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1 U.N. climate report balances science and the politics 10 Felanulanua i fa afiafiaga fa atulaga mo le vaiaso o le fu a 2 Bradley and Pacquiao lookin for a decisive victory in rematch B1 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Saturday, April 12, 2014 $1.00 C Y C Y M K M K Le au malosi a Moata a o lo o taitaia mai e le sui tuai o le au ta ito a 7 a le Manu Samoa ia Fa alemiga Selesele, lea fo i na avea ma tama taalo o le ta amilosaga a le TMO Marist Pago 2013 a o ta alo mai i le kalapu a le BBE Vaiala, lea ua lua tausaga o latou umia le Ipu o le siamupini. [ata: AF] Mataina taumafaiga a au ulua i aso ta amilosaga TMO Marist 7s tusia Ausage Fausia Na matua mataina taumafaiga a au uma e 24 o lo o auai i le ta amilosaga lona 3 fa avaomalo a le TMO Marist A.S 7 s o lo o fa agasolo i le malae o le VA Stadium i Tafuna i le taimi nei, ina ua molimauina e le mamalu o le atunuu tulaga maualuga ua i ai le ta aloga lakapi i Samoa i le taimi nei. Talu ona fa atautaia mai e le kalapu a Malisi Sagato Iosefo i Amerika Samoa nei le ta amilosaga fa avaomalo ta ito a 7 lenei mo le lona tolu ai lenei o tausaga, o se tausaga ese lenei ua molimauina ai le maualuga o le auala ua i ai le fa atinoina e kalapu lakapi a Amerika Samoa o le ta aloga lakapi. O se tausaga ese lenei talu ona ou auai mai i le ta amilosaga ta ito a 7 lenei a Malisi ua ou molimauina ai le siitia o le tulaga ua i ai le fa atinoina e kalapu a Amerika Samoa o le ta aloga lakapi, e le gata ua siitia le tulaga o le malosi o tama ta aalo, ae ua televave fo i le fa atinoina o le ta aloga, o le saunoaga lea a le alo o Samoa ua avea nei ma laufali fa avaomalo a le IRB, susuga Tui Komiti. Mai au e 24 o lo o tausinio i le ta amilosaga i le fa aiuga o lenei vaiaso, e 8 kalapu mai Amerika Samoa nei, 15 au mai Samoa, ma le au e tasi mai le malo o Tonga, lea na faiaina i lana ulua i ta aloga ma le au a Siutu, Salailua i ai e (Faaauau itulau 15) Se tasi o osofaiga mataina mai le au a Nuuuli i le la ta aloga ma le au a Fa atoia mai Samoa e tatala aloaia ai le taamilosaga a le TMO Marist A.S 7 s i le aso ananafi, ma fa ai u ai le ta aloga ina ua manumalo Fa atoia i ai e 19-5 a Nu uuli. [ata: AF] Buckle up & CRASHES 157 LOCAL HIGHWAYS Save a Life! 0 LOCAL HIGHWAYS to date to date Former ASPA oil supplier disputes owing ASG over $88 Mil. in taxes by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent Absent a trade or business in the territory, the American Samoa Power Authority s former oil supplier has questioned how the government determined that the company owes over $88 million in taxes for years 2009 to ExxonMobil Asia Pacific PTE, an indirect subsidiary of U.S. based Exxon Mobil, raised this and other issues in a petition filed last month with the High Court after getting in October 2013 four Notices of Deficiencies for the years at issue from the ASG Treasury Department. Besides ASG, other defendants named in the suit are Treasury Department and ASG Treasurer Dr. Falema o Phil M. Pili and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga. ASG claimed in the notices that the petitioner owes $88.6 million in income and corporate taxes for 2009 to The notices provide a break down of taxes allegedly owed for each year. However, the petitioner said it disputes the amounts cited in the notices and that Treasury s determination of these amounts is based on certain errors. Also disputed by the petitioner and considered errors is Treasury s determination of the company s total income, total deductions and taxable income for the years at issue. SUPPLY AGREEMENT The petitioner took over in December 2008 the supply of petroleum fuels for ASPA and the Petroleum Supply Agreement with ASPA was executed outside of the territory, said court documents, which also says that petitioner had no employees based in American Samoa during the years at issue. The supply agreement extended through Nov. 30, 2013 calls for the petitioner to supply and deliver petroleum to ASPA using medium range tankers (MRTs), which were required to meet certain requirements set by ASPA. During the tax years at issue, Standard Tankers, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobile charted the MRTs from an unrelated third party Vessel Owner, which operates and remains in control of the MRTs. During the years at issue, the petitioner made approximately one delivery per month to ASPA, said court documents and noted that between 2003 and 2009 about 20 different MRTs made deliveries to ASPA. Additionally, all deliveries were made to a discharge terminal owned by ASG and operated by entities unrelated to the petitioner. And as required by the supply agreement, on or before Nov. 30 of each year, ASPA and petitioner met in person to discuss performance as well as relevant market trends. According to the petitioner, all such meetings occurred outside of Am. Samoa. Furthermore, the petitioner provided to ASPA as a courtesy at no additional cost services such as advice related to product specification and forecasting. None of these services were provided in American Samoa as they were done via phone or , the petitioner said. And pursuant to the supply agreement, the price for each petroleum product delivered to ASPA was exclusive of any duties, fees, taxes, government levies and cost or payments at the discharge port was borne by ASPA, it says. (Continued on page 14) FATALITIES office of highway safety

2 Page 2 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Job Title: Police Officer Cadet (20) Department/Division: Department of Public Safety Type of Position: Full Time/Permanent Appointment AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Posting Date: April 11, 2014 Closing Date: May 2, 2014 Posting Type: EmploymentO pportunity/open to the Public Serial No.: Announcement No.: NOTE: This is exempted from the freeze as per the Governor s General Memorandum. General Description: The incumbent of this position of Police Officer Cadet will be attending the American Samoa Government Department of Public Safety Police Academy. They are expected to perform general duties of a Police Officer Cadet and any related work assigned to them. Key Duties and Responsibilities: A position in this class requires excellent physical condition and aptitude for a police Officer s duties. A Police Officer Cadet should quickly become familiar with the board range of modern law enforcement methods and procedures. Work is performed under close or general supervision depending on the assignment. A Police Officer Cadet is required to exercise initiative and discretion when faced with emergency conditions. The work involves an element of personal danger. Supervision is occasionally exercised by a senior Police Officer during the absence of a supervisor. A Police Officer Cadet is expected to have applied through the American Samoa Government (ASG) Department of Human Resources (DHR) and passed all qualifications of the recruitment process. Attend the Department of Public Safety Police Academy and training sessions. All other duties and responsibilities as assigned Knowledge Skill and Ability: Knowledge of: Basic principle of first aid, methods, techniques. Effective teamwork techniques, including skills to accept, understand, and follow orders. Work and live harmoniously with co-workers and to consistently follow through on assigned or implied duties. Human behavior theories, practices and techniques. Rehabilitative theories, practices and techniques. Criminal investigation principles, practices and techniques. Court and trail procedures. Territorial and federal laws, statutes, ordinances, court decisions and interpretations. Public safety tool and equipment usage and maintenance. Radio codes and proper use of two-way radio systems. Vocabulary of technical, specialized field of criminal investigation. Rescuing victims and handing difficult or unexpected police problems at the scene. Department policies, practices and procedures. Ability to: Write, read, and interpret clearly, accurately, concisely, legibly and with correct English grammatical construction and spelling. Observe, assimilate, remember and recall pertinent facts and details. Read maps and mapped information. Run at varying speeds for varying distances and varying periods of time. Hurdle obstacles such as fences, hedges, barricades, and to jump ditches. Squat or crouch, crawl in, around, over or under various structures. Exercise the required physical capabilities while wearing various police uniforms and accessories up to 60 pounds. Discharge firearms (trigger squeeze). Utilize defensive equipment (night stick or riot baton). Physical capability to work under adverse/hazardous conditions. Get Standard First Aid Certification, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification. Skills to: Sketch crime scenes, raid scenes and locations. Collect, organize, and analyze a variety of information in order to decide on an appropriate and reasonable course of action. Accurately identify and distinguish between colors, excellent health and hearing. Mobility to make complex body movements involving balance and coordination while moving through restricted spaces. Defend oneself and physically restrain persons as required. Academic and Experience Requirements: Applicant must have an Associate Degree OR High School Graduate plus 3 years of work related experience. Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment; vision adequate to identify and distinguish between various visual inputs, and requires minimum correctible to 20/20 in each eye; posses a valid American Samoa Private Driver s license. Exercise tact, restraining and good judgment; has good moral characteristics; is free from any physical, emotional or mental condition which would adversely affect job performance; is willing to adhere to ethics of law enforcement as stated in the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics enforce laws regardless of personal ethics of feelings; comply with department grooming standards and wear a uniform furnished and/or authorized by the department; work irregular days, overtime, weekends, holidays, variable shifts; evening on-call and 24-hour shifts; work at any location in the territory on short notice; attend meetings or classes both on and off duty; pass an illegal drugs test administered by a certified laboratory technician of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center; perform routine, repetitive work to completion; be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or a Permanent Resident. Years of progressively responsible working experience may be substituted for portion of the academic requirement. Salary will be adjusted according to experience. Applicant must complete all Parts of the Selection Process: A. Part 1/ Testing (written examination) B. Part 2/ Physical Fitness Test C. Part 3/ Applicant Information and Background Investigation D. Part 4/ Psychological Evaluation E. Part 5/ Oral Interview Complete information concerning this vacancy may be obtained from the Personnel Division of the Department of Human Resources, or please contact the Recruitment unit at / Fa afetai tele, SonnyT hompson, Director Department of Human Resources Pay Grade and Salary Range: GS 08 / $10,471 - $23,471 Felanulanua i fa afiafiaga fa atulaga mo le vaiaso o le fu a tusia Ausage Fausia E felanulanua i fa afiafiaga eseese ua fa atulaga e le Ofisa o Fa aaliga o Tu ma Aganuu, fa atasi ai ma le lagolagosua a le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tama ita i, o le a mafai ona molimauina e le atunu u i le vaiaso o le sisiga fu a, lea e amata mai i le aso Gafua e o o atu i le aso Lulu o le vaiaso fou, Aperila 14-16, 2014, i le malae o le Su iga ula a le Atuvasa i Utulei. O au fa afiafia ua lautogia mo lenei fa amoemoe e aofia ai ausiva mai Autalavou; Fa alapotopotoga fa apea ai ma aoga. E to a 28 le aofa i o au fa afiafia ua lautogia e fa afiafia i le Fa afiafiaga lona 41 o le Fu a i tausaga ta itasi, lea sa masani ona fa atautaia i le Malaeoletalu i Fagatogo, peita i o le ulua i tausaga lenei ua fa ataunu uina ai i le Malae o le Su igaula i Utulei. O polokalame o le fu a ua fa amoemoe e amata i le sauniga lotu e faia i le afiafi o le Aso Sa o lo o lumana i nei, i le maota o le Lee Auditorium i Utulei, soso o ai loa ma fa afiafiaga i le aoauli o le aso Gafua. E lua vaega o le a vaevaeina i ai fa afiafiaga mo le fu a i lenei tausaga, o fa afiafiaga ia e amata atu i le itula e 1:00 e oo atu i le itula e 4:00 i le afiafi, o le a fa atautaia a le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tama ita i, ae o fa afiafiaga e amata atu i le itula e 5:30 e oo atu i le 9:00 i le po, o le a i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le Ofisa o Fa aaliga o Tu ma Aganu u. O le Fa atonusili o le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou Tina ma Tama ita i ia Jonathan Fanene o le a saunoa i se saunoaga fa apitoa e tatala aloaia ai polokalame o le fu a o lenei tausaga, i le sauniga e tatala ai fa afiafiaga i le afiafi o le aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou, soso o ai loa lea ma le saunoaga autu o le fa amoemoe, lea o le a saunoa i ai le afioga i le Kovana le tumau ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga, ma fa agasolo ai loa lea o le polokalame. E ta i tolu au siva o le a fa afiafia i le polokalame o le aoauli mo aso e tolu, ona sosoo ai loa lea ma le fa afiafiaga fa apitoa e tasi e to va ai fa afiafiaga o le aoauli ma le afiafi, fa atoa amata aloaia ai loa lea o polokalame i afiafi taitasi. O le a maua ai fo i ma le avanoa o le atunu u e molimauina ai taumafa eseese o le a mafai ona fa atauina i fale aiga ua lautogia mo lenei fa amoemoe. O le agaga o le komiti o le fu a o lenei tausaga, ia maua e le atunuu atoa se sisiga fu a fiafia ma le manuia, a o sauni atu Amerika Samoa e fa amanatu le 114 tausaga talu ona sisi le fu a a Amerika i ona laufanua. Vevela le falepuipui ae fasi ai fua le isi pagota tusia Ausage Fausia Na taua e le ali i pagota o Vilitoni Tuia i luma o le Fa amasinoga Fa aitumalo i le vaiaso na te a nei e fa apea, o lona ita tele i le alii pagota na a afia i le pisa ae o lo o vevela totonu o le sela o lo o loka ai laua, na mafua ai ona ia fa asaga atu ma fasi loa. O Tuia na taofia e leoleo i le amataga o le tausaga nei, ona o tu uaiga i lona gaoia lea o se telefoni mai totonu o le faleoloa o le BlueSky i le masina o Tesema 2013, ma taofia ai loa o ia i le toese i Tafuna. I le masina na te a nei a o taofia ai o ia i le toese i Tafuna, na toe molia ai o ia e le malo i moliaga mama e lua o le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu ma le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele, ina ua ia faaoolima i se alii pagota sa loka faatasi laua i le sela e tasi. Ae i lalo o se maliliega sa latou faia ma le malo ma talia e le faamasinoga faaitumalo, na tali ioe ai Tuia i le moliaga o le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu, ae solofua e le faamasinoga le isi moliaga o le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele. Ina ua fesiligia e le alii faamasino ia John Ward II le ua molia i le mafuaga o le solitulafono, sa ia taua ai e faapea, na ita i le pisa tele o le alii pagota ae o lo o vevela totonu o le sela, o lea na ia faaoolima ai ia te ia. Na faatoese le ua molia i luma o le faamasinoga e tusa ai o lana solitulafono sa fai, ma ia talosagaina ai le fa amasinoga mo se isi avanoa mo ia. I le mae a ai ona iloilo e le fa amasinoga o tulaga uma e faatatau i le mea sa tupu, na faasala ai loa e le fa amasinoga Tuia e taofia i le toese i Tafuna mo le 90 aso. O lo o i ai pea Tuia i le toese i Tafuna i le taimi nei mo le tuliina o lana fa asalaga fou, ae o lo o fa atali fo i o ia mo le faaiuga o le mataupu e pei ona tuuaia ai o ia i lona ave faagaoi o se telefoni mai le BlueSky.

