A O FEA O I AI LE TAUSALA A AM. SAMOA?

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1 Californian boy, 9, is the youngest to reach Aconcagua summit 4 Fa afotutupu le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane 2 The good, bad and weird of the 2013 NFL season B1 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Saturday, December 28, 2013 $1.00 C Y C Y M K M K Le alo o le tama ita i o le afioga Satele Galu Satele ia Salamasina (ogatotonu) i le taimi na ia paluina ai le ava o le feiloaiga i le aso Lua na te a nei, e faafeiloaia ai e le malo le taunuu mai o au taaalo mai Hawaii, Kalefonia ma Utah, lea o lo o malaga mai e auai i le taamilosaga lona 11 a le Samoa Bowl e pei ona faagasolo ai i lenei vaiaso. [ata: AF] Tomumu le isi vaega ina ua faaitiitia tupe o Food Stamp E SILI LE FAAITIITIA O PENEFITI NAI LO LE FAI MAI UA UMA tusia Ausage Fausia E ui e toatele ni isi o le atunuu ua latou faaalia i le Samoa News lo latou faasea ona o le faaiuga ua faia e faaitiitia ai tupe mo a latou Food Stamp o lo o maua i masina taitasi, peitai na faaalia e le Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Auaunaga ma Tautua Lautele a le malo (DHSS), e leai se isi gaioiga e mafai e lona Ofisa ona faia ina ia taofia ai le tupe ua faaitiitia, ona e pule mai lava le malo tele i le faatautaiga o le polokalame. Na taua e ni isi o tama ma tina matutua na valaau mai i le Samoa News e faapea, afai sa mafai e le alii kovana ma le faigamalo ona fesoasoani e faaopoopo tupe i pepa ai (food voucher) a tagata matutua i le Ofisa o le TAOA, aisea fo i la ua le mafai ai ona maua se fesoasoani mo lenei faafitauli. Fai mai fo i e faamuamua tagata a o lenei ua leai se fesoasoani e maua mo le atunuu ma latou food stamp, o le tomumu lea a le isi tama matua e le i finagalo e faailoa lona suafa i luga o le Samoa News. Na taua e le isi tootoo i le Samoa News e faapea, e foliga mai e le o finau le malo o Amerika Samoa e saili se isi auala e faatumua ai pea faamanuiaga tau tupe nei mo tagata matutua ma tagata mama i, ae soo se taimi lava e fai mai ai le malo tele o le a faaitiitia tupe o le polokalame, e talia lava e le malo e aunoa ma se toe talosaga atu i ai. Na taua e le tofa a Taeaoafua Dr. Meki Solomona i le Samoa News ananafi e faapea, e tatau ona silafia e le atunuu, o le polokalame lenei e 100% o lo o faatupe mai e le malo feterale, lona uiga foi e leai lava se isi gaioiga e mafai e le malo o Amerika Samoa po o lana matagaluega ona toe fai i ai ina ia suia ai faaiuga ua aumai e le malo feterale. E leai lava sa tatou faaiuga e mafai ona fai ai ai, o le faaiuga lava e aumai i fafo o le faaiuga lava lena tatou te mulimuli ma usita i i ai, o le saunoaga lea a Taeaoafua. Aisea tatou te le faafetai ai i le Atua ona o lea o lo o maua pea lenei polokalame e fesoaosani ai i nai o tatou aiga, ae silia i fo i i lo lena, tatou faafetai i le Atua o lea e faaitiitia le polokalame ae le o faapea mai le malo tele e faauma loa ua le toe i ai se tatou, o le saunoaga lea a Taeaoafua. (Faaauau itulau 14) Buckle up & CRASHES 945 LOCAL HIGHWAYS Save a Life! 2 LOCAL HIGHWAYS to date to date A O FEA O I AI LE TAUSALA A AM. SAMOA? tusia Ausage Fausia O le tofia ai o le alo tama ita i o le afioga a Satele Galu Satele na te paluina le ava, i le taimi na faafeiloaia ai e le malo o Amerika Samoa le toai taunuu mai o au taaalo mai Hawaii, Kalefonia ma Utah i le aso Lua na te a nei, ua fesiligia ai e le toatele o le atunuu le mafuaaga ua ala ai ona le tofia le Tausala a Amerika Samoa na te faatinoina lea matafaioi, ae ua tuu solo i isi tama ita i o le atunuu. O le alo tamaitai o le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa ia Jenna Salamasina Satele na gafa ma le paluina o le ava i le aso Lua na te a nei, e faafeiloaia ai le taunuu mai o au taaalo mai fafo mo le Samoa Bowl, lea sa faia i le Fale Samoa i le malae o le Su igaula a le Atuvasa. Na taua e le toatele o le atunuu na valaau mai i le Samoa News e faapea, e le afaina le filifilia o le alo tamaitai o le afioga i le Alo o Salamasina na te faatinoina le galuega, pe ana faapea e le o nofoia le nofoa o le Tausala a Amerika Samoa, ae talu ai o lo o i ai le ua faapaleina e avea ma Tausala o le atunuu, e talitonu la i latou, o le matafaioi tonu lena a le Tausala a Amerika Samoa e tatau ona fai i soo se faagaioiga a le malo na mafua ai ona faapale o ia e avea ma Tausala o le atunuu. Na faamanino e le Faatonusili o le Ofisa o Faatoaga ia Leala M. Purcell, o ia fo i o se totino o le Komiti o le Samoa Bowl i le Samoa News e faapea, e le o le Komiti a le Samoa Bowl e tatau ona tuuaia e le atunuu i le mataupu lenei, ona o le polokalame mo le paluina o le ava sa tuuina atu lea i le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa. Na pau le matou vaega na fai o le talosagaina lea o le afioga Satele ma le latou ofisa, ina ia fesoasoani mai ia te i matou i le paluina o le ava, ina ia mafai ai ona vaavaai fanau aoga o lo o malaga mai i au taaalo mai fafo i le auala e faatino ai le ava pe a feiloa i Samoa, e le o se faaletonu la o le Komiti a le Samoa Bowl ae tatau ona fesiligia le afioga Satele, o le saunoaga lea a Lealao i le Samoa News. E le i manuia taumafaiga a le Samoa News i le sailiina lea o se finagalo o le afioga Satele e uiga i lenei mataupu. Ina ua vili atu i lana telefoni feavea i ananafi, ae na faailoa mai e lona faletua o Satele o lo o faigaluega ae ua galo lana telefoni i le fale, ae ina ua faafesoota i atu lona Ofisa ananafi, sa faailoa mai e lana failautusi, o Satele o lo o fai lana fono ae mafai ona toe valaau mai i se taimi o le aoauli. E lomia lava lenei ripoti e le i toe fesootai mai le afioga Satele e tusa ai o le saunoaga a lana failautusi, sa taumafai fo i le Samoa News e vili lana telefoni feavea i i le aoauli ananafi ae leai se isi na taliina mai le telefoni. Na taua e se tasi o tina i le Samoa News e faapea, na tupu muamua fo i le faaletonu lenei i tausaga ua mavae a o avea le tama ita i o Skyline Nua ma Tausala o Amerika Samoa, ina ua aami e se tasi o sui o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa lona afafine e palu le ava i se feiloaiga a le malo sa faia, ae o lo o nofo le Tausala o Amerika Samoa o lana matafaioi tonu lea e tatau ona fai. Na toe tupu fo i i le tausaga na te a nei ina ua aami e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa le isi tamaita i na te paluina le ava i se sauniga a le malo sa faia ae nofonofo lava le tatou Tausala o Amerika Samoa e le valaauliaina, ma ua tula i mai ai se fesili i lo u mafaufau, o fea o i ai le Tausala o Amerika Samoa ua mafua ai ona aami solo mai nei tamaitai latou te paluina le ava, (Faaauau itulau 15) FATALITIES office of highway safety

2 Page 2 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Skyview, Inc. AUA & FAGAITUA LOCATION EVERYDAY PRICES CS Chicken Legs 22lb $ CS Pork Spare Ribs 20lb $22.95 CS Sausage 10lb $ CS Turkey Tails 22lb $ CS Saimin Pkg (Mala) $ 4.95 CS Bowl Saimin $ 8.99 CS Generic Soda $ Cs Water 500m $ 7.95 Rice 20lb $ Rice 40lb $ Cs Vailima Beer $ Cs Coors Light Can $ Cs Fresh Milk $ Note: Limit Quantities for any items Also we sell Liqour & both locations. Good News for Food Stamp Recipients: Fagaitua store now accepting FOOD STAMP & TAOA Vouchers Tents & Funeral Business will be provided at our main location in Aua. Call us at (Aua)/ (Fagaitua) MASTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED FOR BUSY SHOP IN AMERICAN SAMOA Must be Master Technician, proof and certificates required Must have minimum 3 years of auto engineering training in computer diagnostics and electrical repairs at college level Must have 5 years experience as master technician to include repairs on automatic and manual transmissions and diesel engines Computer skills with Windows, Office, Internet, Excel and DMS systems Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Ensure superior quality service and repairs to every customer Completes service and repair assignments to pass quality inspections or test drives Collects all information necessary before requesting parts Ensure vehicle fixed right the first time and ensure each vehicle quality checked Prioritize work to ensure all deadlines met Maintain a clean professional environment Maintains sufficient personally-owned tools and keeps them in good working order Top Wages paid to: [email protected] AUTO NATION Brake Pads & Ball Joints Now in Stock. WINDSHIELD IN STOCK $ Hundreds of RADIATOR IN STOCK We carry Genuine Aftermarket and Used Parts All PPG Paints 10% OFF Auto Nation in Nu uuli next to Talofa Video O se va aiga i Fa afeagaiga Taulagi uma i le afio aga o Fagatogo i so o se fata faitaulaga ua fa ae e o latou a ao i luga o le Fa anofonofo le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane ma le faletua o Talita i le sauniga sa fa atautaia i le Malumalu Ki o le Malo o le Lagi EFKAS i Fagatogo lava i le aso Tofi 27 Tesema 2013, na te a nei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] Fa afotutupu le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane tusia: Leua Aiono Frost O le aso 27 Tesema 2013 na fa atumulia ai le Malae o le Talu i le to atele o i latou sa molimauina le fa apa iaga o le fa anofonofo le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane ma le faletua o Talita i le sauniga mamalu sa fa atautaia lea i le Malumalu Ekalesia Kerisiano i Amerika Samoa, Fagatogo lava i le itula e 3:00 i le afiafi. O le susuga le Fa afeagaiga taulagi i le afio aga, Rev. Iasepi Ulu sa ia ta ita ia lea sauniga mamalu, peita i, ina ua o o i le taimi o le fa apa iaga o le fa anofonofo ma le faletua, sa ia vala auina le pa ia lasilasi o ositaulaga uma sa latou fa atasi i le sauniga pa ia, ina ia auai ma ia mo lea vaega taua o le sauniga i le malumalu, Ki o le Malo o le Lagi. O le tele o fa aaloaloga ma le aiga mama ole afiafi, sa pa au i ai aiga i ona itu tetele ma ona itu taulagi sa fa atautaia lea i le Maota o le Malo i le Malae o le Talu, ma ua avea lava lea ma Maota i Fanuatanu, e fa asino i le afioga le Toeali i ma Aiga. Na afifio fa atasi i ai pa ia o le itumalo fa apea le afio aga i lea fa atasiga fa apea ma le pa ia o le aufaigaluega a le Atua i so o se fata faitaulaga i le afio aga o Fagatogo, ma sa mafuli fo i aiga i fa aaloaloga masani ina ua mae a le taumafataga matagofie ma fa ai u ai le afiafi a tamali i i le ulua i aso o le fa amoemoe. Peita i, ina ua toe malama taeao, sa ala usu aiga e tapenapenaga o le ava o le feiloaiga o le itumalo, Samoa ua atoa ma le afio aga i Malaeoletalu ina ia fa aofi le afioga le Toeali i i lona nofoa i le itumalo ma lona afio aga. O a ao i afioga i le Aloali i, le susuga le Tupufia Faumuina Tagisiaali i, ma nisi o le vasega o Tamali i o le Fagaloa sa latou fa ae e a ao ina ia fa apa ia fa ale-aganu u le afioga le Toeali,i ona tapa ipu ai lea o ia i lona itumalo ma Samoa na auva a potopoto e molimauina lea aso atofa mo lona o o i le itumalo. Thieves allegedly steal, then return a vehicle s computer by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu, Samoa News Reporter The Attorney General s office has charged two men, alleging they stole a vehicle s computer in March, Maluaifonua Mamatuki and Tevita Tenefufu are each charged with felony stealing. According to the government s case, on March 25, 2013 police visited the CBT Hardware in Tafuna doing follow up investigation regarding a stealing case. It s alleged the owners of the vehicle told police the computer to their Chevy truck that was parked at the shop (CBT Hardware) had been removed. CBT provided the video footage to the police. The incident came to light when the mechanic who was working on the vehicle couldn t start it, and discovered the computer to the engine was missing. Court filings say that the mechanic spoke to two Filipino men who were also working on the car regarding the whereabouts of the vehicle computer, however the two men said they were not aware of the computer. According to the government s case, when the police were viewing the video footage, one of the CBT employees recognized Mamatuki, who worked at a wholesale store nearby. Police visited Mamatuki who allegedly admitted to police that he was with Tenefufu when Tenefufu unplugged the vehicle s computer and handed to him. It s alleged Tenefufu said he was looking at the truck that was for sale and saw it was a Chevy truck. It s further alleged he then went to the truck, unplugged the computer and gave it to Mamatuki. Tenefufu informed police that he would return the vehicle computer to the owner, which he did. The pair are represented by the Public Defender s office in this case.

