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by Ausage Fausia Samoa News Reporter Manu’a Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele did not mince words when he spoke during a House Commerce & Economic Develop- ment Committee hearing this week, to discuss the bill to amend the law that set up the Territorial Bank of (TBAS). Toeaina told committee members he wants to set up a hearing with the governor of Utah and the Deputy Chairman of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, to explain to the House of Representatives what exactly in the law they want to change. Fono attorney, Nathaniel Savali was the only witness called to testify on the bill, during a hearing, chaired by Rep. Samuel Ioka MIss AMERICAN sAMOA MATAuAINA TOOMAlATAI lEAVEs FOR A. Meleisea that lasted about 30 minutes. MIss pACIFIC IslANds pAGEANT Toeaina said this was something the governor of American Th e Miss American Samoa delegation - in this photo taken over the weekend at Faleolo Air- Samoa and his representatives should have looked at, before port in - is enroute to Nadi, for the Miss Pacifi c Islands Pageant. (l-r) American Samoa passing legislation to set up the bank. Visitors Bureau executive director, David Vaeafe; Miss American Samoa Inc. president & chaperone “We already passed this legislation, and now they want the Simeafou Imo; Miss American Samoa Matauaina Toomalatai; Luseane Clark-Vaeafe and Eleitino Fono to review it and pass their amendment, saying it’s a simple Tuiasosopo. Th e group departed Pago Pago this past Sunday aft ernoon heading to Fiji via Apia. amendment? There’s no such thing as a simple amendment when Prior to their departure, To’omalatai along with the traveling group attended a church service at the it comes to passing laws for our government,” Toeaina said. CCCAS Onenoa.Th e regional pageant kicks off on Dec. 1st and runs through Dec. 9th and for the He told the committee the bank is still operating without insur- fi rst time, there will be four nights of pageant competition, said Vaeafe, during brief remarks at last ance, and people are curious as to what will happen to their money Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. if something happens to TBAS. He said this type of bank is good According to the pageant’s schedule, the event will be hosted at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi. for North Dakota because they have the resources and the govern- Th is year’s theme is, “Climate Action to Sustain our Islands”. Th e offi cial program opens Dec 1st in ment can support their bank, but for American Samoa, he believes Fiji (which is today, Nov. 30th in Pago Pago) with contestants picking their Pre-Pageant interview C M our government doesn’t need this type of bank. questions. On the evening of Dec. 6th is the opening performance, introduction and sarong judging. Y K Meleisea reminded the committee that their work is not hard, Th e next day is set aside for the “pre-pageant interview” (in the morning) while the talent category because there are only two words in the TBAS statute that need will be judged in the evening. Th e evening of Dec. 8th is the “traditionally inspired attire judging to be amended, paving the way for the Federal Reserve to issue a and stage interview”. transiting routing number for the government-owned bank. Th e fl oat competition is set for the morning of Dec. 9th and the offi cial crowning of the winner Reps. vui Florance Saulo and vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr. sup- will take place later in evening.Th roughout the week, there are many activities and events the contes- ported the chairman’s statement, saying there are only two words tants will be involved in. Nine contestants — including for the fi rst time, Miss Rapanui from Easter the Administration is asking to amend in the statute. Island — will compete in the 31st Miss Pacifi c Islands Pageant. Other island countries and terri- Addressing the committee, counsel Savali explained that the tories being represented are American Samoa, Fiji, , , Samoa, Solomon amendments provided by the Administration are the only ones the Islands, and , according to online news outlet, fi jivillage.com Fono need to review and pass. He said there’s a weakness in the Aft er the regional pageant, Vaeafe said last week that To’omalatai would travel to Port Villa, law that set up TBAS and present wording in the law needs to be to join and support the American Samoa team competing in the South Pacifi c Mini Games removed. The words are: ‘holding company’. next week. Vaeafe said yesterday from Fiji that the local delegation arrived in Nadi on Tuesday According to the Fono attorney, the use of the term holding (Monday-American Samoa time) and was met at the Nadi International Airport by the current company is inappropriate for TBAS because it is a government Miss Pacifi c Islands, Annie Dunne. owned bank, whereas the defi nition of a holding company per- “Miss American Samoa has been settling in, going to the gym each day with Eleitino, practicing tains to a private company. and preparing mentally for the competition,” Vaeafe said via email from Nadi, adding that the local The attorney elaborated that the territory’s political status, and delegation has already toured the pageant venue.Vaeafe is the board member for American Samoa designation as an unorganized and unincorporated territory makes on the Miss Pacifi c Islands Pageant board of directors, which will hold a meeting in Fiji during it ineligible for banking services and programs that other states pageant week. Th e Visitors Bureau holds the American Samoa franchise for the Samoa government- and territories enjoy. He also said the amendment is apparently a owned Miss Pacifi c Islands Pageant — formerly known as the Miss South Pacifi c Pageant. prerequisite for TBAS to get a routing number. Good luck Miss American Samoa, Matauaina Toomalatai. An exchange of words between Rep. kitara vaiau and vesi [photo: Visitors Bureau/MASI] (Continued on page 4) Page 2 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Senator Paepae Faiai goes through committee with much praise His confirmation by the full Senate is pending by Fili Sagapolutele to each other and that makes it Samoa News Correspondent more difficult when it comes If confirmed by the Senate to making decisions as a judge. as a new associate judge of the “Always make the right deci- High Court, senators encourage sion,” Tuaolo told Paepae, Sen. Paepae Iosefa Faiai to adding that there will be people always make the right decision, calling when there is a pending let God guide him in his judi- court decision. cial duties, and remember the Tuaolo asked if Paepae, as people. a judge, would perform a mar- The words of advice were riage between two males, if voiced during Paepae’s con- they appeared before him in firmation hearing yesterday court. Paepae said the short and morning before the Senate simple answer is “no”. Government Operations Com- The majority of senators mittee, whose chairman Senate who attended the hearing and Galeai M. Tu’ufuli informed addressed the nominee gave the People watch a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea’s missile senators that Paepae’s nomina- impression that Paepae will be launch, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. After 2 ¬Ω tion would be presented soon to confirmed as a judge. The mood months of relative quiet, North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet early Wednesday, the full Senate for a confirma- during the 30-minute hearing claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believe could put Wash- tion vote. was solemn, as senators spoke ington and the entire eastern U.S. seaboard within range. The signs read “North Korea’s Hwasong-15 Galeai’s remarks were made about the Senate’s loss with missile.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) during the Senate session, fol- Paepae’s departure, adding that lowing Sen. Tuaolo Manaia the Alataua senator has done a Fruean’s request for the com- lot for the people of American mittee to present at today’s ses- Samoa during his 11-month DEPARTMENT of COMMERCE sion Paepae’s name for a confir- tenure as a senator in the Fono. mation vote. “Your hard work in the Project Notification & Review System Usually a committee would Senate will never be forgotten, present to the floor for a final even though it was only a short vote of a nominee following time that we worked together Legal Notice a confirmation hearing in the with you,” Sen. Nuanuaolefe- morning. But Galeai said there agaiga said. “You are always PNRS SPECIAL BOARD MEETING are some minor issues that need seeking ways for the betterment December 06, 2017 to be reviewed. He didn’t elabo- of all people.” rate further. If confirmed, Nuanuaolefe- Notice is hereby given that the Department of Commerce/American Samoa Coastal Management Program has CONFIRMATION HEARING agaiga told Paepae, who chairs received a Land Use Permit Application from the following individuals. A retired associate judge, the Senate Port/Transporta- 1. Toma Tuimavave ...... 17-4967-LVB Tuaolo said being a judge — tion Committee that next week Proposal for Car Wash - Pago Pago making decisions — is a very Tuesday “will be our last time difficult task. He noted that all together as senators” and “we 2. DOE-DPW c/o Faleosina Voigt ...... 17-4956-L Samoans are almost all related will give you up to serve in the Federal Consistency Certification and repair - Pago Pago (Continued on page 6) 3. L.B.J. c/o Sa Mavaega ...... 17-4978-L Federal Consistency Certification and installation of Solar Panels - Faga’alu American’s fatal fall off Sydney 4. DOH-EPRD c/o Pago Vagana ...... 17-4979-L Proposal for new construction with utilities (generator container) - Tafuna cliff ruled gay hate crime 5. Art Counsel-DPW c/o Faleosina Voigt ...... 17-4986-L Proposal for ASG Facilities (new construction, repair, demolition, extension and excavation) - Fagatogo CANBERRA, police to bring his brother’s 6. ASAM USARC c/o Toetau Pouifi Tufuga ...... 17-4997-L (AP) — Almost three decades killers to justice. Federal Consistency Certification and replacement of new security fence - Tafuna after the naked body of an “We know now that Scott American mathematician was was killed and not only that, it 7. DOC/DOE c/o Keniseli Lafaele ...... 17-5017-L found at the base of a Sydney was likely a gay hate gang that Federal Consistency Certification and construction of a playground Utilities - Tafuna cliff, a judge ruled Thursday met him at North Head,” the 8. O&O Inc. c/o Osuk Ko ...... 