug. 19th] petition to other associations on the notion that they were signing this petition to get the required 2/3 to call for an Extra- Ordinary General Assembly,” he said.
ASNOC associations signing the petition for the Extraordinary General Assembly are Ath-letics, Judo, Football Federation, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Softball, Boxing, Paddling, Swim-ming, Volleyball, and Amateur Wrestling.
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O o’u matua: O le Faifeau Toeaina, Filiupu SUITONU GALEA’I, o Aga’e, Fitiuta, Manu’a (EFKS &
EFKAS) i San Diego, Kalefonia, ma So’otuli TINEI Leiataua Avegalio o Leone ma Manono. Ua
maliliu uma i la’ua. O si o’u to’alua, o James Chapman. Ua o ma ritaea mai i a ma galuega. Ua
matutua si a ma fanau, o lea ua taliu mai ai loa i aiga ma nonofo ai nei i Fifiuta, Manu’a mo le 14
tausaga.
Ae o le a se’i ou mua’i taina le vaiafei ma ou sausauina le pa’ia tele ma le mamalu o Sa ma Faiga
o Samoa. Ia tulouna ia le pa’ia maualuga ma le mamalu tele o Sua ma le Vaifanua, Fofo ma
Aitulagi, Itu’au ma Alataua, Sa’ole ma le Launiusaelua, Afifio Ma’opu, o le pa’ia lava lea i le
Faleagafulu. Afio le pa’ia tele i le La’au na Amotasi, Afifio Fa’atui ma le mamalu tele o To’oto’o o
le Fale’ula ma ‘upu i le Manu’atele. Susu ‘au’auna pa’ia a le Atua o lo’o galulue i fata faitaulaga e
fia, aua le tauasuina o le vai o le ola mo le manuia o le atunu’u. Fa’atulou atu fo’i i le Tafatolu o
lau Faigamalo Tutuila ma Manu’a, i lau Afioga a le Kovana Sili o Amerika Samoa, i lau Afioga a le
Peresetene o le Senate, i lau Afioga a le Fofoga Fetalai ma le mamalu tele o le Fono Faitulafono,
fa’apea le Fa’amasino Sili ma le mamalu o le Ofisa o Fa’amasinoga. Ae le vaea ai le fala o’oto i
le pa’ia ma le mamalu tele o lo tatou motu tuaoi ia, Pule ma Tumua, Itu’au
ma Alataua, le Va’a o Fonoti ma le Fofoga o le Fua, Aiga i le Tai ma le Va’a Tau o Nafanua. Aiga
ma a latou Tama, Tama fo’i ma o latou Aiga. TULOU, TULOU LAVA.
Ia fa’ata’alolo ia le paia tele o le la’au ma ona lau aua e leai se e gafataulimaina ou Sa ma Faiga
Samoa. Ae ona o lo’u fia pa’i i vai o le tama, e i ai ona ‘ou valuvalusia a’a o le fau, pe tefa le
tauala, aua nai o’u mo’omo’oga. IA AVEA A’U MA OU SUI O LE KONEKERESI I UOSIGITONE, e
MOMOLI ma FA’ATINO lou FINAGALO, aua lou lumana’i manuia Amerika Samoa.
Fa’afetai Tele, Soifua ma ia Manuia.
PALOTA MO A’U - MELEAGI SUITONU-CHAPMAN
ASNOC problems garner attention of
the International Olympic Committee
Switzerland, Singapore and
U.S. top economic rankings
GENEVA (AP) — The United States’ competitiveness among global economies has risen to the No. 3 spot behind Switzerland and Singapore in rankings published annually by the World Eco-nomic Forum.
In its latest survey, released early Wednesday, the Forum said the U.S. — the world’s largest economy — moved up two spots from fifth position last year, thanks to improvements in its finan-cial markets and public institutions.
Six European countries dominated the top 10: Switzerland, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Aside from the U.S., the remaining three slots were Asian: Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.
The results are based on data from the United Nations and other international organizations as well as the Forum’s surveys of business executives.
The Forum, which hosts the annual gathering of global busi-ness and political leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos every winter, ranks a country’s competitiveness according to factors such as its ability to innovate and the quality of its infrastructure.
Switzerland and Singapore were at the top of the rankings last year as well. Finland fell this year to fourth from third last year, while Germany was fifth, down from fourth last year. Japan moved up to sixth, from ninth last year.
Klaus Schwab, the Forum’s founder and executive chairman, cautioned that the health of the global economy is at risk, despite years of support from central banks, because governments are struggling to make the economic reforms needed for growth.
