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Buckle up!
The first American Samoa
female Afutotolemauosamoa Talamaivao Mauga-Lei Meredith to
enlist in the US Armed forces in
1937 accompanied by her great
grandchildren at her residence in
Nu’uuli yesterday morning. Read
her story in today’s Samoa News,
celebrating our military mothers
— those who served and those
who support — sponsored in partnership with Samoa News and
Bluesky Communication. [Photo: JL]
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Meredith, first American
Samoan female to enlist
I am thankful that while I served in the
Navy… I became a mother & still love it!
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
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Afutotolemauosamoa “Afu” Talamaivao Mauga-Lei Meredith is not only the first American Samoa female to enlist
into the U.S. Navy, at 85 years, she’s also the oldest veteran
living in the territory. Meredith, who was born on July 1, 1929,
enlisted in the US Armed Forces in 1937 when she was only
18 years old.
From the village of Nu’uuli, Mrs. Meredith served for four
years and resigned in 1941.
She told Samoa News the role of mothers in nurturing and
caring for the family is perhaps the most important role in the
world. The veteran said that “everyone has a mother who taught,
cared, nurtured, inspired and helped us to become the people we
are today, and I am thankful that while I served in the Navy, it
was from there I became a mother and I’m still loving it!”
Recalling her years of service, she said, being the first
American Samoa female in the military was something she’s
very proud of and many years later she’s still receiving benefits from being in the Navy.
Speaking to Samoa News while on her bed, Mrs. Meredith
said she remembers that when she was informed that she was
the first female, she smiled and did a silent prayer thanking
our Heavenly Father for allowing her to be a milestone for
American Samoa.
Mrs. Meredith to date has five children, seven grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren. The majority are
off island, and her eldest, David Fa’amasino and his family
are caring her for.
Despite her years, the elderly vet was alert and clear spoken
as she visited with Samoa News about her life. She said that
when she first enlisted she was just amazed as to the life in the
United States compared to American Samoa when she arrived
in the mainland in 1937.
According to Meredith, after serving four years she married
the love of her life, Chief Quartermaster the late David Albert
Meredith of Leone. However, when it was time for her to ship
out of Hawai’i, her husband refused for her to continue her service in the Navy and so she resigned and became a housewife
and a caretaker for their children.
(Continued on page 8)
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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Resounding “no” from both
canneries, private sector to
increase on minimum wage
The local economy can’t afford it they say
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
StarKist Inc., and Tri Marine International
have re-emphasized the need to keep cannery
costs down as American Samoa continues to
face stiff global competition from low labor cost
countries, such as those in Southeast Asia, while
the local Chamber of Commerce says it is not
in favor of the establishment of wage increases
and setting minimums that might have the effect
of substantially reducing employment.
The canneries and the CoC were responding
to Senator Galea’i’s public support of higher
minimum wages in the territory, during a news
conference he called two weeks ago to discuss
several issues.
He acknowledged that the canneries would
have concerns over wage increases, but he also
believes that it’s about time the canneries face
the facts — and pay these workers the right
amount of money. (See Samoa News edition on
April 29 for details.)
The next 50-cent minimum wage hike for
all industries in the territory becomes effective
Sept. 30, 2015.
This means the minimum wage for the canneries — the largest private employer in American Samoa— will go up from the current $4.76
per hour to $5.26 per hour.
Pittsburgh based StarKist Inc., along with
its local cannery StarKist Samoa is owned
by South Korean based Dongwon industries,
while Washington state-based Tri Marine’s
local operations include the Samoa Tuna Processors Inc. cannery.
(Continued on page 14)
The Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa (BGCAS) in partnership with the University of
Hawaii Teacher Education Cohort hosted a Program Completion Event on Friday, May 1 at the
BGCAS Clubhouse in Tafuna, American Samoa.
It showcased what the students/mentees had learned during the 9-week Community Service
[courtesy photo]
Project. See Community Briefs inside for story & more photos.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
✖ It was a man named Thomas Jones who made the following sage observation: “Friends
may come and go, but enemies accumulate.”
✖ If you’re like the average American, you order meals to take away from restaurants
more often than you actually eat inside a restaurant.
✖ You may be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Violet Jessup, who lived a remarkably
fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on your point of view) life. At the age of 23, Jessup
was serving as a steward on the RMS Olympic when the luxury liner collided with a British
warship and sank. She survived to continue her profession, taking a position on the RMS
Titanic less than two years later, in 1912. That didn’t end well, as we all know, but once
again, Jessup survived. Amazingly, she continued her oceangoing career, and during World
War I she served as a nurse aboard the Hospital Ship Britannic. When the Britannic struck
a mine and sank, Jessup was pulled underwater and hit her head on the keel of the ship.
Despite her injuries, she was rescued once again. Three maritime disasters didn’t seem to
faze her, though; she remained a stewardess for the rest of her career.
✖ In 2007, researchers using Google Earth discovered the world’s largest beaver dam.
Located in the wilderness of northern Canada, the dam is more than a half- mile long at
2,790 feet; experts estimate the structure was started in the mid-1970s.
✖ If you’re a resident of Ohio, please keep in mind that in that state, it is illegal to get
undressed in front of a man’s portrait.
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extent even antibiotic -- in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea -- known to
medical science is work.” — Thomas Szasz
Small tsunami near
epicenter of Papua
New Guinea quake
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake rattled the South
Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, generating a small tsunami near the epicenter, bringing down power
lines and cracking walls, but causing no widespread damage.
A tsunami estimated at under 1 meter (3 feet) was seen in the
harbor of Rabaul, a town near the epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude
quake, said Chris McKee, assistant director of the Geophysical
Observatory in the capital, Port Moresby. There were no reports
of flooding, as the tsunami didn’t rise beyond the normal level
of high tide, McKee said.
The temblor struck at a depth of 42 kilometers (26 miles),
about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of the town of Kokopo
in northeastern Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological Survey
reported, after issuing varying estimates of the quake’s power.
The earthquake brought down power lines in the Rabaul area,
knocking out power to residents and to the local Geophysical
Observatory office, McKee said. There were a few reports of
structural damage in Kokopo, including cracks in some walls,
but no reports of injuries, he said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that tsunami waves
of up to 1 meter (3 feet) were possible within 300 kilometers (186
miles) of the epicenter, but lifted the warning a few hours later.
Apart from Rabaul, there were no other reports of unusual wave
activity, and any further threat was likely to be minimal, with
waves of less than 0.3 meters (1 foot) predicted, McKee said.
Tuesday’s quake was centered in the same area as two earthquakes that rocked Papua New Guinea last week. The nation sits
on the Ring of Fire, the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific
Ocean where earthquakes are common.
Centenarian survives
Nepal quake, worries
he’s testing his fate
BIDUR, Nepal (AP) — It was an unlikely escape. By his
own account, he should have died. But when the humble hut
of stacked grey stones collapsed onto Funchu Tamang, who
believes himself to be 101 years old, his daughter-in-law
quickly pulled him from the wreckage.
He was hit in the chest by a rock during the quake. A couple
of ribs were broken, giving him trouble breathing. The next day,
just when his son arrived from Nepal’s northwest, Tamang was
weak and delirious. “I thought my father was dead,” 58-yearold Bal Bahadur Tamang said Monday. But the old man had
only fallen unconscious.
They revived him, but a few days later it became clear he
needed more medical help. His wheezing was getting worse. He
was tired and often dizzy.
They called the Nuwakot district hospital for help, which
sent a police helicopter to land near his village and bring him
here on Saturday.
On Monday, doctors monitored Tamang’s vital signs at the
makeshift clinic set up in the parking lot of the district’s medical office in the partially ruined town of Bidur.
Funchu Tamang’s ordeal is yet another of the extraordinary
stories of resilience and survival coming out of Nepal after it
was rocked by a 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25. It killed
thousands and left hundreds of thousands more homeless.
When he arrived, doctors treated Tamang for a partially collapsed lung. They bandaged cuts he received in the chaos after the
quake. Two days later, he was alert and sitting upright, chatting.
His blood pressure was a cool 101/62.
His injuries were mostly healed, to the point where doctors said
he could go home Tuesday.
Funchu Tamang is so old, he has lived through two such
devastating quakes. But he barely remembers the 1934 temblor
that hit with a magnitude of 8 and leveled cities.
The more recent scare, however, is fresh in his mind. “This
one was really bad. I was afraid. I felt as if I would die,” he said
from his parking lot hospital bed.
He’s still confused by the ordeal, and wonders if he may be
testing fate a bit too far. “I’m very lucky to be alive. ... But I am
so old. I don’t think I can survive anymore. I can’t see properly.
I can’t work, can’t move properly,” he said, wearing a T-shirt
depicting the king and queen of Bhutan, a hand-out from visiting Bhutanese medics.
“I am an old man. It is my time to die.”
‘Same day service’ for Samoa
entry permit increased to $20
samoa news, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Page 3
New Samoa Consul General for the Territory appointed
Translated by Samoa News staff
The Samoa government
has not raised the $10 entry
permit for U.S. Nationals,
who are American Samoans
entering the Independent
State. Instead, Samoa’s new
Consul General, Auseugaefa
Mafaitu’uga F. T. Va’asatia
Poloma Komiti, has enforced
policies that have been in
place for those wishing to get
their entry permit right away,
which is to say, on the same
day the request is made.
Samoa’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which
has jurisdiction over that
country’s foreign diplomatic
missions, in an appointment
letter dated Mar. 25, says Auseugaefa will serve as Consul
General to Samoa’s Consulate
General’s Office in American
Samoa for a term of three years
commencing Mar. 26, 2015 to
Mar. 25, 2018.
Auseugaefa takes over the
diplomatic post from Mataafa
Tomasi Esera, who was
Samoa’s first Consul General
in American Samoa.
Samoa News yesterday
morning received complaints
from American Samoans that
the Samoa government has
hiked the $10 entry permit to
$20 without giving the general
public any advance notice. The
complaints further allege that
it’s the new Consul General
who made the decision to hike
the entry permit fee.
In an interview yesterday
morning, Auseugaefa told
Samoa News that “there is no
increase” in the permit fee of
$10; however, if the person
seeking a permit wants it right
away, then the fee will be $20.
He says the policy has been in
place for some time, but it has
not been followed.
He says that when a request
is made, his office needs
time to check and verify the
request, which is similar to
what other world countries
do when someone requests a
Visa for entry to that country.
Additionally, office staff will
have to put aside other work,
while processing the permit of
the person who wants it right
away.
“We need to do our due
diligence on the request,” Auseugaefa said, adding that the
office still accepts ‘emergency
requests’ for issues such as
funerals, but that will be $20
for processing it right away.
“However, if the request is
made today, and the person
returns the next day to pick
it up, that’s still a $10 entry
permit.”
The Consulate Office has
limited space and is located on
the second floor of the Iupeli
Siliva building in Fagatogo.
When he took over the post,
Auseugaefa said he witnessed
members of the public waiting
and standing in the office and
“I don’t want them to wait too
long”.
He’s hopeful that there will
be more office space when and
if the new Consulate Office is
constructed on ASG land in
Tafuna — but there is no timeline on when that will happen.
(The land is a trade between
the two Samoas and American
Samoa’s office is in Vailima in
the Apia town area.)
He says his heart goes out
to the public standing around
due to the lack of space and
especially for our elders. And
because of the limited space,
he said travelers get hesitant in giving information or
explaining their reason for
travel, as they are concerned
with being overheard by others
in the office.
The new consulate also
shared that there is a notice in
front of the Consulate’s office
which provides his contact
information after hours, in
case there is an emergency.
“I’m available after hours to
help members of the public, to
ensure they’re not faced with
travel problems,” he said.
Auseugaefa stressed that
the partnership between the
two Samoas is very important
to the government of Samoa.
While Samoa gets financial
assistance and other support
from major countries such as
Australia, New Zealand, Japan
and China, “you cannot ignore
the important issue that we are
all Samoans, blood and body,”
he said.
“And while the two Samoas
have different forms of government, we are one.” (See
today’s edition for original
Samoan story.)
Former Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, right, along
with his friend Kiyomi Cook arrive at the Saint Louis Alumni
Clubhouse on NFL Draft Day Thursday, April 30, 2015, in
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Letter to the Editor
“STOP CRITICIZING OUR GOVERNOR & SUPPORT HIM!”
Dear Editor,
Talofa lava. Oute mua’i fa’atulou atu Tutuila ma Manu’a ma
lau fa’asausauga. Tolouna le pa’ia ole faigamalo a Tutuila ma
Manu’a i vaega ‘ese’ese. Tolouna le pa’ia ile fa’afofoga’aga
ile usoga ia Tumua ma Pule…tolouna lava. Tainane le pa’ia
ole ‘au faigaluega totofi a le Atua i lea fata-faitaulaga ma lea
fata-faitaulaga; o lo’o nono-manu, aua se manuia mo a taeao o
Samoana-Lua…tolouna lava.
For all non-Samoan speaking folks… I would state this in
English for all to understand. But, I was just giving “honor”
where honor is due at the beginning of my letter.
However, I would like to make this short and simple. I keep
reading all these and that on the Samoa News paper articles
about our Governor.
Galea’i “Criticizing” Governor Lolo Moliga about his
“involvement” with the fautasi race, and, Satele “Criticizing”
Governor Lolo Moliga about “his removal” from the Samoan
Affairs Secretary Post… etc… etc. I mean, with all due
respect… but, why don’t you folks Stop Criticizing our Governor and Support Him?
As former U.S. President John F. Kennedy clearly put it…
“Ask Not what your Country can do for you, but ask…What can
You do for Your Country.”
When you go on the media and pretty much “label” our Governor an “idiot” and a “liar” sort of speak, what kind of “examples” are you setting for our younger generations? What kind of
“leader” does that make you? Cause, I’ll tell you folks what…
It’s Not the “loud” of your bark, but the “vicious” of your bite
that counts.
Everybody wants to make noises when the “Elections” are
around the corner… it’s a common practice that I see here with
the “Politicians”. But, when it comes to their “good deeds” for
the people…ZERO.
Governor Lolo Moliga has been doing what he promised
— and that’s providing a government of the People and for the
People, by the People. He stepped-in and handled things when
other previous Governors wouldn’t, he helped-out families
in need of government’s assistance when our elected district
faipule and previous governor gave the people the run-around,
he gave our college graduates a chance to pursue their careers
in their fields of study when our previous Governor told them
to “take their degrees and go scale fishes” at the canneries,
AND, he stepped-in and fixed most of our roads when our previous Governor kept lying about McDow’s equipments being
“malfunctioned”.
Galea’i and Satele…Quit “biting” the hand that feeds you,
and “Stop Criticizing Our Governor on the media and start Supporting Him!”
#1 Lolo and Lemanu Supporter till theWheels fall off...
Respectfully,
Masunu Leala Jr.
CORRECTION
Yesterday’s photo caption in Section B, page B6 should
state that Mata’u Steve Taele, with his older brother, the “Hurricane Kid” enjoyed the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in a special
friends and family section at Maliu Mai Resort.
Apologies to our readers for our inadvertent error.
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Income inequality fact of life
for food servers in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Income inequality
is more than a political sound bite to workers in
the Capitol. It’s their life.
Many of the Capitol’s food servers, who
make the meals, bus the tables and run the
cash registers in the restaurants and carryouts
that serve lawmakers, earn less than $11 an
hour. Some make nothing at all when Congress is in recess.
Members of the House and Senate collect
their $174,000 annual salaries whether Congress is making laws, taking a break or causing
a partial government shutdown.
“This is the most important building in the
world,” said Sontia Bailey, who works the cash
register and stocks the shelves at the “Refectory” takeout on the Capitol’s Senate side.
“You’d think our wages would be better.”
Bailey, 34, makes $10.33 an hour, a hair
above the $10.10 hourly minimum for federal
contractors. She had to move from her apartment to a rented room when the 2013 temporary government shutdown interrupted her
income, she said.
KFC pays her better. Bailey works weekends and two evenings a week there, making
$12 an hour.
In the Capitol food service world, she said,
“everybody has second jobs.”
Down an ornate hallway is 21-year-old
Abraham Tesfahun. He serves lunch in the
Senate members’ dining room and handles
the afternoon cash register in the busy Senate
takeout, one floor below. Tesfahun said his
hourly pay is $10.30. But he receives an additional $3 an hour in cash, which otherwise
would go toward health insurance. He is covered by his mother’s insurance policy under
President Barack Obama’s health care law.
That doesn’t mean Tesfahun, who emigrated from Ethiopia as a teenager, is tight
with his mom.
“She kind of kicked me out of the house,” he
said sheepishly, when he quit community college after one year to work seven days a week.
Now, he said, he rents a basement room and
works full time in the Capitol.
On Saturdays and Sundays, he works at a
Dunkin’ Donuts, for $8 an hour. That’s above
the federal minimum wage of $7.25, although
some states have higher minimums.
“People are much nicer” in the Capitol,
Tesfahun said. But he said he generally has no
work or pay when Congress is out of session,
and he sometimes collects unemployment ben-
efits. The Senate is scheduled to be in recess 13
weeks this year.
Both Bailey and Tesfahun said they once
received a pay raise of 3 cents an hour.
In Congress and the 2016 presidential race,
candidates in both parties promise to help U.S.
workers narrow the gap with high earners.
The Capitol’s food workers — many of
whom can’t afford cars, let alone vacations —
are prime examples of people without college
degrees who have fallen far behind in the hightech global economy.
Capitol food workers with at least seven
years’ experience fare better than Bailey and
Tesfahun, making about $16 or $17 an hour.
But even one of those, cook Shawnee Ellis, said
she does catering on the side because “I have to
make extra money” to pay her bills.
All work for Restaurant Associates, a major
New York-based contractor that handles food
services for the House and Senate.
In a statement, the contractor said it “takes
pride in paying above-market competitive
wages.” It would not comment on individual
employees.
The House privatized its food operations
decades ago.
The Senate ran its own operations, at heavy
losses, until 2008. That’s when the then-Democratic majority said taxpayer subsidies were
unsustainable, and Restaurant Associates won
the contract to take over.
“There are parts of government that can be
run like a business and should be run like businesses,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
then the head of the Senate Rules Committee,
which oversees such contracts.