3 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 3 by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa News Correspondent PRE FLAG DAY EVENTS KICKED OFF YESTERDAY This year s Flag Day celebration, marking the 114 years since American Samoa became part of the U.S. family, began yesterday at Veterans Memorial Stadium with the TMO/ Marist 7s Rugby tournament, which ends today. Tomorrow, Sunday, festivities switch to Utulei with the 3p.m annual Flag Day Church Service, which is to be held at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. This event is coordinated by the Governor s Office. Events then shift to the Su igaula o le Atuvasa at Utulei Beach Park, from Monday to Wednesday, where the community and visitors will witness cultural performances and band performances. The Department of Youth and Women s Affairs (DYWA) and the Art Council host this part of the program. This year, performances over the 3 days hosted by the DYWA will run from 1p.m. to 4p.m.; while the Arts Council program takes over at 5:30p.m until the last group showcases their talents. For Monday s program, groups scheduled to perform in the DYWA time slot are Su e Luaao Band, Faleniu Dance Group and the Malo E Lelei Dancing Group, according to the official program. During the Art s Council time slot, special remarks will be delivered by Acting Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, followed by four groups taking the stage. They are Poloa Methodist Youth, Tuvalu Association, Siona Le Mauga Paia Leone and Laulii CCCAS Youth. Also on Monday, the cruise ship Golden Princess, on its maiden voyage to the Port of Pago Pago, will arrive around 10a.m. with more than 3,000 passengers from Lahaina, Hawai i and depart 7p.m. for Apia. Part of next Wednesday s events includes the Fautasi race regatta, and the time for the race is expected to be announced soon. Also, at the Samoana High School Gym, there will be the international boxing tournament set to begin late afternoon. On Thursday, the Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna is the venue for the official Flag Day ceremony, with this year s celebration dedicated to the private sector, for their contribution to the territory. The governor s chief of staff Fiu Johnny Saelua said on KVZK-TV the stadium gates are to open around 6a.m. for groups, organizations and schools to assembly on the field, with VIPs expected to start arriving around 8a.m. He also said food vouchers valued at $7 will be made available to the community (free of charge), who come to the stadium for the celebration, and the vouchers are only valid for purchase of food from stands located inside the stadium. Check out Samoa News next week for details and information of the Flag Day program. STARKIST TO OPERATE TWO-DAYS NEXT WEEK StarKist Samoa will operate on Apr. 14 and 15, but production will shut-down starting Apr. 16 and work is scheduled to resume Apr. 21. The company is one of the two companies performing siva and pese in the April 17 Flag Day ceremony, says Michelle Faist, spokesperson for StarKist Inc. The other company performing is Bluesky Communications, while other businesses are welcome to participate in the Flag Day parade, but should register with the Office of Samoan Affairs, said Fiu Johnny Saelua, the governor s chief of staff. Asked for a reaction about StarKist being given the honor to perform this year, Faist told Samoa News via from the company s U.S. headquarters that, StarKist Samoa employees are honored and excited to be performing during the annual Flag Day celebration. StarKist Samoa employees are united by the motto, Think for all not one. Our employees have truly demonstrated this as they have worked hard to prepare for this special performance, she said. STARKIST SCREENS FOR PINK EYE As the largest private employer in the territory, Samoa News asked StarKist Inc., about the impact of the pink eye outbreak on the company s operations in American Samoa. The outbreak has already affected many employees in government and local businesses. StarKist spokesperson Michelle Faist said from the company s headquarters in Pittsburgh, At StarKist, the health and well-being of our employees is a priority, and we are committed to taking all necessary precautions during this epidemic. StarKist employees are screened each day to ensure they are healthy to work. In addition, we are hiring additional workers to temporarily replace employees who are directly or indirectly impacted, she said via . The pink eye outbreak has caused closure of all public schools on Tutuila for the rest of this week, as well as all Catholic schools. Public schools resume next Monday, while Catholic schools go on their spring-break (which coincides with their Holy Week celebrations) and will resume classes on Apr. 21. Several ASG departments are reporting that employees with pink eye have been told to stay home and this is a recommendation already made by the Department of Health. Some business owners say they are also telling employees with the pink eye to stay home until they are well enough to return to work. One restaurant owner says staff is being screened to ensure no one with pink eye is serving/preparing food. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FUNDS APPROVED Acting Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who is also the lieutenant governor, signed into law on Apr. 8 the $200,000 supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2013, allocating this money to help fund the ASG Summer Youth Employment Program. In signing the bill into law, Lemanu informed Fono leaders that every year the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) provides $500,000 to support this summer program, administered locally by the Department of Resources. This program provides our young people an opportunity to experience on a firsthand basis life in the workplaces of American Samoa, in both the public and private sector, Lemanu wrote, adding that the $200,000 will enable a 40% increase in program participation and for that we are grateful. He is also thankful to the Fono s support for this investment in the youth of American Samoa. Fridays: Confession: Tafaoga i Matafaga? EAST: Fagasa-Fagalea Fagasa-Fagatele Afono Aua Stream Aua (Pouesi) Aua (A&M) Lauli i Stream Fagaitua Stream Masausi Masefau Alofau Stream Amouli Aoa Stations of the Cross in the Cathedral at 5:30pm 6:00pm Friday, April 11th for the Entire Parish CENTRAL: Nu uuli Pala Lagoon Fatumafuti Utulei, DDW Fagatogo For more information: http//portal.epa.as.gov/beaches/ Lapata iga mo Matafaga: Aperila 9, 2014 Ofisa o le Puipuia o le Si osi omaga i Amerika Samoa (AS-EPA) HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL PARISH DIOCESE OF SAMOA PAGO PAGO FATUOAIGA, TAFUNA HOLY WEEK 2014 Schedule of Masses and Services during Holy Week: Palm Sunday, April 13th: One Combined Mass at 8:30am Our Procession will start from the Saint Joseph Malae to the Cathedral Monday, April 14th: 6:00am Samoan Mass as usual Tuesday, April 15th: 6:00am Samoan Mass as usual 5:00pm Chrism Mass and Renewal of Vows for all the Diocesan Priests Wednesday, April 16th: 6:00am Samoan Mass as usual 6:00pm Novena Mass at Hope House Chapel Holy Thursday, April 17th: 6:00am Samoan Mass (AS Flag Day) 7:30pm Mas s of the Last Supper - One Combined Mass followed by the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Hall until 11:45pm Good Friday, April 18th: 5:30am Stations of the Cross outside 12 Noon Seven last words of Jesus - in the Hal 3:00pm Celebration of Our Lord s Passion, Veneration of the Cross and Communion Service Saturday of Easter Vigi - April 19th 8:00pm Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday, April 20th5:30amSalubong Mass 7:30am Mass of Resurrection (Samoan) 9:30am Mass of Resurrection (English) No Benediction as usual at 4:00pm A BLESSED HOLY WEEK TO YOU ALL!