17-5012-LVB that he was the victim of a gay 58-year-old older brother told Proposal for construction of a commercial extension (110’ x 20’) - Nu’uuli hate crime. reporters. “The inquest pro- It was the third coronial duced many leads toward pos- Persons interested in or affected by a proposed project, are invited to review the project file and provide comments inquest — a court-like pro- sible perpetrators that should based on environmental issues, by contacting Peniamina Siatunu’u at 633-5155, at the Department of Commerce ceeding held after unusual still be pursued.” in Utulei during regular ASG working hours. Public comments must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, deaths — to investigate the cir- Barnes said the Johnson fam- December 05, 2017. Interested individuals are also invited to attend a Public Hearing at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, cumstances surrounding Scott ily’s commitment to ensuring December 06, 2017 at DOC Conference Room, on the 2nd Floor of the Executive Office Building in Utulei. Johnson’s fatal fall at North the circumstances of the tragedy O lo’o iai i le Ofisa o Fa’afetauaina ni talosaga mo Pemita e Fa’atagaina ai le Fa’aaogaina o Fanua ma Laueleele e Head on Dec. 8, 1988. were “exhaustively examined is tusa ma ala o le Tulafono. A iai se tasi e fa’asea pe fia tusia se molimau i ni afaina o le si’osi’omaga pe a galueaina The first coroner ruled laudable.” nei galuega, telefoni mai ia Peniamina Siatunu’u i le 633-5155. E mafai fo’i ona e auai i le fono a le Komiti Fa’afoe ia in 1989 that the 27-year-old The first inquest concluded Tesema 06, 2017, ile itula e 9 ile taeao. had taken his own life, while within three months of John- a second coroner in 2012 son’s death did not hear evi- could not explain how the Los dence that the area was a Zoning Board Public Notice Angeles-born openly gay man renowned gay beat — a public Zoning Board public hearing for December 14, 2017. The notice is hereby given the Zoning fell. place where gay men met for Board has received zoning variance applications from the following: State Coroner Michael sex. The family had the case Barnes ruled Thursday that reopened after an inquest found ApplicAnt(s) Business locAtion Johnson “fell from the cliff top in 2005 that three young men Epifania Solofa Auto Shop Iliili as a result of actual or threat- who had died in cliff falls near Robert Gebauer dba Gebaur Haus Retail, Export & Import Pava’ia’i ened violence by unidenti- Sydney’s Bondi Beach in the Mikaele Falaniko Tire Shop Nu’uuli fied persons who attacked him 1980s had been attacked by Public comments and request to speak during public hearing must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, because they perceived him to youths who systematically December 12, 2017. Interested individuals are also invited to attend the Zoning Board hearing on Thursday, December 14, be homosexual.” assaulted gay men. 2017, at 1:00 p.m. in the Department of Commerce conference room located on the second floor of the Executive Office John’s brother, Boston IT Barnes heard the evidence of Building in Utulei. entrepreneur Steve Johnson, 10 men who were convicted or For further information, please contact Aokusotino Mao or Tuulalo Farani at the Department of Commerce, during normal attended the Sydney court to suspected of gay hate crimes in working hours at 633-5155. hear the verdict. He now wants Sydney in the 1980s. samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 3

by Ausage Fausia was talking to another man, drug and alcohol free, and he is Samoa News Reporter Falaniko allegedly assaulted not permitted to drive for any sECRET “AFFAIR” lEAds him from behind. reason. TO AssAulT The defendant then jumped sIO OlOMAlI’I A 41-year-old man from into his vehicle and sped away, A bus driver who was Tafuna who was arrested last allegedly striking the victim stopped by police for a traffi c week for allegedly assaulting who was standing on the side of violation has been slapped with his wife told police that a secret the road. a felony, after cops allegedly affair between his wife and a Police offi cers responded to found in his possession, a glass neighbor caused him to beat call for assistance and took two pipe with methamphetamine up the mother of his 2 young individuals, including Falaniko, inside. children. in for questioning. Sio Olomalii made his ini- The matter was reported to Falaniko made his initial tial appearance before District police by a neighbor who heard appearance yesterday morning Court Judge, Fiti Sunia last the woman’s screams for help. before District Court Judge, Fiti week, where he waived his right The victim managed to escape Sunia. to a preliminary examination. from her house and she ran to Prosecutor, Asst. AG Gil- His case is now bound over the neighbor’s home just as a lian Sandler told the Court the to the High Court for further police unit arrived. government would be fi ling proceedings. The victim told police that additional charges against the The 31-year-old bus driver her husband choked her after he defendant, once police com- from Samoa has admitted to repeatedly hit her face with his plete their investigation. police that the glass pipe they A Chinese investor looks at his smartphone as he monitors stock fi sts, resulting in bruises to her Sunia set Falaniko’s bail at found belonged to him. prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Th ursday, Nov. 30, 2017. face and body. $3,000. Olomali’i remains in custody Asian stock markets declined Th ursday aft er U.S. tech stocks fell The defendant was released During court proceedings until he is able to post a $5,000 and China reported stronger manufacturing as investors looked on his own recognizance with yesterday, Falaniko’s attorney, surety bond. ahead to a key OPEC meeting. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) certain conditions that include Ryan Nelson of the Public Human Resource Department, Tafuna staying away from his wife and Defender’s Offi ce, asked for PO Box PPB, Pago Pago two children, and fi nding some- bail to be reduced to $500, or American Samoa 96799 where to stay. otherwise, release his client on Phone No: (684) 248-1234, Option #4 Email: [email protected] His next court appearance is his own recognizance. Nelson Website: www.aspower.com set for Dec. 20th. argued that the Court should FETOAI FAlANIKO consider the fact that his client A woman and boy from Pago is being charged with a single Pago were injured Tuesday eve- misdemeanor count. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM ning after a vehicle struck them. Sandler opposed the defense The American Samoa Power Authority announces an excellent opportunity for Samoa News understands the motion for a reduction in bail, young technically minded individuals who want a challenging, profitable career in woman sustained serious head saying the victim sustained American Samoa. injuries while the boy’s injuries severe head injuries and the were minor. government is looking at fi ling ASPA is looking for its next generation of technicians and engineers. Over the Both were taken to the LBJ additional charges against the next few years, ASPA will be developing young technicians and engineers for hospital where the woman was defendant. She argued that bail key positions within the organization. It needs skilled specialists in a number of rushed to the ICU and as of yes- should remain at $3,000 and fields. terday morning, she was still in Sunia agreed, saying the bond ASPA will provide employment and professional training for successful appli- critical condition. must be in the form of cash. cants. Apprentices will receive training both on the job and in formal apprentice- Eyewitnesses told police If Falaniko is able to post ship classes. Qualified apprentices will receive an all-expense paid education at a the incident started when the bond, conditions of his release technical school or university in Fiji or equivalent. Applicants must be willing to victim’s husband asked Fetoai include no direct or indirect commit to spending 2 – 3 years off-island in pursuit of a diploma or degree. The Falaniko to move his car from contact with the government’s focus for this apprentice program will be on mechanical and electrical trades or a blocking the entrance to their witnesses, especially the vic- related field. house; and while the husband tims in this case. He’s to remain Selected apprentices will be employed by ASPA in preparation for the academic session starting in February 2018. Asian stocks fall after Applicants must have the following qualifications: Educational Requirements: High School graduate (minimum); Associate degree or better preferred. Must have a cumulative GPA Wall Street losses minimum of 2.5 or maintained at least a B or better grade average in the following courses: BEIJING (AP) — Asian earlier. The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock markets declined composite, which is the best- (1) Physics, Chemistry, General Science Thursday after U.S. tech stocks performing index this year, had (2) Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus fell and China reported stronger its biggest single-day drop since (3) English (TOEFL score of 500 or better) manufacturing as investors August as investors cashed in looked ahead to a key OPEC some of their winnings and bid Skills and Aptitudes: Intermediate level computer skills. Ability to work meeting.kEEPING SCORE: up shares in health care com- independently, disciplined, self-starter, technically The Shanghai Composite Index panies and retailers. The Stan- minded (confirmed by required references).Other shed 0.2 percent to 3,330.04 and dard & Poor’s 500 index lost desirable skills include hand-eye coordination, motor Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 retreated just under 1 point to 2,626.07 skills, attention to detail, and work well in a team 0.1 percent to 22,570.42. and the Dow Jones industrial environment. Hong kong’s Hang Seng fell average gained 0.4 percent to Citizenship: US National or Citizen. 