A few Democrats objected. “You cannot
stand on the Senate floor and condemn the
privatization of workers, and then turn around
and privatize the workers here in the Senate
and leave them out on their own,” Sen. Bob
Menendez of New Jersey said at the time.
Nonetheless, senators approved the 2008
switch in a voice vote, which any dissenter
could have blocked. Through a spokesman,
Feinstein declined to comment for this story.
Capitol employees’ struggles are causing
discomfort for lawmakers — including some
running for president — as national debate
churns over income inequality. In April, dozens
of Capitol workers staged a one-day protest.
Senate cook Bertrand Olotara wrote in The
Guardian, “I serve food to some of the most
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Former LBJ cashier sentenced to
nine months in jail plus restitution
by Joyetter
Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
Felise “Leesha” Toilolo
the co-defendant in the hospital’s
missing
monies
case was sentenced to nine
months and ordered to pay
$3,800 of hospital funds she
misappropriated.
(Samoa News notes Toilolo
is a transgender, and thus refers
to the defendant as a “she”.)
Ms Toilolo was facing one
count of stealing. The other
defendant in this case is Jennifer Tofaeono, the hospital’s
former business manager,
who has already pled guilty to
conspiracy to commit felony
stealing, and was sentenced to
pay restitution and ordered to
serve 20 months in jail for her
5-year suspended sentence.
Defendant’s attorney, Fiti
Sunia told the court thatMs
Toilolo is a candidate for probation, given that this is her
first time before the court and
she has accepted responsibility.
He pleaded with the court
to place the defendant on probation. However, Chief Justice Michael Kruse pointed
out to Sunia that there are
two types of sentencing the
court can hand down — the
straight sentence which means
the matter will go before the
Parole board, and the probated
sentence that is monitored by
probation officers.
Sunia explained that the
crime which Ms Toilolo committed was conducted while
working under Tofaeono, who
was the immediate supervisor
that had the authority to hold
off on the credit card transactions. He argued that if the
court was to impose jail time,
20 months would be sufficient
and place her on three years
probation. He recommended to
the court to jail the defendant
for three months. Sunia also
asked the court to consider Ms
Toilolo’s safety as she would
be incarcerated with men.
Deputy Attorney General
Mitzie Jessop said that while
Ms Toilolo denies knowing
Tofaeono had hospital monies in
her account, yet it was two years
the defendant and Tofaeono
misappropriated monies. Jessop
asked the court to carry out
the sentencing of Ms Toilolo,
noting that while the evidence
indicates that $3,800 is the restitution in this case, however
there may be more.
The prosecutor further
argued to sentence Ms Toilolo
with the same sentence that was
handed down for Tofaeono.
According to the plea agreement read in open court, the
government moved to amend
count one to conspiracy to
steal, which is a class D felony
punishable with up to five
years in jail, a fine up to $5,000
or both fine and jail time.
The plea further says that in
exchange for the government’s
amendment of the stealing
charge, the defendant will enter
a guilty plea to the said charge.
By defendant’s plea of guilt Ms
Toilolo admits that between
May 2009 and June 2011 she
made several withdrawals
exceeding $100 from the hospital’s funds by using her bank
debit card with knowledge that
funds were not being debited
from her bank account and credited to the hospital bank account
to cover the withdrawals.
The defendant, who was
assured by her supervisor
Tofaeono that she had taken
care of Ms Toilolo’s debit card
transactions, implicitly agreed
and acquiesced to Tofaeono’s
conduct of voiding or canceling the debit card transactions to avoid reimbursing the
hospital’s account for her debit
card withdrawals. Tofaeono
had the authority and the security code to submit or void
debit card withdrawals.
Defendant admits that her
conduct was without legal justification or excuse. She further
admits that she was financially
China warns teacher who let
student hold parasol for her
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese grade school teacher was
admonished Tuesday for letting a student hold a parasol for
her on a school outing after photos of the incident drew overwhelming criticism on social media.
The Baoshan district education bureau in Shanghai said in
a statement that it was reminding teachers that they must discipline themselves and care for their students.
Chinese officials have long had the privilege of having
underlings hold umbrellas to shield them from the elements,
but the practice — once seen as a symbol of status — has been
derided by people who see it as an act of arrogance indicative of
an authoritarian regime.
Last year, a photo of President Xi Jinping holding his own
umbrella in the rain won a top journalism prize, as it portrayed
him as a normal person.
The photos of the small boy stretching up his arm to hold
the parasol over his teacher’s head on a sunny day as she
walked and then sat on a bench touched a nerve among the
Chinese public, who responded with torrents of sarcasm and
criticism, even after local media reported that the boy did it
willingly.
Responding to public opinion, local education officials
swiftly launched an investigation and announced their decision.
enriched in the amount of
$3,800 and she agrees to pay
back the hospital as restitution.
Chief Justice Michael
Kruse accepted the plea agreement and scheduled sentencing
in this matter for May 1, 2015,
last Friday, whereas he sentenced Ms Toilolo to 20 months
in jail, and she was ordered to
pay restitution of $3,800 and
after she serves nine months
in jail, the court can revisit the
defendant’s sentencing.
According to the government’s case the investigation
was conducted by OTICIDE
agents, who worked with
former Chief Financial Officer
of LBJ Hospital, V.B who’s no
longer working for the hospital.
Ms Toilolo in a statement to the hospital said she
would use her credit card to
obtain cash from the LBJ merchant machines, but does not
remember how many times
or for how much. She further
stated that she saw Tofaeono
run her credit card as well on
a daily basis and deposit the
money into her account.
Court filings say that Toilolo
stated she saw voided receipts
being printed out of the merchant machine, and placed
where the voided receipts in a
plastic container on her desk
along with the history reports
from the merchant machines.
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Twenty teachers of the UH Teacher Education Cohort XXX in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa for Spring Semester 2015 volunteered their time after school to help students/mentees of BGCAS learn more about the the 6 Pillars of Character — Trustworthiness, Respectfulness, Responsibility,
[courtesy photo]
Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. Bluesky Samoa
Ltd. records $1M
tala dividend for
its shareholders
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu, Samoa News Reporter
BlueSky Samoa Limited recorded a total of $1million tala dividend to the Unit Trust of Samoa (UTOS). In a statement issued by
the UTOS Board, this is the fourth consecutive time that UTOS
has received a dividend from its investment in Bluesky Samoa
Limited since becoming a shareholder on 1st July 2010. “This
being a significant event for UTOS, the trading of units was temporarily suspended at 3:00pm Wednesday 29 April 2015 to allow
management time to recalculate the UTOS Unit Price.
“Ultimately, our Unit holders are the beneficiaries of this
dividend. The unit price has now reached $1.58 following the
dividend declaration, which is an increase of 4 sene from the last
unit price.” UTOS took the time to remind their Unit holders of
another benefit they are entitled to from Bluesky Samoa - the
UTOS Mobile Plan, launched during the Unitholders AGM in
September 2013.
“The Plan consists of $120 tala worth of free call minutes,
data and texts each year. “If you are a unitholder of UTOS and
have not joined the Plan, call or visit our office for more information. “We encourage our unitholders to support Bluesky
because benefits will go back to them in the form of dividends
and mobile plans.” The statement goes on to say that as of
Wednesday 29 April 2015, the number of unitholders of UTOS
has reached 1,503. “All Samoans are encouraged to start an
investment in UTOS and take advantage of these benefits.”
UTOS thanked the Board of Directors, Management and
Staff of Bluesky Samoa Limited for another successful year.
“UTOS is also looking forward to improved returns following
its recent 26% equity investment in Bluesky Pacific Holdings
Limited which is the Bluesky group flagship leading the expansion to the Cook Islands and New Zealand markets.”
By B. Chen-Fruean, Samoa News Correspondent
EARTH DAY PROGRAM A HUGE SUCCESS
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) spearheaded the recent
Earth Day program, a celebration that is observed locally and globally in over 192 countries.
“The special day reminds citizens across the world to appreciate and protect our environment
and natural resources,” said a statement from the AS-EPA. This year’s Earth Day was dedicated
to the successful community outreach campaign “Keep American Samoa Beautiful (KASB)”.
The activities kicked off with a special ‘wave’ at the Suigaula ole Atuvasa Beach Park in Utulei.
Governor Lolo Moliga proclaimed April 22 as Earth Day and emphasized that the environment in
American Samoa, which consists of air, land, and water, are the basic ingredients upon which life
depends. A “Recycled Art Sculpture Contest” was also organized in honor of Earth Day.
The program culminated with AS-EPA director Ameko Pato challenging everyone to go out
to their families and communities and to be ‘environmental champions’ by spreading the KASB
message and living the KASB mission.
His concluding remarks were: “Remember that KASB is not just a program. KASB is a new
way of life that can transform this territory into the paradise that she truly is, in order to protect
human health and the environment. KASB starts with you.”
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
The Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) last week officially launched Mental
Health Awareness Month in the territory during a special kick off ceremony at the Fale Tele in
Utulei. Hymns were provided by students from Iakina Seventh Day Adventist School and special
remarks were offered by DHSS director Taeaoafua Dr. Meki Solomona who thanked all the families of those with mental health issues for their patience, as well as their partners, and the social
workers who serve this population. During this month, outreach presentations will be made at
different schools across the island to raise awareness about mental health.
Last Friday’s program ended with a special ‘releasing of balloons’ which the kids enjoyed.
BGCAS AND UH COHORT PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP SHOWCASE EVENT
The Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa (BGCAS) in partnership with the University of
Hawaii Teacher Education Cohort hosted a Program Completion Event on Friday, May 1 at the
BGCAS Clubhouse in Tafuna, American Samoa.
This Spring Semester 2015, BGCAS has been working with the UH Cohort program in completing a 9-week Community Service Project. Twenty (20) UH Cohort teachers were able to volunteer their time after school to help BGCAS students/mentees learn more about the 6 Pillars of
Character — Trustworthiness, Respectfulness, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
Students worked hard on describing the different Pillars of Character in a creative way, and
displayed what they have learned during the 30-minute showcase event.
samoa news, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Page 7
Puerto Rico governor signs
Closings set after ex-officer order
to legalize medical pot
testifies in drug squad case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer took one for the team as
he sparred with a federal prosecutor on the final
day of testimony in a narcotics squad corruption trial.
Six veteran officers are on trial, but only coolheaded Michael Spicer took the stand to defend
charges that the group robbed drug suspects,
roughed them up and lied to win convictions.
Spicer was the last trial witness called before
the jury hears closing arguments Tuesday.
“I’m not going to sit here and say I’m an
angel,” Spicer said, describing the squad’s power
of suggestion that led one suspect to cooperate.
But he said he never saw anyone lean the man
over a balcony or put him in harm’s way from
the supplier he set up, as the indictment charges.
“We would never put a civilian in jeopardy.
The sergeant wouldn’t allow that for a second,”
Spicer said.
The jury over the past month has heard from
more than a dozen drug dealers and a rogue
ex-colleague who testified after he was caught
stealing $15,000 in drug money and planting
evidence.
Convicted officer Jeffrey Walker said he had
committed “thousands” of crimes on the job —
even reselling three kilos of seized cocaine on
the street — and shared the proceeds with his
fellow officers. He said he never worried about
people wrongly convicted because they were
drug dealers and, to his mind, not “human.”
“I was very loyal to the guys,” the 24-year
police veteran said. “I would lie for them. I
would steal for them. I would abuse people for
them. I wanted to be part of the squad.”
Police supervisors, called by the defense,
attacked Walker as a sloppy drunk who once
lost his service weapon.
The supervisors were on hand for many of
the drug raids described in the 2014 indictment. Prosecutors say the squad stole more
than $400,000, carried a safe down 17 flights of
stairs to avoid elevator cameras, raided homes
before getting search warrants, and threatened
suspects and their family members.
None of the supervisors were charged.
The criminal trial follows years of complaints
and civil lawsuits about the narcotics field unit
run by lead defendant Thomas Liciardello.
About 160 convictions were overturned amid
Walker’s plea in 2013 and last year’s indictment against Liciardello and five others.
Spicer, 47, acknowledged that he was not
present for some of the episodes alleged, and
could not dispute them.
In one arrest discussed Monday, Spicer was
asked why his paperwork said another officer
had translated for a Spanish-speaking man
signing off on a search warrant. The officer
came to court to deny he translated in that case.
“I’m still scratching my head (over that),”
Spicer said. “I don’t know if we misconveyed
what we were asking him, or if he misunderstood.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen McCartney
also asked about threats allegedly made to a
plumber’s family to get him to cooperate during
a methamphetamine raid. According to the
plumber, the officers warned that his wife and
daughter could be put in prison and attacked.
“I remember a conversation put to (him) that
if he didn’t step up to the plate, his wife and
daughter are going to be taken into custody,”
Spicer said. “I don’t remember which officer
said it.”
“He had to step up to the plate, and he did
not. That led to the arrest of both (women),”
Spicer said.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor
on Sunday signed an executive order to authorize the use of
medical marijuana in the U.S. territory in an unexpected move
following a lengthy public debate.
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said the island’s health secretary has three months to issue a report detailing how the executive order will be implemented, the impact it will have and
what future steps could be taken. The order went into immediate
effect. “We’re taking a significant step in the area of health that
is fundamental to our development and quality of life,” Garcia
said in a statement. “I am sure that many patients will receive
appropriate treatment that will offer them new hope.”
The order directs the health department to authorize the use
of some or all controlled substances or derivatives of the cannabis plant for medical use. Garcia said the government also
will soon outline the specific authorized uses of marijuana and
its derivatives for medical purposes. He noted that medical
marijuana is used in the U.S. mainland and elsewhere to treat
pain associated with migraines and illnesses including epilepsy,
multiple sclerosis and AIDS.
Medical marijuana is already legal in 23 U.S. states, and a
group of U.S. legislators is seeking to remove federal prohibitions on it. Elsewhere in the Caribbean, Jamaica recently passed
a law that partially decriminalized small amounts of pot and
paved the way for a lawful medical marijuana sector.
Jaime Perello, president of Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives, said he supported Garcia’s order.
“It’s a step in the right direction,” he said. “One of the benefits that patients say they receive the most is pain relief.”
Opposition legislator Jenniffer Gonzalez said Garcia’s
actions leave the law of controlled substances in what she
called a “judicial limbo.” Back in 2013, Puerto Rico legislators debated a bill that would allow people to use marijuana for
medicinal purposes, but a final vote was never taken.
Amado Martinez, an activist who supports legalizing marijuana for all uses, said in a phone interview that he was very
surprised by the governor’s actions. He wondered what type of
illnesses would receive authorization for medical marijuana,
and whether the medical marijuana will be imported or if people
can obtain licenses to grow it on the island. “There are so many
questions. We have to look at all those details,” he said.
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➧ Afutotolemauosamoa…
Continued from page 1
Her husband, however, continued his service in the Navy for
30 years and then he retired, and they moved back to American
Samoa. He has since passed on.
She told Samoa News that being a mother at a young age was
difficult, because mothers are expected to be great teachers and
she did her best to care for her family to the best of her ability
and also provide the support to her husband in the Navy.
“Today, I am grateful to the Navy, for they have not forsaken
me and my family, from the time when I served, I resigned and
when my husband finally retired, the Armed forces was always
there to lend the support we needed.”
Mrs. Meredith, who’s bedridden, said she returned recently
from her appointments at Tripler Hospital and this is one of the
benefits of being a Veteran. The female veteran was emotional
when she thanked Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga for dedicating the 2015 Flag Day to
the Veterans.
“The governor doesn’t know how grateful I am that this Flag
Day was dedicated to us, and I’m still alive. Who knows when
another Flag Day will be dedicated to those who served and continue to serve in the military — Remember freedom is not free.”
Mrs. Meredith was one of the Vets who led the parade at this
year’s Flag Day festivities, where the Veterans also conducted
cultural performances as part of the event, which was dedicated
to their service.
Samoa News in partnership with Bluesky Communications
wishes all military mothers and wives — in service and in support — a Happy Mother’s Day.
We will continue to publish this special feature throughout
the week in celebration of our mothers’ true love to each of us.
To all our mothers, “Manuia le Aso Tina”.
C
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The first American Samoa female to enlist in the US Armed forces in 1937, Afutotolemauosamoa Talamaivao Mauga-Lei Meredith. She was among the veterans who participated in
the Flag Day festivities last month, which were dedicated to all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces
[Photo: JL]
— past and present. PNG’s quake does
not incur tsunami
threat for Territory
(ASDHS)–TEMCO issued
at 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 4 —
The National Weather Service
- Pacific Tsunami Warning
Center in Hawai’i issued an
information statement ONLY
to advise that a 7.5 magnitude
earthquake occurred in the
Ireland Region of Papua New
Guinea. Based on all available data, there is NO tsunami
threat to American Samoa
from this earthquake.
ASDHS caution the public
to be observant and exercise
normal caution if you are near
or in the ocean.
This will be the only statement for this event unless
additional information is made
available.
O se fa’aaliga lenei mai le
Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le
Lotoifale – le Homeland Security ma le Ofisa o le TEMCO,
auina mai i le itula e 3:30 i le
afiafi nei, le Aso Gafua, 04 o Me.
Ua fa’ailoa mai e le ofisa
o le va’ai tau ma le ofisa e
lapata’iina tsunami i le Pasefika i Hawai’i e fa’apea, sa
luluina se mafui’e e 7.5 lona
malosi i le atu motu o Papua
New Guinea. I su’esu’ega
mae’amae’a ua fa’ailoa mai ai
E LEAI se tsunami e tula’i mai
ai i lea mafui’e.
E fautuaina pea le mamalu
o le atunu’u e mataala ma
fa’aaoga pea tulaga mo le saogalemu pe afai o e latalata po’o
e i totonu fo’i o le sami.
O le fa’aliga lea ma le
fa’aaloalo mo le mamalu o
le atunu’u ma o le a fa’amuta
ai fo’i fa’amatalaga mo lea
fa’alavelave.
(This is an information
statement from the American
Samoa Department of Homeland Security)
samoa news, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Page 9
NURSES WEEK
By B. Chen-Fruean
Samoa News Correspondent
C
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For the first time, the Public Health
Nurses Association will be celebrating
Nurses Week with a special schedule of
events that will honor and celebrate the
estimated 60 CNAs, LPNs, and RNs who
serve the local community under the Dept.
of Health umbrella in both Tutuila and
Manu’a.
