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Faipule Want Church Services Recorded in the Village, Not at The PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 $1.00 A look at the “TOP 5” for this year’s Territorial Science Fair com- petition, high school division. Paci c Horizons took o with three of the TOP 5 Awards, including overall rst place Gloria Park (far le ). 2nd and 5th place honors went to South Paci c Academy, while Faasao Marist walked away with 3rd place. C M Samoa News notes that there was a tie for second place overall, which Y K was shared by PHS and SPA. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM DAILY CIRCULATION 7,000 Faipule want church Steps being taken for educational services recorded reform in American Samoa PROPOSAL RECOMMENDS DOE BECOME A SEMIAUTONOMOUS AUTHORITY by Blue Chen-Fruean a seven-member board of direc- funding. The rest of the budget in the village, not at Samoa News Correspondent tors — fi ve elected by constitu- will be from grants and other he Educational ents of each of the fi ve high sources. In terms of the budget Reform Task Force school districts, and two at-large split, $20 million represents T(ERTF) has drafted members appointed by the Gov- 30% of the present DOE budget the KVZK studio a proposed bill that, according ernor with Fono confi rmation. and 70% is from grants.” SAYS EXCUSES NOT ACCEPTABLE — STOP DOING to ERTF chairman Utu Abe Utu explained, “The board Other recommendations FAVORS FOR THE GOV’T Malae, “signifi cantly restruc- hires the Superintendent of include: by Ausage Fausia tures the form of public educa- Education. Twenty percent of � More parental involve- tion in the Territory, and further annual local government rev- ment memorialized by an Samoa News Reporter updates the current statutory enues or $20 million, which- Agreement of Expectations; ep. Vailuama Steve Leasiolagi told KVZK-TV deputy scheme which dates from the ever is greater, will be slotted � A fi ve-year planning director, Tautinei Misioka Olo during a hearing before 1960s and 70s.” the local share of overall DOE the House Government Operations committee last R As part of its outreach, Task (Continued on page 8) Friday, that Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga should not be involved Force members have been get- in making decisions about how the government’s television sta- ting airtime at schools across the tion conducts their daily business. That is up to the Legislature territory, and their most recent and the Director to decide. presentation — with recom- Olo appeared on behalf of KVZK-TV director, Tuimavave mendations — was made before Tauapa’i Laupola to answer questions from lawmakers as to the Leone High School Parent why the recording of church service program is no longer being Teacher Association (PTA) on conducted in the villages but instead each church has to record Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at their program at the KVZK-TV studio in Utulei. the school gymnasium. Rep. Gafatasi Afalava, at the insistence of his constituents “The comments and ques- from Aoloau, raised the issue during a House Session two weeks tions from the PTA displayed ago and asked for a hearing, requesting the director appear before a keen understanding of issues the committee to explain the changes. and a passion to make a sea Vailiuama told Olo that he supports faipule objections to change in the way educational recording at KVZK rather than in the villages. services are delivered to our Olo told the committee that the only church services that the C M children,” Utu said. governor instructed their offi ce to conduct in the villages were Y K The most far reaching rec- the church services sponsored by the government, such as the ommendation is to convert church service of the Toa o Samoa, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, the Department of Education Thanksgiving, and any other church service that has to do with (DOE) from a government the government. department to a semi-autono- “For church services, the governor has instructed our offi ce mous authority similar — but that all these programs should be conducted at our offi ce studio not identical — to the American in Utulei — not only to protect our equipment from damage if Samoa Community College we take it out, but also to avoid our staff from working after (ASCC), the American Samoa hours and overtime and not getting that pay,” Olo said. Power Authority (ASPA), the Olo told the committee that there are reasons why these Public School System of the changes were made — one of them being that all of the equip- Commonwealth of the Northern ment is more than 50 years old and the staff has to be very careful Mariana Islands, and school dis- when they take equipment out to the villages to record church tricts in the United