1 percent to 29,332.42 and 23,940.68. The Nasdaq lost 1.3 Seoul’s kospi lost 0.6 percent percent to 6,824.39. Testing: All applicants will be required to complete ASPA’s internal to 2,497.35. Sydney’s S&P- CHINA MANUFAC- testing for science and math ability. ASX 200 declined 0.7 percent TURING: A monthly survey to 5,965.90. Benchmarks in showed Chinese manufac- Salary will be based on the technical area and job duties assigned. Taiwan, Singapore and Jakarta turing activity improved in Applicants must complete an ASPA Employment Application Form and provide two also retreated, while New Zea- November, adding to signs of a written references. The form is available at ASPA Human Resource Office in Tafuna or via land Malaysia gained. pickup in global and domestic ASPA’s website at www.aspower.com WALL STREET: A steep demand. The China Federation slide in big technology com- of Logistics and Purchasing All application information, including school records and references, will be subject to panies pulled major U.S. stock said its purchasing managers’ verification as part of the screening process. indexes mostly lower, offsetting index rose to 52.4 from Octo- strength in banks and health ber’s 51.6 on a 100-point scale Deadline for submitting applications is 4pm on Friday, December 8, 2017. care and erasing some of the on which numbers above 50 gains the market made a day show activity accelerating. An Equal Opportunity Employer * A Drug Free Workplace Page 4 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 ASG workers urged to take advantage of ASCC courses President Pato says gov’t policy allows employees to take classes by Fili Sagapolutele specifically on ‘skill-sets’,” rather than three- Samoa News Correspondent credit courses throughout the semester. To further improve ASG workers’ skills and “I have talked to several directors already qualifications, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has about the different types of skills they would like encouraged cabinet members to take advantage to see, that they would like to take advantage of, of courses offered by the American Samoa Com- by sending their staff to the College to take these munity College, which is competing with courses skills-set courses,” she noted. offered online and being taken up by many gov- “Some of the things that I have been asked ernment workers. to look at, are training or courses in ethics, basic “It’s in our policy that we encourage direc- finance, leadership and lab techs,” she said. tors to send their people to the College. We’re “There were a few questions about what doing that in our office,” said Lolo, who added we’re doing with some of the trades, skills set for that his staff members — as part of their regular the trades,” she said. “If you need it, please come workday — take two or three hours of courses at and talk to us, because we’re trying to find dif- ASCC and then return to work. ferent ways to offer these courses with credit for “So take advantage of this opportunity, so we our government employees, as well as our com- can upgrade the qualifications and the quality of munity. We have a College here but very few of FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2016 file photo, President of the Senate our ASG employees,” the governor said at last our government employees are taking advantage Stephen Parry speaks during a Senate Estimates Committee at week’s cabinet meeting following an update on of the college courses.” Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Despite a High Court college activities by ASCC President Dr. Ros- Pato said she knows ASG employees “are decision thought to have ruled a line under the saga last Friday, evonne Pato. looking at online courses, which is our challenge, the dual citizenship crisis that has rocked Australia’s parlia- According to Pato, the ASCC, whose winter our competition. But if we could work together, ment took another twist on Tuesday, Oct. 31 2017, with a senior graduation is set for Dec. 15th at the college we can offer the things that you need, but I need member of the governing Liberal Party saying he may have to quit gymnasium, is “in the process of offering skill to hear what your needs are so we can make it parliament. Senator Stephen Parry said he had contacted British credits” and she encourages government agen- happen. “ authorities to see if he held dual nationality because of his UK- cies to provide to her or discuss with her, “what According to Pato, the College is hoping to born father. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP) you want your staff to have” as far as “skill-sets”. have these things squared away by the summer of “One of the ways we have been surviving is next year. She said she’s already working closely through our tuition,” she continued, adding that with the local Education Department, which has “there is a government policy that says staff opened up another cohort program at ASCC in Australia bows to can be allowed to take a courses at the college early childhood education, and this will occur and I’m encouraging the cabinet to please take in the spring.Some senior ASG officials said advantage of that.” utilizing ASCC by government employees for Pato explained that ASCC is looking at “sort training courses and skills upgrade, “means addi- pressure with inquiry of a mini course, which is a one-credit course tional money for the College, through tuition.” into bank misconduct ➧ Manua faipule says… Continued from page 1 CANBERRA, Australia cial system,” Turnbull said in a silenced the committee, when stood up from his seat and left an end.” (AP) — The Australian govern- statement. Kitara tried to explain that the the chamber. Savali then turned to Kitara ment bowed to growing pres- “The government has grammar in the bill is not cor- When he addressed the com- and Vesi and told them that sure by announcing Thursday decided to establish this royal rect, and the committee needs to mittee, House Speaker Savali when it comes to committee a high-level inquiry into misbe- commission to further ensure change it. Talavou Ale said he is shocked hearings or house sessions, havior in Australia’s financial our financial system is working Kitara read out loud the sec- to see how faipule are con- faipule need to respect each sector. efficiently and effectively,” he tion of the bill he believed was ducting their hearings. other. A royal commission — the added. incorrect. But Vesi interrupted, “Now I am witnessing with The Speaker said he doesn’t highest form of investigation But Turnbull said the royal saying there’s no need for him my own eyes the way you con- want to public to hear — in Australia — will review the commission “will not put capi- to read aloud, all faipule under- duct your hearings in the past, through the news — that every banking, pension and finan- talism on trial.” stand how to read English. and this saddens me because time the House conducts a cial services industries, Prime The inquiry was welcomed “You don’t know what I’m you were selected by your dis- hearing or discussion, it always Minister Malcolm Turnbull by Jeff Morris, a financial talking about because your trict to be their voice,” Savali ends up with a disagreement or announced. planner who in 2013 exposed a English is not good,” Kitara told said. argument amongst faipule. Vesi in a loud voice. Responding to Toeaina’s Speaking about the amend- The decision follows a series culture of corruption and cover- Vesi immediately fired statements, Savali said he ment to the TBAS statute, of scandals over money laun- up in the Commonwealth Bank back and told Kitara he’s being wanted the Manu’a faipule Savali said changes to the bill dering and other abuses. of Australia, the nation’s largest very disrespectful while the present when he offers a are very simple and clear, and Turnbull’s conservative bank, that targeted vulnerable Speaker and House members response. it’ll make it easier for the Fed- coalition has been resisting calls customers. are listening. “How can he say our terri- eral Reserve to issue TBAS from the center-left opposition Morris earlier had accused “Don’t try to educate me on tory doesn’t need a bank? How a routing number.The third Labor Party for such an inquiry the government of “running a what to do. I understand the bill can our people live without a reading of the house version of for almost two years. His stance protection racket for the banks” and I read it over 10 times,” bank? the bill is set for this morning, changed after the chief execu- by rejecting a recommendation Vesi told Kitara. In a few more months, Bank as it passed in second reading tives of Australia’s four largest for a royal commission inquiry That’s the moment Toeaina of services will come to yesterday. banks wrote to the govern- into the Commonwealth Bank. ment on Thursday requesting a “There has been quite clearly “properly constituted inquiry.” unethical action from the evi- © Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The banks said uncertainty dence that I have seen, ... fraud- dba Samoa News is published Monday through Friday, Samoa News welcomes and encour- ages Letters to the Editor. 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Compiled by Samoa News Staff Summer Science in the village, FREE MEdICAl ClINICs partnership with NOAA Fish- sTART NEXT MONdAy eries Sustainable Fisheries Pro- The Adventist Medical gram and the 2nd annual open Evangelism Network (AMEN) fi shing tournament. clinic, in collaboration with the Those wishing to speak on Lions Club of Pago Pago and agenda items may add their the Department of Health, will name to the public comment be in town to carry out a med- sign-up sheet at the Ocean ical, vision, and dental clinic Center tomorrow. Oral testi- Dec. 4-7 at the Governor H. mony may be limited to three Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei. minutes per person, depending Chairperson of the local on time. AMEN Planning Team, The deadline to submit a Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola has written copy of testimonies been busy fi nding ways to pub- is today. Afterwards, it is the licize the event, and one of them submitter’s responsibility to is an awareness outreach event, provide sanctuary staff with an to elaborate on the clinic and adequate number of copies for the registration process, with distribution to the council mem- the elderly folks from the Terri- bers in attendance (a minimum torial Administration on Aging of 25 copies) the day of the (TAOA) today at 8 a.m. who meeting. may want to take advantage of Written comments may be the service. e-mailed to: Joseph.Paulin@ NMsAs COuNCIl noaa.gov MEETING sET FOR The next Council meeting is TOMORROW set for Friday, March 2, 2018 at NOAA’s National Marine 9 .am. Established in 2005, the Sanctuary of American Samoa Sanctuary Advisory Council is will hold a public meeting a community-based body that of the Sanctuary