Nurses Week started with a special
church service held at the CCCAS Fagatogo
Church this past Sunday and was attended
by all nursing professionals for both DOH
and the LBJ Medical Center.
The week will start off with the DOH
nursing staff checking in to Sadie’s by the
Sea for a two-day retreat and fellowship.
An awards ceremony was held last night
and tomorrow, the group will head over to
Hope House at Fatuoaiga to make a presentation of gift items that they collected.
This Thursday, the nurses will enjoy a
well-deserved day off as they head to $2
Beach in Avaio for a Barbecue and Beach
Day, filled with games and activities.
Everything will close at the end of the
week with a formal mini ball set to be held
at the Country Club in Ili’ili.
The theme for this year’s Nurses Week is
“Ethical Practice, Quality Care.”
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BGCAS students/mentees showcased the different Pillars of Character in a creative way during the Program Completion Event on Friday, May 1 at the BGCAS
Clubhouse in Tafuna, American Samoa. The event completed the nine weeks of a Community Service Project which was done in partnership with the Boys & Girls
[courtesy photo]
Clubs of American Samoa (BGCAS) and the University of Hawaii Teacher Education Cohort XXX.
Global NEWS IN BRIEF
Magnitude-5.6 quake jolts New
Zealand; no major damage
WANAKA, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude-5.6
earthquake jolted the South Island of New Zealand
Monday afternoon, but there were no initial reports of
major damage or injuries. The United States Geological
Survey put the center of the temblor at 30 kilometers
(19 miles) northwest of the town of Wanaka.
New Zealand police issued a statement saying that
people had reported some instances of broken windows but no major damage.
Residents across the South Island reported feeling
the quake as a strong, sharp rattle.
Fairfax Media reported tourist attraction Puzzling
World was evacuated because of the quake. The
attraction includes a large maze and rooms of illusion.
USGS said the quake struck at about 2:30 p.m. at
a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).
Shallow quakes tend to be more strongly felt.
Wanaka is home to about 6,500 people. It is popular with tourists, offering nearby skiing in the winter
and hiking in the summer.
New Zealand is prone to earthquakes due to its
location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
Father wants to withdraw guilty
plea for girl’s rotten teeth
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania father
who pleaded guilty after his daughter’s teeth were
found so rotten her life was endangered now says he
didn’t neglect his 6-year-old.
The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown reports
that Kenneth Wanamaker Jr. wants a judge to let him
withdraw his guilty plea. Wanamaker says Saturday
that he never endangered his daughter’s life.
The 37-year-old pleaded guilty last month to reckless endangerment and false swearing. He’s been in
jail since having his bail revoked in December for
failing to enroll in drug treatment.
Authorities allege he allowed his daughter’s teeth
to become so infected her life was at risk. He says in
a filing April 22 that he didn’t understand the charges.
Authorities are still investigating the pneumonia
death of Wanamaker’s 7-month-old son in 2011.
the Oldest complete copy of Ten
Commandments displayed in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — The world’s oldest complete copy of the Ten Commandments is on rare
display at Israel’s national museum in an exhibit of
objects from pivotal moments in civilization.
The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll belongs to a
collection of the world’s most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea.
The brittle manuscript has never before been displayed in Israel, and was shown abroad only in brief
exhibits. It is being displayed alongside the oldest
known remains of a communal bonfire and a family
burial, the oldest complete sickle and some of the
world’s oldest coins.
Museum director James Snyder says many of the
exhibited objects were discovered in Israel in recent
years and have never been displayed.
The exhibit, which opened last week, marks the
50th anniversary of the museum’s founding.
Court lists address of
wrong woman in Gray case
BALTIMORE (AP) — A woman whose address
was listed in public court records as that of a police
officer charged in the Freddie Gray case has been
harassed by phone calls from bail bondsmen and visits
from journalists to her home, her lawyer said Monday.
Alicia White is afraid to walk her dog and has
deactivated her social media accounts, her attorney,
Jeremy Eldridge, said in a phone interview on
Monday. Eldridge said his client has the same name,
but isn’t Sgt. Alicia White, who was charged Friday
with involuntary manslaughter and other offenses in
Gray’s death.
The Associated Press was among the news organizations that sent a reporter to White’s address on
Friday, based on the erroneous documents.
The court records have been corrected, but
Eldridge said White tried to reach the state’s attorney’s office through Facebook over the weekend, and
still has not received a response.
Eldridge said the mistake in the court documents
indicates the investigation into Gray’s death was
“flawed and rushed.”
Seattle police: No charges for
man stuck in basketball hoop
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police say they aren’t
pursuing charges against a shirtless man with a
hammer who managed to get himself stuck in a basketball hoop.
Officer Drew Fowler said Monday the man was
not booked into jail but sent to a hospital for a mental
health evaluation. The man climbed onto the hoop at
Cal Anderson Park during May Day demonstrations
Friday, though Fowler says it’s not clear if his actions
were related to the protests.
News helicopter video showed him hanging upside
down from the rim, sometimes by just one foot, as he
waved the hammer around. It took several officers to
get him down, helped by a firefighter who climbed a
ladder to cut the net. The police department wrote on
its Twitter feed it was considering citing the man for
destruction of property — “or at least goal-tending.”
Guam starts issuing checks to
police for owed specialty pay
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam’s police chief
said checks will be mailed out this week for $6.4 million in specialty pay related to law enforcement raises
that island lawmakers approved in 2008.
The money has taken several years to be distributed. Four 10 percent increases were supposed to
make up a pay raise for law enforcement officers, but
two of those increases were not paid until 2013, the
Pacific Daily News reported.
The money covers all remaining retroactive payments owed to police. “This closes the books,” Guam
Police Chief Fred Bordallo said. Guam has paid out
$25 million so far, and this week will add $6.4 million
to that tally in specialty pay, which includes overtime.
Sen. Frank Aguon Jr. said last week he was disappointed retroactive pay was not implemented by
the end of April, as promised by the department of
administration, the newspaper reported earlier.
Police also have identified nearly $15,000 to pay
stipends owed to members of the Civilian Volunteer
Police Reserves, according to Bordallo. The chief said
that money should cover stipends through January.
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Richard Overton, left, smokes a cigar with a few neighborhood friends Donna Shorts, center and
Martin Wilford Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Austin, Texas.. Overton, is considered to be the oldest living
World War II veteran in the United States, celebrated his 109th birthday on a front porch in East
Austin with friends and family. Wilford, right, says that he has known Overton for 37 years and he
looks at Mr. Overton as if he was his biological father. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
police dig bodies from
village, trekking route
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers
were digging Tuesday through thousands of
tons of earth from a quake-triggered mudslide
in Nepal that wiped out an entire village along a
popular Himalayan trekking route and killed at
least 60 people.
Nine of the victims recovered in the Langtang Valley since the April 25 earthquake and
mudslide were foreign trekkers, said Gautam
Rimal, the top government official in the
Rasuwa district. Villagers say as many as 200
people could have been killed.
The valley and its little village of Langtang
are about 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of
Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It was a popular
stop for trekkers because of its scenic views
of the Himalayas. “The entire village was
wiped out by the mudslide. There were some
60 houses there, but they were all buried under
rubble. It will be impossible to recover all the
bodies,” Rimal said.
The village is now about a two-day hike
from the nearest town because the landslide
has blocked area roads. While helicopters allow
easy access, they remain in short supply because
of aid missions across the quake-affected parts
of Nepal. The still-rising death toll from the
quake, Nepal’s worst in more than 80 years, has
reached more than 7,500.
In Kathmandu, authorities say up to one-third
of the city’s residents have left since the quake.
In the first days, bus stations were jammed with
people fearing aftershocks or trying to get home
to relatives in devastated villages.
Authorities do not know how many of
those people have returned to the capital, but
on Tuesday there were still people waiting for
buses to leave.
California officer in hot
water over ice bucket video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California
officer faces insurance fraud charges after
authorities say a video showed her participating
in an ice-bucket challenge despite claiming she
had a back injury.
Los Angeles County prosecutors say a video
posted online in July showed Pasadena police
officer Jaime Robison pick up a 5-gallon bucket
of ice water and pour it over a fellow officer
while she was receiving disability benefits.
The case also alleges the 39-year-old Robison exaggerated injuries in 2012 to receive
disability pay.
Robison pleaded not guilty Friday to four
counts of insurance fraud. She is scheduled to
return to court June 10.
If convicted, she could face up to six years
and four months in jail.
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95-year-old man fights off
would-be robber with cane
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police say a
95-year-old World War II veteran used his cane
to fight off a would-be robber in Manchester,
New Hampshire.
Arthur Kamberis was leaving a pharmacy on
Saturday when a man approached and reached
for his wallet, which was in a zippered pocket.
Kamberis started to fight him off and hit him
several times with his cane. A passer-by helped
Kamberis, and the attacker fled.
Kamberis wasn’t hurt, and the good Samaritan drove him home.
Kamberis told WMUR-TV “I had my credit
card, my license, my grandchildren’s pictures
in there and all sorts of stuff it would have been
wicked for me to replace.”
Police are still searching for the man and are
circulating a surveillance photo.
2 men arrested, suspected of
attacking dog with machetes
MERCED, Calif. (AP) — Two men have
been arrested in Central California on suspicion
of tying a dog to a fire hydrant and slashing it
with machetes and leaving it for dead.
Police in Merced believe the attack on
Friday happened after the Siberian Husky
named Lucious bit 45-year-old Myron L. Pattillo’s dog. Police said Pattillo and 29-year-old
Aaron Carney caught up with the man walking
Lucious on a residential street, grabbed the dog
and used a leash to tie him to the fire hydrant.
After the attack, the badly wounded dog had
to be euthanized.
The Merced Sun-Star reports the suspects
were taken into custody for investigation of
animal cruelty and robbery.
Woman gets 24 years for fatal
crash after drunk tweet
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A
Florida woman who tweeted about being drunk
minutes before a fatal wrong-way crash has
been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
A Broward County judge also ordered
22-year-old Kayla Mendoza to remain on probation for six years after her release.
Mendoza pleaded guilty in February to two
DUI manslaughter charges in the November
2013 crash that killed Kaitlyn Ferrante and
Marisa Catronio, both 21.
Evidence showed that Mendoza tweeted “2
drunk 2 care” before the Sawgrass Expressway
crash. Authorities later said her blood-alcohol
level was almost twice Florida’s legal limit.
Police say she had been out drinking with coworkers prior to the crash.
Mendoza had faced a maximum of 30 years
behind bars.
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Happy Mother’s Day
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Rihanna arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating “China: Through the Looking Glass” on Monday, May 4, 2015, in New York.
(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Rihanna in a queen’s garb
shuts down Met Gala carpet
NEW YORK (AP) — Never let it be said
that Rihanna doesn’t know how to make an
entrance.
On a night when big stars were a dime a
dozen — try George and Amal Clooney, Lady
Gaga, Madonna and Cher — the pop singer still
managed to steal the show and conquer the red
carpet at the Met Gala when she swooped in
wearing a fur-trimmed yellow cape with floral
swirls of gold and a train so long it required
three wranglers.
The ensemble came with a little pink minidress underneath, and a sparkling tiara.
In keeping with the evening’s theme —
China, and its artistic influence on the West
— the outfit was designed by Beijing-based
designer Guo Pei, whose sumptuous designs
also are on display in the current Met exhibit,
“China: Through the Looking Glass.”
As befitting a star — or fashion royalty —
Rihanna commanded premium attention on the
carpet by being one of the very last to arrive. But
compared to Beyonce, she was an early-bird.
Beyonce and her husband, Jay Z, arrived so
late that many photographers were giving up
and leaving.
She was highly photogenic, though, in a
sheer, bejeweled Givenchy Haute Couture
gown by Riccardo Tisci.
Deep, ruby reds, shimmery golds and other
jewel tones dominated the color scheme as the
multitudes of invited celebrities embraced this
year’s China inspiration.
There were sequins aplenty, and embroidery
was everywhere.
One of the first to arrive was the gala’s longtime head, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who
shimmered in an orange-and-red floral couture
gown from Chanel she walked up the stairs to
kick off the star-studded party that raises millions for the Met’s Anna Wintour Costume
Center.
She was followed by a succession of stars of
film, music, fashion, TV and sports unrivaled
anywhere but perhaps the Oscars.
As actress Kate Hudson noted:
“It’s like Oscar night for the fashion world,
but without the pressure of who’s going to get
an award.” Hudson was dressed in a sleek gown
of gold sequins, by Michael Kors.
There were also a number of Chinese celebrities in attendance, perhaps chief among them
actress Gong Li, who offered a girlish tilt of her
head as she waved in a deep red velvet gown
with black lace and a fan design.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who was one of the
unqualified hits on last year’s red carpet in elegant custom Oscar de la Renta, did not disappoint this year either, appearing in a towering
red headpiece that resembled fiery flames.
Designed by Philip Treacy, the headpiece bore
long red tassels on each side.
Parker paired the piece with a one-shoulder
black gown embellished with sashes comprised
of pieces of vintage fabric and beads from
Sweden — a collaboration with H&M and
the company’s Conscious Collection, which
focuses on sustainable fabrics.
“We thought it told a great story and also
gave you ideas on how you could rethink what
is important in your life and ways to reuse it
again,” Parker said.
Parker said she’d been working on the outfit
since November, after getting “piecemeal
clues” from Wintour on what this year’s theme
might be.
One of the world’s most watched women,
Amal Clooney, arrived on her husband’s arm in
a tiered ruby-red gown by John Galliano.
Actress Kristen Wiig embraced the evening’s color scheme, wearing a flowing yellow
chiffon number by Prabal Gurung, who accompanied her on the carpet.
Jennifer Lopez bared a lot more skin — actually, more than most, in a red Versace gown
with sheer side panels.
Kim Kardashian opted for sheer, too, in
a white gown with a feathery train by Peter
Dundas for Roberto Cavalli, the designer’s first
for the house. Little sister Kendall Jenner opted
for Calvin Klein, sparkling in green with sexy
laces on each side. Mom Kris was there too, in
a bright red draped gown with a gold belt.
Anne Hathaway shimmered in a sleek
hooded body-skimmer from Ralph Lauren. Her
hair in a temporary bob, took Zac Posen’s arm
in one of his designs, a sparkly blue gown with
cutouts at the back.
Justin Bieber showed up in a black jacket
slithering with gold dragons, by Balmain. A
bird of paradise adorned the bottom of “Glee”
star Dianna Agron’s one-shoulder Tory Burch
gown.
All the stars were aware of a new ban Wintour had placed on selfies inside. They seemed
to be happy to go along with it.
“I think selfies can kind of cut into the
moment and the fun,” said Gabrielle Union.
“It’s not that fun if you need to document the
whole thing.”
Police: US couple killed
in US Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) —
Authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands say an elderly couple visiting from the U.S. mainland has been found stabbed to death in
a rental home. A Monday evening statement issued by the police
says investigators have discovered the bodies of a 73-year-old
man and his 67-year-old wife in a vacation home.
They have not disclosed the slain couple’s identities or hometowns pending notification of relatives. They would only say the
elderly husband and wife was from the U.S. mainland.
Police say detectives are “following a series of very strong
leads” and are searching for a person of interest.
The bodies were found in Sapphire Bay resort area of the
U.S. territory’s main island of St. Thomas.
Quakes hit California, but no
damage or injuries reported
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two separate quakes at or near
magnitude-4.0 hit Northern and Southern California on Sunday,
with no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The second quake, measuring 3.6 in magnitude, struck
Sunday afternoon less than 1 mile south of the San Francisco
Bay Area suburb of Concord, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The earthquake registered at a preliminary 4.0 magnitude but
geologists later revised it to a 3.6 magnitude.
Concord police dispatchers said there appeared to be no
damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey’s website
recorded more than 4,400 reports from Bay Area residents who
felt the shaking. A 2.7 magnitude temblor, classified as minor,
rattled the same area a minute later.
Both Northern California quakes Sunday occurred on the
Concord-Green Valley fault, one of several in the area that seismologists say are capable of producing major earthquakes. The
last large earthquake on the fault happened anywhere from 200
to 500 years ago, the USGS said. Further south, a magnitude-3.8
earthquake jolted some residents in the greater Los Angeles area
awake when it struck at 4:07 a.m.
Metro trains crash in
Mexico City, injuring 12
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two metro trains carrying passengers crashed in Mexico City on Monday, leaving at least 12
people injured, authorities said.
They gave no immediate explanation for the crash, though
media reports showed two cars smashed together and said that
one train ran into another that had stopped at the platform.
City Fire Chief Raul Esquivel told the Televisa network there
were no deaths from the accident, adding that 40 firefighters
were on the scene.
The Mexico City Metro System said via its Twitter account
that three of the 12 injured were hospitalized.
The accident occurred in the Oceania station on Line 5 near
the city’s international airport. The Mexico City metro has 12
lines.
Ambulance sirens blared as police officers waved clogged
traffic through the flooded street next to the station.
Colorado lawmakers agree
to limit odd proxy marriages
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have agreed to limit
the state’s unique rules for proxy marriages in which couples are
wed with only one of the people present.
The bill approved 35-0 on Monday by the state Senate would
tighten the rules and limit the marriages to military couples. The
only other states with proxy marriages already have such a rule.
The bill was passed as county clerks report an increase in
eyebrow-raising unions that appear to be taking advantage of
Colorado’s unusual proxy marriage provisions.
In one case, an Arizona woman married a Syrian man who
lives in Turkey. The measure has already passed the House and
now heads to the governor’s desk. Gov. John Hickenlooper is
expected to sign the bill into law.
Police ID mother, toddler killed
when car slams into complex
LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — The names of a woman and
a toddler who were killed when a suspected drunken driver
crashed into a Northern California apartment complex have
been released.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that 40-yearold Esperanza Morales of Seaside and her daughter Julie were
killed Saturday evening as they walked on a pathway near an
apartment complex in Livermore, east of San Francisco.
Two other young children suffered minor injuries.