States. service programs. To keep the equipment in good running order, According to Utu, the it’s better to keep them all inside the studio. recommendation garnered “If a church service program was recorded but we later found overwhelming support from Representing Aua Elementary School in this year’s Territorial out that the quality was not good because the equipment we’re speakers, including senators, Math in Art competition was 3rd grader Lisa Filipo, who took using is old, there is no time for us to inform the church in such principals, teachers, retirees, third place overall in the Level 3-5 cluster in the Poster division. a short notice and ask them for their program to be recorded and parents. Lisa is pictured with her proud dad and her siblings. See tomor- again,” said Olo, who stated that recording these church service row’s Samoa News for the o cial results of the math and science The ultimate goal is this: The programs at the studio is more convenient that conducting them fair competitions, both elementary and high school divisions. authority would be governed by (Continued on page 9) [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean] Page 2 samoa news, Monday, March 26, 2018 AUTO NATION House committee grills Le’i over NU’UULI: (684) 699-7168 • FAX: (684) 699-7175 GRAND OPENING FOR AUTONATION using fi remen as prison guards MOBIL SUPREME PART SPECIAL OIL CHEVRON OIL MASTER FAIPULE SAY “NOT RIGHT” 5W-20 SAE-30 5W-30 10W-30 SAE-40 10W-30 10W-40 10W-30 10W-40 20W-50 10W-40 20W-50 WE’RE NOW SELLING ENGINE OIL IN A VERY LOW PRICE!!! COME AND JOINT US. PLEASE COME AND DON’T MISS OUT!! BUSNIESS HOURS OFFICE PHONE: MONDAY TO FRIDAY: 7:30AM TO 5:00PM (684) 699-1888 SATURDAY : 8:00AM TO 1:00PM (684) 699-7168 HOLIDAY : 8:00AM TO 1:00PM LOCATION: ACROSS A&T GAS STATION NU’UULI USD one-way USD one-way USD one-way DPS o cials a er the House Public Safety hearing last week, where issues at TCF and the Fire Division were discussed. [photo by AF] by Ausage Fausia Commissioner Le’i Sonny were instructed to look after Samoa News Reporter Thompson during a hearing these particular inmates only. Firemen who were assigned with the House Public Safety According to Le’i they were to guard inmates at the Territo- committee last week. not asked to perform any other rial Correction Facility (TCF) Rep. Manumaua W. Wilson, duties of a police offi cer nor to have been returned to their reg- chaired the hearing, with several do anything that they were not ular jobs, according to Police representatives in attendance. trained to do — they were asked Fofo Faipule, Fagaoatua to just be present and look after Dorian Salavea requested the the inmates. If anything hap- hearing with the Police Com- pened such as inmates trying missioner to explain why the to escape again or inmates American Samoa Government Fire Division was removed from fi ghting, the fi remen were told OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT the Leone Substation and why to contact the TCF main offi ce some fi remen were assigned immediately. to guard the two inmates who “I understand that these escaped twice from prison this fi remen were not trained to year. He asked Police Commis- guard prisoners, nor can they REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) sioner Le’i to explain the rea- deal with any types of situations sons behind these decisions. happening at TCF. They have RFP No: RFP 029-2018 Date & Time Due: April 2, 2018 In his response, Le’i fi rst their own academy and training Issuance Date: March 16, 2018 No later than 2:00 p.m. local time apologized to the committee pertaining to their fi eld, but my for what was published in the hat goes off to the Chief of Fire The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) from qualified firms newspaper about this issue, Division especially to those to provide the: saying that his decision to fi remen who were assigned to “Department of Education - School Lunch Program: Consultant and Project assign fi remen to guard the two do the task,” the Commissioner Management Services for the Electrical Transformer Relocation Project” inmates was a result of a discus- said. sion with TCF Warden, Tauese On the issue of removing SUBMISSION Va’aomala Sunia, and was due the fi remen and the fi re truck Original and five copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: “RFP: to the fact that there is a need for from the Leone Substation, Le’i Department of Education - School Lunch Program: Consultant and Project Management additional manpower at TCF. defended his decision, saying Services for the Relocation of Electrical Transformer.” Submissions are to be sent to the “There are a lot of issues at that the fi re truck was taken to following address and will be received until 2:00 p.m.
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