Advisory provides advice and recom- Council in the Rotunda Room mendations on managing and of the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean protecting the sanctuary. The Center in Fagatogo tomorrow council is composed of eleven Alabama U.S. Senatorial candidate Doug Jones talks with the media aft er touring the Northport from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. government and fourteen non- Medical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in Northport, Ala. Jones is the democratic candidate facing Items on the agenda include governmental seats. Serving in republican Roy Moore for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat in the Dec. 12 special election. updates on sanctuary lead- a volunteer capacity, the council (Vasha Hunt/AL.com via AP) ership, Okeanos Explorer, members represent a variety of enforcement, Aunu’u Island local user groups, as well as the Taloa Cooperative, Sanctuary general public. ➧ Senator Paepae… Continued from page 2 High Court.” the governor recommending “Let God guide you in Paepae, Chief Justice Michael your decision making and kruse said, “I have more than a never forget our people,” passing acquaintance with High was the statement echoed by Chief Paepae’s personal family the majority of the senators background, which I note is during the hearing, where Pae- very much refl ected in his edu- pae’s wife, family members cational and career pursuits.” — including his sister, Public He said Paepae’s “personal Works director Faleosina voigt achievements bespeak the same — and friends were present in level of diligence and honest the Senate gallery. industry I witnessed with his Paepae expressed sincere family.” appreciation to his colleagues “My observations of HC for their recommendations and Paepae are that he is humble, blessings. He said it wasn’t an respectful, cautious and dis- easy decision for him to make, creet; thus, he possesses the but he discussed it with his wife, disposition and temperament family members and friends. suited for the bench,” said If confi rmed by the Senate, kruse. “Moreover, I am con- Paepae will have to resign from fi dent that he would serve the the Fono. judiciary with commitment and In his Oct. 25th letter to dedication.” samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 7 Woman reveals mes- sages from Texas con- gressman in nude photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gested he could be the victim conservative activist who for of online exploitation since he years exchanged online mes- said he’d previously threatened sages with Texas Republican to complain to authorities if a Rep. Joe Barton says that when woman he’d been in a relation- he occasionally steered the topic ship with made public sexu- toward sexual themes, she long ally explicit photos and videos dismissed it as “that’s just Joe.” of him.Barton is Texas’ most Kelly Canon, a vocal oppo- senior member of Congress. He nent of red-light cameras and a announced last month that he tea party organizer in the Dallas was running for re-election and suburb of Arlington, released a has yet to fully clarify whether series of Facebook Messenger he’s changed his mind. conversations with Barton from Speaking briefly to reporters 2012 in which he asked things in Washington on Wednesday like if she was wearing panties. — prior to the latest revela- First reported by the Fort tions — Barton wouldn’t dis- Worth Star Telegram on cuss his re-election plans or if Wednesday, the revelation GOP leaders are pressuring him comes a week after Barton apol- to quit the House, saying: “I’m ogized for a nude photo of him really in a bind here because I’m Dennis Dahmer, the youngest son of Vernon Dahmer of Hattiesburg, who was killed in 1966 by that circulated on social media. not supposed to say anything.” the Ku Klux Klan, recounts how the flames from his firebombed family’s grocery store and home Canon later told The Associ- Asked what reception he got caused the shattered glass in the truck to burn him as he tried to climb in to escape during an assault ated Press that she and Barton from colleagues at a closed-door that claimed his father’s life, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, during a private preview for the family of the exchanged online messages House GOP meeting, Barton new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss. Dahmer was targeted because he encouraged from around 2011 to 2015. said, “Just understanding.” fellow African-Americans to register to vote during the Jim Crow era. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) They included Barton asking after midnight in June 2012 whether Canon was “wearing a FA’ASILASILAGA tank top only ... and no panties.” The congressman was married OFISA O LE KONESULA SAMOA: at the time to his second wife ASO MALOLO KERISIMASI MA LE TAUSAGA FOU but is now twice divorced. Canon said “97 percent” of the messages were about poli- E fa’asilasila atu ma le agaga fa’aaloalo i le mamalu o le atunu’u femalagaa’i e faapea: tics or things like their mutual O le a tapunia le Ofisa o le Konesula Aoao o Samoa, e afua atu i le 12:00 aoauli o le Aso Faraile, Tesema 22, 2017; seia aulia le love for Teas A&M football but itula 8:30 i le taeao o le Aso Lulu, “whenever he would take the Ianuari 03, 2018; mo Aso Malolo o le Kerisimasi ma le Tausaga Fou. conversation south, as it were, I would not engage him in fur- E fautuaina ai le mamalu o e foufou malaga i Tumua e mana’omia pemita, po o nisi auaunaga a lo tatou Ofisa nei mo ia aso Malolo, ina ther discussion. I would shut it ia tapena mamao i ai. down.”She said that, at the time Fa’afeta’i mai lo tatou Ofisa nei i telefoni 633-5919/633-5920; po o le imeli [email protected], pe a man’omia. and long after, “I would just dismiss it as ‘that’s just Joe,’” SUI TAIMI TAPUNIA O LE OFISA ASO FAIGALUEGA MASANI and that she continued the Ina ia fesoaosani atili mo tapenaga mo aso Malolo, o le a suia ai le taimi tapunia ai le Ofisa mai le 3:00 (o lo’o iai nei) i le 3:30 p.m. i le exchanges because she didn’t want to lose a direct line to a Aso Faraile, Tesema 01, 2017 se’ia o’o i le Aso Tofi, powerful Texas Republican. Tesema 21, 2017. Canon said she had largely forgotten about the messages A O TAPUNIA LE OFISA: TESEMA 25, 2017 - IANUARI 02, 2018 until the nude photograph of Mo ni Mataupu Le-Ma’alofia/Faanatinati a o tapunia le Ofisa ma aso Malolo ua ta’ua i luga; fa’amolemole fa’afeso’ota’i ane Barton surfaced on an anony- Alii Ofisa ia i Apia: mous Twitter account before 1. To’alepai Valhalla Siaopo Pese: +685-771-2166 Thanksgiving. She said that 2. Tailaoa Falaniko Lesa: +685-777-4504 after Barton refused to heed E momoli atu le fa’afetai tele i le mamalu o le atunuu femalagaa’i mo lo outou taupati fai-pa’aga i lenei tausaga o le a mavae atu. Malo calls from some Republicans onosa’i, malo tauapati. in his district to resign, she decided to make the exchanges Momoli atu Mo’omo’oga alofa mo se Kerisimasi Fiafia ma le Tausaga Fou Manuia. public. OFISA KONESULA-AOAO SAMOA “It killed me to do so,” Canon said. But she said that she felt it was important SAMOA CONSULATE GENERAL: because “the Democrats are CLOSURE OF THE OFFICE FOR CHRISTMAS 2017 & NEW YEAR 2018 going to have a feeding frenzy” The general public is hereby advised that the Office of the Samoa Consulate-General will be Closed from 12:00 if Barton’s name remains on the 2018 ballot.Repeated calls Noon, Friday, December 22, 2017 until 8:30a.m., to Barton’s campaign seeking Wednesday, January 03, 2018. comment weren’t answered The traveling public is therefore urged to arrange for their needed documentation and permits well before closure, to Wednesday. But, in an ear- avoid disappointment. lier text message to the Star Contact phone numbers and e-mail address remain the same (i.e. phone: 633-5919/633-5920 and email amtvpk1@ Telegram, the congressman confirmed the exchange with gmail.com) Canon while declining further CHANGE OF CLOSING TIME comment.Canon said Barton To assit in facilitating the procurement of documents and entry permits, the Consulate will extend its opening hours by hasn’t apologized for the mes- Closing at 3:30pm on work days from Friday, December 01, 2017 until Thursday, December 21, 2017. sages and that she’s not asked him to. She said she saw the During closure for Christmas and New Year (December 25, 2017 - January 02, 2018). congressman at an Arlington For Emergency and extenuating circumstance only: Please contact the following event this week and personally Immigration Officers in Apia: pressed him about resigning — 1. To’alepai Valhalla Siaopo Pese: +685-771-2166 but that she did not tell him of 2. Taliaoa Falaniko Lesa: +685-777-4504 her plans to release the Face- book messages. We take this opportunity to wish all our clients and the people of American Samoa all the very best for a most happy After the nude photos sur- and joyous Christmas, and a safe and successful New Year. faced last week, Barton sug- SAMOA CONSULATE-GENERAL Page 8 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Th e highly successful 2017 Samoana Jazz & Arts Festival brought two highly talented entertainers together on island the fi rst week of November. Seen here relaxing at Tisa’s Barefoot Bar event — the last of the 4 events comprising the 2017 SJAF- American Samoa leg of the festival are (l-r) Edwina Th orne, trumpeter, vocalist, composer, arranger, owner / operator of Gazelle Music Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand off ering a 16-track recording facility in Auckland, and vocalist for the band, Juice on the Loose, from NZ. [Courtesy photo] South Korea’s central bank hikes key rate from record low SEOUL, South korea (AP) — South korea’s central bank raised interest rates from a record low Thursday in the fi rst such increase since June 2011. Despite the threat from North korea, robust exports are driving faster than expected growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Convening one day after North Korea test-fi red its most powerful missile yet, the Bank of korea’s seven policy- makers decided to increase the key rate by a quarter of a per- centage point to 1.50 percent. Borrowing rates have steadily fallen during the past fi ve years to help protect the country’s recovery, dropping to a record low of 1.25 percent in June 2016. Thursday’s decision was widely expected after third- quarter economic growth beat expectations. The South korean won has gained against major C M currencies in the past month in anticipation of the rate hike, Y K