Former DPS Cop Who Skipped out on Local Drug Charges Arrested in WA LOCAL AUTHORITIES ALREADY NOTIFIED of the SITUATION

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PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018 $1.00 Former DPS cop who skipped out on local drug charges arrested in WA LOCAL AUTHORITIES ALREADY NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION

by Ausage Fausia told Samoa News earlier this year in January that Samoa News Reporter Tuato’o had been seen in Seattle, Washington. He The former DPS cop wanted locally in con- added that federal authorities might need to be nection with drug related crimes was arrested brought in to get Tuato’o back to the territory to C M and charged last month at King County Superior face the criminal charges against him. Y K Court in Seattle, WA for domestic assault and BACKGROUND battery. Tuato’o was one of the three men arrested According to information received by Samoa during a string of raids in Taputimu, Alofau and News, Steven Tuato’o is accused of assaulting his on the main road, by detectives of the DPS Vice wife. He was apprehended and held in custody at & Narcotics Unit last November. The other two the Regional Justice Center Facility on April 12, men arrested were Cody Christian Woods and 2018 after his court appearance. Taisia Lemalie. His bail has been set at $185,000 and it was During the raids, police confi scated items unconfi rmed at press time yesterday whether he including a large quantity of methamphetamine, has been able to post bond. with an estimated street value between $50,000 DPS Deputy Commissioner Falana’ipupu and $55,000; marijuana with a street value Ta’ase Sagapolutele declined to comment when between $20,000 and $25,000; 3 guns (12-gauge Samoa News inquired about the issue at his offi ce shotgun, 357 magnum, and a pellet gun — all yesterday morning. But sources told Samoa fully loaded); 144 bullets for the 357 magnum; News the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has various stolen items; and drug paraphernalia. already been informed by King County Prosecu- A total of $54,003 in cash was confi scated tor’s offi ce about the case. from the home in Taputimu, in addition to $459 “DPS has been in contact with federal agen- found on Woods. cies and several police departments in the United All three men were taken into custody and States about this case,” the source told Samoa held for 48 hours to await the fi ling of criminal News. charges against them. It’s unclear at this time whether DPS has However, Tuato’o was released from the been in contact with the King County Court and Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) after the whether they are seeking to extradite Tuato’o to 48-hour holding period expired, and according to American Samoa to answer the charges against reliable sources, he immediately left the territory. him. During a DPS press conference late last year, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson (Continued on page 6)

Fi y- ve-year old Ioakimo Felise exiting a police van outside the District Court last Friday. Felise waived his right to a preliminary examination, and his case was bound over to High Court for arraignment yesterday — Monday at 9a.m. District Court Judge Fiti Sunia denied the defendant’s request to set bail and therefore, Felise is being held on a “no C M bail” status. e defendant was arrested last Wednesday a ernoon in Y K Nu’uuli a er allegedly raping and molesting a 10-year-old girl several times. According to court documents Felise is alleged to have given the girl money at the time of the alleged sexual encounters. is is not the rst time Felise has appeared in court to face charges of this nature. In November 2011, he was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment as a condition of a ve-year probation term, a er he was convicted of rst-degree sexual abuse. Samoa News has received a comment on our website asking that we issue a correction concerning where we stated “EMBRACE YOUR VOICE” — SAAM he resides in our story published in last week’s Friday, Apr. April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). e theme for this year was, “Embrace 27 issue: Your Voice.” “I would like to inform you that he does not live in As one of the activities, the Alliance for Strengthening Families held an “Embrace Your Voice” Leloaloa,” the commenter wrote. Poetry Slam in which they brought in from Apia, Doris Tulifau, an activist with a passion for youth “Please make the correction, not only the article is wrong, advocacy. but it also brought shame to my village... Tulifau is passionate about empowering youth and is the founder of a global organization called, “If you do not make this correction, I will take you to court “Brown Girl Woke” which promotes girls to stand up for themselves. because this is slandering... I know my rights!” During the week she was here, Tulifau worked with students from Samoana, Tafuna, and Leone Samoa News stands by its story, as derived from court doc- High Schools with Poetry Slam workshops. Her hope was to be able to visit all the high schools but uments that state Felise is from the village of Leloaloa. due to time restraints, she was not able to. [photo: AF] e Poetry Slam featured 10 contestants who are ASCC students, and one who is not. [courtesy photo] Page 2 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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KRUSE GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY RECORDS SHOW TWO DIFFERENT SPONSORS by Ausage Fausia to discuss the issue more is Samoa News Reporter because the court was receiving Chief Justice Michael Kruse conflicting information about did not rest last week until the who Fa’aaliga’s real sponsor is. issue was resolved regarding Kruse then turned to the two separate reports the court prosecutor and told him that he received from the local Immi- had ordered the CIO to bring gration Office pertaining to an Fa’aaliga’s file to court. overstayer who apparently had Morris responded to the two different sponsors — and court saying that during the whose name was spelled three meeting for the matter the CIO different ways, one way by the did bring the file with him but court and AG’s office, and two the court did not have an oppor- different ways by the Immigra- tunity to review it. tion Office. “Did you bring the file con- The case of Joeita Fa’aaliga taining the original forms for — an overstayer who is serving the defendant as the court told a 34-year sentence at the Ter- you during our last meeting?” AMERICAN SAMOA ritorial Correctional Facility Kruse asked Peseta after he was (TCF) was called again in High sworn in. Peseta responded that COMMUNITY COLLEGE Court last Friday, because Kruse he did bring the file with him. wanted to talk more about the “Does it explain why there Department of Academic Affairs “collateral issues”. are two different sponsors for Assistant Attorney General this defendant?” Kruse asked Robert Morris appeared for Peseta, who replied, no. the government, while Deputy “So the other two reports EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Public Defender Michael White from your office showing two Position Title: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE INSTRUCTOR (2) represented the defendant, who different names for the defen- Employment Status: Full Time 10 months (Career Service) was present in court. Attorney dant, is that fake information?” General Talauega Eleasalo Ale Kruse wanted to know. General Description: and Chief Immigration Officer Peseta responded, “No, The successful candidate will report directly to the Academic Chairperson of the Languages and Literature Department. (CIO) Peseta Dennis Fuimaono your honor. ” Kruse then asked The department offers intensive English writing courses aimed at developing and strengthening thinking and writing skills were also present pursuant to a Peseta to explain. for effective communication of ideas. It emphasizes a variety of approaches to writing, research, organizational tech- court subpoena. According to Peseta, the niques and effective writing processes. The literature courses emphasize analytical reading and appreciation of literary When the matter was called, name provided by the Chief works that allow students to develop a broader, deeper, keener understanding of their world and the worlds they read Kruse ordered Chief Probation Probation Officer was just a dif- about. The skills acquired prepare students for both academic studies and the work place. Officer (CPO) Malcolm Polu ferent spelling. Job Duties and Responsibilities: to take the stand and recap the “When we initially • Collect, prepare and present instructional materials for all assigned subjects to be taught. case for the court. researched that name, we did • Prepare and distribute course syllabi/outlines for each course during the first week of instruction. At the end of the recap (see not find any records or applica- • Teach a full instructional course load of 15 credit hours or 225 instructional contact hours per semester. However, bottom of the story), Polu told tion for an entry permit,” Peseta loads may vary between 12 and 16 credit hours per semester. the court that the Immigra- explained. • Prepare and distribute a comprehensive syllabi for all courses taught in a timely manner as requested by Academic tion paperwork had discrep- “But they were still gener- Affairs • Teach each class as scheduled and supervise examinations, field trips, internships, service learning activities and ancies — including two dif- ating different reports for the practicum. ferent sponsors according to court?” Kruse asked. Peseta • Maintain attendance and scholastic records and submit the required records to the Admissions and Records Office information received from the responded, “Ah, according at the assigned date every semester/session. Office of Immigration. In addi- to our investigator, what they • Develop, implement, and assess Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for each course taught. tion, Immigration Investigating found was not the defendant.” • Share data on SLOs collected from courses taught with the department and other college stakeholders, and Division supervisor, Puni Paelo Kruse asked again, “Did the provide recommendations for improvement of student learning. had testified that after further court provide fake information • Participate in the different levels of SLO review, program review, and student assessment. research, he found that the in the first two reports?” • Academically advise students regarding their chosen program of study. court had mistyped the name of Peseta’s response was, “I • Provide students with information on careers, academic referrals, and transfer opportunities. the defendant and that was the believe it was the misspelling, • Assist with the registration process; participate in faculty orientation, commencement exercises, and professional reason there was a discrepancy your honor. This subpoena I development activities. in the name of the sponsor that received is misspelled as well.” • Post and maintain a class schedule and office hours for student assistance. was provided to the court by the Peseta lifted up the copy of the • Provide safety measures and fully exercise the enforcement of these measures in the classroom. Office of Immigration. subpoena in front of him while • Actively participate and contribute to college committees and extracurricular functions. When asked which name he sitting in the witness chair. • Observe and enforce all ASCC rules and regulations. • Perform other duties as may be required by the department Chairperson, Dean of Academic Affairs, and/or the Vice submitted to Immigration, the “What is misspelled?” Kruse President of Academic and Student Affairs. CPO told the court he submitted asked with a higher tone of the name the defendant pro- voice. Peseta said the defen- Minimum Qualifications: vided during his initial appear- dant’s name on the top of the • Associate of Arts/Science degree in an Information Technology-related field from an accredited community or ance — ‘JOEITA FA’AALIGA’. subpoena is spelled “JOEITA”, technical college or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. The CPO added that the two but at the bottom it is spelled • Ability to recognize, analyze and resolve computer and network problems. names Immigration provided “JOITA”. • Ability to support the technical architecture of ASCC ACNR Local Area Network. • Must be physically able to lift heavy equipment and flexible for network installation. were, “JOITA FA’AALIGA” “So what do you think?” and “JOELITA FA’AALIGA”. Kruse asked. Peseta said “It was Salary: GS:12/03-07: $ 15,073.00 - $ 17,673.00 per annum. “That means Immigration just a misspelling your honor.” Application Deadline: April 5, 2018 no later than 4:00pm. provided two names while the Kruse told Peseta that the court had a different name,” the spelling on the defendant’s Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources Office 699-9155 CPO told the court. criminal file was the spelling Ext. 428/441/429/466, http://www.amsamoa.edu/employmentopportunities.html or by emailing Kruse thanked the CPO for that was given to them by the [email protected]. recapping the matter, saying the Attorney General. reason why the court wanted (Continued on page 6) “An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – And A Drug-Free Workplace” Page 4 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Esera apologizes to the court for making unauthorized recordings of proceedings SUSPENDED SENTENCE IMPOSED by Ausage Fausia the Clerk of the Court to mark Samoa News Reporter Esera’s fi ling as exhibit #1 and Former KHJ Radio news immediately admitted it as evi- reporter Tauva Esera was sanc- dence in the case. tioned by District Court Judge “You may be heard now. Fiti Sunia last week for Con- What do you want to do?” tempt of Court. Judge Sunia asked Esera. Esera, who is now employed The former news reporter by the American Samoa Tele- apologized to the court for vio- communication Authority lating the court’s order by using (ASTCA) as a media staffer her cell phone to record court appeared before Judge Sunia proceedings. last Thursday for a Motion to Judge Sunia asked Esera, Dismiss hearing. “Are you admitting that you But instead of fi ling a motion violated the court’s orders by to dismiss, Esera, who acted Pro not turning off your cell phone Se (representing herself) fi led during court proceedings?” an apology to the court. She Esera’s response was, “Yes admitted to the court that she your honor.” used her cell phone to record “Are you also admitting that Human Resource Department, Tafuna PO Box PPB, Pago Pago court proceedings — not once, you made another recording American Samoa 96799 but twice. prior to the day your cell phone Phone No: (684) 248-1234 A court marshal who saw [email protected] was confi scated by the court?” Esera use her cell phone to Judge Sunia asked. record court proceedings last Esera responded, “Yes your PUBLIC JOB POSTING year immediately confi scated honor.” her cell phone and turned it Judge Sunia then asked Position Title Sta Accountant Posting Date April 30, 2018 over to the Court IT person to Esera whether she still wanted Department Accounting Deadline May 11, 2018, 4:00 p.m. review. to go forward with her matter Division Support Services Starting Rate $13.08/hr - $15.04/hr After reviewing the fi les without an attorney to represent in the cell phone, the Court IT Position Type Career Service - 12 months probation her. Esera told the court that she department discovered that doesn’t see any problem at all Reports To Accounting Supervisor Job Grade/Status G/6/C – G/10/A, Non-Exempt there were two audios con- with her representing herself. Major Duties & Responsibilities taining court proceedings inside Judge Sunia then summa- Esera’s cell phone. It was the rized Esera’s violation of the e Sta Accountant will provide management with nancial information by researching and analyzing accounts audio from the day the phone Court Rules and Commands, and preparing nancial statements. is position will prepare consolidated internal and external nancial statements was confi scated and another re: “that all cellular telephones by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from departments. is position will audio, which was taken prior to or any other electronic devices maintain and balance an automated consolidation system by inputting data, scheduling required jobs, and verifying the day of this incident. must be turned off during court data. He/she will analyze information and options by developing spreadsheet reports and verifying information. is position will also prepare general ledger entries by maintaining records and les. Other duties of this position Esera appeared in court on proceedings,” and found her in are as follows: prepare payments by accruing expenses; assign account numbers; request disbursements; reconcile April 4 for a status hearing; Contempt of Court. accounts; develop and implement accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures; recommend changes; however Judge Sunia granted Esera apologized to Judge answer accounting and nancial questions by researching and interpreting data; provide accounting support her request for a 2-week con- Sunia and the District Court for mergers and acquisitions by reviewing nancial information; convert data to general ledger system; obtain tinuance, to give her more time staff for violating court proce- supplementary information for preparing nancial statements; protect organization’s value by keeping information to fi le a motion to dismiss. dures and rules while she was condential; update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, When the case was called conducting her job. maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations; accomplish accounting and last Thursday, Judge Sunia Judge Sunia told Esera that organization’s mission by completing related results as needed. e Sta Accountant will also perform other duties informed Esera that the court under “A.S.C.C 3.0203 for and projects as assigned by the Accounting Supervisor and/or Controller. was expecting a motion to dis- Power to punish Contempt of Minimum Requirements miss from her. However, the authority,” the court is given the motion she fi led was a different authority to punish by fi ne or Education BA/BS degree or equivalent experience from an accredited college or university with the necessary skills in accounting, information technology, and ethics. Must possess basic math skills, ability motion, it had nothing to do imprisonment, at its discretion. to analyze gures, knowledge of accounting principles, and excellent verbal and written skills. with a motion to dismiss. “But this case is different, Extensive experience with accounting soware used at similar sized companies and expertise in Esera told Judge Sunia that you have been recording other Microso Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is also essential. after considering all the evi- court proceedings. Not only did Experience dence in her case, she made a you record the court proceeding Minimum of ve (5) years related work experience in the accounting eld is required in addition determination not to include that day, you’ve also admitted to the minimum educational requirement having been obtained. any motion to dismiss inside the you made a prior recording Knowledge, • Must possess skills in accounting, reporting, time management, attention to detail, motion she fi led with the court. inside the court. That tells the Skills & condentiality, PC prociency, productivity, verbal communication, general math skills Judge Sunia then ordered court that you may also have Abilities • Must be knowledgeable of US GAAP and GASB as well as automated accounting and other recordings from other nancial information systems. court proceedings. It also brings • Must be detail-oriented. • Must have knowledge of SFA rules. to the court’s attention that it’s • Must have the ability to prepare payments by utilizing the accounts payable system, accrue an intentional behavior,” the expenses and maintain a prepayment schedule, assign account numbers and process judge told Esera. disbursements. Sunia sentenced Esera to • Must have the ability to analyze, develop, and implement accounting procedures, recommend a term of imprisonment of 30 changes, and be able to write standard operating procedures. days, with execution of the • Must have skills to answer accounting and nancial questions by researching and interpreting sentence suspended and Esera data. was placed on probation for a • Must have ability to interact with auditors as required, providing analysis, reports and data as period of 6 months under cer- requested during audits. tain conditions. She is to pay a fi ne of $200 Qualied applicants: Please submit a completed ASPA Employment Application with a copy of your resume to ASPA within 30 days, as well as $25 Tafuna (address listed above) by the deadline. Please attach copies of credentials and transcripts. Candidates selected for hire to the court to retrieve her cell must pass examinations (when applicable), pre-employment clearances & test negative on pre-employment drug test. ASPA phone that was confi scated by reserves the right to waive education and experience requirements as necessary. No phone inquiries accepted. the court. Tauva Esera An Equal Opportunity Employer * A Drug Free Workplace [photo: AF] (Continued on page 13) samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 5

Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen visited Fort Stewart, Georgia yesterday (04/29/2018) in her capacity as a member of the Veterans’ Aairs subcommittee on Health and the Natural Resources subcommittee on Insular and Indian Aairs. Aumua was on a fact-nding visit to several VA hospitals and Indian reservations, visiting Samoan families and soldiers along the way — starting from Fort Lee, Virginia all the way down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. e Congresswoman is traveling with her husband Fred Radewagen and yesterday had a very informative visit with the Marne Soldiers of Fort Stewart. Amata was greeted and welcomed by 3SB, 87 CSSB Commander LTC Jeremiah OConnor, 3SB, his wife Mary Britton, 87TH CSSB Chaplain CPT Aotwi, 2LT Murphy along with the Samoan soldiers and their families in and around the 3ID. Amata spent time in an intimate sit down, where all attendees sat in a circle around the Congresswoman and had a very healthy discussion with questions and concerns voiced from the soldiers and family members. May God Continue to bless you Congresswoman Amata and your hard work as you continue to serve the people of American Samoa and the American people as a whole. Special thanks to the planning and welcoming committee for a job well done — 1LT Ted Kostich Jr., 2LT Murphy, 1SG Antoine Smith, SPC Arrianna Auvaa and PV2 Brandon Jimenez of the 87th CSSB, HHC.

