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Before departing the territory Monday night, night, before a farewell dinner hosted by DYWA. Jeremiah Masoli extended sincere appreciation and “Our team is happy to witness the many students Hawaii fears travel ban many thanks for the support from the local commu- as well as teachers who turned out during the work- nity during the weeklong literacy workshops and ath- shops and clinics and this is an encouraging sign for goes against welcoming letic clinics at public high schools. He was also very us to return next year,” said Masoli, a former quar- thankful to the Department of Youth and Women’s terback with the University of Oregon football team. aloha spirit Affairs, who coordinated their work, as well as the At the Leone High School clinic, Masoli reminded C M Page 15 support from the Department of Education. students the importance of setting goals in their lives Y K Masoli, whose parents are from American Samoa, as they are depended on in the future by their family, and is a quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of village, church and American Samoa as a whole. the Canadian Football League, had teamed up with DYWA director, Jonathan Fanene, who retired Tumau pea tele fa’asea the San Francisco-based non-profit group CASEPro- from professional football with the National Foot- ject for a series of American football camps and com- ball League (NFL), was present at the Leone campus aufai fa’atoaga e le munity projects in American Samoa. along with his staff. Fanene says he is pleased to see “The whole focus of our team visit is to offer our athletes of Samoan ancestry returning home to give o maua i ai se tali assistance to local students, to encourage them in not back to the community through these types of work- only academics but sports such as football while in shops and sports clinics. And he says DYWA will con- Le Lali school,” Masoli told Samoa News on Monday at Leone tinue to play a role in coordinating such activities in High School, their last stop before leaving Monday the future. [Photo: AF]

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DAILY CIRCULATION 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 $1.00 $1Million of Disaster Relief Fund to be used for alia boat repairs INCLUDES HIRING A CONTRACTOR TO REPAIR ALIAS IN MANU’A by Fili Sagapolutele from Mar 21-23. Samoa News Correspondent And finally getting a contractor to repair alia oat repair workshop for all Amer- boats for Manu’a is being praised by Manu’a ican Samoa alia boat owners and District Governor Laolagi F.S. Vaeao, who told hiring a contractor to repair alia Samoa News that this is “long overdue” after boats based in Manu’a, is the the boat owners “have been crying out for such latest development on how the assistance over the years.” territory will utilize the $1 million it received, The $1 million is identified as the Disaster C M B with the assistant of the Western Pacific Regional Relief Fund, overseen by the Department of Y K Fishery Management Council, following the Marine and Wildlife Resources, which has 2009 tsunami, according to the American Samoa already hired a project coordinator to oversee the Community Activities and Issues Report submit implementation of projects under this fund. for the Council’s 169th Meeting in Honolulu (Continued on page 8) Hot & Muggy — 112 degrees outside — that’s our Summer by Blue Chen-Fruean causing headaches and general feeling of sitting Samoa News Correspondent in a sauna, or moving through molasses. Is it going to be hot or rainy today? This is Yesterday at noon, the Tafuna Weather Sta- the question most local residents ask themselves tion reported temperatures near 90 degrees every morning when they wake up. (indoors) and based on that number, according Over the past several weeks, the weather con- to local meteorologist Carol Ma’afala-Baqui, Winnie Atuatasi shares her love for coffee through her own ditions have been so unpredictable, with the sun calculations were made to measure the heat coffee place called Yahweh Coffee House at Fagatogo Square rising brightly in the morning, followed a couple index outdoors, which, she said, climbed to 112 (the old Tedi’s of Samoa building), which opens from 6am - 8pm of hours later by heavy rainfall and strong winds degrees around lunchtime yesterday. weekdays and Saturdays 6 - 3pm. [Courtesy photo] — and then comes the ‘muggy’ heavy air, (Continued on page 2) Page 2 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

by Samoa News staff Honolulu meetings, Lafaele munity request to patch pot- month and gets much larger — commute around Matafao Ele- MEETING OF PROSPEC- responded via email, “Meet- holes for the two roads in Otto- every time it rains. mentary area. TIVE INVESTORS FOR ings with prospective investors ville that are widely used by Avamua Dave Haleck in The goal of the tsunami FOOD PLANT ONGOING are on-going. We’re hoping to the public, although two roads a separate email informed evacuation drill is to validate Meetings off island with complete talks and start con- are described by Public Works McConnell Dowell that DPW and evaluate the Emergency prospective investors in a local struction sooner than later. I Department as private roads. has treated these two roads as Operation Plan for Matafao multi purpose food processing am currently off-island for this Last week Larry Sanitoa, private roads when in fact they Elementary School. Please do plant by Philippines based purpose.” chairman of the Catholic are not, as the Haleck family not be alarmed this is just an AVM Bernardo Engineering Some senators have prom- Church’s Holy Family Parish has provided these access evacuation drill. is ongoing, says Commerce ised to call Lafaele back to the International Community at roads for the sake of the Otto- Should you have any ques- Department Director Keniseli Senate to find out the status of Fatuoaiga, wrote to McCon- ville residents. tions, please contact 699-0411 Lafaele. the project in the next couple nell Dowell’s local manager “The roads are public and or 699-3800. Thank you. During his Senate confirma- of months, if there is still Nicholas Strange for help on therefore it is my opinion that Ua fa’ailoa mai e le Matag- tion hearing early last month, no sign of the construction behalf of residents, motorists ASG should include the roads aluega o le Puipuiga o le Sao- Lafaele was asked by senators project beginning. The plant is and parishioners of the Holy with all the public roads in galemu Fa’a-Lotoifale, le on the status of the multi-mil- expected to provide up to 800 Family Parish at Fatuoaiga, to American Samoa,” he said, and Homeland Security / TEMCO, lion dollar plant project at the jobs. address the “recurring deplor- suggested an asphalt coating le Ofisa e gafa ma Fa’alavelave Tafuna Industrial Park, where AVM Bernardo Engi- able problem” with the two instead of a reseal. “We have Fa’afuase’i e fa’apea, ona o it broke ground in January last neering has proposed to invest access roads going towards the been using a packaged asphalt le fa’atauaina o tapenaga mo year but construction have yet $106 million to set up a “multi- Cathedral at Fatuoaiga. product to fill and patch the pot fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i, o lea to commence. line food processing plant” Sanitoa explained that holes. We’ve run out.” o le a faia ai se fa’ata’ita’iga Lafaele told senators that focusing first on frozen fish- Easter season is around the Sanitoa told Samoa News mo le aoga tulaga muamua I AVM was holding a meeting based sausage, ham, nuggets corner, and the Diocese of yesterday that McConnell Matafao. with possible investors the and patties; and later extending Samoa Pago Pago and Parish Dowell has been kind enough O lea fa’ata’ita’iga o le a second week of February in to other products, such as will be holding several church to start patching the potholes fa’ataunu’uina i le Aso Tofi, Honolulu and once investors juices. services. “Obviously, there now with asphalt. Mati 16, 2017. O le a amataina are firmed up, then a construc- MCCONNELL DOWELL will be higher than normal Samoa News notes that lenei fa’ata’ita’iga i le 12:00 tion date would be set there- STEPS UP — AGAIN traffic in the Ottoville area besides the Mormon Church i le aoauli ma fa’ai’u ai i le after. He also says that he was — TO FIX OTTOVILLE especially the two roads going at Ottoville and the Catholic 01:00 i le aoauli o le aso tofi. to attend the meeting. (See ROADS towards Fatuoaiga from the Church at Fatuoaiga, there are O le a tapunia auala mo Samoa News edition Feb. 10th With the Easter season main road,” he said, adding at least five other denomination se taimi pu’upu’u aua le for details) approaching, McConnell that in the past McConnell churches within the Ottoville saogalemu mo fanau aoga. Responding to Samoa News Dowell construction has again Dowell “has helped us tremen- area and the two roads on Sun- Fa’amolemole, vaai totoa i inquiries on the outcome of the stepped in to help with a com- dously in repairing these two days are busy with traffic as tonu ma feoa’iga i le auala i lea badly damaged roads as a com- people head to church services aso mo le saogalemu a le fanau munity service project.” in the morning and afternoon. a’oga o Matafao. “We are again humbly TSUNAMI O le fa’ammoemoe o requesting your assistance for EVACUATION DRILL lenei fa’ata’ita’iga, ia toe a temporary repair to the sec- The American Samoa fa’amaonia ma toe va’ai tions of these two roads with Department of Homeland toto’a i tonu ma gaioiga ua used asphalt if possible,” Security / TEMCO Division fa’amaumauina i tusitusiga mo Sanitoa wrote. “Although it wishes to advise the public aoga tulaga muamua i Matafao. is a temporary fix, the used that as part of our Disaster ‘Aua le fa’apopoleina fua, o asphalt lasts a lot longer than Preparedness effort, Matafao lenei taumafaiga ua na’o se the base course or the standard Elementary school will be con- fa’ata’ita’iga. AMERICAN SAMOA RUNAWAY & fill loads.” ducting a Tsunami evacuation O lenei fa’aliga ua faia ma le HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER The two roads referred to by drill on Thursday, March 16, fa’aaloalo mo lou silafia ma le Sanitoa are the one that goes 2017. lagolagosua mai. A iai se fesili 699-HELP(4357) through in front of a Mormon The tsunami evacuation fa’amolemole vala’au mai i le ARE YOU UNDER 18 AND NEED church and the other which drill will start at 12:00 noon 699-0411 po’o 699-3800. goes through the private cem- and conclude at 01:00 p.m. Fa’afetai tele. O le pule’aga A PLACE TO STAY? etery inside Ottoville and next Public roads will be closed o le matagaluega o le Homeland DO YOU FEEL UNSAFE AT HOME? to the Hope House — this road temporarily for the safety of Security, Ofisa o le TEMCO - is so bad; a large pool of water children crossing road. Please Fa’alavelave Fa’afuase’i. CALL 699-4357(HELP), has remained there since last plan ahead with your daily MESSAGE us on Facebook (Pasefika Youth Project), or EMAIL [email protected]. ALL contacts and information are strictly ➧ CONFIDENTIAL. Hot & Muggy — 112 degrees outside… Continued from page 2 Remember to call 911 if you have an emergency. And while that number variable winds. inches of rainfall so far this seems high, Ma’afala-Baqui As for rainfall, the local year, as of yesterday. emphasizes that this is just based weather station has recorded a Ma’afala-Baqui reminds NOFOAGA SULUFA’I MO LE PUIPUIGA O on calculations.” We’ve seen total of 2.52 inches of rain, so everyone that it is summer time FANAU TALAVOU A AMERIKA SAMOA higher,” she added, reflecting far for the