4 Page 4 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 THE BOB FRANKEN COLUMN America in Decline By Bob Franken Here s advice for any of those who might want to use the latest Fort Hood, Texas, shooting to make the case for more restrictions on guns: Don t bother. After all, the horror of Sandy Hook Elementary School -- where 26 people, including 20 children, were mowed down by a mentally ill man -- resulted in no meaningful action by lawmakers, so why would three more victims on a military base make any difference to politicians who are terrified of the National Rifle Association and its accomplices. Never mind the repugnant absurdity that those who were shot dead or wounded, by someone who was being treated for psychological problems, had served in combat zones and finally made it safely home. Even the realization that this occurred on a military base near the same arms shop where both assailants bought their weapons won t matter to our craven officeholders Yes, there will be handwringing. It s already going on. Again. And it s certainly justified. But the people who could make a difference are paralyzed by their fear of the NRA, which can whip millions of gun owners into a frenzy whenever it wants. What is so bizarre is how the very same people who demand patriotic fervor over American Exceptionalism refuse to heed the warning signs of how our nation is slipping. In New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof s piece We re Not No. 1! We re Not No. 1!, he cites a new Social Progress Index that lists the United States as 16th in the world in overall livability, 70th in health and low in other specific rankings. Obviously, we are a nation in decline. Another newspaper column, this one in The Washington Post from Oxford professor emeritus Stein Ringen, reminds us that two millennia ago, Greek democracy faded into history after just 250 years. It was done in by growing economic inequity and, more importantly, by politicians who were afraid to correct the problems of that glorious nation. His obvious point is that the United States of America is sliding down that same slippery slope. There are so many issues that desperately need to be addressed. And that certainly includes the scourge of guns. Plainly and simply, we are deteriorating into a war zone. Instead of putting minimal prohibitions on weapons, our leaders buckle under to the arms purveyors lobbyists and lift what paltry restrictions are already in place. They even succeed in hobbling enforcement of what few laws remain, and astonishingly are able to inhibit any research on the public health risks their instruments of death present. About the only solution they offer for the repeated massacres from deranged killers is to upgrade mental-health services. That s true, of course, but while obvious, it s not that easy to accomplish. Does anyone seeking therapy lose the right to own a gun? How would he or she be registered, particularly when registration is such a bugaboo? As it stands, what starts as a dispute can turn to murder at the hands of an angry person with easy access to weaponry. At Fort Hood, investigators say the latest killings followed a verbal altercation. Innocents were then mowed down, having recently returned from a war zone abroad to the new one back home. (c) 2014 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd., Inc. Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local and federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, American 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. A girl walks in front a home damaged by an earthquake in Nagarote, Nicaragua, Friday, April 11, Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega declared red alert Friday after an earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale that shook the country on Thursday and left one dead, hundreds of houses damaged and thousands of people affected. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) NEWS IN BRIEF Cathay Pacific jet stranded Man with first name God for 16 hours in China sues credit rating agency BEIJING (AP) A Cathay Pacific flight NEW YORK (AP) A New York City man from New York to Hong Kong was stranded for claims that a credit reporting agency falsely more than 16 hours in a Chinese city late last reported he had no financial history because his month because of bad weather and limits on the first name is God. According to the New York crew s work hours. Post, God Gazarov of Brooklyn says in a lawsuit Flight 831 was diverted to the southern city that Equifax has refused to correct its system to of Zhuhai on the night of March 30 because of recognize his name as legitimate. a hail storm, according to a Chinese customs He says an Equifax customer service representative even suggested that he change his district in Zhuhai. The plane was left sitting on the tarmac for hours until Cathay Pacific sent it a name to resolve the issue. Gazarov is a Russian new flight crew, because of the 12-working-hour native who is named after his grandfather. limits on the first crew. The 26-year-old owns a Brighton Beach jewelry store and is a graduate of Brooklyn College. According to the customs, the Chinese officials worked continuously to accommodate the new 16 He says he has high scores with two other crew members, who took a high-speed ferry boat major credit agencies. from Hong Kong and entered China through a 50-acre Connecticut estate Zhuhai port before arriving at the airport. sells for $120 million Chinese customs officials set up a temporary GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) A 12-bedroom waterfront estate on 50 acres in wealthy workplace at the airport which does not have a permanent customs office to process the Greenwich has been sold for $120 million. crew members paperwork before they flew the Even though that s $70 million under Copper plane with 292 people aboard out of Zhuhai at Beech Farm s initial listing price, real estate 1:20 p.m. on March 31, the customs district said. agent David Ogilvy tells the Greenwich Time he The flight usually takes hours. believes the sum is the most ever paid for a residential property in the United States. The paper- The U.S. broadcaster NBC quoted an unnamed passenger who complained that the work finalizing the sale to a limited liability 256 passengers could not leave the plane while company was filed Friday. in Zhuhai. The Chinese government statement The 13,000-square-foot French Renaissancestyle home has a 75-foot pool, grass tennis court, did not mention that the passengers were kept on the plane, but said local officials provided them a stone carriage house and two islands in Long with drinking water and food. Island Sound. Ogilvy says Copper Beech Farm Powerful 7.3 earthquake edged out a Silicon Valley property sold last year hits near Papua New Guinea for $117.5 million. Built in 1896, Copper Beech SYDNEY (AP) A powerful earthquake Farm was once owned by Andrew Carnegie s struck off the South Pacific nation of Papua New niece Harriet Lauder Greenway. Guinea on Friday, but there were no immediate Officials a Woman s DUI reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.3 earthquake SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Authorities say doesn t alter rape evidence was located 61 kilometers (38 miles) southwest a woman who has accused an on-duty San Jose of the town of Panguna on Bougainville Island. police officer of raping her didn t report the It struck at a depth of 50 kilometers (31 miles). assault until she was arrested for drunken driving The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said three weeks later. Prosecutors tell the Mercury there was no threat of a destructive widespread News Friday that while the arrest may have been tsunami. But the agency said quakes of this the catalyst for the woman coming forward last size can sometimes generate waves that can be month, it doesn t change the DNA and other evidence against Officer Geoffrey Graves. destructive to coasts within a few hundred kilometers (miles) of the epicenter. Prosecutor Carlos Vega says the woman never A staffer at the Geophysical Observatory requested leniency for the report, and received in the capital, Port Moresby, said no reports a typical sentence for a first-time DUI offender of damage or unusual wave activity along the after pleadeding no contest. But legal experts say coastline were received. The area closest to the the report s timing is likely to become central in epicenter is very sparsely populated. the case against Graves, who had responded to a Earthquakes are common in Papua New family disturbance call at the woman s home the Guinea. The country lies on the Ring of Fire night of the alleged attack. an arc of earthquake and volcanic activity that Graves lawyers declined comment. stretches around the Pacific Rim. (Continued on page 6)

5 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 5 American Red Cross American Samoa (ARCAS) THANK YOU! American Red Cross American Samoa- Together, we can save Lives. Red Cross Volunteer Appreciation Fun Day~ April 5, 2014 Volunteer Fun Day Committee: Lana Aga Kim Pili James Faumuina Ipu Lefiiti Ameko Pato John Pedro Rodney Su Lindsey Laupola Sujaniah Reed Georgina Laupola Taylor Jessop Ruth Aumoeualogo Poe Mageo Leilani T. Tilo Val Tuilefano Zumba: Ipo Tuinei Hemaloto DJ System: Patrick Danielson Masters of Ceremony: Fatima Langkilde Poe Mageo Entertainment: Ms. Kim Pili- Pearls of the Pacific Dance Group Chef duties: Women in New Dimensions (WIND) Photographer: Jim Kneubuhl Motorcade Participants: Department of Public Safety- Traffic Division Fire Department Airport Fire Crash Miss American Samoa Visitor s Bureau SOFIA organization Emergency Medical Services American Samoa Coalition against Domestic & Sexual Violence Office of Procurement Booths: Department of Health- Maternal/Child Health; Immunization; Diabetes; Dental Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Medical Services AS Department of Homeland Security/ TEMCO EMS Pinky Elephants- Poison Control National Honor Societies: Samoana High School- Monetary Donation Presentation Kanana Fou High School Tafuna High School Leone High School South Pacific Academy Sponsors & Donors: Godinet Rentals Skyview Rentals Department of Youth & Women s Affairs Samoa News Lima Feasoasoani All Star Signs Shanette Tilo- Loto Pacific Printing GHC Reid & Co, Ltd. Cost U Less ABC Fax Lepua Mart Young Mart Super K Gold Conda Mission Statement: The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of Volunteers and generosity of donors. Fa afetai tele lava! God Bless! Val Vaela a Tuilefano ARCAS Manager Tutuila Store, Leloaloa U.S Market Kristopher, Iliili Pacific Mini Mart Healthy World Store Jimmy Mart Bao, Inc. Mele Mau Vala Ueselani Komiti Samuelu Maine Maine Josie Muasau Lasi Liaiga Charlene Felkley ARCAS Board Mrs. Falesoa Tu amoheloa

6 Page 6 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 On Thursday evening the American Samoa Community College Language and Literature department hosted an Evening of Live Performances to a packed house in the campus Lecture Hall. This was the second annual performance for this department, and the evening promised many literary journeys from Negro Spiritual Ensembles with roots in the Harlem Renaissance to a poem from Thomas Hardy sung by Mekelian Tia with the gentle beauty of an Elton John song. Also seen on stage were poetry readings, monologues and clever scenes from A Raisin in the Sun by L. Hansberry, done by Mrs. Ta amu s class, and The Mating Season of Flying Monkeys written by A. Wuehler and given the proper amount of sassy banter by students Lufilufi Peneueta and Talato And speaking of flying monkeys, there was a quick visit by a character from the Wizard of Oz, as Warren King sang from the famous movie, If I Only Had a Heart. The evening would not have been complete without a soliloquy from Shakespeare s Hamlet, or a piece from the work of our very own poet and world-renowned author, Sia Figiel. Tupua Tamasese s famous speech before the Samoan parliament was delivered with great feeling by a young lady, Sefelina Skelton. Narrator Vesi Matu u asked the audience, Why Literature? and answered, Because it introduces us to new worlds. The comedies, the tragedies, the dreams and shattered hopes of humanity are all there. The highlight of the evening however was the finale (seen here), which brought the Negro Spiritual Ensemble and all the literature students together to deliver a joyful, powerful rendition of Bill Wither s classic Lean on Me, as the audience clapped and sang right along. [photo: J.Kneubuhl] NEWS IN BRIEF Wake held in Puerto Rico for Fort Hood gunman SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A wake is being held in Puerto Rico for the Fort Hood gunman who recently killed three people and injured 16 others at a Texas military base before committing suicide. Relatives and friends of Army Spc. Ivan Lopez arrived Friday at a funeral home in his hometown of Guayanilla. Family spokesman Glidden Lopez, who is