Containers are stored for export at a harbor in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, April 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Page 6 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 ➧ Joeita, Joita, Joelita… Continued from page 3 “So why do we have reports on June 21, 2013, Fa’aaliga with misspelling?” Kruse was convicted of fi rst-degree wanted to know. Peseta told burglary and second-degree Kruse he could not answer that burglary — both felonies, and question. he was ordered by the court to “But you signed one”, Kruse serve a 40-month detention, as fi red back. Peseta’s response a condition of a 7-year probated was, “It was the one with the sentence. JOITA — the correct spelling I While serving his detention, signed.” the government later discov- Kruse said the court’s con- ered evidence of a prior bur- cern is that the defendant was glary involving the defendant, ordered to go back to Samoa. resulting in the defendant sub- The question in mind is, how is sequently being charged for it he supposed to go back? Peseta on March 08, 2014. immediately responded, saying In the second case, Fa’aaliga they will look for the sponsor. was convicted of felony “Who is the sponsor?” Kruse stealing, and was ordered to asked. Peseta responded, “A serve 28 months, as a condi- person by the name of Pene A. tion of a 7-year probated sen- Lauoletolo.” tence. The 28 months was to be “I think I recall you saying served consecutively with his she’s gone,” Kruse told Peseta, 40-month sentence. FILE - In this Monday, May 1, 2017, le photo, members of Ce Atl, an Aztec-inspired spiritual who responded, “We visited her And, then in 2016, Fa’aaliga and cultural preservation group, dance near the front of a march for worker and immigrant rights home and we were told that she was charged in two separate at a May Day event in Seattle. e Donald Trump era has been everything that immigrant rights’ was off island at the time, but incidents while he was serving groups feared, but while they are taking to the streets again for May Day rallies in solidarity with she would be back.” time in jail. those around the world, their focus this year is less on a huge turnout on a Tuesday in May than the Kruse looked at Peseta for Court records show that the rst Tuesday in November. (AP Photo/Elaine ompson, File) a few seconds before asking, defendant escaped from jail on “Did you know that records June 30, 2016 and made his way contained in this fi le are confi - over to the American Samoa dential?” Kruse said, holding Power Authority (ASPA) DEVELOPMENT BANK OF AMERICAN SAMOA up the fi le containing the defen- main offi ce in Tafuna at night, P. O. BOX 9, Pago Pago A. S. 96799 dant’s record. where he took a woman’s purse Office: (684) 633-4031 Fax: (684) 633-1163. The CIO responded, “Yes, while she was sitting inside her Website: www.dbas.as your honor.” vehicle. In this case, Fa’aaliga “And you know that this was convicted of escape from fi le should not be given to the confi nement and was sentenced public or for any publicity pur- to 5 years imprisonment, a poses?” Kruse asked Peseta, straight sentence. who responded, “Yes, your The second 2016 case ATTENTION ALL SECTION 1602 LOW honor”. occurred on June 19, when he “But why then was this fi le broke into an Asian Store and given out to the public?” Kruse stole $1,500. INCOME HOUSING PROJECT OWNERS asked. Peseta had no answer. In this case, the defen- Kruse shook his head while dant was convicted of felony The Development Bank of American Samoa (DBAS) would like to inform all the Section looking at Peseta for a few sec- stealing and was sentenced to 7 1602 Low Income Housing Project Owners or Managers that we will be conducting twelve onds, before he ordered him years imprisonment, a straight (12) mandatory training sessions (ten 1602 project owners or managers per training). to step down from the witness sentence. The training is regarding Owner’s Annual Reports, Tenant Applications, Utility Allowance, stand. The defendant’s 12-year Income and Rent Limits and also to assist with any questions that you would like to Kruse then thanked straight sentence from the two Talaueaga who was present crimes he committed in 2016 understand. during the whole proceeding were to be served consecutively All Section 1602 Project Owners should contact Elizabeth Paopao at 633-4031 or visit for taking his time to be in with his 2013 sentence, from the DBAS Office in Pago Pago to reserve your space in one of the training sessions. It is court. Kruse called Talauega to his fi rst burglary case. important that you attend these trainings to familiarize with the reports, documents, and meet with him and his associate “During these proceedings, judges in chambers to discuss the court discovered during a forms of Section 1602. The schedule is for the following dates and times: an important issue regarding motion to revoke his probation Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the Conference Room at DBAS Building in Pago Pago: this matter. in his fi rst two cases back in Samoa News understands 2013 and 2014, that the Immi- - Training Session at 9am to 10am the meeting was about how gration paperwork had discrep- - Training Session at 11am to 12pm Samoa News got a copy of the ancies,” the CPO said. - Training Session at 1pm to 2pm defendant’s immigration fi le, a The court then set a hearing - Training Session at 3pm to 4pm picture of which was published date and the supervisor for the in the newspaper last month. Immigration Investigating Divi- Accompanying Kruse on sion, Puni Paelo took the stand Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Conference Room at DBAS Building in Pago Pago: the bench in the matter were and testifi ed that after further Chief Associate Judge Mamea research, he found that the court - Training Session at 9am to 10am Sala Jr, and Associate Judges had mistyped the name for the - Training Session at 11am to 12pm Fa’amausili Pomele, Muasau defendant and that was the - Training Session at 1pm to 2pm Tasina Tofi li and Tunupopo reason there was a discrepancy Faleafaga. - Training Session at 3pm to 4pm in the name of the sponsor that CPO’S RECAP FOR THE was provided to the court by the COURT Offi ce of Immigration. Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the Conference Room at DBAS Building in Pago Pago: The CPO told the court that - Training Session at 9am to 10am ➧ - Training Session at 11am to 12pm Former DPS Cop… - Training Session at 1pm to 2pm Continued from page 1 - Training Session at 3pm to 4pm Samoa News was told that all was a DPS offi cer for many three men were charged and had years, was never served an If you have questions, please contact Elizabeth Paopao at DBAS, telephone no. to make their initial appearances arrest warrant. 633-4031 or email her at [email protected]. in the District Court on the last Both Woods and Taisia are week of November 2017. How- still in custody, unable to post ever, Tuato’o never showed up. bond — $200,000 for Woods It’s believed Tuato’o, who and $5,000 for Taisia. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 7

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SR. CUSTOMER SERVICE / DOCUMENTATION MANAGER • Accepting bookings from shippers and entering shipping details into the systems. • Issuing bills of lading and producing of cargo manifests within deadlines. • Processing import manifests. • Issuing notice of arrival to consignees and arranging release of cargo. • Providing supervisory duties to the Accounts Ocer and Customer Service Assistant. • Address day-to-day departmental needs. • Liaising with agents and principals to solve issues in a timely and professional manner.

CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER • Accepting bookings from shippers and entering shipping details into the systems. • Issuing bills of lading and producing of cargo manifests. • Processing import manifests. • Issuing notice of arrivals to consignees and arranging release of cargo.

OPERATIONS MANAGER • Booking port services for vessels calling Pago Pago. • Handling vessel entry and clearance with regulatory authorities. • Ensuring vessel husbandry requirements are met. • Coordinating smooth cargo operations in liaison with cargo planners, vessels and stevedores. • Veri ng and approving operations-related invoices.

OPERATIONS & CONTAINER YARD OFFICER • Supporting the Operations Manager on vessel operations. • Assisting in the booking of port services, vessels entrance and clearance formalities. • Working closely with stevedores and trucking companies to ensure accurate information is given to the Logistics & Container Control Ocer.

LOGISTICS & CONTAINER CONTROL OFFICER • Maintaining updated details on container movements in the container tracking system. • Providing container forecast to principals and ensuring optimum container eet In Pago Pago. • Release of containers to export shippers. • Coordinating with stevedores on M&R to ensure availability of boxes for export shipments. • Tracking and ensuring timely return of import containers from consignees. • Performing detention recoveries by updating data on container movement and inventory in systems.

SALES & MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE • Possessing a detailed knowledge of the market and our client’s needs to make Swire Shipping their partner of choice. • Reviewing sales itinerary weekly and conducting targeted sales calls. • Submitting weekly sales report. • Liaising with overseas agents/principals and follow up on sales leads and cargo projects. For all the above positions, a background in the shipping business would be preferred but may not be required provided the applicant has applicable skills that will cross over into the shipping business. If you have the appropriate skills and quali cations, please send your current resume and cover letter by close of business by Monday, April 30th to: Robert Hardman Country Manager Swire Shipping P.O. Box 5680 Pago Pago | American Samoa 96799 Applicants can also send resume and cover letter via e-mail to: [email protected] Page 8 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Internationl Baha’i Convention

by Samoa News staff terAssistance.gov DEADLINE TO REGISTER • Call 699-2018 FOR DISASTER ASSIS- • Go to the DRC in Pago TANCE IS TODAY Pago, which is opened from The US Federal Emergency 8a.m. to 4p.m. Management Agency and ASG The public is also reminded remind members of the public that FEMA registration has a impacted by Tropical Storm nine-digit number. If you do Gita, that 4p.m. today, Tuesday, not have the nine-digit number, May 1, is the deadline to register you are not registered for fed- for federal disaster assistance. eral assistance. Only heads of Anyone with damage due household need to apply. “ Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Samoa with Counselor Nadia Fifita attending to the storm must register with Call the storm Help Line, the 12th International attending the 12th International Convention in Haifa, Israel. There 160 FEMA at the Disaster Recovery 699-2018 — if you have already countries have arrived in Haifa to participate in the 12 the Internationl Baha’i Convention. Center, located at the DYWA registered with FEMA and have The International Convention is a unique gathering held every five years in Haifa, the Pago Pago Youth Center, to be questions about your registra- C M eligible for help from FEMA administrative and spiritual center of Baha’i world community. Delegates hail from virtually tion or mail you received. Y K every nation. Over the course of the convention, they participated in a series of consultative and the US Small Business FEMA public information sessions and elect the Faith’s international governing body, the Universal House of Justice. Administration. According offi cer, Victor Inge told Samoa to offi cials, a large number of News last week that if a person The consultations at International Convention are generally concerned with the development people have registered with impacted by the storm didn’t of the Baha’i Faith and the contributions of Baha’i communities to the progress of society. ASG but have not registered get a chance to pre-register they One of the primary areas of discussion is how BBahá’u’lláh’s teachings-such as the oneness with FEMA. Those who pre- can come directly to the DRC of humankind, the equality of women and men, the harmony of science and religion, and the registered with ASG and have to pre-register and then register independent investigation of truth-are finding expression in a vast array of social settings, from not registered with FEMA may at the same time, all under one the remotest of villages to large urban centers, and across diverse cultural realities.” do so either of three ways: roof. If you are a homeowner, • On-line at www.Disas- renter, business, or public non- profi t and interested in SBA’s low interest loans, you must register with the DRC fi rst. Applicants are reminded to have the following information on hand for DRC registration: social security number; address of the damaged primary residence; description of the damage; information about insurance coverage if applicable; current contact telephone number; address where they can receive mail; and bank account and routing numbers for direct deposit of funds. While the deadline for submission of applications is the close of business on May 1, the DRC will still be open after that, but with scaled back staff. ANZ BANK GIVEN UNTIL JUNE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT The complaint fi led by three American Samoa residents against ANZ Guam Inc., the parent company of ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank at the federal court in Guam, has raised a lot of interest. Based on Samoa News’ reporting of the case — derived from federal court records — several residents believe they may be facing a similar situation as the plaintiffs — Ronald C M Parker, Fa’afetai Parker and Y K Tualagi Gaoteote, on behalf of themselves and all other simi- larly situated. The complaint alleges that ANZ is liable for its systematic violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) of 1968. Last week the federal court granted ANZ’s motion to extend from early next month to June 8, the timeframe to fi le an appropriate reply to the complaint, after the plaintiffs gave their endorsement. According to ANZ, the additional time is needed in order for its legal team to travel to American Samoa to meet with ANZ staff there and to review documents relevant to the complaint and conduct an investigation into the allegations. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 9 Pacifi c Island News in Brief compiled by Samoa News staff Paul Yokota, president of FCH All the access roads leading ROAD WASHED AWAY AT Enterprises, the parent company into the Flea Market were MOAMOA of Zippy’s. “We sincerely apol- closed off by police. Residents of Moamoa Fou ogize for any inconvenience For fear of repercussions are calling on Prime Minister this incident may cause.” from the alleged drug dealers, Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Maliel- Company offi cials say orders the street vendors opted not to egaoi and his administration for that were placed on the Zippy’s use their full names. assistance. website and payments for fund- One vendor, who only wants One of them, Tagaloa raisers and catering orders were to be identifi ed as Vin, applauds Ta’avale Masoe, said they des- not impacted by the breach. police for heeding their call to perately need help after the road (Source: Hawaii News Now) clear the drug dealers from the there was washed away during VENDORS PRAISE market. C M Saturday’s fl ooding. POLICE WORK AFTER He has been in business for More than 70 families living Y K DRUG RAID AT MARKET 10 years now. in the area have been affected. Efforts by Police to reduce “We witness them all the In the hot sun yesterday the drug problem in Samoa with time selling their illegal drugs afternoon, close to 20 men and the recent raid at the fl ea market to people of all ages, from high women were piling up rocks in have been applauded by several school students to the elderly an effort to erect a temporary fl ea market vendors. population.” access road to allow residents to Last week, the Samoa Police “We had to do something cross the river. Service carried out a drug raid at about it and what other way than Zippy’s Restaurants has issued a warning that personal infor- “Our family has lived here the Savalalo Flea market where to report to the Police to take a mation – including customer names and card numbers – may for a long time and this is the about 100 police offi cers were hold of the situation,” he said. have been compromised. fi rst time we have experienced seen with their K9 dogs. (Continued on page 14) [photo: Hawaii News Now] this unfortunate situation,” said Tagaloa. “The river has even washed away part of the land.” There are about 300 people Mother’s who use the road on a daily basis. “I hope the Prime Minister will consider offering some assistance for us,” he told the DAYSALEApril 27 through May 12 Samoa Observer. “The unfortunate situa- SAVE tion has deprived us from our Sunday church activities and family gatherings as we cannot $ get to the other side. 300 “We have had to build a temporary walkway to commute Ashley furniture over to other side otherwise, we bundles Mother’s Day + would be stuck on this end.” Tagaloa said students need to May 13 get to school today. (Source: Samoa Observer) DATA BREACH REPORTED AT ZIPPY’S RESTAURANTS A ‘security incident’ involving credit and debit + + SAVE card processing systems was reported by Zippy’s Restaurants $ on Friday, and the company Look for the purple tags! has issued a warning that per- 50 sonal information – including customer names and card num- % bers – may have been compromised as a result. 10off 7” phablet C M In a statement, the company said it learned earlier this month artificial plants Y K that customers who made pur- all comforters % chases from at least 25 Zip-

py’s Restaurants, Napoleon’s % select hair care 10off Bakery, Kahala Sushi and Pearl City Sushi locations may have 10off been impacted by the breach. SAVE SAVE Cards used between % November 23, 2017 and March $ $ 29, 2018 are reported to have 25off select cookware sets been those affected. A ‘small *also available in black or red 5 10

number’ of cards used to pur- foot spas chase drinks at events held at Give her a rose garden! the Pomaikai Ballrooms may have also been compromised. “Zippy’s takes the security of % its customers’ information seri- % ously. We are working closely 25off with data security experts to implement processes and mea- Ninja appliances 20off live roses sures that will improve our system security to help prevent this from happening again,” said 699-9770 Mon. to Fri. 8-5, Sat. 7:30-2, like & follow us on Page 10 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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GROUND WORK CONTINUES FOR NEW PROPOSED FONO BUILDING Soil mediation and the installation of a new sewer system are the focus of ongoing work at the site of the proposed multi-million-dollar Fono building. Motorists, who pass by the Fagatogo site at night, report seeing Paramount crewmembers working under bright arti cial lights. When approached for comments yesterday, Robert “Bob” omas Jr., who is the geotechnical engineer on site, said that because the area gets ooded when the tide is high, work has to be carried out to coincide with ocean conditions. Samoa News understands that water is pumped from the project site every time the tide comes in. Local company Paramount Builders won the contract for stabilizing the area and according to omas, “ ey are doing a great job!” He added that if everything goes as planned, the entire building will be completed by next summer. Construction of the new Fono structure has garnered mixed reactions from the community. From the moment the old building was demolished until now, comments have been aired publicly with regards to funding, the actual design, even the foundation. Earlier this year, suggestions were made to use micro piles, which are a deep foundation element constructed using high-strength, small diameter steel casing and/or threaded bar. But Paramount o cials, when asked for a comment, said at the time, that micro piling the area would cost around $2 million. “Very expensive,” was the response. An alternative, more cost-e ective solution that uses the same approach, but comes at a lower cost to the government was concocted and the decision was made to conduct a “mass excavation” of the area down to a trench of 10-feet in depth, to be lled with 3/4 gravel. “Stabilizing the foundation is the most crucial step before construction begins,” the company said in a statement earlier this year. Critics argue that the concept of “you get what you pay for” means the cheaper alternative will result in less quality. But Paramount has pointed to the multi-million- dollar ASPA power plant in Satala, which was built using the same method. “ is approach is much cheaper than micro piling and it’s just as e ective,” said a Paramount spokesperson in an earlier interview. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the existing soil level, down to three feet, consists of “unsuit- able material” that need to be removed; hence, the mass excavation. omas said yesterday that representatives from the American Samoa Power Authority are on site to monitor the underground electrical lines in case they are a ected by the ongoing work. “If something does happen, it’s good to have these ASPA folks here to step in and address it right away,” omas said. He added that because the existing sewer line was directly underneath the project site, it was necessary to install a new one and that’s what Paramount workers are doing now. He said solid groundwork is very crucial and once complete, everything will be ready for whoever wins the contract to build the new structure. Samoa News understands that the actual construction phase of the project went out for bid last week and it’ll be about a month before the winning contractor is noti ed. Lively Architects, a Honolulu based company that drew up the design for the project is working closely with omas. Earlier this year in January, the DOI O ce of Insular A airs announced the release of more than $9.6 million in grant funding to American Samoa through the O ce of Insular A airs’ (OIA) Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Program for scal year 2017. Of that amount, $1.8 million is for a new Fono building. e proposed project includes the demolition of the existing building, construction of a new two- story building adequate for Senate and House o ces, respective foyers, conference rooms, and rest- room facilities. Site improvements include landscaping, drainage, ADA accessibility and parking. e raised building will provide parking underneath the structure and mitigate ood hazards. Samoa News should point out that with the CIP amount, plus the bond proceeds allocated to the new Fono building, the total amount so far identi ed to build is $3.3 million, still short of the needed $5-$8 million projected to fund it. [photo: Blue Chen Fruean] samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 11 Porn star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump for defamation WASHINGTON (AP) — The porn actress alleging a sexual by Ausage Fausia decision, the District Court justice system, said the court. encounter with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal Samoa New Reporter ordered the defendant’s release The defendant’s motion fight, suing the president for defamation. ANOTHER OVERSTAYER from custody on cash bond of to set aside bail forfeiture is Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New IN COURT $10,000, which was paid by denied. York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dis- An over-stayer who is Smith Siaumau. One condition LOGOTAEAO LOGOTAEAO JR missed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicted a man who serving a 28-month jail term of release was that the defendant The District Court has sen- threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged relationship at the Territorial Correctional must “make all court appear- tenced Logotaeao Logotaeao with Trump. Facility (TCF) was in High ances.” On August 18, 2017, Jr. to 12 months probation after In the tweet earlier in April, Trump said: “A sketch years later Court last week for a probation Siaumau failed to present him- he pled guilty to two misde- about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News review hearing. Loimata Mika, self at his pre-trial conference. meanor counts of trespassing on Media for Fools (but they know it)!” 28, entered American Samoa on His then-attorney mentioned land belonging to a neighboring The filing says the tweet was “false and defamatory,” arguing a 7-day visitor’s permit in 2016. that she had spoken with Siau- family, and third degree assault that Trump was speaking about Daniels and that he “knew that his He was in the territory illegally mau’s father the previous Friday — under a plea agreement with false, disparaging statement would be read by people around the for over 6 months before he was to confirm that the defendant the government. According to world, as well as widely reported.” It also says Daniels has been arrested on Aug. 1, 2016 after would be present. Siaumau’s court information, Logotaeao’s “exposed to death threats and other threats of physical violence.” he entered a home and touched previous counsel also informed family got into a dispute with Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, is seeking a sleeping female in a sexual the court that she had tried, but a neighbor, resulting in the a jury trial and unspecified damages. Her attorney Michael manner. failed, to contact her client the accused going to the neighbor’s Avenatti said Monday: “We intend on teaching Mr. Trump that During a hearing last week, day before the hearing. property and assaulting a male. you cannot simply make things up about someone and dissemi- Chief Probation Officer Mal- The court issued a bench Prior to being sentenced, nate them without serious consequences.” The White House did colm Polu told the court that warrant for Siaumau’s arrest Logotaeao apologized to the not immediately respond to a request for comment. An attorney Mika has already served 20 and declared forfeiture of bail court for his actions but Dis- representing Trump in another legal matter in New York did not months of his sentence. Part pursuant to Rule 46 of the Trial trict Court Judge Fiti A. Sunia respond to an email seeking comment. The lawsuit is the latest of the court’s sentencing order Court Rules of Criminal Proce- responded that Logotaeao’s legal move from Daniels, who already is suing to be released from is that after serving 20 months dure. Siaumau turned himself action could have resulted in a a non-disclosure deal she agreed to days before the 2016 election behind bars, Mika’s case can in and eventually pled guilty more serious outcome, affecting in exchange for $130,000. The payment was made by the presi- be considered during a review to importing marijuana into the defendant’s life, as well as dent’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. That civil lawsuit was hearing. the territory. Earlier this year causing trouble in the neighbor- delayed in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday, with the judge After reviewing the Proba- in February, Siaumau filed a hood. tAmong the conditions of citing a criminal investigation that Cohen is facing. tion Office’s report and submis- motion to set aside the forfei- Logotaeao’s probation is that he Cohen asked for a delay after FBI agents raided his home and sions from both counsels, Chief ture of bail and return the sum pay a $125 fine within 90-days office several weeks ago. The FBI was seeking records about Justice Michael Kruse ordered to him. At the hearing on Apr. 5, of probation, and he must main- the nondisclosure agreement. Cohen’s attorney said in court last that Mika be allowed to depart the government’s attorney did tain peace with the neighbors, week that because the criminal investigation overlaps with issues the territory and remain outside not oppose the motion. be a law abiding citizen, and in the lawsuit, his client’s right against self-incrimination could of American Samoa during his According to the written attend and complete anger man- be adversely impacted because he won’t be able to respond and probation period. Kruse did tell decision by Chief Justice agement counseling. defend himself. prosecutor Robert Morris that Michael Kruse, assisted by one of the concerns the court Judges Fa’amausili Pomele and continues to have, is how these Muasau Tofili, criminal proce- immigrants enter the territory on dures require the High Court to American Samoa Government visitor’s permits and continue to declare forfeiture of bail when remain on island until they are there is a breach of a bond OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT caught breaking the law. condition. Kruse said the problem with “Defendant has failed to over-stayers convicted of felo- offer any legal or policy argu- nies continues to rise and the ment for why we should set government needs to do some- aside forfeiture. Perhaps if there INVITATION FOR BIDS thing to stop it. Mika was ini- were some good reason for why tially charged with one felony defendant had failed to present IFB-043-2018 count of first-degree burglary himself at his pretrial confer- and two misdemeanor counts ence, we would be more sym- Issuance Date: April 30, 2018 Closing Date: May 15, 2018 of third degree assault and tres- pathetic to his motion,” said No later than 2:00p.m. (local time) passing. However, under a plea the decision. “Given previous agreement, the government counsel’s attempts to secure her 1. INVITATION amended the burglary charge client’s presence at the pretrial Sealed bids are invited from qualified firms to provide the “Construction of the Manulele to second-degree assault — a conference, it appears to this lesser felony charge — and court that defendant’s absence Elementary School 2-Story Classroom Building” located in the village of Nuuuli, Territory of the misdemeanor charges were was due either to willfulness or American Samoa. dismissed. reckless disregard.” According 2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS COURT DENIES TITIFA- to the court, the whole purpose LAULA SIAUMAU’S BOND of bail and sureties is to ensure Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa Government, MOTION a defendant’s presence at the Tafuna, American Samoa 96799 until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at which The High Court has denied hearings during his/her criminal an application by a former cus- case. Setting aside a forfeiture time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read. toms agent - jailed for five years of bail where no good reason for 3. PRE-BID CONFERENCE and fined $5,000 for importing doing so is proposed would do marijuana - to return his bail. harm both to justice and to the A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the According to the court’s proper functioning of a criminal Office of Procurement Conference Room. Bids will not be accepted from bidders who are not present at the Pre-Bid Conference. © OSINI FALEATASI INC. RESERVES ALL RIGHTS. 4. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS dba Samoa News is published Monday through Friday, 5. Electronic copies of contract documents, including Plans and Specifications may be examined except for some local and federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, or obtained at the Office of Procurement free of charge. Box 909, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. 6. The American Samoa Government reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any bid. Telephone at (684) 633-5599 • Fax at (684) 633-4864 7. The American Samoa Government reserves the right to waive any informality in bidding as may Email advertisements to [email protected] Email the newsroom at [email protected] be in the best interest of the American Samoa Government. Normal business hours are Mon. thru Fri. 8am to 5pm. Permission to reproduce editorial and/or advertisements, in whole or in part, is required. Please address such requests to the Publisher at the address provided above. DR. ORETA MAPU CRICHTON Please visit samoanews.com for weekend updates. Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action Chief Procurement Officer Page 12 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

