Gov re-nominates Tim Jones as TEO director Appellate Division overturns the Le i title decision Steelers Ta amu on the road to redemption 5 3 B1 Following the emergency cabinet meeting held yesterday, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga was surprised with two birthday cakes, one from his wife, First Lady Cynthia Moliga, the other from the Governor s Office Staff. See story in today s issue about the emergency cabinet meeting. [Photo: AF] online @ samoanews.com C Y M K La u i le lapisi i Futiga ni isi o oloa a le TM Inc. 10 Daily Circulation 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Tuesday, August 13, 2013 $1.00 Emergency cabinet meeting over DOE sanitation crisis by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu, Samoa News Reporter Following the delay of the new school year for the Department of Education, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga called an Emergency Cabinet meeting at his office yesterday, to mandate directors and agency heads to participate full force in the Adopt-A School initiative. Last week, DOE Director, Vaitinasa Dr Salu Hunkin-Finau moved to delay the starting of school, following the Department of Health inspection of the schools on sanitation issues in the cafeterias, restrooms and classrooms. Public schools are now slated to open on Monday, August 19, 2013 said Vaitinasa. Of the 46 private and public schools, ten public and two private schools have been cited for sanitation problems. Dr. Hunkin- Finau stated that They (DOH) looked at the cafeterias, bathrooms and total grounds including the classrooms; it s not just bathrooms and cafeterias, which are in a much more critical condition, and these issues need to be addressed right this moment. The DOE Director is appealing to members of the public, village councils, businesses, associations, churches and organizations to lend a helping and help with the cleaning and renovation of the classrooms of each school nearby. (Continued on page 14) DoH inspector, store owner deny allegations of bribery DoH inspects T.M. Inc. for 3 straight days by Samoa News Staff For three days straight, inspectors from the Department of Health s Environmental Health Services Division were busy conducting inspections at T.M. Inc. in Pago Pago. The inspections are believed to be in response to the photos and story published last Saturday, August 10 in the Samoa News- To asavili about T.M. Inc. allegedly bribing DoH inspectors to look the other way and bypass inspections, as they sell contaminated frozen foods. Yesterday morning, the store owner, a Chinese man named Mu, was accompanied by a female Samoan employee to the Samoa News office where he thanked us for publishing the stories and photos. Mu has numerous businesses and says he usually isn t around to witness the day-to-day business activities at T.M. Inc. He said that since the Samoa News article about his store was published last Saturday, he has had to fire one employee the meat cutter and has made every effort to ensure his frozen food products are safe for consumption and the containers are up to par with DoH standards. Mu reported that inspectors visited his store on Saturday, Sunday, and even yesterday, where DoH Director Tuileama Nua was present. A Samoa News employee, who was present during yesterday s inspection, reports Tuileama instructed the store employees to discard the items discovered to be unsafe for consumption. Later in the day, the condemned items were loaded on to a van owned by Mu. A DoH representative was in the van as it headed off to begin the process of trashing the items, which starts with a written report prepared by DoH. Under local law, business owners are responsible for paying all costs associated with the dumping of contaminated goods, even transportation. Last Wednesday, Samoa News witnessed a refrigerated container full of frozen food products being unloaded in front of T.M. Inc. A Samoa News source had reported the container was being unloaded because two DoH inspectors stopped by earlier that day to take photos of the contents. The inspectors told the employees to clean the container out. (Continued on page 14) C Y M K Department of Health inspections under the supervision of DoH Director Tuileama Nua and head of the DoH Environmental Services Division Papalii Marion Fitisemanu are believed to be in response to the photos and story published last Saturday, August 10th in the Samoa News/To asavili, about T.M. Inc. The story alleged that DoH inspectors were bribed to look the other way and bypass issuance of citations, while the contaminated frozen foods were still sold. However, over the weekend, multiple visits by DoH resulted in the condemned items being loaded on to a van owned by the store owner and with a DoH representative present in the van, it headed off to dump the items. [Photo: AF]
Page 2 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Lawmakers requesting budget details on LBJ before Fono convenes (ANSWER on page 14) STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver It was Napoleon Bonaparte who made the following sage observation: Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. In 2006, an 87-year-old Oregon man, Marty Alvey, lost nearly all his sight, due (unsurprisingly) to age-related causes. This is not noteworthy. However, three years later, the same man became faint and dizzy, so he called 911. He began to feel better on the ambulance ride to the hospital, but he wanted to be checked out anyway. By the time the doctor made it to his room, Alvey s sight had been restored. Even after thorough examinations by two ophthalmologists, no cause was found. If you re pregnant in Switzerland, don t tell anyone the name you plan to give your baby; it s considered to bring bad luck. Smugglers will never stop trying to find creative ways to transport illicit goods from one part of the world to another. In 2009, a German man tried to smuggle 44 lizards out of New Zealand in his underwear; it seems that he had sewn special pockets in his undergarments specifically for the creatures. If a frog eats too many fireflies, it will begin to glow. You ve probably heard or seen pictures of bioluminescent lagoons, but the bacteria that cause this phenomenon are not limited to small bays and inlets. In fact, there is a bioluminescent patch of ocean to be found off the horn of Africa. Patch may not be quite the right word to describe it, though; the area that glows is the same size as the state of Connecticut. You might be surprised to learn that the sweatiest part of the human body is not the armpits; it s the palms of the hands. Thought for the Day I hate women because they always know where things are. Voltaire by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent A handful of individual lawmakers have made a direct request to the LBJ Medical Center management to provide full details of the medical center s proposal of more than $52 million for their fiscal year 2014 budget. The budget document submitted last month from LBJ was only two pages. The lawmakers are hoping to get the information this week before the Fono reconvenes next Monday following a three-week mid session recess. It s unclear why the FY 2014 LBJ budget was submitted without details but Samoa News has learned from a handful of lawmakers they have already made their own direct request to LBJ management for full details, especially when the FY 2014 budget has a huge increase, compared to FY 2013. It s understood the Fono leadership has also made a direct request to the administration for more details on the LBJ budget. According to the information found on the two-page budget, LBJ is proposing a budget of $52.57 million, compared to $35.51 million approved for FY 2013. In the revenue column, the largest source listed is $11.46 million in Medicaid Funding; followed by $7.90 million in Interior Department funds; $7.89 million under the Obama Affordable Care Act; $7.82 million from Medicaid; $6 million in ASG subsidy; $5.03 million in revenue to be collected at the business office; $3.5 million to be collected under the 2% payroll tax; $2.51 million in federal grants; and only $439,000 from the fuel excise tax. Information in the documents sent to the Fono didn t provide details of how much in every revenue source LBJ has collected so far in FY 2013. The ASG subsidy is a $2 million hike from FY 2013 and Lolo had told the Fono this additional subsidy qualifies the hospital for an additional $2 million from Medicaid funds yielding $4 million in new revenue to finance healthcare services. For expenditures, personnel services is the highest expenditure at $28.31 million, followed by materials and supplies with $14.18 million; $5.78 million in capital equipment and the rest for travel, all others and contractual services. The missing documents would provide specific details of spending as well as other purposes. It should also show in budget details as to whether the hospital is allocating any funds in FY 2014 to restart the off-island medical referral program which has not been fully active for more than three years due to the lack of funding. As in past budget hearings, lawmakers are expected to question LBJ officials over pay-scale of professional medical personnel such as doctors and nurses, versus pay for top management of LBJ. Also expected to be questioned by the Fono is the amount of money LBJ is proposing to collect from the 2% payroll tax, and specifically how much the hospital has received so far this year from this revenue source. Feds declare disaster for Florida s oyster industry TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Nearly a year after the state first asked for help, federal officials are declaring a fishery disaster for Florida s oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The collapse of the oyster industry last year came after a drought reduced freshwater flowing into Apalachicola Bay. But state officials have also blamed the lack of freshwater flow due to increased consumption in Georgia. The declaration by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker sets the stage for possible help from the federal government if Congress approves it. That aid could include economic assistance to fishing businesses and communities, including oystermen. We understand the economic significance this historic oyster fishery has for fishermen and related businesses in the Panhandle of Florida, Pritzker said in a statement. The announcement comes a day before both U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson are scheduled to be in Apalachicola for a field hearing by the Senate Commerce Committee. The committee will take testimony about the impact of water flows in the bay. The Apalachicola River that flows into the bay is part of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint river system. The states of Alabama, Georgia and Florida have fought for years over the amount of freshwater coming downstream from Georgia to the other states. Gov. Rick Scott first requested a fishery disaster declaration back in September 2012. He called on Congress to act swiftly to approve aid for the region now that the federal declaration had been made. Last year the state obtained a $2.7 million federal grant to pay 200 dislocated oystermen for a project to re-shell the bay in the Florida Panhandle to help it recover and re-open to harvesting.
