Lali. Senate hears long list of problems at prison

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1 GOP against any further cuts in US nuclear arsenal 5 Faleomavaega introduces bill to aid Nationals 3 Week 6 of AYFS: Even more hard hitting action B1 A Level 1 student from Aua Elementary, demonstrating how a volcano erupts, during the school s Science Fair competition, which was held yesterday morning. Twenty-nine (29) students from Levels 1 to 8 were vying for a chance to represent their school in the Islandwide Science Fair to be held in March. [photo: A. Tuna] samoanews.com C Y M K Honduras: 358 inmates die in prison fire 6 Daily Circulation 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Thursday, February 16, 2012 $1.00 C M Le Lali 10 Fa avae loto tagavai aloaia ai tuumalo afioga Senatoa Seui L. Mautonu tusia Ausage Fausia I le faagasolo ai o toe sauniga o le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Seui Laau i le taeao nei, ua poloaina ai e le afioga i le kovana sili le sisi faavaeloto lea o tagavai uma i totonu o le teritori, e amata mai i le taeao o le aso e oo atu i le goto o le la i le aso a taeao, 17 Fepuari, ina ia aloaia ma faaaloalogia ai le tuua o le malo e lenei tamalii o le atunuu. I sana poloaiga na tuuina mai i le aso ananafi, ua poloaina ai e le afioga Togiola Tulafono le Matagaluega o Leoleo, ina ia faatinoina uma tiute ma faia faaaloaloga uma e tatau ai i taimi o toe sauniga o le alii Senatoa. I se vaega o lana poloaiga, ua talosagaina ai e le alii kovana le atunuu uma ina ia auai faatasi i le molimauina ma le faaaloalogiaina lea o toe sauniga o le afioga Seui. O le a manatuaina pea lana tautua mo lona atunuu ma le malo, o lana tautua foi sa ofoina mai faapea ai ma faataitaiga lelei e pei ona ia faatulai o le a tumau ma avea ma faataitaiga mo tupulaga mo le lumana i, o le saunoaga lea a le alii kovana. (Faaauau itulau 12) House bill focusing on provisions of gov t land Senate hears long list of problems at prison Overcrowding, too many foreigners, negligent officers by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu Samoa News Reporter The ongoing problems at the Territorial Correctional Facility fall on the shoulders of the police officers negligence, and not carrying out their duties as officers sworn to protect and serve the community that was the explanation from Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Leiseau Laumoli when he appeared before Senators yesterday morning during a hearing regarding the problems encountered at TCF. The Deputy Commissioner was accompanied by Warden Lt. Maifea Lumana i before the Public Safety Committee, chaired by Sen. Mauga T. Asuega. Leiseau said that he and the Commissioner continue to remind the corrections officers of their duties, which are supposed to be carried out 24 hours a day and seven days a week. He said he advises them to be sure about the safety of the officers who work there and also the safety of the prisoners who are placed under their supervision. He said the correction officers at the jail failed in carrying out their duties, which is why a laptop computer made its way into the jail. Inmates had access to the laptop, which took photos of them posing in their cells at the TCF they were later posted on Facebook last year. Leiseau said the investigation into this matter is almost complete, and they are hoping, with further investigation, to retrieve information from the laptop to see if the inmates have ongoing plans at the TCF. He assured the senators that once the investigation is completed the laptop will be returned to its owners. With regards to the inmate responsible for taking the laptop into the jail, Leiseau said a report has been forwarded to the Attorney General s office to determine what should be done regarding this issue. The senators also heard from Warden Lumana i, who told them that currently the jail is overcrowded. Each cell was built for two inmates, but currently they have up to six inmates in each cell which is just 4 x 8 feet. Currently, there are eleven female inmates, and 174 male inmates. The Warden said he s now looking at having the inmates who have committed similar crimes be housed together; those who have committed (Continued on page 16) Y K by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent There is a move in the House to overhaul government land transactions through a bill introduced last week that would, among other things, define public use of land for eminent domain purposes and for government land acquisition, including not leasing communal lands acquired to private commercial enterprises. The bill, which sponsors Reps. Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr. and Va amua Henry Sesepasara, say is in accordance with the protective policy provisions of the local constitution, also seeks to prohibit leasing of condemned communal land to private enterprises. The bill s preamble states in part that the local constitution calls for the government, as a policy, to protect persons of Samoan ancestry against alienation of their lands and destruction of the Samoan way of life and language. In order to implement this basic, fundamental doctrine and to preserve and protect the communal land system, it is the intent of this act to clarify the government s public use of land and place appropriate restrictions on such use, the bill states. Among the proposed amendments cited in the bill, two new provisions are added to Section 2, ASCA , titled Eminent domain Compensation. The new provisions are being identi- (Continued on page 14) Aua Elementary student, O Riley Le au, demonstrating for the judges, teachers and fellow students, his Science Fair project titled; Homemade Smoke Launcher for Best Smoke Rings. Le au demonstrated the best size of a vortex generator or smoke launcher that will best produce and shoot out smoke rings at a longer distance in a short time. Aua Elementary School held their science fair competition yesterday. [photo: A. Tuna]

2 Page 2 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the TAAMU Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ESETA LAULU of FAGATOGO has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land TUASIVI allegedly belonging to TAAMU FAMILY of the village of FAGATOGO. Said land TUASIVI is situated in or near the village of FAGATOGO in the County of MAOPUTASI Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar s Office. POSTED: JANUARY 25, 2012 thru FEBRUARY 24, 2012 SIGNED: Samuel B. White, Territorial Registrar FA AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU U ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa TAAMU, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa aaliga! O le fa aaliga lenei ona o ESETA LAULU o le nu u o FAGATOGO ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atui na i luga o le fanua o TUASIVI e fa asino i le aiga sa TAAMU o le nu u o FAGATOGO. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o FAGATOGO itumalo o MAOPUTASI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 02/02 & 02/16/12 ALL PUZZLE ANSWERs on page 14 MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel On Feb. 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. A relatively new art form, the photograph (or daguerreotype) showed a beardless Lincoln just moments before the future president s historic speech at Cooper Union in New York City. On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-yearold Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at age 19 months. Under Sullivan s tutelage, Keller flourished, eventually graduating from college and becoming an international lecturer and activist. On March 2, 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of children s books, is born in Springfield, Mass. Geisel s first book, And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1937), was rejected by dozens of publishers. On March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-monthold son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family s new mansion in Hopewell, N.J. Days later, the baby s body was discovered near the Lindbergh home. On Feb. 28, 1940, Mario Andretti, whose name will become synonymous with American auto racing, is born in Montona, Italy. He officially retired from racing in 1994 as the only driver to ever win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and a Formula One championship. On March 4, 1966, a John Lennon quotation that was ignored in England set off a media frenzy in America: We re more popular than Jesus now. Bible Belt disc jockeys declared Lennon s remarks blasphemous and vowed an eternal ban on all Beatles music. On Feb. 29, 1980, the iconic glasses worn by rock n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, lost since his death in a plane crash in 1959, are found in Mason City, Iowa. The plane wreckage was strewn across snow-covered cornfields, and the glasses weren t found until the snow melted in the spring. They were given to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff s office, where they sat filed away for the next 21 years in a sealed envelope. Flags at half staff in remembrance of Senator Seui Laau Mautonu Sr. by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa to Mrs. Palepa Milovale Gagau Sanitoa Samoa News Correspondent Seui and the Seui family on the passing of Seui. In a memorandum issued yesterday, Gov. The resolution also pays tribute to Seui s dedicated years of service. Togiola Tulafono ordered all flags in the territory to be lowered to half staff beginning at...cultural and family values were extremely sunrise today until sunset Feb. 17 in remembrance of the late Sen. Seui Laau Mautonu Sr. s spoken to correct and admonish those who important to... Seui, and he was assuredly out- outstanding public service and his dedication to did not adhere to respecting the Samoan traditions, the resolution states. building and leading our beloved territory. Seui, one of two senators for Ituau county, He was selected to the Senate in 2009, passed away peacefully at LBJ Medical Center serving his first four-year term in office, where on Jan. 26. He was 69 years old and his twoday funeral service begins today. Operations Committee as well as being a he was chairman of the Senate Government The governor also authorized the use of member of other Senate committees. Prior to the American Samoa flag in Seui s funeral that, he served the ASG for 47 years, starting services and the Department of Public Safety at the Department of Administrative Services. was directed to present all appropriate honors He went into the private sector, for a while and ceremony as authorized by Territorial working at StarKist Samoa. protocol. He returned to ASG a few years later, starting I ask the people of American Samoa to join at Public Works Department, then served as a me in honoring Sen. Seui Laau Mautonu. His Legislature fiscal analyst. From there, he want service to his government and people will be to the Procurement Office, where he later serviced as Chief Procurement Officer. forever remembered, the governor said. His commitment and leadership shall stand as a The resolution went on to describe his many legacy for all to follow. years of service to his village of Nu uuli and According to a family funeral announcement, a brief service will be held at the LBJ In particular the resolution points out that church commitments as well as to his family. chapel around 7 a.m. today before his remains despite his outspoken nature on his stringent are taken to the Fono Guest Fale, where he will beliefs about issues or matters he felt were of lie in state for the government service, slated to importance to address, Senator Seui had a soft begin around 8 a.m. heart when it came to his grandchildren. From the Fono compound, Seui s remains And although the Senator and his wife will be taken to the Nu uuli-cccas for the Palepa had individual daily duties that separated them for hours at a time, this was one first church service at 11 a.m. followed by the wake service at the Seui Guest Fale. The couple who were often seen together, rarely following day starts at 10 a.m. with the final leaving each other s side, according to the church service at the Nu uuli-cccas and 5-page resolution, which will be read in full thereafter Seui will be laid to rest at his home detail at today s government service. in Nu uuli. Seui is survived by his wife Palepa; four This week both the Senate and House sons and one daughter; twenty-one grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. endorsed each other s concurrent resolutions conveying the deepest condolences and sympathies of the Fono and people of American Reach the reporter at fili@samoanews.com (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

3 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 3 Pictured here is former Vice-Principal of Samoana High School, Pohakalani Mauga who is a cancer survivor, speaking this past Tuesday to the students of Nu uuli Voc-Tech High School, about surviving Breast Cancer, during Vatau s Hope Drive kickoff. Vatauomalotele Fanene, a Senior at Nu uuli Voc-Tech High School, began Vatau s Hope Drive in order to raise awareness of Leukemia in the community and to raise funds to help her cousin, Sharring Niusulu, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in This coming Saturday, there will be a Car Wash Fundraiser at Samoana High School in front of the Samoana Gymnasium from 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. All proceeds from Vatau s Hope Drive will go to the Caring for Sharring Foundation. [photo: Jeff Hayner] Faleomavaega introduces a bill to aid US Nationals applying for citizenship by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa News Correspondent Congressman Faleomavaega Eni has moved forward with introduction of federal legislation (H.R.4021) that would make is easy for U.S. nationals living in American Samoa to apply to the U.S. government for U.S. citizenship. The bill, introduced Tuesday and assigned to the U.S. House Committee on Judiciary, seeks to amend provisions of the federal Immigration and Naturalization Act and waive certain naturalization requirements for U.S. nationals living in the territory. In an official statement submitted to the U.S. House for records, Faleomavaega explained that American Samoans must travel thousands of miles to Hawaii or California and live there for 3 months before they can apply for citizenship, and pointed to the financial burden of traveling to the U.S. placed on U.S. Nationals in American Samoa as preventing many from applying for citizenship. My bill will lift this burden and help U.S. Nationals, who by definition owe a permanent allegiance to the United States, to apply for citizenship directly from American Samoa, said Faleomavaega, whose statement was obtained by Samoa News through Congressional records. He said the bill will also eliminate the requirements of knowledge of English and U.S. government for U.S. Nationals seeking citizenship. He emphasized that American Samoa has been a territory