3 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 3 Salon Sophia Let us get you looking and KATIE s & MIAH s Chemical Specials include cut and style: All Chemicals, Highlites, Lowlites, Curly Perms, Relaxers 20% Off Thermal Japanese Straightening 20% Off * We also offer wedding hair/make-up packages in Salon or your place of choice ** Coming Soon * SENIORS ONLY DAY OF PAMPERING Holiday Greetings and a Huge Fa afetai, Faafetai tele lava for your support for the past 15+ years of our service Call: or feeling your best. HOLIDAY SPECIAL A team of cardiac pediatricians and technical support staff visited the territory recently from Oregon Health Sciences University to conduct research and evaluate the prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the territory. A novel screening program directed by Dr. Jen Huang (foreground, front row) screened over 200 high school students and identified about 30 with silent rheumatic fever that had begun to affect their heart. The program was begun due to the efforts of LBJ pediatrician Dr. Beth Parker (not shown) who solicited support from colleagues, LBJ, Dept. of Health, and off-island groups such as OHSU staff to tackle the problem of RHD among the youth here. [photo: tlh] MAUA E LEOLEO LE AU GAOI tusia Ausage Fausia se tasi o tagata faigaluega, (lea na mulimuli ane O alii e to alua lea o lo o masalomia na la ave iloa lona igoa o Mamatuki) ma fesili i ai pe maua faagaoi se totoga o se taavale sa paka i tua o le atu ia Tene, ae na faailoa i ai e le tagata faigaluega faleoloa o le CBT i Nuuuli i le masina o Mati lea, o Tene e le i leva ona manava ua alu i le fale. 2013, ua molia nei e le malo i le moliaga o le gaoi, Ae ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Mamatuki pe ina ua maua gaioiga uma sa laua faia i totonu o se na te silafia le mataupu e faatatau i le computer masini pu e ata a le CBT, lea na tuuina atu i leoleo o se pikiapu chevy lea na gaoia mai i tua o le mo le suesueina o lenei mataupu. fale inisinia a le CBT i Nuuuli, na tali ai le ua O i laua ua molia e aofia ai Tevita Tenefufu molia ioe, o laua ma le alii o Tenefufu na toalua ma Maluifonua Mamatuki. i le taimi na faatino ai le solitulafono. I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea, o le mataupu lenei 21 Mati 2013, na la o ai ma Tenefutu i le CBT, Na taua e Mamatuki i leoleo e faapea, i le aso na tofu atu i le Vaega o Leoleo Suesue a le Ofisa ma la agai atu ai loa i le fale inisinia o lo o i le o Leoleo i le aso 25 Mati 2013, mo le toe faaauauina o le suesueina o le mataupu lea na ave taavale pikiapu o lo o paka ai i luma. pito i tua o le faleoloa, ma la matamata ai i se faagaoi ai e se tagata se computer o se taavale Ao la i ai i tua i le fale inisinia, sa ia vaaia pikiapu le ituaiga o le Chevy, lea sa paka i tua o Tenefufu o savali agai atu i le pito o lo o paka le fale inisinia a le CBT i Nuuuli, ma tofia ai loa mai ai le pikiapu chevy. le alii leoleo suesue ia Det. Siliaivao Sea mo le Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Mamatuki pe sa ia faaauauina o le suesueina o lenei mataupu. iloaina gaioiga a Tenefufu na faia i le taimi lea, Na taua e se sui o le faleoloa o le CBT i na tali le ua molia na te lei iloaina poo a gaioiga leoleo e faapea, o le amataga o le masina o Mati a Tenefufu sa faia, na te le i vaai foi o tatala e 2013 na malolo livi ai le alii inisinia o lo o galue Tenefufu se computer o se pikiapu, na pau le i le fale inisinia o lo o i tua o le CBT, ae o lo o tala a Mamatuki na fai i leoleo, ina ua uma ona atoatoa uma totoga o taavale sa paka ai i tua o le aveese mai e Tenefutu le computer o le taavale, fale inisinia, ae ina ua toe a e mai le malologa a sa alu atu ma tuu atu ia te ia faatasi ai ma lana le alii inisinia i le aso 25 Mati 2013, sa ia faailoa faaupuga e tuu le computer i totonu o le taavale ai i lona pule ua leai se computer o le pikiapu lea na la o atu ai. Chevy o lo o paka ai i tua o le fale inisinia. Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Tenefufu, sa ia Na taua e le alii inisinia i leoleo e faapea, ioeina ai lo la o ma Mamatuki i le fale inisinia i ao le i alu e malolo i le aso 16 Mati 2013, sa i tua o le CBT, ma ia vaaia ai se pikiapu chevy o ai lava le computer o le pikiapu chevy i totonu lo o paka ai i luma o le faleoloa, sa ia vaaia foi o le taavale, sa mafai foi ona faaola le taavale, se computer o le pikiapu o lo o i ai i totonu o le ae ina ua toe fo i atu lana malologa i le aso 24 taavale, ona ia tago atu loa lea ua tatala ese mai Mati 2013, sa ia iloaina ai ua aveese e le tagata le computer o le taavale mai le vaega o le afi sa le computer o le pikiapu chevy, ua le mafai foi pipii ai ae alu ma ia i le la taavale ma Mamatuki. ona toe faaola le chevy. O le aso 25 Mati 2013 na agai atu ai leoleo Na fesiligia e le alii inisinia lea isi alii inisinia e toalua sa galulue ai i le fale inisinia i le ave e Tenefufu ma teu i lo latou fale, ma ua toe ma toe aumai le computer o le taavale pikiapu na taimi na malolo ai i le latou kamupani, pe la te faafoi atu i le kamupani a le CBT, ma ina ua fesiligia le faleoloa o le CBT e uiga i le computer, sa le i vaai i le computer o lo o tau saili, ae poo ai foi se isi o i latoua o lo o i ai ni faamatalaga latou faamaonia i luma o leoleo, o le computer e faatatau i le computer o le pikapu chevy o lo lea o le latou chevy sa ave faagaoi e se tagata. o tau supe, ae na faailoa i ai e alii inisinia ia e Na taua e le loia a le malo ia Tony Graf, o se toalua, la te le iloaina se computer o se taavale. tasi lenei o auala ua mafai ona fesoasoani malosi A o taumafai leoleo e saili se faamatalaga e i le malo i le tau sailiina o i latou e faatinoina uiga i lenei mataupu, sa mafai ona tuuina atu e solitulafono e aunoa ma le i ai o ni molimau, o le kamupani a le CBT se ata sa pueina e se tasi masini pu eata o lo o faapipii i totonu ma fafo o o a latou masini pueata i fafo ma tua o le kamupani, lea o lo o vaaia ai ni tagata o feofeoa i solo Na taua e le alii loia e faapea, o le tele o pisinisi ma faleoloa i le atunuu. i totonu o le lotoa. mataupu tau talepe fale ma le gaoi ua mafai ona Na faailoa e se alii e faigaluega i le CBT, o maua e leoleo i latou na faatinoina nei solitulafono ma molia i le tulafono, e mafua mai ina se tasi o alii o lo o ia vaaia i totonu o le ata sa pueina e le masini pueata, o le tagata e igoa ia ua fesoasoani masini pu e ata i le faailoaina o i Tene, ma e faigaluega o ia i le kamupani a le latou sa faatinoina nei solitulafono. Panamex Wholesale Company i Nuuuli. Na taunuu leoleo i le kamupani a le Panamex Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia Pacific Company i Nuuuli ma latou talanoa loa i [email protected] NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the FONOTI Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LEVI LEVI, MAFUTAGA LEVI & HELEN LEVI of TAFUNA has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land ALATUTU I, allegedly belonging to FONOTI FAMILY of the village of TAFUNA. Said land ALATUTU I, is situated in or near the village of TAFUNA in the County of TUALAUTA, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar s Office. POSTED: DECEMBER 16, 2013 thru JANUARY 15, 2014 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU U ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa FONOTI, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa aaliga! O le fa aaliga lenei ona o LEVI LEVI, MAFUTAGA LEVI & HELEN LEVI o le nu u o TAFUNA ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atuina i luga o le fanua o ALATUTU I, e fa asino i le aiga sa FONOTI, o le nu u o TAFUNA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o TAFUNA, itumalo o TUALAUTA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samo a i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i toton u o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 12/28/13 & 01/11/14 happy hour from 4:30pm to 9pm with free pupus! Oasis for Fine Dining MONDAY-SATURDAY 5PM TO 9PM NOW SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH MON-SAT FROM 7AM - 2PM BOOK RESERVATIONS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY NOW! BAR & RESTAURANT MON thru SAT 7AM-2AM LOCATED IN SAMOA SPORTS BUILDING, AIRPORT RD NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the TALIA Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TALIA MAUGA, SIMONA H. FENUMIAI & VENISE FENUMIAI of MALAELOA has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land FAILAGI allegedly belonging to TALIA FAMILY of the village of MALAELOA. Said land FAILAGI is situated in or near the village of MALAELOA in the County of AITULAGI, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar s Office. POSTED: DECEMBER 16, 2013 thru JANUARY 15, 2014 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU U ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa TALIA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa aaliga! O le fa aaliga lenei ona o TALIA MAUGA, SIMONA H. FENUMIAI & VENISE FENUMIAI o le nu u o MALAELOA ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atuina i luga o le fanua o FAILAGI e fa asino i le aiga sa TA LIA, o le nu u o MALAELOA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o MALAELOA, itumalo o AITULAGI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samo a i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i toton u o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 12/28/13 & 01/11/14

4 Page 4 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 THE BOB FRANKEN COLUMN American Apartheid By Bob Franken Based on all the commentary and recollections since his death, apparently I am one of the few people on Earth who never personally met Nelson Mandela. I could only admire from afar his superhuman magnanimity and willingness to bond with those who so brutalized him. But since I do the occasional guest shot on MSNBC, I obviously have met Al Sharpton and Chris Matthews. Although we don t agree on everything, I emphatically embrace the thoughts that Sharpton expressed, seconded by Matthews, that the GOP politicians in the United States don t care if the country suffers. The Republicans, being the hand puppets of those who prosper from the growing gap between the have-nots and the have-nearly-everythings, foster a type of economic apartheid in our country. As a result, their principles fall short of those in South Africa who finally were willing to surrender power to the moral force of Nelson Mandela and abandon their country s vicious system of apartheid. The dictionary defines apartheid as any system that separates people according to race, caste, etc. In the United States right now, the top 10 percent takes in half the compensation. The typical CEO makes 273 times more than his or her average workers. Between 1970 and 2007, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the very richest saw income growth of 275 percent -- those at the bottom, just 18 percent. The gap keeps widening. Upward mobility, which defines our aspirations, is becoming a myth, and getting back to the comparison with South Africa s ruling class, those in the U.S. continue to resist any effort to achieve a more equitable society. It explains their fight to the death against labor unions, against raising a pathetic minimum wage, against paying their fair share of taxes or any semblance of it. Are we totally at the mercy of the powerful, who refuse to share their hoarded wealth and band together to stave off any efforts to make them do so? When we hear the word Alec, right now, most of us think of Alec Baldwin. But the vastly more pernicious ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange Council, which just met in Washington. A variety of corporate and right-wing money people, the infamous Koch brothers among them, fund the group. This year s agenda includes planning to fight disclosure labeling for foods, even in the face of contamination. As always, they also discussed strategies to set up obstacles to union organizing; they bitterly oppose any environmental or climate-change initiatives; in other words, anything that might cause them to share for the greater good of society and to spread their wealth with anyone else. They and their accomplices also are working hard to undermine that most fundamental American birthright, the opportunity to participate in free elections. In various states under their control, they ve taken actions to set up barriers against those who might cast ballots against their candidates or policies. It is reminiscent of the Jim Crow days, but nothing is too shameful for them. Whether we met him or not, we all benefit from the example and accomplishments of Nelson Mandela. But he couldn t do it alone. To rescue his country from oppression, he needed cooperation from the oppressors, and he got it. That isn t happening here. (c) 2013 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 [email protected] 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. Tyler Armstrong, from Southern California, poses for a portrait as he arrives to a hotel in Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 27, The 9-year-old boy from has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina s Aconcagua mountain, the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. (AP Photo/Claudio Gutierrez) U.S. boy, 9, is youngest to reach Aconcagua summit BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) A 9-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina s Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters) is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. Tyler Armstrong of Yorba Linda reached the summit on Christmas Eve with his father Kevin and a Tibetan sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup, who has climbed Mt. Everest multiple times. They were in fine spirits Friday as they left Aconcagua, whose sheer precipices and bitter cold have claimed more than 100 climbers lives. You can really see the world s atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you, and it s really cold, Tyler said, describing the summit to The Associated Press. It doesn t look anything like a kid s drawing of a mountain. It s probably as big as a house at the summit, and then it s a sheer drop. Only 30 percent of the 7,000 people who obtain permits to climb Aconcagua each year make the summit, said Nicolas Garcia, who handled their logistics from down below. No one under 14 is usually allowed, so the family had to persuade an Argentine judge that Tyler could safely accomplish the feat. In their case, they took the Polish Glacier route, which doesn t require climbing, and roped themselves together only when crossing steep ice-covered slopes. Any kid can really do this, all they have to do is try. And set their mind to the goal, said Tyler, who worked out twice a day for a year and a half to prepare for the climb. He also held fundraisers, not only to defray the cost but to raise money for CureDuchenne, which funds muscular dystrophy research. I think Tyler s record speaks for itself and because I think he s doing it for a good cause, he s doing it to help other people, I think the judge recognized that, said his father, an emergency medical technician. Tyler s mother is a pediatric neuropsychologist, and they also have another son, Tyler s younger brother Dylan. Most people think we as parents are pushing Tyler to do this, when it s completely the opposite. I wouldn t climb it if I didn t have to, but my wife makes me do it to keep watch on him, he said. He s a great dad, Tyler said. At 20,000 feet, he wanted to turn around but I kept him going. And the day we were getting off the mountain, he had a blister and it popped... He made it to the summit and everything but that dang blister made him ride a mule. Aconcagua s previous record-holder was Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado, who was 10 when he reached the summit in There was one younger boy who climbed the lower slopes of Aconcagua, Garcia noted: An Inca boy was sacrificed some 500 years ago at 16,400 feet (5,300 meters) on Piramide, one of the mountain s lower peaks. Scientific tests on the mummy, recovered in 1985, put his age at about 7. Tyler had already climbed the 19,341-foot (5,895-meter) Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 8, and with Aconcagua conquered, is determined to reach all seven summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. Luckily for Kevin Armstrong, who also coaches his kids in soccer, his younger son prefers a more earthly sport. I was not a climber. He got me doing this because he wanted to, and I wanted to experience it with him, Armstrong said. Financially, these mountaineering expeditions have been difficult, Armstrong said. My wife and I have just kind of scraped everything we can together and put off family vacations and everything else so that Tyler can do this, he said. I ve had to charge half of this on my credit card. But he did what he needed to do, so I felt I needed to support him. Asked to describe his most memorable moment of the climb, Tyler didn t hesitate: Seeing my dad reach the summit. Tyler is a really happy kid, very open. And he s prepared for these climbs very carefully, Garcia said. Neither he nor his father are in for adventure. Their project is pretty conservative, with a guide who is very experienced, so from my perspective, their climb wasn t imprudent. His mother Priscilla Armstrong, back home in Southern California, was apparently worried nonetheless. Didn t sleep a wink thinking about you honey. Praying for you guys! Good luck and can t wait to hear from you! she posted on his Facebook page while they were climbing down. Next on Tyler s list is Mt. McKinley in Alaska, North America s tallest peak. I do want to be the youngest for that, but we don t have the money, Tyler said. If we get a sponsor, we can do it. If not, we can t, because we re broke.

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6 Page 6 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 A towing company worker prepares to pull the mangled wreckage of a car driven over a Palos Verdes Peninsula cliff by a 19-year-old Los Angeles man on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. The man was hospitalized in critical condition and told paramedics that he intentionally drove of the cliff in the Bluff Cove area of Palos Verdes. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Chuck Bennett) NEWS IN BRIEF Family finds facility to Both survived. take brain-dead girl Crocodile attacks are common in rural Zimbabwe during the rainy season but many go OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead says it unreported. has located a second nursing home willing to Christmas trees sought as provide for her long-term care, after another treat for Colorado goats facility backed out. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) Your The family s lawyer, Christopher Dolan, trash could become a holiday treat for some says the new facility is in Southern California, goats in western Colorado. but he wouldn t provide its name. The Top of the Hill Ranch in Collbran, about Dolan said Friday that he had held a teleconference with the director of the facility and pick up discarded Christmas trees from nearby 40 miles east of Grand Junction, is offering to a lawyer for Children s Hospital, where Jahi homes to give their goats some extra roughage McMath is now being kept on a ventilator. during the winter. Rancher Teresa Fletcher tells The hospital said it would cooperate with KKCO-TV that the goats can devour a tree in a transfer under certain conditions, including less than an hour. obtaining consent from the Alameda County The Little Mooo Ranch in Fruita and the 5-R coroner. Dolan says he has obtained that consent. Livestock Company in Loma are also collecting Jahi started bleeding heavily after tonsil surgery and went into cardiac arrest before being Arizona family says crucifix trees for the goats. declared brain dead. formed on cheesecake Driver survives a 300-foot SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) A suburban plunge off California cliff Phoenix family says their Christmas cheesecake PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) sent them the message of a holiday miracle. A driver who plunged 300 feet off of a The Arizona Republic reports that when the Southern California ocean cliff was rescued family in Scottsdale, Ariz., pulled their dessert out of the oven, it cracked as it cooled and after firefighters waded into the surf to free him from the car. formed a crucifix. KNBC-TV says the 19-year-old man was The family members, who have not given hospitalized in critical condition and told paramedics that he intentionally drove of the cliff message. their names publicly, say the crucifix is a in the Bluff Cove area of Palos Verdes Estates. They say they won t be eating the cheesecake. Instead, they plan on selling it and Authorities were called to the scene at about 2 a.m. Friday. They found the car being donating the money to a local charity or church. slammed by waves. washington judge strikes Los Angeles County firefighters, lifeguards PARt of wage hike measure and local police helped in the rescue. The driver SEATTLE (AP) A Washington state was finally pulled free and flown to a hospital. judge has struck part of the voter-approved $15 The crash site is on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 20 miles south of downtown Los workers in SeaTac. an hour minimum wage measure for airport Angeles. King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Zimbabwe man fistfights Darvas says the measure applies to about 1,600 crocodile to save child hotel and parking lot workers in the city of HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) State media SeaTac, but does not apply to employees and in Zimbabwe says a villager fought a crocodile contractors working within Seattle-Tacoma with his bare hands to free his son from its jaws International Airport, which is operated by the in northeastern rural Mutoko. Port of Seattle. The Herald newspaper reported Tafadzwa Darvas said the state Legislature has given Kachere and his 11-year-old son Tapiwa were municipalities like the Port of Seattle exclusive jurisdiction over their operations. trying to cross a river on Christmas eve when the crocodile attacked the boy. It reported that Supporters of the measure say they will file Kachere jumped onto the crocodile s back and an appeal to the state Supreme Court. tried to force open its jaws, beating at its head Last month voters in the city of SeaTac with his fists and poking at its eyes with reeds. narrowly approved the measure, which would The crocodile released the child and turned apply to around 6,000 workers at the airport on Kachere who wrestled free of its grasp. and related industries, like hotels and rental car The newspaper says the child lost a leg and his companies. father s arm was severely gored. Teens thievery turns tragic for Honduran cop TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) Edwin Mejia didn t want to go out and steal that morning. The $75 he and his buddy had made the day before from the stolen motorcycle felt like a fortune compared to the $5 a day he earned selling his mother s tortillas. The 15-year-old lay in bed inside the wooden one-room house he shared with his 10 brothers and sisters, while his partner, Eduardo Aguilera, insisted they go steal another bike. From yesterday s take, their first job, Edwin could buy a cellphone. If they did the same today, maybe Edwin could buy new sneakers. The boy relented. A few miles away, in downtown Tegucigalpa, Santos Arita was starting a 12-hour shift as a traffic cop. At 42, he d spent most of his career working in small towns. His new job in the capital made him nervous. He d already been assaulted once by three gunmen on a bus. With the world s highest murder rate, Honduras is a dangerous country. People in the capital watch murders on You- Tube, wake up to photos of the dead in the newspapers and drive by bodies dumped on the outskirts of town. It is a nation that never developed democratic institutions that guarantee the rule of law. Instead, it is a largely lawless land where there are few choices for the poor, heroes are scarce, and violence is a given. After gulping down a breakfast of coffee, the boys headed downtown. They would use the same strategy as the day before. Edwin would drive, Eduardo on the back seat. When they found a target, Eduardo would hold the person up, then drive off on the stolen bike. Easy. It was illegal for two men to ride tandem on a motorcycle a new law meant to cut down on drive-by shootings. The boys ignored it and made their way downtown. Oddly, amid the traffic chaos in one of the poorest cities on the continent and in a place where the law is rarely obeyed, what would bind the fates of Edwin and Eduardo with that of a humble traffic cop was a red light. The boys stopped. They did not see Arita, helping a woman cross the street behind them. Arita had been assigned to Tegucigalpa two months earlier and already had requested a transfer back home. He missed his family. They lived in Ocotepeque, a seven- or eight-hour bus ride from the capital, and with his $400 monthly salary, Arita couldn t afford a ticket. He hitchhiked home every two weeks for just 24 hours to see his wife and three children, go to church. When he was in the capital, he stayed in a police barracks with dozens of other men. There was no running water for a shower, just a cup and a barrel. No heat for the chilly evenings. No meals. On the afternoon of Aug. 7, the traffic camera at Arita s intersection captured his last day. As soon as Arita saw the two teenagers on their motorcycle, he ran up to them. He ordered them off the bike and pulled out its keys. He did not see Eduardo, dressed in black, reaching for something tucked into his pants. A gun. Eduardo fired two shots before the policeman wrestled him to the ground and attempted to disarm him. Edwin, in a blue T-shirt, rushed in as drivers sped out of the way. Edwin tried to grab the policeman s weapon. Eduardo managed to hand him the other gun. In the struggle, Arita fell down. As he tried to get up, Edwin shot him twice in the back of the head point-blank. Arita collapsed lifeless. Edwin picked the bike keys up off the road, waited for Eduardo to climb on, and sped off. But their calm soon gave way to panic, a series of CCTV camera footage shows, with the boys running on the streets after ditching the bike, desperately trying to stop anyone to give them a ride. Two policemen finally caught the boys in a parking lot near the Marriott Hotel, in the same block as the presidential palace. Police won t say what happened next, but according to public prosecutor Alexis Santos, officers beat both teens. Immediately they started beating us, with their weapons, with their feet, Edwin said. They d hit me on the head with the back of the gun, and they kept telling us they were gonna kill us. Before long, police took the young men to headquarters, where beatings continued for three hours. The cops took pictures with cellphones, something Honduran policemen often do when they catch a suspect. La Tribuna pub- (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 14)