Police arrested 35-year-old Brian Jones of Livermore on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and
another alcohol-related driving count. He posted $350,000 bail
Sunday. Jones couldn’t be reached for comment Monday.
Livermore police Officer Ryan Sanchez says Jones lost control of his vehicle near a curve and smashed into the apartment
complex.
Sanchez says the crash happened after Jones visited a nearby
wine festival.
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Testimony wraps up in trial of
man charged in lottery scam
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Testimony wrapped up Monday
in the case of man on trial in North Dakota for what authorities
say was a role in a Jamaican lottery scam that bilked victims out
of millions of dollars.
Sanjay Williams, 25, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, is charged in
federal court with conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.
He has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities say Williams bought and sold lists of potential
victims on various websites and recruited people in North Carolina to help him with financial transactions.
Both the prosecution team and defense attorney Charlie
Stock finished their presentations Monday, on the sixth day of
trial. Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.
Stock said during the trial that so many people involved in
the scheme used fake names and IDs that it’s difficult to believe
most of the witnesses. He said that investigators did not look into
whether his client was himself a victim of identity theft. Stock
pointed to one incident in which Williams’ email was hacked.
Prosecutors say the scam targeted mostly elderly and vulnerable citizens who were usually told they could win millions and
a new car if they paid certain fees and taxes. The case originated
with a widow from Harvey, North Dakota, who says she lost
nearly $300,000.
California officer now in hot
water over ice bucket video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California officer faces insurance fraud charges after authorities say a video showed her participating in an ice-bucket challenge despite claiming she had a
back injury.
Los Angeles County prosecutors say a video posted online
in July showed Pasadena police officer Jaime Robison pick up
a 5-gallon bucket of ice water and pour it over a fellow officer
while she was receiving disability benefits.
The case also alleges the 39-year-old Robison exaggerated
injuries in 2012 to receive disability pay.
Robison pleaded not guilty Friday to four counts of insurance
fraud. She is scheduled to return to court June 10. If convicted,
she could face up to six years and four months in jail.
Chef at Santa Monica whale
sushi restaurant sentenced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A chef who worked at a Santa
Monica restaurant that illegally served whale meat has been
sentenced. City News Service says Susumu Ueda was sentenced
Monday to probation, fined $5,000 and ordered to complete 200
hours of community service. He pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Ueda worked at The Hump at Santa Monica Airport. An
investigation was launched after producers of the documentary
“The Cove” secretly filmed meat from the federally protected
sei whale being served at the sushi restaurant five years ago.
The restaurant closed.
The owner was sentenced last month to fines and probation.
Another chef and the whale meat supplier pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges and await sentencing.
Accused of extravagance,
Turkey’s top cleric returns car
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top Muslim cleric says
his office will return a luxury car after its purchase caused an
uproar and accusations of extravagance.
Mehmet Gormez, head of the government body that regulates religious affairs, was criticized after reports said his office
had splurged on a new car that cost 1 million Turkish Lira
($368,000).
In an interview with Haberturk television late Monday,
Gormez accused the Turkish media of trying to “discredit” his
office — considered the highest Muslim authority in Turkey.
He added, however, he would return the car, which Turkish
media said was a 2014 model Mercedes S500.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also been criticized for
moving into a lavish 1,150-room palace that opponents say is
too extravagant, destroyed important forest land and was constructed despite a court injunction.
Man arrested on suspicion of
stealing plane in Nevada ID’d
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A man arrested on suspicion of stealing an airplane from an airport and taking it for a
flight over the Las Vegas area has been identified.
Twenty-seven-year-old Evan Grant is accused of stealing the
plane shortly after midnight Friday from the North Las Vegas
Airport. He was booked into the Las Vegas city jail for investigation of grand larceny auto, a charge that also covers aircraft.
His bail was set at $100,000.
Police say the suspect was eventually talked into landing the
twin-engine plane at the airport early Saturday morning.
Grant is a former student pilot who trained at the airport.
A McCarran International Airport spokesman told KSNVTV of Las Vegas the flight was monitored by air traffic controllers for more than an hour.
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In this Saturday, May 2, 2015. file photo the newborn baby princess, born to parents Kate
Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, is carried in a car seat by her father from The Lindo
Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, in London Britain’s newborn princess has been named Charlotte
(John Stillwell/Pool via AP, File)
Elizabeth Diana it was announced on Monday May 4. A name for Britain’s new princess: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
LONDON (AP) — It’s a name that immediately evokes British royal history: Princess
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
Prince William and his wife Kate, the
Duchess of Cambridge, on Monday announced
the name they picked for Britain’s newborn
princess, a choice seen as a tribute to both
Prince William’s parents and grandmother, the
queen, as well as a link to Kate’s family.
The princess, the second child of William
and Kate, will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, royal
officials said.
The birth of Princess Charlotte marks a new
chapter for William and Kate, widely seen as
the monarchy’s most modern, popular couple.
But the names they chose are firmly rooted in
royal family history.
Charlotte, the feminine form of Charles,
appears to be a nod to the newborn’s grandfather, Prince Charles.
The baby’s middle names honor Queen Elizabeth II, the infant’s 89-year-old great-grandmother, and the late Princess Diana, William’s
mother and the baby’s grandmother.
Charlotte also features in Kate’s family, as
the middle name of her sister, Pippa Middleton.
The newborn princess is fourth in line to
the throne after Charles, William and her older
brother, 21-month-old Prince George.
William and Kate introduced the baby princess to the world Saturday evening, just 12
hours after Kate checked into St. Mary’s Hospital in London to give birth.
The baby weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces
(3.7 kilograms).
Her name was warmly welcomed Monday
by royal fans.
Some were particularly pleased about the
tribute to Diana, still remembered fondly by
many. Diana, who died in 1997 at age 36, gave
birth to William and Harry at the same London
hospital where Charlotte was born.
“I so much wanted the name Diana to be in
there somewhere,” said Munever Halil, 52. “I
wanted it to be Elizabeth Diana, so I think it’s
lovely.”
Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother, also
approved of the choice. “Perfect names. My
2-year-old Charlotte Diana will be thrilled at
cousinly name-sharing,” he tweeted.
Earlier Monday, Westminster Abbey’s
bells pealed and gun salutes were fired across
London in honor of the newborn princess. In a
display of traditional pageantry, dozens of deafening volleys were fired from Hyde Park and
the Tower of London to mark the occasion.
The royal couple had kept the world
guessing about the baby’s name until after
both sets of grandparents got a chance to visit
Kensington Palace on Sunday to meet their
granddaughter.
Bookmakers face a large payout — Charlotte had been a front-runner, alongside other
guesses.
“Charlotte was the hot tip over the weekend,”
said Ladbrokes spokeswoman Jessica Bridge,
who estimated that the industry may lose 1
million pounds ($1.51 million) over the name.
“We may have lost a fortune, but we’re paying
out with a smile and wish the duke and duchess
all the best.”
Another bookmaker, William Hill, said they
were relieved because their top bet had been
Alice. Spokesman Rupert Adams said 5,096
bettors correctly guessed the name and his
firm would pay out just over 100,000 pounds
($151,100).
Britain’s royal history includes several Charlottes, a name originating from French, but most
lived at least 200 years ago. Queen Charlotte,
the wife of George III, was a keen botanist and
founded London’s Kew Gardens.
Born in 1744, the queen had 15 children —
including one Princess Charlotte, who grew up
to marry a German duke.
George IV also named his only child Charlotte in 1796, but she died in childbirth at the
age of 21 in 1817, leading to a mass outpouring
of grief in Britain.
But royal historian Hugo Vickers said he
believed William and Kate probably didn’t
choose the first name based on distant history.
“To be honest, I think they just chose the
name because they liked it, which is what they
do and what we respect about them,” he said.
The new princess will be formally christened
in the coming weeks, potentially in the same
chapel at St. James’s Palace, like her brother.
Her godparents will likely be announced on the
morning of the christening.
William and Kate are staying at London’s
Kensington Palace for now, but in the coming
days they are expected to return to their country
home near the queen’s Sandringham estate, 120
miles (190 kilometers) north of London.
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STARKIST REPLY
Responding to Samoa News inquiries and request for comments to Galea’i’s statement,
StarKist corporate spokesperson Michelle Faist said, “Our focus is to keep American Samoa an
economically viable place to manufacture tuna products.
“This means maintaining a wage rate that reflects the nature of the American Samoan economy
and the global competition from economies where tuna workers are paid 70-80 cents per hour,”
she said via email.
Faist also pointed to information the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released
in April last year, about the economic impact on American Samoa of the federal Fair Minimum
Wage Act of 2007 and subsequent wage increases.
“The report found that there has been a continuation of the downward trend in employment
thanks to the three previous minimum wage increases including a 44% minimum wage increase
for tuna canning industry workers in 2007,” she explained.
According to the report, both employers and employees agree that further increases would be
detrimental, she said.
The report also states in part that by current law, the minimum wage in the tuna canning
industry will reach the current U.S. minimum of $7.25 per hour in 2027, increasing the average
annual cost per worker by $4,709.
With the next wage hike set for this year, GAO will issue another report in 2017.
The GAO report is online at www.gao.gov
TRI MARINE
Asked for comments and reaction, Tri Marine’s chief operations officer, Joe Hamby pointed
out that the company has long held the position that American Samoa wages should be determined by American Samoans who understand the local economy best.
He said the global tuna industry is “extremely competitive” and “our strongest competitors
are in Southeast Asia where the costs of production—including energy and labor—are lower.”
Hamby said Tri Marine has “invested significantly” in Samoa Tuna Processors and increasing
labor costs with a higher minimum wage would make the company’s already difficult job
even tougher.
“We are just starting. Increasing costs will obviously have a very negative impact on our
young business. We simply can’t afford a wage hike,” he said via email.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Asked for comments on Galeai’s call to hike minimum wage and even to increase it to $7.50
per hour, Chamber chairman David Robinson says, the Chamber is not in favor of the establishment of wage increases and setting minimums that might have the effect of substantially
reducing employment.
“The impact would substantially affect both the local tuna industry and the ASG,” he said,
adding that the Chamber would be interested in discussing the data used by Galea’i, which measures employers ability “to pay the proposed higher rate of $7.50/hour in these present economically difficult times for all local industry categories.”
“The private sector has just had two price increases levied against it in the form of Business
License increases and a 5% hotel room tax,” he said, referring to the fees and taxes already
signed into law by the governor and to become effective next month.
Regarding Galea’i’s suggestion for one minimum wage for all local industry activities, Robinson said that the Chamber always held the position that one minimum wage is better than
having a different one for each of the 18 industry categories. “It simplifies the process,” he said.
Robinson also said the Chamber agrees with Galea’i that minimum wage and any subsequent
wage increases should be set by a locally constituted board comprising federal, ASG and private
sector agencies.
“These settings and increases should be contingent on the performance of the local economy
at the time of the review,” he added.
Galea’i has also suggested setting the minimum wage via appropriate legislation through the
Fono.
Pres. Obama jokes about a future
playing dominoes with Letterman
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama is envisioning a future of playing dominoes
with retiree David Letterman.
Obama joked about their quieter futures during his eighth “Late Show” appearance Monday,
saying Americans have grown up with the 33-year veteran comedian.
“After a tough day at the office or coming home from work, knowing that you’ve been there to
give us a little bit of joy and a little bit of laughter, it has meant so much,” Obama said. “You’re
part of all of us. You’ve given us a great gift and we love you.”
Letterman is filling his CBS show with prominent guests in the lead-up to his final show May 20.
In honor of Obama’s appearance, Letterman listed “Top 10 Questions Dumb Guys Ask the
President,” which included “Will you be a guest on one of my last shows?” and “Will you show
us your birth certificate?” Number 1, in honor of the recent unauthorized landing on the Capitol
lawn: “When will you return my gyrocopter?”
Letterman returned Obama’s praise by complimenting his “very funny” performance at the
White House Correspondents Dinner last month. “I’m a pretty funny guy,” Obama responded.
“You have guys writing that stuff?” Letterman asked, to which Obama threw up his hands and
gave a sidelong look at the audience like he couldn’t believe Letterman would ask. “No,” Obama
deadpanned. “I came up with it all myself.”
The two men also discussed the serious topic of the Baltimore riots, with the president discussing how too many minority communities don’t have a trusting relationship with police.
Letterman asked if racism is a factor. Obama said it was a residual one after a history of
slavery, Jim Crow laws and discrimination, while adding society has made great strides. “I’m a
testament to that,” he said to applause from the studio audience.
Letterman said Obama told him during a commercial break that he plans to take a month off
after leaving office. The president said he and the first lady hope to get involved in causes they
care about “in a different capacity,” including climate change, as well as helping support disadvantaged youth and military families.
But most of all Obama indicated that, like Letterman, he is looking forward to life out of the
spotlight. “It does feel good not to have to be on the stump,” Obama said of the 2016 campaign.
“I was thinking you and me could play some dominoes together,” Obama said. “We could go
to the local Starbucks and swap stories.”
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➧ NEWS IN BRIEF…
Australia cuts interest rate
to record low 2 percent
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s central bank
on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate to
a record low of 2 percent in a bid to jolt the
nation’s economy which is weighed by falling
commodity prices and weakening demand from
China.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarter
percentage point rate cut was the first in three
months.
Before the last cut in February, the interest
rate had been steady at 2.5 percent since August
2013.
Economists largely anticipated the move,
although some thought the bank would hold off
until after the government released its budget
next week for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
Resource-rich Australia managed to avoid
a recession during the global financial crisis
thanks to a decade-long mining boom. But
with the economy weakening in China, which
is Australia’s largest export market, prices for
commodities such as iron ore and coal have
dropped.
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said in a
statement the global economy was expanding
at a moderate pace, but commodity prices
have declined over the past year, in some cases
sharply.
Under-fire German spy chief
says his agency not a ‘US tool’
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top spy has
rejected opposition charges that the country’s foreign intelligence agency acted against
national interests in cooperating with U.S.
counterparts.
Opposition lawmakers have called on spy
chief Gerhard Schindler to resign following
reports the agency he heads helped the U.S.
National Security Agency eavesdrop on European companies and officials. Schindler said
Monday the agency, known by its German
acronym BND, “isn’t a compliant tool of the
NSA.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured
reporters in Berlin that her government would
provide Parliament’s oversight committee with
“all the details” about the country’s intelligence
cooperation with the United States.
Merkel’s government expressed outrage two
years ago after reports emerged that the NSA
had eavesdropped on senior German officials,
but has recently faced uncomfortable questions
about its own agency’s activities.
Continued from page 13
High court won’t hear NY
appeal over Miranda warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme
Court won’t hear a dispute over statements
that law enforcement officials in Queens, New
York, made before telling suspects about their
Miranda rights against self-incrimination.
The justice on Monday let stand lower court
rulings that said officials could not preface
Miranda warnings about the right to remain
silent by telling suspects they have one chance
before arraignment to provide information to
help their cases. New York’s top state court
ruled last year that prosecutors and investigators were “undoing” their subsequent warning
that anything suspects said could be used
against them. In one case, Jermaine Dunbar was
convicted of an attempted store robbery. In the
other, Collin Lloyd-Douglas was convicted of
attempting to murder his girlfriend.
Rhode Island man advertising
to find wife a kidney
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island
man is getting creative in his search to secure a
kidney donor for his wife.
Jim Small, of Warwick, is exhausting all
avenues to find a donor to match his wife’s
rare type O-negative blood. WJAR-TV reports
Small first started with a sign on the back of his
pickup truck that read, “Type O Blood. Wife
Needs Kidney. Please Donate,” along with his
phone number. He now operates an online campaign spreading the same message.
Small’s wife was diagnosed with polycystic
kidney disease over 20 years ago.
April Small is on a list to receive a transplant,
but would be able to have the surgery immediately if she can provide her own donor.
Kerry to visit Riyadh to confer
with Saudi Arabia on Yemen
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Secretary of State
John Kerry will visit Riyadh for discussions with
Saudi government leaders on Wednesday and
Thursday. The U.S. is pushing for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting in Yemen that would
allow much-needed food, fuel and humanitarian
supplies to be delivered to the country and transported to places of greatest need.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said
Monday that coalition countries were considering
a cease-fire to allow the delivery of humanitarian
aid. Saudi-led airstrikes targeted airports Monday
across Yemen. The airstrikes are targeting the
Houthis, who are locked in a battle against forces
loyal to exiled Pres. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
➧ Income inequality…
Continued from page 4
powerful people on Earth.”
They often talk of expanded opportunity for workers, he
wrote, but “most don’t seem to notice or care that workers in
their own building are struggling to survive.”
The Washington region is among the nation’s most expensive.
After The Washington Post, CNN and others profiled Charles
Gladden, a Senate food worker who is homeless, several Democratic senators urged Republican leaders — now in the majority
— to press Restaurant Associates to increase workers’ pay. GOP
Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, who leads the Rules Committee,
said “their concerns will be kept in mind as the contract comes
up for renegotiation” later this year.
The House contract with Restaurant Associates expires in
August; requests for bids went out last fall. Congressional officials say the House and Senate food-service contracts do not
specify the hourly rates for workers.
At a hearing last week, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
of Florida, the national Democratic Party leader, called on the
House to choose contractors who pay workers a “living wage”
according to local economic standards.
Her amendment failed.
“It’s really not within the scope of this committee nor subcommittee to micromanage all contracts,” said Rep. Tom
Graves, R-Ga.
Several Republican presidential candidates are making
implicit or explicit pledges to reduce income inequality.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says income
inequality “is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors.”
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, also eyeing the GOP nomination, said if the economy isn’t growing, “you’re not going to
deal with income inequality.”
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Fa’amanino Konesula fou a Samoa
totogi o ana tautua
“E LEAI NI SUIGA I TOTOGI O PEMITA I SAMOA”
tusia Ausage Fausia
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E leai ni totogi fou i pemita ua faia e le malo o Samoa mo
tagatanu’u o Amerika Samoa pe a fia malaga atu i Samoa, e pei
ona taua e le Konesula fou a le malo o Samoa i se feiloaiga ma
le Samoa News i le taeao ananafi.