of the U.S. for over 100 years and has in many ways adopted parts of American culture. For example, he said the local education system is modeled after the U.S. education system and students learn both English and about the U.S. government in American Samoan schools. The requirement of English proficiency and knowledge of the U.S. government was intended for foreign nationals who applied to become U.S. citizens, he contends. It is futile to test American Samoans on their knowledge of English and the U.S. government, since they learn these subjects in American Samoan schools. The Congressman further contends that American Samoa has a per capita enlistment rate in the U.S. military that rivals any state. American Samoans have also joined the U.S. Armed Forces and fought and died for the United States during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, the Persian Gulf wars, and most recently the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he pointed out. Despite these sacrifices of American Samoans, U.S. nationals still must travel to the U.S. and wait for 3 months prior to apply for naturalization, he said. My bill will have a dramatic positive effect on the lives of U.S. nationals living in American Samoa by removing the hardship of traveling to the U.S. to apply for naturalization. In a separate statement released yesterday, Faleomavaega said, As American Samoans we are considered non-citizen nationals, but have defended the United States in times of war as if we were citizens. I am hopeful that my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate will stand and support this critical legislation which recognizes the sacrifices and contributions by our people to the United States and give U.S. nationals living in American Samoa an option to apply for U.S. citizenship directly from American Samoa. he added. Introduction of the bill comes following public hearings on the draft proposal held last month at the Fono Guest Fale where Faleomavaega stressed that the measure is only an option for those who do not want to travel to the U.S. and reside there in order to apply for U.S. citizenship. He also pointed out that during a joint Fono hearing last year, it appeared from comments by lawmakers that they were supportive of the proposal, but he has not heard any official comments from the governor, who was sent last year a copy of the draft bill. Members of the public who testified at the forum were supportive of the bill and agreed that this measure will lessen the burden on those wanting to remain in the territory and still apply for citizenship. However, two other witnesses believed that the best solution to address this matter is to have it put forth in a referendum for the upcoming November general election. Faleomavaega told the audience this can be done via a Fono resolution, that can be put forth for voters to decide. Complete context of Faleomavaega s press statement on this bill can be found on the online version of this story at including a copy of the legislation, which is provided by federal records for the U.S. House and available to the public for review at www. house.gov. Reach the reporter at fili@samoanews.com American Samoa Nana s COMPANY Need a Cement Mixer for your construction project? Well, Nana s company has Cement Mixer for Rent at very affordable daily rates. $70/Daily Rate and $20/Delivery Fee (1-time). For more details, please call / / / or visit our office at Pago Pago going towards Fagasa. Island Funeral Services in Nu uuli Lean on Us in Your Time of Need FOR ALL YOUR Office: FUNERAL NEEDS!!! Fax: Hour Services Home: Mobile: Nana s COMPANY Nana s company is pleased to announce the reopening of its Loan Finance program for that family emergency fa alavelave. 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4 Page 4 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 A lawmaker says, no cussing in the class for teachers PHOENIX (AP) -- A teacher s role may be to expand a student s vocabulary, but one Arizona lawmaker wants to make sure that doesn t include four-letter words. A state legislator has introduced a bill that would punish public school teachers if they use words that violate the obscenity and profanity guidelines set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. State Sen. Lori Klein introduced the measure because a parent in her district complained about a high school teacher using foul language. The words were totally inappropriate, and teachers that don t keep their language clean aren t setting a good example for students, she said. You re there to be educated, Klein said. You re not there to talk smack. Critics say the bill is unnecessary and any discipline needed should be handled by schools and districts, not the Legislature. Klein, a Republican from Anthem, made national headlines last fall when she pointed her gun at a reporter while demonstrating the weapon s laser sight during an interview. Klein s proposal may be constitutional, but not necessarily wise, said James Weinstein, a Constitutional Law professor at Arizona State University Weinstein said the FCC has made exceptions for offensive language based on context, and that could make things complicated. FCC standards aren t exactly black and white, said Anjali Abraham, a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union. The organization has some concerns about the bill, Abraham said. A spokeswoman for the National Conference of State Legislators said the organization is not aware of any other state with a law similar to the Arizona proposal. If the bill becomes law, a teacher whose speech or conduct violates FCC regulations would receive a warning, and after three incidents, the teacher would face a week of suspension without pay. A teacher would be fired after the fifth offense. The proposal applies to K-12 teachers, and is limited to speech in a classroom setting. Klein told the Senate committee Wednesday that she wished the issue could be left to school boards, but she didn t feel they were protecting young, impressionable kids from offensive language. Floyd Brown, the parent in Anthem who complained to Klein, knows better than most what kind of impression words can make. Brown is a longtime Republican strategist who produced the infamous Willie Horton ad during the 1998 presidential campaign, which tied Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis to the release of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. Brown is also the founding chairman of Citizens United, the group whose lawsuit led to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that barred the government from limiting corporation and labor union spending for political purposes. Last year, Brown s daughter Olivia came home from high school upset that a teacher was using the F-word in class. Brown brought the issue to school administrators, but they didn t take him seriously, he said. Brown said he pulled his daughter, then a sophomore, out of the school and she s now being homeschooled. I m not going to subject my daughter to that kind of environment, Brown said Brown said he took his complaint to Klein because he lives in her district. A representative for the school district said the school received no complaints about staff using inappropriate language, which would violate the district s professional conduct policy. (Continued on page 14) Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local & federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, Am. Samoa Contact us by Telephone at (684) Contact us by Fax at (684) Contact us by at samoanews@samoatelco.com Normal business hours are Mon. thru Fri. 8am to 5pm. Permission to reproduce editorial and/or advertisements, in whole or in part, is required. Please address such requests to the Publisher at the address provided above. Waipahu, Feb.15, 2012 Leukemia Warrior Sharring Fa amalo Fanene Aoelua Niusulu revisits the cards given to her last Feb. by the Wildcats of Nu uuli Voc-Tech High School. [photo: Banner Fanene] NHS Cancer Leukemia Awareness & Fundraiser This Week By Pe a Mann, Special to American Samoa Media Twenty-two month s after being diagnosed with the blood cancer Leukemia, local girl now Hawaii resident Sharring Niusulu, continues to beat the odds. Born & raised in American Samoa, the Aua Elementary-Faga itua High-ASCC graduate is grateful that she has lived another year since visiting home last February. Sharring was able to fly home with her husband, compliments of a dear friend, to take part in the American Samoa Bone Marrow Drive Nearly 900 names were added to the National Bone Marrow Registry from that effort. While a bone marrow match was not found for Sharring from those 900, the memory of that special time lingers with Sharring s young cousin Vatauomalotetele Vatau or TauTau Fanene. Vatau, a Senior and National Honor Society student at Nu uuli Voc-Tech High School, has put together for this week, a cancer awareness & fundraising campaign called Vatau s Hope Drive. Vatau explained that For Valentine s Day I started this Hope Drive for leukemia cancer awareness and to raise funds to help Sharring. Because of this sickness, she is unable to live a normal pain-free life. She often tells us that she doesn t want to burden anyone. The hard working Senior added, I just want to do something to help her live! She is our family hero, a Leukemia Warrior! When Sharring, who lives in Waipahu Hawaii learned of Vatau s Hope Drive, she posted last week on Facebook, Oh my gosh! I m in tears right now, reading your message and so very happy for you and this wonderful project. Honestly, you, members of your school/staff, members of our family and everyone who participated in last year s Bone Marrow Drive have truly made an impact on my life and I m certain, I speak for all cancer patients in need of bone marrow transplants when I say how THANKFUL we all are that everyone came together for such a worthy cause. My heart is so full of joy & gratitude that you were inspired to raise cancer awareness to your peers, who are the future of American Samoa. Sharring continued on the popular world-wide social network, Please send everyone my love & know that I m supporting you guys from here. I love you so much dearest cousin Vatau & appreciate your willingness to get this very important project started & in effect. You re the BOMB!!! This wonderful act of kindness motivates me to continue fighting & to never give up hope. Love you so much Tau and your Wildcats. [I still have all the beautiful cards & banner & memories of the day I got to visit your school last year]. The weeklong activities kicked off Valentine s Day with an emotionally charged Heart to Heart school assembly Tuesday morning at Nu uuli Voc-Tech High School. Sharring s little sister Michelle Fanene was at the assembly and admitted that, I am a Viking, but Voc-Tech students have the most pride and spirit of all the High Schools on island! After the opening prayer, NVTHS Principal Saouila Kava, NVTHS staffer Salote Fanene, and visiting Samoana High School teacher Faleula Sappa shared teary testimonials of their experiences with cancer and their love for Sharring. Sappa is Sharring s mother, Fanene is Sappa s sister, and Kava is Sharring s father s sister. The program also included soulful accapella vocals by returning Son of Samoa uncle Asofa Fanene who belted classics Stand By Me and Amazing Grace, NVTHS staffer Miriama Susuga led the student body in a moving religious hymn, a slideshow produced by Vatau, and special guest remarks by cancer survivor Ms. Poha Kalani. The weeklong activities top off this Saturday with a 6:45 a.m. prayer followed by a fundraising carwash that runs til 3:00 p.m. in front of Samoana High School, Utulei. Sandwiched in between the Valentine s Day assembly and the Saturday CarWash are cancer awareness activities on individual High School campuses. Vatau has recruited and left it to High School National Honor Societies of Faga itua, Samoana, Tafuna, Leone, Fa asao/marist, and Nu uuli Voc-Tech to customize their cancer awareness activities according to what works best for their school. She has suggested to the schools to on Wednesday make posters with motivating messages to cancer victims, on Thursday for the American Samoa Cancer Coalition to provide educational information, on Friday a sports day with students wearing Orange for Leukemia, Pink for Breast cancer, Yellow for Kidney Cancer, etc. Vatau s Hope Drive s fitting motto is Supporting the Fighters, Admiring the Survivors, Honoring the Taken, and Never Ever giving up Hope! The loving little cousin encourages everyone to Be a part of a winning team for Hope. Money raised will go to the Caring for Sharring non-profit. For additional 411, telephone Vatau at or vatau.fanene@gmail.com

5 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 5 GOP pushes back against any further cuts in nukes WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans on Wednesday vowed to block the Obama administration from sharply cutting the U.S. nuclear force, calling potential reductions of as much as 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons reckless lunacy. Pointing to the growing number of trouble spots, from Iran to Syria to Egypt, members of the House Armed Services Committee said any significant cuts would undermine the U.S. ability to deter aggression. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the administration is weighing several options for new reductions from the current treaty limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee that no decision has been made and maintaining the current level is one of the options. But that did little to assuage GOP lawmakers. I just want to go on record as saying that there are many of us that are going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that this preposterous notion does not gain any real traction, said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. The most modest option under discussion would return the United States to a level not seen in more than half a century, when the Soviet Union and the U.S. pushed ahead in a Cold War nuclear arms race. The administration is weighing at least three options for lower total numbers, cutting to around 1,000 to 1,100, 700 to 800, or 300 to 400. Although Dempsey said maintaining the status quo is one option, further cuts are consistent with President Barack Obama s 2009 promise to pursue the elimination of nuclear weapons and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, which called for an implementation study by the Defense Department to review the nation s nuclear deterrence requirements with an eye toward further reductions in the size of the arsenal. Last March, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon said the administration was making preparations for the next round of nuclear reductions. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, complained that such a step would encourage other nations to advance their nuclear programs. Fearing Iran s nuclear ambitions, the United States and the international community have imposed tough sanctions on Tehran. If they see that we are going to come down from 1,500 to some number in the low to middle hundreds, it does nothing but encourage our enemies and discourage our friends, Thornberry said. And the result of that is more nuclear weapons programs all across the world, which would seem to me to be something that we would not want to have happen. Panetta said a number of options are being discussed but provided no specifics. He insisted any decision would be part of a treaty that would have to be ratified by the Senate. As you know, reductions that have been made, at least in this administration, have only been made as part of the START process and not outside of that process. And I would expect that that would be the same in the future, Panetta said. (Continued on page 14) V & N Consultant Services...expertise for all your travel Visas (U.S., NZ, AUS etc.) and all consulting services with an affordable prices... **Please call for appointments ONLY Cells: Home office: (after 4pm) vnconsultantservices2011@yahoo.com NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the VAA Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that OGE SAMAILA, PESAMINO SAMAILA, TAUPO SAMAILA, MOTUPESAMINO SAMAILA JR. of TULA has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land FUSI allegedl y belonging to VAA FAMILY of the village of TULA. 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O le fa aaliga lenei ona o OGE SAMAILA, PESAMINO SAMAILA, TAUPO SAMAILA, MOTUPESAMINO SAMAILA JR. o le nu u o TULA ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atuina i luga o le fanua o FUSI e fa asino i le aiga sa VAA, o le nu u o TULA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o TULA itumalo o VAIFANUA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 02/02 & 02/16/12 American Samoa Government AMERICAN SAMOA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu, Samoa News Reporter LOMITUSI FILIGA An intoxicated man who allegedly pointed an unlicensed gun at a family member made his initial appearance before District Court Judge John Ward yesterday morning. Lomitusi Filiga, in his 40 s, is charged with public peace disturbance; however the government is looking into filing additional weapon charges against the defendant. Police affidavit says the defendant, who was allegedly intoxicated at the time, pointed a 38 handgun at a family member in Fagatogo on Tuesday. The complaining witness walked over to the Central Police station in Fagatogo and filed a complaint with police, who later apprehended the defendant. Police said they had to place the defendant into custody for his own safety, because he was intoxicated. According to police, the defendant said he was just playing around and he was not serious. Assistant Attorney General Camille Phillipe said she s waiting for the police report from the investigating police officer. Filiga is represented by the Public Defender s office. Bail for the defendant was set at $1,000 and he s scheduled to appear again on February 21, Police have confiscated the weapon involved in this matter. NEMAIA POAMO, MIGO MISA AND SEFO SIAULAIGA The government case against the three men charged in the brutal beating death of Sio Faumui also known as Chico in June last year has been rescheduled again to a later date. This matter was scheduled for jury trial yesterday before the High Court. Nemaia Poamo, Migo Misa and Sefo Siaulaiga aka Raponi Siaulaiga are each charged with murder in the second degree. The government alleges that Siaulaiga, Misa and Poamo assaulted Faumui of Iliili with their hands and left him lying unconscious about 15-feet from the main road in Malaeimi. It s also alleged that Poamo and Siaulaiga further beat the victim with rocks and Misa used a beer bottle to strike Faumui s face. According to the government s case, Poamo and Migo punched and kicked Faumui at least 15 to 20 times. Faumui suffered multiple facial injuries. All three have admitted to police that they assaulted Faumui, according to court affidavits. The date for the next hearing is yet to be scheduled. PUBLIC NOTICE Request for Comments on the American Samoa 2012 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has prepared the American Samoa 2012 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. 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6 Page 6 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Weeping widower of victim testifies Soldiers run during clashes with the relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, early Wednesday Feb. 15, At least 358 inmates were killed, according to authorities. (AP Photo) Report: Most Honduras fire victims were awaiting trial COMAYAGUA, Honduras (AP) -- The prisoners It was something horrible, said survivor whose scorched bodies were carried out Eladio Chica, 40, as he was led away by police piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Wednesday night, handcuffed, to testify before a Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded local court about what he saw. I only saw flames, penitentiary where most inmates had and when we got out, men were being burned, up never been charged, let alone convicted, according against the bars, they were stuck to them. to an internal Honduran government report The deadly inferno never had to happen. obtained by The Associated Press. The frantic inmate who started the fire gave More than half of the 856 inmates of the warning, phoning the state governor and screaming Comayagua farm prison north of the Central he was going to burn the place down. After the American country s capital were either awaiting man, who wasn t identified, lit a mattress on fire trial or being held as suspected gang members, a few minutes later, crews said they rushed to the according to a report sent by the Honduran government prison, arriving two minutes after a call for help this month to the United Nations. because the firehouse was nearby. But the handful A fire started by an inmate tore through the of guards held them out for a catastrophic 30 minutes, prison Tuesday night, burning and suffocating saying they thought the screams inside were screaming men in their locked cells as rescuers a prison break and a riot. When rescuers finally desperately searched for keys. Officials confirmed were allowed in, they said they couldn t find keys 358 dead, making it the world s deadliest prison or guards to unlock the barracks. fire in a century. Fifteen minutes away, the U.S. military s Survivors told horrific tales of climbing walls Southern Command operates Joint Task Force to break the sheet metal roofing and escape, only Bravo, where major search and rescue teams and fire to see prisoners in other cell blocks being burned squads are on standby. They were never dispatched. alive. Inmates were found stuck to the roofing, Capt. Candace Allen, a spokeswoman for Joint their bodies fused to the metal. Task Force Bravo, said they can only send what From the time firefighters received a call at they re asked for, so throughout the night they 10:59 p.m. local time, the rescue was marred by sent surgical masks, flashlights and Glowsticks. human error and conditions that made the prison No one asked for firefighters. ripe for catastrophe. On Thursday morning, officials continued their According to the report, obtained exclusively investigation at the prison, where murals of Catholic by the AP, on any given day there were about 800 saints, Jesus Christ and psalms stand out in an inmates in a facility built for 500. There were only otherwise miserable place. Two palm trees flank 51 guards by day and just 12 at night - the case the front entrance where a sign reads: Let there at the time of the fire. The prison has no medical be justice, even if the world perishes. or mental health care and the budget allows less Conditions at Comayagua? I d have to say than $1 per day per prisoner for food. Prisoners among the worst in Honduras, said Ron W. Nikkel, only needed to bear a simple tattoo to be incarcerated president of Prison Fellowship International who under the strict Honduran anti-gang laws, the visited the facility in It was very congested, report said. The U.N. condemns the practice as a there s not enough food, it s dangerous and dirty. violation of international law. The U.S. State Department has criticized the National prison system director Danilo Orellana Honduran government for harsh prison condi- declined to comment on the supervision or tions, citing severe overcrowding, malnutrition, the crowded conditions in Comayagua, a prison and lack of adequate sanitation. farm where inmates grew corn and beans. He The ready access of prisoners to weapons referred an AP reporter to the commander of the and other contraband, impunity for inmate attacks prison police, who said comment would have to against nonviolent prisoners, inmate escapes, and come from his public affairs office, which did not threats by inmates and their associates outside respond to an AP request late Wednesday. prisons against prison officials and their families President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday suspended contributed to an unstable and dangerous peniten- Orellana and other top prison officials. tiary system environment, says the most recent Inside the prison, charred walls and debris State Department report on human rights in Honduras. showed the path of the fire, which burned through There were reports that prisoners were tor- six barracks that had been crammed with 70 to 105 tured or otherwise abused in, or on their way to, inmates each in four-level bunk beds. prisons and other detention facilities. Bodies were found piled up in the bathrooms, Human rights groups and the U.S. government where inmates apparently fled to the showers, also say inmates with mental illnesses, as well as hoping the water would save them from blistering those with tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, flames. Prisoners perished clutching each other in are routinely held among the general prison bathtubs and curled up in laundry sinks. population. LOS ANGELES (AP) The weeping widower of a woman murdered 26 years ago testified Wednesday about a love triangle that prosecutors believe led his former lover then a Los Angeles police officer to kill his wife. Defendant Stephanie Lazarus avoided the gaze of witness John Ruetten as he said he never considered Lazarus to be his girlfriend, even though they had a long sexual relationship. What was your understanding of the relationship? Deputy District Attorney Shannon Presby asked. We were good friends, Ruetten said. We saw each other on and off, and on some of those occasions we had sexual intercourse. The tall, gray-haired Ruetten was overcome several times during his testimony, pulling tissues from a box on the witness stand to wipe his eyes as he spoke of Sherri Rasmussen, his murdered wife. He also told of his friendship with Lazarus that dated back to their days as students at UCLA. There was only necking and fooling around in their college years, he said. Jurors were shown pictures of them together as college kids, including one of Ruetten with his arm around Lazarus in her cap and gown at graduation. Ruetten, 53, wearing a dark business suit, testified that he met Rasmussen in 1984 at a party and they quickly became a couple. When they were engaged, he said, he felt no need to tell Lazarus because he had not seen her for months. However, he said she later learned of the engagement, summoned him to her condo and through tears expressed her love for him. She also asked him to have sex with her, which he said he did but now considers it a stupid move. He stressed that nothing changed that night. Here s the deal, he said. It was clear she was very upset that I was getting married and moving on. Later, he said, he confessed the incident to Rasmussen and told her: Don t let this mess us up. I want nothing more in the world than to be married to you. He also said he ended all contact with Lazarus, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Rasmussen. Ruetten identified blissful photos of the couple s wedding on Nov. 23, Lazarus did not look up as the photos flashed on a courtroom screen. Rasmussen was killed on Feb. 24, 1986, bludgeoned and shot to death by an intruder at the condo where she and Ruetten lived. Prosecutors are trying to show that Lazarus sought revenge for being spurned by Ruetten. Later in the day, Ruetten told of returning home from work on Feb. 24, 1986, to find his wife dead on the living room floor. I was reeling, he said. I was in shock. He said he put a blanket over his wife s face, called 911 and made himself available to police for interviews. But he said he never lived in the condo again, quit his job and moved out of Los Angeles. He said he didn t mention Lazarus to police as a possible suspect in the murder because, It never crossed my mind that she could be involved. He said he was later assured by a homicide detective that Lazarus was not a suspect, and that his wife was most likely killed by burglars. He went to live with his parents in San Diego, and in 1989 he made contact with Lazarus again and met up with her in Hawaii. When he moved back to the Los Angeles area the next year, he said he contacted her and they had sex again at least twice. In those times when you saw the defendant, did she ever ask about Sherri s death? asked Presby. No, said Ruetten. When the case was reopened in 2009, he said he voluntarily gave a DNA sample. Presby asked if he had anything to do with the killing and he said no. On cross-examination, Lazarus lawyer, Mark Overland, stressed that the relationship with the police woman was more serious than Ruetten said. Ruetten acknowledged that Lazarus knew his entire family and in September 1984, unaware of his relationship with Rasmussen, Lazarus threw a surprise 25th birthday party for Ruetten. Under Overland s questioning, Ruetten insisted, I always just made it clear we were just friends and this wasn t going toward marriage. Another witness, retired Los Angeles police officer Mike Hargreaves, said he lived at Lazarus condo for a year and recalled that she woke him once in the middle of the night and said Ruetten had broken up with her. She said John told her he was going to marry someone else, Hargreaves said. He said Lazarus, who was exceptionally fit, suggested they do buddy sit-ups together and she felt better after that. Ruetten s sister, Gail Lopes, showed jurors a letter to her mother from Lazarus that was postmarked Aug. 6, In it, Lazarus told Mrs. Ruetten: I m truly in love with John and the past year has really torn me up. I wish it didn t end the way it did, and I don t think I ll ever understand his decision. In subsequent years, Lazarus married and adopted a daughter. She rose to the rank of detective and was honored for her work in the art forgery section. She was arrested in 2009 after forensic experts, examining the file on Rasmussen s murder, linked her DNA to a bite mark on the slain woman s arm.

