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by Fili SagapoluteleSamoa News Correspondent

Territorial Bank of American Samoa is still working on get-

ting a transit routing number and the process is taking longer then expected, says TBAS chief executive officer Philip Ware, who suspects that perhaps the

reason is that the bank is Amer-ican Samoa Government owned.

And without a routing number, TBAS customers using the bank’s ATMs are being charged a $3 transaction fee on their TBAS debit cards.

Ware along with TBAS chief operations officer Mak-erita T. Polu testified yesterday

before the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee, which sought infor-mation from the government-owned commercial bank on sev-eral issues including the status of the bank’s efforts to get Fed-eral Reserve Board approval for a transit routing number.

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In this photo: Lt. Gov. Lemanu P. Mauga (center), Bluesky Group CEO Toleafoa Douglas Creevey (far right) and Rev. Iasepi Ulu of Fagatogo CCCAS, who offered the invocation, with his faletua (left) during the Bluesky Corporate Event that officially launched its 4G Plus Superior Network, on Wednesday night at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, in Utulei. [Photo: Leua Aiono Frost]

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Territorial Bank of American Samoa chief operations officer Makerita T. Polu (left) and TBAS chief executive officer Philip Ware during a House committee hearing yesterday morning. [photo: AF]

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by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu Samoa News Reporter

Apia, SAMOA — Former Reverend Opapo So’anai Oeti has leveled heavy allega-tions against Reverend Elder Tautiaga Senara, chairman of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS), after the Elders Committee stripped him (Opapo) of his pastoral titles within the church, last week, after voting to censor the former fiafeau, who is the father of the stig-mata girl, Toaipuapuaga ‘Toa’ Patrick, who claims to be car-rying the crucifixion marks of

Jesus.Opapo is no longer a Rev-

erend of the CCCS, a denomi-nation he served for 23 years.

His daughter, Toa, who was a CCCS member, has converted to Catholicism and she’s currently in Rome, accompanied by her husband and two children — they are due to return home next month.

Opapo believes his daugh-ter’s stigmata is the reason why Senara made the move against him. “It’s because he does not believe the marks of Jesus on Toa” and the messages she has been delivering from God.

Father of “stigmata girl” is stripped

of his church titles

Opapo Soana’i Oeti during a press conference he called at his residence in Vaitele regarding having his pastoral titles that have been stripped by the Elders of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) in a decision following their meeting last week. [Photo: JL]


Holding a press conference at the home in Vaitele, after the Elders deci-sion was made to strip his pastoral titles, he explained that Senara appeared to have been supportive at first, however in the background he had been planning all along to remove him from the church. Opapo told the media that he was dis-appointed with the decision — nonethe-less he would abide by it.

He said that this is the first time a Reverend has not been afforded the opportunity to appear before the Elders Committee to present his case, rather Opapo was handed a decision on Tuesday (Samoa Time) saying that he had been stripped of his pastoral titles.

According to the decision by the Elders Committee, obtained by Samoa News, it indicates that Opapo was dis-obedient, disrespectful and did not heed the advice of the chairman. The docu-ment says that Opapo was instructed

to let his daughter go to Rome, but he should stay behind to look after the parish — however he disobeyed.

The document further says that Opapo was instructed to remove the statues that were inside the Church as it goes against the beliefs of the CCCS, but he didn’t listen. Also Opapo did not attend the usual village service with other denominations.

In response, Opapo explained that prior to taking his daughter and her family to Rome, he asked for permis-sion from Senara who agreed and said to go, however upon his return he was informed that he has disobeyed instruc-tions from Senara.

Of the statues that are mentioned in the decision document, he said they are gifts from the Catholic Church and “our parish refused to remove them”. Conse-quently, Opapo said he wrote to Senara asking him to come and remove the

statues, as their members were scared to remove them. He said that there is nothing in the foun-dation of the CCCS, which dis-allows having statues inside the church.

Opapo further explained that when he returned from Rome, members of his parish did not wish to attend the monthly ser-vice after so many rumors had been going around regarding Opapo being disrespectful and disobeying the Chairman of CCCS.

“I am the reverend and had I gone to the service with my flock it would’ve been a disaster. They would’ve fought tooth and nail for me, so I decided not to attend, for the sake of peace, after all that is my role — to keep the peace.”

Opapo said the Elders did not afford him the chance to fight his case and that is wrong, adding this is “communism” and that the church is about hon-esty and justice, and the actions by the Elders Committee is the total opposite.

He went on to say that there are other CCCS pastors who have made wrong decisions yet they haven’t been penalized, but he who has done nothing wrong, has been stripped of his titles.

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Spawnbreezie performed two songs with 4 local musicians and singers of Fagaitua, at the Bluesky’s 4G Plus Superior Network Corporate Launch Event on Wednesday night at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, in Utulei. His first concert on island is set to take place tomorrow — Saturday — 4p.m. [Photo: Leua Aiono Frost]

“We’ve been trying very hard to get federal approval of a transit routing number and we are working on that,” Ware told the committee. “This is gen-erally a two-week process, but for down here, apparently, they (Federal Reserve) are thinking it over. And it’s a lot longer process than we had thought.”

“We are probably the only bank in the United States and territories that is operating without a transit routing number,” he said. “During the interim, as we operate without a routing number, we’re probably doing excellently, because it really limits what we can do, but we’re doing everything possibe that we can do, without the routing number.”

While still working on the routing number, Ware said the bank continues its operations, with checking accounts, which are accessible with the TBAS debit cards, but “we’re unable to issue checks” without the routing number.

Additionally, TBAS has “a few” ATMs operating and it has also starting making loans — both secure and unse-cured — and “we’ve begun investing in other loans on island,” he said.

“We have a viable business going right now. We are limited because of the transit routing number, but we’re starting to make some money,” he explained. “We’re certainly not in the black yet, but we’re just starting and I think that we’re doing excellently without the routing number.”

Ware asked for patience, from not only the House, but also the public as they work diligently on getting a routing number and reiterated that the process is taking longer than they thought.

He then told the committee he thinks getting the routing number has become a longer process because, “as I look back as to what it is that the Federal Reserve has a problem with — I think its the government involvement in the bank,” adding that there is only one other bank in the US that is government owned and the Federal Reserve “is very leery of that.”

Ware said, “I try very hard to make sure they [Federal Reserve] understands that there’s a barrier between the gov-

ernment and the bank. And the govern-ment will not influence us nor will they get involved with us.”

He told the committee. “So that’s a very big thing in their mind [and] I’m trying to convince them, that is not the case.”

The committee chairman, Rep. Timusa Tini Lam Yuen raised with Ware concerns from TBAS customers, who have to pay the ATM fee of $3 when their TBAS debit cards are used at TBAS’ ATMs to “withdraw their own money.”

Ware responded that without a routing number TBAS had to go to a third party processor, “to process our debit card transactions. At this time, we’re passing that [fee] on to our cus-tomers, [as] we don’t have a control on that right now.”

“When we get a transit routing number, than we’re free to do a little bit better with that fee,” Ware said, to which Timusa asked again, so “there will still be a fee” when TBAS gets a routing number “but it won’t be as much as $3?”

“I think we’ll review the situation at that time and do what we need to do,” was Ware’s reply.

TBAS, which opened for business on Oct. 3 of last year, also offers savings accounts.