Saunoa le afioga a Auseugaefa Mafaitu’uga Fa’atili Tuvaifale Va’asatia Poloma Komiti e fa’apea, o lo o tumau pea le
totogi o le pemita e $10 mo le ulufale atu i Samoa, se’i vagana
ai ua manatu se tasi e fia vave maua lona pemita i le aso lava e
talosaga ai, ona totogi loa lea e lena tagata le $20 e pei ona i ai
tulafono ma ta’iala o lo o lima ta’ita’iina ai galuega a le Ofisa.
O ni fa’asea sa tu’uina mai i le Samoa News mai ni isi o
tagatanu’u o le teritori i le taeao ananafi, e fa’atatau i le si’itaga
O se va’aiga i tama’ita’i tausima’i i le Eye Clinic a le tatou falema’i o le LBJ Medical Center ua
e $20 lea ua amata fa’amamalu e le Ofisa o le Konesula mo
fiafia tele e teuteuina le latou potu e fa’ailoa ai lo latou agaga fiafia e fa’amanatu le latou vaiaso
pemita e malaga ai i Samoa, na mafua ai loa ona fesiligia le ali’i
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
fa’apitoa ‘Nurses Week’ lenei ua tatou savalia.
Konesula e uiga i lenei mataupu.
Na taua e se tina i le Samoa News lona le fiafia tele, ina ua o
atu ma se tasi o ona alo e totogi a le pemita mo Samoa ananafi,
ae fa’ailoa ane e le sui o le Ofisa a le Konesula, ua si’i totogi o
pemita i le $20.
“E fa’afefea na si’i vave i lenei taimi tau o pemita, o lea fo’i
sa malaga la’u tama i le masina na te’a nei i Samoa, e $10 lava le
totogi o le pemita sa fai”, o le avaavau lea a le tina i luga o le telefoni. “Sa ou fesili i le teine faigaluega i le Ofisa pe aisea ua si’i
ai le tau o pemita, ae tali le teine, ua pau lava fo’i o suiga ua fai
e le Konesula fou ua i ai, e le sa’o lea mea o le fesuisuia’i o
totogi o a latou tautua pe afai e sui le latou konesula”, o le
fa’asea lea a lea tina.
Saunoa le tina e fa’apea, afai o ni suiga fou ia ua faia e le malo
o Samoa i tau o pemita, sa tatau ona vave fa’ailoa i le atunu’u,
ina ia nofo uta ai tagata malaga i suiga ua faia, ma fa’aitiitia ai le
tele o finauga e fai ona o le le malamalama o tagata.
Saunoa Auseugaefa, ua leva lava ona fa’atulaga e le Ofisa
totogi mo pemita e malaga atu ai i Samoa, ae sa lei fa’amamaluina
i tausaga ua mavae, ae ina ua ia taunu’u mai fo’i e fai ma Kone- Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions
sula o Samoa i le teritori nei, ua manatu ai loa ina ia fa’amamalu
TUPE FAASILI A LE U.T.O.S. FAAPAAGA MA LE BLUESKY
ma aloaia ta’iala ma faiga fa’avae ua leva ona fa’ata’atitia mai
Ua faamauina e le Faaputuga Tupe Faatausi Mavaega a Samoa, le Unit Trust Fund of Samoa
e le Ofisa.
(UTOS), le tupe faasili e $1 miliona tala Samoa i le aso 29 o Aperila, 2015 mai le kamupani o le
(Faaauau itulau 26) Bluesky Samoa Limited.
O le faafa ai lea ona maua o se tupe faasili mai ana tupe faafaigaluega i lea kamupani talu
ona avea le UTOS ma se tasi o le faisea a le Bluesky i le aso muamua o Iulai i le masina o Iulai,
2010. O le ta o le tolu i le 29 o Aperila, 2015 na taofia le tumau ai le faatauina o iunite a le UTOS
ao galulue le pulega i le toe faatulagaina o le tau o le iunite e tasi.
“O i latou o lo o faafaigaluega a latou tupe teu i le matou faaputugatupe o le a faamanuiaina,”
o le faasilasilaga lea mai le pulega o le UTOS.
Ina ua maea le faatulagaga fou, ua tulai mai ai nei le tau o le iunite e tasi i le $1.58, o se faasiliga
e 4 sene mai le tau sa i ai muamua.
Na faailoa foi e le pulega isi faamanuiaga e agavaa ai le au fai iunite mai le Bluesky e ala i
se fuafuaga e maua ai minute, o feau tusitusia (data ma texts) e tutusa lona tau aofai ma le $120
i le tausaga. E oo mai i le aso 29 o Aperila, 2015, ua atoa le 1,503 o i latou o lo o faafaigaluega
a latou tupe i le UTOS.
FAAMALOSIA TULAFONO O AOGA
O le faamalosia o le Tulafono o Aoga 2009 i le auai o le fanau i aoga, o se tasi lea o polokalama o lo o ave i ai le faamuamua a le Matagaluega o Aoga, Taaloga ma Aganuu ma ua galulue
faapaaga ai nei ma le Matagaluega o Leoleo, e ala i le faia o asiasiga i nuu ma afioaga o lo o vaaia
ai pea le toatele o le fanau o lo o faatau savali oloa i le ala i taimi o aoga.
O se galuega lenei o lo o faaauau pea i vaiaso uma i Upolu ma Savaii.
I se pepa o faamatalaga mai le Matagaluega o Aoga, Taaloga ma Aganuu na faaalia ai e faapea,
o le asiasiga i le vaiaso ua te’a i Salafai sa maitauina ai le toatele o tamaiti o lo o faatau lava oloa
i luga o auala, luma o faleoloa ma le maketi i Salelologa.
O faamatalaga a matua, o lo o sue le seleni e faatau ai a latou meaai i le aoga.
O isi o mafuaaga e pei ona taua e matua sa faatalanoaina e aofia ai le faanonofo ona ua le fia o
Le Konesula fou a Samoa i le teritori, afioga Auseugaefa i le aoga ma o aso Faraile e fai ai taaloga a aoga.
[ata: AF]
Va’asatia Poloma Komiti.
(Faaauau itulau 26)
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Leai se manatu
e tuto’atasi
Amerika Samoa
tusia Ausage Fausia
O se va’aia i le tama o Lalogatae Solomona Samatua [tupito taumatau] ma nisi sa auai i le
sauniga o le tina o le aiga, Taufanu’u Ifopo Samatua i le Malumalu SDA Vaitogi.
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Mafutaga
Motusia
Toe Sa’afiafiga mo Taufanu’u Ifopo - Samatua
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
AUA LE PISA
TOSO LE PA
“Ou te loto ina ia outou iloa le mataupu i e ua momoe, ina ne’i fa’anoanoa outou e pei o nisi ua
leai so latou fa’amoemoe...”
O Taufanu’u Ifopo Samatua, o se tina talavou le soifua, peita’i, ua afea e le malaga a le maliu
ma le oti a’o talavou lona La, ae sa ia fa’aaoga tatau uma aso o lana auaunaga i lona Atua, e le’i
fa’amaumauina e ia, se aso e le faia ai ona tiute i le Ekalesia, i lona aiga ma lana fatuaiga tausi,
faapea ma le pisinisi sa tua i ai lona aiga i so la’ua sao ma le tama o le aiga, i mea e fa’atino.
Ina ua motusia le mafutaga mafana ma le tama o le aiga, Lalogatae Solomona Siaumau
Samatua, e le’i i ai se asi na ilu o lona ekalesia ma lona aiga, o nisi sa vavalalata ma Taufanu’u,
o le a malaga o ia. Peita’i, sa fa’ailo i molimau a i latou e matua vavalalata ma ia i fa’agaoioiga o
le pisinisi fa’apea le galuega a le Atua, sa tatau lava ona fa’aite se manu i o latou tagata, aua sa ia
fa’ailoa i nisi o ana gaoioiga ma uiga, ua latalata ona motusia le mafutaga.
“O lana masani e ote, e le maumau se taimi e le tatala vave ai le pisinisi ae maise lava i le
falea’iga aua e mana’omia le Ipu kofe ma le mea’ai e ao ina vave tapena ma mae’a kuka mo
le mamalu fegasoloa’i. Peita’i e tusa o le vaiaso o’o i le aso na maliu ai, ua suia lana polokalama,”
o se tala lea a Samoa, se tasi e faigaluega ia i la’ua, ma o se tausoga o le tama o le aiga.
“Ua vala’au po mai e le’i taina le fitu, e tapuni le fale’aiga ae alu atu se’i fai se malu taeao
i le Deluxe lea e fa’afesaga’i, o se mea e le’i tupu muamua lea tulaga! O le mae’a ai fo’i o galuega
ua tapunia le pisinisi i le afiafi, ua fai mai ‘ave o a’u ma la’u fanau i le CJ po’o le McD, ua ese
nei mea.”
Na toe fa’aauau lana molimau i nai fa’ailo mautu, o lo’o gasegase le tina, ae le o manatu e
fa’ailoa i si ona aiga, “I le afiafi o le aso To’ona’i ua mae’a mai le Sapati, o lona toe Sapati lea ma
i tatou uma, na fa’avasega ai ma tupe ae taoto mai i lo’u vae ma ‘ou tago atu i ona lima e malulu
e le mafanafana. Fai mai ma lana tala, ua vaivai lava ota tino!”
Na fautuaina e alu e fai se talavai e siakia ana fuala’au po’o sa’o, ae ua le tali mai, “Na ia fesiligia a’u pe toe fai so’u to’alua pe a oti le matou aiga, o le tali lava ia o le ioe, ae ata o ia ma fa’apea
mai, afai ae leai muamua si toeaina, e le toe faia so’u to’alua, ae afai ae ou alu muamua, talofa i si
tama o le aiga!” O lana tala mulimuli lea i lena afiafi ona ma ta’ape ai lea!
O le molimau a lea tina, “O se tina e agaga tele i le olaga o talavou i totonu o le Ekalesia,
fa’atasi ai ma si ana fanau. E matele lona agaga e fesoasoani i le fanau talavou ina ia fa’ataunu’u
mea uma e atofa mo i latou e fa’atino.”
Mafutaga
Faatasia
(Faaauau itulau 18)
O se va’aiga i alo o le tina o Taufanu’u Ifopo Samatua ma le susuga Solomona Samatua i le
taimi na o’o ai o ia i le faletalimalo ina ua mae’a lona toe sauniga i le Malumalu SDA i Vaitogi.
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Na fa’amanino e le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga, o le afioga i le Failautusi o Mataupu Tau Samoa
ia Mauga Tasi Asuega, fa’apea ai le Loia Sili a le malo ia
Talauega Eleasalo Ale, i le fonotaga a le Kapeneta i le vaiaso
na te’a nei e fa’apea, e ui i taumafaiga ina ia fa’amanino le
tulaga o Amerika Samoa i le fonotaga a malo aufaatasi i le
fa’aiuga o le masina nei, peita’i e le o i ai se agaga ina ia
Tuto’atasi Amerika Samoa.
“Ia manino i finagalo o Tutuila ma Manu’a, e le o taumafai
le faigamlo ma ona ta’ita’i e fa’atuto’atasi le atunu’u, pe aveese
mai fo’i ma pulega a le malo tele, ae o taumafaiga o lo o faia, ina
ia saili se isi tulaga e sili atu mo le atunu’u”, o le saunoaga lea
a le afioga i le Maoputasi ia Mauga na lagolagoina e le loia sili.
Saunoa le loia sili, e le o i ai se agaga o le faigamalo e
Tuto’atasi Amerika Samoa pe aveese mai fo’i mai lalo o pulega a
Amerika, pau le agaga o lo o i ai, ia fa’amanino i malo aufa’atasi
le tulaga o lo o i ai le faigamalo a Amerika Samoa i le taimi nei,
aemaise ai le va feagai ma le Iunaite Setete.
“O le agaga atoa, ia mafai ona aveese mai Amerika Samoa le
lisi o atunu’u laiti e le o mautu a latou faigamalo o lo o i ai”, o
le saunoaga lea a le loia sili ina ua maua lona avanoa e saunoa
ai e fa’amanino atili le mataupu e fa’atatau i le tusi valaaulia
lea ua maua mai e Amerika Samoa, e auai atu ai i le fonotaga
fa’aletausaga a malo aufa’atasi, lea e usuia i le aso 19 - 21 o Me
2015 i le aai o Managua i Nicaragua.
Na taua e le to’atele o sui o le Kapeneta i le taimi na talanoaina ai le mataupu i le ituaiga faigamalo o lo i ai Amerika
Samoa, e tatau ona fesiligia se finagalo o Tutuila ma Manu’a ao
le i tuuina atu le mataupu i malo aufa’atasi.
“Atonu e le o silafia e le faigamalo finagalo o lo o nonofo ma
tama ma tina o le atunu’u, e fa’apena fo’i i tupulaga talavou ma
fanau aoga, o i latou ia o le lumana’i o le faigamalo i le lumana’i,
e tatau fo’i ona fesiligia i latou i so latou manatu, ma taumafai e
fa’atalatalanoa tulaga e lelei ai le suia o le ituaiga faigamalo mo
le atunu’u”, o le saunoaga le a Mauga.
Ae na saunoa le Fa’atonusili o Aoga a le malo ia Vaitinasa
Dr. Salu Hunkin Finau e faapea, o le fesiligia o se finagalo o le
atunu’u e fa’atatau i lenei mataupu, o se tulaga lelei lea ma tatau
mo le malo, ina ia silafia ai e le atunu’u le tulaga o lo o i ai taumafaiga mo se manuia o le atunu’u i le lumana’i.
O se lagona lea na lagolagoina e le afioga i le lutena kovana
ia Lemanu Peleti Mauga, ina ua maua lona avanoa e tulei saunoa
ai e fa’atatau i lenei mataupu.
Saunoa Lemanu e faapea, e taua le silafia e Amerika Samoa
o le agaga o loo taumafai atu i ai le malo, e le faapea e naunau
ina ia tutoatasi le atunu’u pe aveese mai i lalo o pulega a le malo
tele, ae tatau ona vaavaai i isi fo’i auala e manuia atili ai Amerika
Samoa ma ona tagata.
Na taua e ni sui se to’atolu o le polokalame a tagata matutua
(TAOA) i le Samoa News e faapea, e le faigofie le mataupu o
lo o naunau le faigamalo e talanoaina i le taimi nei, aua afai o le
agaga lea o le faigamalo ia aveese mai Amerika Samoa mai le
lisi o atunu’u e le o mautu ma maopoopo lelei le ituaiga faigamalo o lo o i ai, lona uiga i se isi fa’aupuga, ua naunau le faigamalo e saili se avanoa e tutoatasi ai le atunu’u.
“O le mataupu e fa’atatau i le aveese mai o Amerika Samoa
mai le lisi a malo aufa’atasi, po o le taumafai fo’i e fa’a tuto’atasi,
e le faigofie, e le puupuu fo’i se taimi e talanoaina ai”, o le saunoaga lea a le susuga ia Lafaele Amituana’i, o se tasi o tama
matua mai le polokalame a le TAOA.
“E le i fa’ataga faia e tuaa ua tofafa mai Tiasa le faigamalo
lea ua sapi ai Tutuila ma Manu’a, na faia ma le tofa mamao
ma le silasila alofa i le lumana’i o fanau, e le tatau la ona
faata’eta’ealuga i ai se finagalo o le faigamalo”, o le isi lea ana
saunoaga.
Saunoa le ali’i kovana ia Lolo i le fonotaga a le kapeneta, e le
o i ai se manatu e momotu ese le atunu’u mai le malo tele, o le
mafua’aga fo’i lena ua ia fesiligia ai se fautuaga a le Failautusi
o le Initeria, ina ia mautinoa e silafia e le Initeria le mataupu
e pei ona fuafua Amerika Samoa e tu’uina atu i luma o malo
aufa’atasi.
Na taua e le ali’i kovana i le tele o vaega o lana tusi lea ua
fa’amoemoe e tuuina atu i luma o le fonotaga a malo aufa’atasi,
e ui i le ituaiga faigamalo o lo o i ai Amerika Samoa i le taimi
nei, ae o lo o tele lava fa’amanuiaga o lo o sapi ai le atunu’u, e
ala i le aao fesoasoani a le malo tele o Amerika, ma o ni isi o nei
tulaga manuia e aofia ai aoaoga ma tupe o lo o fesoasoani mai ai
i atina’e ma galuega tetele i totonu o le atunu’u.
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Fa’atonu Felise
Toilolo toe totogi
tupe LBJ sa ia
ave fa’agaoi
tusia Ausage Fausia
Ua poloaina e le fa’amasinoga maualuga i le vaiaso na te’a nei
le susuga a Felise Toilolo, na te toe totogi se vaega tupe mai le
falema’i o le LBJ sa ia ave fa’agaoi e $3,800, o se tasi lea o tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia e 5 tausaga.
O le susuga a Toilolo, na ta’usalaina fa’atasi o ia ma lana
Supavaisa o Jennifer Tofaeono, i le moliaga o le tau pulepule lea
e gaoi tupe mai le falema’i o le LBJ.
O le masina o Ianuari na te’a nei na fa’asala ai e le fa’amasinoga
maualuga ia Tofaeono, e taofia i le toese i Tafuna mo le 20 masina,
atoa ai ma lona toe totogiina o le tupe e $51,950 sa ia ave fa’agaoi
mai le LBJ, o ni isi ia o tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia e 5 tausaga.
Ae o le aso Faraile na te’a nei, na fa’asala ai e le fa’amasinoga
maualuga ia Toilolo e taofia i le toese mo le 20 masina, o le isi
lea tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia e 5 tausaga, ae a mae’a ona
ia tuliina masina e 9 i le toese, ona mafai lea ona ia talosaga i
le fa’amasinoga mo se avanoa e toe iloilo ai lona fa’asalaga ua
tuuina atu.
Na taua e le loia a Toilolo ia Fiti Sunia i le fa’amasinoga e
fa’apea, e agava’a le ua molia mo se fa’asalaga nofovaavaaia, e
le gata o le ulua’i taimi lea ua solitulafono ai o ia, ae ua lagona
fo’i lona salamo mai le solitulafono sa ia faia, ua ia taliaina fo’i le
solitulafono sa ia faia.