In The High Court In The High Court of American Samoa of American Samoa TRIAL DIVISION TRIAL DIVISION HCPR NO. 14-2018 More questions than FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Security Trustee, Plaintiff In the Matter of the Estate of V. AMERICAN EXPRESS, OFFICIAL NUMBER 1209513, HER BOIL- ERS, ENGINES, MACHINERY, MOTORS, MASTS, ETC. IN REM; TAGIPO MATILA AND AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FISHING LLC, A FLORIDA Decedent LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, IN PERSONAM, answers in teen’s Defendants BY: PETTI MATILA HCCA No. 12--2018 Petitioner IN ADMIRALITY NOTICE TO ALL POTENTIAL LIEN CLAIMANTS NOTICE TO HEARING OF ARREST OF VESSEL AMERICAN ENTERPRISE, OFFICIAL NO. 1209513 death inside minivan PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Letters of Administration has been filed in CINCINNATI (AP) — Six- lighted after Kyle’s death. More a member of the tennis team, In accordance with Rule C of the High Court of the High Court of American Samoa, Trial teen-year-old Kyle Plush was changes could come after the never showed up for his match. American Samoa Supplemental rules for Certain Division, Territory of American Samoa, by apparently reaching for his police department’s internal Many questions remain Admiralty and Maritime Claims (“Supplemental Rule tennis gear in the back of his probe and the county prosecu- unanswered, including exactly C”), notice is hereby given of the arrest of the Vessel Petti Matila, for the Estate of Tagipo Tau- iliili, Decedent, who died on February 24, minivan when he became help- tor’s investigation. how the teen became trapped. AMERICAN ENTERPRISE, Official No. 1209513 (the lessly pinned in the fold-away Hanging over it all are the It is suspected that the rear seat “Vessel”), her boilers, engines, machinery, motors, 2014, in American Samoa. A hearing on the Petition will be held on May 3, 2018, at third-row seat. He knew he was boy’s words in haunting 911 flipped over as he reached over masts, anchors, chains, skiffs, tackle, and all other in serious trouble. audiotapes: it. necessaries in accordance with a Warrant of Arrest 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel of Vessel American Enterprise, Official No. 1209513, may be heard, before the Trial Division Using the voice-activated “I probably don’t have much Honda spokesman Chris issued on March 20, 2018. of the High Court of American Samoa, at feature on his cellphone, he had time left, so tell my mom that Martin said the automaker has Pursuant to Supplemental Rule C, any person having the Courthouse in Fagatogo, American Siri dial 911 and warned: “I’m I love her if I die. This is not been seeking access to inspect a claim against the Vessel and/or property shall file a Samoa. All interested may appear before going to die here.” He called a joke. ... This is not a joke. ... the 2004 Odyssey to better claim with the Court not later than ten (10) days after the Court on said date to respond to this again minutes later, this time Send officers immediately. I am understand what happened. process has been effected, and shall file an answer Petition. describing his vehicle: a gold almost dead.” Honda last year recalled within twenty (20) days from the date of filing their Honda Odyssey. The police chief will present some 900,000 later-model claim. Dated: March 15, 2018 Two police officers drove his findings to City Council on Odysseys because of concerns Dated: April 23, 2018 around at the boy’s high school Wednesday on what went wrong about second-row seats tipping ELVIS R. PILA PATEA CLERK OF COURTS looking for him but left after 11 in efforts to locate the teenager. forward if not latched properly, Acting Associate Judge Published: 04/27 & 04/30/18 minutes, one of them reporting But he said officers who went but Martin said there were no Published: 04/25/18-05/15/18 dubiously: “I don’t see nobody to the scene never received the seat-related recalls of the 2004 ... which I don’t imagine I vehicle description from Kyle’s model. would.” second call. He declined to The National Highway Employment Opportunities Kyle’s father would discover elaborate. Traffic Safety Administration Salele Inc. needs applicants for the following position: the body nearly six hours after The 911 operator who took has said it has been in touch with A). Barber (with knowledge in detailing and shaving) the first call. the second call was briefly local authorities and Honda and B). Cook (Asian and Mexican Cuisines) The teen’s death April 10 placed on leave. She has since will take “appropriate action.” C). Auto Mechanic from what the coroner said was returned to work. In the fallout over the 911 Please send resume at suffocation from compression Police also released body- center, City Manager Harry P.O. Box 4626, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 of his chest has led to accusa- camera footage that doesn’t Black resigned under pressure. tions of bungling on the part of show the responding officers City Council also approved Contact Eloisa: (684) 699-3412/252-6082 Cincinnati police and the city’s getting out of their vehicle. But about $450,000 for more staff, 911 emergency center, contrib- the clips accounted for only better training, improved tech- uted to a City Hall shakeup and about three minutes of the time nology and workplace upgrades. raised questions about the safety they were on the scene. Plush family members have White House delays tariffs of the Honda vehicle. One of the officers is heard been sitting in on council meet- “This was a horrific tragedy. commenting that students at ings, storming out of one after We share in their heartbreak the private school were driving taking offense at a councilman’s on EU, Canada and Mexico around this,” Police Chief Eliot “better cars than you do.” suggestion they were seeking Isaac said of the boy’s family. Police said they left the money. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday it The furor has prompted major Seven Hills school parking area In a statement, Kyle’s par- would postpone a decision on imposing tariffs on U.S. imports changes at the 911 center, which at 3:37 p.m., about two minutes ents, Ron and Jill Plush, called of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and had been plagued for years with after Kyle’s second call. him a “remarkable son” who Mexico for 30 days, avoiding the potential for a trade battle with staffing, workplace and opera- A friend called the boy’s par- “embraced life with a passion Europe as the U.S. prepares for tense trade talks in China this tional problems that were spot- ents around 8 p.m., saying Kyle, beyond his years.” week. The Trump administration said it had reached an agreement with South Korea on steel imports following discussions on a revised trade agreement, the outlines of which were previously announced by U.S. and South Korean officials. And the administration said it had also reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil on steel and aluminum that will be finalized shortly. Announcing the trade actions, the White House said “in all of these negotiations, the administration is focused on quotas that will restrain imports, prevent transshipment and protect the national security.” Facing a self-imposed deadline, President Donald Trump was considering whether to permanently exempt the EU and Mexico, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Brazil from tariffs that his administration imposed last month on imported steel and aluminum. The White House provided temporary exemptions in March and had until the end of Monday to decide whether to extend them. The EU has said if it loses its exemption it will retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. goods imported to Europe. The confrontation stems from the president’s decision in March to slap tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum. Trump justified the action by saying it was needed to protect American metal producers from unfair competition and bolster national security. But the announcement, which followed an intense internal White House debate, triggered harsh criticism from Democrats and some Republicans and roiled financial markets. At the time, Trump excluded several vital trading partners — the European Union, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Brazil — from the tariffs. FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo, Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac speaks to reporters That meant the steel tariff covered just 30 percent of all about the death of Kyle Plush during a news conference at the Criminal Investigation Section con- imports, according to Oxford Economics. If all the exemptions ference room, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati officials expect to review a plan for improving the city’s were ended, it would have deepened the impact of the tariffs on emergency center while police finish an internal investigation into the death of Kyle Plush who twice American companies that use steel and potentially affect financial called 911 to report he was trapped in a minivan. Cincinnati police say Isaac will release results markets. Stock prices fell nearly 2 percent when the tariffs were Wednesday, May 2, of their probe into what went wrong in efforts to locate the teenager. (Meg Vogel/ announced. The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, File) samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 13

Detroit released from active FA’ASALALAUGA state oversight of finances Talanoaga o le Suafa DETROIT (AP) — Detroit finances. The city, under Orr, the end of the 2017 fiscal year, LEOTA reached a key step in fiscal filed bankruptcy the same year. compared to a deficit of about Ou te mua’i si’i le siliga ma taia mauga o ao, ma le ava ma le redemption on Monday by After restructuring about $7 $73 million that the city faced reclaiming control of its own billion in debt and setting aside at the end of the 2013 fiscal fa’aeteete. Aua o Samoa o le ao mamalu i le fa’asouga o ao o le finances roughly three years $1.7 billion in savings and rev- year following years of a plum- atuvasa. Tulou, Tulou, Tulouna Lava. after exiting the largest munic- enue over a decade to improve meting population and tax base. ipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. city services, Detroit exited A $36 million operating sur- Tulouna ia le paia o le atunu’u, paia o le malo, aemaise paia o le A state review commission bankruptcy in December 2014. plus is expected for the fiscal galuega a le Atua. Tulou, Tulou, Tulouna Lava. unanimously agreed to release Part of the restructuring plan year 2018. the city from state financial was creating the nine-member Another move by the city: Ae ou te taia le laau ma ona lau, ona o le suafa “LEOTA” a oaga oversight after Detroit deliv- financial review commission, Planning ahead by reducing o Pago Pago. E taalo atu i paia o ona faleao, suli ma feoi o le aiga ered three consecutive years of which is chaired by state Trea- costs and increasing revenue. “Sa Leota”, Aso To’ona’i, Me 5, 2018 i le 10:00 i le taeao, i le tulaga audited balanced budgets. The surer Nick Khouri and includes Property tax collections are up Maota o Leota i Pago Pago. city was about $12 billion in Duggan, state Budget Director nearly 10 percent and income debt and unable to deliver basic John Walsh and former Detroit tax revenues 15 percent over A o mai ma tala mai a’ao, tatou fetufaa’i ma soalaupule sou services like prompt responses police Chief Isaiah McKinnon. the past four years.The city has nagalo, a’o so matou tao i se tasi e nofo i le Suafa Leota o lo to 911 calls and park mainte- Members were given oversight been setting aside surpluses tatou aiga “Sa Leota”. nance when the state took finan- of borrowing and large city- ahead of large pension and debt cial management. issued contracts. payments due to start in 2024. Fa’amolemole fa’autagia mai lenei fa’asalalauga po o lou le auai “Detroit is once again finally Most city operations were The financial review -com mai, o le a le tao a ai lenei fa’amoemoe. Talosia ia i le alofa ma le a city of full self-governance,” returned to Duggan’s control in mission’s vote “validates agalelei o le Atua, tatou feiloa’i i lea aso i le manuia. Mayor Mike Duggan said fol- September 2014, but Monday’s Detroit’s remarkable progress lowing the commission’s vote. action helps wipe away the stain and path toward continued Fa’afetai ma le fa’aaloalo lava, The change means that when of bankruptcy and the anger financial stability,” Snyder contracts are approved by the some in Detroit carried. said in a statement. “Detroit is Tigilau (Lemusu) Fagota Leota City Council, Detroit won’t “Today is an important day America’s comeback city and have to wait for the commission in the history of our city,” City I have every confidence that to approve them. But the city Council President Brenda Jones we will continue to see Detroit must still submit monthly finan- said. “Now, with the dormancy reach new heights under the cial reports to the commission, of the (review commission) and city’s leadership.” Sprint, T-Mobile have to sell which will continue to monitor a reduction in state oversight, Credit rating agency Detroit’s fiscal health for the local control is returning to Moody’s Investors Services, $26.5B deal to antitrust cops next 10 years and could resume our city and its elected officials which currently rates Detroit’s oversight if a budget deficit can assume the role that voters credit as B1 with a “positive NEW YORK (AP) — To gain approval for their $26.5 billion occurs. Gov. Rick Snyder placed expect us to carry out.” outlook,” said Monday that merger agreement, T-Mobile and Sprint aim to convince antitrust the city under state receivership Under the terms of the bank- Detroit’s emergence from finan- regulators that there is plenty of competition for wireless service in early 2013, angering local ruptcy, creditors received pen- cial oversight “is a testament to beyond Verizon and AT&T. officials and some residents nies on the dollar for what they the positive momentum the city The deal announced Sunday would combine the nation’s third- because the move essentially were owed and thousands of has made in strengthening its and fourth-largest wireless companies and bulk them up to a sim- stripped power from the City retirees saw their pensions cut reserves and fiscal operations.” ilar size to Verizon and AT&T, the industry giants. Council and mayor’s office. by 4.5 percent. Annual cost- David Levett, Moody’s vice But the companies argued that the combination would allow The Republican governor also of-living increases also were president and senior analyst, them to better compete not only with those two rivals but also appointed turnaround expert eliminated. said the agency expects “the with Comcast and others as the wireless, broadband and video Kevyn Orr as an emergency Detroit’s general fund bal- strong financial management to industries converge. manager to oversee Detroit’s ance was about $595 million at continue.” “This isn’t a case of going from 4 to 3 wireless companies — there are now at least 7 or 8 big competitors in this converging market,” T-Mobile chief executive John Legere said in a statement. He would be the CEO of the combined company. T-Mobile and Sprint have been considering a combination for years. But a 2014 attempt fell apart amid resistance from the Obama administration. And in 2017 another potential deal fell through as well. The combined company, to be called T-Mobile, would have about 127 million customers. Consumers worry a less crowded telecom field could result in higher prices, while unions are concerned about potential job losses. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that getting regulatory approval is “the elephant in the room.” One of the first things the companies did after sending out the deal’s news release was to call Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The companies stressed that they plan to have more employees following the combination, particularly in rural areas, than they do as stand-alone companies now. They also emphasized that the deal would help accelerate their development of faster 5G wireless networks and ensure that the U.S. doesn’t cede leadership on the technology to China. And they said the combination would allow them to better compete with a growing number of competitors in a changing market. Verizon and AT&T have been expanding their video-content businesses, while cable companies have been moving into wireless. That allows a single company to combine home and wireless internet and use content to support the communications businesses.