A seven-member board of the Ter-ritorial Bancorp Holding Company, an ASG entity, governs TBAS.

BACKGROUNDA bank routing number or routing

transit number (RTN) is a nine-digit number used to identify a financial insti-tution in a transaction, with the most common types of transactions being Automatic Clearing House (ACH) and wire transfers.

The ACH — is an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States. ACH processes large volumes of credit and debit transactions in batches. ACH credit transfers include direct deposit, payroll and vendor payments.

For a checking account, it’s the first set of numbers printed on the bottom of your checks, on the left side.

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Development Bank of American Samoa has moved to recover more than $200,000 in loan proceeds to locally based start-up Tausani Airline, which was to use the loan money to purchase two aircraft from a now bankrupt Guam firm and there was nothing in Tausani’s initial loan proposal for leasing the ASG 19-seat plane, says DBAS president Ruth Matagi-Fa’atili, in testimony before a Senate panel early this week.

However, Tausani president Filifa’atali Michael Fuiava countered that leasing of the ASG plane was in fact part of the initial loan proposal to DBAS, which failed to dis-tribute the rest of the $400,000 after loan documents were signed just over three years ago.

Matagi-Fa’atili and Filifa’atali, who is the new Agriculture Department director, appeared Wednesday before the Senate Transporta-tion/Port Committee, whose chairman, Sen. Paepae Iosefa Faiai called the hearing to find out the status of Tausani, which leased more than two years ago the ASG plane for Manu’a flights, as well as the status of the DBAS loan.

DBAS president explained to the committee that Tau-sani’s initial application sought a loan of $400,000 to purchase two planes from Guam and Tausani had to meet conditions of the loan.

“They met the requirements. So we issued the [check] dis-bursement,” she said, adding that it was when the board con-ducted a site visit of Tausani that DBAS learned that there was a change. Instead of two planes purchase from Guam, Tausani was using the ASG plane.

Funding for the total loan amount was from two pro-grams: the federal Economic Development Revolving Loan (overseen by Department of Commerce) and a local pro-gram financed by DBAS. According to Matagi-Fa’atili the federal loan program, in which DBAS and DOC worked together, put together specific guidelines to follow on how the money is spent.

The second program is a local program, financed by DBAS, she said.

Paepae asked if DBAS made any contact with the Guam Company regarding the total cost of the two planes and the type of aircraft.

Matagi-Fa’atili said DBAS, as well DOC, had conducted a review, which also involved the bank’s attorney because there was some problems with the company, identified in the proposal. The DBAS president didn’t identify the company.

Asked by Paepae if Tau-sani had changed its proposal to reflect the use of the ASG plane as part of their loan pro-posal, the DBAS president said there was no notification in writing.

When given the chance to address the committee, Filifa’atali said the $400,000 loan was based on plans the airline had already laid out for the two planes to be pur-chased from Guam. He said when the loan request was approved and documents were signed, he along with Rep. Su’a Alexander Jennings (who is involved with Tausani) was told by DBAS for him or Su’a to pick up the check the fol-lowing day.

However, when Su’a showed up the next day to pick up the check, he was told that the check was not ready, said Filifa’atali, who informed the committee that the loan was approved and documents were signed for $50,000, which was not sufficient to purchase even one plane. Then Tausani moved on to “plan B” — to use the ASG plane, he said and again reiterated to the com-mittee that the ASG plane was part of the proposal.

However, Matagi-Fa’atili insisted that the initial loan proposal was to purchase two planes, but it was when Filifa’atali later appeared before the DBAS board where the revelation was made about a change to the loan request that the ASG plane would be leased for the airline’s operation.

Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie asked why the bank issued only a $50,000 check, but not the entire amount at the beginning, and Matagi-Fa’atili responded that there were a lot of conditions of the loan that the airline had to meet and thereafter the DBAS gave its approval.

“So we gave them $50,000 — not working capital — but to help them to get their stuff in order before we disbursed the full amount,” she said, but, noted DBAS then discovered that the Guam company had filed “bankruptcy” in Guam.

Asked by Gaoteote for a break down of the $250,000 payments given to Tausani, the DBAS president said $50,000

was released in December, fol-lowed later by two separate $100,000 checks.

Gaoteote said the com-mittee hearing is not to point fingers about who is right or wrong, but the important issue to him is how DBAS is going to recover the $250,000 already given Tausani.

Matagi-Fa’atili said the bank is working with its attorney to recover the money and Tausani has made some payments.

Sen. Tuiagamoa Tavai asked about any “guarantee” made by Tausani in repaying the loan to which the DBAS president responded, that it was “personal income” of indi-viduals in the airline as well as a quarter acre of land and a home on the land that was put up as collateral.

She also says that the bank’s attorney has informed DBAS management that there were conditions of the loan that were “not satisfied” by Tausani and this was among the reasons that the bank’s board made the final decision not to disburse the balance — $150,000 – of the loan.

DBAS board chairman Sen. Nuanuaolefeagaiga Saoluaga T. Nua was present at the hearing, and suggested that this issue be returned to DBAS management, the bank’s board and Tausani for further review and discussions on how to resolve it. This was the only time that Nuanuaolefeagaiga addressed the hearing.

Regarding the status of the Federal Aviation Administra-tion certification, Filifa’atali says the plane is prepared for it, but recent communication from the FAA indicated that the federal agency needs the resources in order for people to come down to conduct the inspection.

However, he says the plane has been on the ground not flying for a long time and therefore, some of the inspec-tion requirements pertaining to parts of the aircraft need to be done in preparation for the FAA inspection. That means, he said, this will be a new expense for the airline.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told Samoa News last month that the FAA is working to free up resources to begin the cer-tification process for Tausani Airlines. “We expect to start the process this summer, pro-vided that Tausani is prepared to begin that process,” Gregor said.

Tausani Airline and DBAS disagree about initial

loan proposal of $400,000DBAS SAYS IT WAS TO PURCHASE TWO

AIRCRAFT, NOT LEASE ASG’S 19-SEAT PLANE

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The 2017 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport: Call for proposals was hosted in Monaco this past weekend, March 16-18, and American Samoa’s Certified Athletic Trainer, Florence Wasko took part in this global sports medi-cine event, which is held every three years. Its focus is to pro-mote athletes’ health through prevention of injuries and illnesses.

Being the only active ATC in the territory, Wasko told Samoa News that she took part in this conference to get an update on the latest within the field of sports medicine and her participation at her first IOC World Conference came by way of a scholarship through the American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC).

Wasko told Samoa News, “This was a World Conference the IOC hosts every three years. I received an Olympic Soli-darity scholarship through our NOC because IOC was looking for women in medicine, and

young professionals. So I was asked by our NOC to apply and I was granted the scholarship and it paid for everything from airfare, accommodation, and registration.”

Since 2009, the IOC, under the leadership of its Medical Commission, has supported and partnered with established research centers from around the world which have demon-strated clinical, educational, and research expertise in the fields of sport medicine and elite sports.

Wasko, who has been an ATC since 2011, said she was always drawn to medi-cine. “My mom is a nurse, her mom was a midwife, my other grandmother was a nurse as well — medicine is fascinating in the sense that it is always evolving and changing.”