which will increase returns for investors.South korea’s economy is expected to post its fastest growth in three years in 2017, buoyed by surprisingly strong exports thanks to robust global demand for memory chips.The central bank revised upward its forecast on the South korean economy in October and says annual growth rate will slightly exceed that esti- mate. It said in a statement that private consumption and capital spending will continue to improve moderately while exports will be sustained by the global economic recovery and a thaw in strained diplomatic ties with China, South korea’s big- gest trading partner. samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 9 LeL eLaliLali Faasala falepuipui mo le 5 tausaga le ali’i o Suauupaia Amituana’i tusia Ausage Fausia tausaga. Maualuga. E 5 tausaga lea ua faasala ai Saunoa le afi oga i le ali’i Saunoa Patea e fa’apea, e le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga le Fa’amasino ia Elvis P. Patea e foliga mai i fa’amaumauga a ali’i o Suauupaia Amituana’i fa’apea, i fa’amaumauga a le le fa’amasinoga, e le i aafi a e taofi a ai i le falepuipui i fa’amasinoga o lo o manino mai lava Amituana’i i ni solitula- Tafuna, ina ua fa’amaonia e ai le tulaga lea, e le o se taimi fono i le taimi o lona talavou, C M le Fa’amasinoga moliaga sa muamua lenei ua ta’usala ai ae ina ua avea o ia ma tagata Y K tu’uaia ai o ia e le malo. Amituana’i i ni solitulafono, e matua, ua fa’aipoipo ma ua O moliaga mamafa e 2 ua le o se taimi muamua fo’i lea fai fo’i lana fanau, o le taimi ta’usala ai e le Fa’amasinoga ia ua fa’anofovaavaaia ai o ia e le lea na fa’atoa mau ai loa lona Amituana’i e aofi a ai lona faia Fa’amasinoga. igoa i fa’amaumauga a le o fa’amaumauga tau fa’asese E tusa ai ma fa’amaumauga Fa’amasinoga. ma le gaoi, e mafua mai i le a le Fa’amasinoga, e fa’a 5 ona E talitonu le Fa’amasinoga, fa’alavelave lea na ia gaoia ai fa’anofovaavaaia Amituana’i i e tatau lava ona tu’uina atu le siaki mai se faleoloa ae saini luma o le Fa’amasinoga, e fa’a se fa’asalaga talafeagai mo faamalosi le igoa o le Pule, 3 i le Fa’amasinoga Fa’aitumalo Amituana’i, ina ia a’oa’oina ai ona alu lea ua tala le siaki ae ae fa’a 2 i le Fa’amasinoga Le susuga ia Suauupaia Amituana’i. [ata AF] fa’aaoga le tupe. (Faaauau itulau 11) E ese mai i moliaga e lua e pei ona ta’usala ai Amituana’i e le Fa’amasinoga, ua ta’usala fo’i o ia i lona le usitaia lea o tuutuuga o lana nofovaavaaia sa tuuina atu i le 2014. Na faatoese le ua molia i luma o le Fa’amasinoga e tusa ai o lana solitulafono sa faia, ma ia talosagaina ai se avanoa e toe fo’i atu ai i tua e tausi lana fanau e to’a 6. Na taua e le ua molia e fa’apea, o se tulaga fa’anoanoa le motusia o le mafutaga ma lana fanau, ma ua ia lagonaina fo’i le leaga o se aiga e nonofo na o le fanau i le fale e leai se Tama. Na taua fo’i e Amituana’i lona alofa faamaoni i lona aiga, e naunau fo’i ina ia fa’aaoga aso o lona olaga e tausi ai lona to’alua ma lana fanau. Na taua e le ali’i loia ia Michael White i le Fa’amasinoga e fa’apea, talosia ua aoaoina e Amituana’i se lesona aoga mai le taimi na taofi a ai o ia i le falepuipui e faatali ai se faaiuga o lana fa’amasinoga. Na taua e le loia a le malo ia Woodrow Pengelly e fa’apea, e le talitonu le malo i le talosaga a le ua molia fai mai e alofa i lona aiga, ae o lana gaioiga lea sa faia i le aso na tula’i mai ai C M le fa’alavelave, na ia tuuina atu Y K ai ola o lona aiga i se tulaga e lamatia ai. Na taua e le loia a le malo le aga’i atu o le ua molia i le ofi sa o Taavale Afi i Tafuna ma le fa’amoemoe e sui faagaoi le lesitala o se tasi o ta’avale, ae fa’atali atu lona to’alua i totonu o le ta’avale. O se taimi lava o le aso lea na maua ai loa e Leoleo le ua molia ma fai ai loa a latou tuliga i luga o le alatele, a o i ai pea lava lona to’alua. Na taua e le malo e fa’apea, e laki e lei i ai se faalavelave na tula’i mai i lea aso, se manu e aafi a atu ai ma le ola o le to’alua a le ua mola. Na faaiu le faafi nauga a Pengelly i lona talosagaina lea o le Fa’amasinoga ina ia fa’asala Amituana’i i le toese mo le 5 Page 10 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017

tusia: Leua Aiono Frost SE MANU’A TAPA IPU LE TOFA E fa’afetaia le tautua a le ali’i VAITUSALA SATAUA Taitai Palatuni, GYSgt Meaole, MATAESE SAMUELU Ketesemane o Fagaitua ma I le aso To’ona’i na te’a nei, Salelologa Savaii, ona o lana sa fa’atumulia le pa’ia lasilasi o tautua, na mae’a le 20 tausaga i aiga, i ona itu tetele ma ona itu le US Marine Corps, e leai fo’i taulagi, ina ua fa’afotuova’aulu ma sona manu’a matuia e pei le Tofa Vaitusala Sataua Dr. o le to’atele o alo o Amerika Mataese Samuelu i lona laoa Samoa sa tautua i tafa o taua, i Malaepule ma Malaeti’a i ma nofoaga o vevesi. Fagasa. I le 10 tausaga o Meaole ae O le tofa Vaitusala o lo’o vala’auina lona tama sa avea avea ma faipule o le Ituau fo’i ma HMC Meaole Meaole o Malosi, e lua i ai nofoa mo Fagaitua ina ia masi’i ma lona lea itumalo, i le Maota o Sui. aiga e tautua i le US Marines E le’i mamao atu ona talia i Hawaii. O lona tua’a sa lona fa’ailoga “Doctorate” i le fa’afaigaluega e le Maligi Koa fa’au’uga a le Argosy Univer- ma a’oa’o i le taimi e tasi, ma sity ia Setema 2017. e tele o ana koleniga sa faia lea O lona Tausi, Levaivanu i Malaeloa i lena vaitau, toe Leama Misipati Samuelu o se tausaga o le vaitausaga 1930’s. suli mai le aiga Sa Misipati mai O ona matua o le ali’i Maligi Ofu Manu’a ma Vatia. Peita’i Koa Meaole Meaole ma le tina o le tofa le fa’anofonofo o lona o Falefa Meaole mai Manu’a. afio’aga lava o Fagasa, i lona Na amata ana a’oga i le Pearl aiga Sa Tuinei ma Sa Sili, ma Harbor Elementary fa’atasi ma le afio’aga o Pago Pago i le le tofa ia Faleomavaega Eni Aiga Sa Pulu ma lona nafa fo’i i Hunkin ma lona auuso ma le Safune i Salafai. tuafafine ia Vaitinasa Dr. Salu A’o le’i tapa ipu le tofa Hunkin. le To’afa Vaitusala sa mua’i “O i matou na fa’ae’e sa’o Le afioga i le senetoa ia Paepae Iosefa Faia i le taeao ananafi i le iloiloga a le komiti o le Senate toto’o a’ao o fofoga o le To’afa atu lava i le va’a tele o le ‘USS mo le tofiga o le fa’amasino lagolago. [ata: FS] ia te ia e fa’apa’ia ai lana nofo. Jackson’ i le tatou uafu i Faga- O le tofa Atuatasi ma Atuatasi, togo ia Iulai 22, 1952 ae fa’ato’a Tupuola Jerry ma Fa’agau Sitivi 10 tausaga le matua. E fou le ola sa latou fa’amanuia i lo latou a’e i Hawaii i lena vaitau, ma Fa’amanino Kruse mafua’aga filifilia uso a To’afa i le amataga fo’i o fa’asoloatoa atu ai lava le nanu lana nofoaiga. latou ina ua masani,” o se lea a O le aso Faraile na Meaole. Fa’amasino Lagolago fa’aopoopo fa’apa’iaina ai le fa’anofonofo E le’i umi na fa’amautu i ma le tausi i luma o le laua Honolulu ae toe vala’auina tusia Ausage Fausia Kruse, e le mafai e se Fa’amasino Lagolago na ekalesia, EFKAS ma sa fa’apena le tama e si’itia i Port Hue- I le tusi a le afioga i le Fa’amasino Sili sa tofia e se tasi sa avea ma Kovana, ona avea ma fo’i ona toto’o ai a’ao o le aufai- neme i Kalefonia, ma fa’aauau tu’uina atu i le Kovana i le aso 25 Oketopa, o lo Fa’amasino i le iloiloina o ni mataupu e aofia ai galuega a le Atua o lo’o galulue a’oa’oga i le Polytech High i o fa’amanino ai e Michael Kruse ia Lolo Mata- le sa avea ma Kovana. E mafai lea tulaga pe afai ma fa’anofonu’u i Fagasa, e West Long Beach. Ina ua mae’a lasi Moliga le mafua’aga autu ua ia finagalo ai ua leai lava se Fa’amasino e avanoa. fa’amanuia i le fa’amoemoe le a’oga maualuga, na fa’atauto e tofia se isi Fa’amasino Lagolago se to’atasi Ona o ia tulaga, na taua ai loa e Kruse ia Lolo maualuga o aiga, afio’aga ma le lea i le US Marine Corps, ia Me e fesoasoani i galuega a ali’i Fa’amasino o le lona filifilia o le afioga i le ali’i Senatoa ia Paepae itumalo ua fa’ae’e ia i la’ua. 31, 1959, ae o fa’aolioli le taua Fa’amasinoga Maualuga a Amerika Samoa. Iosefa Faiai e avea ma Fa’amasino Lagolago, e FA’ATOLU NA TIUTE I LE i Vietnam. Na taua e Kruse i lana tusi e fa’apea, o le fa’aopoopo i Fa’amasino o lo o i ai i le taimi nei. TAUA I VIETNAM - LEAI fa’aiuga ina ia filifilia se Fa’amasino Lagolago A o le i filifilia Paepae e avea ma Senatoa o (Faaauau itulau 11) fa’aopoopo, na afua mai ina ua toe aga’i atu le le Fono Faitulafono, sa fa’aalia i sana tusi i le afioga i le Matua ia Togiola T. A Tulafono lea Fa’amasino lona naunau e fia tautua i le Vaega o sa avea ma Kovana o le malo, e toe fa’aauau Fa’amasinoga, e ala i le tofiga o le Fa’amasino le lona tulaga o se Loia i totonu o le Asosi Loia tumau. Ona o lea tulaga, ua taua ai e Kruse lona a Amerika Samoa, mo le tauaveina o mataupu taliaina o le talosaga a Paepae, ina ia tatala atu ai eseese i luma o le Fa’amasinoga. le avanoa e auauna ai i lea vaega o le faigamalo, Ae pei ona silafia, o Fa’amasino Lagolago e ma aloaia ai lona fa’amavae mai i lona tofiga o le to’afa o lo o galulue i le Fa’amasinoga i le taimi Senatoa i le Fono Faitulafono. nei, o i latou uma ia na tofia e Togiola i le taimi Na taua fo’i e Kruse lona agaga fiafia ina ua a o avea o ia ma Kovana. Na taua e Kruse le talia talia ma le agaga atoa e Paepae le filifilia o ia e leleia o le toe ulufale atu o Togiola i lona tulaga avea ma Fa’amasino. o se Loia, peita’i, o taimi uma lava e aga’i atu Na amata mai le soifuaga aoaoina o Paepae i ai o ia i luma o le Fa’amasinoga, e avea ai ma le aoga maulauga a Leone, ma fa’auu mai ai i le fa’afitauli lona tula’i i luma o Fa’amasino Lago- tausaga e 1981, lea fo’i na avea ai o ia o se tasi na lago sa ia filifilia i le taimi a o avea ma Kovana fa’auluulu i ai le vasega fa’au’u. Na ulufale o ia o le malo. i le US Army ma tautua ai mo tausaga e 21, ma E ese mai i le afioga a Mamea lea na tofia e malolo litaea mai ai i le tausaga e 2002 i le tulaga Kovana Sunia, ma le afioga a Tunupopo na tofia o le Chief Warrant Officer III, ma toe taliu mai o e Lolo, o isi Fa’amasino Lagolago uma o lo o i ai ia ma tautua i lona aiga, nu’u ma le malo. na tofia uma e Togiola. O ni isi o ona agava’a na avea ai o ia o se O se tasi o itu na taua e Kruse, o le fa’amasinoga pailate fa’auuina a le vaega o le FAA. Sa avea i le suafa Leiato e pei ona fa’agasolo pea i luma fo’i o ia ma pailate sinia mo kamupani va’alele o le Fa’amasinoga i le taimi nei, e le gata o lo o fa’amautu i le atu Samoa, mo tausaga e 7, amata aofia ai Togiola i se tasi o itu talosaga ae o ia fo’i mai i le 2002 e oo mai i le 2009, sosoo ai loa ma o se sui tauva mo le suafa. le avea o ia ma pailate mo le va’alele a le malo, le O le afioga i le ali’i Fa’amasino Sili lagolago Segaula mo tausaga e 3. le tumau ia Elvis P. Patea o lo o ia taulimaina le O ia o se Tiakono i le