month of March, as in the territory and while it may 699-HELP(4357) on previous times when she said of 1 p.m. yesterday. The normal seem hot, local temperatures are the number was dwindling just amount of rainfall for the whole nothing compared to the heat Afai e le i atoa lou 18 tausaga ae ua mana’omia below 120 degrees. month is 11.66 inches. And waves being experienced by se nofoaga malu puipuia e te fia sulufa’i iai... The National Weather Ser- while this month may prove to other places in the world where vice defines heat index, also be drier than the same time in temperatures climb well into Ua lagona le le malu puipuia o known as the apparent tempera- previous years, last month saw triple digits. lou soifuaga i totonu o lou aiga? ture, as what the temperature the amount of rainfall exceed Winter for American Samoa VALA’AU MAI! 699-4357(HELP)! feels like to the human body normal levels. does not begin until the end of when relative humidity is com- For February, according to April so in the meantime, local Po o le fa’afeso’ota’i mai i le Facebook (Pasefika Youth bined with the air temperature. data from the National Weather meteorologist Elinor Lutu- Project) po’o le email [email protected]. So when people complain and Station, the total amount of McMoore reminds everyone O faamatalaga ma fesootaiga uma, o le a malu puipuia. say, “It’s not the heat, it’s the rainfall for the territory was to stay hydrated, drink lots of humidity,” it’s actually both. recorded at 18.36 inches, much water, and during times of thun- Ia manatua e valaau le 911 mo so’o se faalavelave Ma’afala-Baqui said local higher than the norm of 12.66 derstorms and lightning, stay faafuasei e ono aafia ai le soifua maloloina o soo se tasi. weather conditions for the next inches. For year-to-date figures, indoors. few days will feature light and the territory has collected 32.96 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 3 FELETI BARSTOW LIBRARY FREE Registration is now open for: Basic Computer Course for adults ages 18 and up! Mar 20-31, 2017 • Monday - Friday • 5:00pm - 7:00pm Registration must be done in person at the Feleti Barstow Yahweh Coffee Public Library and will be on a first come, first serve basis. House located in Availability is limited! Fagatogo Square 633-5816 (the old Tedi’s of Samoa building), opens Mon – Fri 6am – 8pm and Saturdays 6am- 3pm. See story inside about a small business owner in Amer- ican Samoa: “I love coffee and I now have a coffee house.” [Courtesy photo]

Owner of Yahweh Coffee

House: “I love coffee and I Maui’s Maitenance Company now have a coffee house” Employment Opportunity 1. Qualified Plumber w/ at least 5 years experience By Leiloa Ese Malala just loved the atmosphere at all extended its opening hours until 2. Qualified IT/Office Assistant w/ at least 2 years experience Samoa News Staff Writer these coffee shops,” Winnie told 8pm in the evening. Winnie Atuatasi, a 24-year- Samoa News. “We decided to open late Must submit resume - PO Box 7581 old, shared with Samoa News, Winnie’s mother, Aliitasi because we were starting to get No Phone Calls about a teacher who asked her Roberts, heard about it and knew people who finished work late students what they wanted to this would best fit her daughter, and want a quick bite. It is such be when they graduated. There as Winnie has always wanted a a great spot too because we have were only two answers and it Coffee House. the Fono, DOH, Social Ser- Did you know that was either to join the military or “Our family already owned vices, the market, so people are be a teacher. another business, and seeing noticing it more and have come SAMOA NAPA will This got Winnie real- that Winnie did some studying, to relax and enjoy the “Lord’s” change your light bulbs izing that there are many other me and my husband thought this Coffee House,” says Winnie. options than just being a teacher would be great for her to run the A Fono employee, a regular, for FREE when you or joining the military, with or Coffee House.” told Samoa News, “I get so busy purchase from us? without a degree. That dream became real at work I don’t have time to go American Samoa is noted for thanks to some good timing. anywhere to eat so it helps that I having the highest rate of mili- Atuatasi was more than thankful can call them to make an order tary enlistment of any U.S. State to have supportive parents who and then pick up my favorite or Territory. As of September brought up the idea for her to tuna melt sandwich when it’s 2014, the local U.S. Army use her talents. ready. It’s a great place with Recruiting Station in Pago Pago With the help of her parents great food.” was ranked first in production to buy the Coffee Shop, she has When asked what was the out of the 885 Army recruiting learned a lot from the experi- people’s favorite meal, “Our stations and centers straight out ence — how to make it much most common one is the chili of high school. more different and better. with the sweet muffin, or the THE JOURNEY TO Atuatasi said the shop, which bacon bagel, which not many OWNING A COFFEE SHOP she and her husband named, make on island, and the red Atuatasi says that throughout “Yahweh”, is Jewish for “God, soup. People love these.” her travels straight out of high Lord, Heavenly Father”. The Winnie says she’s plan- school she visited different young entrepreneur chose the ning her next move — to open countries and found her love of name to infuse the area with another branch on the West coffee houses. The atmosphere, a cheery brightness giving all side. “I get amazed to see some music, and the coffee seemed glory to God for the continuous of the people who live on the Regular headlight maintenance is like the type of place she envi- blessings in her life. “I wanted a West come all this way to get an important part of your car’s overall health. sions to be in on a daily basis. name dedicated to God, because their coffee fix or a bite so I am From Pago Pago, she I know I would have not received thinking of opening one on that returned home in 2012 and was this without his help.” side.” We will also: hired on by Downtown Coffee Being a business owner has “There is so much to do in Shop to teach the workers to be taught her a lot about hard work this life for the younger genera- Add freon to your car AC after purchasing FOR FREE “baristas” and to make better and dedication. “It’s like when tion. I see a lot of talented musi- coffee, and of course — not for- you open the shop, you cannot cians, artists, designers, cooks, Install your windshield wipers after purchasing FOR FREE getting — to earn some money. just close it in the middle of the etc. who can definitely make a When the Samoana High week just because you’re sick. difference to our community and Change your battery after purchasing FOR FREE School graduate of Class of You have to keep it going, to use those talents. Just because 2011 caught wind that the coffee build it, because its something you don’t have a degree doesn’t Issue a quote on Special Orders FOR FREE shop was closing in year 2014, it you love and want to continue to mean you can’t do anything. I got her thinking about her pas- share,” she said. don’t have a degree and I now Call us today for Quality Napa Auto Parts. sion. “I was at a mission school Yahweh Coffee House has have my own business. You can in Kona, Hawai’i, and I learnt been open going on two years definitely do so much with what how to make coffee there, and now. It started off slow but the you love for our community.” SAMOA NAPA 699-NAPA/6272 even traveled to other coun- Coffee House has caught many For more information check tries like South Korea where visitors’ and locals’ eyes so that out Yahweh Coffee House on coffee was everywhere and I Winnie and her workers have Facebook or just visit them. Page 4 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Trump Travel Ban Hawaii Tourism

In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, people relax on the beach in Waikiki in Honolulu. Hawaii has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the executive order could harm the state’s strong tourist economy. ` ` (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) High risk and CIP funding issues raised by Amata with OIA by Fili Sagapolutele also looking forward to a continuation followed by Northern Marianas with Pula first pointed out that there are Samoa News Correspondent of the well executed oversight practices $9.24 million, Guam with $5.91 million other areas of high risk for American Ensuring American Samoa continues regarding the program,” she said and and US Virgin Islands getting $2.78 Samoa — such as the US Education to receive an increase in federal Capital asked Pula to comment on “what can be million. Department. Improvement Projects in the future, and done to ensure American Samoa con- Earlier in his opening statement at For OIA, Pula said, “I have to say, American Samoa Government’s “high tinues to receive increased CIP funding the start of the hearing, Pula cited posi- lot of the categories, or things to be risk” status with the Interior Depart- in the future.” tive results of the CIP for the four US done, have been done by the American ment’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Pula first pointed out that allocation territories. For example, in American Samoa government. So there has been were two issues from Congresswoman of CIP funding is made on the basis of a Samoa, the $8 million for the 134-foot improvement there. Aumua Amata during a congressional set of competitive criteria that measure MV Manu’atele now goes between “But there are still some final things subcommittee hearing last Thursday in the demonstrated ability of the island Manu’a islands and the main island of that needed to be done and we have to Washington D.C. governments to exercise prudent finan- Tutuila, providing both cargo and pas- kind of, circle back, and work with the Amata directed her remarks to Inte- cial management practices and to meet sengers transport. government so we can lift the high risk. rior Department’s acting assistant sec- federal grant requirements. In her second query, Aumua asked At this point, we haven’t completed retary for insular Areas, Nikolao Pula, “The best thing for American Samoa that since being designated as “high everything,” he said. who was among the panel of witnesses — it can maximize on the share, because risk” by OIA, as recommended by the Since taking office in January 2013, during the “Improving and Expanding it’s mandatory funding so we will con- US Government Accountability Office the Lolo administration has been Infrastructure in Tribal and Insular tinue the program — is to have clean and the Office of Inspector General, working to remove the “high risk” Communities” hearing by the House audits, and submitted on time, as well how has the American Samoa govern- status by federal grantors with the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and as timely execution of the conditions of ment managed to improve account- establishment of the Governor’s High Alaska Native Affairs. The hearing was grants, or the terms of the grants,” Pula ability for federal funds? She also Risk Task Force. And since 2013, the streamed online. said. asked if ASG has completed any of the Lolo Administration has been on time As part of her remarks, Aumua said Of the total $27.72 million for fiscal requirements necessary for compliance with filing audit reports. she would love to see the CIP program year 2017, American Samoa has the in order to remove the “high risk” des- continue and possibly expanded. “I’m highest allocation of $9.78 million ignation by OIA.