She told Samoa News, “I discovered athletic training as it combines two things that I enjoy, medicine and sports, and stuck to it. I enjoy taking care of injuries the minute they happen. It’s exciting.”

Wasko added, “Many times, the care provided in the first few minutes of an injury

determines the outcome of recovery.”

She said, “Once I chose this career path, my long term goal was to always move back home and provide medical care to our athletes and here I am today.”

Reflecting on how she started out as Certified Athletic Trainer, Wasko told Samoa News, “I’ve been an ATC for six years now, and I com-pleted both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Hawaii- Manoa. Instead of writing a thesis for our masters program, we have to sit our board exams. Once we pass and become certi-fied, we must maintain our certification by completing 50 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), every two years”.

She said, “If I don’t main-tain that, I lose my license and certification and I can’t work.”

Samoa News notes that Wasko’s presence was heavily felt throughout our ASDOE’s sporting events over the past couple of years. Asked about the pressure and stress that comes with the job, Wasko


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further clarify the “quarterly apportionment” issue to ensure that Samoa News and the public understand, and are not quick to say the FONO is the only branch overspending its budget by 3% of its 25% appor-tionment of its total budget as reported on February 13, 2017 Samoa News.

Pursuant to the American Samoa Code Annotated ASCA 10.0509 (a), each territorial agency shall submit a quar-terly performance report to the Budget Office on or before the dates established by the Budget Office, and in the form prescribed by the office. The Budget Office in turn summa-rizes the performance reports and forward copy to the Gov-ernor, copies to members of the Legislature.

The Legislature of American Samoa being a separate branch of government is not subject to the above requirement under ASCA 10.0509 (a), as the Leg-islature have full authority and control the request, approval, and disbursement of funds in its budget. The Legislature shall fully responsible for main-taining proper record-keeping and management over the expenditures of funds

The normal quarterly budget threshold of 25% as the Budget Office Director referred to in her cover letter dated February 13, 2017, is 3% less than what the Legislature submitted in the

1st quarter of fiscal year 2017, which is 28%. Samoa News also understands a quarterly budget is 25% of 100%.

By law, quarterly apportion-ment is a distribution of amounts available for obligation, including budgetary reserves to provide for contingencies, in case of an emergency, or to effect savings, pursuant to the Antideficiency Act. There, the 28% submitted by the Legisla-ture of American Samoa in the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2017 included budgetary reserves to provide for contingencies or to effect savings like the $169,832 that the Fono saved at the end of the first quarter, December 31, 2016.

We are only one quarter in fiscal year 2017, please under-stand that the Honorable Presi-dent of the Senate and the Hon-orable Speaker of the House of Representatives are mindful of their duties and responsi-bilities as prescribed by law. More importantly, they are also mindful not to make or autho-rize an expenditure or create any obligation in excess of the amount available in they FY 2017 Approved Budget.

For the remaining three quarters of FY 2017, the Leg-islature will continue to submit quarterly apportionments based on our operational needs, to include budgetary reserves to provide for contingencies, etc.

Respectfully,Talalemotu MaugaLegislative Financial Office

Letter to the Editor“28% — FONO 1ST QUARTER APPORTIONMENT — 2017”

Am. Samoa’s ATC Wasko attends IOC World

Conference held in Monaco

American Samoa’s only Certified Athletic Trainer Florence Wasko attended the IOC World Conference last week for an update on the latest within the field of sports medicine. She works for ASDOE — Athletic Division — and is seen here during a local football game treating a player who was injured during play. [SN file photo]

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WPRFMC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS TO RETURN HOME TO WORK FOR DMWR[l-r] Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council member Chris-

tinna Lutu-Sanchez, Council scholarship recipient Valentine Vaeoso, Council member and new DMWR director Va’amua Henry Sesepasara with another Council scholarship recipient Faasalafa Kitiona — all from American Samoa — Wednesday in Honolulu.

Vaeoso and Kitiona are recipients of the US Pacific Territories Fishery Capacity Building Scholarship, a program spearheaded by the Council.

“These two students will be graduating this spring, and as part of their scholar-ship requirements, they will be working for two to three years at the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources,” Council spokesperson Sylvia Spalding said from Honolulu yesterday morning.

The students are attending University of Hawaii at Hilo, pursuing degrees in marine science, and the Council flew them to Honolulu this week to meet with

Va’amua to discuss their forthcoming employment. The students also attended the Council’s Fisheries Forum on Wednesday night.

At the final day yesterday of the three-day Council meeting in Honolulu, Va’amua told the gathering that he had a good meeting with the students on Wednesday night before they returned to Hilo yesterday morning for classes. Additionally, the students are very excited to return home after graduation.

“I am very excited to have these students come back home and work for DMWR,” said Va’amua, who noted that quite often some of the students from American Samoa would further their education in Hawai’i or the U.S mainland and “when they graduate, they never return home. They find employment either on the main-land or Hawai’i.”

Va’amua thanked the Council for the opportunity given to the two students to further their education in the marine science field. [photo: Sylvia Spalding/Council]

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Lt. Governor Lemanu P. Mauga gave special remarks on how proud he is that American Samoa can now have better access on their devices at Bluesky’s Corporate Event, which officially lZZa-unched their 4G Plus Superior Network on Wednesday night at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, in Utulei. [Photo: Ese Malala]



A senior official with a Honolulu-based fishery com-pany will be in American Samoa next month to meet with at least eleven displaced workers, who were laid off last December after Tri Marine International shut down can-nery operations of its Samoa

Tuna Processors Inc. plant in Atu’u. According to a report to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, the United Fishing Agency reached out to STP last year to look into the possibility of transitioning workers from STP to the Fish Auction at Pier 38 in Honolulu.

United Fishing Agency has been in constant contact with STP providing job descriptions and helping to facilitate poten-tial transfers, it says.

At Wednesday’s day-two of the three-day Council meeting in Honolulu, United Fishing Agency official Michael Gotto says he has been in commu-nication with STP since last December.

“At this point and after talking to the STP management team, they currently have 10 applicants from [neighboring] Samoa and one from Amer-ican Samoa that are interested in transitioning to Hawai’i,” Gotto told the meeting.

He said there is probably one more interested applicant from American Samoa and hopefully more will be avail-able from the territory to transi-tion to work in Hawai’i. Gotto said he plans to travel to Pago Pago next month to meet with these applicants, or candidates, as well as STP management to find suitable candidates to relocate to Honolulu and work within the fishery industry with United Fishing Agency.

Gotto said he looks forward to the trip to American Samoa to “meet face to face” with the

candidates as well as STP man-agement. He also requested any assistance in American Samoa during his trip.

Council member from American Samoa Taotasi Archie Soliai said “We cer-tainly appreciate the efforts to help these displaced workers” and that while he is not sure how many applicants United Fishery Agency is looking to transition to Honolulu, “any step” to help the displaced workers from STP “is a step in the right direction.”

Taotasi offered to assist Goto, adding that he is sure the other two Council mem-bers from American Samoa — Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources director Va’amua Henry Sesepasara and Christinna Lutu-Sanchez of Longline Inc. — will also assist in the visit.

And at yesterday’s meeting, Taotasi acknowledged that StarKist Samoa has hired some former STP workers, but he didn’t have the total number on hand. He again expressed sincerely appreciations to the Honolulu fishery company for their support.