Ekalesia EFKAS i fa’amasinoga i le suafa Leiato, e sui tulaga ai i le Nua ma Seetaga, o ia o le teutupe a le pulega a afioga i le ali’i Fa’amasino Sili lagolago ia Lyle ali’i ma faipule o le afioga, o lo o avea o ia ma L. Richmond o lo o gasegase. Ta’ita’ifono a le Ekalesia, o ia fo’i o se totino o le E ui o Patea sa tofia mai e le Initeria na te Komiti o Tupe a le Ekalesia Aoao. tauaveina mo se taimi le tumau le tulaga o Rich- O Paepae o se tasi e fa’aaloalogia i lona aiga, mond, ae o lona lava tulaga o lo o i ai i le taimi nu’u ma le Ekalesia, o ona agava’a fo’i ua mafai O le taimi na tapa ai le Ipu a le tofa Vaitusala Sataua Dr nei, o ia o le Fa’amasino o le Fa’amasinoga ai ona ia ausia tulaga maualuluga i lona soifua Mata’ese Samuelu i Fagasa i lona laoa sa poto i ai lona afioaga, Fa’aitumalo, o ia foi sa filifilia e Togiola. galue i le malo. itumalo ma Samoa na atoa. I lalo o le tulafono e pei ona fa’amanino e [ata: foa’i] samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 11 E LE O OE O SE SULI MONI by Sam - Vaega 100 ai loa le ali’i ma faitau. O le fa’ateia tele o Ianeta i le O se itu na faateia ai Lane- fa’aupuga o lo o tusia i le isi ie selota, ina ua ia faitau atu i faau- o lo o i tafatafa o le ie tele lea e puga o loo tusia mai i le ie lea, o fa’apipi’i ai le ata o Laneselota, lo o taua mai ai, e le fa’atagaina na mafua ai loa ona tu mo ni nai ni tagata uli i totonu o le fale. sekone ma fa’atau pupula i le ie. A o faatau pupula Laneselota E le i amanaia mai e Lane- i le ie, ae fa’afuase’i loa ona selota gaioiga a Ianeta o lo o fa’apea mai se leo malu ia te ia, faia i le taimi lea, ona o lea sa “Talofa Laneselota, susu maia mua ona la talanoa ma se tasi o lau afi oga i le Failauga Faapitoa ali’i sa la aooga, ae ua leva aso o le aso, o le a amatalia la tatou la te lei toe feiloa’i. polokalame.” Ae na avea le toe faliu i tua o Na faliu Laneselota ma ia Laneselota e siaki Ianeta pe ua iloa atu ai le tama’ita’i o lo o tai oo atu ma itu na ia vaaia ai le fa’auluulu i ai le Faalapotopo- tama’ita’i, ua fuli mai lona tua toga lea o lo o autu i ai le polo- ua toe savali aga’i i le ta’avale. kalame o loo aga’i atu ma se ula “Ianeta! Ianeta!”, o le valaau e fa’aula ai o ia. atu lea a Laneselota ma savali Na vaaia e le tama’ita’i telea’i atu i le tama’ita’i lea ua foliga le fi afi a o Laneselota, toe fo’i atu i le ta’avale. ona ia fesili lea, “E i ai se mea “Ianeta, o fea a e toe savali ua fa’aletonu i lenei taeao.” i ai, ua tatau ona ta i ai i totonu Na ata ata lemu Laneselota ma o le fale, e le o toe umi se toe fesili atu i le tama’ita’i lea, taimi ona amata aloaia lea o le “Aisea ua outou tusia ai lenei polokalame”. ituaiga fa’asalalauga i luga o Na fa’ateia Laneselota ina lenei ie.” ua faliu mai le tama’ita’i, ae ona Na tepa le tama’ita’i i luga i vaaia ai ona foliga fa’anoanoa, o le ie ona faapea lea o lana tali, lo o tagi fo’i o ia. “Ianeta si a’u “O le faaiuga lava na tuuina mai pele, e i ai se mea ua fa’aletonu e le Faalapotopotoga, e le tali- ua e mafatia ai.” aina ni tagata uli i totonu o le Na ata Ianeta mo sina taimi fa’amoemoe lenei, se’i vagana ona ia faapea atu lea ia Lane- ai lava tagata papa’e.” Na lulu selota, “vaai oe si a’u uo pele, le ulu o Laneselota ona ia faapea ua ou lagona e le o atoatoa lo’u atu lea i le tama’ita’i ta’ita’i. malosi, ae malie lou loto, o le a “Malie lou fi nagalo, e le ou fa’atali atu i le ta’avale ae alu mafai ona ou ulufale i totonu o e fa’ataunu’u lau vaega, a mae’a le polokalame pe afai o le tulaga ona e toe fo’i mai loa lea ta o.” lena. Na fi u lava Laneselota e O la’u uo tama’ita’i na ma fa’atauanau atu i le tama’ita’i ae malaga mai o se tama’ita’i ua tumau lava le manatu o Ianeta meauli, e foliga mai o le e le suia. “Ou te le mana’o e te mafua’aga tonu lea ua toe fo’i nofo atu i le ta’avale ae ou alu atu ai o ia i le ta’avale ma ona GYSgt Meaole, Ketesemane (itu tauagavale) o le US Marine Corps, atoa lelei lana tautua e 20 na o a’u, ou te mana’o lava ta foliga fa’anoanoa, ai ona o le tausaga litaea ai, ma e fa’atolu ona fa’auia o ia e tau i le taua i Viet Nam mai ia Chu-Lai 1965 se’ia te o to’alua i soo se mea ta te o i fa’asilasilaga lea ua outou faia. o’o 1969. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] ai, ou te naunau fo’i ina ia vaai Ae malie lau susuga a le ta’ita’i, ma tagata o taua lea ua aloaia la ou te le oo atu e fa’ataunu’u la’u taua faigauo.” valaaulia, o le a toe aveese uma ➧ Na i’u lava ina fai le loto mai fo’i la’u foa’i sa tuuina atu Tala i Vaifanua… o Ianeta, ua fa’atali atu i le e fesoasoani ai i la outou Faala- Mai itulau 10 ta’avale ae ua alu na o Lane- potopotoga, ona o lea ua atagia “O a’u sa mua’i auina atu lava le vaega au Leader. O Atapana sa ulufale atu i le vaega Au selota e tali le valaaulia. mai tou te le fa’atauaina tagata a le Maligi i vietnam ma avatu ai ma le atali’i mai Oceanside, kalefonia. Ao lei ulufale le ali’i i totonu, uli o lo o fi toitonu i ai le autu o Amerika Samoa e tau le taua. E le’i i ai se manatu “O le toe ulufale mulimuli lea i vietnam i le na muamua tau lana vaai i ie le fesoasoani mo matitiva.” e toe va’aia Amerika, po’o eleele pele o Amerika 1968, ua faigata ua i ai le alofa i le aiga ma le tetele o lo o tautau i le pito i Na ona uma lava o le Samoa,” o sana tala toe tau manatunatu lea i na fanau ua i ai, peita’i, e le’i tuua ai le tautoga i le luma o le faitotoa e ulufale ai i fa’amatalaga a Laneselota, faliu vaitau o le nofo vevesi i vietnam ma Amerika sa Maligi koa, e ao lava ina fa’ataunuu,” o a kete- totonu, o le isi ie o lo o i ai lona loa ma toe savali aga’i i le la manatu e faigofi e lea taua. semane lea. ata, ae o le isi ie o lo o tusia ai ni ta’avale, ae o se itu na fa’ateia ai O le tausaga na mua’i auina atu ai fi tafi ta i “O le va’ai fo’i i le oti ua faigofi e, ua pau fa’aupuga. le ali’i, ina ua taunu’u atu e le o vietnam mai kanehoe, Hawaii o Me 7, 1965 ma le manatu e ao ina ola mai e toe fo’i i le aiga, Na toeititi lava misi i le vaai i ai Ianeta i totonu o le ta’avale, sa auai ai ma Meaole i lena vaega tele o fi tafi ta, ua iloa fo’i naunau e toe fi a va’ai i le fanau ma a Laneselota fa’aupuga o lo o sei vagana ai ana auauna o lo o peita’i o lo’o manatua lava e ia lea aso Chu-Lai le tina o le aiga. Ina ua mae’a mai le taua lea, tusia i le isi is o lo o sosoo ma le fa’atali mai ai mo ia. 1965 i le gagana a vietnam. sa fa’ato’a fetaui i le to’atele o alo o Amerika ie o lo o i ai lona ata, o lea na tu Ina ua matuia lava le lutaluta o le taua i Samoa na masi’i atu ina ua amata ona la’u mai vietnam sa mae’a mai lana ulua’i malaga lea i tagata sulufa’i ina ia tausia e Amerika. O iina sa le 1966, malolo mai ma toe fo’i atu i le fa’aiuga va’aia ai, e le o faigofi e lava, i ai lava tagata o le ➧ Faasala falepuipui… lava o lena tausaga. Peitai ua ulufale le tasi o ona atunuu e fa’apapa solo pomu ma toe lavevea atu Mai itulau 9 uso i le US Army, George Meaole, ona ave’esea ai nisi o fi tafi ta, o lo’o i ai lagona o’otia i tagata fa’amalosi mai ai lea o ia i le 1966 ma auina atu i o le atunu’u.” lona mafaufau mai le fa’afi tauli Mo le solitulafono o le faia o Iapani e tiute ai i Okinawa. Ina ua mae’a lana auaunaga ia May 31, 1979, o le solitulafono so’o. fa’amaumauga tau fa’asese, e 5 I le 1967 na mae’a mai ai lana tiute i Okinawa, na nonofo ai lava i latou i kalefonia, peita’i na Mo le mataupu e pei ona tausaga lea ua fa’asala ai o ia i ma toe fo’i i Hawaii e malolo ma toe fotua’i atu po’ia le tina o le aiga i ma’i ma maliu ai i le fa’amaonia ai lona le usitaia o le toese i Tafuna. Mo le moliaga ai le isi ana tiute, ae fetaui lelei ma lona va’aia tausaga e 1993 i San Diego. poloaiga o lana nofovaavaaia, o le gaoi, e 5 tausaga e fa’asala fo’i o le tama’ita’i lalelei Samoa mai Salelologa Na malaga asiasi mai le ali’i Maligi koa i lona ua poloaina e le fa’amasinoga ai o ia i le toese i Tafuna. O Limala’u Afano, auaiga o Su’apa’ia ma ua fi lifi li malo i le tausaga e 1995, ma toe fetaui ai ma le isi le tuliina loa e Amituana’i ia fa’asalaga uma e tolu e tuli ai loa e fa’ataunu’uina le la’ua fa’aipoipoga. fo’i tama’ita’i mai Savaii Mary Afoa mai Taga, o le tausaga e 1 lea o lo o fa’atasi, lona uiga e na o le 5 I le 1968, na toe vala’auina mo vietnam, ae ma fa’aipoipo ai i le 1995. I le taimi nei, ua sili fa’amalumalu mai lana mataupu tausaga lea o le a taofi a ai o ia i ua ulufale fo’i le isi ona uso i le US Navy, le ali’i atu ona mautu le tele o la’ua meatotino fa’atasi ai o le 2014. le falepuipui. o Peter Meaole, sa avea ma fuava’a e va’aia ma ma suafa matai ua tautua ai i Taga Savaii. leoleo feoa’iga a le vaega au a Amerika i luga o “Ua fa’asuafaina a’u i le suafa Afoa mai Taga vaitafe o vietnam. Savaii, o le Suafa Notoa mai Taga Savaii, o le E toe ulufale atu ketesemane i lana toe malaga suafa Lealofi mai Taga Savaii ma le suafa Tau- FAIRNESS i vietnam, ua amata ona le toe to’atele ni Maligi talaga ia Faiumu mai Taga Savaii. Peita’i ua i ai We make an issue of it every day. koa i eleele o vietnam, ua to’atele na’ua i latou fo’i le suafa ‘Talalelei’ mai Fagaitua i le aiga o si ua lavevea ma maliliu ae o nisi ua masalomia, o ou tama,” o se tala lea a ketesemane. If you want to comment about our fairness, call Samoa News at 633-5599 lo’o ave fa’apagotaina o taua i lena vaitausaga. I le taimi nei, o lo’o avea ketesemane ma O iina sa fosi fa’amalosi ai loa o ia e avea totino o Fitafi ta Tuai o Taua [VFW], Fitafi ta ma Ta’ita’i i lana Palatuni, ae o lo’o avea ai le Tuai o le US Marine Corps, ma sui Fitafi ta Tuai i ali’i o Alapati Tagaleo’o mai Aoloau ma Squat Amerika Samoa. Page 12 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017