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 3 Appellate Div. overturns Le i title decision Says Land and Titles court did not have jurisdiction by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu Samoa News Reporter The Appellate Division of the High Court has overturned the previous order by Land and Titles Court in the matter of the Chiefly Title Le i, which was awarded to Nu utai Sonny Thompson, from Ofu Manu a. According to the ten-page order and opinion issued last week, the Appeals Court says the Lands and Titles Court erred when it retained jurisdiction over the instant case after specifically finding there had not been a meaningful family meeting prior to Nu utai s filing of his petition for matai registration, which is why the Appellate court s opinion is limited to discussing the issue of jurisdiction presented. Nu utai is represented by Matailupevao Leupolu, while Leutu Segila Vaeao is represented by Sharron Rancourt in this matter. Attorneys for Nu utai told Samoa News they have filed a motion for an expedited status hearing at the Trial Court following this decision. However, the court has not yet set a date on the said motion for a status hearing when this matter will be determined as to its next step. The Appellate court noted in their order and opinion, they found Nu utai s selection at the Tutuila family meeting was procedurally wanting because it was neither convened in accordance with family tradition nor was it adequately publicized or noticed. After concluding the meeting as convened did not provide a meaningful family decision, as contemplated by statute, the trial court, rather than dismissing the judicial proceedings (without prejudice) in deference to traditional family sway and control, nonetheless retained jurisdiction by remanding the matter to the family to hold another meeting in Ofu, to select a matai either Vaeao or Nu utai. By doing so, the trial court effectively stifled any further opportunity for unfettered clan input on the issue of matai nominations. Thus, those family members who were not able to attend the prior and inadequately noticed Tutuila meeting were effectively curtailed unduly from meaningful participation in the selection process, because they had no say whatsoever as to nominations for family discussion. The trial court undeniably injected its process into the Le i family s meeting by delimiting the agenda, says the order and opinion. The Appellate court noted in their view, the trial court s purported retention of jurisdiction was in error because unless and until a family has had a meaningful opportunity to thoroughly confront the issue of matai succession and to decide for itself whether or not it can select a new titleholder, the Land and Titles Division really has no business entertaining matai title cases. According to the opinion and order, although the Le i family did subsequently convene as a family at a neutral setting of the family s traditional guest house site in Ofu, the family nonetheless was convened not according to its customary protocols, but under direct supervision and control of the Lands and Titles Division as to whom the clans were authorized to consider as the next matai. The Appropriate action for the Lands and Titles Division to undertake after determining the family meeting was improperly conducted, is to dismiss the case without prejudice and to direct the Clerk of Courts to provide the order to the Territorial Registrar so that all existing claims, counterclaims, and objections to the title may be administratively set aside. Such a court will result in a clean slate and will be conducive to providing the Le i family with a meaningful opportunity for family discussion on the selection of a successor titleholder. The Appellate court noted, based on the foregoing, they vacate all orders issued on the Le i title and remand this matter for further proceedings consistent with the opinion and order. The Opinion and Order was signed by Chief Justice Michael Kruse, Associate Justice John L Ward II, Acting Associate Justice Elvis Pila Patea and Associate Judges Fa amausili Pomele and Muasau Tasina To ofili. Job Title: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (2) Department/Division: Governor Office/Vocational Rehabilitation Type position: Full Time/Permanent General Description: Under supervision performs professional rehabilitation services int he areas of in-take, evaluation, and eligibility determination, provision of service related to counseling, guidance, training, and medic al restoration, and provides job development and/or job placement. Is responsible for a caseload and performs all duties related to casework and fiscal-related matters. Serve as liaison with public ag encies and private firms in the community where they are placed. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Exercise independent judgments to determine client s eligibility for service extent and nature of their disability, and their need for and the feasibility of Collects analyzes and inters medical, psychological, educational, social and employment information regarding each client. Assists clients in determining appropriate vocational goal, Prescribe and interprets standardized tests for use in vocational guidance, and assists the client i n making a feasible vocational rehabilitation choice. Counsel and assists clients with their personal adjustment thrughout the rehabilitation program. Arranges for medical treatment, including surgery, psychiatric care, occupational and physical therapy, prosthetic appliances and other auxiliary service. Consults with psychiatrists and physicians regarding finding of their examination. Through a comprehensive study of the client s background, determines specific needs and helps develop rehabilitation plans to remediate these needs. Plan and arranges for courses of study or training and supervises the applicant s training program. Markets to employers in developing employment opportunities and place client to include postemployment follow-up. Counsels and guides the client in establishment of small business enterprises and supervises the selection and financing of business needs. Assess client s financial ability to participate in their rehabilitation program. As requested, serves as consultant to representative of public and private entities in relation to issues surrounding person with disabilities. Maintains appropriate case records and authorized fiscal expenditures. Ensure that case service are provided on a timely and appropriate basis to client. Ensure appropriate and prudent stewardship of public fund. Acts as an advocate for person with disabilities. Responsible for negotiating and meeting performance goal. Discharge other duties as assigned. All other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Knowledge Skill and Ability: Good oral and written communication and organizational skill Knowledge and understanding of principle and techniques of guidance Knowledge of individual differences in people, and of the principles of individual appraisal. Knowledge of interviewing, occupational testing, and the evaluation of personal traits. Knowledge f personality development and adjustment. Knowledge of psychology of occupations, including concepts of aptitude, motivation and need. Knowledge of areas of community resources ordinarily available to increase the employability of the disabled. Ability to effectively utilize the proceeding skills knowledge and abilities as evidenced by previou s employment history, and/or education, and by an oral interview Academic and Experience Requirements: A Master s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and/or a current Certification (CRC) as a Rehabilitation Counseling by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification is preferred for this position. Bachelor degree will be considered if the incumbent is willing to towards a Master Degree Rehabilitation Counseling of progressively responsible working experience may be substituted for portion of the of the academic requirement. Salary will be adjusted according to experience. Complete information concerning this vacancy may be obtained from the Personnel Division of the Department of Human Resources, or please contact the Recruitment unit at 633-4485/633-4000. Fa afetai tele, AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Posting Date: August 09, 2013 Closing Date: August 22, 2013 Posting Type: E mployment Opportunity/Open to Public An Equal Opportunity Employer Serial No.: 055-13 Announcement No.: 047-13 Pay Grade and Salary Range: GS 11/$11,889 - $30,719.00 NOTE: Re-advertisement due to limited numbers of prospective candidate application. HTC Le i Sonny Thompson Director, Department of Human Resources
Page 4 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Study concludes that citizenship can thrive in American Samoa a Full legal analysis suggests that citizenship would t harm the territory San Francisco, August 12, 2013 While the case of Tuaua v. United States has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the case for citizenship for American Samoans continues. A former Assistant Attorney General, Sean Morrison, has just completed a law review article examining the question in depth. It will be published in the October issue of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. The article, Foreign in a Domestic Sense: American Samoa and the Last U.S. Nationals, does the first thorough legal analysis of citizenship and its impact on the territory. It comes at an important time, as the debate is ongoing regarding citizenship. While the D.C. Court dismissed the case, it did not look into the full range of issues raised by the arguments, instead leaving the decision to Congress. Rep. Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin has introduced legislation in Congress calling on a federally authorized referendum on the question. Morrison s article comes to three important and surprising conclusions. First, the D.C. District Court s decision was driven by an ambiguous definition of United States, which Morrison s article shows to be a misguided method. As such, the court does have the power to determine citizenship for American Samoa through a series of early 20th Century Supreme Court decisions known as the Insular Cases. Second, citizenship in this context is not a fundamental right but is still applicable to American Samoa. Third, and most important, citizenship for American Samoans would not change the political status of the territory in any way, and would probably leave the fa asamoa untouched. Every commission, report, and argument regarding citizenship in American Samoa has always ended with the request for a legal opinion on its effects on the culture and status of the territory, explained Morrison. But for over a century that analysis has never been done, and a lot of fear and confusion remains about the topic. I just examined whether citizenship could apply to the territory, and whether it would be harmful to the cultural system. Such conclusions leave a future court, or the territory, with a solid analysis with which to determine the citizenship issue. I hope that this article will help the people of American Samoa make an informed decision regarding citizenship, by presenting an exhaustive, unbiased analysis of what would actually happen were citizenship to be applied, said Morrison. In all reality, it s not that scary, and life in the islands would not change. The article will appear in the October issue of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Mr. Morrison s article is original, thoughtful, and proffers a unique approach to citizenship for American Samoans that is both grounded in law and sensitive to American Samoa culture, said Dustin C. Ingraham, Editor in Chief of the Quarterly. We are honored and delighted that Mr. Morrison has chosen to publish his scholarship with the Quarterly and we look forward to its inclusion in our forty first volume. Sean Morrison was an Assistant Attorney General for the American Samoa Government until the end of 2012. He is currently President of Megerson Holdings, LLC. The Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly is the country s oldest law journal devoted exclusively to constitutional law. The Quarterly is published four times yearly by the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Those interested may read an advanced, unofficial, unedited copy of the article at the Social Science Research Network: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2255231 photo caption correction APOLOGY TO FA ASAO MARIST HIGH SCHOOL In yesterday s front page photo caption of the Department of Agriculture (DoA) staff following their clean up of Fa asao Marist High School last Friday, Samoa News incorrectly included in the caption, this high school was one of several of the territory s schools cited by the Health Department, after inspections last week, for unsanitary conditions... Fa asao Marist High School was never cited by DoH inspectors. FMHS principal Victor Langkilde said yesterday that Fa asao Marist was not cited as one of the schools for unsanitary conditions. Fa aao Marist High School was already painted, repaired, and cleaned within its facilities when DoA arrived. DOA s work was only outside on the campus grounds and proposed programs for the new school year. Samoa News apologizes to its readers and to FMHS for its mistake. The soil is exposed at the site of a landslide in Baguio city as powerful typhoon Utor batters the northern Philippines Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across mountains, cities and food-growing plains. The storm killed at least one man in a landslide and left 45 fishermen missing. Typhoon Utor, described as the strongest globally so far this year, slammed ashore in mountainous eastern Aurora province with sustained winds of 175 kilometers (109 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 210 kph (130 mph). (AP Photo) NEWS IN BRIEF Petition backs Manning 10 exposed to radiation for Nobel Peace Prize AT Japanese nuclear plant OSLO, Norway (AP) Nobel Prize committee officials say they have received a petition Japan s crippled nuclear plant were exposed IWAKI, Japan (AP) Ten workers at claiming some 100,000 signatures that endorses Monday to small amounts of radiation while awarding the peace prize to U.S. soldier Bradley conducting cleanup activities, the plant s operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it is Manning, who faces up to 90 years in prison for disclosing classified information through still investigating how the workers were contaminated at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear WikiLeaks. Peace laureate Mairead Maguire nominated power plant, but that it may have been from Army Pfc. Manning for the prize in June, saying radioactive dust. It said small amounts of radiation were found on the workers faces and hair. his leaks had helped end the war in Iraq by hastening foreign troop withdrawals and dissuading A powerful earthquake and tsunami destroyed further American intervention in the Middle East. power and cooling systems at the plant in March U.S. anti-war activist Norman Solomon 2011, causing the release of large amounts of gave the petition on Monday to Nobel committee member Asle Toje, who said the annually cool the reactors, and the plant has been plagued radiation. Makeshift equipment is being used to awarded $1 million Nobel Prizes are not a popularity contest and the petition would neither Volcano spews more hot by blackouts and leaks of contaminated water. weaken nor strengthen Manning s nomination. ash, lava in east Indonesia The last jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner was MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) A volcano Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010. spewed more hot ash and lava on a tiny Indonesian island Monday after causing six deaths Obama orders creation of intelligence review group over the weekend. More than 500 Palue island EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) President residents who had earlier refused to leave the Barack Obama is directing his national intelligence director to form a panel of outside experts Mount Rokatenda have been evacuated to 3-kilometer (1.9-mile) exclusion zone around to review government intelligence and communications technologies. Mauboi, an official at a disaster command post. the neighboring island of Flores, said Mutiara It s one of the reforms Obama promised last The bodies of two children who were among week to help instill public confidence in U.S. six people killed by lava as they slept early Saturday have not been recovered. surveillance programs exposed by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. There is no more searching for the victims. In a memorandum Obama signed Monday The main activity now is evacuation, Mauboi and released by the White House, he asks intelligence director James Clapper to empanel out- All of the residents in eight villages on Palue said from her office in the town of Maumere. side experts to review U.S. surveillance technologies, particularly how the government can The eruptions were smaller Monday but the have to be moved gradually. maintain the public trust and how such surveillance affects foreign policy at a time when more continues to release hot gas clouds, said gov- potential danger was high because the volcano and more information is becoming public. ernment volcanologist Surono, who uses only Obama requested an interim report within 60 one name like many Indonesians. Molten lava days, and a final report and recommendations by and ash have covered most of Palue, an island mid-december. in East Nusa Tenggara province with only a The memo was released as Obama vacationed on Martha s Vineyard. (Continued on page 4-kilometer radius. 6) Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local & federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, Am. Samoa 96799. Contact us by Telephone at (684) 633-5599 Contact us by Fax at (684) 633-4864 Contact us by Email at samoanews@samoatelco.com Normal business hours are Mon. thru Fri. 8am to 5pm. Permission to reproduce editorial and/or advertisements, in whole or in part, is required. Please address such requests to the Publisher at the address provided above.