7 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 7 PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSEES Be advised that the Department of Public Safety in collaboration with the TAITAITAMA Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will be conducting compliance check activities in your area beginning in March 2012 and continuing through December Please remember that selling alcoholic beverages to a person less than 21 years of age is illegal per American Samoa Code, Title 27, Chapter 05; Section : No licensee may sell any alcoholic beverage to any person under 21. American Samoa is committed to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of its people. Our priority issue is to combat and prevent underage drinking and the problems that arise from this illegal activity. Responsible Beverage Service Training (RBST) WHO SHOULD ATTEND? All staff of licensed alcohol vendors including: bartenders, waiters/waitresses, managers, owners, store cashiers etc. WHAT? A 3-hour merchant education course that covers the following key topics: American Samoa Alcohol Laws, How Alcohol Effects the Body, Preventing Intoxication, How to Refuse Service, Preventing Disturbances & Liability. Pre-Registration Required. WHEN? 9:00 to 12:00 pm March 13th, April 10th & May 8th. 4:00 to 7:00 pm March 27th, April 24th & May 22nd. HOW TO REGISTER? Call or taitaitama@gmail.com Classes are on a First Come, First Serve Basis. Call Today to Register! For additional information, feel free to contact the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws-EUDL Program at ABC B oard & DHSS

8 Page 8 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 MEET A SPELLING CHAMP! The student at the right will represent an elementary school in the American Samoa Spelling Bee to be held February 29th. The winner of that Bee will represent American Samoa in the 84th annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee to be held May 28th - 31st in Washington, D.C. BIOGRAPHY OF A 2012 SPELLING BEE FINALIST What is your name? MaryRose Iramk What is your school name? Kanana Fou Elem entar y School What gr ade are you in? 8th Grade Who is you r Spelling Bee Coach? Ms. Sauni Who are your parents? Wilhelm and Soloatoa Iramk What village a re y ou from? Petesa What w as your w inning word? METEOROLOGIST Territorial Spelling Bee Major Sponsor in conjunction with Department of EDUCATION Spelling Bee Winners, if you ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment. MEET A SPELLING CHAMP! The student at the right will represent an elementary school in the American Samoa Spelling Bee to be held February 29th. The winner of that Bee will represent American Samoa in the 84th annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee to be held May 28th - 31st in Washington, D.C. BIOGRAPHY OF A 2012 SPELLING BEE FINALIST What is your name? Onosa i Maselina Misionare What is your school name? Aua Elem entar y School What gr ade are you in? 5th Grade Who is you r Spelling Bee Coach? Lizzie Sauni Malietoa Who are your parents? Siaosi and Akenese Misionare What village a re y ou from? Aua What w as your w inning word? INFINITESIMAL Territorial Spelling Bee Major Sponsor in conjunction with Department of EDUCATION C Y M K Spelling Bee Winners, if you ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment. C Y M K French bulldog named Baby, left, attends the feeding of wild boar piglets at the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 15, Six little pigs have found a new friend in a maternal French bulldog named Baby. The Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin says Baby took straight to the wild boar piglets when they were brought in Saturday, three days old and shivering from cold. Sanctuary worker Norbert Damm said Wednesday as soon as the furry striped piglets were brought in, Baby ran over and started snuggling them and keeping them warm, even though they re already about her size. He says the piglets mother was likely killed by a hunter and the litter was found abandoned in a forest. The piglets are being bottlefed right now and should be released to an animal sanctuary when they can feed themselves in about three months. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

9 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 9 Trinidad Moruga Scorpion wins hottest pepper title C Y C Y M K M K ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it s not surprising that months of research by the experts at New Mexico State University s Chile Pepper Institute have identified the variety as the new hottest pepper on the planet. The golf ball-sized pepper scored the highest among a handful of chile breeds reputed to be among the hottest in the world. Its mean heat topped more than 1.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale, while fruits from some individual plants reached 2 million heat units. You take a bite. It doesn t seem so bad, and then it builds and it builds and it builds. So it is quite nasty, Paul Bosland, a renowned pepper expert and director of the chile institute, said of the pepper s heat. Researchers were pushed by hot sauce makers, seed producers and others in the spicy foods industry to establish the average heat levels for superhot varieties in an effort to quash unscientific claims of which peppers are actually the hottest. That s something that hadn t been done before, Bosland said. The question was, could the Chile Pepper Institute establish the benchmark for chile heat? he said. Chile heat is a complex thing, and the industry doesn t like to base it on just a single fruit that s a record holder. It s too variable. The academic institute is based at the university s agriculture school and is partially funded by federal grants, as well as some industry groups depending on the project. The team planted about 125 plants of each variety - the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the Trinidad Scorpion, the 7-pot, the Chocolate 7-pot and the Bhut Jolokia, which was a previous record-holder identified by the institute and certified by Guinness World Records in Randomly selected mature fruits from several plants within each variety were harvested, dried and ground to powder. The compounds that produce heat sensation - the capsaicinoids - were then extracted and examined. During harvesting, senior research specialist Danise Coon said she and the two students who were picking the peppers went through about four pairs of latex gloves. The capsaicin kept penetrating the latex and soaking into the skin on our hands. That has never happened to me before, she said. Chile peppers of the same variety can vary in heat depending on environmental conditions. More stress on a plant - hotter temperatures or less water, for example - will result in hotter fruit. The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion s new notoriety is already making waves in the industry and among those who love their hot, spicy foods. As with all the previous record holders, there will be a run on seeds and plants, said Jim Duffy, a grower in San Diego who supplied the university with seeds for four of the super-hot varieties. Like Cabbage Patch dolls right before Christmas or Beanie Babies, it s like the hot item. Not even Duffy or the researchers would dare to pop a whole Trinidad Moruga Scorpion in their mouths, but there are plenty of videos on social networking sites where heatloving daredevils have tried. The blood flow increases and the endorphins start flowing. Their faces turn red, the sweat starts rolling, their eyes and noses water and there s a fiery sensation that spreads across their tongues and down their throats. People actually get a cracklike rush, Duffy said. I know Dear Mom, the people who will eat the hottest stuff to get this rush, but they ve got to go through the pain. Pepper experts said there are a handful of people who are crazy enough to subject themselves to the pain, but the rest just want to try out these superhot peppers on their friends or make killer hot sauce - and it doesn t take a whole pepper to do that. More bang for the buck is how Bosland describes it. He said a family could buy two of the super-hot peppers to flavor their meals for an entire week. The beauty of the peppers is they re not only the hottest in the world, but they re also some of the most flavorful peppers, Duffy said. You can make a barbeque sauce or a hot sauce at a mild to medium level using small amounts of these peppers and it will be so darn addictive that you won t want to put your spoon down, he said. You ll want to eat and eat and eat. In Memory of Ilalia Seumalo 1931 to 2003 This undated image provided by New Mexico State University shows the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the new hottest pepper on the planet, as identified by NMSU s Chile Pepper Institute. Researchers determined the golf ball-sized pepper has a mean Scoville Heat Unit value of 1.2 million. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jim Duffy, New Mexico State University) Since your passing, your family has grown with one more grand-child and 5 great-grandchildren and more children on the way. We continue to remember you to our children and now to the coming generations. Your legacy continues to be celebrated through them as you were the foundation and driving force of this family. Our life with you will be told again and again. This past year would have been your 80th birthday. We would have loved to give you the biggest celebration party surrounded by our family and friends as you so deserved. We thank you for the love, encouragement, care, guidance and honesty that you have instilled in all of us. You treated us equally. Thank you for being a great and good mother. You will always be remembered for all that you have done for us. Love Always, Your Children

10 Page 10 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Le 16 Sui A oa oina Lali mo U.S. Masters - Va afagota Laiti Lali Le Sui Komesina o Leleo ia Leseiau Laumoli ma le pule o le toese i Tafuna ia Lt. Lesa Lumana i Maifea i le taimi na molimau ai i luma o le komiti a le Senate i le taeao ananafi. (ata AF) E Facebook pagota ae fa atoese ai le Sui Komesina tusia Ausage Fausia Na taua e Lesa lona faatonuina o le leoleo e Na fa amaualalo le Sui Komesina o le Matagaluega o Leoleo i luma o le Komiti o le Puipuiga i luga o le facebook, ina ia mafai ai ona fai se ta u atu igoa o pagota ia o loo i ai o latou ata o le Saogalemu a le Senate i le taeao ananafi, e gaioiga a lona ofisa. fai ai o ia ma sui o le Komesina ma le Matagaluega o Leoleo, ona o le mataupu e fa atatau i pagota lea, sa ou faatonuina ai loa lo u ofisa e O le taimi lava na matu maua ai le igoa o le pagota ia na maua o faia a latou pu ega ata ma saili le sela lea o loo loka ai le alii lea, ma maua tu u i luga o feso otaiga tau initaneti, e taua o le atu ai loa le laptop e pei ona taua, o le saunoaga facebook. lea a Lesa, faatasi ai ma le isi ana molimau, e na O le iloiloga lea na faia i le taeao ananafi i o le tasi lava le laptop na maua i totonu o le toese luma o le Senate, na mafua ai ina ua salalau ripoti i le taimi lea, e ui e le i faia se asiasiga mo le fa asaga i ni pagota o lo o tuli ni a latou fa asalaga falepuipui atoa ina ua tula i mai lea faalavelave. i le to ese, ae sa molimauina ni a latou pu ega ata E talitonu afioga i Senatoa, ua mafua ona sao i luga o le facebook, atoa ai ma ni fa aupuga e pei le laptop i totonu o le toese o le faamatala o le ona molimauina i le tausaga na tea nei. pule o le falepuipui ma lana taupulega. Ina ua fesiligia e le komitia na saunoa ai le Saunoa Senatoa Alo Dr. Paul Stevenson e Sui Komesina ia Leseiau Laumoli, o le faafitauli faapea, e ui o le faatamala o le matagaluega i le e pei ona tulai mai i le toese, na mafua mai i le faatinoina o latou tiute ua mafua ai le faaletonu, faatamala o leoleo i le faatinoina o latou tiute. peitai o faafitauli lava foi nei o loo tulai mai i isi Ou te faamalulu atu i le mamalu o le komiti vaega o le malo. ona o le faaletonu e pei ona tulai mai i le toese, Sa ia faafetaia le Sui Komesina ma le pule o o le mea moni, ua le atoatoa le faatinoina o galuega a i latou o loo pulea le toese i Tafuna, ma atunuu, peitai e i ai lona talitonuga e tatau lava le toese e tusa ai ma galuega lelei o loo fai mo le mafua ai loa ona tulai mai le faafitauli ina ua oo ona siitia i luga le faatinoina o galuega aua e i atu le laptop i totonu o le toese ma faaaoga ai e se ai le talitonuga e mafua mai lava i totonu o le tasi o pagota, o le saunoaga lea a Laumoli a o la lotoifale o le toese le mafuaaga o lenei faafitauli. nonofo faatasi ai ma le pule o le toese i luga o le Saunoa