Na saunoa le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael Kruse e fa’apea,
e lua auala e tu’u mai ai e le fa’amasinoga lana fa’asalaga, o
le fa’asalaga tuli atoa, lea e taoto atu ai i le Komiti o le Palola
le malosi e iloilo ai se talosaga mo le taimi e tatala ai i tua le
tagata molia, ma le fa’asalaga nofovaavaaia, lea e poloaina ai e
le fa’amasinoga le tuli o le tasi vae tolu (1/3) o le fa’asalaga fa’a
falepuipui, ina ia mafai ai e le Ofisa Nofovaavaaia ona mata’itu
gaioiga uma a le tagata molia, pe na te usitaia tuutuuga o lana
nofovaavaaia.
Na toe faaauau le saunoaga a Sunia e faapea, o le solitulafono
lea ua ta’usala ai Toilolo, sa ia fa’atinoina i lalo o se fa’atonuga sa
tu’uina atu e Tofaeono.
Saunoa atili Sunia e fa’apea, e le gata na o Tofaeono e i ai le
malosi na te tagofia ai pepa tala tupe a le falema’i ‘credit cards’,
ae sa fa’atalitali fo’i le ua molia i le taimi e toe fa’atumu ai e
Tofaeono tupe a le falema’i, lea sa teu i totonu o lana teugatupe.
Na finau atili Sunia ua lava le 20 masina e fa’asala ai Toilolo
i le toese, peita’i, ia fa’amalumalu lona tuliina o lea fa’asalaga
fa’a falepuipui, ae fa’anofo vaavaaia o ia mo le 3 tausaga i lalo o
tuutuuga e ao ona ia usita’i i ai.
O ni isi o tuutuuga o le nofovaavaaia, o lona tuliina lea o le
umi e 6 masina i le toese, peita’i, ua lava na o le 3 masina e tuli
muamua.
Sa i ai fo’i se talosaga fa’apitoa a Sunia sa tu’uina atu i le
fa’amasinoga, i le nofoaga e tatau ona taofia ai Toilolo mo le
tuliina o lana fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui, e mafua mai i le ituaiga
tagata e i ai o ia, aemaise ai o lona saogalemu i totonu o le toese,
pe afai ae taofia o ia i le nofoaga o lo o i ai pagota ali’i, ma o lea
talosaga sa talanoa ai na o loia ma fa’amasino, e le i fa’alauteleina
i totonu o le potu fa’amasino.
Na taua e le loia a le malo ia Mitzie Jessop e fa’apea, e ui o lo
o finau Toilolo na te le i iloaina se tupe sa teu e Tofaeono i totonu
o lana teugatupe, peita’i e lua lelei tausaga o fa’atino e i laua nei
le solitulafono, ma e i ai le talitonuga o le malo, sa ia iloaina lelei
lava tupe sa teu i totonu o lana teugatupe, ae lei manatu lava o ia
e toe totogi ia tupe.
Na talosaga le malo i le fa’amasinoga, ina ia fa’aauau pea le
fa’asalaga o Toilolo, ae tu’u atu aso e 30 e tu’u fa’atasi ai e le
malo ana fa’amaumauga o lo o i ai, ina ia manino ai le aofaiga
sa’o o le tupe e tatau ona toe totogi e le ua molia, ona e manatu le
malo, e le na o le $3,800 le tupe sa fa’aaoga e le ua molia.
Na finau atili le malo i le fa’amasinoga, ina ia fa’asala Toilolo
e pei fo’i o le fa’asalaga lea ua fa’asala ai Tofaeono.
Ina ua mae’a ona iloilo e ali’i fa’amasino se fa’asalaga talafeagai
mo Toilolo, na saunoa ai Kruse e fa’apea, ua faigata i le fa’amasinoga
ona iloilo se ituaiga fa’asalaga talafeagai mo le ua molia.
Na toe fa’amanatu e Kruse se saunoaga a le ali’i fa’amasino
sili tuai sa i ai muamua i Amerika Samoa, i le taimi a o avea
o ia ma loia, sa fa’atusa ai e lea fa’amasino sili ni tagata na
ta’usala i ni solitulafono i upu se lua, o le “mana’otele” po o le
“fa’avalevalea” fo’i.
“E foliga mai la i le silasila a le fa’amasinoga i lenei mataupu,
e fa’atusa le pule a le ua molia i le mana’otele ae fa’atusa le ua
molia o le fa’avalevalea”, o le saunoaga lea a Kruse.
O se va’aiga i tama’ita’i faigaluega i le Ofisa a Manulele Tausala Elementary ua fa’aalia le
fiafia tele aua o i latou ia sa latou tautuina le vasega o faia’oga i le malu taeao, fa’aula ma fa’asei
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O se va’aiga i le tina faia’oga Mine Taufete’e o le vasega 5 a le Manulele Elementary, ua fa’ate’ia o ia i le o atu o lana vasega ma opo ia te ia, fa’afetaia o ia i lana
galuega, o le a’oa’oina o i latou i aso ta’itasi.
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Nepali police dig
bodies from village
and trekking route
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers were digging
through thousands of tons of earth Tuesday, the remains of a
quake-triggered mudslide that wiped out an entire village along
a popular trekking route in Nepal’s Himalayan foothills and
killed at least 60 people.
Police and local villagers have recovered 60 bodies from the
Langtang Valley in the days since the April 25 earthquake and
mudslide, said Gautam Rimal, the top government official in the
Rasuwa district.
Nine of the victims were foreign trekkers, Rimal said.
Villagers say as many as 200 people could have been killed.
The Langtang Valley, and the little village of Langtang, is
about 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It was a popular stop for trekkers because of its scenic
views of the Himalayas. “The entire village was wiped out by
the mudslide. There were some 60 houses there, but they were
all buried under rubble. It would be impossible to recover all the
bodies,” Rimal said.
The village is about a two-day trek from the nearest town
because the landslide has blocked area roads. While helicopters
allow easy access, they remain in short supply because of aid
missions going on across Nepal.
The still-rising death toll from the quake, Nepal’s worst in
more than 80 years, has reached more than 7,500.
The hunt for the mudslide’s victims comes a day after Nepal’s
government said it would need immense international support as
reconstruction efforts begin in the coming weeks.
Nepal is one of the world’s poorest nations, and its economy,
largely based on tourism and agriculture, has been crippled by
the earthquake. There are no estimates yet on rebuilding costs,
but it will be enormously expensive.
“In two to three weeks a serious reconstruction package
needs to be developed, where we’ll need enormous help from
the international community,” Information Minister Minendra
Rijal said Monday. “There’s a huge, huge funding gap.”
Soon, he added, the nation will shift away from rescue efforts
and toward long-term relief and reconstruction.
Since the quake, 4,050 rescue workers from 34 different
nations have flown to Nepal to help in rescue operations, provide
emergency medical care and distribute food and other necessities.
tusia Ausage Fausia
TU’UAIA SE ALI’I I LONA FA’AO’OLIMA I LONA TO’ALUA MA’ITAGA
E 46 tausaga o se ali’i na taofia e leoleo i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le toese i Tafuna, ona o tu’uaiga
i lona fa’ao’olima lea i lona to’alua ma’itaga, e ala i lona sasa o le fafine i le ili e alu i le uila.
Na teena e le ua molia tu’uaiga o le fa’aoolima ma le fa’atupu vevesi i totonu o lona aiga
fa’asaga ia te ia, ina ua tula’i i luma o le fa’amasinoga fa’aitumalo.
O le mataupu lene na tofu atu i le Ofisa o leoleo i Tafuna, ina ua vili e le tina ma’itaga leoleo
mo se fesoasoani, i le mae’a ai lea ona fa’ao’olima o lona to’alua ia te ia.
Na taua e le tina i leoleo e fa’apea, o le vevesi i lo la va ma lona to’alua na amata mai i le
telefoni, ina ua ia vili atu i le telefoni a lona to’alua, ae le tautala mai le tagata sa ia taliina mai
le telefoni, ae ina ua ia toe vilia le numera lea, sa ia iloaina ai, o le telefoni lea a lona uso, o le
mafua’aga lea na ia taumafai ai loa e fa’atalanoa lona to’alua e uiga i lea mataupu, ae ita ai le ua
molia ma fa’ao’olima ai loa ia te ia i le ili.
Na taua e le tina i leoleo e fa’apea, e le o se taimi muamua lenei ua vevesi ai ma lona to’alua, e
mafua mai i lona masalomia, o lo o faia se fa’anunumi a lona to’alua ma lona uso.
Na taua atili e le tina i leoleo e fa’apea, sa latou nonofo muamua ma lona uso, peita’i na ia tulia
ese ma le fale ina ua ia maua atu i le isi aso, o lo o fofo mai e lona uso le vae o lona to’alua i totonu
o le potu a lona uso, o iina fo’i sa ia masalomia mai ai, o lo o i ai se fa’anunumi o lo o tupu i le va
o lona uso ma lona to’alua.
Na teena e le ua molia le i ai o se fa’anunumi i le va o ia ma le uso a lona to’alua, ina ua fesiligia o ia e leoleo i lenei mataupu, peita’i sa ia tali ioe i leoleo, sa ia fa’ao’olima i lona to’alua e
ala i lona sasa o ia i le ili. O ni isi o poloaiga ua tuuina atu e le fa’amasinoga mo le ua molia, o le
fa’asa lea ona ia toe taumafai e fa’afeso’ota’i lona to’alua ma lana fanau e to’afa i so o se taimi, a
o fa’agasolo ai aualumaga o lenei mataupu.
FALANI AFOA
Ua taoto atu nei i se fa’aiuga a le fa’amasinoga le talosaga a Falani Afoa ma lana loia fautua ia
Joel Shiver, mo se poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga e fa’amuta ai le taofia o Afoa i le toese i Tafuna, ae
poloaina loa o ia na te tuua le teritori ma aumau ai i fafo atu o le teritori, mo le umi e 7 tausaga o
lana fa’asalaga fa’anofovaavaaia.
Na taua e Shiver i le fa’amasinoga e fa’apea, ua mae’a ona usitaia e Afoa isi tuutuuga o lana
nofovaavaaia, e pei o le lesitala o lona igoa i le lisi o tagata ua ta’usala i le faia o uiga mataga i
fanau laiti, atoa ai ma le faia o se suega faapitoa i lona tino e siaki ai, po o ia tauaveina le siama
o le HIV.
Na fa’ateia ali’i fa’amasino ina ua fa’ailoa atili e Shiver i le fa’amasinoga ananafi e faapea, ua
mae’a ona totogi le pasese o Afoa e toe fo’i atu ai i Samoa i le va’alele i le itula e 10:30 i le taeao
nei. Na fesili le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael Kruse ia Shiver, po o ai na totogia le pasese o Afoa,
ae na tali le ali’i loia, “o lona tama”, ma tusi lona lima i se tama matua o lo o alala mai i le isi itu
o le potu fa’amasino.
Na soisoi Kruse ma saunoa ia Shiver e faapea, e fou lea gaioiga ua faia i le silasila a le
fa’amasinoga, ae taoto atu le talosaga se’i iloilo e ali’i fa’amasino.
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TELL ME A STORY: CROW, CUCKOO AND OWL
(a Burmese tale)
adapted by Amy Friedman and
illustrated by Meredith Johnson
There was a time when Owl lived
like all the other birds, hunting for food
during the day and enjoying the fresh
air. He liked to visit with friends and
bask in the warmth and sunshine. He
slept at night, just like all the other
birds. This was long ago, a time before
Owl ever imagined becoming the creature we know today.
One day -- a pretty day, warm
and sunny and filled with the scent
of blooming lilacs -- Owl was sitting
in a tree minding his own business,
when suddenly a little boy down below
spotted him.
The boy had a slingshot, and when
he saw Owl, he took aim and fired right
at the poor creature.
Owl screeched in pain when the
mud from the slingshot pierced him.
He cried as the boy ran away, but he
didn’t know what to do to stop the pain.
After a while, he decided he must ask
his friend Crow, who was flying overhead, for some help.
And so he called out to Crow, “What
should I do? I’ve been shot!”
Crow hurried to his side and shook
his shiny black head back and forth as
he examined the wound.
“I don’t know what to do,” Crow
finally said. “Let’s go ask Cuckoo. He’s
usually wise about these things.”
And so Crow and Owl flew off to
visit Cuckoo. Owl was still howling in
pain when they arrived, and Crow said,
“What can you do to help Owl?”
“Well,” Cuckoo said, thinking it
over, “I’ll help. That I can do. But I
must be paid in advance.”
Poor Owl. He had no money and
nothing else Cuckoo might want. “I
have nothing,” he said. “But I promise
I’ll find a way to pay you back when I
am well again.”
“How can I trust you?” Cuckoo
asked. “When you are well, you’ll
probably fly away and forget all
about me.”
Crow stepped up. “I’ll vouch for
my friend,” he said. “If you cure Owl
and he does not pay for your services,
I shall!”
Cuckoo thought about this for a
moment. “Well, OK, then,” he said, and
he leaned over and examined the mud
pellet that was stuck in Owl’s rump.
“Ah, I see. Here is what you must do:
Go to the stream. Sit in the water for six
hours. I promise this will be the cure.”
Owl was so relieved to hear he would
be cured that he flew away as fast as he
could, heading straight for the stream.
Crow followed him.
At the edge of the stream, Crow
sat and waited while Owl soaked his
rump in the water. After several hours,
the mud pellet began to dissolve, and
the pain subsided. Owl sighed with
pleasure.
“Ah, I’m feeling better, much
better,” he mumbled. At long last,
the pellet dissolved completely. The
wound was cleansed by the clear, cool
spring water.
Owl and Crow began to fly home.
When they reached Owl’s branch, they
said goodbye, and soon Owl fell fast
asleep.
Owl slept well that night, but early
the next morning, Cuckoo knocked on
his branch.
“Good morning!” Cuckoo said.
“How’s my patient today?”
Owl scowled. “I’m not you’re
patient. I simply sat in water, and now
I’m fine. You did nothing at all.”
“Nothing?” Cuckoo chattered.
“Nothing? Are you kidding? I examined you. I diagnosed your malady
and prescribed treatment. And now
you are fine! I’m a doctor, and I deserve
my fee!”
“Not a chance,” Owl said. “You’re
no doctor. You knew I would bathe
anyway. I bathe almost every day. And
you knew that when I bathed, the mud
would melt away and I would be fine.
It doesn’t matter what you say; I know
you simply tried to trick me. I won’t
pay you. I’ll never pay. Now go away!”
Furious, Cuckoo flew off to see
Crow. After all, Crow had promised to
honor his friend’s debt.
When he arrived at Crow’s house,
he knocked on the branch and said,
“Crow, my friend, good day! I’ve
come to collect your friend’s fee. He’s
refused to pay me, and the law is the
law. You promised to uphold his debt.”
Crow could not believe his ears.
He had always considered Owl to be a
trustworthy friend.
“He must be joking with you,”
Crow said. “Let’s go find him and discuss this matter. I’m sure there’s simply
been a misunderstanding. We’ll clear
things up.”
So Crow and Cuckoo flew off to find
Owl. They looked high and low, but
they couldn’t find him anywhere. Owl,
you see, was hiding in a hollow tree.
Cuckoo shook his head. “Listen
Crow, you promised. You have to pay.”
Poor Crow hung his head. “I’ve no
money,” he said. “How can I pay?”
“We’ll ask the judge,” Cuckoo
decided. So they went to see Golden
Jackal, who was well versed in the law.
Cuckoo pleaded his case. The judge
listened thoughtfully.
“The truth,” Golden Jackal said, “is
that the law is the law. Crow, because
you promised to pay you friend’s debt,
you are liable. And because you have
no money, you will have to offer your
services to Cuckoo.”
So, ever since that day, Crow has
looked after Cuckoo’s eggs. As for
Owl, he never saw his friend again.
Now he hides during the daytime in tree
hollows and only comes out at night.
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O Afoa o lo o tuli sona
fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui e 28
masina, ina ua ta’usala o ia e
le fa’amasinoga i lona faiaiga
ma se teineititi e 15 tausaga.
E tusa ai o fa’amaumauga a le
fa’amasinoga o lo o taua ai e
fa’apea, o Afoa na ulufale mai
i se pemita e 30 i le teritori i
le masina o Tesema 2013, ma
aumau ai lava i le atunu’u seia
oo mai i le taimi na tula’i mai
ai le solitulafono i le amataga
o le 2014.
TOE TAOFIA
KILISITINA SEIGAFO
I LE TOESE
O le tama’ita’i lea na
fa’atonu e le fa’amasinoga
maualuga na te toe totogi le
$260 a se ali’i faipisinisi sa ia
gaoia, ua toe taofia nei i le toese
i Tafuna ina ua ia le usitaia lea
poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga.
O le tausaga e 2012 ina ua
lau le fa’asalaga a Kilisitina
Seigafo ina ua ta’usala o ia i le
moliaga o le gaoi, sa poloaina
ai o ia e le fa’amasinoga, na te
toe totogi le tupe sa ia gaoia
mai le tagata na a’afia, o se
tasi lea o tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia e 5 tausaga.
O le vaiaso na te’a nei
na talosagaina ai e le Ofisa
Nofovaavaaia se poloaiga a
le fa’amasinoga, e saili mai ai
Seigafo, ina ua maua i a latou
faamaumauga le le usita’i o
le ua molia i poloaiga a le
fa’amasinoga.O le vaiaso na
te’a nei na pu’e fa’apagota ai e
leoleo ia Seigafo ma toe taofia
ai i le toese, ma tula’i ai loa i
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O le aso 27 Me 2015 lea
ua fa’atulaga e faia ai le ulua’i
iloiloga o lenei mataupu, e iloilo
ai e le fa’amasinoga mau o le a
tuuina atu e le malo ma le ofisa
nofovaavaaia, pe fa’amaonia ua
le usitaia e Seigafo poloaiga sa
tu’uina atu e usita’i i ai.
[ata foai]
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Poverty is edging into TAUASO LE ALOFA
the 2016 presidential
race amid city unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a presidential campaign where
candidates are jockeying to be champions of the middle class and
asking wealthy people for money, the problems facing the poor
are inching into the debate.