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 5 Governor Lolo re-nominates Tim Jones as director for TEO confident he can lead us into renewable energy future by Fili Sagapolutele Samoa News Correspondent Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga says Timothy D. Jones Sr. as the director of the Territorial Energy Office can place the territory in a future that will be less reliant on fossil fuel, and Jones is already working on renewable energy for Tutuila and the Manu a island group. The governor made the argument in his recent letter to Fono leaders re-nominating Jones as TEO director for the next four years. Lolo s first nomination of Jones was rejected during the Fono s 1st Regular Session when the nominee failed to muster enough yes votes in the Senate to be confirmed, although Jones was endorsed by the House. In his renomination letter, Lolo pointed out that during his tenure as acting director, Jones has displayed the kind of drive and initiative I am looking for in this administration. For example, he says, after years of not working very well together, the American Samoa Power Authority and TEO have finally forged a partnership which is showing tangible results. Jones has taken the lead in revitalizing the American Samoa Renewable Energy Council and is now chair of the Council, which has developed an Energy Action Plan and is near to being completed with a Renewable Energy Strategic Plan, Lolo explained. Initiatives are underway to deliver fully renewable energy resources to Manu a and to begin the search for geothermal energy for Tutuila, the governor said. I am confident that Mr. Jones can manage the Territorial Energy Office into a future where we become less reliant on costly fossil fuels and more reliant on renewable energy. Lolo also shared with the Fono that Jones has many years of experience in the energy field, having served as a Senior Engineer in the U.S. Navy, worked as an operator for Bechtel North American Power at their 18MW cogeneration plant in California and served as utilities manager for the former COS Samoa Packing cannery. More recently he was general manager of Hawthorne Machinery in American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga and for the last 10-years, he has owned and operated his own small business, Extreme Power Inc., said Lolo. In closing the governor asked the Fono for their support in confirming Jones as TEO director. The Fono reconvenes next Monday following a three-week midsession recess. The fiscal year 2014 budget is one of the priority items for lawmakers followed by confirmation hearings for director-nominees. Jones told Samoa News in June that American Samoa has an aggressive plan to reduce the territory s dependence on diesel for electricity through the use of renewable energy, which includes a geothermal project at an estimated cost of more than $2 million with drilling to begin next year, according to a government official. Geothermal is planned for Tutuila, while the Manu a island group will be completely off diesel fuel except as a back up by October 2016 and will use solar panels with installation to begin before the end of this year, the nominee said. Notice for Proposed Registration of Matai Title NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 6.0105 of the Revised Code of American Samoa that a claim of succession which has been filed with the Territorial Registrar s office for the registration of the Matai Title TUPUOLA of the village of FAGASA by LANISELOTA M. SOPOAGA of the village of FAGASA, county of ITUAU, EASTERN District. THE TERRITORIAL REGISTRAR is satisfied that the claim, petition by the family and certificate of the village chiefs are in proper form. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone so desiring must file his counterclaim, or objection to the registration of this matai title with the Territorial Registrar Office before the expiration of 60 days from the date of posting. If no counterclaim, nor any objection is filed by the expiration of said 60 days, the matai title TUPUOLA shall be registered in the name of LANISELOTA M. SOPOAGA in accordance with the laws of American Samoa. POSTED: JULY 10, 2013 thru SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar Fa aaliga o le Fia Fa amauina o se Suafa Matai O le fa aaliga lenei ua faasalalauina e tusa ma le Maga 6.0105 o le tusi tulafono a Amerika Samoa, e pei ona suia, ona o le talosaga ua faaulufaleina mai i le Ofisa o le Resitara o Amerika Samoa, mo le fia faamauina o le suafa matai o TUPUOLAI o le nu u o FAGASA e LANISELOTA M. SOPOAGA o FAGASA faalupega o ITUAU, falelima i SASA E. Ua taliaina e le Resitara lea talosaga, faatasi ma le talosaga a le aiga faapea ma le tusi faamaonia mai matai o lea nu u, ma ua i ai nei i teuga pepa a lea ofisa. A i ai se tasi e faafinagaloina, ia faaulufaleina sana talosaga tete e, po o sana faalavelave tusitu sia i le Ofisa o Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na faalauiloa ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai o lea leai se talosaga tete e, po o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea faamauina loa lea suafa matai i le igoa o LANISELOTA M. SOPOAGA e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono a Amerika Samoa. 07/13 & 08/13/13 NOW SERVING BREAKFAST OPENS at 6:00AM MON-SAT The Oasis for Lunch NEW SPECIALS EVERY DAY PLUS SANDWICHES LOCAL GROWN SALADS BURGERS FISH N CHIPS DAILY SPECIALS FINE DINING MONDAY-SATURDAY 5-10PM PRIVATE PARTY & BANQUET ROOMS AVAILABLE BAR & RESTAURANT MON thru SAT 6AM-2AM TELEPHONE @ 699-6231 LOCATED IN SAMOA SPORTS BUILDING, AIRPORT RD Prince Charles now facing political meddling claims LONDON (AP) Prince Charles has had 36 private meetings with British Cabinet ministers in the last three years, a newspaper revealed Monday, and the large number has spurred accusations that the heir to the throne is meddling in politics. The Daily Mail compiled a list of the meetings from public records. They include seven with Prime Minister David Cameron since the May 2010 election. The heir to the throne is expected to be politically neutral, but 64-year-old Charles has expressed strong opinions on issues including education, architecture, religion, the environment, organic food and homeopathy. The meetings included seven with ministers responsible for energy and climate change and five with environment ministers. In an editorial, the usually pro-royal Daily Mail accused Charles of a campaign of meddling. By lobbying ministers behind closed doors, the prince appears to be using his position to manipulate policy, the newspaper said. Charles office said Monday that the prince had a duty to bring his unique perspective and experience into meetings with officials. It said the meetings were part of Charles preparations for becoming monarch, and that he contributed important insights, perspectives and knowledge built over 40 years of experience in a range of areas aimed at transforming lives and building sustainable communities. Britain s constitutional monarch has no political power, but meets regularly with prime ministers and other senior politicians to talk about events of the day. In contrast to her son, 87-yearold Queen Elizabeth II has not publicly expressed personal opinions. This is not the first time concerns have been raised about Charles political activities. The government and the High Court have blocked a years-long bid by the Guardian newspaper to force the disclosure of the prince s letters to government officials. Attorney General Dominic Grieve said last year that the particularly frank letters reflect Charles personal views and might give Britons the impression that their future monarch is not politically neutral. NOTICE OF FORCLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to A.S.C.A. 37.1105, that ANZ GUAM, INC. dba ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank intends to foreclose a mortgage, recorded in the Office of the Territorial Registrar in Lease Agreement, Volume Number LT 7 at page 144-145 on January 20, 2010, and that the property subject to the mortgage will be sold at public auction. Property to be Sold : All of the mortgagor s interest in that certain parcel of individually owned bare land, consisting of approximately 0.484 acre, more or less, situated in the village of Vaitogi, American Samoa and more particularly described as: All of that certain tract or parcel of land being a portion of land known as LALOGATAE, located in land square 31, Unit C, Village of Vaitogi, County of Tualauta, Western District, Island of Tutuila, Territory of American Samoa and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at an iron point which has coordinates of X=239334.46 and Y=277851.46 based on American Samoa Datum of 1962. Run thence on azimuth 240 degrees 58 48, 106.09.0 feet to a point; thence on azimuth 316 degrees 55 21, 243.44 feet to a point; thence on azimuth 43 degrees 43 10, 47.49 feet to a point, thence on azimuth Containing of an area 0.484 acre more or less. Date of Sale : Friday, September 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the property, unless postponed or canceled by public announcement. Location : The property is located in Vaitogi, American Samoa. Minimum Bid : $65,000 Contact : For more information about this property, please contact Barry I. Rose at the Law Offices of Rose Joneson Vargas, telephone number 699-2100, facsimile number 699-2105, or send an email message to barry@rjvlaw.com. ANZ GUAM, Inc. dba ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank reserves the right to reject any and all offers.
Page 6 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 A portion of a building rests in a sinkhole Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Clermont, Fla. The sinkhole, 40 to 50 feet in diameter, opened up overnight and damaged three buildings at the Summer Bay Resort. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Sinkhole swallows part of resort villa in Florida CLERMONT, Fla. (AP) It sounded like a fully open the door to her unit. thunderstorm as windows broke and the ground It sounded like popcorn, said Moreno, shook, but vacationers who were awakened who was visiting with her husband, daughter from their rooms at a villa near Orlando, Fla., and two grandchildren. The building was just soon realized that the building was starting to snapping. collapse parts of it swallowed by a 100-foot Luis Perez also was staying at a nearby sinkhole that also endangered two neighboring building. He said he was in his room when the resort buildings. lights went off around 11:30 p.m. He said he was By early Monday, nearly a third of the structure at Summer Bay Resort had collapsed. All saw firefighters and police outside. on his way to the front desk to report it when he 105 guests staying in the villa were evacuated, I started walking toward where they were at, as were those in the neighboring buildings. No and you could see the building leaning, and you injuries were reported. The villa, with 24 threestory units, was reported as a total loss. said Perez, 54, of New Jersey. could see a big crack at the base of the building, Inspectors remained on the scene Monday Over the next five hours, sections of the afternoon to determine whether the other two building sank into the ground. Paul Caldwell, buildings near the sinkhole a common occurrence in Florida would be safe to re-enter. gave all affected guests other rooms. Some visi- the development s president, said the resort The first sign of trouble came about 10:30 tors many of whom had to leave their wallets, purses and other belongings behind in the p.m. Sunday. Security guard Richard Shanley had just started his shift, and he heard what quick evacuation were given cash advances sounded like shouting from a building. by Summer Bay. A guest flagged him down to report that a The Red Cross also distributed food, clothing window had blown out. Shanley reported it to and medicines to vacationers who had lost their management, and another window popped. The belongings in their resort rooms. resort s staff decided to evacuate the villa. There were no signs before Sunday that a Shanley said the building seemed to sink by sinkhole was developing, Caldwell said. He said 10 to 20 inches and bannisters began to fall off the resort underwent geological testing when the building as he ran up and down three floors it was built about 15 years ago, showing the trying to wake up guests. One couple with a baby ground to be stable. on the third floor couldn t get their door open and Caldwell said he was awaiting further had to break a window to get out, he said. inspections to determine any damage to the It s a scary situation, Shanley said, and second and third buildings. The resort with guests credited him with saving lives by knocking condominiums, two-bedroom villas and vacation houses in addition to standard rooms has on doors to awaken them. Inside, they heard what sounded like thunder and then the storm of water, about 900 units spread over a large area about as if it were a storm. Evacuation took about 10 to 10 miles west of Walt Disney