7 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 7 Compiled by Samoa News staff CITIZENSHIP LAWSUIT APPEAL HAS NEW TWIST There is a new twist in the appeal by six American Samoans who filed their citizenship lawsuit, along with a California based Samoan organization against the federal government arguing that they are entitled to being U.S. citizens under a provision of the U.S. Constitution. The lower court in June this year dismissed the lawsuit, and sided with the U.S. State Department, the federal government, and two officials of the U.S. State Department. The defendants have asked the appeals court in Washington D.C. to affirm the lower court s decision. However, on Dec. 20, a professor of law in the U.S., one Samuel Erman filed a notice with the appeals court of his intention to file an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of the plaintiffs. The notice states that in accordance with a provision of the federal court, Erman will explain the concept of jus soil citizenship in the United States. Additionally, this amicus brief may be joined by other professors and scholars of American citizenship. (According to Princeton University website, jus soli is Latin for right of the soil and is commonly known as birthright citizenship.) As of last Friday, there were no other details filed by Erman with the appellate court. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VISIT AUNU U WHARF More than a week ago, an official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Honolulu Division was in the territory to conduct a site visit of the Aunu u and Auasi wharfs in order to determine the types of improvement needed. This is in accordance with part of Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga s request to the federal agency. The site visit by Justin A. Goove, also followed a request by Rep. Talaimatai Elisara Su a, whose constituency includes Aunu u, to the Department of Port Administration for help in getting necessary repairs done on the wharves. Talaimatai says he is very happy with the support from the Lolo Administration, adding that while in Honolulu recently he met with Goove for specific concerns from residents of Aunu u regarding the wharf. Talaimatai says the biggest concern for Aunu u comes from small alia boat owners who have said that there is a need to dredge the water-way into the wharf to make it deeper and safe for sailing in and out, and this has been a problem there for many years. It needed a push for something to be done, before a serious accident could occur that would claim the life of anyone, he noted. He explained that when it s low tide, it makes it very difficult for boats to enter the wharf because it s not deep enough. He said the Auasi wharf also needs to be dredged for safety reasons. Talaimatai says he is now waiting for an update from Port Administration and the Army Corps. He also has a request pending with Port Administration for an ASG vessel to sail between Aunu u and Auasi. (Original Samoan story on this issue was published in the Dec. 24 edition of Samoa News) HAWAIIAN AIRlines is ON-TIME FOR OCTOBER Hawaiian Airlines was the nation s highest-ranking carrier for on-time performance in October as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), which says Hawaiian flights arrived on schedule 95.2% of the time throughout the month of October The DOT also reported that Hawaiian was one of the top three airlines with fewest flight cancellations for October at 0.1%, representing four cancellations out of 5,985 total flights. Meanwhile, Hawaiian s next extra flight for the holiday season is Sunday, Dec. 29 (tomorrow night) arriving and departing on the regular schedule at night. (More details of the DOT report can be found on AMERICAN SAMOA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Management Information System EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Position Title:WEBMASTER Employment Status: Full Time/12 months (One Year with Benefits) General Description: The Webmaster reports directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Director of Institutio nal Effectiveness. The Webmaster performs a variety of functions to manage, maintain and provide support for the content of ASCC s entire Internet presence (Internet as well as Intranet) and its users. The Webmaster works closelly with t he IE Division to ensure crucial information is accurately communicated and presented on the Website, and to manage the proce ss of approval for information to be displayed. The Webmaster also works closely with the MIS Division to ensure that proper technical support is provided for the Website, and that it functions with other online technology such as Mood le and Colleague. Job Duties and Responsibilities: Design, monitor, improve and update content and performance of ASCC Web presence. Work with MIS staff to design pages and provide support to resolve technical issues with ASCC Web site(s) and discuss new directions for web presence and technology. Work with the ASCC community, including divisions and committees, to publish on the website all approved documents for significant changes made at ASCC, especially those that are required to be publicized. Ensure Web server and browsers properly handle , transmmit news and download files. Ensure ASCC site(s) may be accessed by various systems using various operating systems and various browsers. Ensure file secu rity on the W eb when necessary. Monitor webmaster mail for ASCC Web site inquiries, questions, and/or comments. Identify topics that might be fitting for new sections of the ASCC home page, and trends or items that could be of interest to other departments. Manage all portal issues for new Colleague system and provide support for portal questions from Coll eague users. Work with Network Specialist to ensure integration between existing ASCC Website, new Colleague departmental portals and other systems on the ASCC LAN. Develop training on and through the Internet. Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the CIO. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications recommendations: Bachelor of Arts/Science degree in technology related field from an accredited community or technica l college or university, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. At least 2 years experience in Web design or related profession. Knowledge of Microsoft XP Professional/Vista/7/8. Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 Professional (Wo rd, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Knowledge of http, html, xml, php and Java. Salary: Salary will commensure with degree and experience. Deadline: January0 8,2 014 Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources OFfice at Ext. 477/335/ 403 or Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at [email protected] or Lipena Samuelu at l.samuelu@am samoa.edu. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer And A Drug-Free Workplace Python kills security guard near Bali hotel BALI, Indonesia (AP) A python strangled a security guard near a luxury hotel on Indonesia s resort island of Bali on Friday, and then escaped into nearby bushes following the deadly attack, police and a hotel employee who witnessed the incident said. The incident happened around 3 a.m. as the 4.5-meter (15- foot) -long python was slithering across a road near the Bali Hyatt hotel, said Agung Bawa, an assistant security manager at the hotel, which is closed for renovations until The victim, Ambar Arianto Mulyo, was a 59-year-old security guard at a nearby restaurant. He had offered to help capture the snake, which had apparently been spotted several times before near the hotel, located in Bali s Sanur area, Bawa said. Mulyo managed to secure the snake s head and tail and put it on his shoulders, but the python wrapped itself around his body and strangled him, said Bawa, who was present during the attack. People watching the incident were unable or unwilling to help and called the police, who came but failed to save the man. The python escaped into nearby bushes, and police were still searching for it. Denpasar police Capt. Gusti Ngurah Yudistira said Mulyo died of suffocation. It happened so fast, Bawa said. We were sad because we could not do anything to help him. Yudistira warned people to be alert since the snake was still on the loose in the area, which is popular with tourists. Deadly attacks on adult humans by pythons are rare, but have been documented before.

8 Page 8 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Alofa aga mo lou aso fanau Tina T ALA mai brought to you by SAMOA tanoa tusitala hotel, apia, samoa E silisili i le manatu o Ieova le oti o ona tagata Atua. (Salamo CXV1) Alofa aga mo Oe le Tina Peleina i lou Aso Fanau Lenei. Mai le Tama ma le Fanau i Amerika Samoa, Hawaii ma Amerika NYC transit hubs handle literal flood of lost items NEW YORK (AP) For the handful of New York transit officials who dutifully collect and catalog more than 50,000 items a year lost on commuter trains, subways and buses, the monotonous flood of wallets, handbags, eyeglasses and smartphones is occasionally broken by tales of some of the crazier things left behind. There was a pet bunny rabbit, a prosthetic leg, a car bumper, a tuba, a diamond engagement ring and an ordinary-looking briefcase that was opened to reveal a dizzying array of adult toys. We get false teeth almost every week, said William Bonner, supervisor of the New York City Transit lost-and-found office below the 34th Street subway, which has amassed 26,000 items this year. How do you lose your teeth? A few blocks north at the Metropolitan Transit Authority s Metro-North Railroad lost and found deep under Manhattan s Grand Central Station, five clerks oversee the 100 to 150 items that come in every day from Metro-North trains, which run between the city and its northern suburbs and Connecticut. For every item, the clerks document the train, car and seat number where it was found. Beyond the boxes and bins of the most common items wallets, keys, reading glasses, umbrellas and electronics there is a dry cleaner-style coat rack to handle hundreds of forgotten coats. There s also an area designated for at least a half-dozen bicycles in the office at any given time. Melissa Gissentanner, the unit s manager, said the MTA takes pride in getting items back to their owners, boasting a 60 percent return rate. We are the most successful lost and found in the country and possibly the world, she said. People looking for their property can submit a report online. Items that go unclaimed are sometimes donated or eventually sold. Bonner says an asset recovery unit takes unclaimed cellphones and other items that are sold to companies or put on the MTA website for an auction. Both lost-and-found operations say the holiday season, when residents and millions of tourists are more rushed than usual, is the busiest (and apparently most forgetful) time of the year. Clerks become detectives on their own, searching through coat pockets, say, for a business card they might call to locate the proper owner. Every once in a while they also interact with repeat customers such as college student Ezra Marcus, who in October forgot his wallet on a Metro-North train, recovered it but then lost it again in November and learned this month it hadn t yet been found. I m one for two, said Marcus, 21. It s not a big deal, I canceled the debit card.... They were able to help me out before. For Rosario, who has worked at Metro-North s lost and found for 10 years, the wacky finds and hard-to-believe stories are popular, but the job ultimately is rewarding for giving people hope after losing items that often hold sentimental value. We all know how it feels to lose an item, he said, recounting the time someone claimed a scarf that had been hand-knitted by a now-deceased grandmother. I ve seen people cry when they get their stuff back and they re really, really elated. Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions TELE MASALOSALOGA I LE MALIU O SE TAMAITAI FAIAOGA E le o tele ni faamatalaga o lo o faamatuu mai e leoleo e uiga i le maliu o se tamaitai faiaoga lea e faapea na pule i lona soifua, e ui o lo o i ai masalosaloga e le o le mafuaaga lea o lona maliu. Na teuina le tino maliu o lea tamaitai i le falemaliu o le falemai ao faagasolo suesuega a leoleo. Na faaalia e leoleo, o lo o toloina le falelauasiga o lea tamaitai ona o lo o faagasolo a latou suesuega i lona tino maliu. Peitai, na faailoa e se sosia e faapea, na faia le falelauasiga o lea tamaitai faiaoga i le tolu vaiaso ua mavae i lona aiga i Lefagaoalii, Safune ma sa avatu ai le sii a le aiga o faiaoga a le aoga sa faiaoga ai o ia. Ina ua toe fesiligia e le au tusitala le sui sooupu o le Matagaluega o Leoleo, le susuga Fauono Talalelei Tapu, sa ioe o ia ua uma ona falelauasi lea tamaitai, ae o lo o talia e leoleo le lipoti o le taotoga sa faia i lona tino maliu. E lei faamaonia foi e ia pe moni lipoti e faapea o lo o taofia se tagata i le maliu o lea tamaitai. SII TOTOGI AUFAIGALUEGA MALO E $14.42 miliona tala le aofaiga o le seleni ua faamatuu e le malo e tauala i le Matagaluega o Tupe ina ia faatupe ai nisi o atinae ma polokalama faamuamua a le malo i totonu o le Tala Faatatau Faaopopo Muamua o le Tupe , e pei ona fofogaina aloaia i luma o le Palemene i le tauaofiaga a le Fono Aoao Faitulafono i le fono faaiu o lenei tausaga. I le saunoaga a le minisita o Tupe, le afioga Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, na ia faailoa aloaia ai le siitaga lautele o totogi a le aufaigaluega a le malo, lea ua faaagaaga i ai le seleni e $2.7 miliona tala. O le aofaiga o lea siitaga e 3 pasene mo le aufaigaluega uma a le malo ma e amata faamamaluina io le aso muamua o Ianuari, Mo le Matagaluega o Fesootaiga ma Faamatalaga Faatekonolosi, o le a faamatuu i ai le $180,000 e fesoasoani ai i le faaauauina o le poloketi mo le faaleleia o fesootaiga i luga o le initaneti. Mo le Matagaluega o Aoga, Taaloga ma Aganuu, o le a faamatuu i ai le vaegatupe e $318,000 ina ia toe fetuunai ai totogi o faiaoga e fua i le faatulagaga o totogi o faiaoga sa pasia e le malo i le tausaga E $230,423 ua faaopopo mo avanoa faigaluega fou mo le Matagaluega o Aoga, Taaloga ma Aganuu, ae $190,000 lea ua fuafuaina mo polokalama faatino a le orchestra a Samoa. Mo le Matagaluega o Tupe, e $285,000 ua faaagaaga e faatino ai le siitaga e $5 i le masina mo le penisione a tagata matutua. FAATUPE IAPANI TAAVALE O LE FONO O le aso Lua o le vaiaso nei na sainia ai se feagaiga i le va o le malo Samoa ma le malo Iapani i lalo o se polokalama o fesoasoani a lea malo na faamatuu mai ai le fesoasoani tupe e $2.4 miliona tala, e fesoasoani ai i le faatupega o taavale afi mo femalagaiga o le taligamalo a le malo Samoa i le fono a atumotu laiti o le lalolagi a Malo Aufaatasi lea e usuia mai i Samoa ia Setema o le tausaga fou. O lenei feagaiga na sainia e le minisita o Tupe, le afioga Faumuina Tiatia Liuga faapea ai le afioga i le Amepasa o Iapani i Samoa. O le naunautaiga o le malo Iapani, ia tele se aoga o lenei fesoasoani tupe i tapenaga a le malo i lea fono tele i le tausaga fou ma le faamoemoe a taualuga ma le manuia ia fonotaga, o le a tele se aoga o ia aseta i le faaauauina o le atinaega o le malo Samoa. TATALA OFISA FOU O LEOLEO I LOTOFAGA, SAFATA Ua faalauteleina nei le tautua a le Matagaluega o Leoleo ma Falepuipui ina ua tatala aloaia le lala fou a le matagaluega i le afioaga o Lotofaga, Safata i le vaiaso nei. O lenei maota fou o le a galulue ai le silia i le to asefulu o alii ma tamaitai malu o le malo ua filifilia faapitoa lava e le matagaluega e pei ona fautuaina ai e le taitai o le malo, le susuga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malelegaoi ia le alii minisita ma le pulega o le matagaluega. I lana saunoaga autu e tatala aloia ai lea lala o le matagaluega, na fautuaina e le alii palemia le filifilia o nisi e tautua ma le faamaoni e faaaogaina lenei maota fou aua o lo o silafia e malu o le malo le tele o faalavelave o lo o tulai mai, ma e sili lava le vave fofo aua e sili le puipuia nai lo o le tau togafitia. In this Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 photo, Robert Perkinson, an associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, talks about the possible location in the Kakaako district of Honolulu to be considered for the Barack Obama Presidential Library, in Honolulu. The location of the plot of land is located just beyond the coconut tree on the right. Perkinson is coordinating the effort on behalf of the University of Hawaii to bring the presidential library to Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner) C Y C Y M K M K

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10 Page 10 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 NEWS IN BRIEF Continued from page 6 New Year s jam pennsylvania strawberry busted in test drop HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) An 80-pound illuminated strawberry that s lowered every New Year s Eve in downtown Harrisburg has ended up in a messy jam. The berry fell three stories and smashed during a practice run at the Hilton Harrisburg on Friday. Officials say a faulty harness clip is to blame. The Hilton is working to build a new strawberry for revelers to ring in 2014 on Tuesday night. The strawberry drop started in The berry that broke Friday had been used for around 10 years. NORAD Tracks Santa logs million internet visits PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) The North American Aerospace Defense Command s Santa-tracking program logged million unique visitors to its website on Christmas Eve. NORAD said Thursday that volunteers answered 117,371 calls from children seeking information on the jolly old elf s whereabouts. First lady Michelle Obama was among the program s 1,200 volunteers. An additional 146,307 followed Santa s progress on Twitter. The program also got 1.45 million likes on Facebook. Those numbers are up from last year when volunteers answered 114,000 phone calls from around the world. The website had 22.3 million unique visitors. NORAD Tracks Santa had 1.2 million followers on Facebook and 129,000 on Twitter. The Christmas tradition of tracking Santa began in 1955 when a local newspaper advertisement invited children to call Santa but mistakenly listed the hotline of NORAD s predecessor. Wedding color scheme argument leads to SC stabbing COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Deputies in South Carolina say a woman stabbed her fiance on Christmas Day after they argued over what colors should be used in their wedding. The Richland County Sheriff s Office said in a press release that the man was trying to leave a home near Blythewood after the argument when Krysta James attacked him around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies say the man was stabbed in the upper body, but his injuries weren t life-threatening. James is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. She remains in jail on a $10,000 bond and it isn t known if she has an attorney. United Nations approves $5.53 billion budget for UNITED NATIONS (AP) The General Assembly has approved a budget of $5.53 billion to cover the United Nations regular operations in , cutting it for a second successive time. But U.N. members again delayed action on a key proposal that would allow greater mobility of U.N. staff. After lengthy negotiations, the assembly finally voted Friday afternoon to cut the budget by 1 percent from the final spending level in It also approved a 2 percent staffing cut, or some 221 posts, and a one year freeze in staff compensation. The regular operating budget doesn t include the U.N. s farflung peacekeeping operations which are funded by a separate budget, currently more than $7 billion annually. The United States, which pays 22 percent of the regular budget, welcomed the reduction in costs and staffing. 2nd victim of San Diego PARKING lot shooting dies SAN DIEGO (AP) The second victim of a shooting in the parking lot of a San Diego shopping mall has died. U-T San Diego says the death of 22-year-old Salvatore Belvedere was announced Friday by the county medical examiner s office. Belvedere and 22-year-old Ilona Flint were shot shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday as they sat in a car at the Westfield Mission Valley mall. Belvedere was shot in the upper chest. Flint was shot in the head and chest. She died at the scene. Authorities haven t released a motive for the attack but Belvedere s brother, 24-year-old Gianni Belvedere, was Flint s fiance. Police: No beer led to ceramic squirrel stabbing NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) South Carolina authorities say a 44-year-old woman angry at a man for returning home without beer on Christmas beat and stabbed him with a ceramic squirrel. The Charleston County Sheriff s office says in a report that deputies found a man covered with blood when they arrived at Helen Williams North Charleston home early Wednesday. She told investigators the man fell and cut himself, but couldn t explain why her hands and clothes were also bloody. Deputies say the man said Williams was so angry when he returned without beer because stores were closed on Christmas Eve that she grabbed a ceramic squirrel, beat him in the head, then stabbed him in the shoulder and chest. Williams was in jail Friday and charged with criminal domestic violence. It wasn t known if she had a lawyer. (Continued on page 12) 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 eva ai Kati i totonu o le isi pa pia i le isi aai o Enelagi, ae te i i le sese e atu o se tamaitai lalelei i ona tafatafa ma salu salu talanoa atu ia te ia.] Na avea le lalelei tele o le tamaitai lea ua salu salu talanoa ane ia Kati ma itu na galo ai i le tama ta iala o lana galuega e ao ona tausisia i soo se taimi, aemaise lava o lea ua i ai i atunuu ese e le tatau ona faatamala ai. Ua see le evaga a Kati ma le mafine lea ma ua matua fuli lava fo i le tama e inu ma tafao aua o lea faatoa maua se malologa mai lana galuega. O fea ete sau ai, e fou la u vaai ia te oe i le nofoaga lenei,? o le fesili fia malamalama lea a le mafine lea, ae na tali atu i ai Kati, o ia o se faigaluega a le malo o lo o galue i le fuaina o fanua i totonu o le aai. O le galuega fua fanua i Enelagi e le o se galuega e totogi lelei, o se galuega foi e vaai maualalo i ai le toatele o tagata, o le mafuaaga lena na maantu ai Kati na te faaaogaina le galuega lea e faamatala ai le ituaiga tagata e i ai o ia. Talu ai o Kati o le leoleo nana, sa le faigata ai ona ia iloa le ituaiga tagata e i ai le tamaitai lea la te tafafao, o nisi o taimi e taumafai ai Kati e faato ato a lana vaai i tulimanu e fa o le fale, pe na te iloa atu ai ni tagata e ono masalomia o ni tagata faatupu faalavelave, peitai e leai ma se isi na ia O le toe faaauauina mai lenei o le tatou polokalame mai le vaiaso na te a nei, usi mai pea lau silasila. Ina ua ma itaga le tamaitai ia Selaginato, fai mai ona sola ese mai lea o le tama ua fai ia Toouta ma Tootai, poo Tutuila ma Ape, e nonofo ma faitau masina e 9, ona o le la ua ma itaga le tamaita i ia te ia, ona nonofo loa lea o le au uso ma amata ona faitau masina e 9 ina ia fetaui ma le taimi tonu e fanau ai le pepe, ina ua oo i le masina lona 9, ona o loa lea o Tutuila ma Ape i Safata e gaoi mai le pepe, ae na tete i ina ua fai atu i ai le Saualii i le po, sole, o lena e sese le lua faitau i masina, fai mai o iina na maua ai loa le upu, ua faitau eseese Tutuila ma Ape. Na fesili tama i le aitu i le taimi tonu e tatau ona fanau ai le pepe, ona faailoa lea i ai e le aitu le aso tonu e fanau ai le pepe, ona faatatau atu lea o tama i le taimi tonu na fanau ai le pepe, ma la gaoi le pepe ma sosola ma laua. O le tama o Liolevave sa nofo i Safata, o le tuagane lea o le tina a Tutuila ma Ape, o ia lea na tula i atu ma tau ma tagata Safata i le taimi na gaoi ai e tama le pepe, ina ia mafai ai ona faasao le pepe. O tama fo i nei o Tutuila ma Ape na mafua ai ona maua le upu, O Ape moe manatunatu, o le pogai fo i lea e pati afai e pati se alofi i le taeao, ona faaofo vaaia, ona faaauau ai lava lea o le la tafaoga ma le tamaitai lea seia latalata i le taimi e tapuni ai le pa pia, ae musumusu atu loa le tamaitai ia Kati, O fea e i ai lou fale,? na faasaga Kati i le isi itu o le aai ona tusi lea i ai o lona lima ma fai atu i ai lana tala, pei lava o le itu lea ou te nofo ai. Na faanunumi le muaulu o le tamaitai e foliga mai e le talitonu ona toe fesili lea, E faafefea ona e le iloa le itu e i ai lou fale ae o oe o le tagata faigaluega a le malo. Na talia e Kati le fanoga a le tamaitai ma la o loa i lona potu i le fale talimalo o lo o nofo ai ma la malolo ai mo le po, ma o iina na faaatoa te i ai le mafine lea ina ua ia vaaia totonu o le fale, e ese le vaaiga sa ia iloaina atu, e foliga mai o le tagata lea la te mafutaga o se tagata suesue. E tiga le ona o le tamaitai ae na toe fesili lava ia Kati poo ia o se leoleo suesue, afai e sa o, o a ituaiga mataupu o lo o ia suesueina, ae na ata le tama ma tali atu i ai, e le o a u o se leoleo suesue, o a u o le tagata faigaluega fua fanua, ou te fuaina fanua a le malo o lo o lisi atu i pisinisi ma tagata lautele i masina taitasi, ina ia maua mai ai tupe e fesoasoani ai i le atinaeina o le malo. Na faaiu le tafaoga a Kati ma le tamaitai lea i lo la fefaasoaa i i lagona o le