“The strained global geopolitical situation, the rise of income inequality, and the potential tightening of the financial conditions could put the still tentative recovery at risk and call for struc-tural reforms to ensure more sustainable and inclusive growth,” he said.
Switzerland has topped the rankings of 144 economies in the Global Competitiveness Report for six years. The Forum said Switzerland’s standing is based on its innovation, sophistication of its business sector, top-notch education and scientific research institutions, and labor market efficiency.
The survey found that countries in southern Europe, such as Spain, Portugal and Greece, have made significant improvement in their markets, while France and Italy were lagging in that area.
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tusia Ausage Fausia
APELU MOSE
Ua molia nei e le malo i luma o le faamasi-noga le alii o Apelu Mose, ona o tuuaiga i lona umia faasolitulafono o ni vaega o le laau faas-aina o le mariuana.
O se vevesi na tulai mai i le fale kalapu o le Country Club i Iliili lea na amata e Mose, na mafua ai loa ona aga’i atu leoleo e fofo le fa’afitauli, ae ina ua saili e leoleo le tino o le ua molia, sa maua i ai ni sikaleti mariuana.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea, na logo e se molimau le ofisa o leoleo mo se fesoasoani, ona o se vevesi na tulai mai i totonu o le fale kalapu o lo o aafia ai le ua molia.
Na faailoa e le molimau i leoleo e faapea, o amioga sa faia e le ua molia e aofia ai lona faalavelave i tagata tafafao i totonu o le fale kalapu, e aofia ai lona tago i se tamaitai ao taalo i le laulau piliaki.
Na taua foi e le molimau i leoleo le masa-lomia o Mose o lo o ia umia ni vaega o le laau faasaina o le mariuana, ona ua maitauina le faatele ona alu i fafo ma toe alu atu i totonu o le fale kalapu, e foliga mai o lo o alu e ula ana sikaleti mariuana.
Na taunuu leoleo ma latou vaaia ai Mose o lo o loka e leoleopo o le fale kalapu ona lima aga’i i se niu i fafo o le fale kalapu, ona latou tatala lea o ia ma amata loa a latou suesuega, ma maua ai e leoleo se afifi i le isi taga o lona ofu, o lo o i ai lau mamago o le mariuana.
Na toe su’e le isi ana taga ma maua i ai ni sikaleti mariuana se lua ua uma ona taai, ma logo ai loa le Vaega e Suesueina Fualaau faas-aina a le Ofisa o Leoleo mo le suesueina atili o le mataupu.
Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Mose, sa ia ioeina ai lona umia o mariuana, atoa ai ma lona ulaina o mariuana ao tafao ai i le fale kalapu.
Ua molia nei o ia i lona umia faasolitulafono o vaega o fualaau faasaina o le mariuana, atoa ai ma le moliaga mama o le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele, ma o lo o taofia pea o ia i le toese i Tafuna, sei vagana ua ia totogi le $10,000 ona faatoa mafai lea ona tatala o ia i tua.
LEAI NI FA’ALAVELAVE MAtUIA O LE ‘LAbOR dAy’
E leai ni fa’alavelave matuia na tutupu i le aso malolo o le Labor Day na sei mavae atu nei, e pei ona manino i mataupu tau solitulafono na faila e le Matagaluega o Leoleo i luma o le Fa’amasinoga Fa’aitumalo i le taeao ananafi.
Mai le to’a 11 o tagata na taofia e leoleo i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso e aofia ai ma le aso malolo na mavae atu nei, o le to’alua o i latou nei ua molia i le ave ta’avale ‘ona ae to’a 9 o lo o tu’uaia i solitulafono eseese e aofia ai le fa’ao’olima mama faapea ai ma le fa’atupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele.
O le mataupu e pei ona tuuaia ai se ali’i talavou i le fa’ao’olima, na mafua mai ina ua ia fa’ao’olima i se isi ali’i la te aulotu fa’atasi, e mafua mai lava i ni vevesi na tutupu i totonu o le nu’u. E to’alua isi ali’i na taofia mai e leoleo i Tafuna i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso, ina ua onana ma fa’atupu vevesi solo i luga o le auala, ma avea ai ma itu e ono lamatia ai le saogalemu o tagata ma ta’avale feoa’i.
Na taua e se ali’i leoleo sinia e le i finagalo e fa’ailoa lona suafa, e leai ni fa’alavelave matuia e ono aafia ai se soifua o se tasi na tula’i mai i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso.