not related to the soldier, said he will be buried Saturday in the southwest coastal town. Ivan Lopez had been receiving treatment for depression and anxiety while being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder. However, Fort Hood officials have said his mental condition was not a direct participating factor in the March 2 shootings. Authorities said the shootings followed an argument related to Lopez s request for taking leave but did not provide details. Santa Ana school district probes boy s arrest SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) The Santa Ana Unified School District says it will investigate after a cellphone video showed a policeman putting a 14-year-old boy in a headlock during an arrest. The boy tells the Orange County Register that he was going to vandalize a table at a park Tuesday when the school officer confronted him. The boy says he tried to squirm away and wound up on the ground with the officer s arm around his neck. The teen says he bit the officer s arm because he was being choked. The video shows the policeman on top of the boy, telling him to stop fighting, as the teen screams and pleads for help. A witness tells the officer to calm down. The boy was arrested on suspicion of tagging, resisting arrest and assault. Continued from page 4 Tenn. teenager hit by car, killed while changing tire SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) A 13-year-old boy who was trying to change a flat tire alongside Interstate 24 in Tennessee has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Miller says Clifton Braunwalder of Lascassas died and his mother, Sondra Braunwalder, was injured and taken to a local hospital. Miller told news outlets that the boy and his mother were beside their car Thursday in Smyrna in the emergency lane with their hazard lights on when another vehicle hit both of them and then drove away from the scene. Police said a witness followed the other vehicle to a business in Davidson County and called officers. They charged 33-year-old Tina L. Wilson with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Turkmen president: 2015 START for pipeline work ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) Turkmenistan s president has demanded that construction work begin in 2015 on a pipeline that will carry natural gas from his energy-rich country to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov said all the agreements required for the project s launch should be completed this year, state media in the Central Asian nation reported Friday. A memorandum of understanding between the four countries linked by the TAPI pipeline was signed in 2010 and a supply deal was completed in According to the project specifications, the 1,735-kilometer (1,140-mile) pipeline will cost around $8 billion to complete and have an annual capacity of 33 billion cubic meters of gas. The pipeline will cross the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar and end in the Indian-Pakistani border town of Fazilka. (Continued on page 8) Avea ma solitulafono ave fa amalosi o se tagata fa atino ni galuega tusia Ausage Fausia O le masina na te a nei na sainia ai e le afioga i le Kovana le tumau ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga le tulafono na pasia e le Fono Faitulafono, e avea ai ma solitulafono le fa amalosia o se tagata po o se tasi fo i e laititi i lalo o le tulafono e fa atino ni galuega, po o ni gaioiga e aofia ai ma faiga faafeusuaiga. I se tusi na tuuina atu e le afioga Lemanu i ta ita i o le Fono Faitulafono i le aso 28 Mati 2014, sa ia saunoa ai e fa apea, o le tulafono lenei ua ia sainia, o le a mafai ai e le malo o Amerika Samoa, tauala atu i le Ofisa o le Loia Sili, faapea ai isi ona lala e pei o le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Lotoifale, ona su esu e, fa amalosi ma molia i latou e faia nei ituaiga amioaga, o le aumai faamalosi o tagata e faa faigaluega i lalo o ni faiga faapologa, e aofia ai ma le faia i ai o gaioiga fa a feusuaiga. O le tulafono lenei e pei ona saunoa Lemanu, o lo o manino mai ai vaega e fa sa aofia i faatosina a le faigamalo i le taimi o le palota e fa atatau i faiga fa apologa. O ia vaega e fa e pei ona saunoa Lemanu e aofia ai le faia o aoaoga e puipuia mai ai le atunuu mai le aafia o faiga faapologa nei, ma faailoa i tagata ituaiga gaioiga tonu e taua o le faa faigaluega faamalosi o tagata; puipuia aia o i latou o lo o aafia i faiga faapologa nei; ia molia i le tulafono i latou e faamaonia o lo o latou faia nei gaioiga, ina ia mautinoa e le toe tula i mai nei faiga i le lumana i, ma ia osia ni faiga faa paaga a le malo ma afioaga i tua, faalapotopotoga a le malo faapea ai vaega tumaoti, ina ia finauina auala uma e tete e atu ai i faiga nei. Ua matou maua i faamaumauga o lo o i ai, sa i ai mataupu faapenei sa tutupu i totonu o Amerika Samoa, o se vaega lea o le tusi a Lemanu i ta ita i o le Fono Faitulafono. E foliga mai fo i, o i latou sa faia faasaga i ai nei solitulafono, e le faapitoa i se ituaiga tagata e toatasi, po o le matutua fo i o tagata, ae foliga mai sa aafia ai ituaiga tagata eseese sa nonofo i nofoaga eseese i le teritori, o le isi lea saunoaga a Lemanu. E talitonu le alii kovana le tumau, o i latou sa faia faasaga i ai solitulafono, o tama, tina, uso, tuafafine ma aiga o le atunuu atoa, ma o le tulafono lenei, o le a mafai ai ona faia gaioiga uma e puipuia ai le toe tula i mai o nei ituaiga gaioiga i le lumana i, ina ia mautinoa ai e le toe tupu le mea sa tupu muamua. Ua fai si umi o faia mai pea nei ituaiga o le faapologa o tagata i faiga saua, ma ua oo i le taimi ua tatau ai ona tutu faatasi le malo ma tagata uma o Amerika Samoa, i le faia o gaioiga uma e taofia ai le toe tula i mai o lenei ituaiga solitulafono i le lumana i, o le saunoaga faaiu lea a Lemanu. Ioe se ali i na ia sasa foliga lona tuafafine i le samala tusia Ausage Fausia O le ali i mai Pago Pago lea na tu uaia e le malo i lona fa ao o o manu a tuga i lona tuafafine, e ala i lona sasa o ona foliga i le samala, ua ia ta utino i le fa amasinoga i le aso Tofi na te a nei e fa amaonia tu uaiga fa asaga ia te ia. I le tali ioe ai o Harry McCarthy i le moliaga mamafa o le fa ao olima i le tulaga muamua, i lalo o se maliliega na latou sainia ma le malo ma talia e le fa amasinoga, sa ia ta utino ai e fa apea, i se taimi o le masina o le amataga o le tausaga nei, sa ia faaoo ai manu a i lona tuafafine ina ua ia fa ao olima i ai. Na fesili le ali i fa amasino sili lagolago ia Lyle L. Richmond i le ali i ua molia, pe na fa apefea ona ia fa ao o manu a tuga i lona taufafine, ae na tali le ua molia, sa ia fa aaoga le samala e sasa ai ona foliga, e mafua mai ina ua ova tele lona ona. Sa ia taua fo i e fa apea, e leai se fa amoemoe ia te ia e fa ao o manu a i lona tuafafine, peita i o le fa alavelave sa tupu, o se mea na tupu fa afuase i e le i mafaufauina. E tusa ai o vaega o le maliliega a le ua molia ma le malo, sa ia tautino ai e fa apea, i le aso na tula i mai ai le fa alavelave, sa tula i mai ai se feeseeseaiga i le va o ia ma lona tuafafine, ma i u i lona fa ao olima ai ia te ia, e ala i lona fa aaogaina o se samala. O ata sa tu uina atu e le itu a le malo i le loia a McCarthy e tusa ai o manu a na a afia ai le tama ita i na a afia i lenei mataupu, sa manino mai ai tulaga matuia o manu a na a afia ai le isi ona fofoga. Ua sauni loia e finau i le fa amasinoga mo se fa asalaga feololo mo le ua molia, peitai ua malamalama le ua molia, tusa lava pe finau loia i le fa amasinoga mo se fa asalaga mama mo ia, e pule le fa amasinoga pe talia pe teena ia fa afinauga. Ua ia malamalama fo i, e le mafai ona toe suia lana tali ioe ua tuuina atu i le fa amasinoga, pe afai e tuuina atu se fa asalaga a le fa amasinoga ae le tusa ai ma lona mana o. O le moliaga o le fa ao olima i le tulaga muamua, o se solitulafono A o le vaega o solitulafono mamafa, lea e mafai ona fa asala ai se tasi i le toese mo le olaga atoa, pe fa asala fo i i le isi ituaiga fa asalaga, o le taofia lea i le toese mo le umi e amata atu i le 10 tausaga ae le silia ma le 30 tausaga. O lo o taofia pea le ua molia i le toese i Tafuna e fa atali ai le aso 14 Me, 2014 lea ua fa atulaga e le fa amasinoga e fofogaina ai lana fa asalaga e tusa ai o lenei mataupu.

7 9 Fa au u mai le Vasega Talimalo Lelei! tusia: Leua Aiono Frost Mai le vasega amata e to a 29 o sui tama ita i talavou ma tina, ua fa apaleina nei na o le to a 9 i le fa ai uga, ma ua taua aoina fo i latou tusi pasi ina ua atoa lelei le 40itula o tau avea vasega patino i le soifua Talimalo Lelei. I le tautalaga fa apitoa a le Fa atonu Sili o Polokalama Fa atautaia a le Matagaluega o Talavou, Tama ita i ma Tina Pa u Roy Ausage, sa ia fa ailoa ai se tasi o aga a le atunu u, na ala ai ona fafau lenei kosi ia tau avea e fa aleleia atili ai tomai o tina ma talavou, e fesoasoani e maua ai ni latou galuega, O le talimalo o se tasi o mausa a tagata ma aiga Samoa, e matua lava tapena aiga Samoa uma i o latou Maota Talimalo, i so o se taimi lava! O aga nei e le fou i aiga Samoa, ae o le toe fa afouga ua taga i toto a i ai le matagaluega, ona o faletalimalo ma le tele o pisinisi i le tatou atunu u, e i ai nisi o le tatou lava atunu u, ua fa asea mai, E le lelei le auaunaga ma le tautuina o i matou i le fale aiga lea, ma le faletalimalo lea! O se timata la lenei ua tapena i ai, ia le toe maua lea fa asea i o tatou lava tagata, ma fa aleleia ai le taligamalo e ofo atu mo a tatou turisi e gasolo mai. O le fa aleoga lea o le naunauta iga o le Matagaluega o Talavou & Tina, ma e le o sasi lava le folasaga, ua matauina, e aoga lea kosi, ona o se molimau a le tina na tofia mai le vasega e fa aleo so latou agaga e tusa o le kosi sa latou tau avea ma ua mae a lelei. O le tautalaga fa apitoa fo i a le tama ita i faia oga, Alanieta Lavenawasa, sa ia fa ailoa atu i lana ulua i vasega fa au u, Ia outou o, ma ia outou iloa lelei o lo o tou tau avea le igoa o le matagaluega na a oa oina outou, ia outou fua mai ni fua lelei o a oga uma ua mae a timata ai outou silafia! Peita i, ina ua tu uina le avanoa i le vasega, sa latou foa ia ai mo le latou faia oga se meaalofa na toe tutulu ai le tama ita i faia oga o Ala ma sa ia toe fa apea ane ai, Ua outou manatu i le maila fa aopoopo lea, ona ou toe fa apea atu lea, ou te fesoasoani mo outou ina ia saili ni avanoa faigaluega e tou te faigaluega ai! Ia outou manuia, tutu la outou sulu ma tu u i luga! Peita i i le molimau fo i a Uiese Lemoe, sa ia fa ailoa ai, E 15 lelei lava ituaiga gaugauga o le Napekini e fa aaoga i aiga a tagata, ua mae a a oa oina mai matou te faia e le faia oga, atoa ai ma matou foliga ia mama ae sili ona lae ia i le ataata e talimalo ai i taimi uma, e fa ataunu u ai tiute fa a-talimalo lelei. O i latou ua mae a umia tusi pasi o lea vasega e aofia ai: Adl Qutonilibasa, Sieri Lefaoseu, Nadia Li, Uiese Lemoe, Sarah So oa emalelagi, Catherine Lemoe, Fa avavau Fa atau, Mekrita Laumatia ma Taulaga Tatupu. USDOL cites Manu a Inc. must pay back wages, fully comply with federal labor law on wages by Samoa News staff Manu a Inc., which operates three stores on Tutuila, will pay back wages to over 200 employees and fully comply with federal labor law on wages, as cited by the U.S. Department of Labor, says company owner Manu a Chen. USDOL announced yesterday that the retailer failed to pay at least the Fair Labor Standards Act s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime premium to 252 workers employed at their 3 stores during the period of September 21, 2013 through January 25, Total back wages owed is $119,850 and USDOL said the employer agreed to pay the back wages in full and to immediately comply with the FLSA s provisions. Chen offered no comments on the case when contacted yesterday for comments, but said his company will pay the back wages and will fully comply with federal laws. In the case, the USDOL said the minimum wage violations occurred when new employees worked 5 to 8 or more hours in a day and were paid a flat day rate of $20 dollars. Other employees were reduced below the American Samoa retail minimum wage rate of $4.60 per hour when paycheck deductions were made for violations of company policies such as talking back to managers, clocking in late and failing to finish an assignment, the federal agency said in a news release. Overtime violations occurred when the employer failed to pay employees for all hours worked including time worked past the end of their scheduled shift or during their lunch period, it said. Regardless of a new employee s probationary status, they are entitled to receive at least the minimum wage rate, said Terence Trotter, the USDOL s director of its Wage and Hour Division in Hawai i that conducted the probe in this case. Also, all employees should be paid for their time actually worked, not just their weekly scheduled hours, which don t factor unexpectedly working through lunch periods or working later than anticipated, he said in the news release. samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 7