➧ Tauva Esera… Continued from page 4 FILE - is Nov. 7, 2014 le photo shows the skyline of the city of Detroit. Detroit reached a Further, if she violates Court will be revoked and she will be key step in scal redemption on Monday, April 30, 2018, by reclaiming control of its own nances Rules and Commands, re: elec- ordered to serve the period of roughly three years aer exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) tronic recordings of court pro- detention currently suspended ceedings, again, her probation by the court. Page 14 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the UTU Family and to all whom these present may come! Israel says documents prove NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that VASATI AGAE of AMOULI has o ered for recording in this oce an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land MALAETELE, allegedly belonging to UTU FAMILY of the village of AMOULI . Said land MALA- ETELE is situated in or near the village of AMOULI in the County of SAOLE, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. Iran lied about nuclear program NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by ling in the Territorial Registar’s Oce in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said JERUSALEM (AP) — Isra- since it was signed. He says considers Iran to be its biggest instrument. Any objections thereto must be led with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are led within the said 30 day period, the el’s prime minister on Monday it does not provide sufficient threat, citing Tehran’s hostile instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. e said instrument may be unveiled what he said was a safeguards to prevent Iran rhetoric, support for militants examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Oce. “half ton” of Iranian nuclear from reaching nuclear weapons and growing influence in the POSTED: APRIL 20, 2018 thru MAY 21, 2018 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar documents collected by Israeli capability. region. intelligence, claiming it proved Netanyahu has found a wel- Israel has said it will not FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA that Iranian leaders covered come partner in Trump, who has allow Iran to establish a perma- I tagata o le aiga sa UTU, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! up a nuclear weapons program called the agreement “the worst nent military presence in neigh- O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o VASATI AGAE o le nu’u o AMOULI ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei osa se before signing a deal with world deal ever.” boring Syria, where Iran sup- feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga a tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o MALAETELE e fa’asino i le aiga sa UTU, o le nu’u o AMOULI. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le powers in 2015. Trump has signaled he will ports President Bashar Assad. nu’u o AMOULI, itumalo o SAOLE, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. In a speech delivered in Eng- pull out of the agreement by Overnight Monday, a missile 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 lish and relying on his trade- May 12 unless it is revised, attack in northern Syria killed fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le osa 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 mark use of visual aids, Prime but he faces intense pressure more than a dozen pro-govern- faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from European allies not to do ment fighters, many of them Ira- Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’aa ai tagata uma. 04/30 & 05/14/18 claimed the material showed so. Netanyahu said he already nians, a war monitoring group that Iran cannot be trusted, and has given the information to and an Iranian news agency encouraged President Donald the U.S., and he plans to share said. Trump to withdraw from the it with Western allies and the There was no official confir- deal next month. international nuclear agency. mation of the death toll or the Employment Opportunity “Iran lied big time,” Netan- Ahead of the announce- target. But Israel was widely yahu declared. ment, Iran’s foreign minister, suspected of being behind the TEC is looking for a FAST FOOD CHEF In Washington, Trump said it Mohammad Javad Zarif, belit- attack. with at least 3-5 years experience. vindicated his past criticism of tled Netanyahu in a tweet, In his presentation, Netan- the nuclear deal. saying: “The boy who can’t stop yahu said Israel had obtained Must have a Health Card. Later in the day, White crying wolf is at it again.” some 55,000 pages of docu- House Press Secretary Sarah He later tweeted: “Pres. ments and 183 CDs of secret Contact 699-9177 or 770-9177 Huckabee Sanders said the Trump is jumping on a rehash information from an Iranian “information provides new and of old allegations already dealt nuclear weapons program compelling details about Iran’s with by the IAEA to ‘nix’ the called “Project Amad.” He said efforts to develop missile-deliv- deal. How convenient. Coor- the material was gathered from Employment Opportunity erable nuclear weapons.” dinated timing of alleged intel- a facility in the Tehran neigh- But Netanyahu’s presenta- ligence revelations by the boy borhood of Shourabad a few Add One Inc. is seeking a MAINTENANCE Person tion, delivered on live TV from who cries wolf just days before weeks ago “in a great intelli- to maintain its facilities. Must have at least 3-5 years Israeli military headquarters in May 12. But Trump’s impetu- gence achievement.” experience in Plumbing, Electrician and Janitorial work. Tel Aviv, did not appear to pro- ousness to celebrate blew the He said the uncovered filed vide evidence that Iran has vio- cover.” included “incriminating” docu- Must have Certificate. lated the 2015 deal, raising ques- Iran’s deputy foreign min- ments, charts, blueprints, photos Please call 699-0299. tions about whether it would ister and senior nuclear nego- and videos. sway international opinion tiator, Abbas Araghchi, called He pointed to one presen- ahead of Trump’s decision. Netanyahu’s presentation tation that allegedly called The U.S.-led agreement “childish and ridiculous” and for producing and testing five offered Iran relief from crip- said the purported evidence was warheads. NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT pling sanctions in exchange for “fake and fabricated.” The authenticity of the docu- TO Members of the MULITAUAOPELE Family and to all whom these present may come! curbs on its nuclear program. Iran has denied ever seeking ments could not be verified, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PHILLIP IOSEFO of LAULI’I has o ered for recording in this oce an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, Netanyahu furiously fought nuclear weapons. it was not clear whether they on land AUMI allegedly belonging to MULITAUAOPELE FAMILY of the village of LAULI’I . Said the deal while President Barack The exchange ratcheted up shed any new light on what land AUMI is situated in or near the village of LAULI’I in the County of SUA, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. Obama was negotiating it, and already heightened tensions international inspectors already NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instru- he has been a leading critic between Israel and Iran. Israel have concluded. ment by ling in the Territorial Registar’s Oce in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be led with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are led within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. e said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Oce. POSTED: APRIL 23, 2018 thru MAY 23, 2018 ➧ SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar Pacific Briefs… Continued from page 9 FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA Another vendor, an elderly tion Administration to offer the into the night. I tagata o le aiga sa MULITAUAOPELE, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! mother, was ecstatic the alleged trips across the Pacific Ocean. (Source: Samoa Observer) O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o PHILLIP IOSEFO o le nu’u o LAULI’I ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei osa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga a tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o drug dealers were caught. Southwest says it plans to COMPANY THREATENS AUMI e fa’asino i le aiga sa MULITAUAOPELE , o le nu’u o LAULI’I . O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata “Not all of them were taken announce flight routes and ser- TO CUT MARIANAS ane i le nu’u o LAULI’I , itumalo o SUA, 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 but at least now they know we vice dates after they receive the CABLE fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le osa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i will not hesitate to report illegal clearances. A telecommunications com- 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. activities to the police when we (Source: Associated Press) pany in the Northern Marianas 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 see them again hanging out at TAXI WIPES OUT TAUFUSI is threatening to cut the fibre loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’aa ai tagata uma. 04/30 & 05/14/18 the market.” TRAFFIC LIGHTS optic cable that connects Tinian (Source: Samoa Observer) The driver of the taxi that and Rota to Saipan if the gov- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES crashed into the street lights ernment fails to provide $US1.3 NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT PLANS SERVICE TO 4 at the intersection in Taufusi, million it promised to pay for TO Members of the TUIASOSOPO Family and to all whom these present may come! HAWAI’I AIRPORTS has been charged with careless the service. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ALOFA MAUIGOA & KUA MAUIGOA of VATIA has o ered for Southwest Airlines says it driving. Under a memorandum of recording in this oce an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or intends to offer flights to four This was confirmed by Police agreement signed with the to be erected, on land VAIALA allegedly belonging to TUIASOSOPO FAMILY of the village of VATIA. Said land VAIALA is situated in or near the village of VATIA in the County of VAIFANUA, Island of Hawai’i airports. Superintendent, Auapa’au CNMI government in 2016, TUTUILA, American Samoa. West Hawaii Today reports Logoitino Filipo. Docomo Pacific agreed to NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by ling in the Territorial Registar’s Oce in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said the Dallas-based carrier A bystander told the Sunday include Tinian and Rota in con- instrument. Any objections thereto must be led with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. announced this week that it Samoan that the taxi was necting their fiber optic cable NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are led within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. e said instrument may be plans to offer service to Ellison speeding and just went straight ‘ATISA’ at a fee of $US650,000 examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Oce. Onizuka Kona International for the street lights during per island. POSTED: APRIL 11, 2018 thru MAY 11, 2018 Airport on the Big Island, Lihue the early hours of yesterday Earlier this week, the House SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar Airport on Kauai, Kahului Air- morning. “I heard the brakes of Representative included the port on Maui, and Daniel K. screeching and when he finally $US1.3 million commitment FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA Inouye International Airport on came to a stop after crashing to the telco in the $US15 mil- I tagata o le aiga sa TUIASOSOPO, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o ALOFA MAUIGOA & KUA MAUIGOA o le nu’u o VATIA ua ia fa’aulu- Oahu. In the airline’s quarterly into the street lights, he exited lion appropriations bill that also faleina mai i lenei osa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga a tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, profit report Thursday, CEO with what appeared to be a gave $US7 million to the CNMI fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o VAIALA e fa’asino i le aiga sa TUIASOSOPO, o le nu’u o VATIA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu’u o VATIA , itumalo o VAIFANUA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Gary C. Kelly said they are shotgun, but I was not certain.” Judiciary to fix its mold and air- Samoa. still expecting to begin selling “He then took off and I conditioning problems. 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 osa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i tickets for Hawai’i flights later called the Police to report the The legislation still needs to Fagatogo, sana fa’atu’ese tusitusia. O fa’atu’iesega uma lava e ao ona fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 30 this year. matter.” be passed by the senate and sup- faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga. The airline is still awaiting Workers repaired the lights ported by the governor. Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’aa ai tagata uma. 04/16 & 04/30/14 approval from the Federal Avia- yesterday and they were worked (source: RNZI) samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 15 Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) and foreign offi ces — as well as a horrifi c scene,” said Jawed — Two Islamic State suicide the Afghan intelligence service. Ghulam Sakhi, a 28-year-old bombers struck in Afghanistan’s Stanekzai said the fi rst sui- taxi driver. “I saw journalists capital on Monday, killing 25 cide bomber was on a motor- covered with blood.” people, including nine journal- bike, while the second targeted Masouda, a young woman ists who had rushed to the scene those scrambling to the scene to who was with her husband when of the fi rst attack, in the dead- aid victims. He said the second he was wounded in the attack, liest assault on reporters since attacker was on foot in a crowd lashed out at the authorities. the fall of the Taliban in 2001. of reporters, pretending to be a “I don’t know who is respon- An Agence France-Presse member of the press, when he sible for all these attacks. Every photographer and a cam- set off his payload. day we lose our loved ones eraman for the local Tolo TV AFP said the news agency’s and no one in this government station were among the fatali- chief photographer in Kabul, is taking responsibility for ties, police said. Two reporters Shah Marai, was among those the killing of these innocent for the Afghan branch of Radio killed. Hundreds of people people,” she said. Like many Free Europe and a third who attended his funeral later on Afghans, she has one name. was to begin working there Monday. soon also were killed, Radio Media watchdog Reporters Free Europe said. At least 45 Without Borders said it was people were wounded in the the deadliest attack targeting attacks, according to Kabul reporters since the U.S.-led FA’ASILASILAGA FA’ALAUA’ITELE MO police spokesman Hashmat invasion that overthrew the Tal- Stanekzai, who said four police iban in 2001. LE TALONOAINA O LE SUAFA ASOAU were among those killed. The Paris-based group The attack was the latest named the nine journalists in a relentless string of large- killed, who worked for media I LE AFIOAGA O FALEASAO scale bombings and assaults organizations from multiple O mamalu o le atunu’u o le a le o’o iai se faamatalaga aua o mamalu mai in the capital and elsewhere in countries, and said another six Afghanistan this year. reporters were wounded. The anamua ma e le toe iai se tasi na te suia mamalu ia. Tulou, tulou, tulouna lava. A few hours later, in the group, also known by its French Ae o lenei faaaliga e faatatau lea i suli uma o le Suafa Asoau. southern Kandahar province, acronym RSF, said 36 media a suicide car bomb targeting a workers have been killed in O la tatou fonotaga lona fa sa fuafuaina mo le Masina o Me I lona aso lima NATO convoy killed 11 chil- Afghanistan in attacks by IS or dren from a nearby religious the Taliban since 2016. e faia lea i Malae i le mea e faasino iai le suafa, ua le fa’ataunu’uina ona o school, police said. The chil- In a separate attack in the ni tuatuagia le ma’alofia o nisi o faletama tau i le suafa a lo tatou aiga. O le dren had gathered around the eastern Khost province, a NATO convoy for fun when 29-year-old reporter for the a toe logo atu lo outou mamalu i le aso ma le taimi o le a faataunu’uina ai la the bomber struck, said Abdul BBC’s Afghan service was shot tatou fonotaga lona fa i Malae lava i Faleasao. O le toe fonotaga fo’i lea i Rahim Ayubi, a lawmaker from dead by unknown gunmen. Kandahar. Eight Romanian The BBC confi rmed the death le talanoaina o le suafa. O le a le avea lou le aua’i atu ma mafuaaga e toe NATO soldiers were wounded. of Ahmad Shah, saying he had tolopoina lena fonotaga. Molimoli lo outou ma le ola i lena aso o le a faataunu’u The Islamic State group worked for its Afghan service ai la tatou fonotga. claimed the Kabul bombings for more than a year. BBC in a statement posted online, World Service Director Jamie Fa’afetai, saying it targeted the Afghan Angus called it a “devastating intelligence headquarters. The loss.” Sainia: Ale T. Filoiali’i statement did not say anything Survivors of the attacks about specifi cally targeting in Kabul recounted scenes of Le’aai M. Filoiali’i journalists. The blasts took mayhem. Fuiava B. Fuiava place in the central Shash Darak “When the explosion hap- area, home to NATO headquar- pened, everywhere was covered ters and a number of embassies with dust and fi re, it was such

American Samoa ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PUBLIC NOTICE In collaboration with the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has recently prioritized the Water Project Priority List (PPL) in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). A copy of the PPL is available to the public for review at the AS-EPA o ce in Utulei or online at www.epa.as.gov. Comments must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the published date of this notice. Submit comments to the AS-EPA o ce or by mail to the AS-EPA Water Program, P.O. Box PPA, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. For more information, please contact Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack a er the Christianera Tuitele at 633-2304 or [email protected]. second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Ameko Pato, AS-EPA Director Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) Page 16 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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C M Y K samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 17 LeLeLaliLali Suesue pea Kruse fa’amaoni o ripoti mai le Ofi sa o Femalagaaiga tusia Ausage Fausia i totonu o ripoti a lua a lona E le o mapu taumafaiga a Ofi sa, ona e sese le sipelaina o C M le afi oga i le Fa’amasino Sili le igoa o Fa’aaliga na tuuina atu ia Michael Kruse, i lona sailiili e le Ofi sa Faanofovaavaaia. Y K malie pea lea o ripoti e 2 na Na taua e Peseta e fa’apea, o tu’uina atu e le Ofi sa o Femal- le igoa sa avatu e le Ofi sa Faano- agaaiga i le Fa’amasinoga, pe fovaavaaia, o JOEITA, ae o le fa’amaoni nei ripoti poo ni igoa sa maua i fa’amaumauga ripoti pepelo fo’i. a le Ofi sa o Femalagaaiga, o I totonu o ia ripoti, o lo JOITA. o taua ai e le Ofi sa o Femal- E le i talia gofi e e le afi oga agaaiga tagata e to’alua, o i i le ali’i fa’amasino le molimau latou ia o sponsors a le ali’i o a Peseta. Na toe fesili Kruse pe Ua toe lua aso tapunia le lesitala i le FEMA ae toe tumu fa’afuase’i lava le tatou O sa o lo’o Joeita Fa’aaliga, lea na ulufale (Faaauau itulau 19) fa’aulu ai nei talosaga, o le toe ta e mau ai loa le fao. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] mai i Amerika Samoa ia Aokuso 2012, ma nofo fa’asolitulafono ai lava i le teritori seia oo ina molia o ia i le tausaga e 2013 i moliaga o le talepe fale ma le GOD BLESS•FA’AFETAI TELE LAVA! gaoi, ma fa’aauau mai ai lava seia oo mai i le taimi nei. O le masina o Fepuari na lau ai le fa’asalaga a le ali’i o Fa’aaliga, e pei ona poloaina ai e le fa’amasinoga o ia na te tuliina tausaga na fa’amalumalu o ana fa’asalaga ua mae’a ona tuuina atu, ina ua fa’amaonia lona le usitaia o poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga sa tu’uina atu na te tausi ma usita’i i ai. Ae o le iloiloga sa faia i le aso Faraile na te’a nei a Fa’aaliga, o le talanoaina lea o le mataupu e fa’atatau i ripoti mai le Ofi sa o Femalagaaiga, lea o lo o taua ai ana sponsors e to’alua. O molimau na aami e le fa’amasinoga e aofi a ai le Loia Sili ia Talauega Eleasalo Ale atoa ai ma le Pulesili o le Ofi sa o Femalagaaiga ia Peseta Dennis Fuimaono. A o le i valaau e le fa’amasinoga le afi oga a Peseta i luga o le nofoa molimau, na fa’atonu e Kruse le Pulesili o le Ofi sa o Fa’anofovaavaaia, susuga Malcolm Polu ina ia aga’i i luga o le nofoa Kanana Fou School C M molimau ma fa’amatala mai i le fa’amasinoga le ata atoa o le Y K mataupu a Fa’aaliga, e aofi a ai le mataupu lea ua faamoemoe le fa’amasinoga e iloilo i le vaiaso na te’a nei. I le mae’a ai o le molimau a Polu, na valaauina ai loa Peseta e tula’i i luga o le nofoa molimau. Na fesili le afi oga a Kruse ia Peseta pe na alu atu ma avatu le faiila a Fa’aaliga sa fa’atonuina ai o ia e le fa’amasinoga, na tali Peseta ioe. Na toe fesili Kruse poo mafai e faamaumauga o lo o i totonu o le faila ona tali ai le fesili i le mafua’aga e 2 ai sponsors a Fa’aaliga, na tali Peseta e leai. “Sei e tago e fa’amatala mai pe aisea”, o le fesili lea a Kruse ia Peseta. Na taua e Peseta e fa’apea, na mafua ona eseese fa’amatalaga na tuuina mai Aua Elementary School Page 18 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