World. It is set on 15 minutes, according to staff and witnesses. a secluded 64-acre lake. Amy Jedele heard screams coming from one of Problems with sinkholes are ongoing in the adjacent buildings around 10:30 p.m., and several minutes later, the sounds of sirens. She and damage in the state annually. On March 1, a Florida. They cause millions of dollars in her fiance, Darren Gade, went outside. That s sinkhole underneath a house in Seffner, about when you could hear the pops and the metal, the 60 miles southwest of the Summer Bay Resort, concrete and the glass breaking, she said. swallowed a man who was in his bed. His body The first portions of the building to sink were was never recovered. the walkways and the elevator shaft, Gade said. But such fatalities and injuries are rare, and You could see the ground falling away from most sinkholes are small. They are caused by the building where the building started leaning, Florida s geology the state sits on limestone, Gade said. People were in shock to see a structure of that size just sink into the ground slowly. a layer of clay on top. The clay is thicker in a porous rock that easily dissolves in water, with... You could see the stress fractures up the side some locations, making them even more prone of the structure getting wider. to sinkholes. Then, as a part of the leaning building crumbled quickly into the ground, dust shot up around federal grant to study the state s vulnerability Last week, Florida received a $1.08 million the site, amateur video of the collapse shows. to sinkholes. Other states sit atop limestone in In one of the adjacent buildings, firefighters a similar way, but Florida has additional factors like extreme weather, development, aquifer and police officers knocking on doors woke up Maggie Moreno of San Antonio. She couldn t pumping and construction. NEWS IN BRIEF Continued from page 4 Mount Rokatenda remains on high alert, Surono said. There has been no significant decline in activity. About a quarter of the island s 12,000 people moved to Flores after the volcano began erupting last October, said Tini Thadeus, head of the local disaster agency, adding the government has agreed to build new houses for the displaced. India unveils home-built aircraft carrier NEW DELHI (AP) India has launched its first home-built aircraft carrier, marking another milestone in its efforts to bolster its maritime presence. Defense Minister A.K. Antony said Monday that India needs a strong navy to defend itself, and that it will press ahead with developing its maritime capabilities. India joins the U.S., Russia, France and Britain in building its own carrier. The carrier was launched at the Kochi shipyard in southern Kerala state, but it still needs to be outfitted and extensive trials held before it is inducted into the Indian navy in 2018. India has steadily built up its naval capabilities in recent years, spurred by its rivalry with neighboring China. On Saturday, India activated an atomic reactor for an indigenously built nuclear submarine. Strong quake hits off the coast of Peru LIMA, Peru (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck off the coast of northern Peru. The quake struck at 4:49 a.m. local time and was centered 58 miles (94 kilometers) west-southwest of the city of Paita. The USGS says it was at the relatively shallow depth of 10 miles (16 kilometers). There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Israel shoots down rocket near border JERUSALEM (AP) The Israeli military says it has shot down a rocket launched toward the Red Sea resort town of Eilat, near the border with Egypt. The army says the rocket was intercepted early Tuesday and that there were no injuries. It didn t provide more details and declined to comment on the origins of the projectile. The incident comes after days of heightened tension along the Egypt-Israel border. Last Thursday, Israel briefly closed the Eilat airport in response to unspecified security warnings. The following day, five suspected Islamic militants were killed in Egypt s volatile Sinai Peninsula, and a rocket launcher there was reportedly destroyed. Egyptian security officials have attributed Friday s strike to a drone fired from the Israeli side of the border, but Israel has remained silent about the attack. Walker s lawyer says his client carried the gun to protect students. Guide in human smuggling ring sentenced SAN DIEGO (AP) A man who served as a foot guide in a smuggling ring headed by two ex-border Patrol agents has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. The U-T San Diego reports Armando Garcia agreed not to appeal his conviction in exchange for the sentence handed down Monday. Garcia was found guilty last year of conspiracy and human smuggling for financial gain. The two former agents, brothers Raul and Fidel Villarreal, were convicted of smuggling hundreds of people into the United States in Border Patrol vehicles. Authorities said Garcia led people across the U.S.-Mexico border and into the vehicles. After the brothers learned about a federal investigation, they fled to Mexico. The Villarreals, along with Garcia, were arrested in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. Instructor shoots student in Ohio gun safety class LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) Police say an instructor at a central Ohio gun safety class has accidentally shot a student. The Columbus Dispatch reports 73-year-old Terry J. Dunlap Sr. was demonstrating a handgun at a training facility on Saturday when he fired a bullet that ricocheted off a desk and into the right arm of 26-year-old Michael Piemonte. The student says the.38-caliber bullet hit him between his elbow and armpit. He says many of the students in the class were nurses who helped stabilize him before he was transported to a Columbus hospital. Piemonte tells the newspaper it appears Dunlap didn t know the gun was loaded. Dunlap hasn t responded to requests for comment. A police report lists the shooting as accidental. Alabama panel targets SEGREGATIONIST wording in law MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) A state panel has proposed striking segregationist language from Alabama s 1901 constitution that mandates separate schools for white and colored children. The Anniston Star reports the Alabama Constitutional Review Commission voted 9-7 Mondayto propose that Section 256 of the document instead say the state will maintain a system of public schools and to drop references to segregation. The passage hasn t had legal authority since the civil rights movement. Some state leaders say they d like to strike the passage because it s an embarrassment to Alabama. Commissioner Carolyn McKinstry told the newspaper it s disappointing more people didn t agree on the topic. Two prior attempts at striking the passage have failed. In 2004, opponents said dropping the language could allow courts (Continued on page 13)
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 7 American Samoa Power Authority P.O Box PPB Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Phone: (684) 699-4619 Facsimile: (684) 699-7067 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC This notice is distributed in accordance with US Public Law 93-523, which is also known as the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). ASPA has recently prioritized its water capital improvement project (CIP) Priority Project List (PPL) to comply with r ules and regulations of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). A copy of the ASPA Water PPL is available to the public for review at ASPA s Fagatogo and Tafuna Cus tomer Service offices or on the internet at http:// www.aspower.com. Public comment on the ASPA Water (CIP) PPL may be made in writing to ASPA for a thirty (30) day peri od following the date of this public notice. Both Tafuna and Fagatogo customer service office staff will receive your comments in writing or email to wuppl@aspower.com. ASPAM anagement FA ASALALAUGA FA ALAUA ITELE E tusa ai ma le Tulafono o le Unaite Setete 92-523 (US Public Law 92-523) po o le tulafono ua laui loa ole Tulafono mo le Puipuia o Vai Taumafa (Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)), e fa alauiloa atu i le mamalu lautele - ua toe fa afouina le fa atulagai na o le lisi o galuega fa aleleia mo le Vaega ole Vai (Water Capital Improvement Project (CIP Priority Project List (PPL)), ina ia alugatasi ma ta iala ma tulafono a le Ofisa o le Puipuia o Vaifanua a Amerika Samoa ma le Unaite Setete o Amerika. E mafai e le atunu u ona maua le kopi ole lisi o galuega fa aleleia a le Vaega ole Vai (ASPA Water P PL) mai le Ofisa Pisinisi a le ASPA i Fagatogo po o Tafuna (le Ofisa o lo o totogi ai pili). E mafai fo i ona maua le lisi i luga ole tuatusi initeneti a le ASPA i le http://www.aspower.com. E mafai e tagata ona fa aulu mai tusitusiga ma ni manatu fa alia po o tusitusiga e fa atatau i lenei lisi i le Ofisa a le ASPA i Satala po o Tafuna fa apea fo i le tuatusi i-meli ole mailto:wuppl@aspower.com. O taimi fa atulagaina mo ni manatu fa alia po o tusitusiga fo i e fa atatau i lenei lisi e fa a muta i le 30 aso mai le aso ole fa asalalauga. Puleaga a le ASPA AMERICAN SAMOA SAFE DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PRIORITY RANKING CRITERIA Projects will be prioritized based on points accrued in the three categories listed below. The first two categories give points for only one subcategory, the last categoryallows for points to be received for as many as 3 subcategories that a pply. In cases where projects receive the same score, the projects wil be ranked according to population served by the project, i.e., the high er the population served, the higher the priority. PUBLIC HEALTH (One Only) a This project will correct the cause of a documented human disease event. Examples include outbreaks of Hepatitis, Giardiasis, and Cryptosporidosis. 100 pts. b This project will provide potable water to a community or area presently using untreated surface wat er. 75 pts. 1 c This project will eliminate acute risks to public health. Examples include projects that will resol ve microbial risk from inadequately treated surface water or ground water, or elimination of dangerously high levels of con taminants such as nitrate exceedances. 75 pts. d This project will correct potential long-term, chronic health problems, or repair or replace serious distribution system problems or leaks. Examples include correction of potential distribution problems. 50 pts. e This project will eliminate potential health hazards, provide treatment of secondary contaminants su ch as iron or manganese, or enhance system operations. Examples include exceedances of primary MCLs due to mechan ical or structural problems, undersized or inadequate components or low pressure problems. 20 pts. COMPLIANCE WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (Only one) a This project will allow a system to come into compliance with an executed Compliance-Order-By-Consen t (COBC) or Administrative Order, Judicial Decision or Consent Decree. 35 pts. 2 b This project will resolve a significant compliance issue. Examples include SNC violations, NOVs and Boil Water Notices. 25 pts. c This project will resolve documented compliance issues that are relatively minor in nature. Documen tation will include agency notification letters, etc. 10 pts. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS (Accumulative - 15 points maximum) a The system employs, or has access to, the correct level of certified or qualified operators. 5 pts. 3 b c Construction documents have been prepared and submitted. A detailed engineering feasibility study, including detailed cost estimates, has been prepared and s ubmitted. 5 pts. 5 pts. d This project will result in the regionalization and/or consolidation of two or more existing public water systems. 5 pts.