alofa, ma o iina na faatoa talitonu ai fo i le alii leoleo nana mai Italia, e eseese lava vaipuna sa masani ona faamalu ai i lona atunuu, ese fo i ituaiga vaipuna o lo o maua i Enelagi. POLOGA I LE ALOFA [E toe faatalofa atu i le mamalu o le au faitau i lenei taeao, malo le soifua maua malo foi le onosa i, ae alo mai loa o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou tala faasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te a nei i le taimi lea ua salalau ai le tala i totonu o le nuu o Amouta, o le tamaititi o Lisati lea o le a toe fo i atu i lona aiga e faatu lana pisinisi, ona ua i u lana aoga ma ua sauni fo i e faaipoipo ma le teine Niu Sila.] Kailo i taumaifa a le au faatupu vevesi o le lalolagi e mimilo se mea lelei e faia e le malo meleke, pe tutusa ma taumafaiga ia ua alo atu nei i ai le tamaitai o Lasela e fai ina ia mimilo ma taofia ai gaioiga uma a Lisati lea ua ia faalogo o le a o atu ma lana maamusa fou e faia i totonu o le nuu, Tailo foi i le faataliina e tagata o le latou tupu pe maua le faataliina e le aiga o le tamaititi o le toe fo i atu o le tamaititi o Lisati i lo latou aiga ma le tulaga faaeaina ua ia avatu i ona matua ma lona aiga atoa. Ua toe foi mafaufau o tagata i taimi ao aoga le tamaititi o Lisati i le aoga tulaga muamua a le nuu, o se tamaitai e alofagia i ona uiga loto maualalo, o se tamaititi foi e tiga ona sasa e ona matua ae le taitai tali i se upu pe sola ese, ae nofo lava i lona aiga e faafetaui tiga o le sasa, e na o ia lava foi le tamaititi aoga i totonu o le aoga tulaga muamua a Amouta na pasi i le suega a le malo sa faia i le vasega 8 ma le vasega 11. Ua avea suiga tetele ua o o i ai le tamaititi ma itu ua vaai maualuga ai tagata i lona aiga, o nisi o taimi e talatalanoa ai fafine o le nuu ma faaamuia i le tina o Lisati, ina ua ia maua se tama e atamai ma usitai ia te ia, lea lava foi ua iu ina faaeaia o ia i lana aoga i Niu Sila, ma ua sauni e toe fo i mai e tausi lona aiga. E pei ona masani ai nisi o aiga Samoa, afai ua i ai ni malo malaga mai fafo a le isi aiga, e tete i lava lena aiga ua amata ona tumutumu atu le latou fale i tagata fai feau po o tagata foi o le nuu e o atu e tafafao vale solo ma nofonofo solo i fale o le aiga, e lama lama pe maua sina tupe mai le malaga, e faapena tonu la le mea lea ua maitauina i le aiga o Lisati, ua amata ona lolofi atu fafine o le nuu e fesoasoani i lona tina i le tapenaina o le fanua aemaise ai o le veleina o le vao ma faamatagofie totonu ma fafo o le fale, a o loma tama, o lo o pisi lava ia i le faamamaina o le vao ma toe valivali atu isi vaega o puipui o le fale ai ina nei alu atu le uo teine a lona atalii aamu i le fale o lo o nonofo ai le aiga. O le aoauli o le aso Faraile na taunuu ai le vaalele a le Polenisia i Faleolo, ma sa malaga mai ai Lisati ma lana uo o Lisa, ae o le aso foi lea na taunuu ai i le uafu i Matautu a la container tetele e fa o lo o la u uma mai ai le la uta mo le faatuina o se la pisinisi i Amouta, aemaise ai o le tapenaina o le la faaipoipoga i le isi lua vaiaso. Na matua tumu le malae vaalele i tagata o le aiga o le tamaititi aemaise ai faauo a nai ona matua ma nai ona tei, lea ua lolofi atu e faatali lo la taunuu mai, ae o le itu na faateia ai le aiga, e amata loa ona gasolo mai le pasese i fafo, ae vaaia loa e matua o Lisati le ula lea o Lasela ua masau atu i le isi itu o le malae vaalele ma tu tu mai ai. Tala i Vavau o Samoa TO OUTA MA TO OTAI lea o ipu, ae a pati i le aoauli, fai mai ua alaga ava. O le mea na tupu, sa teu faa fafine Tutuila ma Ape, pei lava oni faatosaga ina ia faigofie ai ona la gaoi le pepe. A o alu le savaliga a Tutuila ma Ape ma le pepe i luga o le ala, fai mai sa tagi le pepe i le fia ai, ona a e lea o Tutuila i luga o le niu sa tu i tafatafa o le auala, ua toli mai le niu ua mama le aano ae taumafai e fafaga ai le pepe, peitai e fafaga atu ae toe luai mai e le pepe i fafo, o iina na faatoa maua ai le igoa o se tasi o mauga i uta o A ana, o le mauga o Luai, fai mai ua oo i le taimi, ona malolo lea o le solaaga i lalo o se tasi o aoa tele lava, ua tafu ai le afi e faamafanafana ai le pepe, ae na pau ai loa iina ma le pute o le pepe, ona avane lea ua tanu i malala o le afi, ona maua ai loa lea iina o le igoa o le isi fasi fanua lea ua nofoia e le toatele o tagata i ona aso nei, o Tanumalala, e faamanatu ai le pute o le pepe na tanu i malala o le afi. Fai mai ua iloa e Alipia ua toeititi lava taunuu atu le solaaga a tama ma le pepe sa gaoi atu, ona ia faatonu lea o lona afafine, e alu e tapena le ulu o le moega e avatu le pepe e faamoe ai, ona o le tama lea o le a fai ma tupu, fai mai o iina na faatoa maua ai le igoa o le nuu o Leulumoega, e faamanatu ai le moega na tapena e le teine mo le pepe, le pepe lea na faaigoa ia Tuia ana Tamaalelagi.

11 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 11 Tafaoga i Matafaga? This Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 photo, shows U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on southern Japanese islands of Okinawa. Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima signed off Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops in Okinawa and move some to Guam. Nakaima approved the Japanese government s application to reclaim land for a new base in Henoko, which would replace Futenma Air Station, a more congested part of Okinawa s main island, Japanese media reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Opponents fight new U.S. military base on Okinawa TOKYO (AP) Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa s governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel welcomed Friday s decision, calling it the most significant milestone so far in a long-running battle to realign U.S. forces in Okinawa. The new base is designed to reduce the impact of the heavy U.S. military presence in Okinawa by replacing another base in a more congested area, but opponents want the operations moved off Okinawa completely. What the governor has done is unforgivable, Yuichi Higa, the head of the assembly in Nago city, said in a phone interview. Nago would house the new base. Residents who are opposed will surely resort to the use of force, such as blocking roads, to stop this from happening, Higa said. Hiroshi Ashitomi, head of a Nago group opposing the base, said his organization would file a lawsuit challenging the governor s decision. Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Friday approved the Japanese Defense Ministry s application to reclaim land for the proposed American base on Okinawa s coast. It would replace the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma air station in Ginowan city. But Nakaima later told a news conference that he would continue pressing to move the Futenma troops off Okinawa entirely. He has asked that Futenma be closed within five years, and the new base wouldn t open until 2022 under current plans. My thinking remains it would be fastest to relocate outside (Okinawa) prefecture to a place where there is already an airport, he said. U.S. defense officials told reporters that troops could move to the new base sooner if it s ready earlier. They were not authorized to talk publicly about the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity. The new base is part of a U.S.-Japan agreement that would also move 9,000 Marines off Okinawa, including transferring 5,000 to Guam. Hagel said the effort to realign American troops in Okinawa was absolutely critical to the United States ongoing rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. Moving forward with this plan will reduce our footprint in the most populated part of Okinawa... while sustaining U.S. military capabilities vital to the peace and security of the region, the defense secretary said in a statement. The debate over the future of Futenma dates to 1996, when the U.S and Japan signed an agreement to move its operations elsewhere in Okinawa. In 2006, the two countries agreed to relocate the base to a relatively unpopulated area called Henoko in Nago city. But after the Democratic Party of Japan took power in 2009, it raised the possibility of moving the base off Okinawa. While it later agreed to the Henoko plan, the proposal energized a movement to move the base elsewhere. U.S. Sen. John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called Nakaima s decision a major achievement after 17 years of hard work and setbacks. About half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are based in Okinawa, and many residents complain about base-related crime, noise and the risk of accidents. Some feel the island is bearing an unfair share of the burden of protecting Japan from attack. A key factor could be the outcome of a mayoral election in Nago next month that pits an opponent of the Henoko plan against a supporter. The governor is taking a risk putting the prestige of his office behind the project, said Jun Okumura, a political analyst and former national government official. I still don t see the project going forward without the consent of the Nago mayor, but I see that this improves the chances of success. The rise of China s military is reinforcing in tahe minds of some Japanese the need to have a strong defense, though it s unclear whether it s enough to sway public opinion in Okinawa. 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12 Page 12 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Unreturned library books can mean jail South Korean protesters burn an effigy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, banners and Japanese flag during a rally against Abe in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 27, Abe paid his respects at Yasukuni shrine honoring Japan s war dead in an unexpected visit Thursday that drew sharp rebukes from China and South Korea, who warned that the move celebrates his country s militaristic past and could further sour relations. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) NEWS IN BRIEF Turkish Airlines employee stabbed over lost luggage TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) A Libyan security official and the Turkish media say a Turk has been stabbed to death in the Turkish Airlines office in Tripoli. The official said the victim of Friday s attack was an employee killed in an argument over lost luggage. Turkey s state-run Anadolu news agency quoted an airline spokesman as saying the victim of Friday s attack was the official in charge of accounts. It said however the motive was theft. The two accounts could not immediately be reconciled. Both said a second Turkish employee, a female, was wounded and is being treated. The Libyan official said a third arrived at the same hospital but it wasn t clear if her case was connected. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to brief reporters. Marshals arrest fugitive known as Reno preacher RENO, Nev. (AP) Federal marshals say they ve arrested a convicted sex offender who was known as a preacher in the Reno area. Authorities say a fugitive task force took 68-year-old James Edward Bryant into custody Thursday on suspicion of failing to register as a sex offender and possession of a stun gun. He s expected to be extradited to California for an outstanding warrant that dates back to October Marshals say Bryant had a significant criminal history, including a conviction for sex offenses on a child under the age 14, and was considered dangerous. He remained in the Washoe County jail on Friday. Zimmerman s estranged wife hurt in Fla. crash WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) Authorities say George Zimmerman s estranged wife was injured in a central Florida car crash. Winter Park police report that Shellie Zimmerman was making a left turn at an intersection late Friday morning when another driver ran a red light and hit her. Zimmerman was taken to a nearby hospital after reporting an injury to her foot. Officials say she also suffered minor scrapes from the air bags. Police spokesman Tom Pearson says the man who crashed into Shellie Zimmerman was taken into custody and faces charges related to driving under the influence. Authorities weren t immediately naming the man. Continued from page 10 George Zimmerman was acquitted in July in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce in September. Obama nudges Senate to extend jobless benefits HONOLULU (AP) President Barack Obama has told two senators proposing to extend expiring federal unemployment benefits that he plans to push Congress to do it quickly. More than 1 million Americans will lose benefits Saturday because Congress didn t extend them. Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada and Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island have proposed extending the benefits for three months. Obama called the two senators separately on Friday. The White House says Obama offered his support for their proposal and called it an urgent economic priority. Obama says the abrupt cut-off in cash assistance during the holidays will hurt economic growth and jobs. Obama economic adviser Gene Sperling says the Senate will hold a vote on the proposal as soon as Congress returns next month. Fire on express train in India kills at least 23 NEW DELHI (AP) A fire engulfed two coaches of an express train in southern India early Saturday, killing at least 23 passengers, many of whom became trapped and suffocated after the doors failed to open, officials said. As the inferno and thick black smoke raced through the two cars at 3:45 a.m., panicked passengers broke the windows and many saved themselves by jumping from the train. A spokesman for the railways, C.S. Gupta, said 67 passengers were in the two cars when the fire broke out about two kilometers (1 mile) from the small town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh state. Gupta said the train was brought to a halt and the two coaches were delinked from the rest of the train to prevent the fire from spreading. Firefighters put out the blaze and retrieved at least 23 bodies, including two children. More than a dozen people were brought to hospitals with injuries sustained when they jumped from the coaches, said a railway official at the site of the fire. Firefighters had to force the doors open and make their way through the smoke-filled coaches to reach the dead, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media. Many bodies were found near the jammed doors, he said. (Continued on page 13) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Call it throwing the book at the bookworms. A Texas man who was arrested for failing to return an overdue library book ignited an online flurry of snarky comments and headlines about the Lone Star State extending its tough-on-crime bravado to books. But such cases aren t unheard of, and many communities faced with shrinking budgets and rising costs have ordinances calling for fines or even arrest warrants when library property isn t returned. In Texas alone, the issue has cost libraries an estimated $18 million. Jory Enck learned that the hard way. He was arrested for not returning a GED study guide that he checked out three years ago in the Central Texas community of Copperas Cove. Enck declined comment to The Associated Press, but he told the Killeen Daily Herald that he wouldn t set foot in a library again: I think I will probably just purchase a book from Amazon. A Texas state law took effect in September that defines the failure to return library books as theft. The law, which doesn t trump stricter community ordinances, mandates up to a $100 fine per offense. Other states also call for fines or even arrest warrants in such cases, including Iowa where an overduebook offender was jailed for a week Vermont and Maine. In Copperas Cove, about 70 miles northwest of Austin, a 2002 ordinance mandates a $200 fine for each library item that goes unreturned 20 days after a written notice is sent demanding its return. If the fine isn t paid, the municipal court issues a warrant, city spokesman Kevin Keller said. Keller said he didn t know how many people had been jailed on library-related offenses. I was a police officer for 12 years, and while it wasn t a regular daily thing, we had maybe a couple of these a year, he said, adding that he didn t know why Enck s arrest in October got so much attention. In that case, police were called to the 22-year-old s apartment on an unrelated disturbance charge, but officers arrested him after finding a past warrant for the study guide. Enck was released on a $200 bond, requested time-served and returned the book. He said he couldn t do it earlier because he checked it out before beginning a three-year prison term for robbery. Being jailed for absconding with library materials is an uncommon occurrence, but can happen once in a while, said Mark Gould of the Chicago-based American Library Association. But he said there was no accurate count on how many states and communities issue arrest warrants. It s an issue that has cost libraries a lot of money. Nearly 150 libraries in Texas participated in a survey earlier this year that found 966,000 items were checked out long enough to be considered lost, with the total cost exceeding $18.2 million, said Gloria Meraz, a spokeswoman for the Texas Library Association. Among the most notable library-related arrests came in 2011, when a man from Newton, Iowa, served more than a week in jail for failing to return 11 library books and six CDs worth $770. Iowa law classifies failure to return library materials as theft, and the town has a 1993 ordinance, said Sue Padilla, director of the Newton library. Padilla said she saw a spike in returned overdue materials after the arrest. We did notice that some things that had been out for quite a while did suddenly come back, she said. The library hasn t been back to court since that case, she said. She said going to court was a last resort, but that we try to be good stewards of those things that were purchased with taxpayer funds. Other notable cases include police being called to the home of a 4-year-old whose family had racked up more than $80 in overdue fines for four books in Freeport, Pa. Police also visited a family s home in Charlton, Mass., to collect overdue books. Back in Texas, two women in Baytown were arrested following traffic stops in 2006 and 2010, after police discovered they had outstanding warrants for unreturned library books. Indiana-based Unique Management Services is a collection agency that works with more than 1,600 libraries nationwide to recover overdue materials and administer fines and fees. During sluggish economic times, libraries became more anxious than ever to recover unreturned books, said Kenes Bowling, the agency s customer development manager. They feel the budgetary pressure, no doubt, Bowling said. But what we ve seen over the years is that, no matter what the library does, there s still a percentage of folks who need third party encouragement. That includes a woman whose excuse for unreturned books ranks as Bowling s favorite: He said she claimed the leg on her dining room table had broken and the stack of books under it were just right.

13 NEWS IN BRIEF Continued from page 12 3 soldiers killed in Afghan car bomb KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in an eastern district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, killing three service members and wounding six Afghans, officials said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgent group was behind the attack. Television images showed remains of the exploded car in the street, and several armored vehicles stopped nearby. The bomber struck the convoy about a kilometer (half mile) from NATO s Camp Phoenix base, Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanakzai, who reported the Afghan injuries. The International Security Assistance Force didn t provide details on the identities or nationalities of the three service members killed. Twelve coalition troops have died in Afghanistan so far this month including six U.S. soldiers who died in a helicopter crash Dec. 17. So far this year 151 coalition troops have been killed in Afghanistan, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press. China formalizes easing of 1-child policy BEIJING (AP) State media say China s top legislature has sanctioned the ruling Communist Party s decision to allow couples to have a second child if one parent is an only child. It s the first major easing in three decades of the restrictive national birth planning policy. Implemented around 1980, China s birth policy has limited most couples to only one child, but has allowed a second child if neither parent has siblings or if the first born to a rural couple is a girl. The official Xinhua News Agency said the standing committee of the National People s Congress approved a resolution Saturday to formalize the party decision. It says the national lawmaking body has delegated the power to provincial people s congresses and their standing committees to implement the new policy. Venezuelan pres. promotes military rebels CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is promoting several military officers who participated in a failed 1992 rebellion led by the late leader Hugo Chavez. Among those ascending in rank is Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, a former Chavez Interior Minister whom the U.S. has accused of having ties to drug-trafficking rebels in neighboring Colombia. While Maduro lacks Chavez s military background, he s awarded key positions in his government to military officers and raised the salaries of soldiers to cultivate the support of the armed forces. Chavez was jailed following the 1992 coup attempt, but the uprising rocketed him to fame and gave birth to the political movement under whose banner he was elected president in Maduro announced the promotions at an end-of-the-year address to the military on Friday. Judge denies bail in alleged knockout game case HOUSTON (AP) A judge has denied bail for a white Houston-area man charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly sucker-punching a 79-year-old black man in a knockout game -style attack. U.S. Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy said Friday that she was concerned about 27-year-old Conrad Alvin Barrett being free after hearing about the vicious crime. He s charged with a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in federal prison. George Parnham, Barrett s attorney, had argued that the Katy man has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was off his medication when he used his cellphone to record video of the apparently random attack. Prosecutors say the attack happened Nov. 24 in Katy, but it wasn t until 12 days later that authorities connected it to the cellphone video. Barrett was arrested Thursday. Residents still without power frustrated EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Staring at a sixth day without power in a house as cold as a refrigerator, a frustrated John Johnson finally was able to borrow a generator from a neighbor Friday. He never in a million years thought his tree-lined city neighborhood near Michigan State University would be without electricity this long. But it could be Sunday or even the middle of next week before the power is back after a weekend ice storm that tore off tree limbs and snuffed out lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada over the Christmas holiday. Hopefully, I make it through without any frozen pipes until the (utility) gets in here, said Johnson, 63, as he tried setting up the generator to warm up the house above 40 degrees before giving it back to his neighbor. Michigan bore the brunt of the storm as nearly 600,000 homes and businesses lost power, and as of Friday afternoon, about 60,000 customers remained in the dark. Maine reported almost 12,000 outages and in eastern Canada, nearly 62,000 still hadn t had their power restored, including 33,000 in Toronto. (Continued on page 14) samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 13 The snow-covered bell tower of a church is photographed in the village of Bedretto, Ticino, Switzerland, on Friday, Dec (AP Photo/Keystone,Karl Mathis) LBJ Tropical Medical Center Employment Opportunity The Department of Human Resources is accepting applications for the following position. This is an advertisement and applicants will be limited to career employees of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center. Job Title: IS SPECIALIST II Department: INFORMATION SYSTEM Repoorts to: IS MANAGER Summary: The incumbent is responsible for assisting the Manager and the Senior MIS Specialist in the areas of operations management, network services, help desk services and systems administration. Essential Duties and Responsibilities : Manage the LBJ and Internet Server, providing day to day system maintenance. Assist with end user support, including procedures for management and other technical duties as required. Schedule Video Teleconferences and perform routine maintenance of the equipment. Draft/Design forms for the MIS Unit and for LBJ service units in compiling and collecting the data. Develop Web based documents for the Internet and Intranet. Assist senior staff to organiz e and prepare documentation and procedure for the operations of the computer information systems and servers. Develop manuals for operations that include server maintenance, router, configurations, computer applications, and Internet development/usage. Participates in technical training and/or programming training to progress to senior level position Works under the supervision with immediate supervisor for all related tasks and daily activitie s. Perform other duties as assigned and required. Qualifications: Bachelor s Degree in MIS/Computer Science, or other allied field with 2 years work experience preferred. AA degree with 4 years experience in computer or related technical work; exceptional experience will be considered. Demonstrated skills in computer applications and ability to analyze and organize information and tasks. Ability to communicate in writing and orally, bilingual skills desirable. Deadline for filing applications with the LBJ Office of Human Resources will be January 10, :00 p.m. Application forms are available at the Office of Human Resources.