tusia Ausage Fausia e faia se suega i lona tino po o le talosaga ina ia fa’atulaga se FA’AILI MATA’U ona tagofia fualaau faasaina pe tupe e tatala ai Felise i tua mai O le vaiaso na te’a nei na leai. O le mafua’aga lea na talo- le toese i Tafuna. Saunoa Sunia sainia ai e le Fa’amasinoga sagaina ai loa e le Ofisa Faano- e fa’apea, talu ai le matuia o Maualuga sana poloaiga e pu’e fovaavaaia le fa’amasinoga, mo tu’uaiga fa’asaga i lenei ali’i, ua faapagota mai ai le ali’i o Fa’aili sana poloaiga e pu’e fa’apagota manatu ai le fa’amasinoga ina ia Mata’u, e mafua mai i tu’uaiga mai ai le ua molia. taofia pea o ia i le toese e aunoa i lona le usitaia lea o tuutuuga o E o o mai lava i le taimi nei ma se tupe e taofia ai o ia. lana nofovaavaaia. o lo o tau sailia pea e Leoleo CAROLINE PURCELL O Mata’u, poo ‘Whistle’ fo’i ma Masela a le fa’amasinoga ia Ua talia e le fa’amasinoga e pei ona iloa ai o ia e le to’atele Mata’u, ina ia pu’e fa’apagota maualuga le talosaga a se na ta’usala e le fa’amasinoga e tusa ai ma le poloaiga a le tama’ita’i talavou e 19 tausaga i le masina o Fepuari na te’a fa’amasinoga. le matua, mo se avanoa e nei i le moliaga mamafa o le IAKIMO FELISE tatala ai o ia i tua e fa’aauau le umia fa’asolitulafono o vaega O le masina o Iuni lea ua mafutaga ma lona aiga. o fualaau fa’asaina o le aisa. fa’atulaga e toe valaau ai le O le vaiaso na te’a nei na lau O lea moliaga na afua mai i le mataupu a Iakimo Felise i luma ai le fa’asalaga a Caroline Pur- fa’alavelave lea na maua ai e o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga, cell i luma o le fa’amasinoga Leoleo o ia o lo o moe taliaga i le mae’a ai lea ona ia teena o maualuga, i le mae’a ai lea i luma o se Fale Faatali pasi i moliaga mamafa e 10 ua tu’uaia ona ta’usala o ia i le moliaga O le va’aiga lea i le auuso o le tama’ita’i Faife’au ua malolo nei Tafuna, ae ina ua sailia lona ai o ia e le malo i le taeao mamafa o le gaoi. O le moliaga mai ona tiute ma galuega sa fa’atino i l lalolagi nei e tautua ai le tino, sa maua i ai vaega o le ananafi. O Felise, 55 tausaga le o le gaoi, o se solitulafono C Atua le tama ae maise ia liua lava se agaga mo Iesu. Fa’afetai mo pauta oona o le aisa. matua mai le afioaga o Leloaloa i le fa’atulagaina o solitula- ou faiva Julia McMoore Malaki. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] O ni isi o tuutuuga o le nofo- na pu’e fa’apagota mai e Leoleo fono mamafa, lea e mafai ona vaavaaia a Mata’u na tuuina atu i Nu’uuli i le aso Lua o le vaiaso fa’asala ai se tasi i le toese mo le e le fa’amasinoga i le masina na te’a nei, ona o tu’uaiga i lona umi e le silia i le 7 tausaga, poo o Fepuari na te’a nei, o lona faia o uiga mataga i se teineititi le fa’asala fo’i i le salatupe e le tuliina lea o masina e 20 i le i le taimi o le tuua o aoga. silia i le $5,000, poo fa’asalaga falepuipui. Na faamalumalu e E 10 moliaga o lo o tu’uaia uma fo’i ia e lua. le fa’amasinoga lea poloaiga, ai o ia e le malo. O ia moliaga Na fa’atoese Purcell i le ae faia le faaiuga ina ia lava mamafa e aofia ai moliaga e 3 o fa’amasinoga e tusa ai o lana masina e 5 ma ona tupu na le faia o amioga mataga i fanau solitulafono, ma ia talos- taofia ai Mata’u i le falepuipui e e i lalo o le 12 tausaga le mat- againa ai se isi avanoa o ia. Na fai ma ana fa’asalaga, ma tatala utua; 1 le moliaga o le fai’aiga ta’utino Purcell e fa’apea, o tusia: Leua Aiono Frost ai lava o ia i tua i le aso na lau ai fa’amalosi; 2 moliaga o le faia ia o se tama’ita’i talavou e 19 TOE ASO O LE LESITALA A LE FEMA/SBA lana fa’asalaga, ae o isi masina o uiga mataga fa’asotoma, ma tausaga, e le o toe umi se taimi I AMERIKA SAMOA: o lo o totoe ai o lana fa’asalaga moliaga e 4 o le tagofia o ituti- ona avea lea o ia ma Tina. Sa I le aso ananafi ma le toe aso lenei e tatala mai ai le fa’aulu atu o le a taofi le tuliina, fuafua lava nosa o se teineititi e laititi i lalo ia taua i le fa’amasinoga, ua 5 o sau talosaga i le FEMA mo se fesoasoani e toe fa’aleleia ai lou i lona usita’i i isi poloaiga a le o le tulafono. masina o lona ma’itaga. Sa ia fale pe toe fa’atau ai sau meatotino na fa’aleagaina i le afa o Gita, fa’amasinoga. O ia tuuaiga e mafua mai i augani i le fa’amasinoga mo se ua toe va’aia ai le toe tutumu o laina e gasolo atu e lesitala. O isi poloaiga a le le fa’alavelave na tula’i mai i le avanoa e toe fo’i ai i lona aiga O nisi sa i ai pepa sa fa’atuai ai ona fa’amae’a latou talosaga, fa’amasinoga e aofia ai le tatau vaiaso na te’a nei, i lona faia lea e toe fa’asa’o ni isi o tulaga ua ae o nisi o fa’amaumauga o fale sa fa’aletonu, ma ua toe fa’aleleia. lea ia Mata’u ona alu e vaai le o uiga mataga i se teineititi e 10 fa’aletonu i lona olaga. Peita’i, ua i ai fo’i ma le vaega a le Public Works i le fale o lo’o ofisa faanofovaavaaia fa’atasi tausaga le matua. Na talosaga lana loia ia talosagaina ai suiga e mafai ona faia i pemita, ma fa’afou ai fo’i i le masina, aua ne’i ona toe O le tausaga e 2011 na Michael White i le fa’amasinoga pemita o fale, ina ia mafai lava ona fa’afaigofie le galueaina o tagofia pe fa’aaoga fualaau ta’usala ai fo’i Felise e le ina ia talia le talosaga a Purcell pepa talosaga uma. fa’asaina, ma ia tuuina atu lona fa’amasinoga maualuga i le ae tatala o ia i tua e toe fo’i i lona I le fa’amatalaga a le sui sa feagai ma talosaga a le vasega o tino e faia i ai ni suiga ina ia faa- moliaga o le tagofia o ituti- aiga. Sa i ai le Tama o Purcell i Nogatupe mai le FEMA mo pisinisi ma aiga e tele le tupe maua, maonia ai na te le o toe tagofia nosa o se teineititi e 10 tausaga totonu o le potu fa’amasino atoa SBA, sa fa’ailoa mai ai e Yolanda Stokes, “E 212 talosaga mo ni fualaau fa’asaina. le matua, ma fa’asala ai o ia e ai ma lona grandmother. nogatupe ua fa’amauina ma ua tali atu fo’i i ai le SBA i a latou Talu mai lava le taimi na le fa’amasinoga i le umi e 20 Na lagolagoina e le loia a talosaga talu ai fo’i a’afiaga mai le Gita ia Fepuari 7-9, 2018. O tatala ai Mata’u i tua seia oo masina, o se tasi lea o tuutuuga le malo ia Woodrow Pengelly le vaega tupe foi ua nono mai e le SBA mo i latou ia e mafai ona mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei, e le o lana nofovaavaaia e 5 tausaga. le talosaga a le itu tete’e, ina ia fa’aaoga e toe fa’aleleia atili ai lau pisinisi i lona fale e fa’atautaia i alu lava o ia e vaai le Ofisa Na teena e le afioga i le fa’anofovaavaaia le ua molia e mai ai, po’o le tulaga fo’i e si’itia teisi ai i luga lana auaunaga. Faanofovaavaaia, e le i alu fo’i ali’i Fa’amasino ia Fiti Sunia aofia ai le tatala o ia i tua. Saunoa O le aotelega o le tupe ua fa’aalu e le SBA i totonu o Amerika (Faaauau itulau 19) Samoa e tali atu ai i talosaga e 212 na fa’auia mai ona o a’afiaga o le Gita, e aotelega lea i le $3.1miliona. O le a fa’aauau pea lava ona tali mai le SBA i talosaga uma ua mae’a ona lesitala, ae tatau ona fa’amautu uma atu pepa po’o a lava mea o mana’omia ina ia tali mai ai loa le SBA i lau talsoaga e toe fa’aleleia ai lau pisinisi po’o au meatotino e ala i lau nogatupe. TUSIGA SOLO A LE KOLISI FA’AAUTU I SAUAGA FA’ALEITUAIGA I TOTONU O AIGA O le aso Lulu na te’a sa fa’ataunu’u lava le tauvaga solo na tusia e le fanau a’oga i le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi o Amerika Samoa, ma sa faia lea i le Leture Hall #2 i le ASCC lava i le itula e 2:30 i le afiafi. E le gata ia i latou e a’o’oga i le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi sa tauva i tusiga o latou solo, ae sa pa’au atu le vasega o fanau a’oga i a’oga maualuluga i le atunu’u e fa’aalia a latou fa’atinoga sa faia, ae maise o latou solo ma tala sa tusia e fa’atatau i lenei fo’i fa’afitauli e a’afia ai tina ma fanau i totonu o le li’o o latou aiga, po’o nisi lava o fa’apotopotoga e aofia ai i latou o sui totino. O solo na manumalo ua taua’aoina le fa’ailoga i le tama’oita’i o Monalisa. O le tulaga lua ua mauaina lea e Roma ma le tulaga tolu ua maua e le tama’ita’i o Sitina Scanlan. I le fa’atinoga fa’a-aitema a le vasega o fanau a’oga maualuluga na auai, sa matua fa’afiafiaina atili ai i latou na maimoa i ai, ua matua fa’aalia le sapaia o le autu o le tusiga solo, tusiga tala ma fa’atinoga. “Ona o le matua iloga ona matagofie o le fa’atinoga a le fanau a’oga maualuluga o le autu o lenei fa’amoemoe atoa o tamafai nei, o le a toe sau ai le isi a’u malaga i le masina fou, ia toe fa’amalosia O se va’aiga lava i le tumutumu o nofoaga o lo ua fa’atalanoa ai talosaga ua maea lesitalaina mo (Faaauau itulau 19) fesoasoani mai le FEMA. [ata: Leua Aiono FRost] samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 19 Ashley Judd sues Weinstein saying he wrecked her career LOS ANGELES (AP) — the #MeToo movement. him shower and to let him mas- Ashley Judd sued Harvey Central to the suit is director sage her, the suit alleges. The Weinstein on Monday, saying Peter Jackson saying in allegations echo those Judd the former movie mogul hurt December that Weinstein had made in The New York Times her acting career in retalia- warned him 20 years ago that in October. tion for her rejecting his sexual Judd was a “nightmare” to work “Cornered, and desperate advances. with, and should be avoided “at to escape without angering In the lawsuit filed in Los all costs.” Jackson was consid- a man who had the ability to Angeles County Superior Court, ering Judd for a major role in end her budding career, Ms. Judd accuses Weinstein of defa- his “Lord of the Rings” movies, Judd engaged in a mock bar- mation, sexual harassment and and had met with her about the gain with Weinstein, suggesting violating California’s unfair role. About a year earlier at that she would consider letting competition law. Judd was in the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly him touch her only if she won the first group of women who Hills, Weinstein — in what was an Academy Award in one of came forward last fall about supposed to be a business break- his films,” the lawsuits says. Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, fast meeting — appeared in a “Weinstein responded: ‘When putting her at the forefront of bathrobe, asked Judd to watch you get nominated.’ Ashley Judd during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 25, 2017, le, ➧ Suesue pea Kruse… and Harvey Weinstein at e Weinstein Company and Netix Mai itulau 17 Golden Globes aerparty in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2017. Judd has sued Harvey Weinstein, saying he hurt her acting career aisea na ia sainia ai ripoti e lua Fa’aaliga i le aso 8 Mati 2014, toese mo le umi e 12 tausaga. in retaliation for her rejecting his sexual advances. In the law- na tuuina atu i le fa’amasinoga e mafua mai i se solitulafono sa O le mataupu lona lua na suit led Monday, April 30, 2018, in Los Angeles County Superior pe afai na ia iloa o lo o sese le ia fa’atinoina a o lei tupu le soli- molia ai Fa’aaliga i le moliaga Court, Judd accuses Weinstein of defamation, sexual harassment sipelaina o le igoa, ae na saunoa tulafono lea ua fa’a falepuipui o le gaoi, e mafua mai i le and violation of California’s unfair competition law. Peseta, e na o le tasi le ripoti sa ai o ia. fa’alavelave lea na ia sola ai i tua (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ia sainia, e na o le ripoti o lo o Na ta’usala e le fa’amasinoga ma gaoi se tupe mai totonu o se sa’o ai le sipelaina o le igoa, o le maualuga ia Fa’aaliga i le faleoloa e tusa ma le $1,500. Na isi ripoti na saini e le sui o lona moliaga o le gaoi, ma poloaina ta’usala o ia e le fa’amasinoga i ➧ Tala o le Vaifanua… Ofisa. ai loa o ia na te tuliina masina e le gaoi ma poloaina ai loa lona Mai itulau 18 Na toe fesili Kruse ia Peseta 28 i le toese i Tafuna, o se tasi lea tuliina o le umi e 7 tausaga i le pe na te silafia e le tatau ona o tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia toese. atili le manulauti o le tineia tene & Faife’au Taitai o le Light fa’alauiloaina fa’amaumauga e 7 tausaga, ma o le fa’asalaga O le fa’asalaga a Fa’aaliga a’ia’i le tele o sauaga o a’afia ai of Life Pentecostal Church Inc. o lo o i totonu o le faila a fa’atoa tuli pe a mae’a ona tuli e 7 tausaga e fa’atoa tuli pe a fanauiti, fanau talavou ma tina i i Waianae Hawaii, Satui Tua- Fa’aaliga, na tali Peseta ioe. lana fa’asalaga e 40 masina i le uma ona tuli lana fa’asalaga e totonu o le li’o o latou aiga po’o niga, sa ia fa’ailoa ai, “Ae aisea la na e fa’alauiloa toese. 12 tausaga. fa’alapotopotoga o lo’o aofia “O Julia Tali e matua galue fa’alaua’iteleina ai le faila”, o le I le 2016, na faila ai e le Ina ua talosagaina e le Ofisa ai.” O se tala lea a le tama’ita’i ma le fiafia e atina’e so’o se fesili lea a Kruse. E leai se tali a malo mataupu tau solitulafono Faanofovaavaaia ripoti mai le o Doris Tulifua mai Kalefonia ekalesia e va’aia e ia o lo’o le afioga a Peseta i lea fesili. e 2 fa’asaga ia Fa’aaliga, e Ofisa o Femalagaaiga e fa’atatau USA, peita’i o lana polokalama mana’omia ona fausia ia mautu AMATAGA O LE MATAUPU mafua mai i taimi na ia sola ese i le faila a Fa’aaliga i le 2013 ma “Brown Girl Wake.” lelei. E ola fesoasoani i le gal- A FA’AALIGA: ai mai le toese a o tuli ai lana le 2014, sa maitauina ai le eseese O le Brown Girl Wake o lo’o uega atina’e o le tino o Keriso, O le aso 21 Iuni 2013 na fa’asalaga. o fa’amaumauga sa tuuina atu fa’atautaia fo’i i Samoa, peita’i fa’apea fo’i ma le itu tau le ta’usala ai e le fa’amasinoga O le mataupu muamua na e le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga i le o le tinoitupe o fa’atino ai lea agaga o le galuega. maualuga ia Fa’aaliga i le molia ai o ia i le sola i tua mai le fa’amasinoga i ripoti e lua sa fa’amoemoe sa talosagaina e O le tina o Julia Tali e to’a moliaga o le talepe fale i le toese atoa ai ma le gaoi, e mafua tuuina atu. E le gata e eseese ia i Kalefonia, USA lea fo’i ua fa lava si ana fanau. O Tanya tulaga muamua atoa ai ma le mai i le fa’alavelave lea na ia aso o lo o taua na ulufale mai ai fa’ao’o mai se isi ona galuega McMoore, Toese McMoore, talepe fale i le tulaga lua, ma fao fa’amalosi ai le ato tupe a se Fa’aaliga i le atunu’u, ae eseese fa’atino i le tatou nei teritori. Talishabeth McMoore ma poloaina ai loa o ia na te tuliina Tina sa nofonofo i totonu o lana fo’i igoa o sponsor. O lea tauvaga Tusiga Solo Penisimani Fiuangaihetau, lea masina e 40 i le toese, o se tasi ta’avale i luma o le Ofisa o le O le mafua’aga lena ma Tala na fa’atautaia lea lua e e to’alua ai si ana fanau a lana lea o tuutuuga o lana nofo- Pulega o le Eletise ma le Suavai na fa’atulaga ai loa e le le Alliance to Strengthen Fami- fanau o Tevita ma Meleamira. vaavaaia e 7 tausaga. i Tafuna. Na fa’amaonia e le fa’amasinoga le iloiloga e pei lies ma le Brown Girl Wake. E to’aono ona tuagane, e A o tuli ai lana fa’asalaga i fa’amasinoga moliaga o le gaoi ona valaauina i le aso Faraile na TUUMALO LE TAMAITA’I toaono fo’i ona uso ua lisia i lana le toese, na faila e le malo isi ma le sola ese mai le falepuipui, te’a nei, se’i fesiligia ai le moni o FAIFE’AU - JULIA TALI polokalama, ae to’a sefulu ma moliaga faaopoopo faasaga ia ma fa’asala ai Fa’aaliga i le ripoti a le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga. PATI MCMOORE MALAKI: le to’alua i latou uma na soifua O le aso Faraile talu ai mai o latou matua o Fesilafa’i Aperila 27, 2018 na falelauasi Pati ma Talitiga Pati Taufagu o ai lana susuga le Tama’ita’i Aua, Amerika Samoa. Faife’au, le tina o le Aiga, ae E lua ana fa’aipoipoga i lona o se uo mamae fo’i i le to’atele olaga atoa. Na mua’i fa’aipoipo ole au uso galulue i le galuega i le ali’i Fitafita a le Malo tele a le Atua i so’o se galuega Sipunu McMoore ia Mati 22, fesoasoani a le “Light of Life 1975, ona tatalaina lea o le Petecostal Church Inc. i Koo- mafutaga mamae i le maliu ia lina Street Waianae, Hawaii Tesema 28. 2006. ma i tatou fo’i i le Ekalesia Na toe fa’aipoipo lea o ia ia Fa’apotopotoga a le Atua i Tesema 25, 2013 ia Ionatana Malaeimi. Malaki mai Papa Sataua Savaii, I le tala fo’i a le ali’i Perese- e o’o mai i le aso ua maliu ai.