Leseiau, e anoanoa i faafitauli o nofoa molimau, tofa Lt. Lesa Lumana i Maifea. loo mafua ai ona tutupu faalavelave i totonu o E tusa ai o le molimau a Leseiau na ia taua ai le toese, ma o nisi o ia faafitauli e aofia ai le le e faapea, ua toeitiiti lava maea le suesuega a le lava o le aufaigaluega, faaletonu fale o loo loka Matagaluega o Leoleo e uiga i le mataupu lenei, ai pagota, aemaise ai e le o lelei le nofoaga o ma ua i lalo foi o le vaavaaiga a leoleo le laptop loo tu ai le toese, e le gata i le latalata i nofoaga lea na faaaoga e pagota e faasalalau ai ata ma e toatele tagata e nonofo ai, ae faapea ai ma le faaupuga i luga o le facebook. alatele, aua e mafai lava ona alu atu se tagata ma Sa ia taua, afai ae mae a le suesuega o lo o togi atu se mea i totonu o le falepuipui, ona mafai fa agasolo a leoleo e uiga i le mafua aga na o o lea e pagota ona faaaoga. ai le laptop lenei i totonu o le to ese, ona toe I le faaiuga o le iloiloga, ua talosagaina ai loa fa afoi lea o le laptop a le aiga e ana. e le komiti se ripoti mai le matagaluega o Leoleo, Ina ua fesiligia e Senatoa Paogofie Fiaigoa le e faailoa atu ai faafitauli ma tulaga faaletonu uma pule o le falepuipui poo fea le nuu o le pagota lea o loo feagai ma le matagaluega, ae o a foi auala na maua i ai le laptop, na tali Lesa, o le Vaitogi. ua latou manatu o loo mafua ai ia faafitauli. Ina ua fesiligia e le komiti pe na fa apefea ona O le faanaunauga o afioga i Senatoa, ia mafai ona taunuu le laptop i pagota, ae na fa apefea foi ona ofo atu e le Fono se auala e fesoasoani ai i le matagaluega o leoleo ma le latou tautua mo le atunuu. iloa e leoleo le mea sa tupu, na saunoa ai Lesa e faapea, o le aso 16 Novema 2011 na telefoni atu ai se leoleo ia te ia e faailoa atu ni ata o ni alii Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia pagota o loo i luga o le facebook. ausage@samoanews.com tusia: Leua Aiono Frost Ua toetoe mae a le 2 vaiaso atoatoa na fa atulaga e le Asosi a Tautai o Samoa Longline & Fishing mo le vaega o Ali i Fagota e mafai ona latou fa afoea va a fagota laiti e i le va o le 50futu ma le 60futu le u umi. O lenei a oa oga fa apitoa o le a taua aoina Tusi Pasi o i latou o le a fa amanuiaina a latou su ega, aua o lo o ua a oa oina uma lava tomai ese ese e ao ina fa aauupegaina ai so o se tasi e tau avea lea tofiga i luga o le va a fagota. O le vaiaso muamua o le a oa oga, ua a oa oina ai le to a 16 lea i tomai i pepa fa atutumu a o le i tu ua le va a, o latou tiute e ao ina mautinoa e i latou a o le i avea i latou ma Master i luga o le va a. O le va aiga o le va a i ona tulaga uma, e pa u tonu lea ia te ia, i taimi uma. I a latou a oa oga nei, e tatau ona mae a ua iloa lelei e le to a 16 lea tulafono uma a le Malo tele e ala mai le US Coast Guard e tatau ona latou iloa ma manino ai, ae maise i taimi e tutupu ai ni fa afitauli ma maliliu ai nisi i a latou auva a. O lea tofiga, ua pa u tasi ai i le Master, le va aiga o le va a atoa, ae i luga lava o le va a e tasi, o lo o i ai fo i le Kapeteni mo Fagotaga. O le tagata e avea ma US Master, e le o i ai sona tusi pasi fa a-kapeteni o le va a, ae o ia lea e mafaia ona fa afoea le va a i lana folauga e fagota. Ua le fa apea ituaiga va a fagota tetele tau Perseiners, e fa aaoga lava le kapeteni mo ia ituaiga o va a, ma e ao ina tofu laisene i latou. Pe avea le vaega lea e to a 16 ma Master o le va a fagota, pe avea fo i ma tagata fagota, ua sili lona agava a nai le to atele o i latou e le i avea lea ituaiga o a oa oga. O le a oa oga o lo o fa atautaia i le gagana peretania, aua o le to atele o fanau a Amerika Samoa ua malamalama ai, ma o tulafono, pepa fa atutumu ma feutaga iga uma e faia e le tagata e avea ma Master o se va a, e faia lea i le gagana peretania. O le sui fo i sa ia fa atautaia le a oa oga lenei, o le susuga Capt. James mai Alaska, o ia lea o lo o kapetenia se tasi o va a fagota tele a le Trident Foods lea e galue ai lava o ia, ae o le taimi nei, o lo o faia sana malologa ma ua avanoa ai e fa atautaia lenei a oa oga fa apitoa mo tatou U.S. Masters. O le tele o a oa oga i le vaiaso muamua sa faia lea i totonu o le potu a oga, o le potu fono lea o le Mea Toso Va a a le tatou malo i Satala. Sa maua fo i se 3 itula e auai ai le tatou tusitala i totonu o lea vasega, ma ua iloga ai, e matua a oa oina latou i mea e afua ai ona tutupu fa alavelave i luga o le va a. E muamua i le lisi, o le i ai lea o le pia po o le ava malosi ma fuala au fa asaina i le va a! E maua loa lea tulaga, e mafai ona mafua ai misa, ma afua ai ona ese ese lagona o tagata o le auva a, m ua matua fa asaina i le tele o va a fagota, ona avea nei ituaiga o oloa i luga o le latou va a fagota. O se tala lea a le ali i Kapeteni o James. I totonu o le potu a oga, e ao ina mataala ai le sui o a oa oina, aua e o o lava i le pepa e fa amaumau ai lapisi, o nofoaga ma ogasami atoa ai ma tetele o lapisi e mafai ona lafoa ia i le sami, ma o latou tulafono e aiaia ai ua fa atulaga e le Malo Tele ua mae a fa amalamalama ai lona fa atumuga ma ona aiaiga ese ese. O le aso Faraile o le vaiaso muamua na fa atulaga ai le vaega a le US Coast Guard e o o ane ai e fa atautaia lea vasega, i ala o fa alapisia a le va a le sami, fa atasi ai ma sala e mafai ona fa ae e i so o se va a fagota po o isi fo i ituaiga o va a, ona ua maua o fa alapisi. E ao fo i ina iloa lelei e i latou ua avea ma Masters ona fa aaoga masini uma lava ua i totonu o le Potu o le kapeteni, le o lo o fa afoea le va a. O ia e fa amoemoe uma i ai fa ai uga e faia mo le va a ia saogalemu fa atasi ai ma i latou uma o lo o i luga o le va a, ia mautinoa ua saogalemu o latou soifua. O ituaiga vala au e fia fa ao o mo se galuega fa aola, o ia na te iloa patino le taimi e faia ai lea vala au, ma lona ituaiga o fa ailo, ia iloa e le Ofisa ulu o le va a le ituaiga fa aletonu o i ai i latou i luga o le vasa. O le vaiaso mulimuli lenei o a oa oga fa apitoa, ua matele ina faia ai latou folauga fa ata ita i, e mafai ona molita i mai ai e i latou fa ailoa o ituaiga ese ese, ia mautinoa ua manino le tele o sosia o le atamai fa a-ali iva a ua mae a a oa oina i le potu a oga. O le aso Tofi lenei, ua fa atino ai a oa oga CPR.First Aid aua e mana omia ona mautaga le Ali iva a i le taimi e tutupu ai fa alavelave o so o se ituaiga i tagata uma o le auva a ma seila ae maise le au faifaiva. A mae a loa lea a oa oga fa apitoa ona alofaiva loa lea o le to a 16 i le su ega e saili ai tusi pasi fa apitoa mo le a oa oga lenei, e tamau ai fo i o latou totogi ia si itia i lea fo i tulaga fou o le tomai ua fa a au upegaina ai i latou. O le aso Faraile o le a toe tapuia ai e le ali i faia oga Capt. James tomai uma ua mae a a oa oina i le to a 16 ua auai, ma o le a taua aoina ai loa latou tusi pasi i le aoauli, itula e 11:00 i le taeao.

11 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 11 Talofa Video ASIA FANAU A OGA AFONOTELE IA LE MAOTA O LE SENATE Se vaaiga atu lena i tama ma teine mai le Aoga Tulaga muamua a Afonotele ao latou lagiina le viiga o le Atua e tatala ai le Tauaofiaga a le Senate i le taeao ananafi, ina ua asia e le fanau aoga le maota fono o le atunuu, ona o nisi ia o vaega o loo latou aoaoina i le aoga, o le molimauina lea o auala o loo faatautaia ai galuega i totonu o le Fono Faitulafono. [ata: AF] ALOFA Vaega 117 O se afiafi ese lea i le mafutaga a Lameko ma Tagiilima ma le la fanau. O tama fo i, ua le mautonu o latou mafaufau po o le a le mafua aga ua fa apea ai lo latou tina. O lea sa fa amatalatala lelei lava le mea na tupu i lona aiga, a o lea ua toe fo i ane, ua ese le tulaga lea ua i ai lo latou tina. O mea uma na tutupu i lona aiga, ua teu i le loto o Tagiilima, aemaise ai o le taimi o le latou fa amavaega ma nai ona tuagane ma si ona uso o Malia. Na o o i lona loto se manatu e fa apea, atonu o le latou toe feiloa iga mulimuli lea ma ona tugane, atonu fo i o le taimi mulimuli lenei o le a toe va ai ai i foliga o Lolesio, Tovi o Tomasi, Toetu ma Malia, ona ua ia toe manatu, ua matutua ua le toe laiti. O le tulaga lea na mamafa i le loto o Tagiilima. Ua pau le mapusaga o lona loto, o le fa atasi ma mafuta lea i si ona to alua ma le la fanau e pele ia te ia. Ina ua ma ea le fa amatalaga a le lo omatua i mea na tutupu i lona aiga, ua o o nei le fa asologa i le fa amuli a Lameko ma lana fanau tama. Ua fa amatalatala uma nei e le toeaina mea na tutupu i le fa amuli, a o to esea Tagiilima ma Loimata. Na fa amatala e FA Avae ai Aiga Lameko le fa atoaga, e leai se mea o fa aletonu, o le fale e leai e mea e masepu i totonu o le fale, ona sa va ai e Eteuati. Ia o le tatou fale, o le na ua oulua va ai atu i ai, ua sui atoa le va ai, ma o le matafaioi lea na tu u atu i a Eteuati na te tauaveina. E le i uma mai le tala a Lameko, ae oso atu Eteuati ma lona leo fa ai i, Tama, e le o Eteuati, o Cindy Rose, e tu loa le teine i lona tofi, ua uma mea uma o le lalolagi nei. Ua le iloa pe talie pe feitai i lea taimi, ae ua ma oga a e i luga le ata a lona uso o Emani ma tilotilo ane i lona uso la ititi. Ua alu nei le talie, ae ua tu a e i luga Eteuati ma tele ai i tua. Ua mao lana tala i lona tama, a o lea e saofa i lona tina. Lolesio, tu u mai ia te a u le pulumu, tu u mai le pulumu.. Na topetope nei le savali a Eteuati ma lana tomumu, O le lo omatua lenei se, sa fa apea fo i o le a alu i lona aiga toe fo i mai ua sui, a o lea ua atili ai ona nunumi lona mafaufau, e le lalolagi e, ma mea o tumu ai. Na tilotilo ane nei i ai lona tina, Eteuati, a uma mea ia ona ou liliu atu loa lea ia te oe. Talofa, e fiu lava e na na le tama i moa ae i oi o mai lava. Ua le mafai e le lo omatua o Tagiilima ona taofiofi lana ata i lea taimi, ua tete i i le fa alogologo Upu Fou - FATUA iupu? Fa aaoga i le Gagana Samoa: O lenei taumafaiga ina ia mafai ona fa aopoopo nisi upu i le tatou gagana samoa, ina ia mafai ona fa afaigofie ma fa apu upu u le taumafaiga e fa aliliu mai tala fa aperetania i le gagana samoa! Ia fa ao o mai lou lagona e ala i se tusi e fa ao o mai i le Fa atonu, po o le Imeli toasavili@yahoo.com tatou te feutaga i ai i nei galuega lelei mo i tatou uma lava! Upu: HONEYMOON. Fa asamoa: HANIMONI Fa aaoga pea i tusitusiga le fa asamoa o i luga, ae fa aalia mai sou finagalo e talia gofie ai o tatou taofi. Fa ailoa mai, tatou feutaga i ma le fa aaloalo lava! atu i le leo o Eteuati, ua pei o le leo o Loimata. Na alu alu nei le talie ega lea, fa ai u loa i le tauvalauga o Eteuati, Eteuati, Eteuati, savali mai i luma o lea matou te fa atali atu ia te oe, savali mai i luma. O le tau manuo lea a lona tina. Ua na o le tu nei o Eteuati ma pupuni lona gutu i tua o le faitoto a ma fa alogologo mai i le talie ega lea ua fai nei a ona matua ma ona uso, fa atasi ai ma lona tuafafine, ia te ia. Na ona tope lava o le fa ailoga o le koluse a Eteuati, savali fa atama mai loa i luma, i le potu malolo lea o lo o i ai uma ona matua, o ona uso, ma lona tuafafine e to atasi o Loimataoapaulua. NEW RELEASES: Twilight Breaking Dawn Rum Diary Harold and Kumar Christmas Rebound Pavaiai Nuuuli Fagatogo Aua LAND COMMISSION NOTICE is hereby given that USOAGALELEI TALAILEVA LAGOO of FAGAALU, American Samoa, has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as FOTU-O- TAMA which is situated in the village of FAGAALU, in the County of MAOPUTASI, EASTERN District, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on file with the Territorial Registrar to be forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval thereof according to the laws of American Samoa. Said instrument names JUNG H LEE as LESSEE. Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land Commission before the 9TH day of APRIL, It should be noted that any objection must clearly state the grounds therefor. POSTED: FEBRUARY 9, 2012 thru APRIL 9, 2012 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar KOMISI O LAU ELE ELE O LE FA ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o USOAGALELEI TALAILEVA LAGOO ole nu u o FAGAALU, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o FOTU-O-TAMA, e i le nu u o FAGAALU i le itumalo o MAOPUTASI, Falelima i SASA E ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata upu o lo o ta ua ai JUNG H LEE. A iai se tasi e fia fa atu i ese i lea mata upu, ia fa aulufaleina mai sa na fa atu iesega tusitusia ile Failautusi o lea Komisi ae le i o o ile aso 9 o APERILA, Ia manatua, o fa atu iesega uma lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa atu iese ai. 02/16 & 03/16/12 AS-EPA SAYS: ALL MOVIES $2 Litter hurts... Do the right thing AMERICAN SAMOA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ASDC) DBA: RAINMAKER HOTEL ANNOUNCING ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING DATE: Friday, February 24, 2012 PLACE: Fatu-O-Aiga Hall, Tafuna TIME: 4:00 p.m.