FILE - In this July 24, 2004 fi le photo, Boston lead singer and guitarist Brad Delp performs at the Outdoor Star Arena at Ameristar Casino and Hotel in Council Bluff s, Iowa. Fans of the rock band Boston can get more than a feeling at an upcoming auction - they can get their hands on the personal belongings of Delp. Delp‚Äôs concert grand piano, an electric guitar, silver glitter platform stage shoes and even his New Hampshire driver‚Äôs license are among the items for sale by Boston-based RR Auction starting Dec. 7, 2017. (Ben DeVries /Th e Daily Nonpareil via AP, File) ‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White dies at 84 IRvINE, Calif. (AP) — Joseph L. White, a are invisible in America, they’re invisible in psy- psychologist, social activist and teacher who chology,” White said in an interview for the asso- helped pioneer the fi eld of black psychology to ciation’s 2008 convention. “In America, black counter what he saw as rampant ignorance and people are considered to be inferior, dumb, slow, prejudice in the profession, has died. He was 84. childlike. Same thing in psychology, about (how White, who lived in Irvine, died of a heart blacks have) low IQ, can’t do a complex task. We attack on Nov. 21 near Chicago during a fl ight said: ‘How the hell did this happen?’” to St. Louis to see his daughter for Thanksgiving, White argued, for instance, that Eurocentric said Tom vasich, a spokesman for the Univer- psychology misunderstood African-American sity of California, Irvine, where White was a pro- spirituality, views of time and emphasis on col- fessor for decades. lective behavior. White was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1932 “Essentially, Joe was critiquing traditional but grew up in Minneapolis. He enrolled in San psychology’s arrogance in believing that it was Francisco State College in 1950 after working his the norm against which all people and their cul- way west as a waiter on a passenger train. tures should be measured and telling black people He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State in that ‘you cannot seek validation from people who 1962, becoming one of only a handful of blacks are oppressing you,’” said Thomas A. Parham, a in the nation to hold a doctorate in clinical past association president and vice chancellor of psychology. student affairs at UC Irvine. “When I left the program, I was what you call White called for blacks to found a psycholog- a black Anglo-Saxon. I was the nicest Negro you ical fi eld of their own. He popularized his ideas ever wanted to see” but prejudice changed him in a 1970 article in Ebony magazine and became into “a militant Negro,” he recalled. known among colleagues as the “father of black With a wife and three children, he tried to fi nd psychology.” a home and an offi ce in Long Beach, California Gays, women and members of other ethnic but was repeatedly turned down despite having a minorities adopted the same approach for their college education and having performed military communities, White said. service. White also kept up a clinical practice for In the midst of the civil rights and black power decades and mentored many psychology students. era of the 1960s, White campaigned for what is He also worked on educational projects to pro- now known as cross-cultural psychology that vide opportunities for minority students. In 1968, took into account the perspectives and needs of he helped found California’s Educational Oppor- ethnic minorities. In 1968, White — then dean of tunity Program, which was expanded to all state undergraduate studies at San Francisco State — college campuses and has provided fi nancial aid, and other black psychologists formed the Asso- tutoring, counseling and other help to thousands ciation of Black Psychologists. of low-income and educationally disadvantaged They were angry at the way mainstream students.“Dr. White was a renowned scholar and psychology took what they considered a white will be remembered for his pioneering work in Western worldview that ignored or misunder- clinical psychology. But like all great professors stood black culture and lifestyles. The fi eld his most enduring contribution is that he touched also was dominated by a prejudiced view of so many lives as a mentor and a teacher,” family African-Americans. friend and former U.S. Secretary of State Condo- “Psychology is part of America. Black people leezza Rice said in a statement. samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 13 Bali flights resume, but vol- canic ash still disrupts travel KARANGASEM, Indonesia away from the mountain, it has a tourist from Manila, Philip- (AP) — Flights trickled out reached heights of 25,000 feet pines, who arrived Saturday in of Bali a day after its airport (7,600 meters), posing a threat Bali with three friends and was reopened but the erupting vol- to aircraft. supposed to leave Tuesday. cano there shut down air travel Despite the all-clear for She said the experience didn’t to a neighboring Indonesian Bali’s airport, flights are dampen her feelings about the island Thursday, showing the unlikely to rapidly return to island. continued risk to aircraft from normal levels and a change in “Yes, still a paradise,” she the towering ash clouds. the direction of the ash or a new texted.The volcano’s last major Mount Agung has been more powerful eruption could eruption, in 1963, killed about gushing black-gray columns of force the airport’s closure again. 1,100 people, but it is unclear volcanic dust and steam since President Joko “Jokowi” how bad the current situation the weekend and glowing a dra- Widodo ordered ministries and might get or how long it could matic red at night as lava wells agencies, the military and police last. A worst-case scenario in its crater. to help Bali’s government deal would involve an explosive Bali’s airport was closed from with the disaster, and he has eruption that causes the moun- early Monday until Wednesday urged anyone inside the moun- tain’s cone to collapse. afternoon, stranding tens of tain’s exclusion zone to get out “An analogy would be the thousands of travelers on the “for the sake of their safety.” twin towers collapsing in New idyllic resort island famous for Authorities have told York on 9/11,” said Richard its Hindu culture, surf beaches 100,000 people to leave an area Arculus, a volcano expert at FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, Jerome and lush interior. extending up to 10 kilometers (6 Australian National University. Powell, governor of the Board of Governors of the Federal It reopened after the haz- miles) from the volcano. About “You saw people running away Reserve, arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic ardous ash clouds changed 40,000 people are staying in from the debris raining down Policy Symposium in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, direction, but the threat has now 225 shelters, the disaster agency and columns of dust pursuing Wyo. Two senior administration officials said Thursday, Nov. 2, closed the small international said, but tens of thousands more people down the street. You 2017, that Powell is President Donald Trump’s choice to succeed airport on Lombok island until have stayed they feel safe or will not be able to outrun this Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) at least Thursday evening. don’t want to abandon homes thing.” Australia’s Jetstar said it and livestock. would have 16 flights out of In the village of Tulamben v Bali on Thursday, six more inside the exclusion zone, than usual, which would take farmers were plowing their AmericAn SAmoA about 3,500 Australians home. fields with cattle Wednesday, Two South Korean airlines seemingly unbothered by the community college said they were sending charter smoking mountain behind them Department of Academic Affairs flights on Thursday, one to swelling with orange lava. Bali and another to Surabaya In Sukadana village, about on the neighboring island of 8 kilometers from the crater, a Java, which some tourists have few remaining residents said reached by ferry and bus, to col- mudflows of volcanic debris EmploymEnt opportunity lect as many as 700 Koreans. and water had passed through Position Title: ADJUNCT NURSING INSTRUCTOR Figures from the airport the area for a couple of days Employment Status: Part-Time showed 23 flights, mostly before solidifying. domestic, carried about 1,600 Some stranded tourists General Description: passengers out Wednesday. managed to get off the island The Adjunct Nursing Instructor reports to the Nursing Department chairperson. The successful candidate will Inbound flights included a Sin- before the airport reopened, but gapore Airlines jet with only they faced an arduous journey be responsible for teaching ASCC Nursing courses in clinical and theoretical for Practical Nursing / Nurse two passengers. involving crowded roads, buses, Aide and Associate Degree in Nursing. The volcano was erupting ferries and sometimes overnight less furiously Thursday. The waits in yet another airport in Disaster Mitigation Agency Surabaya on the island of Java. Job Duties and Responsibilities: said the ash plume was rising “This is a very unforgettable • Collect, prepare, and present instructional materials for all classes to be taught about 2,000 meters above the experience for us. So much • Prepare and distribute course syllabi/outlines for each class taught during the first week of instructions. crater, about half its previous hassle and definitely one for • Prepare and distribute a comprehensive syllabi for all courses taught in a timely manner as requested height. As ash has drifted the books,” said Sheryl David, by Academic Affairs. • Teach each class as scheduled and supervise examinations, field trips, internships, service learning Police: Dead 8-month-old girl activities, and practicum. • Maintain attendance and scholastic records and submit these to the Admissions and Records Office by the assigned date every semester / session. had fentanyl in her system • Develop, implement, and assess Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for each course taught. COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) Steven Gilchrist and Jocelyn • Share data on SLOs collected from courses taught with the department and other college stakeholders, — The parents of an 8-month- Belmore, both 32, were arrested and provide recommendations for improvement of student learning. old girl who died last week Tuesday and charged with one • Participate in the different levels of student learning outcome review, program review, and student have been charged with felony felony count each of cruelty neglect after police said the to or neglect of a child. Court assessment. potent opioid fentanyl was records show that both pleaded • Provide students with information on career, academic referrals, and transfer opportunities found in her system. not guilty when arraigned • Post and maintain class schedules and office hours to assist students. Authorities received a Wednesday at the Kent County • Provide safety measures and fully exercise the enforcement of these measures in the classrooms. 911 call around 6 a.m. Nov. courthouse. • Observe and enforce all ASCC rules and regulations, policies and mandates. 