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Translated by Samoa News staff Samoa News does not iden- IOSE LIAINA JR. tify the defendant, in this case Chief Justice Michael Kruse the husband, in these types of has told a prosecutor that the domestic cases. government shouldn’t give the MORE PROBATION VIO- response of “I don’t know” LATORS END UP AT TCF many times, when asked about attorney general Gerald it comes to employers, who tion, under several conditions, More individuals who were issues the court wants further Murphy how Liaina was able employ individuals on proba- including that he be a law- serving probation are back in details on. Kruse’s comments to work while his papers are not tion to ensure that the situation abiding citizen. jail for failure to comply with all were made during last Friday’s in order and the government faced by Liaina is prevented However, last December conditions set by the court. One probation review hearing for attorney responded, “I don’t from spreading or occurring. he was taken into custody for of them is Anthony Sioka, who Iose Liaina Jr., with the CJ know.” During the hearing, Liaina’s assaulting his wife on Christmas will be sentenced May 5 after also saying that the prosecutor The CJ in response asked legal counsel, assistant public Eve 2016. The assault occurred being convicted last Friday for represents the government and Murphy why he doesn’t know defender, Michael White argued after the husband arrived home probation violation — which should have answers. when he is the representative of for release of the defendant to intoxicated and there was no included failure to visit the Pro- Liaina informed the court the government, as well as the find a permanent job to pay the food. Thereafter an argument bation Office once a month as that due to his immigration Immigration Officer in court fine and care for his family, as between the couple ensued required by the court. papers not being in proper and that Murphy should have a recommended by the Probation and the husband then assaulted Sioka was convicted in 2013 order, he was working as a con- full understanding of the issue. Office. The request was denied his wife, according to court for having sexual contact with a tractor for a relative’s company, Murphy responded that it’s and Liaina remains in custody information. minor and was placed on seven and his take home pay is small, not the government’s respon- while another hearing is sched- During sentencing hearing years probation, with several making it difficult to make ends sibility to make sure the defen- uled for next week. last Friday, the defendant was conditions attached. Among meet — paying his required dant’s immigration papers are HUSBAND SENTENCED sentenced to 24 months proba- the conditions is the defendant court fine as well as taking care in order. He said the court gave TO 15 DAYS IN JAIL tion under the condition that he serves a certain period of time of his wife and two children. the defendant three weeks to A 36-year old man accused serve 45 days at TCF. However, in jail (which is already com- Kruse had asked Liaina why fix his papers but it appears of assaulting his wife has been execution of the jail term was pleted), must be a law-abiding he hadn’t paid a court fine, nothing has been done. sentenced by the Family, Drug that the defendant serve only citizen, and is barred from which was part of his probation Kruse directed Murphy and Alcohol Division of the 15 days — which includes five consuming alcohol. However, conditions, to which the defen- as well as Liaina’s attorney, High Court to serve 15 days days of pre trial confinement. court records show that Sioka dant responded, that he only Public Defender Michael White in custody, after he pled guilty Other conditions of proba- was charged last June with gets about $100 a week and it’s to find the answer to the court’s to two misdemeanor counts of tion include that he is prohibited misdemeanor public peace used to care for his family, and concern as to why the defendant third degree assault. from making any contact with disturbance, another probation it’s not a permanent job. is able to work while his immi- According to court infor- his wife, or trying to threaten violation. The defendant then gration papers are not in order, mation this is the second time her in any way, as court records The second case involves requested the court for a chance before a decision is rendered on the husband has been charged show that the wife had filed Williams Upunei, who failed a to be released from custody so a sentence for Liaina’s failure with third degree assault, with for a divorce. The defendant recent drug test that was admin- he could fix his immigration to comply with all conditions of the first happening in 2014 has also been ordered to pay istered when he checked in with papers and find a permanent job his probation. when he assaulted a 20-year- $100 and to attend as well as the Probation Office. He has that can help pay for the fine as He recommended that the old man, who swore profanity complete anger management been on 5 years probation since well as support his family. government take a look at towards his sister. He was then counseling. last year in connection with a Kruse asked assistant the Immigration Office when sentenced to 12 months proba- To protect the victim, burglary case.

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by Joyetter western Pacific. Also onboard cles will be allowed under pre- Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu the ship is engineer and vid- cise rules that they are for pri- Samoa News Reporter eographer with the Global vate use only. He also explained NOAA WELCOMES STU- Foundation for Ocean Explora- that only 100 vehicles could be DENTS ON BOARD tion, Dan Rogers, who deliv- allowed on a monthly basis. Apia, SAMOA — Students ered a presentation to the gen- in Samoa met scientists from eral public on Friday night at SAMOA POLICE WOM- the U.S. National Oceanic and the Apia Yacht Club, drawing EN’S NETWORK ASSIST Atmospheric Administration comparisons between ancient VICTIMS GROUP (NOAA) who were at the Apia and modern ocean exploration, Apia, SAMOA — The Harbor as part of a joint deep- including deep sea robotics. Samoa Police Women’s Advi- water research mission between Rogers has sailed a number sory Network (SPWAN) led by America and Independent of times onboard Hokulea, the Superintendent Monalisa Ioane- Samoa. legendary traditional Polyne- Keti continue their donations to Last Friday, science students sian voyaging canoe, which has assist with Samoa Victim Sup- from several local schools, the given him a unique platform to port Group work for children National University of Samoa be able to discuss both tradi- at the Campus of Hope. This is and civil society groups went tional and modern navigation in the second year they have vis- on-board for a tour of NOAA depth. ited the SVSG, and they antici- Ship Okeanos Explorer to This program was in collab- pate making it an annual event. learn more about the deep-sea oration with Global Foundation Last week’s SPWAN initiative technologies used to explore for Ocean Exploration, Samoa coincides with the International the ocean: deep-water sonars; Voyaging Society, NOAA and Women’s Day 2017. a two-body remotely operated the United States Embassy in Ioane-Keti at the brief cer- vehicle that can dive to 6000m Apia. emony pointe to the impor- (nearly 4 miles), and telepres- tance of SVSG’s work in ence – enabling teams of scien- LEFT HAND VEHICLES assisting with Police work for tists to participate in the expedi- WILL BE ALLOWED BACK women and children victims tion remotely from shore. INTO SAMOA of violence. “The Network is NOAA’s Office of Ocean Apia, SAMOA — Families looking at making this dona- Exploration and Research is who wish to import vehicles tion an annual event as part of New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) collides with collaborating with partners from the United States and the SPWAN’s celebration of Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin (7) who goes for a layup with to conduct two telepresence- American Samoa will welcome International Women’s Day. Knicks guard Derrick Rose (25) watching in the second half of enabled ocean exploration the news that the Samoa Gov- Donation of food supplies and an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 12, 2017, in New York. cruises in the region. These ernment has once again allowed clothing were presented by the (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) cruises will use the ship’s capa- the importation of left hand Samoa Police Women Advi- bilities to investigate unknown vehicles in Samoa, but not for sory Network during the visit.” Siliniu also pointed out placed contraptions which are and poorly known deep-water commercial use. It will be for SVSG President Siliniu Lina that in honor of the Interna- anchored in Samoa waters areas in American Samoa and private use only. Chang acknowledged this part- tional Women’s Day their attracting large schools of fish, Samoa, with an emphasis on Chief Executive Officer of nership and thanked SPWAN strong message is to ‘Empower so the local fishermen don’t the Rose Atoll Marine National the Land Transport Authority, saying, “Thank you for remem- Women’ the champions against need to venture out too far to Monument and National Marine Leasi Vainalepa Galuvao told bering the work of SVSG; this family violence in Samoa. She catch fish, saving them fuel and Sanctuary of American Samoa. Samoa News via email about work started from a partnership stated that as part of a 2-year time as well as virtually guar- The expedition is part of a the change and while he did with the Police and the Ministry project with UN Women Fund anteeing consistent catch rates. major multi-year foundational not go into details as to why, he of Justice. It is good to see the for Gender Equality (FGE), During a ceremony to offi- science effort focused on deep- made it clear that it will effec- Samoa Police Women reviving SVSG through its village rep- cially open this project last water areas of U.S. marine pro- tive on April 1, 2017. this partnership for our work resentatives is working with week, SIGFA President, Kevin tected areas in the central and He also pointed out the vehi- with families in Samoa.” village and church leaders, to Kohlhase says they are proud gauge support for the economic to contribute towards Samoa’s empowerment of women, with economy and sports tourism specific focus on Nofotane through their “2017 FAD Women. Project”. “The Project targets 5,000 “The total cost of the FAD unemployed women to be Project is worth over 100,000 trained on income generating tala with a total of 10 FADS skills with the aim to ensure being deployed by SIGFA for sustainable self-employment 2017. The money raised for for 500 of these women. this project was made pos- Through previous projects, sible through SIGFA’s Annual SVSG had empowered women Game Fishing Tournament survivors of violence with dis- with 2017 marking our 21st abilities in Upolu and Savaii, Samoa Annual Game Fishing with livelihood skills now Tournament.” enabling them to be self-suffi- He said that SIGFA is cient, through income earned thankful to have received sig- in the Pago Plaza - across from ASPA office. from their small business nificant financial assistance activities.” through the New Zealand High She congratulated all the Commission fund towards the women of Samoa on this spe- purchase and deployment of the cial day, especially women sur- project. He also acknowledged Roni is also a vivors of violence and women the assistance provided by their at risk, who have been econom- major supporter Apia Concrete ically empowered through its Products, the Government of TRAINED BARBER program. Samoa, Samoa International Finance Authority, Ministry of for Men & Children FISH AGGREGATING Agriculture & Fisheries, Min- DEVICE PROJECT istry of Revenue, Samoa Ports UNDERWAY Authority, and Samoa Quaran- Haircuts. Apia, SAMOA — The tine, SIGFA also acknowledges Samoa International Game support from the business com- Tuesday - Saturday 9am to 4pm Fishing Association (SIGFA) munity and SIGFA members to 633-0774 Mondays (Appointments Only) kicked off their fish aggregating enable their club to execute the device (FAD) project and they 2017 FAD Project that benefits have essentially strategically all. samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 7 Page 8 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