ia te oe. Ui o lea, ua talia e le ➧ fa’amasinoga lau talosaga ma Tala… ua sauni fo’i le fa’amasinoga e Mai itulau 18 tuuina atu se isi avanoa o oe”, o le afioga i le ali’i Fa’amasino ia le saunoaga lea a Patea. Elvis P. Patea e fa’apea, e foliga O masina e 4 lea na taofia ai mai i fa’amaumauga ua i luma Purcell i le toese, ua fa’aaoga o ali’i fa’amasinoga e le o se e fai ma ana faasalaga, ae ua taimi muamua lenei ua a’afia ai faamalumalu lona tuliina o le Purcell i le tulafono. fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui e “E foliga mai sa i ai isi au 20 masina, fuafua lava i lona solitulafono i le Fa’amasinoga usitaia o tuutuuga o lana nofo- Fa’aitumalo, a o lea ua amata vaavaaia e 5 tausaga. ona e oo mai i luma o le O isi tuutuuga e aofia ai le O le vasega o fa’afeagaiga sa auai i le sauniga mamalu mo lea tama’ita’i faife’au i le latou ekalesia, Fa’amasinoga Maualuga, usita’i i tulafono a le malo, ma Julia McMoore Malaki, fa’afetai mo lou tau’au ae maise lava i galuega tau fa’atula’ia a lau ekalesia. lona uiga o le a maualuga ia avea o ia o se tagatanu’u e [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] fo’i le fa’asalaga e tuuina atu tausi i le tulafono. Page 20 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Dominican Republic forges tie with China, breaks with Taiwan SANTO DOMINGO, Some analysts say Chinese with Taiwan, then-Taiwanese Dominican Republic (AP) — President Xi Jinping, one of the Foreign Minister David Tawei The Dominican Republic’s gov- most powerful Chinese leaders Lee visited the Dominican ernment announced Monday in decades, seems determined Republic last July as part of a that it is establishing diplo- to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s campaign to shore up its rela- matic relations with China and control during his time in offi ce, tions and propose new coopera- breaking diplomatic ties with something that would place him tion projects. During his stay in Taiwan and will later recognize in the history books alongside Santo Domingo, Lee also met Taiwan as an “inalienable part Mao Zedong. with Taiwan’s ambassadors in of Chinese territory.” The island’s 23 million Latin America to discuss strate- The decision was the latest residents are strongly in favor gies for not losing more allies. setback for Taiwan in the of maintaining their de facto The Dominican Republic Caribbean and Latin America. independent status, but Xi has received millions of dollars Panama dropped its long- has previously warned a Tai- in donations for development time ties with Taiwan last year wanese envoy that the issue of programs from Taiwan, but the and established relations with unifi cation cannot be put off government also started com- China, which considers Taiwan indefi nitely. mercial and political contacts to be Chinese territory. The In Taipei, Foreign Minister with China beginning in the island is recognized as a sover- Joseph Wu said the Taiwanese middle of the past decade. eign nation by only 19 mainly government was “deeply upset According to the Dominican small, developing countries, 10 by China’s actions.” government, bilateral trade with Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas, le , and Chi- of them in this region. Wu said Beijing offered China has reached $2 billion a nese Foreign Minister Wang Yi prepare to shake hands a er they Taiwan swiftly condemned “vast fi nancial incentives” to the year, making the Dominican signed the joint communique at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse what it called China’s “dollar Dominican Republic to get it to Republic the second-largest in Beijing, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. e Dominican Republic’s gov- diplomacy” and announced it end 77 years of diplomatic rela- trading partner for China among ernment announced Monday that it is establishing diplomatic would terminate ties with the tions with Taiwan. Wu warned the Caribbean and Central relations with China and breaking diplomatic ties with Taiwan Dominican Republic imme- that Beijing has failed to deliver American nations. and will later recognize Taiwan as an “inalienable part of Chi- diately, including all projects on hundreds of millions of dol- Espinal said the government nese territory.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong) and assistance it provides to the lars in pledges to some of Tai- informed Taiwan of its move Caribbean nation. wan’s former diplomatic allies. earlier Monday and thanked the Beijing has been seeking Taiwan “strongly condemns Taiwanese for “the cooperation to increase pressure on Tai- China’s objectionable decision that we have shared for years.” wan’s independence-leaning to use dollar diplomacy to con- He said that had allowed “the Report: Mueller gives President Tsai Ing-wen. Tsai’s vert Taiwan’s allies,” Wu said. development of very important ruling Democratic Progressive He said such moves only served programs” for the Dominican Party says it wants stable rela- to “drive a wedge between the Republic. tions with China, but it hasn’t people on both sides of the The Dominican announce- list of questions to followed Tsai’s predecessor, Taiwan Strait.” ment came when it was already Ma Ying-jeou, in endorsing the “While Taiwan faces serious Tuesday in China, and Chinese “one China” principle. diplomatic challenges, the gov- State Councilor Wang Yi and Trump’s lawyers Flavio Dario Espinal, legal ernment will not bow down Dominican Foreign Minister WASHINGTON (AP) — asks what Trump knew about consultant to the Dominican to pressure from Beijing,” Miguel Vargas held a brief event Special counsel Robert Mueller campaign staff, including his presidential offi ce, said at a Wu said. In Santo Domingo, Tuesday morning marking the has given a list of almost four former campaign chairman news conference that the change Espinal said that even without establishment of ties. dozen questions to lawyers for Paul Manafort, reaching out to in foreign policy was based on formal diplomatic relations In a joint statement, the President Donald Trump as part Moscow. the “needs, potential and future with China, trade between the countries said the move was “in of his investigation into Russian Mueller has brought several prospects” of his Caribbean two countries “has grown year keeping with the interests and meddling in the 2016 election charges against Manafort, but nation. after year to the point that today desire of the two peoples” and and whether Trump obstructed none are for any crimes related “History and socioeco- China is the second biggest sup- that the Dominican Republic justice, according to a report to Russian election interference nomics reality now force us to plier of our imports.” will sever ties with rival Taiwan published in The New York during the 2016 campaign. And change course,” he said. After Panama cut its ties as a result. Times. he has denied having anything The Times obtained a list of to do with such an effort. the questions, which range from The queries also touch on Trump’s motivations for fi ring Trump’s businesses and his FBI Director James Comey a discussions with his personal year ago to contacts Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, about campaign had with Russians. a possible Moscow real estate Although Mueller’s team deal. Cohen’s business deal- has indicated to Trump’s law- ings are part of a separate FBI yers that he’s not considered investigation. a target, investigators remain One question asks what dis- interested in whether the cussions Trump may have had president’s actions constitute regarding “any meeting with obstruction of justice and want Mr. Putin,” referring to Rus- to interview him about several sian President Vladimir Putin. episodes in offi ce. The lawyers Another question asks what want to resolve the investiga- the president may have known tion as quickly as possible, but about a possible attempt by his there’s no agreement on how to son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to set do that. Many of the questions up a back channel with Russia obtained by the Times center on before Trump’s inauguration. the obstruction issue, including Additional questions center his reaction to Attorney General on Michael Flynn, Trump’s Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the former national security Russia investigation, a decision adviser, who has pleaded guilty Trump has angrily criticized. to lying to the FBI about his dis- Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow cussions on sanctions against declined to comment to The Russia with Russian Ambas- Associated Press on Monday sador Sergey Kislyak during the night, as did White House presidential transition. Flynn is lawyer Ty Cobb. now cooperating with Mueller’s The questions also touch investigators. “What did you on the Russian meddling and know about phone calls that Mr. whether the Trump campaign Flynn made with the Russian coordinated with the Kremlin ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, in any way. In one question in late December 2016?” reads obtained by the Times, Mueller one question. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 21 AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts Kelly calls ‘BS’ on report he called Trump an ‘idiot’ claims on VA nominee, vet care WASHINGTON (AP) — New details emerged on the rift WASHINGTON (AP) — coming in, ‘Sir, we checked out Secret Service “checked out all between White House chief of staff John Kelly and President President Donald Trump is all of those things. Sir, they’re of those things” and said they Donald Trump, with one former administration official saying distorting some of the rea- not true.’” — rally Saturday were untrue, it’s not clear if he Kelly privately called Trump “an idiot” last year. sons why his pick to lead the night in Washington Township, was referring to the full allega- Kelly’s insult to the president’s intelligence, confirmed to The Department of Veterans Affairs, Michigan. tions or just the purported car Associated Press by the former official, came as his clashes with White House physician Ronny THE FACTS: It’s inaccurate crash. Trump over policy and personnel grew louder and more frequent. Jackson, abruptly withdrew his for Trump to characterize the On Friday, The Associ- Kelly, who has cast himself as safeguarding the public from the nomination. allegations against Jackson as ated Press reviewed internal president, has also threatened to quit the White House on several Trump casts late-surfacing “Democrat” or to suggest that records from the White House, occasions. allegations against Jackson as Jackson’s nomination failed including police reports, that Kelly’s disparaging remark was first reported Monday by NBC entirely partisan. entirely because of them. show Jackson had three minor News. In a statement Monday, Kelly called the report “total BS,” He cites an investigation led The allegations, which cen- incidents in government vehi- and characterized his relationship with Trump as “incredibly by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., tered on a “pattern” of loosely cles during the past five years, candid and strong.” He added of the president, “He always knows even though the review involved prescribing drugs, drunken but none involved the use of where I stand and he and I both know this story is total BS.” interviews with military per- behavior on the job and a “toxic” alcohol, and he was not found Kelly’s top aide, Zachary Fuentes, also disputed the charac- sonnel and was conducted with work environment, were based to be at fault. terization, saying he had never heard Kelly describe the president the knowledge and support of on interviews with more than 20 In addition, the White House that way. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., military personnel, according to medical unit that Jackson ran “Remember, he is a Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine,” chairman of the committee con- Tester. successfully passed regular said Fuentes. “The office of the commander in chief is held to sidering Jackson’s nomination. The time period covered controlled-substance audits, the highest regard.” Trump appeared to react to the NBC report Trump also ignores mis- Jackson’s tenure as a White according to the records for the on Twitter on Monday evening. He tweeted, “The Fake News givings expressed by several House physician dating to 2006 last three years. is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed Republicans over Jackson’s and involved colleagues who The reviews did recommend sources (who don’t exist).” He added, “The White House is run- lack of management experience served in both Republican and improvements to the medical ning very smoothly.” after Trump suddenly selected Democratic administrations. unit’s handling of controlled In recent months, Trump has chafed at Kelly’s management the doctor last month to head After pledging to address the substances but did not find style, and has occasionally talked with friends about replacing the government’s second- allegations, Jackson abruptly misconduct. him. Indeed, Trump has floated the idea of appointing Kelly to largest agency. withdrew his nomination ___ run the Department of Veterans Affairs in calls with outside allies, Meanwhile, Trump falsely Thursday, saying he “did not TRUMP: “We’ve done a said two people familiar with the conversations, though there are claims he was the one who expect to have to dignify base- great job with our vets. We have other possibilities in the mix and the president often floats ideas pulled a plan to expand the less and anonymous attacks on accountability approved, we’re without taking action. Kelly has made clear he wouldn’t accept Veterans Choice private health my character and integrity.” getting Choice approved. And such an offer. care program because “it wasn’t Tester’s staff compiled a I pulled it because I didn’t like In his early days in the White House, Kelly imposed strict con- good enough.” summary of the allegations the Choice. The Choice wasn’t trols on access and the flow of information to Trump, though his In fact, the White House and released it last Wednesday good enough ... I could’ve direct influence has waned somewhat since then, aides said. Kelly fully supported the plan but with the support of Isakson, the had it already. We could’ve allies insist he has merely trained the staff to follow his manage- couldn’t push it through Con- chairman of the Senate Veterans had it in the last budget. But ment protocols, but officials note that Trump has grown more gress last month. Affairs Committee. it wasn’t good enough. We’re willing to act unilaterally, ignoring or simply not seeking out the A look at the misleading Isakson earlier had called getting Choice, which is a big advice of his top aide. rhetoric: the allegations “serious” in his (Continued on page 23) TRUMP: “Allegations decision to postpone Jackson’s made by Senator Jon Tester Wednesday hearing. against Admiral/Doctor Ron Jackson had already faced American Samoa Power Authority Jackson are proving false. tough questions from several Po Box PPB, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Telephone: (684) 699-1234/248-1234 tThe Secret Service is committee Republicans about Email: [email protected] & Website: www.aspower.com unable to confirm (in fact they whether he had the experience deny) any of the phony Demo- to manage the massive VA. crat charges which have abso- Jackson has broadly denied REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) lutely devastated the wonderful the allegations of misbehavior. Jackson family.” — tweet Sat- They included crashing a gov- RFP No: ASPA18.041.ESD-WTR Closing Date & Time: Monday, May 28, 2018 urday afternoon. ernment vehicle while intoxi- Issuance Date: April 26, 2018 No later than 2:00 p.m. local time TRUMP: “What Jon Tester cated at a Secret Service going- did to this man is a disgrace. away party and doling out such e American Samoa Power Authority issues this Request For Proposals (RFP) to invite qualied ... He’s a great, great guy... a large supply of a prescription rms to submit formal, written proposals for the: and he started studying and opioid that staffers panicked then he started getting hit with because they thought the drugs Upper Faga’alu Reservoir Rehabilitation Project vicious rumors — vicious. And were missing. Submission An Original, four hard copies and PDF of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed the Secret Service told me just As to Trump’s claim that the envelope marked: “RFP No. ASPA18.041.ESD-WTR Upper Faga’alu Reservoir Rehabilitation Project.” Submissions are to be sent to the following address and will be received until 2:00 p.m. Time’s Up takes aim at R. Kelly (local time), Monday, May 28, 2018: Materials Management Oce over sex misconduct claims American Samoa Power Authority P.O. Box PPB Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 NEW YORK (AP) — The Time’s Up campaign is taking aim Attn: Ioana Uli, Procurement Manager at R. Kelly over allegations he has sexually abused women. The organization devoted to helping women in the aftermath Any proposal received aer the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any of sexual abuse issued a statement Monday urging further inves- circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and will be determined as being tigation into Kelly’s behavior, which has come under closer scru- non-responsive. tiny over the last year as women have come forward to accuse him of everything from sexual coercion to physical abuse. Kelly has Document denied such charges. “We demand appropriate investigations and e RFP package outlining the proposal requirements is available at e Procurement oce at inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly’s abuse made by women ASPA’s Tafuna Compound, New Operations Building and may also be obtained from our Website: and their families for more than two decades now. And we declare http://www.aspower.com. with great vigilance and a united voice to anyone who wants to silence us — their time is up,” the statement said. Pre-Proposal Meeting/Site Visit The statement was issued by the Women of Color committee A one-time pre-proposal meeting and site visit will be held on Monday, November 30, 2015, within Time’s Up, which includes Oscar-nominated director Ava 9:00am, at the Materials Management Oce conference room located at ASPA’s Tafuna Com- DuVernay, TV mogul Shonda Rhimes and actress Jurnee Smol- lett-Bell. The social media campaign #MuteRKelly has sought to pound. stop his music from being played and to cancel his concerts, and Right of Rejection Time’s Up said it is joining that call. e American Samoa Power Authority reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and to Specifically, Time’s Up is seeking action from RCA Records, Kelly’s label; Spotify and Apple Music, which stream Kelly’s cat- waive any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted quotes that are not in the best inter- alog; and Ticketmaster, which has sold tickets to his concerts. And ests of the American Samoa Power Authority or the public. it is calling for the cancellation of a May 11 concert in Greens- Approved for Issuance: Utu Abe Malae, Executive Director boro, North Carolina. Page 22 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Migrants in caravan criticized by Trump start seeking asylum TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — monthlong journey by foot, Central Americans who traveled freight train and bus for the in a caravan through Mexico migrants, many of whom said to the border with San Diego they feared for their lives in began turning themselves to their home countries. Nefi Her- U.S. authorities to seek asylum nandez, 24, said a gang in his Monday in a direct challenge to hometown of San Pedro Sula, the Trump administration. Honduras, threatened to kill Nearly 200 migrants, many him and his family if he did not traveling with children, decided sell drugs. He intended to seek to apply for protection at the asylum with his wife and baby nation’s busiest border crossing daughter, who was born on the after many fled violence in their journey through Mexico. Jose home countries, organizers said. Cazares, 31, said he faced death Wendi Yaneri Garcia says threats in the Honduran city of she’s confident she will be Yoro because a gang member released while her asylum suspected of killing the mother case winds its way through the of his children learned one of A migrant father and child, who traveled with the annual caravan of Central American migrants, courts because she’s traveling his sons reported the crime to rest where they set up camp to wait for access to request asylum in the US, outside the El Chaparral alone with her 2-year-old son, police. port of entry building at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 30, 2018. About who has been sick. “All I want But the travelers faced an 200 people in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border with San is a place where I can work and uncertain future as they asked Diego for a second straight day on Monday to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors, who said raise my son,” the 36-year-old for asylum. U.S. immigration the nation’s busiest crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them. said. lawyers warned them that they (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik) She said police in her home- face possible separation from town of Atlantida, Honduras, their children and detention for jailed her for protesting con- many months. struction of a hydroelectric Homeland Security Sec- AMERICAN SAMOA LEGAL AID, INC. plant and that she received death retary Kirstjen Nielsen said Letialua Building, Second Floor threats after being released. asylum claims will be resolved P.O. Box 5984 President Donald Trump and “efficiently and expeditiously.” Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 members of his Cabinet have But she warned that any asylum Telephone: 684-633-3300 • Fax: 684-633-3303 been tracking the caravan of seekers making false claims migrants, calling it a threat to could be prosecuted, as could the U.S. since it started March anyone who assists the migrants EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: 25 in the Mexican city of Tapa- in doing so. Administration chula, near the Guatemala officials and their allies claim ASLA PARALEGAL border. Attorney General Jeff that asylum fraud is growing The American Samoa Legal Aid, Inc.(“ASLA”) is seeking to employ one part-time paralegal on a three Sessions has called the caravan and that many who seek it are year contract for our non-profit law firm that provides free civil legal services to low-income residents of “a deliberate attempt to under- coached on how to do so. American Samoa. mine our laws and overwhelm If border inspectors say About the Position: our system,” pledging to send they don’t have staff and space ASLA is interested in a part-time paralegal with paralegal experience in serving victims of Domestic more immigration judges to to accommodate nearly 200 Violence, Sexual Assault, Date Violence, and Stalking cases. the border to resolve cases if people at once, organizers will necessary. put women with children and Responsibilities: Trump administration offi- children traveling alone at the • Provide paralegal services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and cials have railed against what front of the line, said Bliss stalking. they call America’s “catch and Requa-Trautz of the National • Perform assignments from ASLA’s DOJ Rural Sexual Assault etc. grant-funded Staff Attorney release” policies that allow Day Laborer Organizing Net- and Executive Director. people requesting asylum to be work. The rest will stay in • Comply with U.S. Department of Justice Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating released from custody into the Mexico and try another day. Violence, Stalking program grant and Legal Services Corporation guidelines. U.S. while their claims make The San Ysidro crossing can • Adhere to ASLA Board and Office policies. their way through the courts, a hold about 300 people tempo- process that can last a year. rarily, Pete Flores, U.S. Cus- • Articulate ASLA’s mission in the government, nonprofit organizations and the community at The caravan’s arrival at San toms and Border Protection’s large. Diego’s San Ysidro border San Diego field office director, Requirements: crossing marked the end of a said earlier this month. • Possess Paralegal certification and/or has been employed as a Paralegal at a local or off-island law firm for at least three years. • Possess the highest ethical standards. Trump tweets that • Familiarity with U.S. Department of Justice Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Stalking program grant guidelines and Legal Services Corporation regulations is preferable. • Possess excellent communication skills. Ability to speak and write both in English and Samoan will be favorably considered. journalism dinner is • Excellent computer skills. • Familiarity with the PIKA case management system is preferable. • Value diversity and be culturally competent. dead, total disaster • Ability to work well together with the Executive Director and staff to fulfill the ASLA mission and Strategic Plan action goals. • Demonstrate a commitment to serve low-income residents. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is again railing against the annual White House Correspondents’ Asso- Starting Salary: ciation dinner amid criticism of the comedian who roasted his • Depends on experience, salary is $14, 000 per year for part-time paralegal plus generous spokeswoman. leave benefits. Trump says on Twitter Monday: “The White House Correspon- Applicants: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Deadline for applications is Friday dents’ Dinner is DEAD as we know it. This was a total disaster 5/11/17 at 4pm. Interested candidates should provide a current resume with the names and contact and an embarrassment to our great Country and all that it stands information of three references. Application letter and resume should be submitted electronically for. FAKE NEWS is alive and well and beautifully represented on via email in PDF format to ASLA Executive Director Fainu’ulelei L.P.F. Ala’ilima-Utu at the Saturday night!” following email address:[email protected]. For the second year in a row, Trump skipped the dinner, instead holding a rally in Michigan. The annual event made headlines after a routine by comedian Michelle Wolf. Some of her jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders ASLA is an equal opportunity employer. in particular drew heavy criticism. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 23 ➧ AP Fact Check… ‘Infi nity War’ record Continued from page 21 deal. That’s going to be game not being approved. attacking for releasing allega- changing.” — rally Saturday “Time and again, Democrats tions against Jackson. opening revised to $257.7M night. have attempted to blame Presi- Some conservatives such NEW YORK (AP) — “Avengers: Infi nity War” was even THE FACTS: Trump says dent Trump for their own inac- as Pete Hegseth, a “Fox & bigger than previously estimated. he pulled the Choice proposal tion, but it’s their own leader- Friends” contributor, who has The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported fi nal weekend num- from a spending bill because “it ship — Nancy Pelosi — who been previously considered for bers for the superhero smash at $257.7 million in U.S. and Cana- wasn’t good enough.” failed to include the VA Choice the VA secretary job, have sug- dian theaters, further boosting the fi lm’s record-breaking opening In fact, the White House sup- legislation in the 2000+ page gested the plan may not go far weekend. ported the plan backed by key omnibus bill,” Gidley said. enough to provide access to pri- The revised fi gure was due to unexpectedly strong Sunday Republicans and Democrats “The Trump administration vate doctors outside the govern- ticket sales, Disney said. The Marvel blockbuster grossed $69.2 to outsource more routine vet- looks forward to continuing to ment-run VA health system. million on Sunday, besting the record held by “Star Wars: The erans’ care to private providers, work with Congress to reform Lawmakers have said they Force Awakens” by more than $8 million. but House Democrats balked at and strengthen the VA Choice will try again next month, but Disney had forecast a $250 million debut, which topped moving too quickly. program.” proposals have been stalled the $248 million record set by “The Force Awakens” in 2015. In a statement this month, White House offi cials have because of disagreements over Accounting for infl ation, “The Force Awakens” would still nar- White House spokesman Hogan indicated they still support that cost and how much access vet- rowly edge “Infi nity War” by a few million. Gidley emphasized that Trump plan spearheaded in part by erans should have to private Marvel now holds six of the top 10 opening weekends of all had nothing to do with Choice Tester, whom Trump is now doctors. time, with Disney accounting for nine of the 10. “Infi nity War” also set a new global opening weekend record with ticket sales exceeding $630 million worldwide. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number Cardinal Pell to face trial on of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore: 1. “Avengers: Infi nity War,” Disney, $257,698,183, 4,474 locations, $57,599 average, $257,698,183, 1 Week. criminal charges in Australia 2. “A Quiet Place,” Paramount, $11,004,977, 3,565 locations, $3,087 average, $148,528,278, 4 Weeks. MELBOURNE, Australia polarizing archbishop of Mel- ican about his time as a priest 3. “I Feel Pretty,” STX Entertainment, $8,176,757, 3,440 loca- (AP) — Australian Cardinal bourne and later Sydney before and bishop in Australia. He did tions, $2,377 average, $29,620,318, 2 Weeks. George Pell, the most senior his promotion to Rome in 2014. not attend in person because 4. “Rampage,” Warner Bros., $7,205,315, 3,508 locations, Vatican offi cial to be charged The case places both the of a heart condition and other $2,054 average, $78,030,872, 3 Weeks. in the Catholic Church sex cardinal and the pope in poten- medical problems. Police said 5. “Black Panther,” Disney, $4,736,428, 1,650 locations, abuse crisis, must stand trial on tially perilous territory. For Pell, at the preliminary hearing that $2,871 average, $688,364,917, 11 Weeks. charges that he sexually abused the charges are a threat to his they had planned to arrest Pell 6. “Super Troopers 2,” 20th Century Fox, $3,729,287, 2,125 multiple victims decades ago, a freedom, his reputation and his for questioning had he returned locations, $1,755 average, $22,214,216, 2 Weeks. magistrate ruled Tuesday. career. For Francis, they are a to Australia in early 2016 to 7. “Truth or Dare,” Universal, $3,268,145, 2,420 locations, Magistrate Belinda Wal- threat to his credibility, given he testify. tHis lawyers argued in $1,350 average, $35,374,140, 3 Weeks. lington dismissed some of the famously promised a “zero tol- court that Pell was targeted for 8. “Blockers,” Universal, $2,975,260, 2,324 locations, $1,280 charges that had been heard erance” policy for sex abuse in “special treatment” by detec- average, $53,246,750, 4 Weeks. in the four-week preliminary the church. tives from a police task force 9. “Ready Player One,” Warner Bros., $2,563,325, 2,365 loca- hearing in Melbourne but Advocates for abuse vic- that investigated historical sex tions, $1,084 average, $130,811,543, 5 Weeks. decided the prosecution’s case tims have long railed against abuse. Police witnesses denied 10. “Traffi k,” Lionsgate, $1,654,694, 1,046 locations, $1,582 against was strong enough to Francis’ decision to appoint Pell that accusation. warrant a trial by jury. to the high-ranking position in Human Resource Department, Tafuna When she asked Pell how the fi rst place. At the time of PO Box PPB, Pago Pago he pleaded, the cardinal stood his promotion, Pell was already American Samoa 96799 Phone No: (684) 248-1234 and said in a fi rm voice: “Not facing allegations that he had [email protected] guilty.” mishandled cases of clergy Lawyers for Australia’s abuse during his time leading highest-ranking Catholic had the church in Melbourne and PUBLIC JOB POSTING argued the accusations were Sydney, Australia’s largest Position Title Heavy Equipment Operator Posting Date April 30, 2018 untrue and should be dismissed. cities. So far, Francis has with- Department Wastewater Operations Deadline May 11, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Pell, Pope Francis’ former held judgment of Pell, saying fi nance minister, was charged he wants to wait for justice to Division Environmental Services Division (ESD) Starting Rate 7.28 per hour last June with sexually abusing run its course. And he did not Position Type Career Service - 12 months probation multiple people in his Austra- force the cardinal to resign, Reports To Wastewater Manager D/1/A, Non-Exempt lian home state of Victoria. The though Pell took an immediate Job Grade/Status details of the allegations against leave of absence so he could Major Duties & Responsibilities the 76-year-old have yet to be return to Australia to fi ght the released to the public, though charges. Pell said he intends to Major Responsibilities include: Operate heavy equipment including backhoe wastewater vacu- police have described the continue his work as a prefect of umed trucks, backhoe, excavator, forkli and other assigned duties by immediate supervisor. charges as “historical” sexual the church’s economy ministry Minimum Requirements assault offenses — meaning once the case is resolved. Education the crimes allegedly occurred In recent years, Pell’s actions High School Diploma or equivalent. Must have completed training and possess a decades ago. as archbishop came under par- certicate in operating heavy equipment. His alleged victims testifi ed ticular scrutiny by a govern- Experience Minimum three (3) years in operating heavy equipment. in the fi rst two weeks of the ment-authorized investigation preliminary hearing via a video into how the Catholic Church Skills, Abilities, Skilled in: Heavy Equipment Operations link from a remote location and other institutions have Job Ability to: Write reports and converse uently in both English and Samoan to a room closed to the media responded to the sexual abuse Requirements and public. His lawyer Robert of children. Australia’s Royal languages. Requirements: Be available to work a er hours and on weekends, Richter told Wallington in his Commission Into Institutional holidays, whenever necessary. Be a thorough worker with a good attendance record fi nal submissions two weeks Responses to Child Sexual and be resourceful in completing assignments. Must have good customer relations ago that the complainants might Abuse — the nation’s highest skills. Must pass a health or physical examination. have testifi ed against one of the form of inquiry — revealed last church’s most powerful men year that 7 percent of Catholic to punish him for failing to act priests were accused of sexually against abuse by clerics. abusing children in Australia But prosecutor Mark Gibson over the past several decades. told the magistrate there was In testimony to the commis- no evidence to back Richter’s sion in 2016, Pell conceded that theory that Pell had been tar- he had made mistakes by often geted over the church’s failings. believing priests over people Since Pell returned to Aus- who said they had been abused. tralia from the Vatican in July, And he vowed to help end a Quali ed applicants: Please submit a completed ASPA Employment Application with a copy of your resume he has lived in Sydney and rash of suicides that has plagued to ASPA Tafuna (address listed above) by the deadline. Please attach copies of credentials and transcripts. fl own to Melbourne for his court abuse victims in his hometown Candidates selected for hire must pass examinations (when applicable), pre-employment clearances & test hearings. His circumstances are of Ballarat. negative on pre-employment drug test. ASPA reserves the right to waive education and experience require- far removed from the years he Pell testifi ed to the inquiry ments as necessary. No phone inquiries accepted. spent as the high-profi le and in a video link from the Vat- An Equal Opportunity Employer * A Drug Free Workplace Page 24 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 FAGA’ITUA HIGH SCHOOL