19 about an unresponsive A judge set bail at $50,000 • Perform other duties assigned by the Department Chairperson or the Dean of Academic Affairs infant, Coventry Police said with surety and ordered them Wednesday. They took the not to have contact with chil- Minimum Requirements: child to an area hospital, where dren under the age of 16. They • Master’s Degree in Nursing and licensures. she was pronounced dead. The were referred to the public child’s cause of death has not defender’s office. • Five (5) years of teaching Nursing classes and seven (7) years of in clinical supervisory experience been determined yet, according Police say the charges could • Demonstrates knowledge in curriculum development, and has good analytical and interpersonal skills. to police. be upgraded depending on the • Must also be computer literate (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.) An investigation produced final report from the medical evidence of criminal neglect by examiner’s office. Salary: Salary to be commensurate with experience, qualification, and credentials. the parents and a preliminary Kerri White, a spokes- toxicology report revealed the woman for the state Department Application Deadline: December 01, 2017 no later than 4:00pm. presence of fentanyl, a powerful of Children, Youth and Fami- Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources Office at synthetic drug, in her system, lies, said Gilchrist was known 699-9155 ext. 428/441/429, online at http://www.amsamoa.edu/employmentopportunities.html police said. It wasn’t said how to them through an unrelated or by email at [email protected]. the drug entered the child’s case having to do with a family system. member. “An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – And A Drug-Free Workplace” Page 14 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Offi cer who punched Miami fan on video cleared of wrongdoing MIAMI (AP) — A Florida the stands. police offi cer who punched According to a report pro- a drunken female football vided on Wednesday to The fan has been cleared of any Miami Herald , Ross’s supervi- wrongdoing. sors found the 18-year veteran’s Earlier this month, a vid- actions were within depart- eotape showed a University mental rules. of Miami football fan slap an Miami-Dade police Director offi cer, who then punches her Juan Perez acknowledged it in the head. Bridget Freitas, a didn’t look good, but said offi - 30-year-old nurse, was charged cers don’t distinguish between with felony battery on a police males and females when offi cer and misdemeanor dis- throwing a punch. orderly conduct. The incident Within hours, the video occurred as Miami-Dade Police was shared on Twitter more offi cer Douglas Ross and fellow than 3,000 times and posted on offi cers tried to carry her out of numerous websites. Victor Micallef, left , Clift on Murray and Fraser Walters from Th e Tenors perform during the 85th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting attracts thousands NEW YORk (AP) — group of friends since early “We’ve always wanted to see Throngs of tourists and revelers afternoon. the tree lighting. It’s a magical packed midtown Manhattan on The 85th annual ceremony time of year.” a warm night and under tight was televised by NBC and When asked about Lauer’s security to watch the annual included live performances by absence, the 67-year-old said lighting of the Rockefeller Brett Eldredge, Leslie Odom she never really cared for him. Center Christmas Tree. Jr., Pentatonix, Train, Harry For most of his life, Hendrik Democratic Mayor Bill de Connick Jr., and the Radio City Edler, of Germany, has always Blasio fl ipped the switch just Rockettes. wanted to see the tree lighting. before 9 p.m., illuminating the Matt Lauer was set to co- “We came here just for the 75-foot tall, 12-plus ton Norway host the event, but the network event. It’s a dream since I was Bridget Freitas is seen in an undated photo provided by the spruce decorated with 50,000 announced Wednesday that it really young,” said Edler, 39. Miami-Dade Police Department. Police have charged Freitas, a multicolored LED lights. had terminated him for “inap- This year’s festivities 30-year-old nurse, with felony battery on a police offi cer for her “I defi nitely think it’s going propriate sexual behavior” brought added security mea- part in a videotaped altercation with a detective at a University to get the Christmas spirit with a colleague. Lauer’s co- sures following the Oct. 31 of Miami football game. Police said Bridget Freitas slapped an going,” said Samantha Fettner, host Savannah Guthrie made terror attack in which a man offi cer while being carried out during Miami’s win Saturday, Nov. a 33-year-old from Fort Lau- the announcement at the top of drove a truck onto a bike path 4, 2017, over Virginia Tech at Hard Rock Stadium. derdale, Florida, who had been Wednesday’s “Today” show. near the World Trade Center, (Miami-Dade Police Department via AP) standing in the front with a karen Calistra, of Chester killing eight people. Springs, Pennsylvania, said it The holiday tradition started was her fi rst time seeing the in 1931. This year’s tree came spectacle. from State College, Pennsyl- “It’s something new, some- vania. After the holidays, it will thing fun. It’s the stuff you see be milled into lumber for Hab- in the movies,” said Calistra. itat for Humanity. Former Mariner Bret Boone apologizes for harassment remarks SEATTLE (AP) — Former tions against radio host Garrison Seattle Mariners second keillor, Boone sent him a direct baseman Bret Boone apolo- message on Twitter. Boone gized Wednesday for making wrote that he got sexually light of sexual harassment in a harassed “twice today,” when message to a reporter.“ “the Starbucks girl” smiled at All, there are zero excuses him and when a woman at a for what I said earlier,” he wrote drug store fl irted with him. on his Twitter feed. “None. Boone further joked that he It was 100% wrong. It was was getting a lawyer and that offensive. the behavior was unacceptable. It was inappropriate. It was Cohen responded to ask not remotely productive to any why Boone reached out to conversation regarding harass- him to make light of sexual ment. I apologize and it will harassment. never happen again.” Boone wrote that it was a Seattlepi.com reporter Ste- joke, that he was tired of people phen Cohen wrote Wednesday being offended and that the that after he tweeted about his reporter should go back to his disappointment in the allega- politically correct world. samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017 Page 15 AP source: Mueller’s team questioned Kushner about Flynn WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald confi rmed by people familiar with Mueller’s Trump’s son-in-law Jared kushner has been investigation. They spoke on condition of ano- questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s nymity because they weren’t authorized to pub- team of investigators about former national secu- licly discuss the ongoing investigation. rity adviser Michael Flynn, a person familiar The grand testimony that had been scheduled with the investigation confi rmed Wednesday to for the coming days related to Flynn’s fi rm, Flynn The Associated Press. Intel Group, its work with a public relations fi rm The person said the questioning of kushner and interactions with congressional staff, one of earlier this month took about 90 minutes or less the people said.Mueller and the FBI have been and was aimed in part at establishing whether interested in hearing from employees at the kushner had any information on Flynn that might public relations fi rm, SGR LLC, because of the be exculpatory. The person said multiple White fi rm’s work with Flynn Intel Group. SGR LLC, House witnesses have been asked about their which does business as Sphere Consulting, did knowledge of Flynn, who was forced to resign public relations work on a fi lm Flynn Intel Group from the White House in February after offi cials was working on about Turkish cleric Fethullah concluded he had misled them about his contacts Gulen. The fi lm was never completed. with the Russian ambassador. Mueller was appointed by the Justice Depart- The confi rmation of Kushner’s interview ment in May to oversee an investigation into came as prosecutors working for Mueller post- potential coordination between Russia and the poned grand jury testimony related to Flynn’s Trump campaign to infl uence the outcome of private business dealings. the 2016 presidential election. The investiga- The reason for the postponement was not tion, which produced its fi rst criminal charges immediately clear, but it comes one week after last month against three former Trump campaign attorneys for Flynn alerted Trump’s legal team offi cials, incorporated an earlier FBI inquiry into that they could no longer share information about Flynn’s lobbying and investigative research work the case. That discussion between lawyers was on behalf of a Turkish businessman. Flynn’s fi rm widely seen as a possible indication that Flynn was paid $530,000 for the work. was moving to cooperate with Mueller’s inves- Sphere employees have cooperated for tigation or attempting to negotiate a deal for months with Mueller’s investigation, including himself. by turning over documents requested by investi- An attorney for Flynn, Robert kelner, did gators and sitting for voluntary interviews. not immediately respond to email and phone An October 2016 meeting that was expected In this Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, fi le photo, White House senior messages Wednesday afternoon. Peter Carr, a to be the subject of the grand jury testimony has adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump answers spokesman for Mueller, declined comment. been described as a bait-and-switch carried out questions at a news conference, in Bedminister, N.J. Kusner has In a statement, kushner’s attorney, Abbe on behalf of Flynn’s fi rm. been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team ofi nves- Lowell, said, “Mr. kushner has voluntarily coop- As the AP reported in March , Flynn’s busi- tigators about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. erated with all relevant inquiries and will con- ness partner, Bijan kian , invited a representative Th at’s according to a person familiar with the investigation who tinue to do so.” of the House Homeland Security committee to spoke to the AP. The details of kushner’s questioning and the Flynn Intel’s offi ces in Alexandria, Virginia, to (AP Photo/Pablo Martines, File) postponement of the grand jury testimony were discuss secure communications products. Page 16 samoa news, Thursday, November 30, 2017

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