Page 8 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Divorce-related feud in Ohio lasts 17 years CINCINNATI (AP) A 17-year legal fight between two law professors over their divorce and continuing disputes has drawn criticism from judges who say the pair set a bad example. The feud has lasted seven years longer than the couple s 10-year marriage, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Their divorce case file had more than 1,400 entries in it. Many had to do with a back-and-forth custody dispute over their children, now ages 17 and 20. Among issues still being litigated is money. Judges hearing the case complained the professors broke rules or abused the system. It is frightening to this court that either is teaching current law students the boundaries and ethics of our profession, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz said during a July hearing. Both should be thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed. University of Cincinnati professor Christo Lassiter questions how judges managed the cases between him and his ex-wife. He said his motivation has been being a good parent, not spite or revenge. Had a court stepped in and resolved the major issues cleanly and early, there would not have been voluminous (legal filings), Lassiter said. His former wife, Sharlene Boltz, didn t immediately return a call Monday to her office at Northern Kentucky University. Ghiz said both should be admonished by the Ohio State Bar Association. Judges in other courts also have blasted the couple s prolonged legal conflict. This court has not seen many domestic relations cases more contentious and acrimonious, the Ohio 1st District Court of Appeal wrote in 2002. The parties, who are both law professors and ought to know better, engaged in thoroughly inappropriate behavior that was detrimental to the resolution of their case and to the welfare of their children for which both claimed to be primarily concerned. The divorce itself took five years, about five times as long as what one veteran attorney, George Maley of Loveland, says would be a typical divorce case involving children. Boltz called police on Lassiter several times, and his paycheck was garnisheed for back child support, The Enquirer reported. Lassiter said she owes him money. Their next court hearing is Sept. 6. BROUGHT TO YOU BY TALA MAI (684) 252-5569 EMAIL: AMERICANSAMOA@CII-USA.COM PROVIDING YOU WITH THE BEST AFFORDABLE SHIPPING SERVICES & PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE.SHIPPING SERVICES INTO PAGO PAGO THROUGH AIRFREIGHT & OCEAN CONTAINERS (FCL & LCL CONTAINERS). WE HANDLE CLEARANCES & DELIVERY TO YOUR DOOR. WE CONSOLIDATE YOUR SHIPMENTS FROM ALL LOCATIONS IN THE WORLD TO PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA. Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions ASIA E SE ALII FOMAI TOMAi FAAPITOA I A OGA O le fiva rumatika e mafua ai faama i o le fatu, ae mafai ona togafitia pe a vave ona sailia se fofo. O le feau lea mai le alii fomai tomai faapitoa i gasegase o le fatu, le susuga Dr. Satupaitea Viali i le Aso Faraile o le vaiaso na tea nei ina ua asiasi atu i le Aoga o Matata Eseese a le Ekalesia Katoliko, le Don Bosco. O asiasiga a le alii fomai o lo o faagasolo i aoga i totonu o le atunuu. Na amata lea polokalama i le 2008 ma e oo mai i le taimi nei ua silia ma le 10,000 tama ma teine aoga ua maea ona siaki mo gasegase o le fatu. Na saunoa Dr. Viali, o se tulaga faanoanoa na alia e i lana asiasiga i le aoga o le Don Bosco ina ua faamaonia ai e pe a ma le to aono tama aoga ua maua i gasegase o le fatu, e aofia se tama aoga e toatasi ua moomia le faia o sona taotoga. O se tulaga faanoanoa ona e lei iloa e ia tama aoga o lo o aafia i latou i gasegase o le fatu, o le saunoaga lea a Dr. Viali. Fai mai a ia, o le tau o le taotoga o le fatu e pe a ma le $70,000 tala Niu Sila. Na ia faaalia, o le faia o ia suesuega i Samoa nei, o le a faamama avega lea i aiga o i latou ua moomia le auina atu mo suesuega i Niu Sila. O ia suesuega o se vaega o le faiga faapaaga a le Ekalesia Katoliko, o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina ma le Pulega o Auaunaga Tau le Soifua Maloloina. UA O O I LE LAGI LE MANOGI LEAGA E taua i pepa o faamatalaga o lo o faalauiloa ai Samoa o se nofoaga e pei o le lagi i le lalolagi nei. Peitai mo le aufaigaluega ma so o se tasi e uia se tasi vaega o le taulaga o Apia, ua sa o ai le isi alagaupu faaperetania, it stinks to high heaven. (Ua oo i le lagi le manogi leaga.) Ua faaalia le le fiafia o le aufaigaluega o faleoloa ma ofisa, atoa ai ma le mamalu o le atunuu e oo atu i lea vaega o le taulaga mo faatauga, ona o le le manuia o le manogi latou te fetaiai i aso taitasi. Na faaalia e se tasi e faigaluega i lea nofoaga i tua o le maota o le Faletupe o Atinae e faapea, ua tele a latou faasea ua ave i le Matagaluega o Punaoa Faalenatura ma le Siosiomaga ma le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina, ae leai lava se gaioiga ua faia i ai. (Faaauau itulau 13) C Y M K C M Y K
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 9 Britain bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi Sunday BBQ To ona i BUFFET starts from 10-2pm $19.95 per person C Y C Y M K M K LONDON (AP) Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London s financial district. The Renew ad firm has been using technology embedded in the hulking receptacles to measure the Wi-Fi signals emitted by smartphones, and suggested that it would apply the concept of cookies tracking files that follow Internet users across the Web to the physical world. We will cookie the street, Renew Chief Executive Kaveh Memari said in June. But the City of London Corporation insisted that Renew pull the plug on the program, which captures smartphones serial numbers and analyzes signal strength to follow people up and down the street. Renew didn t immediately return a call seeking comment on whether it would comply with the authorities demand. The trash cans join a host of everyday objects from televisions to toilets that are being manufactured with the ability to send and receive data, opening up new potential for interaction and surveillance. It s unclear how Renew had planned to use the data, which were gathered by its reinforced, shoulder-height pods stationed near St. Paul s Cathedral and Liverpool Street Station. But if a company could see that a certain smartphone user spent 20 minutes in a McDonald s every day, it could approach Burger King about airing an ad on the bin s video display whenever that user walks by at lunchtime. Or it could target its commercials in real time by distinguishing between people who work in the area and visiting tourists. The prospect drew comparisons to the creepy Good evening, John Anderton ads from the Tom Cruise thriller Minority Report. Renew first tested the technology using 12 trash cans in May, but the story didn t get traction until an article on news website Quartz led to a burst of media coverage. Anything that happens like this on the streets needs to be done carefully, with the backing of an informed public, read a statement from the City of London Corporation, which is responsible for the city s historic square mile, home to financial institutions, law firms and tourist landmarks. A spokesman for the body said it had been blindsided by the tests, which he said it learned about through the press only last week. Britain s data protection watchdog said it would investigate, while Nick Pickles of the privacy advocacy group Big Brother Watch said questions need to be asked about how such a blatant attack on people s privacy was able to occur. In a recent statement, Memari said media coverage of the spy bins had been a bit breathless. A lot of what had been extrapolated is capabilities that could be developed and none of which are workable right now, he said. Hot & Juicy: Meat grilled to perfection on the spot! Chicken Samoan Bangers Steak Seafood Kabobs Fresh Fish Buffet Items Size 2 Pua a Fa alifu Fa i Fresh Oka Brisket Potato Salad And Much More! For Reservations Call 633-5900 With Live Music by Ulale! Office of Highway Safety Local contact: DPS Office of Highway Safety (Fred Scanlan 633-1780)
Page 10 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Le Lali Le taimi na la u ai e le aufaigaluega a le TM Inc ni isi o a latou oloa ua leaga mai totonu o le container i le Van ma le fa amoemoe e lafoa i i le lapisi i Futiga ananafi, ona o se faatonuga mai i le Matagaluega a le Soifua Maloloina. O lo o i ai i le ata se sui o le Ofisa o le Soifua Maloloina (ogatotonu), ma le ali i pule o le faleoloa ia Mu (itu agavale). [ata: AF] La u i le lapisi i Futiga ni isi o oloa a le TM Inc. tusia Ausage Fausia ma so o se vaega e aofia ai le soifua maloloina O ananafi na fa atonuina ai e le Fa atonusili o o tagata, ina ia mautinoa o lo o lelei ma tulaga le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina ia Motusa manuia mo le ola maloloina o tagata. Tuileama Nua ni isi o lana aufaigaluega, ina ia Na taua e Papali i i le Samoa News ua mafua vaai uma pusa meaai a le faleoloa o le T.M Inc ona aveese oloa ma tia i ona ua vaivai le aisa i Pago Pago sa teu i totonu o container, ina ia ma ua le toe aoga ona fa atau atu i le atunuu. aveese ma lafoa i i le lapisi. O le mea sa tupu, sa la u i fafo oloa mai totonu O le te a o le 10:00 i le taeao ananafi na asia o le container ae fufulu mai totonu ona o se i a ai e Motusa ma ni isi o lana aufaiglauega le sa teu ai ua leaga, ma ou te lagona o oloa nei sa T.M Inc i Pago Pago e faamautu o lo o tulaga la u mai fafo lea ua toe la u i totonu, ma atonu lelei uma oloa o lo o latou fa atauina atu i le ai o iina lea ua mafua ai le faaletonu i le vaivai atunuu. o le aisa i pusa meaai nei, o le saunoaga lea a Na aofia ai foi i lea asiasiga le susuga Papalii Papalii. Marion Fitisemanu lea o lo o fa auluulu i le O le lomiga o le Toasavili a le Samoa News Vaega Su esu e a le Matagaluega o le Sifua i le Aso To ona i na te a nei na fa asalalauina Maloloina, o sui o le Samoa News faapea ma le ai ni ata sa pu eina mai oloa sa teu i totonu o se pule o le faleoloa, o Mu. tasi o container a le faleoloa lenei, na la u i fafo E le gata na asia totonu o le faleoloa i fata i le vaiaso na te a nei ae se i fufulu le container, ma pusa aisa o lo o teu ai ai taumafa, ae sa asia ina ua manogi leaga uma totonu e mafua mai i fo i totonu o pusa o lo o teu ai oloa i fafo. E lata ni i a sa teu ai i totonu ua leaga. i le itula le umi o le asiasiga ma sa fa atonuina O ni isi o nei oloa sa fa atonuina ai e sui ai e Motusa lana aufaigaluega ina ia saili atu se o le Soifua Maloloina ia le pule o le pisinisi ta avale e la u ese ai meaai ua fa aletonu ma ave ina ia lafoa i i le lapisi, mulimuli ane na toe e tia i i le lapisi. fa afeso ota i e se molimau le Samoa News i Sa molimauina e le Samoa News le taimi na le vaiaso na te a nei, o ni isi oloa sa faatonu e la u ese ai pusa oloa ua fa aletonu. sui o le Soifua Maloloina e lafoa i ua toe tu u Na taua e Motusa i le sui o le Samoa News i totonu o pusa aisa e fa atau ai, ma o ata o ia i le taeao ananafi e faapea, o lana fa atonuga e oloa sa lomia i le lomiga a le Toasavili i le aso siaki oloa ua leaga ma lafoa i i le lapisi, sa faia To ona i na te a nei. ina ua maua se ripoti i oloa leaga o lo o masalomia ua toe fa atauina atu e le faleoloa lenei i Maloloina i le Samoa News e faapea, na mafua Na taua e se isi sui o le Ofisa o le Soifua le mamalu o le atunuu. ona leai sa latou asiasiga fa asaga Aso To ona i Pau oloa ia ou te iloa o lo o fa aletonu o na te a nei ina ua alu atu i tua le lomiga a le oloa o lo o teu i totonu o le container, ae mo Samoa News, ona e le o se aso faigaluega lena totonu o le faleoloa o lo o tulaga lelei uma oloa a le malo. o lo o fa atau ai, o a Motusa lea. Na fesiligia le ali i Asiasi lea po o ia lea na Na taua e Motusa i le Samoa News ananafi, sau i le vaiaso na te a nei e siaki le container a le o le tiute o le Soifua Maloloina ia mata ituina faleoloa, ae na tali e leai, o ia sa galue i le Malae faleoloa o lo o latou fa atauina atu oloa i le Vaalele i Tafuna, ae ua valaau atu o ia ina ia o atunuu, o fale aiga o lo o latou kuka ma fa atau mai latou te galulue ma ni isi o le ofisa i le siakiina o le faleoloa lea i Pago atu taumafa eseese i tagata, aemaise ai o aoga Pago. Liliu Fa amasinoga Apili le fa aiuga fa asaga i le suafa Le i tusia Ausage Fausia O le vaiaso na te a nei na toe soloia ai e le Vaega Apili o le Faamasinoga Maualuga ia se faaiuga a le Faamasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa, lea na tu uina atu ai le suafa matai o Le i mai i Ofu, Manu a ia Nu utai Sonny Thompson. E tusa ai ma fa amaumauga a le Vaega Apili o lo o taua ai e faapea, o le aso 21 o Novema 2009 na fono ai suli o le suafa o Le i, i Tutuila nei ma tasi ai le filiga, o Nu utai Sonny Thompson o le a nofo i le suafa Le i, ma tapa ai lava ma lana ipu i lea aso. O le aso 23 o Novema 2009 na lesitalaina ai loa le suafa Le i i le Ofisa o Lesitala, lea na faila ai e Leautu Segila Vaeao sana fa alavelave ma ia finauina ai lona tete e i le tu uina atu o le suafa Le i ia Nu utai. O lea na talo ai e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa se feiloaiga ma Nu utai ma Leautu mo le talanoaina o lenei mataupu, ma o le ulua i fonotaga sa faia i le aso 17 o Aperila 2010, ma le fonotaga lona lua i le aso 12 o Mati, 2013. Ae talu ai e le i mafai ona fa atasi atu Leautu i fonotaga uma ia e lua, na tu uina atu ai loa e le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa le tusi e fa amaonia ai le leai o se faaiuga autasi ua maua i lenei mataupu i le Vaega o Fanua ma Suafa o le Fa amasinoga Maualuga mo lona iloiloina. I le iloiloga a le Vaega Apili na iai so latou talitonuga e i ai se faletonu i le faai uga a le Vaega Iloilo a le Faamasinoga i lenei mataupu,ina ua taula i la latou faaiuga i le manatu lenei, sa faia fonotaga a le aiga ma autasi ai ia Nuutai e nofo i le suafa Le i. E tusa ai ma le faai uga a le Vaega Apili, o lo o ta ua ai e faapea, o faiga faavae faapea ai tu ma agaifanua a so o se aiga Samoa, e filifili e le aiga se tasi e avea ma matai, ae afai e tula i mai se fa atuiese i le lesitalaina o le suafa matai o le aiga, e tatau ona matua manino ma aloaia lelei, sa faia se feiloaiga a le aiga mo le fa amoemoe e saili ai se tasi e avea ma matai o le aiga, ina ia tusa ai i tu ma agaifanua a aiga Samoa. Ua ta ua foi e le Vaega Apili, o se tasi o itu