14 Page 14 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Miss International 2013 Bea Santiago waves to the crowd during a Victory Parade at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Friday Dec. 27, Santiago was crowned Miss International 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) NEWS IN BRIEF Tens of thousands of Michigan residents like Johnson are the unlucky ones still waiting. Some have abandoned their homes to stay elsewhere. Others are riding it out, either by choice not wanting to leave pets or unattended houses or because they have nowhere else to go. 1 protester killed in new Thai political violence BANGKOK (AP) Gunmen killed an antigovernment protester and wounded two others in the Thai capital on Saturday, raising fears that the country s deepening political crisis was headed toward sustained violence on the streets of Bangkok. The overnight attack took place close to a protest camp in the city center, according to a government-run medical center. It happened hours after the country s powerful army chief said he didn t want the military dragged into the conflict as some protesters would like, but also refused to rule out the possibility of a coup. A long-running dispute between Thailand s bitterly divided political factions intensified anew in November, raising doubts over the democratic future of the country, which is a major U.S. ally, Southeast Asia s second largest economy and a popular tourist destination. Protesters led by a former deputy prime minister are carrying out a campaign to topple the elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ahead of snap polls on Feb. 2 that most believe will give her a strong mandate. On Thursday, protesters tried to overrun a Bangkok sports stadium where election candidates were gathering to draw lots for their positions on ballots. Cambodian garment workers block traffic over pay PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) Striking workers making shoes and clothes in Cambodia for Western brands blocked roads and briefly scuffled with police on Friday. The workers are demanding a two-fold increase in the minimum wage to $160. The protesters snarled traffic in and around the capital, Phnom Penh, and blocked the entrance to the Labor Ministry. Human rights activist Om Sam Ath said protesters blocking a highway leading to Sihanoukville threw stones at police, who fired into the air. He said four workers were injured, but it was unclear how serious the injuries were. Most of the country s 500 factories have been closed since Thursday, when the manufacturers association urged its members to cease operations, citing the fear of violence. The garment industry employs more than 500,000 people and is Cambodia s biggest export earner. Companies like the country because of its low wages, but there are frequent strikes over pay and conditions. Continued from page 13 China abolishes reeducation labor camps BEIJING (AP) In a step toward rule of law, China s national legislature on Saturday voted to abolish a much-criticized penal system that allowed police to lock up people for up to four years without due process. The standing committee of the National People s Congress adopted a resolution to abolish the reeducation labor system, formalizing a November decision by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, according to the official Xinhua News Agency and the state-run China Central Television. State media said all those serving time in the labor camps will be set free starting Saturday, but the penalties handed out before the abolition should still be considered legitimate, a provision aimed at preventing the victims from suing the state and seeking redress. Established to punish early critics of the Communist Party, the penal system was retooled to focus on petty criminals. In recent years, however, it had been used by local officials to deal with people challenging their authority on issues including land rights and corruption. Saudi Arabia reports 1 more death from new virus RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Saudi Arabia says a 73-year-old man has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 57 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the center of the outbreak. The Health Ministry said that the man died in a Riyadh hospital on Thursday. He was among five newly detected cases, bringing the number to 141 of people who have been infected with the virus since September last year. Three of the new cases are of people who work in the kingdom s health services, it said. The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold. Floods kill 41 people in Brazil SAO PAULO (AP) Brazilian officials say floods and mudslides have killed 41 people and driven close to 70,000 from their homes in two southeastern states. The civil defense department in the state of Minas Gerais says the floods and mudslides caused by more than 10 days of heavy downpours left 18 people dead and forced 9,420 to flee their homes. In Espirito Santo state, officials place the death toll at 23 and say that more than 60,000 were forced to seek shelter in public buildings or the homes of friends and relatives. Troops are helping distribute food, water and medicine in Espirito Santo and Army engineers have been called in to help repair highways, roads and bridges damaged by the floods. tupe o Food Stamp Mai itulau 1 Na taua e le alii faatonusili e faapea, e leai se isi gaioiga a le matagaluega ma le malo e fai pe a na fai e faapea mai le malo feterale, ua tapunia le polokalame ua leai se tupe e faatupe ai. O fea la o le a tatou sulu i ai, o fea fo i tatou te toe maua mai ai se isi vaega tupe tele e toe faaauau ai le polokalame, o le saunoaga lea a le alii faatonusili. E silia i le toa 5,000 le aofa i o tagata o le atunuu o lo o agavaa i le polokalame i le taimi nei, e pei ona faamaonia mai e Taeaoafua. O le vaiaso nei na faalauiloa mai ai e le Ofisa a le DHSS le faaitiitia o penefiti uma o lo o maua e polokalame eseese o lo o i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP), i le aofaiga e 13%, amata atu i le masina o Ianuari O lenei faaiuga e pei ona saunoa Taeaoafua na faavae mai lea ina ua faaitiitia le ta i 5% mai tupe a polokalame eseese o lo o faatautaia e le malo feterale i setete ma teritori a le malo tele, lea e aofia ai ma Amerika Samoa. I se tusi mai le vaega a le malo tele o lo o faatautaia lenei polokalame, i le tofa Taeaoafua i le masina o Novema 2013, sa latou taua ai le aofaiga ua faaitiitia i ai le tupe e faatautaia ai le polokalame, mai le $7,641,666 mo le tausaga tupe fou lenei 2014, mai le aofaiga e $8,034,000 e pei ona malilie i ai i ni talanoaga sa faia i le masina o Iulai. O suiga i tau fou o penefiti o le a maua ma le aofaiga tusai sa i ai o le a faailoa atu i faamaumauga nei O i latou sa maua penefiti ta i $160 o le a faaitiitia i le $139; o i latou sa maua le ta i $128 o le a faaitiitia i le $111; o i latou sa maua le tai $102 o le a faaitiitia i le 89; o i latou sa maua le $82 o le a faaitiitia i le $71, ma i latou sa maua i le tai $64 o le a faaitiitia i le $56 Na faafetaia e Taeaoafua le lagolago a le atunuu e tusa ai o suiga ua faia i tulaga o le polokalame, atoa ai ma lana fautuaga, afai o lo o ia i nisi o lo o faasea i fesuiaiga ua faia, e lelei pe a valaau atu i lona ofisa, pe susu atu foi la te feiloa i ma faailoa mai i ai faamatalaga uma e faatatau i le suiga ua faia. E ui o lo o faasea nisi o le atunuu i le faaitiitia o penefiti mo nei polokalame, peitai o nisi o lo o latou faafetaia le malo tele atoa ai ma le malo o Amerika Samoa, i le maua fua ai o nei auaunaga e fesoasoani ai i aiga lima vaivai. Na taua e se tasi o tootoo e faapea, afai e fuafua i tausaga e tele ua mavae, sa laititi lava se vaega tupe sa mafai ona maua e tagata na agavaa i lenei polokalame e aofia ai ma ia, ae talu mai lava le tausaga e 2010, o iina lea na faia ai se tasi o siitaga tele a le feterale i le polokalame, ma faaopoopo ai le aofaiga e 20% i penefiti uma sa maua e tagata taitasi na agavaa. I totonu o le malo tele o Amerika e pei ona taua i se ripoti mai le AP, o le aso 1 Novema na amata faaititia ai penefiti mo le silia i le toa 47 miliona tagata Amerika o lo o agavaa i lenei polokalame, ma o lea faaitiitiga e mafua mai ina ua maea tupe sa faaopoopo i le taimi na tulai mai ai se vaega tupe fesoasoani mo le tamaoaiga o le atunuu, i le tausaga e Ae mo Amerika Samoa lava ia, e 20% le siitaga sa faia i le masina o Ianuari 2010, ma o lea siitaga na faavae lea i le tulaga maualuga ua i ai le tau o le soifuaga i le atunuu. Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia [email protected] Thievery turns tragic Continued from page 6 lished photos of the boys, showing Eduardo lying on the floor, shirtless, unconscious, bloody. Edwin slumped stunned against a wall, his face bloodied and hands cuffed. Eduardo died four days later at Hospital Escuela, a medical school. Santos calls it a public lynching. The charges were clear: illegal detention, torture leading to death, dereliction of public duty, and a cover-up. The video of Arita s killing and the boys escape went viral after it was broadcast by the media, triggering hundreds of responses on newspaper websites. They are too dangerous to be allowed to live, these people should die, read a typical comment. Video of the beatings was not released. Four months later, there are no arrests. At the correctional center for minors outside Tegucigalpa, Edwin faces eight to 15 years in jail. He will be lucky if he lives that long. A guard said someone who kills a policeman is carrying four planks of wood on his shoulder a dead man walking. But Edwin has left his own legacy. In the town of Ocotepeque, the son of the murdered traffic cop has a new set of dreams. Joaquin, the oldest at 15, dropped out of school to sell paintings for $5 a day, to help the family make ends meet after his father s death. He is nurturing a slow vengeance. When he grows up, he said, I want to be a policeman and kill those gang members.

15 A O FEA O I AI LE TAUSALA Mai itulau 1 a e o le matafaioi tonu lena a le Tausala o le atunuu, o le fesili lea a se tasi o tootoo e le i finagalo e faailoa lona suafa. O le mataupu lenei na vavao ai foi le atunuu i nisi o tausaga ua mavae atu, ma i u ina faaaoga ai e nisi o le atunuu luga o le polokalame a le alii kovana ia Togiola Tulafono i taeao o aso Toona i, e faaleo ai o latou lagona le fiafia i le le faaaogaina o le tausala a le atunuu e faatinoina gaioiga faapenei, ae ua tuu solo i isi tamaitai talavou o le atunuu. Na taua e le afioga i le Sui Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tamaitai ia Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr e faapea, na o o lava fo i ia te ia sa ia fesiligia le mafuaaga na le alu atu ai le Tausala a le atunuu e palu le ava i le feiloaiga sa faia i le aso Lua na te a nei. Saunoa Tapumanaia, a o o loa i sauniga faapenei a le malo, o le tausala o le atunuu e tatau ona ia paluina le ava, ae leai lava se isi tamaitai e tatau ona gafa ma lea matafaioi. E leai so u fa afitauli i le faaaoga o le alo o le afioga a Satele na te paluina le ava, ae talu ai o lo o i ai le tausala a le atunuu, ou te manatu ai lo u sui, e le tatau ona tuu solo ina le galuega a le tausala a le atunuu e fai e isi, aua o le isi lea vaega na mafua ai ona faapaleina o ia i le tofiga o le Tausala o Amerika Samoa, na te faatinoina galuega e atagia atu ai tu ma aga a lona atunuu, o le saunoaga lea a le afioga Tapumanaia, o se alo fo i e faasino i le afioga Satele. Ae na taua e se sui o le Asosi a le MASI lea o lo o tuufaatasia fuafuaga mo le sailia o se Lalelei o Amerika Samoa e faapea, na o o lava fo i ia te ia na faateia ina ua le valaauliaina le tausala a Amerika Samoa na te paluina le ava ae ua tuu atu i le alo o Samoa. Na taua e le sui a le MASI e faapea, ina ua tulai mai le faaletonu lenei i tausaga ua mavae atu, sa latou toe talanoa ai ma le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa e tau faasa o le mataupu, ma malilie ai loa le Ofisa o le a valaaulia lava le Tausala o le atunuu na te paluina ava i soo se faagaioiga a le malo, ae foliga mai ua avea le suia o le faigamalo atoa ai ma le suia o le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa ma itu ua le toe amanaia ai le Tausala o le atunuu. O le a la le aoga na fai ai le Tausala a Amerika Samoa pe afai ua tau saili solo mai i tulimanu e fia o Amerika Samoa se tausala na te paluina le ava, afai loa o le tulaga lea o le a alu ai faagaioiga a le malo aemaise ai le faatauaina o le tatou Tausala, e sili ai loa pe a taofi le toe faaaogaina o le tausala a le atunuu i le faatinoina i galuega faapenei, ae pule lava le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa i le tausala e paluina le ava, o le saunoaga lea o le sui a le MASI. E foliga mai ua fai faakegi kegi auala e faatino ai galuega a le malo i tulaga faapenei, ma ua aveese ai le faatauaina o le Tausala a le atunuu na filifilia, ae ua fai lava i luga o le fia faaalialia ma le manao vale, o le isi lea faasea a le tootoo. Na taua e le sui lea o le MASI, e leai lava se isi tausala i totonu o le atunuu e agavaa i le faatinoina o tiute tauave faavaomalo mo Amerika Samoa, ua na o le tausala lava a Amerika Samoa ua faapaleina ma avatu i ai le faaeaea, o ia e fai ma Amapasa mo Amerika Samoa i le Pasefika ma le lalolagi, e ala i le faalauiloaina atu lea o tu ma agaifanua o lo o ola ma soifua ai tagata i totonu o Amerika Samoa. Ou te matua talitonu, e na o le Tausala lava a Amerika Samoa e alaga tatau ona ia faatinoina gaioiga faapenei faavaomalo, ae le tatau ona faia ese isi lava tausala i le atunuu, o le saunoaga lea a le sui o le MASI. E pei ona silafia, o le tamaitaia ia Eleitino Tuiasosopo lea ua faapaleina e avea ma Tausala o Amerika Samoa mo le tausaga 2013/2014. samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 15 Nisi o tamaitai faigaluega a le Matagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tamaitai i le aso na faauuina ai i latou e toa 40 ua maua tusi pasi i le gaosiina o le Elei, lea e pei ona faatautaia i le Fale Samoa i le malae o le Suigaula a le Atuvasa i Utulei i le aso Gafua na tea nei. [ata: AF] CHANNEL * (E) English Subtitles 47 * (L)-Live Programming/News * (R)-Rerun *Note: If you need this Schedule, <[email protected]>. and I will send it to you every wee k! TRUTH of DOKDO! < < NATIONAL PACIFIC INSURANCE LIMITED Working with the Community TEL: FAX:

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