C M Last month, the area in front of LYC Inc. in Malaeimi, across from Neil’s ACE is based in Fogagogo and in addition to construction, they also operate the fully Y K Home Center is where crewmembers from Continental Transport Corporation operational — tested and approved — Tula Rock Crushing Quarry, providing (CTC) were busy installing huge pipes for an underground waterline extending aggregate supplies and building materials for all projects: government, residen- more than 8,000 feet. tial, and commercial. The work is a huge undertaking being carried out by the local company as The company is also the sole authorized distributor of New Zealand based a project for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA). The outlet for the hydraulic hoses and fittings for heavy equipment machinery and fishing boats. nearby Shan-J Restaurant and Bar parking lot had to be closed off as CTC workers Some of their completed jobs include the Nu’uuli Shoreline Protection and laid the massive underground pipes. Traffic moves at a cautiously slow pace while Drainage Mitigation Project, the installation of a utility water tank with main the CTC crew worked ‘round the clock to get things done. water lines servicing the far west villages of Fagali’i, Malota, and Fagamalo, the Founded by the late Senator HC Togia’i Faasefulu and Mrs. Elisapeta Togia’i, Pago Pago Port Slab repair project, and the Vatia Shoreline. CTC has been serving the local community for over four decades. The company Check them out by logging on to [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]

➧ American Samoa did the orig- epasara’s plan to have a dedi- REPAIR WORKSHOP to be used for alia boat … inal vessel assessment years cated vessel mechanic for Another project to be funded Continued from page 1 ago, but according to DMWR, Manu’a’s fishing boats onsite. with the disaster fund is a boat it is dated and they have used Additionally, DMWR will be repair workshop. “In response ALIA REPAIRS alia vessels in Manu’a in need a more recent one last year by hiring a contractor to complete to a survey of alia fishing boat Among the projects, cited of repairs and upgrades will ASG. the repairs of the boats located owners and operators, training in the report to the Council be included to the Fund. The It also says that the gov- in Manu’a and purchase neces- for repairs has been identified as and based on information from report says the Council’s Fish- ernor has agreed with DMWR sary supplies for the boats there. a priority need for the fishery,” DMWR, is alia repair, in which eries Development Officer for Director Va’amua Henry Ses- Alia boat owners have according to the report to the requested through their law- Council. Therefore, the report makers help from the govern- says DMWR will utilize por- ment getting their alia boats tions of the disaster fund to hold fixed and this issue have been engine and vessel repair work- CCCAS raised in the Fono over the shops for local fishermen. years. Additionally, DMWR is Kanana Fou High School “I’m overwhelmed if that’s planning to continue the pro- what’s going to happen and it cess of developing the local alia School is accredited by materializes,” Laolagi said yes- fleet, which is over 25 boats WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES terday, referring to the mechanic currently. Further, the depart- to be based in Manu’a. I’ll be ment is negotiating with a very grateful as the people in locally-based agent for Yamaha Manu’a have been crying out boat engines to provide a basic Fa’afetai Tele! for this type of assistance to training for alia owners and help boat owners.” operators — both on Tutuila “It’s long overdue. And and Manu’a. I’m so happy for my people FLAKE ICE MACHINE in Manu’a finally getting this The report also says that in THANKE gase toa ae ola pule. O lo matou agaga lena, e momoli YOU! atu ai la matou faafetai tele ia i assistance,” said Laolagi, who support of the small boat fish- latou na ofo mai lo latou taimi ae maise le faasoa o lo outou silafia ina ia manuia ai alo ma has served in the Fono for eries, DMWR will use a portion fanau o le Aoga Maualuga a Kanana Fou. Faafetai tele manatu mai. O la outou pule alofa many years including the last lea, ua matou tiu ai ma tau ai lau o lo matou faamoemoe. of the disaster fund to provide a four years as one of the Manu’a flake ice maker to be installed Thank you to ALL 32 great and most wonderful stakeholders who generously shared senators. on the Malaloa Marina, near the their time, experience, material and expertise for the purpose of our Career Pathway A Ta’u boat owner reached department’s guard shack by the Expo on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Kanana Fou High School. Your strong support over the weekend and told about entrance. C M and participation has made this event a huge success to empower our students through Va’amua’s plans, told Samoa Depending on the size of Y K education. News that this is something that the machine to be purchased, ASCC ROTC NOAA Observers alia fishermen in Manu’a have DWMR may be required to ASCC Financial Aid Office NOAA PIRO Habitat & Conserv. been asking the government obtain a land use permit from the ASCC Land Grant NOAA National Weather Service for some time now, to have the Project Notification & Review ASCC Business Class US Department of Interior repairs done in Manu’a. System Board and because Argosy University US National Park Service “Having a vessel mechanic the funds are federal monies, a ASG Human Resources USDA/FSA in Manu’a is very helpful to federal consistency permit will LBJ Nursing USDA Rural Development boat owners, who need such need to be complete as well. LBJ Lab CCCAS World Missions help when they are faced with ASG MEMBERSHIP ASDOE Voc Ed/STEM Youth for Christ problems with their alia, instead The new DMWR director, AS Department of Commerce Youth with a Mission of having to find a mechanic Va’amua is the new government AS Department of Homeland Security KPPO FM 90.5 Radio on Tutuila and bring to Ta’u,” member from American Samoa AS Environmental Protection Agency Legal Aid – Pago Pago the boat owner said. “And it on the Council board, replacing American Samoa Power Authority Chef Norah Al-Shehri does cost more money to bring former DMWR director Dr. Visitors Bureau Sophia Salon someone from Tutuila.” Ruth Matagi-Tofiga, who is US Army Recruiting Office American Red Cross AS An alia boat owner on Ofu now Education director. US Coast Guard Bluesky AS declined to comment when con- Va’amua is attending next Also, we commend and THANK Bluesky for their incredible contribution and service tacted Monday for comments, week’s meeting in Honolulu with this initiative. only saying, “I’ll wait and see and is expected to provide an Brightest Blessings, if it will actually happen, before update on projects funded with I say anything about this new Kanana Fou High School PTA the disaster fund monies and ASG plan.” other fishery issues. samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 9

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C M Y K Page 10 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Trump travel ban faces key test in multiple courtrooms BEN NUCKOLS, AP successfully sued to block the of travelers. It applies only to GENE JOHNSON, AP original ban, wants its own new visas from Somalia, Iran, The day before it is sup- hearing before a federal judge Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen posed to go into effect President in Seattle. Five other states have and temporarily shuts down Donald Trump’s revised travel joined Washington’s challenge. the U.S. refugee program. It ban will be scrutinized in federal Here’s a look at what’s going does not apply to travelers who courtrooms across the country on and the hurdles the new ban already have visas. on Wednesday. faces: The states’ First Amendment In Maryland, a U.S. judge BUSY DAY IN COURT claim has not been resolved. will hear arguments from the Hawaii will argue that the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of American Civil Liberties Union new order will harm its Muslim Appeals refused to reinstate the and others who want to stop the population, tourism and foreign original ban but didn’t rule on new directive and more than students. Ismail Elshikh, a plain- the discrimination claim. a half-dozen states are trying tiff in the lawsuit, said the ban Some legal scholars have to derail the executive order will prevent his Syrian mother- said the order does not apply affecting travelers from six in-law from visiting. The federal to all Muslims or even all pre- Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks at a news con- Muslim-majority nations. government will argue that the dominantly Muslim nations — a ference Thursday, March 9, 2107, in Honolulu. Chin’s office filed Hawaii’s lawsuit is heading allegations are pure speculation. point 9th Circuit Judge Richard an amended lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised to federal court in Honolulu, Justice Department lawyers also Clifton made during arguments travel ban. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia) while Washington state, which say the president is authorized in Washington’s case. to restrict or suspend entry into DOES THE PRESIDENT the United States. In Wash- HAVE THE AUTHORITY? ington state, Attorney General The administration says Bob Ferguson is pushing for the travel ban is about national Trades & Technology Division a hearing before Judge James security. The revised order spec- Apprenticeship & Workforce Development Training Program Robart, who halted the original ifies that people from the listed Related Technical In-Classroom Instruction ban last month. Ferguson wants countries “warrant additional AMERICAN SAMOA April 03 – June 08, 2017 (10 Week Fall Session) Robart to apply the ruling to the scrutiny in connection with our COMMUNITY COLLEGE new ban. immigration policies because Ferguson says the new order the conditions in these countries Registration: is unconstitutional and harms present heightened threats.” residents, universities and busi- But intelligence analysts Date: March 13 – 31, 2017 nesses, especially tech compa- at the Department of Home- Days: Monday - Friday nies such as Washington state- land Security have questioned Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm based Microsoft and Amazon that rationale, concluding that Registration Locations: who rely on foreign workers. citizenship is an “unlikely indi- California, Maryland, Massa- cator” of terrorist ties. Apprenticeship: TTD Office (ASCC campus adjacent to Samoan fale chusetts, New York and Oregon In addition, the states and Participant Sponsor (Employer) have joined the claim. Federal civil liberties groups say U.S. lawyers say the revised travel immigration law generally pro- Workforce Development TTD Office (Non-Traditional Students) ban is “substantially different” hibits the government from dis- Cost from the original directive. criminating based on nationality Registration Fee: $40.00 (Non-refundable) Immigrant advocacy groups when issuing immigrant visas. Course (5 CEU): $45.00 per CEU ($225.00 per course) and the ACLU are also suing The president cannot rewrite Total: $265.00 in Maryland. They will ask a that law by executive order, the judge there early Wednesday to states say. Enrollment Requirement: issue an injunction, saying it’s ARE THE STATES THE Apprentice: Must be employed in the respective area illegal to reduce the number of RIGHT ONES TO SUE? Workforce Development: Must be a high school graduate or equivalent refugees in the middle of a fiscal Some legal scholars have year. The lawsuit is broader, but questioned whether states have the ACLU expects a ruling on standing to bring their cases, COURSE # COURSE TITLE UNITS DAYS TIME INSTRUCTOR that part of the case even if other citing limits the Supreme Court aspects of the ban are blocked has placed on when states can elsewhere. sue the federal government. ADT 840: Intermediate OLD VERSUS NEW BAN Michael McConnell, a con- ADT 840 AutoCAD 5.0 T/TH 5:00PM-7:30PM A. Esera stitutional law professor at Stan- (Construction) Washington and Hawaii say the order is an effort to carry out the ford Law School, has said he is Introduction to Automotive Muslim ban he promised during “highly skeptical” that states can AST 800 P. NgLam Technology and Services 5.0 T/TH 5:00PM-7:30PM his campaign and is a violation of sue over this issue. (Auto Technician) the First Amendment, which bars The 9th Circuit panel found the government from favoring or that Washington and Minnesota, Basic Shielded Metal disfavoring any religion. On that which is part of the original law- WLD 820 Arc Welding 5.0 M/W 5:00PM-7:30PM O. Futi point, they say, the new ban is no suit, did have standing, at least (Welder/Fabricator) different than the old. at that early stage. The judges They point to statements by noted that some people would Trump’s advisers, including not enroll in universities or join Plans, Building Codes, and CON 800 D. Faumui former New York Mayor Rudy the faculty, causing real harm Specifications 5.0 T/TH 5:00PM-7:30PM Giuliani, who said Trump asked for the states. (Construction) him how to implement a Muslim Hawaii focuses on an addi- ban legally, and Stephen Miller, tional aspect: the loss of tourism, Residential House ETP 840 T. Leiato who said the revised order was and thus tax dollars, in the Wiring 5.0 M/W 5:00PM-7:30PM designed to have “the same heavily travel-dependent state. (Electrician) basic policy outcome” as the “I don’t think standing’s a first. The new version tries serious problem,” said Rory to erase the notion that it was Little, a former Supreme Court For more information please contact TTD Administrative Assistant, designed to target Muslims by clerk who teaches at the Uni- Juliet F. C. Pen at 699-9155 Ext. 472 detailing more of a national versity of California Hastings Email: [email protected] security rationale. It is narrower College of the Law. “There’s and eases some concerns about clearly harm to state budgets, violating the due process rights harm to state universities.” samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 11 Japan one-ups Scotch with whisky, coveted around the world YAMAZAKI, Japan (AP) containers of varying shapes — A dim storage room sur- that can quicken or delay the rounded by bamboo groves and distilling process, yielding pastoral hills is filled wall-to- nuances of flavors. wall with 3,000 wooden barrels. The result is a colorless Here sleeps, for years, some- liquid that smells almost like times decades, prized Japanese antiseptic that is stored in bar- whisky. rels, or casks, in a cavernous The Suntory distillery in warehouse designed for aging Yamazaki, near the ancient whiskies. No nails are used capital of Kyoto, is where the in the casks, whose strips of first drop of made-in-Japan malt old wood are bound by tight- whisky was distilled in 1924. ened metal rings. Aging gives In this March 13, 2017 photo, Nikka Whisky international business development manager Emiko These days, Japanese whisky whisky its color and personality Kaji speaks while showing bottles of their whisky at the headquarters of Asahi Breweries in Tokyo. is winning accolades from — what whisky lovers say dis- The growing popularity of Japan’s cuisine has helped win respect for its whisky, which was designed around the world, often beating tinguishes it from wine or beer. from the start to be consumed with food, experts say. Nikka Whisky, a unit of Asahi Breweries, the products from Scotland its The casks, used over and froze its overseas expansion in 2014, finding it impossible to keep up with demand, says Kaji. Nikka makers set out to emulate. over again, include old wine Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. In 2003, the Yamazaki and bourbon barrels. Some are (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) 12 Years single malt whisky from Europe and the U.S. and in Europe, she says. became the first Japanese others are made of Japanese Sukhinder Singh, owner EmploymEnt opportunity whisky to win the gold medal oak. Suntory’s three distilleries of London-based retailer The Whisky Exchange, says he has TMJ Inc. is seeking the follow: at the International Spirits Chal- in Japan house a million casks. 1. STore Manager lenge, the most authoritative It’s a mystery exactly had to ration his supplies of Japanese whisky to hotels and 2. PurchaSIng agenT liquor competition in the world. how whisky ages, says Shinji 3. BookkeePer Last year, Hibiki, another Sun- Fukuyo, Suntory’s chief restaurants. He never seems to have enough. At least 3-5 years experience. Please send resume to PO Box tory label, won the World’s blender. Flavors of each cask 4117 or email [email protected] Best Blended Whisky prize at are mixed — just right, like a At first, Japanese victories in the World Whiskies Awards, “jigsaw puzzle,” he says — to blindfold whisky contests baf- Also looking for a BeauTY SaLon haIrDreSSer fled connoisseurs. By now the for the fourth time. A bottle of create, and recreate, various with at least 3-5 years experience. Please call 256-5556. Yamazaki Sherry Cask, aged 25 kinds of whisky and develop Japanese blends have won over years, fetches thousands of dol- new ones. even the skeptics, he said. lars each. A serious-looking, slight When whisky expert Jim “They have a lot more earth- man with graying hair, Fukuyo Murray voted the Yamazaki iness to them. They are much says he avoids garlic or greasy Sherry Cask the Best Whisky in Interested in RESEARCH? more a product of their environ- fish, especially for breakfast, the World for his 2015 Whisky ment,” Wes Barbee, a 23-year- to keep his taste buds pure for Bible, its price shot up over- JOIN old consultant from Houston, his job. “What’s important for night. Prices of other Japanese gushed as he joined dozens of whisky is that its deliciousness whiskies have also been rising. Japanese and foreign tourists must deepen with aging, sitting “Everyone went: We want to visiting the Yamazaki distillery in the casks for a long time,” buy Japanese,” Singh said in a and lining up for a taste. said Fukuyo, 55, demonstrating phone interview. “The problem “American and Canadian how he examines the whisky in we have at the moment is not Building Research Capacity and Health Literacy whisky has nothing on this. It’s a glass, swirling the crystalline selling it. It’s getting it. “We can sell every bottle we The INdigenous Samoan Partnership to Initiate Research Excellence (INSPIRE) mass production. This is very amber spirit against the light. Research Training Program is using innovation to identify new ways to help reduce intimate. The flavors are care- He gently rolls a sip on his can get,” he said. the cancer burden on island. What the program will research is the current level of fully chosen,” he said. tongue, then spits it out: Fukuyo Zoetrope, a tiny bar in healthy literacy within the population, and how it impacts the eligible population to a dingy Tokyo backstreet get screened for Colorectal Cancer. The results of the program will help to determine Japan Inc. abounds with does 100 such tastings a day, new health communication strategies, policies and/or techniques which are tailored stories of manufacturers like sometimes more than 200. He building, is famed among lovers culturally appropriate for the American Samoa population. of Japanese whisky. automaker Toyota Motor Corp. switches positions of the glasses Eligibility for the program: and musical instrument manu- on the table to remember what “Japanese whisky has an unpredictability that makes • Undergraduate and Graduate degree holders. Degree holders with a strong facturer Yamaha Corp. that at he just tasted. There is no time background in the sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, etc.) and/or health (nursing, first imitated Western pioneers for note-taking. it fun, and the highly skillful public health, etc.) are recommended, but not required. Japanese blenders have created in their industries but ended up “It’s a clean and beautiful • Must be proficient in written and spoken English and Samoan. matching if not outdoing them. taste. It’s hard to explain in a subtle taste with an impec- Suntory founder Shinjiro words,” he said of Japanese cable balance,” said Atsushi • Must complete the application and a personal interview if selected. Torii was determined to intro- whisky. Japanese whisky aged Horigami, Zoetrope’s owner • If off island, the ability to travel and spend 3-4 months on island and bartender, standing before duce Scotch to Japan. Over- in a white oak cask has a hint of Space is limited! Deadline to apply is April 7th, 2017. Contact the American Samoa coming early failures, he even- citrus or green-apple. One aged counters and shelves crammed Community Cancer Coalition office at 684-699-0110 or email INSPIRE@cancercoali- tually adapted his methods to in a sherry cask is fragrant, rich with colorful bottles. tion.as for an application packet or for more information. distill a whisky palatable to and sweet, evocative of dried Thousands of miles (kilo- Japanese. fruit. Whisky aged in Japanese meters) away at Festa, a bar in Experts believe that aside oak and smoky whisky have San Francisco, banker