taua e tatau ona fa amauina, so o se tasi e manao i le suafa matai o le aiga, e le tatau ona taumafai e pulea tiute tauave o le aiga i le filifiliina o se matai, ae tatau ona mulimulita i i ta iala mo le lesitalaina o se suafa matai. E tatau foi ona faia se talanoaga a le aiga ina ia talanoaina ai se tasi e nofo i le suafa, a o le i lesitalaina o ia ua manumalo i le suafa matai. O le tulaga e tatau ona i ai, e leai talosaga faatuiese e faila i luma o le fa amasinoga maualuga, pe afai e le i iloiloina e le aiga se tasi e nofo i le suafa matai. Ma na fa aalia i le faaiuga a le Vaega Apili e faapea, na maua e le Vaega Iloilo o le Fa amasinoga le filifilia o Nuutai i le feiloaiga a le aiga sa faia i Tutuila nei e le i sa o le auala na fa atino ai, aua e le i usuia lea feiloaiga e tusa ai ma faiga fa avae a le aiga, e le i lava fo i le taimi na logo ai isi suli o le aiga. Ae ina ua fa ai uina e le Fa amasinoga e le i autasi uma le aiga i le faaiuga sa faia i le ulua i fonotaga, na fa aleaoga ai loa e le fa amasinoga taualumaga o lenei mataupu e aunoa ma se masalosaloga tatau, ae toe tu u atu le mataupu i le aiga ina ia talo sa latou feiloaiga i Ofu e sailia ai se tasi e nofo i le suafa o le aiga. Na fa aauau le faamatalaga a le Vaega Apili e faapea, i le faia ai o lea fa aiuga, ua taofia ai e le Vaega Iloilo o le Fa amasinoga le avanoa sa tatau ona maua e isi Itu Paepae, e fa atutu ai ni o latou sui mo le suafa o le aiga, ma, o sui la ia e le i auai i le feiloaiga sa faia i Tutuila ma Ofu, ua taofia lo latou auai i le filifilia o se matai o le aiga, ina ua fa atapula a e le Vaega Iloilo o le fa amasinoga mataupu e talanoaina i le fonotaga. I le talitonuga a le Vaega Apili, e sese le gaioiga a le Vaega Iloilo o le fa amasinoga ina ua manatu e i ai lona malosi fa asaga i lenei mataupu. E ui na feiloa i le aiga o Le i i le maota i Ofu e tusa ai ma faiga fa avae a le aiga, o lea feiloaiga e le i faia e tusa ai o faiga fa avae a le aiga, ae na faia i lalo o le faatonuga ma le fa amalumaluga a le Vaega Iloilo o le fa amasinoga mo le sailia o se tasi e avea ma matai o le aiga. E manatu le Vaega Apili, e leai se malosi na ala ai ona iloilo e le Vaega Iloilo lenei mataupu, ina ua maua ane o le ulua i feiloaiga a le aiga sa faia e le i tusa ai ma ana faiga fa avae. O le faaiuga sa o sa tatau ona fai e le Vaega Iloilo o le fa amasinoga ina ua maua ane e le i tusa ai ma faiga faavae a le aiga le ulua i feiloaiga sa faia i Tutuila nei, o le solofua lea o le mataupu e aunoa ma se masalosaloga tatau, ma fa atonu le Failautusi o le Fa amasinoga e tu u atu lea poloaiga i le Ofisa o Lesitala, ina ia tu u ese uma ai faauilavea sa faaulu e isi Itu Paepae o le aiga. I lea auala o le a manino ai le mataupu ma tu u atu ai loa le avanoa i le aiga o Le i e toe talanoa ai mo se tasi e nofo i le suafa. Ona o lea tulaga, ua faaleaoga ai e le Vaega Apili faaiuga uma sa tuuina mai mo lenei mataupu. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 11 American Samoa Power Authority P.O Box PPB Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Phone: (684) 699-4619 Facsimile: (684) 699-7067 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC This notice is distributed in accordance with US Public Law 92-500, Sec. 216, which is also known as the 1972 Clean Water Act. ASPA has recently prioritized its wastewater capital improvement project (CIP) Priority Project List (PPL) to comply w ith rules and regulations of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). A copy of the ASPA Wastewater PPL is available to the public for review at ASPA s Fagatogo and Tafun a Customer Service offices or on the internet at http://www.aspower.com. Public comment on the ASPA Wastewater (CIP) PPL may be made in writing to ASPA for a thirty (30) day period following the date of this public notice. Both Fagatogo and Tafuna Customer Service office staff will receive your comments in writing or emai l to http://www.aspower.com. ASPAM anagement FA ASALALAUGA FA ALAUA ITELE E tusa ai ma le Tulafono o le Unaite Setete 92-500, Vaega 216 (US Public Law 92-500 Sec. 216) po o le tulafono ua lauiloa ole 1972 Tulafono mo Vai Mama (1972 Clean Water Act), e fa alauiloa atu i le mamalu lautele - ua toe fa afouina le fa atulaga ina o le lisi o galuega fa aleleia mo le Vaega ole Vai Lafoa i (Wastewater Capital Improvement Project (CIP Priority Project List (PPL)), ina ia alugatasi ma ta iala ma tulafono a le Ofisa o le Puipuia o Vaifanua a Amerika Samoa ma le Unaite Setete o Amerika. E mafai e le atunu u ona maua le kopi ole lisi o galuega fa aleleia a le Vaega ole Vai Lafoa i (ASPA Wastewate PPL) mai le Ofisa Pisinisi a le ASPA i Fagatogo po o Tafuna (le Ofisa o lo o totogi ai pili). E mafai fo i ona maua le lisi i luga ole ini teneti a le tuatusi a le ASPA i le http:// www.aspower.com. E mafai e tagata ona fa aulu mai tusitusiga ma ni manatu fa alia po o tusitusiga e fa atatau i lenei lisi i le Ofisa a le ASPA i Fagatogo po o Tafuna fa apea fo i le tuatusi i-meli ole http://www.aspower.com. O taimi fa atulagaina mo ni manatu fa alia po o tusitusiga fo i e fa atatau i lenei lisi e fa a muta i le 30 aso mai le ulua i fa asalalauga. Puleaga a le ASPA AMERICAN SAMOA WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PRIORITY RANKING CRITERIA Identified wastewater projects will be prioritized based on points accrued in the three categories l isted below. The first two categories give points for only one subcategory, the last category allows for points to be received for as many as 3 subcategories that apply. In cases where projects receive the same score, the projects wil be ranked according to population served by the pr oject, i.e., the higher the population served, the higher the priority. PUBLIC HEALTH (One Only) a The project will correct the cause of a documented human disease event. Examples include outbreak of Hepatitis, Cholera, Leptospirosis Giardiasis, and C.ryptosporidosis. 100 pts. b This project will collect, treat, and dispose of wastewater for a community or area presently discha rging untreated wastewater to surface water. 75 pts. 1 c This project will eliminate acute risks to public health. Examples include projects that will resolv e microbial risk from inadequately treated wastewater, or eliminate high bacteria point-source pollutant sites or infrastr ucture. 75 pts. d This project will correct potential long-term, chronic health problems, or repair or replace serious collection, treatment, and/or disposal system problems. Example include correction of collection system inflow, infiltrati on, and exfiltration problems. 50 pts. e This project will eliminate potential health hazards, remove nutrient contaminants such as phosphate s, nitrites and nitrates, or enhance system operations. 30 pts. COMPLIANCE WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (Only one) a This project will allow a system to come into compliance with an executed Compliance-Order-By-Consen t (COBC) or Administrative Order, Judicial Decision or Consent Decree. 35 pts. 2 b This project will resolve a significant compliance issue. Examples include SNC violations and NOVs. 25 pts. c This project will resolve documented compliance issues that are relatively minor in nature. Document ation will include agency notification letters. 10 pts. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS (Accumulative - 15 points maximum) a The system employs, or has access to, the correct level of certified or qualified operators. 5 pts. 3 b c Construction documents have been prepared and submitted. A detailed engineering feasibility study, including detailed cost estimates, has been prepared and s ubmitted. 5 pts. 5 pts. d This project will result in the regionalization and/or consolidation of two or more existing watewat er collection systems. 5 pts.
Page 12 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 SOUTH PACIFIC ACADEMY P.O. Box 520, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Tom Drabble, Chairman Board of Directors Ph: (684) 733-5714 Email: tom@sadieshotels.com 2013-2014 Employment Opportunities South Pacific Academy is accepting applications for the following 2013-2014 full-time positions: IT/Technology Instructor Middle School Language Arts Middle School Social Studies Minimum Requirements: BA degree (Teacher certification a plus) Excellent spoken and written English skills Energy, enthusiasm, and teamwork approach Qualified applicants can come by the office and pick up an application or call the school at the numbers listed above for further information. 2013-14 school year is set to open Monday, August 19, 2013. South Pacific Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AUTO NATION WINDSHIELD IN STOCK $250.00 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.699-7168699-7168 Department of Youth and Women s Affairs AOGA TUI TEU (flower arrangement training) mo Tina ma Tamaitai Amataina Aukuso 20, 2013 9:00 i le taeao i le 12:00 i le aoauli Faalua i le vaiaso Aso Lua/Aso Tofi mo le 3 vaiaso tusia/faaliliu; Leua Aiono Frost FA AULU LE A AU I A OGA TULAGA MUAMUA I le tapenaga o Faia oga uma mo lenei tausaga a oga o le amatalia, 2013-2014, ua mae a fa atulaga ai semina e a otau ai faia oga uma mo le galuega o le a oa oina o fanau. Peita i e ese mai ala e fa atino ai a oa oga, ituaiga o a oa oga, o ta aloga fo i e mafai ona fa atautaia i totonu o a oga tulaga lua ma a oga maualuluga, ae ua fa aofi atu ai ma le Sa o le A au i lea fo i itu. I le aso Lua na tuana i nei, sa fa atino ai le a oa oga fa apitoa e le susuga Zero I aulualo e ala lea i le PE ma ua fa atino ai lana polokalama o le American Samoa Aquatics Agency. I le taimi nei, e tasi lava le a oga maualuga ua fa atino ai lea polokalama, na o Samoana High, ma sa fa ato a fa auluina lea i le lua tausaga ua tuana i, ae ua fa amoemoe ina ia fa aulu i le vasega o a oga tulaga lua i lenei tausaga. Na amata mai le folasaga a lenei sui, i le afuaga e ao ai ona aoga le fa aulufale o lea polokalama fa apitoa e iloa ai a au, iloa ona fa asaoina se ola mai le sami, ma le aoga fo i o lea tomai i le aotelega o le soifua o tagata ta ito atasi. Na fa ailo fo i e lana susuga le faia oga a au, I aulualo, O le isi lea mau o lo ua taumafai atili ina ia fa atino, aua o le maua loa o lea fale a au, ae ua mae a fa atautaia atu i a oga, e faigofie lava ona fa aleleia atili tomai o le fanau, ma o se agava a e tatau lava ona talenia ai le fanau a Amerika Samoa, aua e tele o tatou nu u tumatafaga. Ina ua fesiligia nisi o faia oga sa aofia i le vasega sa fa afofoga i lea folasaga i sona taofi fa aalia, ae sa ia fa aalia ai, O le mea lenei sa le tau ane ai lava se fa atatau, ae ona ua faia lenei vasega ma fa ailoa mai le aoga tele, ae maise o lo o i o tatou gataifale lava le sami, ua tatau ona sili atu le atamamai o tatou fanau e a au, sefe mai nisi ua pagatia i le tai, ma maua fa amanuiaga e tauva fa apolofesa ai i lea fo i taleni. AVANOA SIKOLASIPI SOSAIETE ALOFA I MEAOLA Ua ofoina mai e le Humane Sociaety Sosaiete o e Alolofa i Meaola se avanoa e mafai ai ona totogia atoa a oa oga a se alo o Amerika Samoa i le Iunivesite o Central Luzon State University [CLSU] i Nueva Ecija, Manilla Filipaina, ma e amatalia a oa oga nei ia Novema 2013. Ua fa aigoaina lenei sikolasipi o le Thomas R. Nero - Doctor of Vetinary Medicine Scholarship, ma ua mae a fa atulagaina fo i lenei Iunivesite o se tasi o Iunivesite sili ona maualuluga a latou a oa oga i le avea ai o se tasi ma Foma i o Manu. E tele na ua tatou ta ifau, o lo o fa ata aloa i le tele o taimi, ae le o se agaga lea o se tasi e alofa i meaola. E tatau ona tausia lelei so o se meaola e te maua, ia tino mai i lona tino lau tausiga lelei o faia i ai, e i ai fo i fuala au ma mea ai ua fa atauina e mafai ona togafitia ai o latou gasegase, o a oa oga la ia, e tatau ona a otauina ai foma i manu. O le avanoa ua fa atula ia mai nei, e muamua lava faia sau tusi, e fa ailoa ai, e te naunau i lea manulauti, e ala ai ona e mana o e avea oe o se foma i manu e a otauina fa apitoa e fa aaoga i ai lea sikolasipi. Aiaiga o le sikolasipi lea, e ao ina e tusia lea tala e na o le 750 upu, ia mua i maua lou fa ailoga AA mai le ASCC, ma o oe fo i o se tasi o e fealua i i se tusi folau Amerika. E tatau ona maua a ou togi i le 3.0 GPA i tausaga uma o le a fa atupe ai lau a oga, ma e ave sa o lava le tinoitupe atoa i le Iunivesite mo mea e ao ina totogi, aofia ai pasese i pasi, mea ai ma tusi a oga, fa atasi ai ma le totogi o lau a oga atoa. 5 TAMAITI TENISI FILIFILIA AS MO LE OCEANIA Mai le aumalaga o a tatou fanau ua a oa oina i le fa agatama o le Tenisi, lea sa mua i tauva i le tenisi fa avaomalo i Samoa, ua filifilia ai le to alima, ua agava a e ala i ta aloga sa fa atautaia ma manumalo ai, ina ia tauva i le Ta amilosaga Tenisi Fa avaomalo a le Pasefika lea ua fa aigoaina o le Pacific Oceania Junior Championships [POJC] lea ua fa aauau ma e mae a i le aso Faraile nei. O i latou nei ua aofia ai: Kevin Maukoloa (Boys 15 & Under), Larry Magalasi (Boys 15 & Under) Jumas Vigas (Boys 15 & Under), Charity Saigiao (Girls 15 & Under) ma Lesei Perelini (Girls 12 & Under). O le vaega la lea e faia le ta amilosaga a le POJC i Lautoka, Fiti ma e fetaui i latou ma le au fili i le tenisi o fanau mai atunu u i sisifo o le Pasefika lava. Mai le ta amilosaga lava lea e tasi na aofia nei i Samoa i le tausaga ua mavae, sa mafai ona agava a ai le to a sefulu o alo o si tatou malo. Ua laiti tele le fanau tauva i lenei tausaga, ae mana omia fo i ona atoa le lua i le tolu tausaga o ta alo i lea vaega ma lea vaega ina ia fa aleleia ai lona tomai fa ato a amata fo i lea ona atoatoa le taumafaiga a fanauiti fa apenei. Talosia pea le taumafaiga a le fanau, afai e mafai e i latou ona manumalo mai i lenei ta amilosaga, e toe fa ailoa atu fo i e le tatou nei nusipepa. Maimoa i fa ai uga o ta aloga a le fanau i le uepesite www. tournamentsoftware.com. Matua o Faiva; Malia A. Lemalu Nofoaga: Fale Palota Tuai (Utulei) 30 Avanoa Lesitala ia Alice Malele poo Pa u Roy Ausage i le 633-2835 poo le i-meli i le mailto:roy.ausage@dywa.as.gov Matagaluega o Mataupu Tau Tupulaga, Tina, ma Tamaita i Department of Youth and Women s Affairs O se va aiga i le vasega o faia oga sa aofia uma i le semina sa fa atautaia e le Asosi A au a Amerika Samoa lea e fa auluulu i le susuga Zero Iaulualo, ma sa fa ailoa ai i faia oga le aoga fo i o lea taleni pe afai e fa aulufale i a oga tulaga lua, e ala i le Ta aloga e fa atautaia mo fanau a oga i lenei fo i tausaga a oga fou. [ata: Jeff Hayner]