When STP closed down, some 700 workers lost their jobs and while some have found new jobs, either part time or full time, there are still a lot more of them looking for work.

Goto didn’t reveal as to when he will arrive in Pago Pago, nor any other specific qualifications for candidates to transition to Honolulu.

On Wednesday night, Bluesky hosted a special Corporate Launch Event to officially introduce their new 4G Plus Superior Network. “Don’t Drink Water” (DDW) catered the event — and in this photo the DDW crew takes time out to smile for the camera. [Photo: Ese Malala]

At least 11 laid-off STP workers to meet with Honolulu-based

fishery official

explained, “You’re constantly under pressure to make the best medical decision for an athlete/ patient.

When I’m at football games, many times, the entire island is watching an injury occur either from the stands or on TV.”

She said, “I enjoy my job and I am confident in what I do, but a lot of people don’t understand exactly what it is I do — when I’m standing on the sidelines doing nothing (because no one is hurt) people make comments that I’m doing ‘nothing’. It’s a very good day for everyone when I’m not doing anything. It just means that there are no inju-ries that need to be taken care of.”

This being her first IOC World Conference, Wasko told Samoa News, “I’ve attended smaller IOC sports medicine conferences, but this is the first time I’ve joined a global conference. Science is always changing with new research coming out everyday.

These conferences provide the latest information on med-ical care and what different countries and healthcare profes-sionals are doing.

“If we don’t constantly learn and adapt to new emerging med-ical practices, we will be stuck in prescribing ‘old medicine’, that might not even be recom-mended anymore – science and medicine are always evolving.

“New knowledge is key to being a good health care profes-sional. This is why the CEUs are required to maintain their cre-dential – something I might’ve learned 10 years ago in school may not even be used anymore in practice and we need to keep up with the times,” she pointed out.

Wasko works for the DOE Athletic Division and usually

covers high school sports, but because she cannot cover all sports at once, she says, “you’ll usually find me at the sport with highest incidence of injury – this season, I will be at the soccer games in Pago.”

For private sector and church organizations that are looking to host sporting events – and are trying to reach out to the ATC, she said, “They can contact our DOE Athletics Office if they would like to contract medical services for their events.” She noted her priority is the DOE athletic events.

Wasko wanted to acknowl-edge and thank those who have played a large part in her life as an ATC, saying, “I still keep in contact with my mentors from college. They definitely have helped me throughout college and continue to do so today.

“My parents are always my biggest supporters in my work, and have always encouraged me to continue to do good work, even on my hardest days,” she said.

She concluded, “The gov-erning body for all Athletic Trainers is the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). When I first started working in American Samoa, we were not recognized as being part of NATA.

“I was a recognized health-care provider, but American Samoa was not – I then peti-tioned American Samoa to be included in the Far West Athletic Trainers Association (FWATA- covers Hawaii, Cali-fornia, Nevada, etc.).

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Port Administration is hoping that the MV Manu’atele will be back into service soon, with spare parts for one of the two electric genera-tors of the multi million-dollar vessel expected to arrive this weekend, says Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele.

Testifying before the Senate Transportation/Port Committee on Tuesday, Taimalelagi also says that whatever problems they have with the vessel and/ or within the department, she is responsible and the one to be blamed.

Taimalelagi along with Port director Chris-topher King, MV Manu’atele Capt. Loleni Faiai and the vessel’s US Coast Guard certified chief engineer Jimmy Lang, who is on contract with Port, were called before the committee after senators voiced concerns since last week that the $13.8 million brand new vessel, which arrived in January, is now faced with problems.

Sen. Tuiagamoa Tavai said it came as a sur-prise to the community including senators that this is a brand new vessel but it’s already having problems. He questioned who is to be “blamed” for the problems with the vessel — is it the engi-neer or the vessel’s captain?

“The person to be blamed is me. I’m the director,” was Taimalelagi’s direct reply to Tuiagamoa’s question and she pointed out that if there are any problems with the vessel or within the department, “it all falls on me.”

As to the problem, that has halted the vessel’s sail, Taimalelagi explained that it was during the vessel’s fourth trip to Manu’a recently that the vessel encountered a problem with one of its two “electric generators.”

And while the vessel has a standby generator, the vessel is required to have the two electric generators operational, she said, adding that the generators provide among other things electricity to the vessel.

Taimalelagi also made clear — when ques-tioned by senators — that the electric generators are separate from the vessel’s two main engines, which are not affected.

She told senators that because one generator was out, Port was required to report it to the US Coast Guard. Additionally, the generators are under warranty with the manufacturer — which is Caterpillar.

She said Port has been informed that the spare part for the generator is expected to arrive on

island on Mar. 25 and installation will follow, with Coast Guard then contacted to assess the vessel. Once the Coast Guard gives the okay, then the vessel will resume its sails for the Manu’a island group.

Lang explained to senators that the two gen-erators must both be operational when the vessel is carrying out certain operations, for example, the vessel’s crane or lowering and lifting of the lifeboats to and from the waters.

US Coast Guard chief warrant officer, Joe TwiFriday, March 24, 2017, told Samoa News last Friday that it was the Coast Guard that ordered the vessel not to sail unless both genera-tors are operational.

“The way the vessel is designed, it needs two generators for electric power, and this is espe-cially important, if someone falls overboard… a search and rescue is carried out, with both gen-erators operational to carry the electrical load,” he said in a brief telephone interview.

HOUSE HEARINGTaimalelagi and the same Port officials

appeared Wednesday morning before a House committee for the same reason; and Taimalelagi gave similar testimony.

She told the committee that the MV Manu’atele is required to have a US certified chief engineer and it’s the reason Lang, who was one of three engineers who sailed the vessel from Seattle, was hired as a contractor at Port.

Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui Jr., wanted more information as to what actually caused the problem with the generator — asking if it’s the carelessness of the captain or crew.

Lang explained, “One of the generators has a component, which failed due probably to vibra-tion. It’s a small component, considered a ‘single point failure’ and if that component fails, the unit fails.” He later said that further assessment of the problem would happen.

He said the local agent for Caterpillar was quickly notified and through the company’s net-work was able to identify the spare parts, and it’s being brought in from Illinois and expected to arrive Friday.

Responding to a question from Fetui, Taimale-lagi it was explained that Lang “is going to teach our young people — for someone to be a chief engineer — in the next two years.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump will have a security clearance, a West Wing office and the ear of her father on important policy matters. But don’t call her an employee.

When it comes to govern-ment work, “employee” is more than just a word. That designa-tion triggers an array of trans-parency and ethical provisions, including a law prohibiting con-flicts of interest.

Government watchdogs are concerned that by refusing to call Ivanka Trump an employee, White House counsel Don McGahn could be attempting to give her a loophole if she improperly mingles her govern-ment policy roles with her busi-ness and financial interests.

In a letter Friday to McGahn, they ask him to reconsider, saying the position as designed “creates a middle space that does not exist.” It is signed by two former White House law-yers and three other transpar-ency and ethics advocates, all of

whom have been highly critical of the Trump administration’s approach to ethics.

“On the one hand, her posi-tion will provide her with the privileges and opportunities for service that attach to being a White House employee,” they write. “On the other hand, she remains the owner of a pri-vate business who is free from the ethics and conflicts rules that apply to all White House employees.”

The White House rejects that notion.