12 Page 12 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Fesiligia pe tusa ma tulafono paketi a le ASPA tusia Ausage Fausia O le te ena ai e kovana Togiola Tulafono o le pili na pasia e le Fono e fa asoasoa atu ai le $60.37 miliona mo le Paketi a le Fa alapotopotoga o le Suavai ma le Eletise (ASPA), ua fesiligia ai e nisi o le fono le paketi lea ua fa atautaia ai galuega a le ASPA i le taimi nei, pe o talafeagai ma ala o le tulafono. I le tau a aoina ai e ta ita i o le fono o se tusi mai le alii kovana e te ena ai le pili mo le paketi a le ASPA, na faia ai loa le fa ai uga a le Senate, ina ia toe fa aulu le latou pili lea e pasia, ina ia te ena ai le malosiaga o le kovana na te te ena ai le pili sa pasia e le Fono. O le komiti o le Paketi lea o lo o taitaifono ai le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga, sa tu uina atu i ai lenei pili taufa aofi, ma o le taeao ananafi na faitau fa alua ai ma le fa amoemoe, o le taeao nei e faitau tolu ai. Sa fautuaina e le afioga i le alii peresetene o le Senate ia Gaoteote Palaie Tofau le afioga Lemanu ina ia silasila totoa i le tulafono ma vave fai i ai se faaiuga a le maota, ona o se tulafono e taua tele, aemaise lava o lea ua toe faaulu ina ia faaleaoga ai e le fono le malosi o le kovana na te teena ai se pili e pasia atu e le Fono. Saunoa le afioga i le alii faipule ia Taotasi Archie Soliai i le taeao ananafi, afai o lea ua teena e le kovana le pili na pasia e le fono e faasoasoa atu ai le paketi a le ASPA mo le isi 6 masina, e fesiligia la e lona sui faipule le paketi lea ua faagaioi ai galuega a le ASPA, pe o tusa ai ma ala o le tulafono. Sa ia fesiligia foi se isi gaioiga a le Fono e faia ina ia foia ai le faafitauli lea o loo tulai mai i le paketi a le ASPA. TA LAM Na taua e Togiola i lana tusi i taitai o le fono e faapea, o lo latou pasia ai o le pili e faasoasoa ai le paketi a le ASPA mo le isi 6 masina, ua feteenai ai ma le tulafono lea e tuu atu ai le malosi i le Komiti Faafoe latou te pasia ai le paketi mo le ASPA lava latou ia, aemaise ai foi o le tulaga i le mauaina lea e le ASPA o tupe mai fafo e fesoasoani ai i ana galuega faatino mo le atunuu. O se tasi o lenei o mataupu o loo faaauau pea ona tulai mai ai se feteenaiga i le va o le Fono ma le pulega a le ASPA, poo ai o loo umia le malosi e pasia ai le paketi a le ASPA. Fai mai le fono o latou o loo i ai le malosiaga e pasia ai le paketi a le ASPA, peitai o loo finau mai foi le komiti faafoe a le ASPA, o latou o loo i ai le malosi e pasia ai le paketi mo galuega faatino a le ASPA. E tusa ai ma ala o le Faavae o loo taua ai e faapea, afai e teena e le kovana se pili na pasia atu e le Fono, ia le silia ma le 14 talu mai le aso na teena ai e le kovana le pili, e tatau ona faia ai se faaiuga a le fono, ma ia lagolagoina e le 2/3 o sui o maota taitasi lenei tulafono. Afai loa ae toe pasia e le Fono le pili sa teena e le kovana, ona toe tuuina atu loa lea i le ofisa o le kovana mo le sainiaina, ae afai e tuanai aso e 15 e le i sainia lava e le kovana lea pili, ona ia tuuina atu loa lea i le Failautusi o le Initeria faatasi ai ma ni ana fautuaga e uiga i le pili. Afai e talia e le Failautusi o le Initeria le pili lea i totonu o le 90 aso, ona avea ai loa lea o le pili tau faaofi ma tulafono, ae afai na te le tuuina mai ai se faaiuga o lona uiga o le a le avea ma tulafono lea pili. Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com O I? N A e K ailo Se!!! Se!!! saunia: Leua Aiono Frost FA AMALOSIA I LE NAIFI: FA AMASINO O LE FA AMASINOGA A AMERIKA O se tasi o ali i Fa amasino o le Fa amasinoga Maualuga a le Iunaite Setete o Amerika ua fa ailoa mai na fa amata u e se tasi ae ave fa amalosi ni ana meatotino a o i ai o ia i le ogasami o le Atu Karipiana i lana malologa mai ona tiute i le aso 9 Fepuari, E tusa ai ma se fa amatalaga mai se tasi o tama ita i o le Vaega o Fa amasinoga a le malo tele, sa ia fa aalia ai, E ui lava ina e le ua na o ia se Fa amasino ua fa amata uina fa apea, ae le o se mea faigofie lava ua o o i le susuga Judge Breyer. I le tausaga e 2004 na gaoia fa amalosi a fo i le ali i fa amasino o David Souter a o tamo e i le taeao, 1966 na se ia ai le ato a le tama ita i fa amasino o Ruth Bader. O se tala mai, e tatau lava ona i ai leoleo nana fa apitoa e latou te leoleoina fa amasino uma lava a le Malo tele, ma e fa amalosia lava lea tulaga pe afai o le a o ese mai fo i i latou mai le Iunaite Setete o Amerika. E malaga nei leoleo ma i latou pe a o ese mai Amerika, le mea o lo o matua sili ona leoina ai i latou mai ni mea fa aletonu e ono tutupu i o latou soifua. FA AMAONIA MALIU - FITAFITA RAF PERETANIA Ua toe fa aalia mai le maliu o se tasi o fitafita o le Ea Fosi a le Malo Peretania ona o ni osofa iga i le itumalo o Nad-e Ali i Helmand. O lea ali i fitafita lea ua mae a fa ailoa i lona aiga ua lisia i ona pepa, ua fa ailoa mai na fana oti lava e le tagata a o ta amilo o ia i lana pou tiute i le itu i sisifo o Dashte, o se fa amaumauga lea ua i ai a le Minisita o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu. O se tala mai le ali i Ofisa o fa asalalau a le malo o Peretania ua ia fa aalia ai, O matou lagona le fa anoanoa, ma o fa amaisega fo i a le malo e o o i le pulega o vaega au, ua mae a fa ao o i le aiga o lea fitafita. O le aofa i ua i ai nei faitauga o i latou ua maliliu i le taua i Afakanisitana ua tula i mai le 398 e tau ai le maliu lea, ae afua mai le tausaga e O le tala mai, e tatau lava ona ta ito alua sifi a nei fitafita, peita i, ua masalomia sa talanoa o ia i se tasi o le atunu u, ua na leiloa ai se osofa iga o tulata mai ia te ia. O ia lenei ua mulimuli mai lona maliu i se asi fo i o fitafita a Peretania sa fasiotia fo i i Afakanisitana lava i le aso 27 Ianuari, 2012 ae o le nofoaga i Helmand s Khar Nikah. Ua fa ailoa mai e tusa ma le 500 o fitafita e 9,500 lea ua fa apea o le a malaga ese atu mo le latou malo i le tausaga nei, ae ua fa aalia e le ali i Palemia, e to atele i latou o le a tu ua Afakanisitana i le tausaga e Ua tutusa lava mana oga o nei ta ita i ma le Peresetene o Amerika, e matua mama ese uma mai fitafita o le latou malo i le tausaga e Afioga i le alii Senatoa Seui Laau Mautonu i le taimi a o ia nofoia le nofoa o le Itumalo o Ituau i le Maota Maualuga. [ata: AF] Senatoa Seui L. Mautonu Mai itulau 1 O le taeao nei i le itula e 8:30 ua faamoemoe e faataunuuina ai le sauniga faalemalo a Seui i le maota o le Fono Faitulafono, lea o le a molimauina e ona uso a Senatoa faapea ai afioga i faipule o le maota o sui. O se vaega o le sauniga i le taeao nei ua faamoemoe e tauaao aloaia atu ai e le alii peresetene o le Senate ia Gaoteote Palaie Tofau se iugafono a le Senate ua pasia e maota e lua, e momoli atu ai le agaga o faamaisega ma le faamafanafanaga a le Fono ma tagata Amerika Samoa, i le faletua/tausi ia Palepa Milovale Gagau Sanitoa Seui ma le aiga Sa Seui, ona o le tuumalo o le alii Senatoa, ma momoli atu ai le agaga faamalo mo le faafetai i lana tautua matavela mo tagata o Amerika Samoa. O le afioga Seui na soifua mai i le aso 24 Me, 1942, ae valaauina e le Atua i le aso 26 Ianuari 2012 ina ua 69 tausaga o lona soifua. O loo taua i le iugafono e faapea, o i latou uma e silafia Seui, latou te molimauina lona soifuaga, o ia o se tagata e tautala sa o, ma o se tasi lea o uiga tumau i lona soifuaga atoa. E 47 tausaga o lana tautua i le malo o Amerika Samoa, ao lei filifilia o ia i le tausaga e 2009 e avea ma se tasi o Senatoa mo le itumalo o Ituau i le maota maualuga a le Senate. O lana uluai galuega sa avea ai ma failautusi o mea faigaluega a le Ofisa o Tautua Faa-Ofisa, ma tofia ai loa e avea ma failautusi i vaega tau tupe mo le kamupani o le StarKist Samoa. Ina ua mavae ni nai tausaga sa toe foi atu o ia ma toe faaauau lana galuega mo le malo o Amerika Samoa, ma avea ai ma taitai failautusi mo le matagaluega o Galuega Lautele, sosoo ai ma tausaga e lua sa galue ai o se Tagata e Fuafuaina mea tau tupe a le Fono Faitulafono, ma toe foi atu ai ma galuega i le Ofisa o Faatauaiga a le malo mo tausaga e 8. Sa amata galue o ia i le tofiga o le Fesoasoani faapitoa i le Faatonu, sosoo atu ai ma le Faatonu Lagolago, mulimuli ane ai loa avea ma Faatonu o lea matagaluega. I le tausaga e 1968 ina ua faatoa 26 ona tausaga ao suafa ia Laau Seui, sa ia talia ai le fanoga a lona aiga na te nofoia le suafa Seui, ma la nofolua ai ma le tofa Seui Afa, ma ia tausia ai loa le aiga ina ua tuumalo Seui Afa ina ua tuanai le 20 tausaga, ma faaauau ai lava lona tausiaina o lona aiga, nuu ma le ekalesia i lona afioaga o Nuuuli mo le 40 tausaga. O Seui o se tiakono e galue malosi i galuega a lana ekalesia EFKAS i Nuuuli, o ia foi o le tiakono taitai, o le taitai pese a le aufaipese a le Osana Aleluia ma le aufaipese tuu faatasi a lana ekalesia i Nuuuli, o ia foi o le taitai o le komiti o Atinae a le ekalesia. O se tama sa ia faia ni faataitaiga lelei mo lana fanau ina ia avea i latou ma taitai o le malo ma le ekalesia, lea e pei ona avea ai lona atalii matua o Larry S. Sanitoa ma faipule o le maota o sui, o ia foi o le taitai o le Faalapotopotoga Faavaomalo o Fatuoaiga, Ituaiga o Aiga Paia, ae o lona atalii laititi o Mikaele o le faifeau faamaoni mai Piula a le Ekalesia Metotisi. O Seui, o ia o le taitaifono o le Komiti o Galuega o le malo a le Senate, sui taitai fono o le komiti o Tagata Litaea, e avea foi o ia ma totino o nisi o komiti a le maota maualuga. Ia faamaise le Agaga Paia o le Atua i aiga faanoanoa ona o le tuua o le malo e le alii Senatoa ia Seui. Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com

13 TALA maisamoa samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 13 SN/Le Lali TA USALAINA SE MATAI SAMOA I LE TALEPEINA O SE FALE A SE AIGA O se matai taua a Samoa, ae o se pule i se ofisa nusipepa, le susuga Savea Sano Malifa, na ta usalaina i lona fa aleagaina o se fale a se aiga. Ua fa amaonia le moliaga ae leai se sala. O lenei moliaga na faia fa asaga ia Savea, ona o se fa alavelave na tula i mai i le afioaga o Afega i le tausaga e 2005, ona o tulaga o fanua. E tusa ai ma le tagi a Fata Pemila, na ia tu ua ia ai Savea i lona fa aleagaina o se fale a le aiga o Fata, na fau i luga o se fanua a le aiga potopoto. Na fa amaonia e Savea i luma o le fa amasinoga lona fa aleagaina o le fale a Fata. E le i maua se fa ai uga i se tagi na fa aulu e Savea e fa asaga ia Fata. TAPUNIA FA AMALOSIA NI FALEOLOA PULEA E NI TAGATA SAINA Ua tapunia e le ofisa o le Minisita o Fefa atauaiga ia ni pisinisi po o ni faleoloa se lua, e pulea e tagata Saina, ina ua fa amaonia i se su esu ega na faia, ia le faia e i la ua o ni fa amaumauga le fa amaoni. Na ta ua e Margaret Fruean, le sui pule sili o le ofisa e lesitala ai pisinisi, na fa amaonia e nei faipisinisi ia le atoa o le lua tausaga, o tatala pea a la pisinisi, ae leai ni laisene faipisinisi. Na ta ua foi e Fruean, i se tasi o a latou su esu ega na faia, na fa amaonia ai le talavou o se tasi o pule fou o se tasi o nei pisinisi, ma o se tulaga e le o gatasi ma le tulafono. O le tausaga fa atulagaina e mafai ai ona avea se tasi ma pule o se pisinisi, e 21 tausaga. I le vaiaso ua mavae, na tipoti ai fo i seisi ali i faipisinisi mai Saina ona o le tulaga lava lea e tasi. TOE TAUMAFAI ATILI LE MANU SAMOA E ui i le latou siamupini mai i le ipu o le lalolagi i le Lakapi Ta ito a 7, i Las Vegas i le fa ai uga o le vaiaso, ae e le o fa avaivai ai le u una ia e le ali i faiaoga o Stephen Betham, o tama o le Manu Samoa, ina ia fa amalosi atili aua ta aloga o loma nei i Hong Kong. Na fa ato ilalo e Samoa ia Niu Sila i le latou ta aloga i le Aso Sa, ma se ia ai le ipu o le lalolagi, i se ta aloga na fa ai u i le Na fa aalia e Betham le fa amalieina o lona loto i le gaioi a ana tama ta a alo talavou, ina ua manunu a ali i tuai o le ta aloga, e pei o Lolo Lui ma Uale Mai. E toe ono vaiaso ona amatalia lea o leisi vaega o le Ta ito a 7 i Hong Kong. [radio new zealand international] O le tama ita i o Judith Sopoaga ma le ali i o Toelagi Autele, o lo o tautuaina le mamalu o le atunu u i totonu o le Maota Fono. [ata: JL] A hand reaches out to shake President Barack Obama s hands as he has photo taken after speaking at the Master Lock Company in Milwaukee, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, about the importance of American manufacturing. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Obama raising campaign cash in visit to California LOS ANGELES (AP) -- President Barack Obama has said any legislation must protect intellectual property that creates jobs in the Obama mixed a pitch for manufacturing jobs with a dash for campaign cash on Wednesday, U.S., while still respecting the integrity of the embarking on a three-day West Coast trip to Internet as an open system. The president made haul in millions of dollars for his re-election no mention of the issue during remarks to the bid. large audience of activists. Obama s day brought him from the factory Obama started his day in Milwaukee, where floor of a Milwaukee padlock manufacturer he called for tax cuts for American manufacturers and higher taxes for companies that move to the posh home of a Hollywood soap opera producer, where 1,000 people paid hundreds of overseas, pressing what he hopes will be a winning campaign issue. He also acknowledged dollars apiece to support Obama and listen to the rock band the Foo Fighters. The messages that many factories have closed, their jobs have throughout the day - from policies to spur job gone overseas and a lot of them are not going growth to the need to mobilize for a tough campaign ahead - are intertwined as Obama seeks In a global economy, some companies will to come back. re-election. always find it more profitable to pick up and do It s not going to be easier this time. It s business in other part of the world. That s just going to be harder this time, Obama said a fact, Obama said at the Master Lock plant in Wednesday night at the home of Bradley Bell, Milwaukee. But that doesn t mean we have to the executive producer of The Bold and the sit by and settle for a lesser future. Beautiful, at an event attended by notables that Obama carried Wisconsin by 14 percentage included actors Jack Black and Rashida Jones. points in 2008 but has watched his popularity People out there are hurting and they need us fall amid tough economic conditions. Republicans, led by Gov. Scott Walker, captured nearly to do more. The president also was attending a dinner at every statewide office two years ago and GOP Bell s Holmby Hills home, co-hosted by actor leaders expect to target Obama throughout the Will Ferrell, with 80 supporters paying $35,800 Midwest this year. each. Obama was spending the night at the Walker infuriated Democrats with efforts Beverly Hilton, the same hotel where singer to curtail collective bargaining rights and faces Whitney Houston died on Saturday. a recall election later in the spring or summer California traditionally has been a fundraising mecca for Democrats - and a reli- the state. Walker has said a win would deliver that could serve as a bellwether for Obama in ably blue state - and Obama s campaign was a devastating blow to Obama s re-election expected to collect millions from six events in campaign. Los Angeles and San Francisco over two days. Yet he was all smiles he greeted the president at the airport, a Milwaukee Brewers jersey He was wrapping up the week with two fundraisers in the Seattle area. in hand as a gift. The president raised more than $220 million The president hit the road with good political news trailing him. Congress had reached for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and is trying to use a protracted Republican presidential primary to build cut that would mean an extra $40 per paycheck a tentative agreement to extend a payroll tax a financial buffer zone to help his cause in the for a typical family, along with an extension of November general election. unemployment benefits. The payroll tax break Democrats have warned that outside groups was as the heart of Obama s jobs plan. supporting Republicans will pour hundreds of He suggested that a range of changes in millions of dollars into the campaign to target the tax code could keep the momentum going. Obama. Obama has sought a reduction in tax rates for Obama was making his first fundraising manufacturers and proposed tax credits that trip outside Washington since his campaign would cover moving expenses for companies announced it would encourage supporters to that close production overseas and bring jobs donate to a Democratic super PAC backing back to the U.S. Obama s campaign. Obama, Vice President Joe He noted that Master Lock has returned Biden and their wives do not plan to appear at about 100 jobs to the United States from China events for the super PAC, Priorities USA. since mid-2010 in response to higher labor It was also Obama s first trip to Hollywood and logistical costs in Asia. Manufacturing is since Congress delayed action on legislation coming back, Obama said. The economy is cracking down on online piracy. The legislation getting stronger. was pushed by the film industry and garnered Obama plans to take the manufacturing message to Washington state on Friday, touring a major opposition from Internet companies before it stalled, pitting two Democratic constituencies against each other. Boeing facility at the end of a brisk West Coast trip.

14 Page 14 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Gov t land transactions Continued from page 1 fied as (c)(d). A public use of land is limited to recognized government agency functions, public schools, public facilities operated by government agencies and public right of ways. Land leases and sale of land for the benefit of private commercial enterprise are not public uses, according to the (c) amendment. Consistent with the native land protective policies established by treaty and by the American Samoa Revised Constitution, all fee titles in communal land that have been acquired or to be acquired by eminent domain shall revert to their prior communal owner when the public use for which it was acquired ceases, says the (d) amendment. Another major amendment proposed in the bill deals with Section 3, ASCA titled Authority to purchase property Transfer of Title. It currently states in part that the government shall have the power and authority to purchase property for public purposes from the owners and to compensate them by private agreement. One amendment would change the word purposes to read uses as defined in (c) The bill adds another new provision which reads: The public uses for a parcel of land acquired by the government must be specified in the executed document transferring. Any fee title in communal land that has been acquired or to be acquired by the government by purchase shall be subject to the same limitation set forth (d). Another amendment provides for reversion of excess oceanside land taken for original public highway. Current laws under Section 4 - ASCA titled Highway Establishment states that public highway declared and proclaimed by Regulations No. 15 and No. 16, 1900, enacted Sept. 3, 1900 and amended May 10, 1921 extending from Blunt s Point on the southern side of Pago Pago Harbor, toward Observatory Point and around the harbor to Breaker s Point on the northern side of the harbor along the shore at highwater mark, of a uniform width of 15 feet distant inland from the shore, the land included in the description being condemned and appropriated for public uses, is recognized as a public highway and the rights of the government and the public thereto is asserted. The bill seeks to add: Where the oceanside edge of the public highway was originally located or has come to be located by natural accretion or manmade fill more than 15 feet inland from an existing shore at highwater mark, all communal lands acquired under the above Regulations between the existing highway and the original shoreline shall revert to the prior communal owners. A final amendment proposal cited in the bill calls for the creation of a new provision titled Restriction on Government Leasing and states that: The government shall not lease the communal lands it has acquired by eminent domain or purchase to private commercial enterprises. Additionally, Government land leases for private commercial enterprises existing at the time of enactment of this statute into law shall remain in full force and effect until expiration or earlier termination pursuant to the terms of the lease. APPROVAL REQUIREMENT It is noted in the bill that any changes to the land issues in American Samoa requires a bill to be approved by two successive legislatures, by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of the House and Senate and by the governor before it becomes effective. Reach the reporter at fili@samoanews.com GOP pushes back against any cuts in nukes Continued from page 5 Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, raised serious concerns about cuts of 80 percent. Franks called that reckless lunacy. In a statement, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., accused Obama of catering to his liberal base that believes that if we unilaterally disarm, the rest of the world will follow suit and threats to our national security will just go away. Rose Gottemoeller, the State Department s top arms control official, told reporters Wednesday that although the administration is not yet ready to begin a new round of nuclear arms reduction negotiations with Russia, officials on both sides already are holding serious discussions on issues that should be settled before negotiations begin. She said such discussions have begun, for example, on reaching a common understanding of which sets of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons should be included in the strategic category and which are non-strategic. The difference is important because until now, U.S.-Russian nuclear arms negotiations have dealt only with strategic weapons, which traditionally are defined as those capable of reaching either the U.S. or Russian homeland. The Russians argue that U.S. nuclear weapons based in Europe should be included in the strategic category; the U.S. disagrees. Panetta and Dempsey were pressed on the issue during their second day of congressional testimony on Obama s defense budget for Most districts adopt professional conduct policies barring the use of profane language or actions by employees while at work, said Tracey Benson, a spokeswoman for the Arizona School Boards Association, which creates model policies for districts. That policy should remain in the hands of school boards, superintendents and principals, said state Sen. David Schapira, a Tempe Democrat. The state doesn t need to change the law just because there was one incident that may not have been handled the right way, he said. I don t remember this being a big problem when I taught high school, Schapira said. A Senate committee advanced the measure Wednesday morning by a vote of 5-2 along party lines, with Republicans in favor. The bill must pass through another committee before it goes before the full Senate. Sen. Frank Antenori, a Republican from Tucson, voted in favor of the bill and cited a recent report he had read that detailed a pattern of abusive language being used by teachers and other staffers in some Tucson schools. Antenori said some of the comments were pretty darn shocking and he couldn t believe the employees didn t lose their jobs. Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, who voted against the bill, said administrators Democrats and Republicans are resisting proposed cuts in the size of the Army and Marine Corps, cutbacks on shipbuilding, delays in the purchase of some fighter jets and weapons systems and another round of domestic base closings. Overall, the budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 would provide $525.4 billion in base spending and another $88.5 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The total is nearly $32 billion less than this year s budget. Panetta repeatedly reminded lawmakers that the cuts were dictated by the budget agreement reached by Obama and Congress last summer, a pact supported by the panel s chairman, Rep. Howard Buck McKeon, R-Calif., and many other members of the committee. The bottom line here is we were handed a number for defense reductions. We stepped up to the plate, we met our obligations to try to do this in a way that would still preserve for us an effective force to deal with the threats, Panetta said. Committee Republicans argued that Obama had called for $400 billion in reductions over 10 years last April, months before the deficitcutting plan. Looking at future budgets, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the panel s top Democrat, said that in reality the cuts are a reduction in projected spending. It s a decrease in the increase, Smith said. No cussing in the class for teachers Continued from page 4 and school boards should be the ones to punish educators, not the Legislature. We re really holding a big hammer over teachers, Gallardo said. Kelly Parrish, an English teacher at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, said she always keeps her conduct professional in the classroom, but she feels the restrictions could cause trouble when the curriculum is not G-rated, she said. Words that the FCC would not allow on television or radio can come up while discussing literature, such as racial slurs in To Kill a Mockingbird, she said. We re supposed to be preparing them for the next level, Parrish said. If we just put them in a bubble and protect them, I don t think we re doing a good job at making them ready for real-life situations by sugar-coating everything. LAND COMMISSION NOTICE is hereby given that TUIASINA SIOLOSEGA of VAILOA American Samoa, has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as MULIVAIOTOA which is situated in the village of VAILOA, in the County of TUALATAI, WESTERN District, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on file with the Territorial Registrar to be forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval thereof according to the laws of American Samoa. Said instrument names TIAMU & SALEIFI UILI as LESSEES. Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land Commission before the 9TH day of APRIL, It should be noted that any objection must clearly state the grounds therefor. POSTED: FEBRUARY 9, 2012 thru APRIL 9, 2012 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar KOMISI O LAU ELE ELE O LE FA ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o TUIASINA SIOLOSEGA ole nu u o VAILOA, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o MULIVAIOTOA, e i le nu u o VAILOA i le itumalo o TUALATAI, Falelima i SISIFO ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata upu o lo o ta ua ai TIAMU & SALEIFI UILI. A iai se tasi e fia fa atu i ese i lea mata upu, ia fa aulufaleina mai sa na fa atu iesega tusitusia ile Failautusi o lea Komisi ae le i o o ile aso 9 o APERILA, Ia manatua, o fa atu iesega uma lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa atu iese ai. 02/16 & 03/16/12