O le taeao ananafi na tutula’i uma ai i latou nei i luma o le fa’amasinoga fa’aitumalo, ma o ni isi o i latou na toe tatala i tua e aunoa ma se tupe na fa’atulaga, ae o isi na faatulaga e le fa’amasinoga vaega tupe e tatala ai i latou i tua.
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O NI AlI’I AvE pASI
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Na fa’ai’u i le falepuipui i Tafuna se vevesi na tula’i mai i le va o ni ali’i ave pasi se to’alua, ina ua fautuaina e le loia a le malo le leoleo sa suesueina le vevesi, e taofia faapagota le ave pasi lea na faaoolima i le isi ave pasi.
O le vevesi na tula’i mai i le taeao o le aso Lua ua te’a i se vaega o le nuu o Fa’ilolo pe tusa o le 8:45 i le taeao, ina ua faaoolima le alii ave pasi o Foemua Taveuveu i le alii ave pasi na aafia, ma alu ai loa le alii ave pasi na aafia ma faila lana tagi i le ofisa o leoleo. Na taua i faamaumauga a le fa’amasinoga e fa’apea, na fa’afuase’i ona oso fa’alava ane le pasi a Taveuveu ma poloka ai le pasi a le ali’i na a’afia, toe poloka atu ai ma le feoa’i o ta’avale i luga o le auala.
O lo o tuuaia Taveuveu i lona savali atu i totonu o le pasi a le alii na aafia, ua uu le kola o lona ofu ma toso ese mai o ia mai le nofoaga o lo o nofo ai, ma taumafai e toso aga’i i fafo o le pasi, ma avea ai ma mafua’aga o le manu’a o se vaega o foliga o le alii ave pasi na aafia.
Ina ua maea ona faia e Taveuveu le gaioiga e pei ona taua, sa ia fa’afefe le alii ave pasi na aafia ma fai i ai, o le a ia vaai i lana mea e fai ia te ia pe a fo’i atu i le fale.
Na taua e leoleo i le latou ripoti e fa’apea, ana le tulioso atu le pasese ma vaovao le alii o Taveuveu e le uma lana gaioiga sa fai.
Sa togafitia le alii ave pasi na aafia e le EMS ma toe te’a ai o ia i tua, ae i suesuega sa faia na iloa ai, e tuaoi alii ave pasi na vevesi, o le to’alua o le ali’i ave pasi na a’afia e tausoga ma le alii ave pasi o Taveuveu.
Na fesiligia e le alii leoleo sa gafa ma le suesueina o le mataupu se fautuaga a le tamaitai loia sili lagolago ia Tiffany Oldfield e tusa ai o lenei mataupu, ina ua mautinoa e le sao-galemu le toe fo’i atu o le ali’i ave pasi na a’afia i le fale, ona o lea ua maea ona faia i ai folafolaga a Taveuveu, ma faia ai loa le faaiuga e taofia faapagota Taveuveu ina ia puipui ai le ono tula’i mai o se isi fa’alavelave matuia.
O lo o tuuaia Taveuveu i moliaga mama e lua o le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu ma le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele.
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Na manino i le taimi o le iloiloga a le komiti o le Soifua Maloloina a le Senate ma totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe o le LBJ, le tele o le sao o le vaega tupe lea e maua mai e le falema’i i le lafoga e 2%, lea ua fa’atupe ai se vaega o le polokalame lea e ave ai gasegase i fafo mo togafitiga.
Ina ua fesiligia e sui o le komiti a le senate sui o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le LBJ e uiga i le ‘off-island referral program’, na taua ai e Leilua Mase Akapo le toe tatala o le polokalame talu ona tapunia mai i le 2008.
Na saunoa le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Galea’i M. Tuufuli e fa’apea, e tumau pea le manatu o le senate e puipui le vaega tupe lea e maua mai i le lafoga e 2%, e fesoasoani ai i le faagaioiga o le falema’i, e ui o lea ua taoto se faaiuga mai le maota o sui e faamuta loa le toe faaauauina o le lafoga lea. “E tatau foi ona silafia e le komiti faafoe, e le na o tagata faigaluega a le malo o lo o totogiina le lafoga lea, ae o lo o tipi mai i totogi o tagata faigaluega uma i le atunu’u, e tatau fo’i la ona fa’aaoga lelei le tupe mo le falema’i”, o le saunoaga lea a Galea’i.