As an adult first daughter with an interest in politics and a clothing and lifestyle brand of her own, Ivanka Trump is in an unprecedented situation. There’s no protocol for this, said a senior White House offi-cial who requested anonymity to discuss a personnel matter. She’s family, not an employee.

Another person close to Ivanka Trump earlier told The Associated Press that Ivanka believes she can offer more independent perspective to her father by not serving as a White House staffer.

Richard Painter, one of the letter’s signatories and President George W. Bush’s chief ethics counselor, said he cannot recall a White House that had such high-powered “non-employees.”

One of the most politi-cally active close relatives of a sitting president was Hillary Clinton. And she successfully fought to be considered a fed-eral employee because of the privacy benefits it involves.

A June 1993 ruling by a federal appeals court enabled Clinton to keep secret the details of the health care reform panel that she led.

Ivanka Trump is choosing to be in a less formal role than her husband, Jared Kushner, who is a senior adviser to the presi-dent and, as an employee, must follow the rules.

She has relinquished control of her brand but, like her father, continues to own and financially benefit from her businesses. She will “voluntarily comply with the rules that would apply if she were a government employee, even though she is not,” her attorney Jamie Gorelick said this week.

Gorelick, who also helped Kushner through the White House appointment process, said McGahn’s office agreed with the decision. Ivanka Trump and Kushner have said they will not accept government pay.

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not be treated differently than any other government employee just because she is the presi-dent’s daughter.”

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Others in Trump’s White House have drawn outside scrutiny for government work without the usual set of rules that accompanies it.

Billionaire Carl Icahn, a special adviser to the president on regulatory reform and one of his close friends, merited a 700-word press release when he agreed to join the admin-istration. The announcement concluded that “he will not be serving as a federal employee or a special government employee and will not have any specific duties.”

Icahn has a sprawling busi-ness portfolio that is directly affected by government regu-lations, and at the same time Trump has tasked him to help fulfill his campaign promise of reducing regulations. Since Icahn isn’t technically a White House employee, he’s had to do nothing to clear out potential conflicts of interest.

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Icahn’s energy interests and his advocacy for Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency prompted seven Democratic senators to write in February to McGahn demanding a fuller explana-tion of what exactly his White House role is.

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HONOLULU (23 March 2017) — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Manage-ment Council concluded its three-day meeting in Honolulu Thursday with a suite of recom-mendations, many of which are focused on keeping US fishing grounds open to sustainably managed US fisheries.

The Council includes local fishery department direc-tors from Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam and the Common-wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), fishing experts appointed by the Governors and federal agencies involved in fishing-related activities.

Council Chair Edwin A. Ebisui Jr. Council clarified that Council communications to the Administration about impacts of marine national monuments on fisheries is not lobbying. Some environmental activists recently made mis-leading statements about this in regards to a letter to President Trump prepared on March 1, 2017, by the Council Coordi-nation Committee (CCC). The CCC includes the chairs of the nation’s eight regional fishery management councils.

The letter details the impact of designations of Marine National Monuments under the Antiquities Act in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was submitted to the President after conferring with the NOAA Office of General Counsel.

To address the impacts of ever increasing fishing grounds being closed, the Council this week agreed to the following:

• Direct the Council chair to request that the Presi-dent remove fishing prohi-bitions within the Marine National Monuments in the US Pacific Islands, therefore rees-tablishing management of those fisheries under the authority of the Council and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). The voting members of the Council agreed to this action, with abstentions by the State of Hawaii and Michael Tosatto, Regional Administrator the National Marine Fisheries Ser-vice (NMFS) Pacific Islands Regional Office. Ebisui noted that MSA requires not only conservation and protection of marine resources but also their optimal use. The United States imports more than 90 percent of the seafood it consumes with an estimated 30 percent or more from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fish-eries. He noted the absurdity of US actions that support these IUU fisheries by closing off US fishing waters for regulated US fisheries. Council Execu-tive Director Kitty M. Simonds

noted that the Governors of American Samoa, Guam and the CNMI have already sent a similar request to the President.

• Communicate to the

Secretary of Commerce con-cerns related to the proposal to overlay a national marine sanc-tuary on the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, including the scope of the pro-posal, federal overreach, regu-latory duplication and increased administrative costs. Council Member John Gourley (CNMI) noted that the two petitioners are the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Friends of the Mari-anas Trench, which was estab-lished by Pew in 2008. Council Member Va’amua Henry Ses-epasara, who directs the Amer-ican Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, said the American Samoa government is considering to request removal of the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, in part because of its fishing prohibitions.

• Request that the National Marine Fisheries Ser-vice (NMFS) analyze the poten-tial impacts on protected spe-cies from effort redistribution related to fishery provisions to prohibit commercial fishing in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument expanded area, 50 to 200 miles offshore around the North-western Hawaiian Islands, encompassing waters twice the size of Texas.

• Work with NMFS and NOAA General Counsel to review the US District Court’s decision regarding Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) and to evaluate next steps, which could include requesting the Court to stay the decision pending reconsideration or appeal of the court’s decision; and further, to provide regulatory relief for the American Samoa longline fleet because it continues to face dire economic conditions. Council Members Christinna Lutu-San-chez, an owner of American Samoa longline vessels, noted that the longline vessels being prohibited access from the area are owned and operated by local American Samoans. Council Member Taotasi Archie Soliai of StarKist Samoa noted the importance of the albacore tuna caught by the local longline fleet and landed at the cannery. The cannery is the largest non-government employer in the Territory. A second cannery in the Territory closed earlier this year, in part due to difficulties with tuna landings.

• Request that the Guam Department of Agriculture and the CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife report on the efficacy

of the Guam Marine Preserves and CNMI MPAs to determine how they have met their man-agement objectives.

• Reconvene the Bot-tomfish Working Group to develop a plan that provides options for opening the State of Hawaii Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas; and request the State of Hawaii develop guide-lines for the closure of any area to fishing and consider, as a requirement of closing an area to fishing, the development of a plan that includes regular moni-toring of the area and a periodic assessment to the determine if management objectives have been met.

• Request that the DOD and the CNMI, in their con-sultations on the continued use of Farallon de Medinilla for military training and testing, include the fishing community to determine appropriate com-pensation and mitigation for damage and loss of fisheries, noting that recent expansion of Federal Aviation Administra-tion Restricted Airspace from 3 to 12 nautical miles around the island has further impacted the local fishing community through reduced access to prime fishing grounds and increased transit times.

• Request that the CNMI government evaluate the impacts to trolling and atulai (mackerel scad) fishing opera-tions due to the anchoring of [military] prepositioning ships off the islands of Saipan.

• Request that the DOD complete an inventory and assessment report of all mili-tary dump sites throughout the CNMI and surrounding waters.

Besides fishing ground access, the Council this week also addressed, among other items, the newly introduced amendment to the Billfish Conservation Act that would limit the sale of billfish caught in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the CNMI to the US mainland; the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission longline bigeye tuna catch limit for US vessels greater than 24 meters in length in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; management options for the next Western and Central Pacific Commis-sion tropical tuna measure; and local fishery development including fish aggregation devices, marina repairs, boat ramps, docks, training and loan programs. For more informa-tion on the meeting, go to http://www.wpcouncil.org/category/upcoming-council-and-advi-sory-body-meetings/ or email [email protected] or phone (808) 522-8220.