15 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 Page 15 NUUULI PLACE CINEMAS $ Bargain Matinees All Shows Before 6pm $ Senior Admissions All Day $ All Day For Kids $ Adults Discount Tuesdays $ ADMISSION ALL DAY TUESDAY Excludes Holidays Yamda Johnson, kisses a signed photo of Whitney Houston as she and her friend Regina Kujemya both from Staten Island, N.Y., pay their respects at New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 15, The 48-year-old pop star was found dead in the bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre- Grammy gala. Houston s funeral will be held at the church on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz) Houston s death spurs a look at her doctors, meds LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It s become standardoperating procedure when a celebrity dies too Attorney General, proclaimed Haim was the In April 2010, Jerry Brown, then California young - investigators immediately go looking poster-child of prescription drug abuse and doctorshopping. The former child star of films such as through their nightstand and medicine cabinet. That effort is well under way in the death of The Lost Boys and License to Drive had long Whitney Houston, with investigators saying struggled with addiction, but coroner s officials Wednesday they have subpoenaed records from ultimately determined prescription medications the singer s doctors and pharmacies who dispensed medication found in her hotel room. to pneumonia and an enlarged heart. played no role in his death, which was attributed The inquiries are routine in virtually all death A similar finding was made in the death of investigations, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter Clueless star Murphy, whose December 2009 said, noting that similar measures are taken when death was attributed to pneumonia, along with a person dies in a car crash, shoots themselves or, severe anemia and prescription drug intoxication. as in Houston s case, dies unexpectedly. A coroner s report stated that Murphy, who had It will be weeks before toxicology results been sick in the days before her December 2009 reveal the medications and quantities, if any, that death, showed no signs she abused medication. were in Houston s system when she died. The California maintains a prescription drug monitoring database known as CURES, which contains Grammy winner s history of substance abuse has added to the speculation that her death may have more than 100 million prescriptions and receives been caused by prescription drugs. anywhere from four to six million additions every Abuse of prescribed medications has skyrocketed in recent years. In 2008, more than 36,000 data culled from pharmacies to check whether doc- month. Law enforcement officers can review the people died from drug overdoses - triple the tors are prescribing outside the course of normal number from with most of these deaths medical practice and see if a patient is getting multiple prescriptions from various physicians, com- caused by prescription drugs. Drug deaths, fueled by prescription drug overdoses, now surpass monly known as doctor shopping. motor vehicle deaths, according to the Centers for Brown, now California governor, touted the Disease Control and Prevention. CURES program as attorney general and, in addition to Haim, launched high-profile investigations Investigators have not said what medications they have recovered from Houston s room at the Beverly into the deaths of Michael Jackson and Anna Hilton Hotel. The singer was found underwater in a Nicole Smith. bathtub by a member of her staff hours before she In the Smith case, charges were filed against planned to attend a chic pre-grammy gala. Police two doctors and her boyfriend-lawyer in connection with her death after the database showed the have said there were no signs of foul play and Winter said there were no signs of trauma on her body when former Playboy Playmate was receiving a myriad an autopsy was conducted on Sunday. of prescription drugs. A jury acquitted the trio of Among the scenarios that will likely be most to all of the felony counts and a judge dismissed two convictions, while reducing one.. explored is whether Houston was drinking before her death, which could compound the effects of Jackson s physician was convicted of causing any medications she was taking. the singer s June 2009 death by giving him a powerful anesthetic as a sleep aid, although investiga- Sometimes people fall into a stupor when they re on a combination of drugs so they re difficult to arouse, said clinical psychiatrist and by seven other doctors who treated the singer. tors determined there was no criminal wrongdoing addiction specialist Dr. Karen Miotto at the University of California, Los Angeles. album in 1985, was one of the world s best-selling Houston, a sensation from her first, eponymous Sober people who fall asleep in the bathtub will artists from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, turning wake up when water hits their face. An impaired out such hits as I Wanna Dance With Somebody, person may not respond the same way. How Will I Know, The Greatest Love of All Even a small amount of prescription drugs combined with alcohol can result in a state of uncongled with drugs, her majestic voice became raspy, and I Will Always Love You. But as she strugsciousness and inability to rescue oneself from and she couldn t hit the high notes anymore. drowning in the bathtub, said Bruce Goldberger, Only after the weeks-long investigation into a forensic toxicologist at the University of Florida. her death is complete and a full autopsy report is In celebrity-rich California, the sudden death released will the impact of drugs on the singer s of a star always sparks interest in their medical body become known. Officials have cautioned history. When actress Brittany Murphy and actor against speculating too much about what killed the Corey Haim died, their prescription medications singer and downplayed the role prescription meds became an early focus. may have played in her case. JOURNEY 2: The Mysterious Island RATED: PG Starring: Dwayne Johnson The Rock, Micheal Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens Young Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean s new stepfather, Hank, joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter, they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever. 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16 Page 16 samoa news, Thursday, February 16, 2012 TCF problems Continued from page 1 murder stay together, while others, such as sex offenders stay together. Currently there are too many sex offenders in jail, said Lumana i. Sen. Fuata Dr. T. I atala asked about the homemade brew in the TCF, which he heard about from the media. The Warden replied that the incident occurred last year, and it goes back to the police officers not carrying out their duties, by checking on the inmates constantly. Fuata also asked about the types of items allowed in jail for the inmates, and which items are not. The Warden explained the inmates are allowed personal hygiene items, such as clothes, soap, toothbrush etc. The Senator asked if cell phones are allowed in prison, because he has overheard that there are many cell phones being used in jail. The Warden said phones are prohibited in jail, but it s a big problem the TCF is still encountering. Fuata also inquired about rehabilitation programs for the inmates who are incarcerated. The Warden replied that there are programs available at TCF, which he is working hand in hand with the Criminal Justice System to implement, because they are funding some programs for the TCF. He cited talking in group sessions for an alcohol rehabilitation retreat and the sewing program for women by Leuga Turner. He added there are also several ministry programs, where different ministers visit the TCF each day, twice a day. Sen Paogofie Fiaigoa asked of the 174 inmates how many are foreigners? The Warden responded that 85 percent of inmates are foreigners. Paogofie asked if these foreigners were returned to their home countries, would there still be a need for new buildings, adding, Our government is suffering because of these foreigners there s three meals a day and if they were returned, it would be better. Sen. Lualemaga Faoa noted the problems occurring at the TCF are due to the negligence of the police officers, and yet it is their duty and responsibility to make sure TCF and everyone at TCF is taken care of. Lualemaga asked the Warden and Leiseau for copies of procedures, rules and regulations under which the TCF is currently operating. Sen. Alo Dr. Paul Stevenson told the witnesses to file a report with the Senators explaining what types of problems they are encountering whether it s the facilities, or the manpower. Make a report, identify what the problems are and lay out what should be done to solve these problems he said. MEET A SPELLING CHAMP! The student at the right will represent an elementary school in the American Samoa Spelling Bee to be held February 29th. The winner of that Bee will represent American Samoa in the 84th annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee to be held May 28th - 31st in Washington, D.C. BIOGRAPHY OF A 2012 SPELLING BEE FINALIST What is your name? Deborah Meleisea Shadday What is your school name? Lupelele Elem entar y School What gr ade are you in? 7th Grade Who is you r Spelling Bee Coach? Carolyn Pese and Tina Miles Who are your parents? Pastor Ben and Julie Meleisea What village a re y ou from? Iliili What w as your w inning word? INANE I believe the reason behind these existing problems at the TCF is the lack of manpower said Alo. The Deputy Commissioner concurred with Alo s comments. Leiseau said there is a need for new facilities, as the existing buildings are old and not in good condition. Commissioner Tualolo and I have sought help from the government firstly, the location of the TCF because it s in the middle of a residential area. said Leiseau. Secondly the road near the TCF where the public passing by can just throw anything over the fence. Thirdly, there is the increase of inmates and not enough manpower. Leiseau added that it s the dishonesty of police officers that is another reason why these problems exist. We tell them to do one thing, they turn around and do something else; we keep on reminding them that they should carry out their duties. Territorial Spelling Bee Major Sponsor in conjunction with Department of EDUCATION C Y M K Spelling Bee Winners, if you ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment. MEET A SPELLING CHAMP! The student at the right will represent an elementary school in the American Samoa Spelling Bee to be held February 29th. The winner of that Bee will represent American Samoa in the 84th annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee to be held May 28th - 31st in Washington, D.C. BIOGRAPHY OF A 2012 SPELLING BEE FINALIST What is your name? Louisa Petrina Woo Ching What is your school name? Pacific Horizons Elem entar y School What gr ade are you in? 6th Grade Who is you r Spelling Bee Coach? Mr. Snyder Who are your parents? Mataniu and Tavo Woo Ching What village a re y ou from? Ottoville What w as your w inning word? DEFIANTLY Territorial Spelling Bee Major Sponsor in conjunction with Department of EDUCATION Spelling Bee Winners, if you ve not filled out your biography and had your picture taken, call Samoa News for an appointment. MEET A SPELLING CHAMP! The student at the right will represent an elementary school in the American Samoa Spelling Bee to be held February 29th. The winner of that Bee will represent American Samoa in the 84th annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee to be held May 28th - 31st in Washington, D.C. BIOGRAPHY OF A 2012 SPELLING BEE FINALIST What is your name? Tauloto Punipuao Tuiolemotu What is your school name? Leone Midkiff Elem entar y School What gr ade are you in? 7th Grade Who is you r Spelling Bee Coach? Maria Theresa Barja Who are your parents? Tafale and Si u Leatanu u What village a re y ou from? Malaeloa What w as your w inning word? 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