8 Page 8 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 T ALA mai brought to you by SAMOA tanoa tusitala hotel, apia, samoa Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions SAOGALEMU PEA PASI LAUPAPA L.T.A. E leai ni fuafuaga a le Pulega o Felauaiga i le Laueleele (L.T.A.) e faasaina le faaaogaina o pasi laupapa mo femalagaiga a le mamalu lautele o le atunuu. O pasi laupapa uma o lo o i ai nei o le a faaaogaina pea i femalagaiga a le mamalu o le atunuu seiloga lava ua oo ina faaletonu ma ua le toe saogalemu mo femalagaiga lautele, o le faamalamalamaga lena a le ofisa sili o pulega o le L.T.A., le susuga Leasi Galuvao. O le 2011 ina ua tulai mai ni faalavelave tau taavale na lavevea ai ni pasi laupapa, sa faailoa ai e le malo le latou fuafuaga e aveesea uma ia ituaiga pasi. Peitai ua tolu nei tausaga e lei taunuu lea fuafuaga. O le taimi nei e 129 le aofaiga o pasi laupapa ua resitalaina i Upolu, ae 40 i Savaii. Na saunoa Leasi, faatoa faasaina lava ona toe faaaogaina pasi laupapa mai femalagaiga lautele, pe afai ua faaletonu ma ua le toe saogalemu foi mo le mamalu o le atunuu. FAI LAU GALUEGA, FAI FO I LA U GALUEGA O lea ou te manuia ma o lo o mafai ona fai la u galuega, ma ua tatau foi ona fai le galuega a le taitai o le Itu Agai, o le lapataiga lea a Fofoga Fetalai Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao i le taitai o le vaega faaupufai o le Tautua Samoa, le afioga Palusalue Faapo II. Ae lei tolopoina taualumaga a le Palemene i le faaiuga o le masina na tea nei, na faitioina ai e Palusalue le fofoga fetalai i lona le tuuina atu o se avanoa e faia ai fesili a sui o le Tautua e faatatau i faiga faaalatua i nisi o matagaluega a le malo na taua i le lipoti a le komiti faapitoa a le Palemene. Na faaaoga e le fofoga fetalai le Tulafono Tumau 44 lea e mafai ai ona faaaoga lona malosiaga e suia ai le pepa o le faasologa o galuega a le maota. Na saunoa Palusalue, o lea suiga na le mafai ai ona faia a latou fesili i lea mataupu, ma o le a le toe agavaa nei ia fesili pe a toe fai i le vaiaso fou pe a toe tauaofia le Palemene. Fai mai a ia, e foliga mai o se faiga a le malo e alo ese mai ai i le taliina o ia fesili. Peitai na faaalia e le fofoga fetalai, e tutusa lelei lava le faasea a Palusalue ma le tama fusu e faasea i le laufali ao fai le fusuaga. UUNAIA LE TOTOINA O LAAU O lo o galulue faatasi nei le Matagaluega o Faatoaga ma Faigafaiva, faapea ai ma le Matagaluega o Punaoa Faalenatura ma le Siosiomaga, i le uunaia malosi o nuu ma afioaga i le totoina o laau. O le sini o lea faamoemoe, e le gata ia toto laau, a ia faapea foi ona sa o ma talafeagai ituaiga o laau toto e agai le atunuu e atiae, faatasi ma vaomatua e tua i ai afioaga ma alalafaga i tua maota ma laoa. Ua faagasolo atu nei lea polokalame a ia matagaluega e lua a le malo ma a latou paaga i le itumalo o Safata, e faailo tonu ituaiga laau e ao ona toto ma faasaoina, ma metotia eseese o lo o faaogaina e ola lauusiusi ai ia laau ma faaitiitia ai o latou aafiaga i manu ma iniseti faalafua. E finagalo le malo e ala i ia matagaluega, le tatau ona tofu lava o le afioaga ma le fale laau, ma ia faaleleia atili fale laau i afioaga ua maea faatuina ai, aua a ola lelei laau i vaomatua, o le faatumauina foi lea o le lelei mo tagata, ma le faatumauina ai pea o punaoa faalenatura. MOLIA LE PAGOTA I MARIUANA E 32 tausaga o se alii pagota e igoa ia Steward Moala mai Faleasiu ua molia nei i le umia o le laau faasaina o le mariuana. Na faaalia e le komesina le tumau o leoleo, le afioga Fauono Talalelei Tapu e faapea, o le afiafi o le aso Tofi o le vaiaso na te a nei na faalogoina ai e le leoleo sa tiute i lea afiafi se taavale o paka i se auala i tua atu o le falepuipui lata i le afioaga o Falelauniu. Sa masalomia o lea taavale sa auina ane ai mariuana i pagota. Sa faapea ona suesueina e leoleo ia pagota sa masalomia ma maua ai ni sikaleti mariuana se tolu i le alii pagota o Steward Moala. O le taeao o le aso Faraile na sosoo ai sa lipotia ai loa lea pagota i le ofisa autu o leoleo i Apia. Ua toe loka nei Moala ma o lo o talia le taimi e tulai ai i luma o le Faamasinoga. C Y M K NEWS IN BRIEF Continued from page 6 Two roses placed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are seen at the War Memorial in Cambridge, New Zealand, Saturday, April 12, (AP Photo/SNPA, David Rowland) Armed men seize eastern Ukraine police station SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) At least a dozen armed men in camouflage seized a police station in a small town in eastern Ukraine on Saturday morning as tensions in the country s Russia-speaking regions intensify. The town of Slovyansk is about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the regional center, Donetsk, where pro- Russian protesters have occupied a government building for nearly a week. Protesters hoisted the Russian flag above the building, photos and videos from the scene showed. The men who stormed the police station haven t presented any demands, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said. Minister Arsen Avakov pledged a very tough response to the seizure while local media reported special forces dispatched to the area. Videos on a local website showed several men armed with machine guns in balaclavas guarding the entrance to the police station. They are all wearing St. George s ribbons, a symbol of the Soviet Union s victory in WWII, which has become a symbol of pro-russian protesters in eastern Ukraine. Gunshots rang out in a video from the scene after an armed man shouted to a cameraman to stop recording. No casualties were reported. Obama reiterates call for equal pay for women WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is stepping up his call for equal pay for women, reinforcing a top election-year issue for Democrats eager to mobilize women to vote. In his Saturday radio and Internet address, Obama calls it an embarrassment that women earn less than men even in the same professions and with the same education. Obama this week issued an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their salaries. Such an order is considered a way for women to become better informed about their pay. In the weekly Republican address, congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington says the economy under Obama is hurting women. She says Republican proposals to help small businesses and increase jobs will benefit women as well as men. Oil pipe leak blamed for TAINTEd water in China BEIJING (AP) Chinese state media say an oil pipe leak has caused excessive levels of the toxic chemical benzene in a major city s tap water. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday that a crude oil pipeline run by the stateowned China National Petroleum Corp. had a leak that tainted the source water feeding a local water plant in the northwestern city of Lanzhou. Xinhua says the leak has affected 2.4 million. The city of Lanzhou says it has been monitoring levels of benzene in its water pipes to ensure public safety. The incident could raise concerns on the maintenance of China s oil pipes. Last year, a ruptured oil pipeline resulted in explosions in the eastern city of Qingdao, killing 47. japanese Cabinet minister visits Tokyo war shrine TOKYO (AP) A Japanese Cabinet minister on Saturday visited a Tokyo war shrine that honors executed war criminals among others in a move that could reignite tensions with Japan s neighbors ahead of President Obama s Asian tour. Internal Minister Yoshitaka Shindo prayed at the Yasukuni Shrine, which is a flashpoint between Japan and its neighbors China and South Korea. They see Yasukuni as a symbol of militarism and repeated visits there by Japanese leaders as a lack of remorse over Japan s wartime history. But Shindo said he made the visit in his private capacity to pray for the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle of Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic battles of World War II. I renewed my commitment to never cause such a tragedy as I prayed for peace before the people who lost their lives in the war, Shindo told reporters after praying, wearing a formal dark suit. That s what I do every time I visit the shrine. His visit came as a bit of a surprise because conservative lawmakers usually make their visits to the shrine during one of several annual festivals. But this year s April spring festival partially overlaps with Obama s trip to Japan, apparently causing Shindo to make his visit on Saturday. Obama s April visit to Japan is part of an Asian tour that also includes South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia. (Continued on page 12) C Y M K

9 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 9 C Y M K TSM MART Check Out Our SPECIALS! Check out our variety of Albacore Tuna. Great for faalavelave s and off-island gifts. Locally produced in American Samoa by StarKist Samoa. In this photo taken Wednesday, April 9, 2014, former British Army captain Levison Wood, center, sets out walking along the Nile river from Juba, in South Sudan. Close calls with crocodiles and a brutal civil war have not deterred Levison from attempting to walk the length of the Nile, a 4,250 mile journey along the world s longest river that will see him pass through seven countries. (AP Photo/Ilya Gridneff) Crocodile close calls: UK C Y M K man walks length of Nile JUBA, South Sudan (AP) Close calls with crocodiles, a brutal civil war and even the death of a fellow traveler have not deterred a British man from attempting to walk the length of the Nile River. The yearlong 4,250 mile journey along the world s longest river will see the former British army captain pass through seven countries. After four months trekking through Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, Levison Wood is now in South Sudan, a country with little infrastructure that has been destabilized by four months of fighting between pro- and anti-government forces. The 31-year-old said it took three years to plan the walk from Rwanda to Egypt. I ve always had a passion for Africa since I was young. The river Nile has always interested me and I thought, what s the biggest expedition I could ever think of? And walking the Nile it was, he told The Associated Press. Though he faces many dangers on the walk from both man and beast, Wood noted that past explorers didn t have the luxury of a satellite phone or Google maps. We ve had some close calls with buffalo, elephants and very close call with a crocodile in Murchison Falls, a national park in Uganda, he said Thursday. The toughest challenge I m finding is to keep the momentum going and not get too dismayed when there are delays, On average Wood walks 20 miles a day, but he is seldom alone. His guide from Congo, who goes by the name Boston, has been a long-time companion. In South Sudan three AK-47 wielding soldiers from the commando battalion flank him as security. Another South Sudanese man on a bike ferries supplies. South Sudan has been a challenge to say the least, Wood said. And when I set off on Nov. 25 I obviously didn t predict a civil war kicking off mid-december. Further complicating matters is the camera crew following Wood to shoot a four-part documentary series for U.K. and U.S. audiences on Britain s Channel 4 and America s Animal Planet. Wood and his crew were arrested while filming near the only bridge that crosses the Nile in South Sudan. Weaving through the chaotic traffic in Juba, South Sudan s capital, Wood and his crew set a blistering pace. Their South Sudanese guide occasionally barks orders to stop filming near a national memorial or military installation. There are safety concerns for this leg of the trip. The Nile passes through Jonglei state, a region that has seen heavy fighting in recent months. As that s the front line, I ll have to make a decision when I get there whether I have to move away from the river, he said. Then, a well-known Juba curiosity strolls past: a lanky man who is totally naked. The team laughs. No comment, Wood says to his probing cameraman. While South Sudan appears to be the toughest part of his trip, it was in Uganda where tragedy struck. Experienced American adventure journalist Matt Power, who was walking with Wood, died from heat exhaustion March 10. Wood said the death forced him to reconsider his plans. We took a week off just to contemplate what happened and have a think about, Is this something we really want to be doing?, he said. After speaking with Power s wife and family, Wood, with their blessing, decided to continue. It is one of those things that really brings home the reality that this is not an easy thing to do. It s incredibly difficult and dangerous in parts and all I can do is be as prepared as I can be and hope the same doesn t happen to me, he said. Eatwell Chunk Tuna in Oil $15.99 a CASE - 12/5oz Maua so o se Ituaiga pusa Albacore Tuna. Aoga mo so o se faalavelave po o se faamomoli i atunu u i fafo. Gaosia lava i totonu o Amerika Samoa e le StarKist Samoa. StarKist Solid White Albacore Tuna in Oil $28.95 a CASE - 24/5oz Check out our weekly specials in the Samoa News. TSM Tafuna, Next to ASPA.