Na faamanino e Leilua i le komiti a le senate e faapea, i tausaga ua mavae ao tulaga lelei le polokalame lenei, e le gata sa totogi e le polokalame le pasese o le tagata gasegase e auina atu ai i fafo mo togafitiga, ae sa aofia ai fo’i ma le totogiina o le taotoga ma talavai. “O le taimi nei, e na o le pasese o le tagata gasegase o lo o mafai ona gafatia i lalo o le polokalame”, o le saunoaga lea a Leilua, atoa ai ma lana tautinoga e faapea, o lo o taumafai pea le falema’i ina ia toe fa’afo’i le tulaga sa i ai le polokalame i aso ua mavae, e le gata e totogi le pasese ae toe totogi atu ai foi le talavai ma le taotoga.
Ae ina ua fesiligia le tulaga o le tagata tausi ma’i o lo o alu e momoli le tagata gasegase i fafo, na saunoa Leilua e fa’apea, e mafai ona totogi ma le pasese o le tagata e to’alua ma le gas-egase, pe afai e iloilo atu e le komiti e talafeagai ona malaga se tasi o le aiga.
Saunoa le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Mauga Tasi Asuega, o ia foi lea o le taitaifono o le komiti o le soifua maloloina a le senate, e le tatau ona faatamala le komiti faafoe i le faaauauina o le polokalame lenei, pau lea o le auala o lo o maua ai e nai aiga lima vaivai o le atunuu se fesoasoani, e auina atu ai a latou tagata i fafo mo togafitiga.
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PILI AVEESE AI FAAtAPULAA tAUSAGA MO FAAMASINO LAGOLAGO Ua i luma o le maota maualuga se pili mo se tulafono taufaaofi, e aveese ai le faatapulaaina o tausaga mo Fa’amasino Lagolago le tumau i le Fa’amasinoga.
I le maga fou o le tulafono e pei ona faaulu i luma o le senate o lo o taua ai le tulaga lea, afai e i ai se mafuaaga o le a le mafai ai ona avanoa ni fa’amasino lagolago i se aofaiga e tatau ona i ai mo le fa’amasinoga apili, vaega o Fa’amasinoga ma le vaega o Fanua ma Suafa, e mafai e le Fa’amasino Sili ona tofia ni isi tagata e fai ma fa’amasino lagolago le tumau mo le fa’amasinoga maualuga.
O le filifiliga o ia fa’amasino lagolago le tumau, e faia lea i se vaega o tagata ua fa’amaonia e le kovana e ala i le fautuaga a le fa’amasinoga sili.
E mafai ona faamaonia taitoatasi pe faamaonia faatasi uma foi le vaega o faamasino lagolago le tumau e le Senate, ina ua fautuaina e le faamasino sili ma filifilia e le kovana i le auala e tasi, e faapei ona faia i faamasino lagolago e toalima lea o lo o i le isi vaega o le tulafono.
O le vaega o le tulafono lea sa taua ai le faamalolo o faamasino lagolago le tumau pe a atoa le 70 tausaga o le soifua, ua avesea mai le vaega fou o le tulafono lea ua i luma nei o le senate.
Ua taoto atu nei le pili i le komiti o Mataupu Tau Tulafono a le maota mo le iloiloina, lea o lo o taitaifono ai le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, o ia fo’i lea ma isi senatoa sa latou fa’aulufaleina lenei tulafono.
O isi senatoa na auai i le faaulufaleina o le tulafono e aofia ai Mauga Tasi Asuega, Afoa L. Suesue Lutu ma LeAtualevao S. Asifoa.
IUGAFONO E FAAFEtAIA AI LE AU MALAGA A LE HOKULE’A
Na pasia e le senate i le vaiaso na te’a nei se iugafono e faafetaia ai le aumalaga na malaga mai i le va’a o le Holule’a, lea na latou afea Amerika Samoa i le vaiaso na te’a nei, i le taua ma le aoga o le fuafuaga na ala ai ona malaga mai i le teritori.
O le taua o le afea o le teritori e le Hokule’a ma le aumalaga, ua toe fafagu mai ai taumafaiga e toe faaolaola auala sa faimalaga ai tagata Pasefika i aso ua mavae, o le avea lea o i latou ma tagata folau i le vasa.
O le isi taua o le malaga mai o le Hokule’a, o le a faamautu ai fesootaiga mautu i le va o Hawaii ma Amerika Samoa, ae o le a mafai ai fo’i e le Hokule’a ona fa’alautele lo latou iloa i tu ma aganuu a Samoa.
O le isi itu taua o lenei malaga, o le taumafai pea lea e sailiili polokalame mo aoaoga e fesoa-soani ai i fanau aoga, ina ia atina’e lo latou iloa i tulaga tau folauga.