Tensions in places such as Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri,
have prompted candidates to explore the complicated relationship
between poor communities and the police, and the deep-seated
issues that have trapped many of the 45 million people who live in
poverty in the United States. But addressing the long-running economic, education and security troubles in underprivileged neighborhoods is a challenge with few easily agreed upon solutions.
A frustrated President Barack Obama challenged the nation
to do “some soul-searching” after riots in Baltimore followed the
death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody. There have
been other deadly altercations between police and black men or
boys in Ferguson, New York’s Staten Island, Cleveland and North
Charleston, South Carolina. “I’m under no illusion that out of this
Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities,” Obama said. “But if we really want to solve the problem, if
our society really wanted to solve the problem, we could.”
To some of the Republicans running to replace Obama, his call
for spending more money in poor areas underscores the problem
with many current anti-poverty programs. The GOP largely
opposes new domestic spending and party officials often say federally run programs are bloated and inefficient.
“At what point do you have to conclude that the top-down government poverty programs have failed?” said Jeb Bush, the former
Florida governor and expected presidential candidate. “I think we
need to be engaged in this debate as conservatives and say that
there’s a bottom-up approach.”
Republicans have struggled in recent years to overcome the
perception that the party has little interest in the plight of the poor.
Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential nominee in 2012, was criticized for saying he was “not concerned about the very poor” and said
that it was not his job to worry about the 47% of Americans who he
said “believe that government has a responsibility to care for them.”
More than 60% of voters who made less than $30,000 per year
backed Obama over Romney in that campaign, according to exit polls.
Blacks and Hispanics, who overwhelmingly backed Obama in the
past two presidential elections, are most likely to be poor. According
to the census, about 27 percent of blacks and 25 percent of Hispanics
were poor in 2012, compared with 12.7 percent of whites.
Bush has been among the most vocal Republicans discussing
the need to lift the poor out of poverty and reduce income
inequality, though he has yet to flesh out many of his policy proposals. He has been most specific about the need for greater educational choices and opportunities. Bush frequently cites his work
in Florida, where he expanded charter schools, backed voucher
programs and promoted high testing standards.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has long called for overhauling criminal sentencing procedures that he says disproportionately imprison low-income black men. He has promoted “economic
freedom zones” where taxes would be lowered in areas with high
long-term unemployment in order to stimulate growth and development. Paul, who has made a point of reaching out to black communities, has drawn criticism for comments he made during the
Baltimore unrest. In a radio interview, Paul said he had been on a
train that went through the city and was “glad the train didn’t stop.”
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida also has talked about the poor. His
anti-poverty proposals include consolidating many federal programs
to help the poor into a “flex fund” that states would then manage.
Democrats, too, are trying to incorporate plans for tackling
poverty into economic campaign messages that otherwise center
on the middle class. Following the Baltimore turmoil, Hillary
Rodham Clinton made a plea for criminal justice changes that
could aid urban communities. Among her ideas: equipping every
police department with body cameras for officers. She said the
unrest was a “symptom, not a cause” of what ails poor communities and she called for a broader discussion of the issues.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is expected to
challenge Clinton for the Democratic nomination, has been at the
center of the discussions about Baltimore’s issues. He was mayor
from 1999 to 2007 and enacted tough-on-crime policies.
While O’Malley is not backing away from those practices, he is
trying to put criminal justice issues in a larger context. He wrote in
an op-ed that the problem in Baltimore and elsewhere is as much
about policing and race as it has about “declining wages and the
lack of opportunity in our country today.”
In some places that have dealt with recent unrest, residents say
they welcome the campaign discussions on poverty and policing,
but hope the issues will not fade away when the next big campaign focus arises. “Hopefully these protests are something they’ll
wrap themselves around, and we can make sure these issues get
addressed,” said Thavy Bullis, a Baltimore college student.
[E toe fa’atalofa atu i paaga masani a le
tatou polokalame i lenei vaiaso, malo le soifua
manuia, ae o le toe soso’oina atu lea o le tatou
polokalame fa’asolo, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso
na te’a nei i le taimi lea na fa’alogonia ai e le
nu’u le pa pa mai o fana mai le aiga o Koso]
Na avea gaioiga tau fa’amata’u a le uso laititi
o le tama o Koso, le ali’i o Kiasi e ala i le fa’a pa
pa i luga o le ea o lana fana ma itu na mapuna a’e
ai lagona toa ma le le fefefe i ali’i taulele’a o lona
aiga, ae ua fa’aosofia ai tagata o le nu’u i le fefe
ma le palaaai, ona ua i ai lo latou talitonuga, e i ai
le fa’alavelave tele lea o le a tula’i mai i le va o
aiga ia e lua. Na pei o le gasolo o tagata i le lotu le
vaaiga lea ua vaaia i totonu o le nu’u o Amouta i
lea po, ina ua vaaia le tau fai lolofi ane o tagata ma
tutu solo mai i tua o pa laau, o isi e lalafi solo mai
i tua o umukuka ma fale o aiga, i le fia maua lea o
le au o le paipa, ona o fana e pei ona fa’alogoina
le pa pa i totonu o le nu’u i lea afiafi.
A o lolofi atu tagata, sa latou vaaia ai le
tamaloa soga’imiti o Kiasi, o lo o tu i le ogatotonu o isi tagata o lo o nonofo fa’atali’oli’o i
luma o le fale talimalo a le aiga o Koso, ma o
lo o vaaia le avaavau atu i tagata o lona aiga e
aua nei fefe se isi, ae sauni e tali atu i le lu’i lea
ua fa’atula’i mai e le aiga o Keli, e ala i lo latou
fa’alele o fa’amatalaga ua mafua ai ona sola au
sulusulu Koso i atumauga e lafi lilo ai ona o le
fefe i folafolaga a le aiga o Keli sa fa’alele.
“Afai lava o le po legei o le koko masa’a, ua ou
saugi fo’i i ai, afai e i ai gi kou loko, aua ge’i i ai
se isi e solomuli, o ai Keli ma loga aiga e folafola
mai ai le fasiokiga o Koso. Ua magaku ea Keli ma
loga aiga e leai gi aiga o Koso ua latou fa’alele ai
gei mau fa’aupuga?”, o le leoleoa lea o Kiasi, ae
ua atili ai ona lolofi atu tagata o le nu’u e fia vaai
i le mea o le a tupu. “Fa’alogo mai ali’i, o gisi e
saili mai Koso ia ke a’u i le po legei, fai i ai ua ou
fai aku, afai loa e le sau, ua sili ai loa le gofo ai
pea i luga o le mauga, ua sa kapu kapu oga ou koe
vaai ai i lalo gei, ae o le isi ko’akele o kakou, ua
kakau oga kakou saugi, e sili ai pe a kakou o i le
falema’i e saili i ai le kagaka ga ia faia le folafolaga
ua mafua ai oga sola au sulusulu fa’apea Koso e
lafi”, o le fa’atonuga malosi lea a Kiasi i taulele’a o
lona aiga, ona aapa atu loa lea i lana fana ua amo i
lona papatua, ma savali aga’i atu loa i le ta’avale o
lo o paka mai i le isi itu o le faletalimalo.
Sei o tatou toe fo’i atu lava i le falema’i i le taimi
lea. Manatua fo’i, o lea ua taunuu le tala fiafia i le
aiga o Keli, ua manuia le vaega muamua o lona taotoga, e le o toe umi se taimi o totoe ae mae’a aloaia
loa le taotoga, ma ua mae’a fo’i ona faia talanoaga i
le va o aiganalua i matua o Keli faapea ai ma matua
o Koso, ma ua sauni fo’i matua o Koso e toe fo’i ane
i le latou aiga, ae na fa’ateia aiganalua i le po lea ina
ua taufetuli atu ni fafine se to’alua o le nu’u ma le
tala, “O le la ua sauni Kiasi ma taulele’a o le latou
aiga ma fana ma a’upega, e o mai i le falema’i”.
OLAGA POLOGA
[E toe fa’atalofa atu i uo ma paaga masani a le tatou polokalame i le amataga o lenei vaiaso,
malo le onosa’i i faiva ma tiute, ae alo ma loa, o le toe soso’oina lenei o le tatou polokalame
fa’asolo o le Olaga Pologa, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le taimi lea ua fa’afetai atu
ai le tamaloa o Semisi i lona atali’i o Lami, e tusa ai o lana fa’amatalaga ua tu’uina atu, ina ia
la o ma lona tina e nonofo i Apia, ae aua ne’i faia se sala i le nu’u]
E le i popole le tamaloa o Semisi i tagata o le nu’u o lo o lalafi solo atu i le tuaoi ma le
fa’alogologo atu i talanoaga a lona aiga o loo faia, pau le lagona sa i le mafaufau o le tamaloa, ia
saili se auala e ola fiafia ma manuia ai lona aiga. Ua mautu le tonu o le a malaga Sei ma le tamaititi
o Lami i Apia, ma ua pisi ai loa le aiga e tapena ato a le fafine ma lana tama i lea lava po, ina ia o
ese ae lei aulia le isi aso fou. Ua tapena atopa’u a Lami ma lona tina, ma ua fa’ae’e loa le ta’avale
a le tuafafine o Semisi lea na o atu ma lana fanau e asi le latou aiga, ma aga’i atu ai loa ma le
fa’amoemoe e momoli le fafine o Sei ma si ana tama o Lami i le uafu i Salelologa, e fa’atali ai
le va’a usu mo Apia i le taeao e sosoo ai. Talofa e, e aga’i malie ese atu le ta’avale i lea afiafi, ae
o loto o tagata o le nu’u e le aveesea ma le tamaititi o Lami, po o fea lea o le a fa’aauau ai faiga
saua ma le le alofa a Sei i lenei tamaititi. Na pei o le pa o le pomu le salalau o le tala i totonu o le
nu’u i lea afiafi, ma ua logotala fo’i Tuua o le nu’u, ua i ai le manatu o Semisi e le faia se sala e
tusa ai o le finagalo o le nu’u, ae o le a tula’i ese lona to’alua mai totonu o le nu’u. E lilo ese atu
le ta’avale o lo o momoli atu ai Sei ma Lami, ae soo loa fo’i ma le nu’u i le tala, ma ua mapuna
a’e ai loa ma le loto tiga i Matai o le nu’u, ona e foliga mai ua le amanaia e Semisi le finagalo o
le nu’u e tusa ai o le togisala ua mae’a ona tu’uina atu.
O le taeoa o le aso na sosoo ai na fonoa ai loa le malae i Laufiso, o le malaefono lea o le nu’u
mo ana fonotaga masani i masina ta’itasi, lea fo’i la ua manatu e talanoaina ai ma le mataupu e
fa’atatau i tagata sa fa’asala e le nu’u, e aofia ai ma le fa’asalaga fou lea na fa’atoa tu’uina atu i le
po ua mavae, fa’asaga i le fafine o Sei, i ona uiga le mafaufau sa fa’aali i matai o le nu’u. O nisi
o aiga sa togisala i ai le nu’u sa mafai ona maua atu se vaega o a latou sala, ae o isi sa le mafai
lava ona gafatia le mamafa o fa’asalaga a le nu’u, ona toe tu’u avanoa ai fo’i lea o le nu’u i le isi
aso fono i le masina e sosoo ai, ae ina ua fesiligia le sala a le aiga o Semisi, na fa’afetaia ai matai
matutua ina ua logo e le fofoga o le nu’u, “e leai se sala ua maua mai i le aiga o Semisi e kusa ai
o le finagalo o le nu’u agapo, pau le kala lea ua maua mai, o le po agapo na malaga ese aku ai le
kiga o Sei i Apia ma le fa’amoemoe, e le koe fo’i mai i kokogu o le gu’u”, o le fa’amatalaga lea
a le fofoga o le nu’u na vaaia ai le le fiafia o matai matutua o le nu’u.
O VAVAU O SAMOA I TUFUTAFOE
O LE SAU’AI O MAFUI’E MA LE TAMA O ‘MAUI-TI’E-TI’E-I-TALAGA’
O le vavau lenei i le tagata o Maui, o lo o ta’ua
ai e fa’apea, o ia le ulua’i tagata na mafua ai ona
maua le afi i Samoa, o lona igoa atoa o Mauiti’eti’e-i-Talaga, ona so o se taimi lava e fealua’i
ai le fafine o Talaga, e ti’eti’e ai lava lana tama
o Maui i lona tau’au. Fai mai le mau a Samoa, o
Maui na fanau mai o se alualutoto, ona manatu
lea o lona tina e tia’i ia te ia ina ia oti ai ona ua na
o ia o se alualutoto, ma ia tia’i ai ia te ia i le sami,
peita’i e le’i mananana’o i ai atua ona fai lea o le
fa’atonuga a atua i galu o le sami ina ia ‘ave le
alualutoto lea ua tia’i atu i le matafaga e tu’u ai, o
le a i ai le tagata na te tausia.
Ua alu aso ua tino le tama ma ua ola, ona
savalivali ane lea i le isi aso i le matafaga ae o
la fetaia’i ai ma se tama’ita’i, ma sa fa’ailoa e
atua ia Maui, o lona tina lea, ona fa’amatala lea
e Maui i le tama’ita’i na la fetaui le tala’aga atoa
o ia, ona oso lea o le alofa o le tama’ita’i i le
tama, ma ia ‘ave ai ia te ia, ma o taimi uma lava
e fealua’i ai le tina o Maui, na te fa’ati’eti’e ia te
ia i lona tau’au.
Ua tupu malosi ma lalelei le tama o Maui, ae o
le taimi lea o lo o galue lona tama o Maeatutala i
le va’aia lea o le fa’atoaga a le Sau’ai o Mafui’e,
lea fai mai le tala o le Sau’ai lenei e nofo i lalo o
le manava o le ‘ele’ele.
O le mea ua matauina e Maui, o taeao uma
lava e ala mai ai ua leai lona tama ma e le iloa e le
tamaitiiti po o fea e alu i ai, ae te’i lava i le afiafi
ua savalivali mai lona tama ma sa latou amoga
mea’ai, ma ua amata loa ona oso le masalosalo o
le tamaitiiti i galuega o lo o ala usu i ai lona tama,
aua o fea ni galuega e amata i le isi pogisa ae uma
mai fo’i ua pogisa, ona tonu ai lea i le manatu o le
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Study: carbon dioxide cuts
saves 3,500 US lives a year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama
Administration’s hotly debated plan to reduce
heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the nation’s
power plants will save about 3,500 lives a year
by cutting back on other types of pollution as
well, a new independent study concludes.
A study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and
lung disease when soot and smog are reduced
— an anticipated byproduct of the president’s
proposed power plant rule, which aims to fight
global warming by limiting carbon dioxide
emissions.
Past studies have found that between
20,000 and 30,000 Americans die each year
because of health problems from power
plant air pollution, study authors and outside
experts say. The study was published Monday
in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature
Climate Change.
The proposed EPA rule, which is not yet
finalized, is complex and tailored to different
states. It aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Study authors said their research, while not
hewing to the Obama plan exactly, is quite
close and comparable.
The study also finds about the same number
of deaths prevented by reducing soot and smog
that the administration claimed when the plan
was rolled out more than a year ago.
Some in Congress have been trying to block
the regulation from going into effect, calling
the plan a job-killer and an example of government overreach.
The study finds that the rule would eliminate an average of 3,500 deaths a year — a
range of lives saved from 780 to 6,100 — with
more than 1,000 of the lives saved in just four
states that get lots of pollution from coal power
plants: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and Illinois.
The new regulation would reduce hospitalizations by 1,000 a year and heart attacks by 220 a
year, the study says.
Cleaning the air as part of reducing carbon
dioxide has immediate and noticeable benefits,
the authors said.
“There could be lives saved associated with
the way we implement the policy,” said study
lead author Charles Driscoll, an environmental
engineering professor at Syracuse. “Why not
kill two birds with one stone if you can?”
Lab studies on animals show how soot and
smog harm the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and epidemiological studies link
tens of thousands of deaths each year to soot
and smog pollution, said study co-author Joel
Schwartz, a Harvard environmental epidemiologist. The study’s authors examined 2,417
power plants and used computer models to
project and track their emissions.
The study was praised by outside academics, the Environmental Protection Agency
and environmental advocacy groups.
But officials in the energy industry called it
costly and flawed.
“This is more than just an academic exercise to the tens of millions of Americans who
depend on affordable, reliable electricity to
power their homes and places of work every
day,” said Laura Sheehan, senior vice president
for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. “For them, this is about their livelihoods.
Coal provides nearly 40 percent of the nation’s
electricity and its use is becoming cleaner all the
time. And while these academics are hypothesizing about unprovable consequences, what’s
known is that families are struggling to pay
their monthly bills and companies are struggling to stay in business - and any increase in
energy costs will unnecessarily burden them. “
EPA, in a statement, said the study confirms their earlier research, which shows that
for every dollar spent complying with the regulation, “Americans will see up to $7 in health
benefits.”
Three top science officials in the George
W. Bush Administration who are now outside
academics — George Gray at George Washington University, John D. Graham at Indiana
University and Howard Frumkin at the University of Washington — praised the study to
various degrees.
“This analysis is both sound and useful,”
Gray, former EPA science chief and now
director of risk science and public health,
wrote in an email. “The cool thing is the question they ask: What public health effects might
occur due to changes in air pollutants as we act
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?”
Lawyers make final
arguments in Cleveland officer’s trial
CLEVELAND (AP) — Attorneys are scheduled to make their
closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of a Cleveland patrolman
charged in the deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire. Michael Brelo, 31, faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison if convicted on two counts of voluntary
manslaughter. The judge who is deciding Brelo’s case has said he
likely will not deliver a verdict before May 15. Brelo was one of
13 officers who fired at a car with Timothy Russell and Malissa
Williams inside after a high-speed chase on Nov. 29, 2012. Brelo
was the only officer charged criminally because prosecutors said
he fired his final 15 rounds after the car had stopped and Russell
and Williams were no longer a threat to officers’ lives.
Defense attorneys argued and sound experts for both sides testified that at least one other officer fired a gun during Brelo’s final
volley. Experts also testified for the defense that shots fired by
other officers could have killed Russell and Williams, who were
each shot more than 20 times.