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AS-EPA beach advisories inform the public about current water conditions. When a beach advisory is issued, it is because water samples indicate that the American Samoa Water Quality Standard for Enterococci has been exceeded. This advisory is in effect until further sampling and laboratory analyses indicate that Enterococci concentrations are within acceptable water quality standards.

The presence of Enterococci in the water indicates contamination by human and/or animal wastes. Swimming in water with high levels of Enterococci may cause stomach problems, skin rashes, and ear, eye, and wound infections. To reduce your risk: avoid swallowing beach water, be sure to rinse or towel off after a swim, and shower once at home. If you are ill, or think you may be ill, AS-EPA advises that you consult a physician before making any water contact in the beaches cited above.

Note: AS-EPA monitors the water quality of 44 recreational beaches on Tutuila, the wharf in Aunu’u, and five beaches on Manu’a. Tutuila advisories are issued weekly on Wednesdays. Aunu’u and Manu’a advisories are issued monthly. Advisories are issued when bacteria concentrations exceed levels determined safe for human exposure. Should you have any questions, please contact the AS-EPA Water Program at 633-2304.

Release Date: March 22, 2017Contact: AS-EPA Water Program at (684) 633-2304The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) advises the public that on March 21, 2017, the following recreational beaches tested positive for Enterococci bacteria levels that exceed American Samoa Water Quality Standards:

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tusia Ausage FausiaNa manino i molimau a sui

o le Faletupe fou a le Teritori (TBAS) i luma o le maota o sui i le taeao ananafi, le sologa lelei pea lea o le auaunaga a le Faletupe i le tautuaina lea o le atunu’u, talu ona tatalaina mai lana tautua i le fa’aiuga o le tausaga na te’a nei.

Na fa’amanino e le Pulesili o le Faletupe ia Philip Ware ma se tasi o Sui Sinia ia Mak-erita Polu le fa’aaua pea lea o le tautua a le Faletupe mo tagatanu’u o le atunu’u, e ui e le o atoatoa tulaga e tatau ona i ai lana tautua, ona e lei maua mai lava se Inisiua mai le Feterale (FDIC) e mafai ai ona malu puipuia teugatupe a tagata, atoa ai ma numera o loo mana’omia e fa’alautele atili ai lana auaunaga.

“E ui i nei lu’itau e pei ona

taua, ae ua manino i ripoti le to’atele o tagata ua aga’i atu ma fai paaga ma le faletupe fou a le malo, o se fa’ailoga lea e iloa ai o loo fa’atauaina e le atunu’u la matou tautua”, o le saunoaga lea a le susuga a Ware.

O le agaga o le iloiloga e pei ona valaauina e le Komiti o le Fa’agaioina o le malo, lea sa ta’ita’ia e le sui taitai komiti ia Timusa Tini Lam Yuen, o le fia malamalama lea o afioga i Faipule i le tulaga o loo i ai le tautua a le Faletupe mo le atunu’u, atoa ai ma le tau fa’amaninoina o ni isi o mataupu o loo atugalu ma tu’u fesili ai le atunu’u.

O ni isi o mataupu na taua e faipule o loo fesiligia e le atunu’u, o le mafua’aga ua fa’amuta ai le fa’aauauina o nonogatupe, atoa ai ma le tupe

o loo tipi pe a fa’aaoga le tautua a le masini o le ATM, ae na fa’amanino e Ware e fa’apea, o le $3 o loo tipi pe a fa’aaoga le masini ATM, ua na o se totogi mo le taimi nei, ae a mautu loa fuafuaga o loo galulue i ai le Faletupe, ona toe vaavaai lea i ai mo le lumana’i.

Sa ia taua atili fo’i e fa’apea, e le o toe umi se taimi ae mautu mai loa le tulaga o le Inisiua (FDIC) atoa ai ma le numera lea e fa’aaoga e fa’atino ai auaunaga fa’a faletupe, ona sologa lelei loa lea o le tautua a le faletupe mo le atunu’u.

I tulaga o nonogatupe, o le masina o Ianuari na te’a nei na fa’amuta ai le polokalame o nonogatupe lea sa amata mai i le masina o Novema o le tausaga na te’a nei, ma le fa’amoemoe e fesoasoani ai

(Faaauau itulau 15)

“E leai se malosi o le FAA latou te pulea ma faatou-tonuina ai atina’e ma fuafuaga e fausia i le fanua o le malae va’alele, pau le vaega e gata ai la latou malosi o le vaega atoa lava o loo sese’e ai va’alele, ae o le fanua atoa e le au ai lo latou malosi e pei ona faamanino mai i le Tulafono Toe Teuteu a Amerika Samoa”, o le sau-noaga lea a Kitara.

Saunoa atili Kitara e fa’apea, afai o le tulaga lea o le a fa’agaioi ai e le FAA lona malosi e pulea ai malae va’alele, lona uiga ua atagia mai ai le taumafai o le FAA e pulea ma fa’atonutonu mea uma tau malae va’alele i le atunu’u.

Na fa’amanino atili e Taimalelagi le taua tele o le sao o le FAA i le tau atina’eina o le malae va’alele a le atunu’u, e aofia ai ma le fa’amatu’uina mai o tupe e fesoasoani ai i le fa’aleleia o le malae va’alele, e pei o le vaega tupe e aveese ai tane suauu o loo i ai ae fa’aavanoa le malae va’alele mo le toe fausia o isi vasega ina ia fa’aleleia atili.

Na fa’afetaia e le to’atele o faipule le tautua a le matagaluega o Pulega o Uafu ma Malae Va’alele, i le fa’atinoina o tautua eseese mo le siitia o le tulaga o le tautuaina o le atunu’u.

O le fa’aiuga o le tausaga nei e pei ona saunoa Taimalelagi, ua faamoemoe e maea ai le fausiaina o le nofoaga fou lea ua faamoemoe e sii i ai tane suauu o loo i ai i le vaega e paka ai ta’avale i le malae va’alele.


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mo nai aiga i aso o le kerisi-masi ma le tausaga fou, ae o loo fa’aauau pea isi nono-gatupe e pei ona masani ai le tautua tau faletupe, o loo mafai lava fo’i ona taliaina tusi talo-saga i soo se taimi.

Ina ua fesiligia teugatupe a le atunu’u i le faletupe, na taua ai e Polu e fa’apea, e tusa ma le $1.5 miliona le aofa’i o tupe mai teugatupe a le atunu’u o loo teuina i le faletupe i le taimi nei, ae tusa ma le $600,000 le vaega tupe ua fa’aaluina i non-ogatupe, atoa ai ma le $10 mil-iona a le malo lea na tu’uina atu e tatala ai le faletupe, o ni isi ia o vaega tupe o loo i totonu o fa’amaumauga a le TBAS i le taimi nei.

I tulaga o nonogatupe, e le o fa’atapula’aina le maualuga o nonogatupe o loo taliaina, ae fuafua lava le aofa’i o le nono-gatupe e talia i le tupe maua a le tagata o loo talosaga.

Na talosagaina e Faipule mai Manu’a se avanoa e tatala ai se lala o le faletupe fou a le malo i Manu’a, ona o loo mana’omia fo’i e tagata o le itumalo lea auaunaga.