Crystal If selected as an INSPIRE Researcher, you will be contracted by the American Samoa Community Cancer Coali- Roseberry was trying Suntory’s tion for 12 months as a part time employee. The average number of hours spent per week on the program will from Japan’s clean and tasty pungent, herbal flavors. be 10 hours. Depending on the necessary training for each candidate and timeline, the contract may be extended ground water, its four distinct The growing popularity of Yamazaki 12, at $40 a drink, for past 12 months. the first time. seasons help to deepen whisky Japan’s cuisine has helped win a Funded by the National Institute on Minory Health and Health Disparities 1U24MDO11202 flavors during years of aging. following for its whisky, which “Soft, silky, not jarring, ele- and administered by the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition Scotland’s many distilleries was designed to be consumed gant, friendly. And it still has make blending whisky flavors with food, experts say. a structure of a good whisky, which I think is very important,” EmploymEnt opportunity easy. Suntory had to develop Nikka Whisky, a unit of Sam Inc. is seeking the follow: its own array of flavors using Asahi Breweries, froze its over- she said in an interview over various temperatures and com- seas expansion in 2014, finding an online call. “This whisky is 1. Store Manager binations of yeasts for fermen- it impossible to keep up with intriguing,” 2. technIcIan (Washer/Dryer) tation, as well as more complex demand, says Emiko Kaji, who Bar owner Masae Matsu- 3. PurchaSIng agent methods of distilling whisky. manages Nikka’s international moto was glad to have stocked 4. BookkeePer After fermentation, the beige business. Nikka Whisky From up on Yamazaki. “It’s gotten At least 3-5 years experience. liquid gets heated and distilled the Barrel, packaged in a sleek impossible to get over the last Please send resume to PO Box 4490 or in “pot stills,” huge metallic bottle, is doing especially well six months,” she said. “Japa- nese whisky tastes so good.” email [email protected] Page 12 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Navy bribery scandal widens as more sordid details emerge SAN DIEGO (AP) — Offi- Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The latest indictment raises cers in a burgeoning Navy In one example, a party with the number of current and bribery scandal called them- prostitutes at the Manila Hotel’s former officials charged to 20 in selves the Lion King’s Harem, MacArthur Suite during a 2007 one of the Navy’s worst corrup- the Wolfpack, the Cool Kids port call to the Philippines tion scandals. Bruce Loveless, and the Brotherhood. They included sex acts using historic who recently retired, became scouted for others who might MacArthur memorabilia. the second admiral charged in also accept sex, trips and other One meal during a 2006 the investigation. lavish perks from a Malaysian port visit to Hong Kong cost Adm. John Richardson, defense contractor known as $20,435. A dinner during a the Navy’s top officer, vowed “Fat Leonard” in exchange for port call to Singapore that year Tuesday to repair damage classified information. featured foie gras, oxtail soup, caused by the scandal. Allegations outlined in an cognac that cost about $2,000 “This behavior is inconsis- indictment unsealed in San a bottle and cigars at $2,000 a tent with our standards and the Diego on Tuesday give more box. expectations the nation has for details in the 3-year-old scandal Prosecutors say Francis, us as military professionals,” he that had appeared to be fading who is nicknamed Fat Leonard said. “It damages the trust that before re-emerging even bigger for his wide girth, bilked the the nation places in us, and is an and more sordid than before. Navy out of nearly $35 mil- embarrassment to the Navy.” This undated image released by the U.S. Navy and provided Nine current and former mil- lion, largely by overcharging Loveless, 53, made no sub- by The San Diego Union-Tribune shows Rear Adm. Bruce Love- itary officers were charged in for his company’s services sup- stantive comments during a less. An indictment unsealed Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in federal the latest indictment, including plying Navy ships in the Pacific brief hearing hours after his court in San Diego alleged that retired Adm. Bruce Loveless and a recently retired rear admiral with food, water, fuel and other arrest at his Coronado home the other officers accepted the services of prostitutes, lavish meals who collected foreign intelli- necessities. near San Diego. Magistrate and fancy trips from Leonard Francis in exchange for helping his gence for the Navy’s Seventh Navy officers provided clas- Judge Mitchell Dembin entered company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia. Fleet. sified information to Francis a not guilty plea on his behalf (U.S. Navy/Courtesy The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP) It gives an extensive list of that helped him beat competi- and ordered him released bribes to the officers from 2006 tors and, in some instances, without bail. He did not yet in the Seventh Fleet’s area of says they were developing “per- to 2012 from Leonard Francis commanders steered ships to have an attorney, responsibility, which includes sonality profiles” on potential in exchange for classified ship- ports in the Pacific where his Loveless was an assistant Southeast Asia and Australia. recruits. A 2008 email to Francis ping schedules and other infor- company could charge fake tar- chief of staff, responsible for “Far from doing that, over from Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Shedd mation to help his company, iffs and fees, prosecutors said. assessing foreign intelligence the course of many years, says he and another defendant this defendant participated assessed whether an officer was in wild sex parties,” Patrick corruptible and concluded, “We Hovakimian, an assistant U.S. still need to be cautious with his attorney, told the judge. “He has participation in events.” shown callous disregard for his Five executives of Francis’ duties.” company also have been The judge also entered a charged. Francis has pleaded not guilty plea on behalf of guilty to fraud and is awaiting Enrico DeGuzman, a former sentencing. Tafuna Industrial Park Marine colonel, and allowed “This is a fleecing and P.O. Box 1269, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 him to remain free. His attorney betrayal of the United States Navy in epic proportions, and Tel # 684 699 1854; Fax # 684 699 2869 didn’t respond to a request for comment. it was allegedly carried out by Five other defendants were the Navy’s highest-ranking offi- arrested Tuesday in Texas, cers,” said Alana W. Robinson, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Pennsylvania, Florida, Colo- the acting U.S. attorney in San A well established locally owned business with over 50 years of serving American Samoa seeking a qualified candidate as rado and Virginia. None Diego. Assistant General Manager. Job requires the successful candidate toassist the General Manager and assume the role and had attorneys listed in court To date, 13 defendants responsibilities of the GM in his absence. These include, but, are not limited to, the following: documents. have pleaded guilty, including The indictment describes another admiral who was sen- • Oversee Accounting/Administrative Department to ensure timely invoicing, statements and financials. how defendants collaborated tenced in June and is believed • Oversee Operations Manager to manage and operate all dock operations and relevant staff. to expand their group. A 2007 to be the first active-duty Naval • Oversee Operations Manager to manage trucking and ocean vessel operations. email from Robert Gorsuch, a flag officer charged in federal • Plan, implement and execute vessel operations including work schedules, operations documentation, stow-plans and final chief warrant officer, to Francis court. Other cases are pending. reports. • Ensure company operates within all OSHA regulations. Ensure safety measures are implemented into all company related jobs and daily routines. Schedule safety trainings regularly to make sure company is current with all required certifications for all employees. NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT • Ensure all company equipment is current with all OSHA & DOT regulations and safety certifications besides local TO Members of the LIUFAU Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that SI’ULEO & SONJA POUESI of AUA has offered for recording in regulations enforced by DPS & OMV. this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, • Work with ASG Port on all Port Administration related issues and mandates. on land MOELATA, allegedly belonging to LIUFAU FAMILY of the village of AUA. Said land MOE- LATA, is situated in or near the village of AUA in the County of MAOPUTASI, Island of TUTUILA, • Work with vendors locally and off-island regarding parts orders for company equipment and supplies and services. American Samoa. • Manage current contracts and pursue new business for the company. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instru- ment by filing in the Territorial Registar’s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said • Manage a staff of over 100 employees both full-timers and part-timers. instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the • Achieve quarterly financial and operational targets. instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be • Correspond regularly with company business partners and contracted service providers. Address their concerns in a examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Office. professional and timely manner. POSTED: MARCH 13, 2017 thru APRIL 12, 2017 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar REQUIREMENTS: Proficiency in latest Microsoft Office programs especially Excel and specialized computer programs specific to the industry. FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA Five years of managerial/supervisory experience. I tagata o le aiga sa LIUFAU, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o SI’ULEO & SONJA POUESI o le nu’u o AUA ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management preferred or related operational field. ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga fia tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o MOELATA, e fa’asino i le aiga sa LIUFAU, o le nu’u o AUA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata Email/Send resume to: [email protected] or Assistant General Manager, P.O. Box “P”, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. ane i le nu’u o AUA, itumalo o MAOPUTASI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa’aaliga fo’i e fa’apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata’upu e mafai ona fa’atu’i’iese ile fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i Fagatogo, sana fa’atu’ese tusitusia. O fa’atu’iesega uma lava e ao ona fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga. An Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a Drug Free Workplace Program Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a fa’amauina hence successful applicant will be required to go through a drug test. loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’afia ai tagata uma. 03/15 & 03/29/17 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 13 In The High Court of American Samoa Trump White House sees influence HCDR No. 69-16 FUIFUIMAAVE FALE, Petitioner, v. FAATAU FALE, Respondent NOTICE OF PUBLICATION/ of shadowy “deep state” FA’AALIGA O FA’ASALALAUGA FA’ALAUA’ITELE NEW YORK (AP) — The TO: FAATAU FALE White House and its allies are YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE that a Petitioner for Di- vorce has been filed before the High Court of American Sa- stepping up their attacks on a foe moa on or about November 7, 2016 seeking the dissolution of typically associated with fragile your marriage to Petitioner Fuifuimaave Face Petitioner. A full copy of the Petition for Divorce may be obtained from the law democracies, military coups and firm of Tauiliili-Langkilde Law, P.O. Box 99-8081, Pago Pago, spy thrillers. The “deep state,” American Samoa 96799. You are required to serve an Answer to the Petition on Petitioner’s attorney, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde an alleged shadowy network of Tauiliili-Langkilde Law, whose contact details are provided of powerful entrenched fed- above, no later than two (2) months and ten (10) days after the date of the first publication of this Notice. You must also eral and military interests, has serve a copy of your Answer on the Clerk of the High Court, increasingly become the focus whose address is P.O. Box 309, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. If you fail to do so, a judgment by default will be taken of Republicans who accuse such against you for the relief demanded in the Petition for Divorce. forces of trying to undermine O LE FA’AALIGA E TU’UINA ATU ia te oe, le ua ta’ua i luga, ua iai se talosaga ua failaina i le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga o the new president. Amerika Samoa i le aso 7 o Novema 2016 e tatalaina ai le lua Though senior White House fa’aipoipoga ma Fuifuimaave Fale. E mafai ona e susu atu i le Ofisa Loia o Tauiliili-Langkilde Law i Tafuna, P.O. Box 99-8081, staff members don’t use the Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799, e tau aaoina atu ai se exact label, the notion behind kopi o le talosaga ua failaina i le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga e pei ona ta’ua i luga. Ua poloa’iina nei oe ina ia tau aaoina se it has taken hold. President tali i lenei mataupu ia Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde, loia o le itu tagi, Donald Trump claims his pre- i lona ofisa loia o Tauiliili-Langkilde Law i Tafuna, P.O. Box 99-8081, Pago Pago, Amerika Samoa 96799 i Masina e lua decessor tapped his phone and (2) ma aso e sefulu (10) mai le ulua’i aso sa fa’asalalauina ai America’s intelligence agencies lenei fa’asilasilaga. E tatou fo’i ona e tau aaoina mai se kopi o lau tali i le Failautusi o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga, P.O. Box have conspired to leak harmful 309, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. O lou le utagia mai, information to embarrass him. ma e tu’uina mai se tali i lenei fa’asilasilaga, o le a fai ai loa e le Fa’amasinoga se faaiuga i lenei mataupu mo se fesoasoani His chief strategist has vowed to e pei ona talosagaina e le itu tagi. dismantle the permanent Wash- FILE - In this March 13, 2107 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room Dated: February 07, 2017 ington “administrative state.” of the White Ho use in Washington. The White House and its allies have stepped up attacks on a CLERK OF COURTS White House spokesman Sean foe typically associated with fragile democracies, military coups and spy thrillers. The so-called “the Published: 2/15, 3/15 Spicer says “people that bur- deep state,” an alleged shadowy network of powerful entrenched rowed into government” are federal and military interests, has increasingly become the focus trying to sabotage the president. of Republicans who blame such forces for deliberately trying to To Trump’s critics, these undermine the new president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FOR SALE assertions come off as paranoid fear of a non-existent shadow 2010 Jeep Liberty 4x4 3.7-liter government and an effort to worldview, frequently on dis- Obama holdover government create a scapegoat for the play at his former news site bureaucrats who are hell-bent White House’s struggles. But to Breitbart, that a global power on destroying this president.” Trump’s supporters, this repre- structure — including govern- “It’s time for the Trump sents an overdue challenge to an ment institutions — has rigged administration to begin to purge elite ruling class concerned only the economy. these saboteurs before it’s too with maintaining its own grasp Gingrich, who says he has late,” Hannity said. on power. discussed the deep state with Trump allies note it iscus- “Of course, the deep state Bannon, likens its dangers to tomary for presidents to install exists. There’s a permanent state the plotline of the new season loyalists and point to Abraham of massive bureaucracies that of “Homeland,” in which a Lincoln’s move to push out do whatever they want and set conspiracy that includes career Southerners from the federal up deliberate leaks to attack the intelligence officers tries to sub- bureaucracy on the eve of the president,” said Newt Gingrich, vert a president-elect. Civil War. The government Rough and tough, good for our roads! a Trump confidant. “This is “They are fighting to keep has also gone through previous 79,000 miles and in great shape what the deep state does: They hold of their power,” said the spasms of internal suspicion, create a lie, spread a lie, fail to former House speaker, who most notably in the 1950s when $12,000 OBO check the lie and then deny that asked a reporter not to spoil the Sen. Joseph McCarthy led a Call 733-8760 they were behind the lie.” two Homeland episodes of the witch hunt to root out what he Historians believe the con- season he has yet to see. claimed were communist sym- cept of the “deep state” comes The sprawling federal gov- pathizers supposedly trying to EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY from Turkey, where the term ernment, including its intelli- undermine Washington from Krizzy Inc. aka House of Beauty Salon & Sewing “derin devlet” meant a clandes- gence agencies, has thousands within. 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The former the loudest warnings about state that’s actively working to president has said he is staying the opposition the president is undermine the president,” Spicer in the nation’s capital until facing from the deep state. said recently, “I don’t think it his youngest daughter finishes Axess Speaker In his only public speech should come as any surprise school. since the election, Bannon told that there are people that bur- “He’s only there for one pur- $49.99 a conservative group that the rowed into government during pose and one purpose only and White House’s goal was the eight years of the last adminis- that is to run a shadow govern- Water Hose “deconstruction of the adminis- tration and, you know, may have ment that is totally going to trative state,” a reflection of his believed in that agenda and want upset the new agenda,” said We are now also selling individual 25ft $9.99 belief that the massive federal to continue to seek it.” Rep. 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[photo: TG] relaxing tropical vistas attract conference. millions of visitors annually Hawaii is suing over the from around the globe. revised ban, saying it goes hearing in the case is scheduled rate lawsuit alleging the ban lion visitors who together spent But the announcement of against the state’s welcoming for Wednesday morning. is unconstitutional and hurts $15.6 billion, according to the President Donald Trump’s “aloha” spirit and could do “The legal issue here is states’ residents, businesses and Hawaii Tourism Authority. On second travel ban has stoked long-term harm to tourism by whether an executive order that educational institutions. average, that’s about $1,750 fears that the state’s main eco- creating a global perception discriminates by national origin The Justice Department per visitor. The agency doesn’t nomic driver — tourism — that the U.S. is an exclusionary or religion results in any harm, declined to comment on track spending of visitors from could take a hit. country. major or minor, to a state,” Hawaii’s lawsuit but filed a the countries named in the Although visitors from the It also contends the order Chin said in an emailed state- memo in court opposing it travel ban because there are so affected countries are relatively will interfere with Hawaii’s ment. “If any harm occurs - and Monday. The agency said few. Tourists from the Middle few, Hawaii Attorney General commitment to diversity and we believe it does - the state of Hawaii’s claims that Trump’s East and other parts of Africa Doug Chin has warned of a nondiscrimination; will hurt Hawaii has standing to sue on order would deter tourism and made up less than 1 percent of “chilling effect” that could dis- Hawaii residents with family in the grounds that the order is hinder recruitment are specula- all Hawaii visitors last year. courage international travel to the six predominantly Muslim illegal and unconstitutional.” tion, and the argument that the About two-thirds of Hawaii the U.S. from all corners. countries named in the ban; Six other states — Wash- order forces Hawaii to tolerate visitors come from elsewhere “There are already reports and will hinder the University ington, California, Maryland, a policy that’s antithetical to in the U.S., followed by 17 per- that due to these executive of Hawaii’s ability to recruit Massachusetts, New York and its spirit does not give the state cent from Japan, 6 percent from orders and travel bans, people talent from those countries. A Oregon — have filed a sepa- standing to sue. Canada, 5 percent from the It also said the order does not rest of Asia and 2 percent from discriminate based on religion Europe, according to 2015 state because it applies to all indi- data. viduals in the affected countries “The Middle East doesn’t AMERICAN SAMOA — Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, even factor in,” said Chuck Libya and Yemen — regardless Gee, dean emeritus at the Uni- SMALL BUSINESS of faith. versity of Hawaii School of According to Hawaii’s law- Travel Industry Management. DEVELOPMENT CENTER suit, more than 6,800 people Travel bans related to out- from the Middle East and 2,000 breaks such as bird flu can from Africa visited the state have a devastating impact on OWNING A VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS in 2015. 