C M Y K Teacher’s Appreciation Week A teacher a ects eternity; he can never tell where his inuence stops. ~Henry Adams

Faga’itua High School Staff & Faculty SY:2017-2018 English Dept. SPED DH. Brittany Hisatake, Priya Prasad, Meafou Sagapolutele-RS, Faalilo, Fia Noelani Peresipi Victoria, Lisa Filipo, Misi June, Moana Hope Ropeti, Gingerlei Maga-Uili, eresa, Sauni Laynora, Salesa Vele, Mathematics Dept. Poe Magalei, Fale Siaosi, Brendalynn DH. Brandy Barber, Salemalamala Grey Tupuola, Nina Amituanai, Taliloa Sita ne, Fagaitua ECE Ionatana Tauailoto, Laina Apelu, Auga Aoelua, Falaofuta Science Dept. Gaoa, Lemiga Samifua, Danielle DH. Marlena Mulitalo, Lotufou Seeti, Sonoma, Aso a a Manumalo Angel Vaimauga, Carolena Mamea, PW Maintenance: Hermia Simanu Vaesa’u Togiola, Umi Peni, Keni Keke, Social Studies Dept. Afati Fati Jr., Peni Ulugalu,, Uepa DH. Faugaava Faugagana, Kaylla Turituri, Mulipola, Joseph Sione. Moli Ualotu Aliti Sagapolutele- Toluselau Aulava, Senior Citizens: Eilleen Malae Tyrell, Alex Skelton , Alisi Faatamalii Poleki (Retire), Soliai Tele’a, Gaoa-Samoan Studies. Meseselesia Li’ili’I, Vocational Education Classi ed Sta DH. Rosemary Apisala, Samantha Iosia, Teuaililo Vagaia- Secretary, Jacinta Uelese, Ioane Peleti Sefo Fosi- Custodian Counselors PE & Fine Arts Dept. Alefaio Alama-Custodians 9th Grade:Jemima Te’o Nafatali DH.Vaimili Tyrell-Arts, Samuelu To ga- Librarian 10th Grade: Lulu Pulu Music, ET Tyrell Poulima Malaga (Retire) 11th Grade: Daniel Talaomana JROTC Cooks 12th Grade: Sita Ah-Mu Mareko & Julian Lesa (Retire) DH. Maj. Rodney Malauulu, Miriama Pagota, Laeli Miliama, Nua School Leaders SSG Richard Fiso Asoseu, Annie Talauega, Tupua Alatise, Principal: Suaese “Pooch” Ta’ase Tinoga Moevasa Loreta Ulugaono, V.Principal: Jemima Te’o Nafatali V.Principal: Sita Ah Mu Mareko

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American Samoa Government DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH White House PUBLIC NOTICE not addressing The American Samoa Department of Health Early Intervention Program “Helping Hands” would like to inform the public that the Annual State reports on Jack- Application under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as amended in 2004 for Federal Fiscal Year 2018 is available for public comment for a period of 60 days. son’s future A copy of the document is available to review at the DOH Helping Hands WASHINGTON (AP) White House, adding that there — The White House says were “no personnel announce- Office located in the Lumana’i building in Fagatogo. Dr. Ronny Jackson remains ments at this time.” assigned to the White House — Politico first reported Sunday but it’s not addressing reports that Jackson would not return to Please call the DOH Helping Hands office at 633-8553 if you have any the Navy rear admiral won’t the role of personal physician to questions regarding this public notice. be returning to the job of Presi- the president. Dr. Sean Conley, dent Donald Trump’s personal a Navy veteran, took the role physician. of Trump’s personal physician Signed, Jackson abandoned his nom- after Jackson was nominated. ination to be secretary of Vet- Jackson withdrew his nomi- erans Affairs last week. nation amid allegations that he Ruth Te’o, DOH Part C Coordinator White House spokesman Raj drank on the job and overpre- Shah said in a statement that scribed medication. Jackson has Jackson is still assigned to the denied those allegations. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 27 US mainland politicians wooing ASIFOA & SONS Inc. Earthmoving & Puerto Ricans who fled storm Trucking Services MIAMI (AP) — A small have done over the past decade, with the non-partisan League of • Black Sands (Uta Pefu) street festival outside Miami first because of a deep economic Women Voters. • Mix Cinders (Asuemu) features booths adorned with recession and then because of “We are just working so the Puerto Rican flags. A band plays Hurricane Maria. Puerto Rican community can • Fill Cinders (Uta Tanu) salsa music as vendors offer Political operatives, poll- have its voice heard,” the vol- specialties from the Caribbean sters and politicians in at least unteer, Marisol Zenteno, said as EASY as 1, 2, 3… island such as rice with pork four states are working hard to she took a break from working and chickpeas. find people like Berrios, Puerto a line of people waiting to buy There’s also a woman Ricans who are eligible to vote pork and rice. “They have the 1. CALL for prices and get scheduled working her way through the and whose party affiliation may right when they come here to 2. PAY the driver and sign your paid docket crowd with a clipboard, her be up for grabs. The efforts vote.” But others are overtly 3. STEP ASIDE and let the driver unload. white T-shirt emblazoned with are particularly aggressive in partisan efforts. the words “Your vote, your Florida, where tens of thou- The Republican Party has voice, your future.” sands of people from the island hired three people to take She’s searching for people relocated after the hurricane, charge of reaching out to dis- Contact information: like Shaimir Berrios, a 28-year- but political types are also busy placed Puerto Ricans and to old who recently relocated to in Pennsylvania, New Jersey defend the Trump administra- 733-0179 • 733-0179 • 731-8433 South Florida from Puerto Rico and Connecticut. tion’s response to the disaster but has not yet registered for the In Florida, where Donald and remind voters of the more THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS! upcoming U.S. elections. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton than $20 billion in aid. That makes her a prized by only about 1 percentage “It’s an important vote for commodity in what is expected point and Hispanic turnout was us,” said Yali Nunez, a Repub- to be a midterm election season lower than expected, the votes lican National Committee with many close races. of Puerto Ricans are potentially spokeswoman. Berrios, selling natural soaps valuable in upcoming congres- The Democratic Party is Advertisement paid for and by from one of the booths, moved sional and statewide races, said registering Puerto Ricans, to Florida in the aftermath of Susan McManus, a political sci- especially in Florida, and has Hurricane Maria and she’s ence professor at the University a “voter education program” ASIFOA & SONS, Inc. eager to vote for the first time in of South Florida in Tampa. aimed at helping people who a mainland election to show her “The bottom line is that fled Maria and at winning their anger over what she views as a mobilizing and getting out the vote, spokesman Francisco tepid response by the U.S. fed- vote of the Puerto Ricans is Pelayo said. South Korean leader says eral government to the Sept. 20 going to be critical,” she said. The Latino Victory Fund, a storm that devastated the island. At least 450,000 Puerto nationwide Hispanic outreach “People have to look for Ricans moved to the U.S. effort co-founded by actress Trump ‘can take the Nobel’ change because it affects us. We mainland over the past decade, Eva Longoria, is also working SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon have to get involved,” she said, causing the island’s popula- to mobilize people who fled the Jae-in has shaken off a suggestion that he receive the Nobel Peace filling out the paperwork to reg- tion to drop for the first time in island. Prize, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump “can take the ister on a recent Sunday. modern history. It now has about A conservative effort is com- Nobel prize” as long as the Koreas receive peace in return. The intensity of political 3.4 million people. How many bining education and politics. Moon made the comment Monday in response to a suggestion attention is new for Puerto have permanently relocated The LIBRE Institute, which that he receive the award by the widow of late South Korean Pres- Ricans, who are accustomed to because of Hurricane Maria is is funded by the billionaire ident Kim Dae-jung, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in not having much political clout. not yet known, but estimates activist Koch brothers, offers 2000 after a summit with then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. While they are U.S. citizens, range from 115,000 to 200,000. “Welcome to Florida” classes Moon held a summit with current leader Kim Jong Un last they cannot vote in the presi- There are now about 5.3 million aimed at newly arrived Puerto week in which Moon and Kim, the son of Kim Jong Il, walked dential election while on the Puerto Ricans on the U.S. main- Ricans. They teach English and together across the tense border and agreed to a raft of initiatives island, which is a territory not land and they are concentrated job-hunting skills, concluding meant to ease animosity. Moon responded to the suggestion of a state. in the Northeast and Florida. with a pitch for what Cesar Gra- Nobel glory by saying, “President Trump can take the Nobel Their single representative The recent street festival in jales describes as “free-market” prize. The only thing we need is peace,” according to the South’s in the House of Representa- the Miami suburb of Kendall principles. presidential office. tives has only limited voting is just one of many get-out- “We don’t talk about can- South Korea also said Monday that it will remove propaganda- power and they have no sena- the-vote efforts aimed at Puerto didates, but we do talk about broadcasting loudspeakers from the border with North Korea tors. But their votes have the Ricans. Organizers of the event public policies,” said Grajales, this week as the rivals move to follow through with their leaders’ same weight as other Americans said they are not affiliated with who is director of coalitions at summit declaration that produced reconciliation steps without a when they move to the main- any party and voter registration the LIBRE Initiative, a parent breakthrough in the nuclear standoff. land, as hundreds of thousands was conducted by volunteers organization. During their historic meeting Friday at a Korean border village, Kim and Moon agreed to end hostile acts against each other along their tense border, establish a liaison office and resume reunions of separated families. They also agreed to achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, but failed to produce specific time frames and disarmament steps. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said it would pull back dozens of its front-line loudspeakers on Tuesday before media cameras. Ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyunsoo said Seoul expected North Korea to do the same. South Korea had already turned off its loudspeakers ahead of Friday’s summit talks, and North Korea responded by halting its own broadcasts. The two Koreas had been engaged in Cold War-era psycho- logical warfare since the North’s fourth nuclear test in early 2016. Seoul began blaring anti-North Korean broadcasts and K-Pop songs via border loudspeakers, and North Korea quickly matched the action with its own border broadcasts and launches of balloons carrying anti-South leaflets. Seoul’s announcement came a day after it said Kim told Moon during the summit that he would shut down his country’s only known nuclear testing site and allow outside experts and journalists to watch the process. South Korean officials also cited Kim as saying he would be willing to give up his nuclear programs if the United States com- mits to a formal end to the Korean War and a pledge not to attack the North. Kim had already suspended his nuclear and missile tests while offering to put his nuclear weapons up for negotiations. The closing of the Punggy-ri test site, where all six of North In this April 14, 2018 photo, a voter registration booth stands during an event to help Puerto Rico Korea’s atomic bomb tests occurred, could be an eye-catching dis- hurricane victims in Elizabeth, New Jersey. e intensity of political attention ahead of midterm armament step by North Korea. But there is still deep skepticism election is new for Puerto Ricans, who are accustomed to not having much political clout. over whether Kim is truly willing to negotiate away the nuclear (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) weapons that his country has built after decades of struggle. Page 28 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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FILE- In this April 4, 2018, le photo, shoppers walk past the Victoria’s Secret store on Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of New York. On Monday, April 30, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Mary Alta er, File) March consumer spending rebounds 0.4 percent as wages rise WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans boosted rise above the Fed’s 2 percent target later this their spending by 0.4 percent in March, the best year and trend gradually higher from there,” said showing in three months. Meanwhile, a key Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist for Cap- gauge of infl ation closely watched by the Federal ital Economics. Reserve rose at the fastest pace in more than a The Fed seeks to achieve moderate annual year. increases in infl ation of around 2 percent but has The March increase in consumer spending fallen below that target for the past six years. followed two months of very weak readings Now with unemployment at a 17-year low of with no gain in February and only a 0.2 percent 4.1 percent, economists expect that tight labor increase in January, the Commerce Department markets will fi nally start to lift wage gains and reported Monday. The result is an encouraging overall infl ation. sign that economic growth, which slowed in the But there is already a debate inside the Fed fi rst quarter, will accelerate in the current quarter. about what to do once it has hit the 2 percent Personal incomes advanced a moderate 0.3 infl ation target. Some offi cials say the central percent in March, matching the February gain, bank let infl ation rise for a time above that target. but they have been growing strongly. Other Fed offi cials argue that such a move would Consumer spending is considered key to run the risk of allowing infl ation pressures to get economic growth since it accounts for 70 per- out of hand and force the central bank to slam on cent of economic activity. The economy slowed the brakes by raising interest rates so quickly that to growth of 2.3 percent in the fi rst quarter, it could push the country into a recession. refl ecting a slowing in consumer spending. Many Fed offi cials will hold a regular meeting this analysts believe stronger consumer spending week. They are expected to keep rates unchanged this quarter will lift overall growth back to rates after raising them in March. But many analysts above 3 percent. believe the Fed will raise rates again in June. An infl ation gauge tied to consumer spending The 0.3 percent rise in incomes refl ected a advanced 1.9 percent in March compared to 12 slowdown in the key category of wages and sala- months ago. That was the fastest pace since a ries, which rose only 0.2 percent in March, just similar 12-month gain of 1.9 percent in February half the 0.4 percent February gain. 2017 and prompted some analysts to predict that The 0.4 percent rise in spending refl ected a 0.8 the central bank will ultimately decide to raise percent surge in spending on durable goods after rates four times this year to make sure infl ation two months of declines in this category which does not get out of hand. That would be up from includes big-ticket items such as autos. three rate hikes last year. The faster rise in spending compared to “As the weaker dollar feeds through to income growth meant that the saving rate slipped stronger imported goods prices and wage pres- to 3.1 percent of after-tax income in March, down sures continue to build, we think infl ation will from 3.3 percent in February. samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 29 LAND COMMISSION NOTICE is hereby given that SALAVE’A PALE SALAVE’A of LEONE, American Samoa, has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as 4 climbers die in Swiss Alps MALAETI’A which is situated in the village of LEONE, in the County of FOFO, WEST- ERN District, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on le with the Territorial Registrar to be forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval thereof according to the laws of American Samoa. Said instrument names after unexpected storm MALAETI’A OFAGALILO & FAUSTINE OFAGALILO as LESSEES. Any person who wish, may le his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land Commission before the 9TH day of JUNE 2018. It should be noted that any objection must clearly state the grounds therefor. POSTED: MARCH 20, 2017 thru MAY 19, 2017 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o SALAVE’A PALE SALAVE’A ole nu’u o LEONE, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o MALAETI’A, e i le nu’u o LEONE i le itumalo o FOFO, Falelima i SISIFO ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e a auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa’amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata’upu o lo’o ta’ua ai MALAETI’A OFAGALILO & FAUSTINE OFAGALILO. A iai se tasi e a fa’atu’i’ese i lea mata’upu, ia fa’aulufaleina mai sa na fa’atu’iesega tusitusia ile Failautusi o lea Komisi ae le’i o’o ile aso 9 o IUNE, 2018. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega uma lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai. 04/30 & 05/30/18