10 Page 10 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 UN climate report balances science and the politics BERLIN (AP) After racing against the clock in an allnight session, the U.N. s expert panel on climate change was putting the final touches Saturday on a scientific guide to help governments, industries and regular people take action to stop global warming from reaching dangerous levels. As always when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change adopts one of its high-profile reports, the week-long talks in Berlin were slowed by wrangling between scientists and governments over which words, charts and tables to use in the roughly 30-page summary of a much bigger scientific report. The painstaking process is meant to clarify the complex world of climate science to non-scientists but it also reflects the brinksmanship that characterizes international talks on climate action so far unsuccessful in their goal to stop the rise of man-made carbon emissions blamed for global warming. Sometimes it s framed as if what the IPCC does is just the facts, ma am, and that of course is not accurate, said Steve Rayner, an Oxford scientist who has taken part in three of the IPCC s previous assessments, but not this one. It s not pure science and it s not just politics, but a blend of both, Rayner said. In Berlin, the politics showed through in a dispute over how to categorize countries in graphs showing the world s carbon emissions, which are currently growing the fastest in China and other developing countries. Like many scientific studies, the IPCC draft used a breakdown of emissions from low, lowermiddle, upper-middle and high income countries. Many developing countries objected and wanted the graphs to follow the example of U.N. climate talks and use just two categories developed and developing according to three participants who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the IPCC session was closed to the public. By contrast, U.S. delegates wanted the tables to be even more specific, showing which countries belonged to each income category, according to comments to a draft being edited line-byline in Berlin and obtained by The Associated Press. That reflects a nagging dispute in the U.N. talks, which are supposed to produce a global climate agreement next year. The U.S. and other industrialized nations want to scrap the binary rich-poor division, saying large emerging economies such as China, Brazil and India must adopt more stringent emissions cuts than poorer countries. The developing countries are worried it s a way for rich countries to shirk their own responsibilities to cut emissions. The deadlock over the graphs appeared to have ended early Saturday after 20 hours of backroom negotiations led by IPCC vice chairman Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, a Belgian. I offered some Belgian Easter chocolate eggs to the participants of the Contact group at midnight: they helped! van Ypersele wrote on Twitter early Saturday. Another snag: oil-rich Saudi Arabia objected to text saying emissions need to go down by percent by 2050 for the world to stay below 2 degrees C (3.6 F) of warming, participants told AP. One participant said the Saudis were concerned that putting down such a range was policy-prescriptive, even though it reflects what the science says. The final document, to be released Sunday, is expected to say that a global shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels like oil and coal are required to avoid potentially devastating sea level rise, flooding, droughts and other impacts of warming. The report on mitigating climate change was the third of the IPCC s 4-part assessment on climate change, its first since Swedish environmental economist Thomas Sterner, a lead author of one of the chapters in the report, said the IPCC process can be frustrating to scientists. There s a fight over every comma sign, he told AP. In a blog post from Berlin he said scientists addressing the meeting were told to Keep our statements short and concise, avoid jargon, do not lecture the delegates, do not become emotional. Chris Field, who co-chaired another IPCC session in Japan last month and sits on the panel s executive committee but did not have a direct role in the Berlin session, said one way to think about the process is that scientists have control of a two-way valve and can move findings into or out of the summary for policy-makers. The governments have a one-way valve and can only move things out of the document. The role of this one-way valve is important in thinking about why the findings of the IPCC always feel so measured and carefully couched, he said. Many of the government interventions are incredibly helpful in making the text clearer, he added. It is a pretty amazing process. But some of the interventions are not quite as time efficient. O KATI LE LEOLEO NANA [Sosoo ane loa lau faitau i le tatou tala faasolo mo lenei vaiaso, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na tea nei i le taimi lea ua pisi solo ai tama faamoemoeina a le tamaloa leaga o Tomasi e saili solo le tama ita i o Mena ma ona matua i totonu o Enelagi, ina ua fa amaonia i a latou suesuega, o Mena lea na fesoasoani ia Kati i le fasiotia o Tomasi.] E le i alo tamala tama fa amoemoeina a Tomasi i le saili ina o Mena i vaega eseese o le atunuu, atoa ai ma le ata o Kati lea ua latou mauaina mai ata video sa pu e i le taimi na sosoo ma le fa alavelave, ma latou mauaina ai, e foliga mai o se tagata fa atupu fa alavelave le ali i lenei na alu atu ma nofo i le fale talimalo ma le faamoemoe e fasioti Tomasi, pau le mea lea o lo o nenefu i mafaufau a tama faamoemoeina a Tomasi, e le iloa poo fea e sau ai le tagata lenei o Kati, pau la latou talitonuga o lo o i ai, o Kati o se tagatanu u lava o Enelagi. O le malae va alele lea o lo o pisi ai tama faamoemoeina a Tomasi, o le malae va alele lea o lo o fuafua Kati latou te pu eina le va alele ma Mena ma nai ona matua e aga i atu i Italia, ma ua toe 5 nei itula ona oo lea i le taimi o le va alele. vaega 3 Ua tonu i le manatu o le tama o Ululatetele ma lona uso o Solatetele, o le a avea le laau lea na ola a e i le tu ugamau o Tui Fiti Suasamile ava ava e fai ma o la oso i Samoa, ona amata loa lea o le la feausiga mai ogasami o Fiti seia o o mai i Samoa. Fai mai ao sau le feausiga a le au uso lenei i le vasa, na sou sou le vasa ma ua avea ma itu ua motu ai le ava, ona faaigoa lea o lea ogamea o le motusaga ma o iina lea e mafua ai le isi ava taua a le atunuu e taua o le ava o le motugauso. Fai mai ua sau pea le ausaga a le au uso lenei, ona afe lea o le isi tama o le au uso ma le isi fasi ava i Malaetele i Manu a ua totooai le fasi ava lea. Ua tupu tele le ava lea na toto i Manu a ma o le ava lea sa faaigoaina o le la fitu a le Tui Manu a, aua fai mai le tala o le ava lea na momoo i ai Samoa uma i le manaia o lona tofo, sa faaigoa foi le ava lava lea o le vaitinasa, e faamanatu ai le ava lea na tina e le tama o Malalatea ina ua alu atu o fai mai le alofi sa o le Tui Manu a. Na maea lea, ona toe suia lea o le igoa o le ava lea, ma faaigoa ai i le matimatimailevasa, ina ua fai le alofi taumavae a Malietoa Uitualagi ma Tuimanu a Faatoalia, ona e faamanatu ai le taimi na iloa atu ai e Malietoa le matimati mai o le Tuimanu a mo le la ava taumavae. Ua afe le tama e toatasi i Manu a, ae ua faaauau mai pea le ausaga a le isi tama e toatasi ma taunuu i Figao i Safotu i le motu tele I Salafai, ona ia toto lua ina lea o fasi ava i le vaega e taua o Kalevalio, e le o le nofoaga lea na faasatauro ai le Mesia, ae o le igoa lava lea o le nofoaga sa faaigoa ai i aso ua mavae. Ua ola le ava ma ua ese lava lona tupu i laau uma o le vao, fai mai le tala ua tupu E le i taitai le vaveao ae tau fagu loa Kati ia Mena, e fafagu ona matua e sauni toeititi ona latou aga i atu loa lea i le malae va alele. Na pisi le tama i le tapenaina o le latou ti mo le taeao, ma ua avea lea ma itu na faapea ane ai Mena i lona loto, ta i lelei si nei tamaloa ma le loto alofa ia te a u ma o u matua, e le faapea le tamaloa sa ma nonofo muamua, e sili atu lava ia te ia le ava ma le moe vaivai, a o Kati, e le gata e tautala sa o ae toe loto alofa fo i, o mafaufauga fai vavale ia o le tama ita i a o tau pula pula ona mata e le i taitai uma lona fia moe. E le i atoa se itula na pisi ai Kati i le tapenaina o le malu taeao ae mae a loa, ona alo loa lea o le toeaina ma le olomatua i le la taumafataga, ae talatalanoa Kati ma Mena i le potu malolo ma matamata le TV, ae fa afuase i ai loa ona alu atu le ripoti e fa atatau i osofaiga mata utia ua faia e le vaega a Tomasi i nofoaga e i ai tagata matutua a le malo, e ala i le susunu i lalo o fale ma fasioti nai tagata matutua, e oo lava foi i le aufaigaluega ua fasiotia uma. E fetaui lava le toe lua ane o itula taunuu i le taimi o le va alele ae taunuu loa Kati ma (Faaauau itulau 12) ALOFA E OO I LE OTI vaega 3 [E fa atalofa atu i le mamalu o le aufaitau i lenei vaiaso, malo le onosa i, malo fo i le soifua laulelei, ae alo maia, o le vaega lua lenei o le tatou tala fa asolo, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te a nei i le taimi lea ua taunuu ai le pasi usu na malaga atu ai le ulugalii mai Amouta i le uafu i Salelologa.] E fetaui le taunuu o le ulugalii i le uafu i Salelologa ae vaaia loa fo i le va a o le Amataga ua ofi mai i le uafu ma le uta o tagata ua matua tumu lava. Sole, a o fea o le a saga o i ai gei mau kagaka e leai lava gi mea magagaia i Savai i gei,? o le fesili fia iloa lea a le tamaloa o Veli, ae na iini e Tania le lima ma musumusu atu i ai, O tagata mai Upolu o lea e faigaluega iinei, matua e fesili soo tele fo i, e fai lava tala a le ulugalii ma savavali aga i atu i le vaega e fa atali ai pasese ma la ato pa u pei o ni tagata o lo o fuafua e malaga i Niu Sila. Sole Veli, a o fea o le a e usupo i ai ma ga mau akopa u, e pei o sau sola aga lega ua alu ali i, o le tala ata lea a le ali i o Pinati lea e galue o se Leoleopo i le uafu i Salelologa, o le tamaloa o le nuu o Veli i Amouta. Na ata Veli ma savali lava ina ua ia vaaia Tania ua mamao lava i luma lana savali, ae na toe faliu lava i tua ma valaau atu ia Pinati, Se mea leaga o le faiava, a ea Pigaki. E pei o se mea matamata i tagata malaga i lea taeao le ulugalii a Veli ma Tania, e fai o le aulelei pa epa e o le tama ita i, ae o Veli o le meauli ia toe auleaga, e le taitai fa atusatusaina i ai le lalelei o le tama ita i. O amioga ua masani ai ni isi o le atunuu, e tiga lava ona pupula mai se tagata ae muimui lava ma fai ona ata. Po o gafea lava o le la kamaloa ga see i ai si la le fafige makua pa epa e aulelei ae se i vaai aku ia i loga ko alua o le mala papala le mea.. o muimuiga ia a isi fafine e to alua sa saofafa i i luga o le isi nofoaga i le potu e fa atali ai le pasese mo le aga i atu i totonu o le va a, ina ua fa atoa nonofo lava i lalo Veli ma Tania e fa atali ai le taimi o le malaga. Soo se mea lava e savavali solo i ai le ulugalii i luga o le uafu i lea taeao, sa pei lava o se mea matamata i tagata ona o le aulelei pa epa e o le tama ita i ae meauli si ona to alua. (Faaauau itulau 12) Tala i Vavau o Samoa AVA i Samoa mafala le ava lenei ma ua ese lava lona tupu tele i laau uma lava o le vao i na ona aso, fai mai o lala o le ava lenei na falala i le sami, ma ua avea ai o se laau e faapaolo i le au tautai pe a oo ina faia a latou aleaga i le vasaloloa, peitai o le mea ua tupu, ua avea le laau lea ma faalavelave i tagata e malagaa i i le sami, peitai ua faigata ona ave ese ona ua tupu tele lava le laau, ona tuu ai pea lea o le laau sei oo lava ina matua, ua toulu ona lau ma ua agai atu ina gase lona tupu, ma o le ava lena ua taua o le tugase, ona sau lea o le tama o Mausautele ma lia i i luga le laau lea ona ua faalavelave i feoaiga a tagata i le sami ma le ea. (Faaauau itulau 12)

11 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 11 Board Chairman HTC Leilua Mase Akapo Chief Executive Officer Joseph Davis-Fleming Ua fiafia lava le Komiti Fa afoe ma le Pulega a le Maota Gasegase i Faga alu (LBJ Tropical Medical Center) e fa alauiloa atu ni suiga e tusa ai ma pili totogi mo auaunaga a le falema i, o le a amata ona fa amamaluina i le Aso Lua, Aperila 1, 2014: 1. To esea le $5 mai i totogi mo talavai i so o se potu talavai a le falema i, se i vagana ai le Potu Talavai mo Fanau Iti (Pediatric Clinic) = $15 i le talavai. 2. To esea le $5 i talavai uma i le ER (Emergency Department) = $25 i le talavai. 3. To esea le $5 mo Potu Tui Toto/X-Ray ma isi auaunaga faapenei (Laboratory Tests) = $ O le a tumau pea pa u faapitoa mo Physical Therapy, Auaunaga Fa amama Toto ma Talavai mo Fanau Iti. 5. Ia taga i i le Fa atulagaga o Pili mo Auaunaga e pei ona lomia i le pito i lalo. Ona o se naunauta iga ina ia gafatia ma faatumauina le soifua maloloina i totonu o aiga ma le mamalu lautele, aua se lumana i maloloina o le atunu u, o lea ua a e ai se manatu i le Komiti Fa afoe faapea le Pulega a le LBJ ina ia toe fetu una i pili totogi mo auaunaga a le falema i ma se faamoemoega maualuga, o le a avea ma auala o le a u una ia ai le mamalu lautele ina ia faataunu u a latou talavai. Fa afetai tele lava, Joseph Davis-Fleming, MS, FACHE, FHFMA CEO The American Samoa Medical Center Authority LBJ Tropical Medical Center Pago Pago, American Samoa notice@lbj.as Honorable Governor Loto Matalasi Moliga Hon. Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga FAASILASILAGA FAALAUAITELE PILI FOU O AUAUNAGA I LE FALEMA I Amatalia APERILA 1, 2014 Gasegase oso faafuasei e togafitia muamua a o lei talanoaina se tulaga tau le pili. Mo isi talavai e tatau lava ona totogi muamua ae e le i faataunu uina se auaunaga. Gasegase e limavaivai, ua iai polokalama faapitoa e mafai on a fesoasoani mo le totogia o pili (Family Assistance Discount Program). E ao ona e tauaaoina atu se kopi o le ulu siaki, W2 po o se kopi o lau pepa lafoga mai i le tausaga ua tuana i i le Ofisa e Aoina Pili i le LBJ. E tumau pea le $20 mo talavai i le Potu Talavai mo Fanau Iti (Pediatric Clinic). Mo auaunaga faatosaga, o le a faaauauina pea ona faamatuuese ia le pili pe afai ua faamalieina uma ia aiaiga tau faatosaga. Maila totogi mo auaunaga a le EMS (Ambulance) e $3 i le maila e tasi.