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Hawaii from the Middle East “If they think the ban would fell from 348 in January 2016 make Hawaii safer, it could ABOUT BOOTS TO BUSINESS REBOOT to 278 in 2017. actually help us,” he said, Boots to Business Reboot is a two-step training program that provides participants an overview of business “You never know when noting the state is seen as a ownership as a career vocation, an outline and knowledge on the components of a business plan, a practical exercise the other shoe will drop and sound location, so “whenever in opportunity recognition, and an introduction to available public and private sector resources. it will be hard for you to there is trouble in the world, get out of the country,” said Hawaii tends to benefit.” Step one is the Introduction to Entrepreneurship course eligible to Veterans of all eras, Service members (including Mufi Hannemann, the Hawaii Business travelers booking members of the National Guard and Reserves) and their spouses. This course is taught by SBA and its partners, who Lodging and Tourism Asso- conventions sometimes cancel are skilled business advisors. ciation’s president and CEO. travel for political reasons, “It flies in the face of the spirit but independent travelers are Step two is the follow-on Foundations of Entrepreneurship course taught by a consortium of professors and skilled of aloha, a key reason people less likely to call off trips, business advisors from the SBA Network. Please email [email protected] if you’ve already attended Boots come to Hawaii.” Gee added. Tourists strolling to Business and wish to sign-up. About 5,000 Muslims live in through Waikiki on a sunny Hawaii, less than 1 percent of afternoon had mixed opinions Notes: i. A participant must complete the Introduction to Entrepreneurship course to be eligible for the Foundations of Entrepreneurship course. the state’s population. on the travel ban. ii. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Soufiane Bouharkat, a “The underlying problem 40-year-old Hawaii cafe owner, is the Muslims coming in iii. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. was among dozens gathered at without them having been Contact: 202-205-6773 or [email protected]. a Honolulu mosque Friday for checked,” said Peter Broady The Boots to Business Reboot program is provided through the coordinated efforts of the SBA and the following valued partners: prayers. He said many of his of Manchester, England. “And friends in Europe, where he it doesn’t have to be a Muslim For More Information Call grew up, are reluctant to visit — it can be anybody. Any reli- the U.S. gion, any faith. ...They need to Dr. Herbert Thweatt @ 699-4830 “They’re just afraid they be checked. It’s only common Email: [email protected] might be stopped or ques- sense.” tioned, and that’s the last thing But a couple from Sydney, Day: Wednesday & Thursday you want to be is questioned Australia, felt differently. when you come on vacation,” “It’s definitely not fair Date: March 29th & March 30th Bouharkat said. “So it will defi- because there’s obviously a nitely have an impact. As small lot of innocent people who Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm as it is, it will still be an impact are caught up with it because Place: American Samoa Community College that’s negative.” of their ethnic backgrounds,” In 2016, Hawaii saw 8.9 mil- Michael Bills said. samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Page 15

In The High Court of American Samoa FAMILY, DRUG AND ALCOHOL COURT DIVISIONS FDA/JR No. 01-17 IN RE: A CHILD. NOTICE/FA’AALIGA TO: Ms. Rebecca Atualevao & Unnamed Father Nua Village Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 NOTICE IS EHREBY GIVEN to the above-named respondents that a petition has been filed before the High Court of American Samoa to terminate your parental rights in a female child born on Sep- tember 1, 2010 at LBJ Medical Center, Fagaalu, American Samoa. A hearing will be held after two months and ten days from he date of the first pub- lication of this notice, in which the Court may enter an order terminating your parental rights in this child. If you have any objection, or wish to claim or assert your parental rights, you must appear within two months and ten days from the date of the first publication of this notice and file an objection or a claim with the Court. O LE FA’AALIGA E TU’UINA ATU ia te oulua ua ta’ua i luga, ua iai se talosaga ua failaina i le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga o Amerika Samoa, e il- oilo ai oulua aia faamatua i se teineititi faapea sa fanau o ia i le aso 1 o Setema, 2010, i le falema’i Family and friends of Evelyn Gebauer pose for a Samoa News during her Retirement i Faga’alu, Amerika Samoa. O lenei iloiloga e faia Party held last Friday night at the A&E Cafe in Tafuna. [photo: TG] pe a tuana’i le lua Masina ma aso e sefulu mai le aso o le ulua’i faasallaauga o lenei fa’aaliga; ma e ono tuuina atu ai se poloaiga a le Fa’amasinoga ua faamuta aloaia o oulua aia faamatua i lenei teineititi. Afai e te lua tete’e pe e te lua finagalo e faamaonia oulua aia faa-matua, ia oulua failaina se talosaga tete’e i le Faamasinoga i totonu o le lua Masina ma aso e sefulu mai le ulua’i faasala- lauga o lenei fa’aaliga. DATE/ASO: January 25, 2017 US says Colombia’s coca pro- CLERK OF COURTS Published: 02/15 & 03/15 duction surges to record levels In The High Court of American Samoa PUERTO BELLO, Colombia had 123,000 hect- with sticks and carrots,” Presi- duction if the government pro- TRIAL DIVISION Colombia (AP) — Coca pro- ares (304,000 acres) of coca dent Juan Manuel Santos said in vided a viable alternative. Peas- PR NO. 22-16 duction in Colombia has surged — about one-third less than it a speech Tuesday night. ants here signed a pledge to IN RE: THE ESTATE OF to levels unseen in two decades did last year. Those figures rose Thus far, 55,000 families in develop legal crops earlier this of U.S. eradication efforts, to a high of 170,000 hectares eight departments have signed year, but many doubt they could SIFOA ANTHONY LOA according to a White House (420,000 acres) in 2001 and pledges to stop growing coca, support their families on food Deceased report released Tuesday. then began to decline. The big- though many experts are skep- crops alone. by: MEELI LOA, JR., Cultivation of the plant used gest percentage increase over tical that poor peasants with The stark fallout from past Petitioner to make cocaine rose 18 percent the last two decades took place little faith in government insti- eradication efforts remains last year from 2015, with coca in 2015, when coca production tutions will entirely renounce a fresh memory. Abandoned crops planted on an estimated rose nearly 42 percent. But at an illicit crop that provides their fields are still visible along NOTICE OF HEARING 188,000 hectares (465,000 no point since at least 1994 has livelihoods. Some 82,000 fami- roadsides. Palm trees exposed ON LETTERS OF acres) of the Andean nation. coca production been this high. lies across Colombia depend to aerial fumigation have failed Much of the coca boom The new figures indicate on coca for their sustenance, to grow new fronds. ADMINISTRATION has been centered in remote last year’s coca production has providing an income of about To reach the small village hamlets like Puerto Bello, in expanded across an area more $1,180 per peasant a year. of Puerto Bello, travelers must PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition for let- southern Colombia, where than twice the size of New York The country’s top officials journey from the nearest city ters of administration has been filed in the High peasant farmers who’ve lived City. “Colombia is in the midst say curbing drug production by river and dirt road. Living Court of American Samoa, Territory of Ameri- for decades under the domi- of a coca boom,” Adam Isacson, will be critical to the peace among coca crops is so common can Samoa by Meeli Loa Jr., for the Estate of nance of leftist rebels are anx- an analyst at the Washington agreement’s success. that even young children Sifoa Anthony Loa (Deceased) who died on iously awaiting the rollout of a Office on Latin America, wrote “We cannot allow drug traf- know how to pluck the leaves. May 8, 1960. joint rebel-government plan to in an analysis of the soaring ficking to coexist with peace Recently, police and military A hearing on the petition will be held on April wean them off illegal crops in numbers. and reconciliation,” said Nestor officials arrived and began 28, 2017 at 9am before the Trial Division of the the aftermath of a historic peace U.S. President Donald Humberto Martinez, Colom- destroying makeshift labora- High Court of American Samoa at the Court- accord last year. Trump has proposed to slash bia’s chief prosecutor. tories that turn the coca leaves house in Fagatogo, American Samoa. All inter- “The coca leaf is our suste- foreign aid by 37 percent, a cut In Putumayo, a depart- into cocaine paste nearby. ested parties may appear before the Court on nance,” said Eduardo Espinosa, that the U.S. State Department’s ment along Colombia’s border “We have always been said date to respond to this petition. 49, who has relied on coca pro- top counter-narcotics official, with Ecuador that is one of the willing to substitute,” said Julio Dated: February 23, 2017 duction to make a living for 17 William Brownfield, called “a nation’s top coca producers, Cesar Jaramillo, a 43-year-old years. “But it has only brought bit worrying” in an interview farmers said they would be farmer. “But the government CLERK OF COURTS us exhaustion, notoriety and with a Colombian newspaper willing to renounce drug pro- has promised and deceived us.” disillusion.” last week. Published: 3/01, 3/08, 3/15 Yet U.S. officials contend “The coca boom’s causes the agreement has also provided are complex, and Colombia’s a perverse incentive for farmers government is hoping that the to grow coca, knowing they U.S. government will respond would later be awarded subsi- in a manner that recognizes this dies if they agreed to renounce complexity and joins it in pur- coca and grow products like suing a lasting solution within potatoes and fruit instead. the peace accords’ framework,” Cocaine production began Isacson wrote. increasing in 2013 and has Colombian government offi- $80 $90 Daily Rate 2016 Toyota Corolla steadily risen every year since, cials and leaders in the Revo- Daily Rate 2013 Hyundai Sonata Automatic (Red Car) Automatic (White Car) in part also due to a rise in the lutionary Armed Forces of dollar’s value and a decision to Colombia have been traveling end aerial fumigations in 2014 to remote areas seeking to per- over health concerns. suade farmers to voluntarily “We have been fumigating eradicate coca crops, while these illegal fields for 20 years police and military have been and we have not achieved great deployed to manually destroy *NEW* $90 results,” said Rafael Pardo, the plants. The government’s goal $120 Daily 2015 Kia Sedona Daily Rate 2010 Toyota Tundra Automatic Automatic (White Truck) Colombian government’s top is to eradicate 100,000 hectares post-conflict strategist. (250,000 acres) of coca this year Contact Information: Jiin Jang When the U.S.-backed between both approaches. O&O INC. CAR RENTAL (258-4563) or Tafa Leaupepe anti-narcotics initiative Plan “We have a plan in action PO Box 3897, Pago Pago, AS 96799 Office: 699-4484 • Fax: 699-2307 Colombia began in 1999, that is concrete and measurable, Located in Nu’uuli (O&O Inc. Wholesale) Email: [email protected] Page 16 samoa news, Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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