O le afea ai la o motu o Manu’a ma Tutuila nei e le au malaga, o se avanoa taua lea ua mafai ai ona faailoa atu tu ma agaifanua a Samoa, ma maua ai foi ma le avanoa e fetufaa’i ai manatu ma iloa i aganuu eseese i le va o Samoa ma Hawaii.
O lenei iugafono na faaulufaleina e le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Galea’i M. Tuufuli mai Manu’a.
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O le vaiaso na te’a nei na tofia ai e le Fa’atonusili o Aoga le Puleaoga fou mo le Aoga Maua-luga a Samoana, e ui i se talosaga sa tuuina atu i ai e le Lutena Kovana ina ia toe iloilo lana fa’aiuga ua faia fa’asaga i le Puleaoga tuai o Mataese Samuelu.
O le aso Gafua o le vaiaso na te’a nei na faamoemoe e amata ai le Puleaoga fou a Samoana o Talosia Upuresa i lona tofiga fou e pei ona tofia i ai o ia e le Fa’atonu o aoga ia Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau, peita’i e taunu’u atu o lo o i ai pea le susuga a Samuelu i le Ofisa e le i alu ese.
E talitonu le Samoa News ua sauni le susuga a Samuelu e fesiligia le faaiuga ua faia e fa’amalolo ai o ia mai le tofiga Puleaoga.
I se tusi a Lemanu sa tuuina atu i le Ofisa o Aoga na maua e le Samoa News, e le gata o lo o taua ai e Lemanu le taua o taumafaiga ina ia aga’i i luma le tautua a le Ofisa o Aoga, ae sa ia taua fo’i lona naunau e fia feiloa’i atu i le Fa’atonu o aoga e tusa ai o lenei mataupu.
Na taua e Lemanu i lana tusi lona malamalama i taumafaiga e faia ni fesuiaiga i le aoga a Samoana, atoa ai ma le fesuiaiga o Puleaoga, ae o le faia o nei fesuiaiga ae ua toe tasi le vaiaso a’e aoga a le fanau, o se auala lea e le masalomia le ono tula’i mai ai o le le mautonu i le va o tagata faigaluega, ma e ono aafia ai fanau aoga mai le toe fo’i atu i le aoga.
Na faaiu le tusi a Lemanu i lona talosagaina lea o le avea pea o Samuelu ma Puleaoga a Samoana mo le taimi nei ona o lea ua toe a’e aoga a le fanau, ae sei i ai se isi taimi fetaui ona toe faia lea o ni isi suiga, ae afai o lo o i ai ni fa’aletonu ua mafua ai le faaiuga e pei ona faia, e taua lo latou fetufaa’i e fa’amalamalama lenei mataupu.
Na taua e le faletua o Sharmain Mageo, o se totino o le PTA a Samoana, o lona to’alua fo’i o se faiaoga i le aoga a Samoana i sana tusi sa tuuina atu i le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga, sa ia taumafai ai e fa’amanino vaega uma o lenei mataupu.
Na faailoa e Mageo ia Lolo e fa’apea, e le o mautonu lona mafaufau po o silafia e le kovana le faaletonu o lo o tulai mai i le va o le Ofisa o Aoga ma le puleaoga a Samoana, i lona musu lea e usitaia fa’atonuga ua uma ona tuuina atu i ai e le Ofisa o Aoga, i le mae’a ai lea ona fa’atonuina o ia e tula’i ese mai le tofiga puleaoga i le fa’aiuga o le tuuaga o aoga na se’i mavaega atu nei.
Na taua e Mageo le musu o Samuelu e alu ese, e ui o le aso Faraile na te’a nei lona aso mulimuli i totonu o le ofisa. Sa taua fo’i e Mageo i se vaega o lana tusi, le tele o faagaioiga a le aoga e le auai Samuelu, ae na o le alu atu lava e oomi lana pepa faigaluega ma toe alu i le fale, e le i auai fo’i o ia i le asiasiga sa faia mo aoga maualuluga i le atunuu (WASC).
Na taua e Mageo e fa’apea, o ia sa i ai i le taimi o le aiga ma sui o le komiti na malaga mai e asiasia le aoga, na te lei vaaia ai le alii puleaoga ia Samuelu i lea polokalame atoa.
Na fa’aiu le tusi a Mageo i lona talosagaina lea o le kovana, afai e fia malamalama atili i le moni o lenei mataupu, e manaomia le fesiligia o faiaoga ma le PTA latou te faamanino atili le moni o lenei mataupu.
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