12 Page 12 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 A boy rests atop a stack of mats at a shelter for people displaced by a 6.1-magnitude quake, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 11, Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega declared a red alert Friday after the Thursday quake shook the country and left one dead, 33 injured, houses damaged and thousands of people affected. A new tremor, at 6.6 magnitude, centered 35 miles south of the capital city of Managua, shook Nicaragua Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) NEWS IN BRIEF Boston Marathon survivor upset at Meet the Press BOSTON (AP) A Boston Marathon bombing survivor says in a tweet that she left a Boston television studio in tears before a taping of NBC s Meet the Press. Dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her left foot in the bombing and said Friday she asked the national news program not to mention the suspect s name but the show used it. NBC News spokeswoman Erika Masonhall says Haslet-Davis was due to take part in a round-table discussion and asked that the suspects names not be mentioned. Masonhall says given the nature of the discussion Meet the Press could not make that guarantee and regrets any distress caused by the miscommunication. She says the NBC News president left a voic for Haslet-Davis apologizing for the confusion. A message seeking comment was left with a representative for Haslet-Davis. Ukraine, Westinghouse seal nuclear fuel deal BRUSSELS (AP) Nuclear technology firm Westinghouse says it has reached a deal with Ukraine to deliver fuel for its reactors through 2020, a move that helps the country reduce its reliance on Russia for energy supplies as it squabbles with Moscow over unpaid gas bills. Westinghouse said Friday a 2008 contract to supply fuel for Ukraine s nuclear reactors has been extended to help diversify its supply. Ukraine s 15 reactors produce about half of its electricity, or twice the share nuclear power has in the U.S. Ukraine gets most of its nuclear fuel from Russia but the deal will see Westinghouse supplying up to 25 percent and there s an option to provide more if needed. KATI LE LEOLEO Mai itulau 10 lana aumalaga i le vaega e paka ai ta avale, ma latou sikaili ua sui uma ona o fuafuaga a le tama ina ia puipuia ai Mena ma nai ona matua mai le ono mateia e le au faatupu fa alavelave, ona latou fasiotia lea. Na ona taunuu lava o le tama ma lana au malaga i le malae vaalele, aga i sa o atu loa i le vaega e siaki ai tusi folau mo le fa amautuina o le va alele e aga i atu i Italia, ae o se itu na faateia ai le tama o Kati, ina ua oomi atu le tusi folau o Mena ae kiliki mai ai le faaupuga, o Mena o lo o sailia e leoleo a Enelagi. Na vaaia e le tama ita i faigaluega o le va alele le le mautonu o le pupula e Kati, ona taumafai atu lea o Kati e fesili i le tama ita i e toe oomi le tusi folau a Mena, peitai na vave gaioiga a le tama ita i ma ia oomi ai le ki e fa ailoa ai i leoleo o le malae va alele e i ai le mea o lo o tupu. Continued from page 8 Squatters, Brazil police clash in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Squatters in Rio de Janeiro are clashing with police after a Brazilian court ordered that 5,000 people be evicted from abandoned buildings of a telecommunications company. Police moved in early Friday to move people out of the buildings owned by the telecom Oi. Some families left peacefully. But many others fought police and set fire to parts of the building, a bus and a police cruiser. The vehicles of local TV stations were attacked. The O Globo newspaper reports that three people have been injured so far, but police couldn t confirm that figure. Officers have used tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse the families. Authorities say the squatters have been removed from the building, but groups of people continue clashing with police in the surrounding area. OC man convicted for bank hostage-taking SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) An Orange County man who held a bank manager hostage and fired at police during a standoff has been convicted of numerous crimes but jurors acquitted him of attempted murder. City News Service says 56-year-old Myung Jae Kim of Irvine was found guilty Friday of false imprisonment, assault, possession of a destructive device and making criminal threats. He faces up to 24 years in prison. Prosecutors say Kim targeted the manager of Saehan Bank in Buena Park in 2012 because she once worked for a different bank where $235,000 of his money vanished from a safety deposit box. Authorities say Kim had a sawed-off shotgun, pipe bombs and a knife when he took the woman hostage for nearly four hours. Police finally stormed the bank and wounded him. ALOFA E OO I LE Mai itulau 10 Tago si a u pele e uu uma atu ta ato pa u ua ou le lava, ae tu u mai le tama i ato lena ou te uuina atu, o tala ia a Tania ia Veli ina ua tula i mai le isi Seila o le va a ma fa alauiloa mai, ua tatau ona aga i atu le pasese i totonu o le va a e le o toe umi se taimi ona alu lea o le va a. Veli, ae faafefea ona totogi ta pasese,? o le fesili lea a Tania, ae na ata le tamaloa ma fai atu i ai, Faakoa o aku lava Seila o le va a e ao mai kupe pe a lakalaka i Apia. O se malaga fiafia le malaga a Tania ma Veli, ua tulimata i le vaai a le tama ita i i lona fia vaai atu i nai ona matua ma lona aiga atoa, ua tele tausaga o misia a o aumai ai i le aiga o si ona to alua i Amouta. E misi mea uma i le vaai a Veli ae o le la umi talo, luau ma le pua a o lo o ave e fai ma la oso, e le taitai masepu i le vaai a le tamaloa ne i oso ma se gaoi. A new earthquake shakes Nicaragua; nation staying alert MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook Nicaragua on Friday afternoon, sending people running frightened into the streets less than 24 hours after a magnitude-6.1 quake rattled the Central American country. There were no immediate reports of new casualties or serious damage, but the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was felt in El Salvador and neighboring Costa Rica. The new tremor, centered 34 miles (56 kilometers) south of the capital city of Managua, surprised people at restaurants and supermarkets, where the shelves swayed strongly, throwing many products to the ground. It also disrupted the water service in many towns around the capital, where people continued to feel aftershocks as the government deployed soldiers and police officers to oversee emergency response. Firefighters paid visits to villages south of Managua and reported seeing cracking in the walls of houses and other buildings. There are a lot of homes that will have to be demolished completely, said Rosario Murillo, government spokeswoman and Nicaragua s first lady. Earlier, the government raised the number of people injured in the Thursday evening quake from 23 to 200. It also said that a 23-year-old woman had died of an apparent heart attack after the quake. No deaths had been reported as a result of Friday s shake. Although the magnitude of Friday s earthquake was higher, it struck much deeper, making it less likely to cause damage. In the capital city of Managua, 300 homes were damaged and at least 20 were destroyed by Thursday s quake, said one of the mayor s deputies, Fidel Moreno. Authorities ordered the demolition of two old buildings that had withstood the earthquake of 1972 that killed 10,000 people. Hospitals began discharging patients with minor illnesses so they could have beds available in the event of injuries from an aftershock or new quake. President Daniel Ortega said that he raised the country s alert level to red, meaning government officials were evacuating everyone at risk of harm from aftershocks or new quake. The alert also meant schools and businesses closed in the capital and in the northwestern city of Leon. There was much less traffic in the streets. Despite the warnings, hundreds had gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua for a religious act in preparation for Holy Week when the stronger earthquake hit. We were feeling better even though there were some aftershocks but this last quake was very strong. We are worried again, said Miguel Ugarte. On Thursday night, officials took 155 people out of neighborhoods northeast of the capital city due to risk of landslides. One of the shelters was still housing 22 families on Friday. The government said roughly 800 homes were damaged in the town of Nagarote and surrounding areas, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of the capital. Friday s quake struck at 3:29 p.m. local time (20:29 GMT), and was centered about 6 miles (11 kilometers) east-southeast of the town of Nandaime. It had a depth of 85 miles (138 kilometers). The USGS said Thursday s quake struck at 5:27 p.m. local time (23:27 GMT), and was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southeast of the city of Larreynaga. It had a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). VAVAu o Samoa Mai itulau 10 Aua nei misi toe tuli tatao mai i le vaiaso fou le feausiga a le auuso lenei o loo sau mai le sami. Soifua O le tama lenei o Masautele, o le atalii o Solatetele le uso o Tui Fiti Suasamile ava ava, lea na muamua afe i Figao i Safotu i Salafai ma le fasi ava, ma ia toto lua ai fasi ava ia e lua lea na oo ina tupu tele ma avea ma faalavelave i tagata feoa i i le sami ma le ea. Ona toe faaauau lea o le ausaga a le tama ma le ava lava lenei ua afe i Faleu ma Utuagiagi, ma ua toto ai le ava ma oo ina tupu tele ai, ona maua ai lea o le ava e taua e le atunuu o le tulafita i, ma ina ua tafa le igoaipu a Malietoa Tuilapea, ona faaigoa lea i le taumasina seufagafaga, ua maea lea, ona toe faaauau lea o le ausaga a le tama ma le ava lava lenei. O le a toe faaauau atu i le vaiaso fou poo fea le isi vaega o Samoa na agai i ai le ausaga a le tama ma le laau lenei o le ava.