Saunoa le sui fofoga fet-alai ia Fetu Fetui Jr e fa’apea, o le tele lava o atina’e o lo o fa’agasolo i Tutuila i le taimi nei, o loo atagia mai ai lava le fa’agaloina o Manu’a, ae na saunoa Ware e fa’apea, o le a vaavaai i ai i se taimi o i luma i se auala e mafai ai ona oo atu le tautua a le TBAS i Manu’a, a le o se masini ATM e ave e fa’aaoga e tagata, poo le tatala o se lala ae galue ai se teine tali tupe e amata galue ai i Manu’a.

Na fa’afetaia e afioga i Faipule sui o le faletupe i le tele o le latou sao mo le tau-tuaina o le atunu’u, atoa ai ma le tatalo ina ia fa’aauau pea galuega lelei aua le tautuaina o le atunu’u.

➧ Tali mai…Mai itulau 14

➧Fesiligia atina’e ma …Mai itulau 13


DEB RIECHMANN, Asso-ciated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s startling allegation that former President Barack Obama tapped his phones during last year’s election is pitting the White House against U.S. intelligence officials, sparking grave con-cern in law enforcement circles and alarming Democrats and Republicans alike.

A look at the controversy:TRUMP’S ALLEGATIONOn Saturday, March 4, while

at his Florida estate, Trump angrily tweeted that Obama was behind a politically motivated plot to upend his campaign. He alleged that the former presi-dent conducted surveillance in October at Trump Tower, the New York skyscraper where he ran his campaign and transition. He also maintains a residence there.

He compared the alleged sur-

veillance to “Nixon/Watergate” and “McCarthyism.” Moreover, he called Obama a “Bad (or sick) guy.”

The tweets reflected the president’s growing frustration with swirling reports about his advisers’ alleged ties to Russia. Questions about his campaign’s ties to Russia have been com-pounded by U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia interfered with the elec-tion to help Trump triumph over Hillary Clinton, along with dis-closures about his aides’ con-tacts with a Russian official.

OBAMA DENIES IT’S TRUE

No president can legally order a wiretap against a U.S. citizen. Obtaining one would require officials at the Justice Department to seek permission from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court, which is shrouded in secrecy.

Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said a “cardinal rule” of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered in Justice Depart-ment investigations, which are supposed to be conducted free of political influence.

“As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen,” Lewis said, adding that “any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”

TRUMP KICKS IT TO COMMITTEE

A few days later, Trump asked Congress to investi-gate his allegations. Without saying where the president got the information that lead to his tweets, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was “going off information that he’s seen.”

If the allegation were true, she said, “this is the greatest over-reach and the greatest abuse of power that I think we’ve ever seen and a huge attack on democracy itself.”

TRUMP STANDS ALONEWith Democrats and some

Republicans on Capitol Hill refusing to embrace Trump’s wiretap allegation, the president was out on a limb.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pressured Trump to provide the public with more information about his allegation. “The dimensions of this are huge. It’s accusing the president of the United States of violating the law. That’s never happened before,” he said.

For a while, it appeared that the White House was walking back Trump’s tweets.

White House press secre-tary Sean Spicer tried to clarify Trump’s comments, saying the president wasn’t using the word wiretapping literally. “The president used the word wiretap in quotes to mean broadly sur-veillance and other activities,” Spicer said. He also suggested Trump wasn’t accusing Obama specifically, but instead refer-ring to the actions of the Obama administration.

But Trump himself didn’t back down. He predicted in an interview with Fox News that there would be “some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.” He didn’t elaborate. It remains unclear if he’s holding onto some evidence that justify his tweets.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting atop that vast apparatus of institutional knowledge, hard-won intelligence and data known as the U.S. government, President Donald Trump forms some of his most contentious opinions from other sources entirely. It could be a pundit’s half-remembered comment on TV, a single word in a news-paper headline or the most self-persuasive source of all — his own instinct.

Such visceral information-gathering led Trump to accuse his “bad (or sick)” predecessor, Barack Obama, of tapping his phone.

It helps explain why a rare riot in Sweden, concerning a drug-crime suspect and resulting in no injuries, became a “massive riot, and death” linked to refugee extremism, in Trump’s retelling. And why he insists he will someday be proved correct that millions voted illegally in the elec-tion that made him president but gave Hillary Clinton more votes.

“I’m a very instinctual person, but my instinct turns out to be right,” he told Time magazine.

In addition, he said, “I’m quoting highly respected people from highly respected television networks.”

The Time interview was about Trump’s relationship with the truth. It became a forum for Trump to misstate the truth about various episodes he has misrepresented before.

It also showed how a nugget about surveillance developed into a series of howitzer-scale tweets from the president about being wiretapped by Obama, which the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Repub-lican Rep. Devin Nunes, said “never happened.”A WORD IN A HEADLINE

On Jan. 19, The New York Times reported on the FBI’s investigation into suspected contacts between Russian inter-ests and members of Trump’s team, a probe that continues. The online headline read: “Intercepted Russian Commu-nications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates.” In the next day’s print edition, the story’s headline read: “Wiretapped Data Used in Inquiry of Trump Aide.”

Weeks later, columnist Andrew McCarthy of the con-servative National Review accused the newspaper of going back and changing “wire-tapped” to “intercepted” on the online story to play down the level of snooping by the Obama administration. But the paper never revised its head-lines. When the story was first published, it had simply used different words online and in print in its headlines, which is common.

McCarthy later said his accusation was wrong, apolo-

gized to the paper and asked his publication to retract the column.

But Trump continued to repeat the error in the Time interview, conducted Wednesday.

“The New York Times had a front-page story, which they actually reduced, they took it, they took it the word wire-tapping out of the title, but its first story in the front page of the paper was wiretapping,” he said. “They then dropped that headline, and they used another headline without the word wiretap, but they did mean wiretap.”

WHEN IS A ‘WIRETAP’ A WIRETAP?

Trump now says that when he made his explosive charge about Obama wiretapping him, he did not literally mean wire-tapping, but rather surveillance. “When I said wiretapping, it was in quotes,” he said. “It is just a good description. But wiretapping was in quotes. What I’m talking about is surveillance.”

On a few occasions, he hung quotation marks around the word, apparently recalling the word used in the Times’ print headline. Says one Trump tweet: “Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”

But other tweets dropped the quote marks and stated flat out that Obama tapped his phones.

—”I’d bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!”

—”How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Water-gate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

VINDICATION?The president claimed vin-

dication from Nunes’ statement this week that U.S. surveil-lance of foreign entities might have picked up communica-tions involving Trump aides or Trump himself through “incidental” collection. That was known to have happened earlier when Russian Ambas-sador Sergey Kislyak, a target of U.S. surveillance, commu-nicated with Michael Flynn, who was fired as national secu-rity adviser when that episode emerged.

But Nunes said Wednesday that Obama did not target Trump or Trump Tower with wiretaps. “That never hap-pened,” he said. “That never happened.”

WHITHER SWEDEN?Trump disclaims responsi-

bility for talking about provoca-tive assertions in the media that catch his eye. In the Republican primary campaign, he attacked rival Ted Cruz by mentioning a National Enquirer story tying Cruz’s father to John Ken-

nedy’s assassin. “I didn’t say that,” Trump told Time. “I was referring to a newspaper.”