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FILE - In this June 16, 2004 le photo, South Korean army soldiers remove loudspeakers used for propaganda near the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea, in Paju, South Korea. South Korea says it will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from the tense border with North Korea. e announcement came three days aer the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to work together to achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and end hostile acts against each other along their border during their rare summit talks. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday, April 30, 2018, it will pull back dozens of its frontline loudspeakers on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File) Page 30 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 FA’ASALALAUGA Missile strikes in Syria kill Suafa Matai SAVUSA i le Afioaga o Nu’uuli over a dozen, mostly Iranians Ou te mua’i faatulou atu i le aufaigaluega paia a le Atua o lo’o BEIRUT (AP) — A missile second one said 18 were killed. not specifically refer to Sunday latou fa’afalelēmalu i aoaga o le atunu’u e tatalo i le po ma le ao attack on government outposts The arms depot in Hama, night’s strikes. aua se manuia o le atunu’u ma ona tagata. Ou te fa’atulou atu in northern Syria killed more known as Brigade 47, is one “They know if they enter fo’i i le paia o le Falesefulu ma le Manu’atele. O ou paia ma ou than a dozen pro-government of the largest bases housing military conflict with Iran, they mamalu e le tau fa’amapu’epu’eina i sa matou fa’amatalaga aua o fighters, many of them Ira- Iranian-affiliated forces and will be hit multiple times,” he nians, a war monitoring group equipment, according to Jamil said in comments at a meeting paia ua popo a’o se alao’o. and an Iranian news agency al-Saleh, commander in the with workers, according to his O Samoa fo’i o le atunu’u ua uma ona to. Matou te fa’apea atu ai, said Monday. The strikes came opposition Tajammu al-Ezzat website. fata laia i mauga o ao ou sā ma ou faigā auā e le gafataulimaina i amid soaring tensions between rebel group. There was no immediate se faamatalaga. regional archenemies Israel and He said the province has at comment from Israel, which A’o lenei fa’asalalauga o le a faapitoaugafa i le mamalu ma le paia Iran. least five other bases where Ira- rarely confirms or denies its o le aiga SAVUSA i le aoaga o Nu’uuli. There was no official confir- nians are deployed alongside attacks. mation of the death toll or what Syrian- allied militias. The attack came hours after O le paia lava lea i le ao o Maopu, susū o Usoali’i ma Taumafalo was the target. The two airstrikes were near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin faapea le fetalaiga i le latou To’afa. Ua i ai se nagalo i le tatou The Sunday night strikes rebel areas, he added. Netanyahu talked by phone aiga e faapea, o le a faia se talanoaga a le tatou aiga i le maota i sparked speculation on who “It was like an earthquake hit with President Donald Trump. Utuali’i i le aso 26 o le masina o Me 2018, i le 9 i le taeao se’i sasa’a carried it out, with most reports Hama,” al-Saleh said by tele- The White House said they le tofa i aiga e saili ai se gafa o le fale auā se e tausia le tatou aiga. suspecting Israel was behind it. phone from Hama province. He discussed the threats and chal- Syrian state TV called it a and the Observatory said they lenges facing the Middle East, O lou lē auai o le a lē taoa ai se nagalo autasi o le tatou aiga. “new aggression on military suspect Israel was behind the “especially the problems posed Talosia i le alofa o le Atua ia molio’o i ai lo outou soifua ma lo positions” in Hama and Aleppo attack. by the Iranian regime’s destabi- matou ola ma tatou feiloa’i ai i Utuali’i i le aso ua atofaina. provinces but was not specific. Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar daily, lizing activities.” Ma le fa’aaloalo, Activists said there was a spec- considered close to the mili- U.S. Secretary of State tacular explosion at an arms tant Iranian-backed Hezbollah Mike Pompeo ratcheted up the Utuali’i Iuniasolua Tului Savusa depot and military compounds group and the Syrian govern- Trump administration’s rhetoric where Iranian fighters are based. ment, said the attack targeted against Iran and offered support The explosion was large enough “important arms depots used to Israel and Saudi Arabia in to be picked up by monitors as a by the (Syrian) army and Iran’s their standoff with Tehran. magnitude 2.6 earthquake. Revolutionary Guards.” It said “We remain deeply con- The Syrian Observatory for the missiles used appear to have cerned about Iran’s dangerous Human Rights said 26 pro-gov- been bunker busters. escalation of threats to Israel UK interior minister ernment fighters were killed, Syria-based opposition and the region and Iran’s ambi- most of them Iranians, with only media activist Mohamad tion to dominate the Middle four Syrians among the dead. It Rasheed said that base that came East remains,” Pompeo said said the arms depot contained under attack is about 10 kilome- after meeting Sunday with vows to resolve surface-to-surface missiles ters (7 miles) outside the city of Netanyahu during his first trip belonging to Iranian militias in Hama, adding that the airstrike abroad as the top U.S. diplomat. Hama province. led to several explosions in the “The United States is with Israel Another attack hit near a arms depot. He added that the in this fight.” immigration scandal military air base in Aleppo area is known as the Maarin Israel has cited Iran’s hostile province, the Observatory said. Mountain or Mountain 47. rhetoric, support for anti-Israel LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new interior minister vowed It added that the death toll Some of the exploding mis- militant groups and develop- Monday to sort out an immigration scandal shaking the govern- could rise, since 60 fighters siles in the arms depot struck ment of long-range missiles. ment, saying that as the child of immigrants he was angered by the were wounded and several parts of Hama, Rasheed said, Iranian state TV reported the mistreatment of long-term residents from the Caribbean. others remained missing. adding that residents near the attack, citing Syrian media. Home Secretary Sajid Javid said he would do “whatever it A member of an Iranian- base fled their homes. The semiofficial Iranian takes” to resolve the status of all those who have become innocent backed Iraqi militia operating He said the base has been news agency Tasnim, believed casualties of the Conservative government’s tough immigration in Syria confirmed the attack run by Iranian and Iran-backed to be close to the Revolu- policies. on the Hama facility and put fighters from Lebanon, Iraq, tionary Guard, denied any Ira- “We will do right by the Windrush generation,” Javid told law- the death toll at 36, including 10 Afghanistan and Pakistan. nian fighters were killed or that makers in the House of Commons. Iranian advisers. Tehran has sent thousands Iranian-run bases were hit. It Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Javid to the key job The official spoke on condi- of fighters to Syria to support quoted an unidentified Iranian Monday, hours after predecessor Amber Rudd resigned over her tion of anonymity because he President Bashar Assad’s forces informed official in its report role in what has become known as the Windrush scandal. was not authorized to talk to the in the seven-year civil war. but did not elaborate. The furor began weeks ago when the Guardian newspaper media. Following the attacks, Iran’s Another semiofficial news reported that some people from the Caribbean who have lived Iranian media gave con- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali agency, ISNA, said the strike in Britain for decades had been refused medical care or threat- flicting reports: One semiof- Khamenei said the time when killed 18 Iranians, including a ened with deportation because they couldn’t produce paperwork ficial news agency said there Tehran’s enemies can “hit and commander, in a suburb of the proving their right to reside in the country. were no Iranians killed, while a run” is over, although he did central city of Hama. Those affected are known as the “Windrush generation” after the ship Empire Windrush, which in 1948 brought hundreds of Caribbean immigrants to a Britain seeking nurses, railway workers and others to help it rebuild after the devastation of World War II. They and many subsequent Commonwealth immigrants had an automatic right to settle in the U.K. But some have now been denied housing, jobs or medical treatment because of requirements that employers and doctors check people’s immigration status. Others have been told by the government that they are in Britain illegally and must leave. Outrage at their treatment has piled pressure on May, who was home secretary between 2010 and 2016 and introduced tough immigration policies intended to make Britain a “hostile environment” for unauthorized migrants. “It is the prime minister who has created the fundamental rea- sons for the Windrush scandal,” said Joanna Cherry, home affairs spokeswoman for the opposition Scottish National Party. Javid, the son of Pakistani immigrants, is the first politician from an ethnic minority to hold one of the four top jobs in Brit- ain’s government — prime minister, finance minister, foreign secretary and home secretary. “Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s,” Javid said. In this photo released by the Syrian ocial news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, “They too came to help rebuild this country and offer all that right, meets with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, le, the head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national they had.” security and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 30, 2018. e meeting came as a Javid said that when he saw the plight of the Windrush missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria’s northern region killed at least 26 pro-govern- migrants, “I thought that it could be my mum, my brother, my ment ghters, mostly Iranians, amid soaring Mideast tensions. uncle or even me.” (SANA via AP) samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Page 31 NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the SAVEA Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PENITISA TUFUGA of FAGAALU has o ered for recording in this oce an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land ALEIPATA allegedly belonging to SAVEA FAMILY of the village of FAGAALU. Said land ALEIPATA is situated in or near the village of FAGAALU in the County of MAOPUTASI, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by ling in the Territorial Registar’s Oce in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be led with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are led within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. e said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Oce. POSTED: APRIL 12, 2018 thru MAY 14, 2018 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa SAVEA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o PENITISA TUFUGA o le nu’u o FAGAALU ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei osa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga a tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o ALEIPATA e fa’asino i le aiga sa SAVEA , o le nu’u o FAGAALU. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu’u o FAGAALU, 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 osa 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. Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’aa ai tagata uma. 04/16 & 04/30/14

NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the TE’O Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAULO, FOGAPOA, & TRYPHAEN IKENASIO of PAGO PAGO has o ered for recording in this oce an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land VAIPITO, allegedly belonging to TE’O FAMILY of the village of PAGO PAGO. Said land VAIPITO is situated in or near the village of PAGO PAGO in the County of MAOPUTASI, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by ling in the Territorial Registar’s Oce in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be led with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are led within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. e said instrument may be U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, le, meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Oce. in Amman, Jordan, April 30, 2018. Pompeo spoke in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Monday, POSTED: APRIL 12, 2018 thru MAY 14, 2018 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar urging Palestinians to return to peace talks with Israel. (Muhammad Hamed/Pool via AP) FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa TE’O, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o PAULO, FOGAPOA, & TRYPHAEN IKENASIO o le nu’u o PAGO PAGO ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei osa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga a tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o VAIPITO e fa’asino i le aiga sa TE’O, o le nu’u o PAGO PAGO. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu’u o PAGO PAGO, itumalo o MAOPUTASI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Pompeo says Israel, Pales- 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 osa 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. 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 tinian peace still a US priority loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’aa ai tagata uma. 04/16 & 04/30/14 AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Pompeo’s comments came at the end of a two- State Mike Pompeo said Monday that a resolu- day visit to Israel and Jordan during which he did tion to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a not meet Palestinian representatives. priority for the Trump administration, despite its The Palestinians have essentially boycotted In Trump era, the death of the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and contacts with the U.S. since Trump announced its planned move of the U.S. Embassy to the holy in December that the United States was recog- city over Palestinian protests. nizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Palestin- White House press conference Pompeo also said the U.S. is “fully sup- ians claim east Jerusalem — captured by Israel WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential news conference, a portive” of Israel’s right to defend itself and in 1967 and then annexed — as the capital of a time-honored tradition going back generations, appears to be no declined to criticize the Israeli military for its use future state. longer. of live fire against Palestinian protesters along Pompeo’s visit is also taking place just two More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump the Gaza border. weeks before the planned May 14 opening of the held the only solo news conference of his administration — a He spoke in the Jordanian capital of Amman new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and expected rollicking, hastily arranged, 77-minute free-for-all during which as he wrapped up the Middle East leg of his first massive Palestinian protests the following day. he railed against the media, defended his fired national security overseas trip as America’s top diplomat. Over the past month, 39 Palestinians have adviser and insisted nobody who advised his campaign had had Pompeo called on the Palestinians to return been killed and more than 1,600 wounded in contacts with Russia. to long-stalled peace talks with Israel. He said weekly border protests along the Gaza border, But there are no signs the White House press shop is interested the United States is open to a two-state solution prompting human rights groups to ask Israel’s in a second go-round. Instead, the president engages the press to the conflict if both parties agree, calling it a Supreme Court on Monday to restrict or ban the in more informal settings that aides say offer reporters far more “likely outcome.” use of live ammunition. They say the military’s access, more often, than past administrations. But he would not agree with Jordanian For- use of lethal force against unarmed protesters is “President Trump is more accessible than most modern presi- eign Minister Ayman Safadi’s characterization of unlawful. Israel’s military argues that the border dents and frequently takes questions from the press,” says White the conflict as “the main cause of instability” in protests are part of a long-running conflict with House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. the region. Gaza’s ruling Hamas, which it considers a terror The president often answers shouted questions at so-called “The parties will ultimately make the decision group, and that the rules of armed conflict apply. pool sprays, in which a small group of rotating reporters is given as to what the correct resolution is,” Pompeo told Asked about the situation, Pompeo demurred, access to events such as bill signings and Cabinet lunches. Trump reporters at a joint news conference with Safadi. referring to “activities in Gaza over the past days has also taken to answering shouted questions on the White House “We are certainly open to a two-party solution as and weeks.” lawn as he arrives at and departs the White House. a likely outcome.” “We do believe the Israelis have the right to The frenzied exchanges — frequently taking place over the But, he said, the Palestinians had to return to a defend themselves and we are fully supportive of roar of Marine One’s rotor — often produce news. political dialogue to get there. that,” he said. But the format also gives the president far more control than “An important piece of achieving Middle East In addition to the Jerusalem decisions, the he would have during a traditional question-and-answer session. stability is to resolve this conflict,” he added. Trump administration has also angered the Pales- Trump can easily ignore questions he doesn’t like and dodge “Precisely how to rank it among all the various tinians in recent months by ordering their office in follow-ups in a way that would be glaring in a traditional news challenges, I’ll defer on that. Know that it is an Washington closed, although it remains open for conference. incredible priority for the United States to pro- business related to negotiations, slashing funding On Friday, for instance, Trump answered several questions in vide whatever assistance we can to allow the two for the U.N. agency that supports Palestinians in the Oval Office about North Korea and Iran. But when a reporter parties to come to a resolution.” the West Bank, Gaza and elsewhere in the region, asked about his threats regarding intervening in the Justice Depart- Safadi had opened the news conference with and putting on hold all bilateral assistance to the ment, Trump responded with a curt “thank you” that signaled to an apparent appeal for the U.S. to boost efforts to Palestinians. reporters that he was done with the Q&A session. end the conflict. Although the White House sponsored a con- The president also holds frequent joint news conferences with “This is the main cause of instability in the ference on aid to Gaza last month, the Palestin- visiting world leaders, a format reporters call “two and two” region and its resolution is the key to achieving ians did not attend. And, a peace plan devised because each leader selects two of its country’s reporters to ask the peace and stability we want,” he said. “Yes, by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared questions. the two-state solution is being challenged. Yes, Kushner and his special envoy for international While the format looks similar to a solo news conference, the there are many obstacles. But what is the alterna- negotiations Jason Greenblatt appears to be on Q&A sessions are shorter and the president more often than not tive? We cannot give up in our efforts and there is hold. calls on friendly reporters from conservative outlets and limits the no viable alternative.” opportunity for follow-up questions. Page 32 samoa news, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 TAFUNA HIGH SCHOOL “A Teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge & wisdom in the pupils” - Ever Garrison

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