13 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 13 A recently engaged LA couple among charter bus crash dead SPACE for RENT in Tafuna Industrial Park LOS ANGELES (AP) Michael Myvett and Mattison Haywood were headed together toward a college in the California redwoods where he once was a student and now was taking teens with dreams of doing the same. Also on the horizon: A wedding. But they would never make it to either. The Los Angeles couple spent their last moments together in a fiery crash after a FedEx tractor-trailer rammed a charter bus on a Northern California freeway, killing Myvett, Haywood and eight others. The couple were chaperones on the bus, which was carrying would-be students from Southern California to Humboldt State University, officials and relatives said Friday. He just died, Myvett s grandmother Debra Loyd told The Associated Press, her voice cracking. He was my grandson, the greatest grandson any grandparent could ever have. She said she got the call from authorities in the late morning Friday, and they asked for dental records to confirm his death. Myvett, a therapist for autistic children, was a bubbly and positive man beloved by all. He had given Haywood an engagement ring at the Louvre in Paris on Christmas Day, his employers said. Myvett had worked at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders in Torrance for two years. He was able to connect with our kids on a level few others could, and he contributed to their wellbeing in such a positive and profound way, the center s operations manager Kyle Farris said in a statement. Another fateful pair, teen twin sisters form Southern California, found starkly different paths when they got on two buses headed for Humboldt. Marisol Serrato, 17, who d been accepted to the school, arrived without incident Thursday. Her sister Marisa, five minutes younger and on the school s wait list, was missing on Friday night, and a sheriff s deputy had called her family for dental records because authorities believe she was probably killed. The Southern California family was trying to stay positive for the girl they called Marisita as the last-born baby of the family. I haven t gotten any sleep, brother Miguel Serrato said. I close my eyes and picture my little sister. Another student, Adrian Castro, was a senior and a football player at El Monte High School east of Los Angeles who was considering going to a California state university nearer to home but decided to give faraway Humboldt a chance and a visit. He told me two days ago, Should I go up and check it out anyway? said father Raul Castro, who would see his son for the last time when he dropped him off for the trip on Thursday morning. Later that night he got a call from Adrian s mother, who had heard from the California Highway Patrol that he had died. Adrian Castro will be missed as a student and football player, El Monte football coach Joel Sanchez told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. He was a good young man with a bright future. He will always be remembered by the El Monte family. The third chaperone, 26-year-old Arthur Arzola of Rancho Cucamonga, was an admissions counselor for the Northern California university who lived and recruited students in the Los Angeles area. In his online bio for the job, which shows him with slick hair and broad grin in the forest-green colors of Humboldt State, he called himself thoughtful, compassionate and friendly, and said he liked to walk on the beach when he visited Humboldt. 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There are now more guards and other prison staff than there are prisoners in the Netherlands for the first time, according to data released by the Justice Ministry on Friday. Crime rates have fallen slightly in recent years, but aren t notably lower in the Netherlands than in neighboring countries, and many Dutch people think sentences for violent offenders are too light. In 2008, there were around 15,000 inmates, in a country of 17 million. As of March of this year, there were just 9,710 inmates remaining, compared with 9,914 guards. And the number of inmates included 650 Belgian criminals the Netherlands is housing as part of a temporary deal. In the U.S., the figure is more like one guard or staff member per five prisoners. The overall U.S. incarceration rate is more than 10 times higher. Justice Ministry spokesman Jochgem van Opstal said we re studying what the reason for the decline is. The ministry is already in the process of closing prisons and cutting 3,500 staff. Last week, labor union Abvakabo FNV slammed the cuts, saying they were leading to staffing shortages. At this moment you can t say there is any safety in Dutch prisons, union leader Corrie van Brenk said in an interview with Dutch broadcaster NOS. It s an explosive situation. The government has rejected the criticism, saying violent incidents at prisons have been declining. One change politicians are considering is ending a practice of granting probation to criminals once they have served two-thirds of their sentences. That policy has proved an embarrassment for Prime Minister Mark Rutte. During his election campaign in 2012, Rutte promised to fire any justice minister who granted early release to Volkert van der Graaf, an animal rights activist convicted of murdering politician Pim Fortuyn in Van der Graaf will be released on May 2, having served 12 years of his 18-year sentence. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Department of Commerce, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and Chamber of Commerce are collaborating to host a free of charge workshop ABCs to Handling, Storing, and Processing Fish Presenter: Dr. John Kaneko Dr. Kaneko is a Program Manager for the Hawaii Seafood Council (HSC). He specializes in seafood safety research and development seafood safety control systems. As a Project Manager of the NOAA-funded Hawaii Seafood Project and Hawaii Seafood Outreach and Education Project, he has provided multiple training on addressing seafood and health, seafood safety, and sustainability issues. Dr. Kaneko is a certified Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and Sanitation Control Trainer. John Kaneko will be coming to American Samoa to conduct trainings for anyone interested in how to handle, store, and process fish. Venue: Rex Lee Auditorium Date: May 6, May 7, May 8 Time: 8:00am-12:00pm For more information and to confirm seats, please contact: Nate Ilaoa, American Samoa Island Coordinator Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council , or at nate@lava.net For more information on how to conduct more workshops on related matters, please contact: Tammie Taylor, Department of Commerce or tammie.taylor@doc.as...the Chamber Means Business

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Call us at (Aua)/ (Fagaitua) Talofa Video KOREAN, FILIPINO, MEXICAN DRAMA SERIES NOW FOR RENT NEW RELEASES: Escape Plan Dallas Buyers Club Captain Phillips Free Bird Pavaiai Nuuuli Fagatogo Leaked findings paint pattern of CIA deception WASHINGTON (AP) A controversial torture report by the Senate Intelligence Committee said the news service was disappointed that Fein- James Asher, McClatchy s D.C.-bureau chief, paints a pattern of CIA deception about the effectiveness of waterboarding and other brutal intertion of its journalism. We believe that Americans stein might seek a Justice Department investigarogation methods used on terror suspects after the need to know what the CIA might have done to Sept. 11 attacks, according to leaked findings. The detainees and who is responsible for any questionable practices, which is why we have vigorously committee said it will ask the Justice Department to investigate how the material was published. covered this story, Asher said in a statement. The McClatchy news service late Thursday CIA spokesman Dean Boyd declined to published what it said are the voluminous, stillclassified review s 20 findings. It concludes that Given the report remains classified, we are address the publication of the findings. the enhanced interrogation techniques failed unable to comment, Boyd said. He said the CIA to produce valuable intelligence; the CIA misled was committed to carrying out an expeditious the Bush administration, Congress and the classification review of the parts of the report public about the value of the harsh treatment; the the Senate committee wants to make public. He agency employed unauthorized techniques on reiterated, however, that the spy agency disagreed with several areas of the report. detainees and improperly detained others; and it never properly evaluated its own actions. The committee and the CIA are embroiled Both the CIA s interrogation techniques and in a related dispute concerning the production confinement conditions were brutal and far worse of the report, with each side accusing the other than the agency communicated to policymakers. of illegal snooping. The Justice Department is The reported findings are consistent with what reviewing competing criminal complaints. senators have detailed about the investigation Given the ongoing tensions, Feinstein has since its 2009 inception and with what numerous appealed to President Barack Obama for the news reports, human rights organizations and White House to head the declassification process various governmental and non-governmental for the torture report. The Obama administration studies have suggested in the decade since the up to now has said the CIA will take the lead CIA s program started to coming to light. President Barack Obama has likened the harsh inter- reveal national security secrets, in consultation in blacking out sections of the report that might rogations to torture, but the spy agency defends with other agencies of the executive branch. The its actions and says much in the Senate committee s report is inaccurate. Udall, D-Colo., said in a letter to Obama Friday. CIA has a clear conflict of interest, Sen. Mark The committee voted to declassify the summary and conclusions of the 6,600-page review Feinstein and Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Vir- In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, and is now waiting for the Obama administration ginia, a fellow Democratic member of the committee, said the public release of almost 500 to censor material sensitive to national security. The panel s chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said an investigation into how the this program of secret detention and coercive pages of the report is the best way to ensure that findings were published was underway. The two interrogation never happens again. pages of findings published by McClatchy did It will also serve to uphold America s practice of admitting wrongdoing and learning from not include the names of any U.S. government employees or terror detainees, locations of secret its mistakes, they said. CIA prisons or anything else that might threaten The senators sought to answer two of the main national security. They also did not indicate how criticisms of the report from former CIA officials or why the committee reached its conclusions. and others: that its conclusions were predetermined If someone distributed any part of this classified report, they broke the law and should be pros- officials. Calling the report fact-based, Feinstein and that it didn t include direct interviews with CIA ecuted, Feinstein said. The committee is investigating this unauthorized disclosure, and I intend report is attributed to CIA cables, internal notes, and Rockefeller said almost every sentence in the to refer the matter to the Department of Justice. s, testimony and other documents. IMMEDIATE O PENING OFFICE CLERK/CASHIER AT LEAST 3 YEARS WORKING EXPERIENCE, COMPUTER LITERATE, MS WORD, EXCEL PREFFERED; KNOWLEDGE IN ACCOUNTING A PLUS. PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON WITH YOUR RESUME AT OUR TAFUNA OFFICE, NO LATER THAN APRIL 16, ORIGIN ENERGY AMERICAN SAMOA, INC. P. O. BOX 159 PAGO PAGO AS Former ASPA oil supplier Continued from page 1 TAX REPORTING According to the petitioner, all its gross profit as well as income generated under the agreement with ASPA were treated as Singapore source income by the Singapore taxing authorities and subject to income tax in Singapore, where all taxes were paid. ASG NOTICES According to court filings, the notices issued by the Treasury state the petitioner is subject to Am. Samoa corporate tax, but do not describe the basis for this determination or provide an explanation as to why the petitioner is required to file American Samoa tax returns or pay American Samoa taxes. Also, Treasury failed to explain how it came up with the total income, total deduction amounts, and taxable income cited in the notices. Petitioner contends based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as adopted and followed by Am. Samoa, relevant case law, and other authorities, sales earned by petitioner under the supply agreement could not be treated as effectively connected income subject to tax in Am. Samoa unless petitioner had a trade or business in the territory. Absent such a trade or business in American Samoa, it is irrelevant whether such income is American Samoa source income, the petitioner argued. The mere delivery of [petroleum] products to Am. Samoa, standing alone, does not give rise to a trade or business in American Samoa. Petitioner stressed that it had no employees based in the territory, no agents and no fixed place of business in the territory and did not maintain an inventory in the territory during the years at issue. In closing, petitioner asked the court to hear this case and determine that it does not owe any tax in the years at issue, and therefore is not liable for interest/penalties listed in the notices. It also seeks other relief the court deems appropriate.

15 samoa news, Saturday, April 12, 2014 Page 15 Obamas pay $98,169 in taxes on income of $481,098 WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid $98,169 in taxes on $481,098 in adjusted income last year, tax returns the White House released Friday show. They paid an effective federal income tax rate of 20.4 percent and donated significantly less to charity than they did the year before. The 42-page document, which included the couple s Illinois state income tax return, shows the Obamas reported donating $59,251 to 32 charities, which helped lower their overall tax bill. The nearly $60,000 in donations represents 12.3 percent of their adjusted gross income. But their charitable giving was down sharply from 2012, when the president and first lady reported giving away $150,034. Their largest charitable gift last year, $8,751, went to the Fisher House Foundation, which supports military families. The Obamas gave the foundation $103,871 in The joint tax returns, which the Obamas signed Tuesday, were posted on the White House website on Friday, four days before the April 15 income tax filing deadline. Marist 7s Mai itulau 1 E ui e leai se au mai Amerika Samoa nei na manumalo i ana ta aloga ta ilua i le aso muamua ananafi, peita i o se tasi o itu sa mataina i le maimoa a le atunuu, o le auala sa fa atinoina ai au ta itasi le ta aloga, aemaise ai le taimi e fetaia i ai ma ni isi ua iloga i le taaloga lakapi mai Samoa e pei o Lolo Lui, Fa alemiga Selesele ma Patrick Fa apale. O isi igoa fou i le taaloga lakapi mai Samoa sa mafai ona molimauina i le ulua i aso o le ta amilosaga e aofia ai Vavao Afemai, Oneone Fa afou, Misioka Timoteo, ma le uigi saoasaoa o Foma i Ah Ki. Ae le i tuu mamaina fo i i ni isi o alo o le atunuu sa filifilia i lana au ta ito a 7, le Talavalu e pei o le susuga ia Ryan Paaga lea fo i na ia mauaina le ulua i sikoa mo Nuuuli i le ulua i ta alosaga na tatala ai le ta amilosaga ananafi, ma faiaina ai i le au malosi mai Fa atoia i ai e O le fa aiuga o le taamilosaga o lo o faagasolo nei o le a sola ai le au e siamupini ma le fa ailoga tupe e $10,000, faapea ai ma le Ipu o le siamupini, lea na umia mai e le au malosi a le BBE Vaiala mo le lua tausaga. Income from the sale of Obama s best-selling books also declined significantly since Obama received $31,139 from Random House and $85,041 from Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, for a total of $116,180 in book sales. That combined total compares with $273,739 in similar payments he received in There was a big drop in the amount from Random House, which paid Obama $162,789 in Overall, the Obamas had total tax payments of $117,277. They were entitled to a refund of $19,108, but applied it toward their 2014 tax bill instead of pocketing the money. They also paid an extra $9,513 in alternative minimum tax. Obama s annual salary as president is $400,000, which was the main source of the family s income last year. Itemized deductions totaling $147,769 helped reduce the Obamas taxable income. Along with their charitable contributions, the Obamas deducted $42,383 in mortgage interest on the home they own in Chicago. Among the Obamas other notable charitable contributions were $5,000 to the Sidwell Friends School, the exclusive private school where daughters Malia and Sasha are enrolled, $4,000 to the American Red Cross and $2,000 to One Fund Boston, which was created last year to aid victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The Obamas also redeemed a $295,000 short-term U.S. Treasury note they acquired in April 2012, selling off the security in January The proceeds were the same as the original price of the note, so the Obamas incurred neither a profit nor a loss on the sale. They also sold three other longterm Treasury notes worth $1.2 million and posted a capital loss of $112,515. The White House did not say why the Obamas sold the notes. For tax purposes, the Obamas reported only a $3,000 capital loss from the sales. Taxpayers are allowed to carry over capital losses to the next year if the loss is more than $3,000. Under the carry-over provision, taxpayers can list just $3,000 as their total capital loss for the year. The White House said the year-toyear difference in Obama s charitable giving was largely due to declining proceeds from sales of his children s book, Of The I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. Obama in 2011 designated those proceeds to Fisher House. Proceeds have declined every year since. Excluding charitable contributions tied to book royalties, Obama gave away 10.5 percent of his adjusted gross income last year, up from 7.6 percent in 2012, the White House said. The Obamas Illinois income tax return showed them paying $23,328 in income taxes to their home state. Separately, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, $96,378 in federal taxes last year on adjusted gross income of $407,009. They paid an effective federal income tax rate of 23.7 percent, according to the returns, which were filed jointly and also posted on the White House website on Friday. The Bidens paid $16,444 in taxes to their home state of Delaware. Jill Biden also paid $3,470 in income tax to Virginia from her work as a professor at Northern Virginia Community College. The Bidens donated $20,523 to seven charities last year, which was about onethird of the money the Obamas gave away. 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