Prosecutors contend that Russell, 43, and Williams, 30, were
still alive when Brelo fired “kill shots” through the windshield
while standing on the hood of Russell’s beat-up Chevy Malibu.
Brelo, who did not testify at trial, told investigators about a week
after the shooting that he did not remember being on the Malibu.
A number of officers who also shot at the Malibu invoked their
Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when subpoenaed
by prosecutors to testify at trial. A rookie, however, testified that he
stopped firing when he saw someone on the hood of the Malibu.
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➧ Fa’amanino Konesula fou…
Mai itulau 17
In this Saturday, May 2, 2015. file photo, Kate Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William
smile as they carry their newborn baby princess from The Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, in
London Britain’s newborn princess has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana it was announced
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
on Monday May 4. ➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
Mai itulau 17
O le taimi nei e toalua matua o lo o faia i ai suesuega a le matagaluega e tusa ai ma le faafaigaluegaina o a latou fanau i nofoaga faitele ae le o i le aoga.
TAPUNIA TALOSAGA MO LE QUOTA I NIU SILA
O le aso 30 o Aperila na tapunia aloaia ai le resitalaina o le mamalu o le atunuu mo le nofomau
i Niu Sila i lalo o le polokalame o le Quota. O lenei polokalame o lo o avanoa ai i latou e i le va o
le 18 i le 45 tausaga le matutua e talosaga mo pepa nofomau.
Na molimauina le leai o se ofi o le falemeli o Samoa i Apia i vaiaso e lua ua tuanai atu, ona o
le mamalu o le atunuu ua fetuleni atu i le taimi mulumuli mo le lafoina o a latou pepa faatumu.
Na fesiligia le faauluuluga o le vaega o le maketi a le falemeli le susuga ia Saunoamaalii Finau
Sione, ma na ia taua ai, e foliga tutusa lava le tausaga lenei ma nai tausaga ua tuanai atu, peitai o
le tulaga ua maitauina, e faatali lava le toatele sei lafo a latou pepa talosaga i le vaiaso mulimuli,
ona na saua i faamatalaga a nisi, o le taimi laki lea o le se’i, o le vaiaso mulimuli.
Na faaalia e se pepa o faamatalaga mai le Ofisa o Femalagaiga a Niu Sila, o le aso lima o Iuni
o le a faia ai le se’i ma faalauiloa mai ai loa i latou o le a faamanuiaina i lenei tausaga, e ala i feau
tusitusia i telefoni po o imeli e faailoa atu ai a latou lisiti ma numera o pepa talosaga.
O le aso fitu o Mati o le tausaga fou o le a tapunia ai loa le faaulufaleina atu o pepa talosaga
a i latou nei ua faamanuiaina mo le nofomau i Niu Sila ina ua atoatoa uma pepa ma vaega e
manaomia e le Ofisa o Femalagaiga a Niu Sila e tatau ona aofia ai i totonu o le talosaga.
E 1,100 avanoa e tuuina mai e le malo o Niu Sila i tausaga taitasi mo Samoa, e ala mai i le
polokalame o le Quota, mo tagata Samoa e agavaa ai mo le nofomau i Niu Sila.
FAAPOPOLEINA LEOLEO I PULE I LE OLA FUAFUAINA
O le maliu ai o se tama e 48 tausaga ina ua pule i lona ola i se faiga e foliga mai ua leva ona
mafaufauina ma fuafua lelei, ua faapopoleina ai le Matagaluega o Leoleo.
Na saunoa le sooupu a le matagaluega, le susuga i le taitai leoleo ia Su’a Muliaga Tiumalu i se
feiloaiga ma le au tusitala e faapea, o le a faaopopoina a latou taumafaiga e foia le vave faatupulaia
o lea faafitauli e ala i le galulue vavalalata ma faalapotopotoga i totonu o le atunuu ua faavaeina e
fesoasoani ai i le atunuu lautele e faatalanoa o latou faafitauli ina ia taofia ai le pule i le ola.
E toafa tagata na pule i o latou ola i le masina o Aperila.
“O se fuainumera matuia tele,” o a Su’a lea.
Fai mai a ia, o le toatele o i latou ua pule i o latou ola sa latou faia lea tulaga ona o se faaiuga
na faia i le taimi lava lena.
Peitai, e foliga mai ua amata ona fuafua lelei gaioiga a tagata ae lei pule i o latou ola e pei ona
faaalia i le tama e 48 tausaga lea ua maliu.
“Sa laei e lea tama ona laei papa’e ma sa ia faaaogaina se apefa’i o le ituaiga e mafai ona
gaugau e faatino ai lona pule i lona ola,” o le saunoaga lea a Su’a. Na maua atu o ia o tautau mai
i le apefa’i ua maliu.
➧ Vavau O Samoa…
Mai itulau 24
tama o Maui, ua tatau ona ia faia se ‘auala se’i ona iloaina ai po o le a tonu le galuega a si ona tama
o fai, aua o ni isi taimi e foliga mai e fai fa’aeteete lava gaoioiga a nai ona matua e pei o lo o i ai
se tagata o lo o popole i ai ina ne’i iloa i la’ua. Ua o’o i le isi taeao, ona ala po lava lea o le tama o
Maui ua fa’atalitali le taimi e ala ai lona tama. E le’i umi se taimi ae va’aia loa e Maui lona tama
ua ala mai i luga, ma ua sauni fo’i o le a alu i lana galuega, na ona ulufafo lava o le toeaina ma le
fale, o le taimi fo’i lea na mulimuli atu ai loa ma Maui e aunoa ma se iloa e lona tama.
Na tau mulimuli fa’alilolilo atu pea Maui i lona tama, se’ia o’o atu i luma o le isi ‘auvae mauga,
ona va’aia ai loa lea e Maui o lona tama ua tupu, ae foliga mai o lo o musumusu i se isi tagata i
gagana ‘ese’ese, ma fa’afuase’i ai ona ia va’aia le ‘auvae mauga ua matala mai, ona ulufale loa
lea o lona tama i totonu, o le taimi fo’i lea na ulufale atu ai fa’alilolilo ma le tama o Maui i totonu
o le ‘ana e aunoa ma se iloa e lona tama, ma o le taimi lava na la taunu’u ai i totonu, o le taimi lea
na toe mapuni ai le ‘ana ma ua maofa Maui i le mata’utia o lenei lalolagi fou ua ulufale i ai, ae ua
iloa fo’i e lona tama o lea fo’i ua i totonu lona atali’i o le ‘ana, o lea na ia talosaga atu ai ia Maui
ina ia toe fo’i ina ne’i iloa o ia e le Sau’ai, peita’i sa le popole i ai Maui.
Mo se fa’ata’ita’iga o le totogi o le pemita mo Samoa, o lo o
tumau pea i le $10, ae tasi le aso e fa’agasolo ai le talosaga mo
le pemita ona fa’atoa piki lea i le isi aso e sosoo ai, ae afai loa
e manatu le tagata e fia maua lona pemita i le aso lava lea na
talosaga ai, ona i ai loa lea o le suiga e pei ona fesiligia e $20.
Na fa’amanino atili e le ali’i Konesula e fa’apea, so o se
tagata lava e talosaga mo se visa po o se pemita e ulufale atu ai
i le isi atunuu, e pei fo’i o le va o Samoa e lua, e tatau lava ona
i ai se taimi e iloilo ai e le Ofisa fa’amaumauga ina ia mafai ona
fa’amaonia, o lo o sa’o ma moni fa’amatalaga uma o lo o tu’uina
atu, ona fa’atoa talia ai loa lea o le talosaga mo le pemita ma
sainia loa fo’i.
Na fa’amanino atili e Auseugaefa e fa’apea, o lo o faia pea
lava feutanaiga i le va o Samoa e lua, mo malaga fa’afuase’i e
aofia ai maliu, ina ia vave ona faagaioi pemita mo tagata malaga,
ae tatau fo’i ona silafia e le atunu’u, e leai ni maliu e tupu nei ae
teu taeao, so o se maliu lava, e silia i le vaiaso pe lua fo’i o tau
fa’atulaga tapenaga ma fuafuaga, e tatau fo’i la ona vave tuuina
atu talosaga i le Ofisa mo pemita, nai lo le fa’ananati atu i se
taimi puupuu.
O le aso 25 Mati 2015 na tofia ai e le malo o Samoa le afioga a
Auseugaefa e avea ma o latou Konesula i le teritori, e sui tulaga i
le afioga a Mataafa Tomasi Mataafa sa ia tauaveina lenei tulaga
mo le tele o tausaga ua mavae.
E tolu tausaga le umi o le a avea ai le afioga a Auseugaefa
ma Konesula o Samoa i le teritori, lea e fa’amuta i le aso 25
Mati 2018.
O ni isi o tulaga na taua e le ali’i Konesula o le a vaavaai i
ai le malo o Samoa, o le fausia lea o se Ofisa fou i le fanua a le
malo o Samoa i Tafuna, lea ua mae’a ona fa’a fesuia’i ma le
fanua i Samoa, e tuuina mai mo le malo o Amerika Samoa.
Na taua e le alii Konesula e fa’apea, e lagona le alofa i le
mamalu o le atunu’u ina ua ia taunu’u mai ma vaaia le laulau
tutu solo i so o se taimi e aga’i mai i le Ofisa, ma a’e ai loa se
manatu ua tatau ona fa’alautele le tautua a le Ofisa i lona nofoaga
fou i Tafuna i se taimi o i luma, e lelei fo’i lena e tele ai le ofisa
e mafai ai ona autova’a atu le atunu’u mo le fa’atalatalanoaina
o soo se mataupu.
Ua talosagaina le mamalu o le atunu’u, ina ia fa’afeso’ota’i le
Ofisa o le Konesula i Fagatogo mo ni isi o fesili, po o ni isi fo’i
o mataupu e fia malamalama atili ai i le auaunaga a le Ofisa, i le
numera o le telefoni 633 5919, po o le Konesula i lana telefoni
o le 633 5920.
Ae mo mataupu po o ni manaoga fa’afuase’i i fa’aiuga o
vaiaso po o aso malolo fo’i, ua fa’aalia e le ali’i Konesula lona
fiafia tele e talia o so se tasi e mana’omia lana fesoasoani i so o
se mataupu e fa’atatau i lona Ofisa, ma ia fa’afeso’ota’i atu o ia
i le telefoni 258 9181.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
➧ MAFUTAGA MOTUSIA…
Mai itulau 18
“O le tama’ita’i faipisinisi, e matua lelei lana fa’asoa ina ia
mautinoa e fa’atupe mea uma i le fatuaiga fa’apea ma le pisinisi. E
le so’ona gaoia, ae matua faigata ona e fa’aseseina ana fa’ai’uga.
E mana’o o ia e fai mea lelei i so’o se taimi e matu’u atu ai ia te ia
na te fa’atinoa se ga-luega, ae talimalo lelei fo’i o ia ma le fiafia.”
I lona soifua auauna i le Ekalesia, sa ia te ia le fa’atuatuaga o
le Ekalesia i tulaga o tupe ma tausi tusi o teugatupe a le Ekalesia.
O se tasi e matua fiafia e fai a la’ua mea fa’alelotu ma e le pa’u
ia te ia se mea e fa’atino, e fa’amaopoopo mea tele o ia i le
mafutaga a tina a le Ekalesia ae maise lava le autalavou. Sa avea
foi o ia ma se Tiakono Tina.
I se saunoaga a le Fa’afeagaiga, sa ia fa’ailoa ai, “O lona toe
aso fiafia lava o le tu’ufa’atasiga a le matagaluega na faia ai le
aso Ta’aloga i le Malae Tele i Tafuna, sa va’aia lava ia e lalamua
e fa’atulaga ana ‘au ma sa leotele ana fa’amalosi’au i lana ‘autalavou ta’a’alo. O lona agaga ia tu’u atu uma le atoaga o le tagata
i mea e fa’atino e ta’ua ai le suafa o le Atua.”
O le molimau a le tama o le aiga, Solomona Samatua, “O le
tina alofa tele i le fanau, e galue malosi ma e fa’amaoni i le ma’ua
va i mea uma. E fa’amaoni i lana upu, e loto tele i mea faigata
ma ua faigata fo’i ona suia e se tasi lona nofoa i le matou aiga.”
O le fa’afetai fo’i a lona aiga ma le ekalesia i Vaitogi SDA, “O
le a misia oe i ou uiga fa’afiafia loto i so’o se tasi ma e fai oe ma
fa’ata’ita’iga o mea lelei i le tupulaga talavou i lana ta’ita’iga.”
O ona matua o Mapuilesua Tualatavete Malotumau La’auli
Ifopo ma Lanuola Sauimalae Fa’amuina - Ifopo.
E to’a ono si ana fanau: Soapy Johnny, Angel Baby, La’auli
Malotumau, Manatuaafiaisionavao Leutu Ta’aseu Grace,
Solomon Siaumau, ma Tulouna Elaine Rose Lealaitausalauluolaauifaleata. E to’atolu ona uso ae to’a ono ona tuagane.
Sa aoaoina o ia i St Francis i Lepua ona soso’o lea ma le toe masii
mai i Iliili e a’oga i le Lupelele. Na si’itia lea e ona matua e a’oga
i le Avoka Girls School i Faleula Samoa, taliu mai toe fa’aauau
a’oga i le Fa’asao High School i Lepuapua. Na toe fa’ai’u mai
ana a’oga i Tafuna High School ona sailia ai lea o lona tusi pasi
maualuluga i le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi o Amerika Samoa.
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Obama on protests: ‘There are consequences to indifference’
NEW YORK (AP) — In
a deeply personal response
to outbreaks of racially motivated
protests,
President
Barack Obama on Monday
blamed a lack of opportunity
in minority communities and
harsher treatment of black and
Hispanic men by police for
fueling a sense of “unfairness
and powerlessness.”
The country’s first black
president called for a nationwide mobilization to reverse
inequalities and said the
cause will remain a mission
for the rest of his presidency
and his life.
“There are consequences to
indifference,” Obama said.
Helping launch a foundation to assist young minorities, Obama said the catalysts
of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and in Baltimore were
the deaths of young black men
and “a feeling that law is not
always applied evenly in this
country.”
“They experience being
treated differently by law
enforcement — in stops and
in arrests, and in charges and
incarcerations,” Obama said.
“The statistics are clear, up
and down the criminal justice
system. There’s no dispute.”
The new organization, My
Brother’s Keeper Alliance,
is an outgrowth of Obama’s
year-old My Brother’s Keeper
initiative, which has focused
on federal government policies
and grants designed to increase
access to education and jobs.
While the effort predates
the tensions in Baltimore
that erupted after the death of
Freddie Gray while in police
custody, the significance of
the new private-sector alliance has been magnified by
the spotlight the riots placed
on low-income minority
neighborhoods.
“Folks living in those communities, and especially young
people living in those communities, could use some help
to change those odds,” Obama
said.
Obama repeatedly drove
home the point during his
10-hour visit to New York,
echoing the same themes from
his speech at Lehman College
in the Bronx to high-dollar
Democratic Party fundraisers
in Manhattan to an appearance
on CBS’ “Late Show with
David Letterman.”
“For far too long, for
decades, we have a situation
where too many communities
don’t have a relationship of
trust with the police,” he told
Letterman.
“He said he wants young
minority men in particular to
know “we’re going to invest in
you before you have problems
with the police, before there’s
the kind of crisis we see in
Baltimore.”
He tied the call for justice
with an economic message
for the 60 donors who paid
$10,000 to see him at an expansive, art-filled Upper East Side
apartment — including actor
Wendell Pierce, who played
a Baltimore police detective
working in drug-ridden projects on “The Wire.”
“If we are going to be successful over the long haul,
if we are going to win what
will be a very competitive
21st Century, we’ve got to
have everybody on the field,”
Obama said, adding the
economy “can’t leave entire
communities behind.”
Obama later held a discussion with about 30 donors contributing up to $33,400.
That event was closed to
the media.
Despite his criticism of
inequities in criminal justice,
Obama praised police officers for putting their lives on
the line and singled out Brian
Moore, a 25-year-old New
York City police officer shot
in the head over the weekend
while attempting to stop a
man suspected of carrying a
handgun.
He said police “deserve
our gratitude and our prayers,
not just today but every day.
They’ve got a tough job.”
“We ask police to go into
communities where there is
no hope,” he said at Lehman
College. “Eventually, something happens because of the
tension between society and
these communities, and the
police are just on the front
lines of that.”
Obama
described
the
plight of young minority men
as a struggle he’s intimately
familiar with, alluding to his
own youth raised by a single
mother.
“I grew up without a dad.
I grew up lost sometimes and
adrift, not having a sense of
a clear path,” he said, adding
that he was lucky because he
was in an environment where
people cared for him.
“Really, that’s what this
comes down to — do we love
these kids?” he said.
With high-profile names
and an ambitious focus, the
alliance is a possible building
block for Obama’s post-presidential pursuits.
Obama has less than two
years left in his presidency
and the new institution would
likely sustain its work well
after he leaves the White
House.
The White House sought
to distinguish the operation
of the organization from Bill
and Hillary Clinton’s family
foundation, whose financing
has attracted criticism. White
House spokesman Josh Earnest said decisions about who
could give to the group and
the reporting of donations
would be made by the board of
directors.
“The White House will not
be involved in determining
what their fundraising policies should be,” Earnest said.
He said the board would be
“well aware of the priorities
the president has placed on
transparency.”
The new alliance will be led
by Joe Echevarria, the former
chief executive of Deloitte,
the giant accounting and consulting firm.
The alliance already has
obtained financial and in-kind
commitments of more than
$80 million from such companies as American Express,
Deloittte, Discovery Networks
and Fox News parent company
News Corp., the White House
said.
The alliance board is a
who’s who of the sports, corporate and entertainment
worlds.
Singer-songwriter
John Legend is the alliance’s
honorary chairman; former
Miami Heat star Alonzo
Mourning is a member of the
board.
The alliance’s advisory
council will include former
Secretary of State Colin
Powell, former Attorney General Eric Holder and Sen.
Cory Booker, a New Jersey
Democrat; the mayors of
Indianapolis,
Sacramento
and Philadelphia; and former
NFL player Jerome Bettis and
former NBA standout Shaquille O’Neal.
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