Tusia: Akenese Ilalio Zec Vaega: 112 Fa atalofa atu i le mamalu o le atunu u, ua afa i mai i fanuga lelei i lenei taeao fo u i le alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua, e ao ai ona o tatou sunu i lapalapa o malo ma fa afo i le vi iga i le Atua, ona o Ana fa amanuiaga mo i tatou i aso uma o lo tatou olaga. Ua ou va aia le malosi o si o u tama, ae e fa aitete lava ina nei i toe tupu mai se isi fa aletonu. O aso uma na o matou mafuta ai ma si o u tama, o aso ina ou fia manatua pea, ona ua ou va aia ai suiga lelei, ua maua lona filemu, ua le toe i ai lava se isi mea e popole ai. Sa i ai lava lo u manatu, o le a o matou mafuta pea ma si o u tama mo se taimi umi, peita i, o lo o feagai lo u tama ma galuega faigata, ae maise ai o le va aiga o pisinisi ma kamupani e tele i totonu o Peretania. Ua fa asolosolo manuia lava si o u tama ona ou lagona ai lea o le agaga fa afetai i le Atua, ona o Lana tausiga alofa mo si o u tama, o lea ua ou va aia ai tulaga manuia ua i ai nei. O nai tama ita i foma i sa o matou mafuta ua oe fo i nei e faigaluega i totonu o le falema i e pei ona masani ai. A o le i tu ua e nei tama ita i lo matou aiga, na poloa i mai lo u tama ia te a u, ina ia ou sainia pepa e ao oga fua ai fanau a nai tina nei i totonu o le a oga lea o lo o lagolagoina malosi e o u matua, ma ua fa apea lava ona fai. Ua ma ea fo i ona tu u i ai le tupe e tausi ai o la a iga. Ua matou fa amavae nei ma si o u tuagane o Ioane, lea na alu ane ma ua matou mafuta pea se ia o o ina ua o matou va aia foliga manuia o si o ma tama. O se fa amavaega faigata tele ia te a u, ona o le a toe alu ese atu si o u tuagane e pele i lo u loto, ae o le mea e sili ona taua, ia ma ea lelei ana a oa oga lea o lo o feagai ai nei ma ia. A o le i tu ua i matou e lo u tuagane, ua ma ea ona o matou talatalanoa ma lo ma tama, ma o mea uma fo i o lo o tutupu pea i totonu o lo matou aiga, ua uma ona fautua i ai lo ma tama, ina ia tu u ese uma lava, ae ia toaga ma tu u tasi atu lona loto ma lona mafaufau i ana a oa oga. O le asiasiga mulimuli lava a le foma i fa apitoa lea e va aia lo u tama, na ia toe poloa i mai ai ina ia toe nofo lo u tama se ia atoa le masina, ona fa atoa mafai lea ona toe galue, ona o lona popole lava ina ne i toe tupu mai se fa alavelave. E ui lava ina finau lo u tama ua malosi, ae sa tasi lava le poloa iga a le foma i ma ou tu malosi fo i ina ia usita ia e lo u tama le fa atonuga lea, ma ua fa apea lava ona fai. E le asa le fa aiuga o le vaiaso ma o atu tagata faigaluega a lo u tama e asi atu, e ui lava ina mamao, ae o se fiafiaga sili mo i latou le malaga mai matou te mafuta. Se manu fo i tele le fale, ae maise ai o isi fale o lo o avanoa, aua ua tofu lava tagata faigaluega latou ma le fale. O nisi o tagata faigaluega nei, ua nonofo uma ma o latou aiga i totonu o le fanua lenei ua matou i ai. E foliga uma lava e pei o le nofoaga a o u matua lea na ou ola a e ai, ae o lona ese esega, e leai ni tagata faigaluega e mafai ona nonofo i totonu o fanua nei, ona e le mana o lo u tina o Makerita e nonofo ai ni tagata. A e ua va ai tino lo u tama i lo ma faiga o tagata faigaluega ae maise ai o Tino ma Tomasi, e mamao lava se manatu e fa apea, e va ai maualalo, e leai, leai lava. O le isi lea itu na fiafia ai lo u tama ai ona o lona va ai mai ia e a u ma le faiga o tagata faigaluega e leai se mea e fa aletonu. E leai fo i so matou manatu ma Ana ma Tomasi ma i ma ua nei, a mea la e fa amuamua e o lo o ta ita i, e leai, e tutusa uma tagata faigaluega. O fa aiuga o vaiaso ta itasi, ua avea lea ma aso matou te A i ai se mea e mana omia e le mafai ona fa atamala Tino ma Tomasi i le fa atinoina. mafuta uma ai lava ma tagata faigaluega nei, e fai la matou aiga tele, ma e tufa ai fo i ma a latou siaki, e ui lava ina fa apea o lo o nonofo i totonu o le fanua, ae e leai se totogi, ae o le agaga o lo o Ia i ma ua ma si o u to alua, ia fai lelei galuega ma va ai lelei mea uma. Averia, fa afetai ia te oe si o u afafine pele, ua ou va ai tino i le lelei o le faiga o tagata faigaluega, atonu fo i ua e va ai ia te a u, o a lava mea uma, a aunoa oe ma le alofa, e leai lava se aoga o mea uma, ia e alofa i nai tagata, ma fai lelei i latou, aua e liliu mai fo i ma toe taui mai lou alofa e ala i le galulue fa amaoni, ia e manatua la u tala lena Averia. E faia pea TALA MAi SAMOA Alofa, se ia tiga Mai itulau 8 Na saunoa se tamaitai e faigaluega i le fale ofu o Cece s i le fogafale pito i lalo o lea fale e faapea, ua sau le fiu ona o le faatele ona lipoti o lea faaletonu ae le o faia lava i ai e ofisa a le malo e fitoitonu i ai lea mataupu, se faatatau. Fai mai a ia, e faateteleina le manogi le manuia pe a sua le tai faapea le taeao ma le afiafi. FAASA E LE SOIFUA MALOLOINA ONA TOE FAATAU APA MA PEPA SUSU MO PEPE E lua ni ituaiga susu pauta pepe ua lipotia mai le le saogalemu ma ua lamatia ai soifua o pepe i Niu Sila, Saina ma isi maketi i le lalolagi, ua faatonuina nei e le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina le aveesea mai fata o so o se faleoloa i Samoa ma ia aua lava nei toe faatauina i tua. O ia susu pauta pepe e gaosia ma tufatufaina e le kamupani Niu Sila o le Fonterra. Na faaalia i se pepa o faamatalaga mai le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina e faapea, o nei oloa ua le toe talafeagai ona taumafaina e tagata soifua. O lo o sainia lea pepa o faamatalaga e le Faatonu Aoao o le Soifua Maloloina, le faletua ia Palanitina Tupuimatagi Toelupe ma o lo o faatonuina faleoloa uma o lo o ia oloa ina ia faafoi atu uma i le nofoaga tutotonu o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina i Motootua. FAATAU ATU SEA A LE SAMOA AIR I LE LAUTELE Ua faailoa mai e le Ofisa Sili o Pulega a le kamupani vaalele o le Samoa Air, le susuga Chris Langton, se fuafuaga a le latou kamupani e faatau atu i tagata lautele o Samoa ia ana sea. O le matou manulauti o le Samoa Air o le kamupani vaalele a tagata o Samoa ma o lo o avanoa le sea e $503,000 mo so o se tasi e faatauina mai le kamupani, o le saunoaga lea a Langton. O le isi mafuaaga o lea fuafuaga e pei ona faailoa mai e Langton, ina ia fesoasoani i le faalauteleina o auaunaga a le kamupani vaalele, lea o lo o tagai agai i le lisi o faigamalaga i Los Angeles i Amerika ma isi vaega o le lalolagi. Fai mai a ia, o lo o i ai le fuafuaga e faia se maliega lisi faalua ma le kamupani vaalele o le Air Solomon ina ia tuufaatasia ai se faigamalaga mai Aukilani i Los Angeles, e lisina ai le vaalele a lea kamupani vaalele ae faaaogaina ai le igoa o le Samoa Air. O lo o matou fuafua e amata lea faigamalaga fou i le masina o iuni o le tausaga fou ma o le mafuaga lea ua faatauina atu ai a matou sea i le atunuu lautele ina ia maua ai le avanoa e auai ai i latou i le faateleina o le kamupani, o le faamalamalamaga lea a Langton. O se tulaga lelei tele le vaaia o tagata Samoa o lo o faimalaga i a matou faigamalaga ma le latou talitonuga, o le Samoa Air o le latou vaalele ma ua i ai foi so latou sao i le atinaeina o le Samoa Air aua le atunuu lautele. Ua tuufaatasia nei se paketi e aofia ai tulaga moomia uma ma feutagaiga mo le faatauina o nei sea i le ofisa tutotonu o le kamupani sosoo ma le Apia Park mo so o se tasi o lo o fia faatauina ia sea. Na faaalia e Langton, e toatele mai fafo o lo o fua faatauina ia sea ae ua ia tuuina le avanoa muamua i tagata o Samoa aua o i latou ia o lo o faimalaga i faigamalaga a le Samoa Air. samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 13 NEWS IN BRIEF Continued from page 6 to demand equal funding for the state s school districts. Asiana offers $10,000 to survivors of July crash SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Asiana Airlines Inc. has offered $10,000 to each of the 288 surviving passengers of the flight that crash landed in San Francisco last month. Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said Tuesday the payout is not a settlement and accepting the money does not prevent passengers from suing the airline. The Asiana Boeing 777 landed short of the runway on July 6, killing three passengers and injuring dozens. Lee said Asiana has already made payments to the families of three passengers who were killed. She did not know the amount. A mother of one passenger said an Asiana manager contacted the family by telephone last week offering $10,000. The family declined because the offer wasn t made in writing and they feared accepting the payment would bar lawsuits. Islamic party enforces shutdown in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Bangladesh s largest Islamic party is enforcing a 48-hour general strike across the country to denounce a court decision that its registration with the Election Commission is invalid. On Aug. 1, a High Court panel ruled that the Jamaat-e-Islami party s regulations violate the constitutional provision of secularism by saying it wants to impose Sharia law. Because of the court decision the party could be barred from taking part in the next elections. TV stations report that party activists took to the streets, blocked roads and burned tires to enforce the shutdown across the country on Tuesday, the first day of the shutdown. No major violence was reported. The ruling came amid calls to ban the party for opposing the country s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Landslide kills 6 in Nepal mountains KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) A landslide swept away part of a village in northeastern Nepal, killing at least six people, an official said Tuesday. The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall that struck Khimti village overnight while people were sleeping. At least half a dozen houses were swept away, police official Dipendra Jayswal said. Six others who were injured have been rushed to a local hospital and are being treated. Rescuers are searching for one person reporting missing. Rescuers were able to reach the village only Tuesday morning, and continuous rainfall was also making the rescue work difficult, the official said. Monsoon season begins in June in Nepal and ends in September. crack down on apartment-top villa BEIJING (AP) Beijing authorities are planning to demolish a bizarre rooftop villa embedded in rocks, trees and bushes that allegedly was built illegally atop a 26-story apartment block in the capital. Haidian district urban management official Dai Jun said Tuesday that authorities will tear the structure down in 15 days unless the owner does so himself or presents evidence it was legally built. Dai said his office has yet to receive a response. Newspaper reports on Tuesday said that neighbors have repeatedly complained about the fanciful villa that covers an area of 800 square meters (8,610 square feet). They said that it has damaged pipes and the building s structural integrity and that the loud, late-night entertaining that goes on inside keeps them up at night. Reports said the structure belongs to a traditional Chinese medicine mogul. (Continued on page 15) Find anything yet? 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Page 14 samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Inspector and store owner deny allegations Continued from page 1 The inspection was an unscheduled one, as head of the DoH Environmental Services Division Papalii Marion Fitisemanu told the Samoa News that there were no scheduled store inspections that day, or even the whole week, as they were already assigned to inspect DOE facilities island-wide. Samoa News is withholding the inspector s identity, pending the results of an internal investigation on allegations of inappropriate actions. After the unannounced inspection, one of the inspectors left with the container keys. Later that day, Mu took possession of the key. Samoa News understands the exchange was made somewhere off site and both Mu and the inspector have denied that a $500 bribe was involved. Mu said he never bribes the inspectors but once in a while, if he is present during the inspections, he will give them a meaalofa (gift) like sodas, water bottles, and food. Sometimes, I give DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICES AMERICAN SAMOA DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT The American Samoa Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is committed to providing a consumer driven service delivery system that improves the independence, productivity and integration of people with development disabilities in all aspects of life. This announcement is to acknowledge the availability of funds for Fiscal Year 2014 (October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014) for programs that will help provide the necessary services to persons with developmental disabilities. Areas of emphasis are included in the 5 Year State Plan (2012-2017). All nonprofit organizations and government agencies that provide services to persons with developmental disabilities are encouraged to submit funding proposals in the following areas: Transportation - Increase advocacy efforts so that people with developmental disabilities have access to transportation. Employment - Increase collaboration on employment issues that increase selfdetermination and choices for people with developmental disabilities. Quality Assurance - Support a territorial wide self-advocacy organization that will increase the number of people with developmental disabilities in leadership roles who advocate for themselves. Child Care - Increase number of children with developmental disabilities in Child Care Centers through trainings and education. Submission of funding proposal is a due by August 23, 2013. Please address proposals to the Executive Director of the American Samoa Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. Department of Human and Social Services. Box 1455, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. Proposals can also be dropped off at our office in Utulei, located on the 2nd floor of the old Election Office Bldg. Phone: 633-2696 or email: nlsmith@dhss.as them $5 for lunch but never any big amount like $500, Mu said. He vehemently denied giving out any bribe or meaalofa on the day in question. Samoa News understands a former DoH official, who usually cashes checks at Mu s store, had contacted the inspector that day and requested the keys be returned to Mu. The former DoH official receives monthly benefits checks that are sometimes postdated and over $1,000. As a favor, Mu cashes the checks for the former DoH official - well before the date listed on the check. Currently, all stores in the territory do not cash any checks over $1,000. Mu showed Samoa News one of the checks from the former DOH official. Samoa News understands in exchange for cashing the postdated checks, the former DoH official steps in and calls in favors when any one of Mu s three stores encounters problems with DoH inspectors. The company s Articles of Incorporation lists Tausaga Vaoali i, Tauolo Vaoali i and Mele Sumile as incorporators of the business. Last Wednesday s incident did not net a citation, as is the standard procedure for stores discovered to be selling contaminated goods. Sources say the employees were only given a warning, and were told that inspections would be forthcoming, and they needed to clean out the container and get rid of the questionable items. (Prior notice or warnings are not standard procedure for scheduled DoH inspections). A source close to the matter reported the inspectors told employees to get rid of the fish that were in the container, and Mu said he did just that. He said the fish did not belong to him, but to a friend, who had asked him if he could store them in his container. The frozen foods unloaded last Wednesday included numerous cases of chicken, sausages, crab meat, and pork. On Friday, Samoa News sent a photographer to T.M. Inc. Photos from that day showed freezer-burnt chicken being sold in the store s indoor freezer. When asked if those were the same chicken packages unloaded from the container two days earlier, Mu did not deny or confirm it. He only said they threw away what they had to. Efforts by Samoa News to contact DoH Director Tuileama Nua and head of the DoH Environmental Services Division Papalii Marion Fitisemanu were unsuccessful as of press time yesterday. In an initial interview with Samoa News, Papalii said cases based on allegations of inappropriate action by employees require an internal investigation, and disciplinary action, if deemed necessary, will be carried out. Emergency cabinet meeting Continued from page 1 Governor Lolo told his cabinet members he has received emails from directors saying they don t have funding and manpower to participate in the clean-up of schools. Find a way that s the biggest issue we are facing today is to change the mindset of our people, because this has to be done. That s what leaders are here to do, we don t find excuses, rather we help, and this is what we are going to and it s the spirit of giving back to the community. He applauded the DOE Director for requesting help, adding the schools have been neglected for many years and that will now change. The schools cited and recommended by DoH to close down included two high schools Fagaitua High School and Nu uuli Vocational Technical High School; while Elementary Schools consisted of Afonotele, Aua, Coleman (Pago Pago), Le atele (Fagasa), Matafao ECE Program, Pava ia i, Siliaga (Aoloau) and Tautalatasi Tuato o Alofau. Two private schools are on the list: Marist St. Francis Elementary and Ta iala Academy. Lolo further stated to the cabinet members to participate and assign employees to go out to the schools and assist with the clean up and the sanitation of the schools. Starting today make a plan for participation in the program, you have to organize that your people are there to lend a hand. The governor also commended the directors, who have reached into their pockets to purchase the needed materials for the cleanup. Lolo noted Samoan Affairs was assigned to Fagaitua Early Childhood Education and Paramount Chiefs are seen mowing the lawn, and it sends a message that it s not just the title that we rely on, but whatever we can pass on to the young people. He also instructed the DoH director Motusa Tuileama Nua to conduct inspections of ECE schools and Day Care Centers on island. The DoH Director told Samoa News they will start their inspections on the ECE s, although some have already been inspected. Day Care Centers inspections will start next week. BUDGET HEARINGS During the emergency cabinet meeting Governor Lolo also said he expects all the directors and agency heads to attend their budget hearings before the Fono. If you are off island, we will request to cancel the hearing until your return, we don t expect to see any Deputy Director before the Fono to make your budget proposal, he stated. Following the cabinet meeting, Governor Lolo was surprised with two birthday cakes one from his wife, First Lady Cynthia Moliga and one from the staff at the Governor s office.
samoa news, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 15 2 Where it s at in American Samoa Jerome Matthew Orlando makes a phone call near the wreckage of the Piper airplane he crash landed on the grounds of WaWa on Tidewater Trail, after his small plane ran out of fuel Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Fredericksburg, Va. near Shannon Airport. (AP Photo/The Free Lance Star,Suzanne Carr Rossi) NEWS IN BRIEF plane lands on Delaware road DOVER, Del. (AP) Delaware State Police say a small U.S. Air Force plane made an emergency landing in a field near Dover Air Force Base, crashed through a fence and taxied onto a road clogged with rush-hour traffic. There were no injuries. Troopers say the plane, identified by DAFB officials as an Aero Club Cessna, landed late Monday afternoon in a field southwest of the approach lights to the runway. Authorities say the plane went through a fence at a business and onto Bay Road, where it stopped in the center median. The plane did not hit any cars, but one car hit a guardrail to avoid it. No one was hurt The 54-year-old instructor pilot and 44-yearold pilot were the only people on the plane. carjacking victim gets new van SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) A San Bernardino man whose van was destroyed when a carjacker killed himself in a fiery crash has been given a free replacement. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says John Sampson got the 2001 Toyota Sierra minivan on Saturday. Johnson, who s 73, needs the van so his disabled wife can get to the doctor. A carjacker, Cary Meeks, stole his Dodge van on Aug. 3. Sampson says he got back in the van and tried to convince Meeks to surrender but instead the carjacker dropped him off, then slammed into a freeway pillar at 100 mph. An anonymous donor provided the replacement, which was spruced up with a brake job, detailing and other work. The minivan has 200,000 miles on it but Sampson says that s fine the Dodge had 225,000. Doctor pleads guilty to federal drug trafficking WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) A West Hollywood doctor pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges for writing hundreds of prescriptions despite a federal order revoking his authority to prescribe drugs. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Barron said James William Eisenberg, 72, pleaded guilty to one count distribution of hydrocodone the generic name for Vicodin and Norco. Between December 2011 and February 2013, Eisenberg worked out of medical marijuana clinics in and around West Hollywood. Authorities say he wrote prescriptions for controlled substances despite being ordered by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents to stop because he had prescribed controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and without legitimate medical need while working at a medical marijuana clinic in Arizona. His license was permanently revoked in July 2012. Here you have a guy who was clearly ordered to stop... and he turned around within a couple weeks and started writing these prescriptions in California, Barron said. I hope this case sends the message that this conduct is not acceptable. An attorney for Eisenberg could not immediately be reached for comment. Continued from page 13 Eisenberg faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in December. Italian Senate will vote on Berlusconi s future in fall ROME (AP) A senator says the Italian Senate will vote on whether or not to confirm ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi s ban from public office before November. Dario Stefano, head of the parliamentary commission which must formally rule on the court-ordered ban, said Monday the panel will discuss it after the legislature s vacation ends Sept. 9. A vote by the full senate would follow. The Senate could confirm the ban and expel Berlusconi. If it broke precedent and doesn t confirm, the issue would move to the courts. Italy s supreme court on Aug. 1 upheld Berlusconi s tax-fraud conviction, four-year prison term and ban from public office. Because of a law to reduce prison overcrowding and his age, Berlusconi, 76, must serve only one year and can do that under house confinement. 3 killed in weekend shootings in Pomona POMONA, Calif. (AP) Three men are dead in a series of shootings in Pomona over the weekend. Police say 45-year-old Jose Cerda was gunned down late Saturday while riding his bicycle on a city street. In another shooting, 24-year-old Isais Garcia Lopez and an 18-year-old man were walking in an alley near midnight Saturday when they shot. Lopez was struck multiple times and died at the scene. The other man was rushed to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. In a third shooting, which occurred early Sunday, 29-year-old Angel Bravo of Pomona was shot and killed as he was getting into his vehicle. Police say no arrests have been made in any of the slayings. No suspect descriptions were released. Officials: Woman poses as nurse at Calif hospital SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Authorities are telling San Francisco Bay Area hospitals to be on alert after a woman was arrested for pretending to be a nurse at a San Jose medical center. The Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office tells the San Jose Mercury News on Monday that 29-year-old Crystal Cook of Felton was discovered in scrubs wearing a stethoscope and a fake registered nurse badge at Valley Medical Center. Hospital security summoned sheriff s deputies who arrested Cook Friday on suspicion of a pair of misdemeanors. She has since been released. Sheriff s Sgt. Kurtis Stenderup says it does not appear Cook, who has no medical background, was able to get into any secure areas like emergency or delivery rooms and no sign she treated anyone. Cook could not be reached for comment. 3250 Airport Road Pago Pago AS 96799 DAILY RATES WEEKLY RATES MONTHLY RATES CALL NOW! 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