Similarly, when Trump spokesman Sean Spicer cited a Fox New analyst’s claim that British intelligence had helped Obama spy on Trump, the president said: “All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television.” Britain was outraged at the claim, and Fox News took the analyst off the air.

But when it comes to Sweden, Trump is sticking with his impression, formed from watching TV, that immi-gration is spreading violence and extremism in that country. Trump had warned at a rally in Florida last month that some-thing terrible had happened in that country the previous night.

Nothing extraordinary took place in Sweden that night; it was merely when Trump heard a Fox commentator talking about Sweden and immigration.

“I make the statement, everyone goes crazy,” Trump said in the Time interview. “The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems.”

Actually, two days later, a riot broke out after police arrested a drug crime suspect. Cars were set on fire and shops looted, but no one was hurt. Attacks in the country related to extremism remain rare; the big-gest surprise for many Swedes was that a police officer found it necessary to fire his gun.

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AP FACT CHECK:

i le Facebook, mafai fo’i ona e pu’ea le ata video a’o mamata mai tagata o lo’o feso’ota’i ma oe i luga o le initeneti.

E le gata i lena, ua mafai ona lava lelei le malosi’aga o lau telefoni fe’avea’i e pu’e ai sau ata tifaga e matamata pe a maua sou avanoa, faia au tusitu-siga pe telefoni foi, talanoa ma pu’e atu lou ata e fa’aaoga ai le Skype.

O nei mea uma, sa amata mai lava i lona tupulaga muamua. Peita’i, o lea ua tatou tulaueleele lelei i le tupulaga lona 4G+ ma ua gafatia fo’i e le Bluesky ona fa’amanino atili talanoaga i telefoni i nu’u uma o Tutuila fa’apea ma le Manu’atele.

E le gata la ina fa’aleleia atili nei mea uma sa mua’i fa’atula’ia mai le 2G ma le 3G, ae ua fa’atelevave atili le so’otaga ma felavasa’iga o laina

o feso’ota’iga fa’atekonolosi e le 4G+ lea ua tatou tulaueleele nei i ai.

Ina ia matua mautu lou maua a’ia’i o nei mea uma, ua mana’omia ona i ai sau telefoni o le ituaiga 4G LTE, ua mafai fo’i ona fa’aleleia atili le tele-foni ituaiga 3G ina ia gafatia ona fa’aaoga ai auaunaga nei a le 4G+. Ua aumaia fo’i e le Bluesky nei ituaiga telefoni i le atunu’u.

I lau telefoni 4G+ LTE, e mafai ona tu’uina i ai le “sim card” e gafatia ona tau’avea le tele o ituaiga polokalama nei ua mae’a fa’aleleia e ausia ai e lou sui poo lau telefoni ona fa’atino uma galuega e tusa o le si’itaga 4G+.

Ua fa’ailoa mai e le Bluesky, i le afiafi a tamalii sa poto ai le atunuu i le Lee Auditorium, i le afiafi o le aso Lulu, sa matua

fofola a’ia’i mai ai i le mamalu o e na aofia, “Fa’aaoga lou Sa’olotoga!”

“O lou sa’olotoga i tulaga o tautua fa’atekonolosi ina ia fa’aleleia le auaunaga mo oe, ma fa’ata’alise fo’i ona maua so’otaga ina ia vave ona tapena au fuafuaga fa’apisinisi ma so’otaga e ao ina fa’amautu e fa’aaogaina ai lau Initeneti po’o lau telefoni pe afai oe tu’ua lou ofisa.” Sa maimoaina fo’i ata fa’asolo, e fa’ailo ai lea si’itaga o le tautua, ma le saoasaoa fo’i ua fa’ataunu’uina ai.

Sa aofia mai le fa’auluuluga atoa o le Bluesky Toleafoa Douglas Creevey ma nisi o sui mamalu o le Bluesky Samoa ina ia sapaia le fa’alaua’itele o le 4G+ i Amerika Samoa nei.

Saunoaga le afioga le Lutena Kovana Lemana Peleti Mauga, e fa’ailoa ai le agaga fa’afetai

o le malo ona o le sogasoga o le Bluesky i lana manulauti sa mua’i fa’atula’i mai o tau’ave pea, “Ia avea ma Kamupani latou te lagalaga ma fa’ataunu’u mai tautua lelei e aga’i ai i luma le so’otaga a Amerika Samoa ma atunu’u e mamao e ala i le initeneti ma telefoni fe’avea’i. E ui ina lutaluta le tai i le folauga a le kamupani, ae o lo’o fa’ataunu’u pea lava lo outou faiva, fa’afetai o lea fo’i ua outou mua’i si’itia le auau-naga i le 4G+ i lenei tausaga.”

Ae na fa’amaea le tautalaga fa’apitoa a Lemanu e faapea, “Ia fa’amuamua mai Amerika Samoa, ae le o le fa’amuamua o Samoa!”

Saunoaga a Toleafoa sa ia fa’ailoa ai, “E ala ona muamua tatala i Samoa, ina ia tafitafi uma ese ni fa’aletonu mai le auaunaga. A fa’ata’ita’i atu loa e i ai nai fa’aletonu, ia ona fa’aleleia atili loa lea, ae fa’aulu mai i Amerika Samoa, ua atoatoa ona lelei le si’itaga o lenei tautua fa’atekonolosi.”

Saunoa le tama’ita’i pule o le Blusky i Amerika Samoa, Filifotu Va’ai-Tinitali e faapea, “E ui ina fa’aletonu i nisi taimi le tautua, ae sa outou onosa’i ma mau fa’atuatuaina pea lava i matou e fa’o’o mai le auau-naga i lenei taimi, ua tatou aeae

fa’atasi ai lea fo’i si’itaga fou ua matou fa’o’o maia, ia fa’aleleia atili ala e matou te tautuaina ai oe.”

I le vaega uma sa auai i le Lee Auditorium, na mafai ona feso’ota’i ma le Initeneti ua fa’aigoaina o le “Freedom” ma iloga ai le eseesega tele o le vave ma le si’itia o le tautua ua i ai nei i le 4G+ a le Bluesky Communications.

Ina ua talisua le mamalu sa aofia, ae mafuli loa le Bluesky i lana polokalama fa’ataoto e fa’afiafia ai e na vala’aulia fa’apitoa mo le latou aso. O le ausiva matagofie a le Aoga Maualuga a Faasao Malisi sa saunia siva fa’asamoa moni mo le afiafi a tamali’i, ae o le alo fo’i o le atunu’u, Spawn-Breezie, Anapogi Fau o lo’o alaala tumau nei i Indepen-dence Missouri, ae o le alo lava o Samoa, e matua lelei fo’i lana saunoa i le Gagana Samoa, ina ua ia fa’ailoa mai lona lagona e tusa ai o lenei taumafaiga, “A ou i ai i Amerika e tele na’a kamupani telefoni fe’aveai ma Inibenti, peita’i, lea ua ou sau i Amerika Samoa ma Samoa fo’i, o lo’o i ai le Bluesky Com-munications, fa’afetai mo lenei vala’au fa’apitoa mo a’u, ou te pese ma fa’afiafia ai i o’u tagatanuu.”

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O se va’aiga i le Pulega a le Kamupani Bluesky Communications i Amerika Samoa ma Samoa Tuto’atasi ua auai fa’atasi ma nisi o le aufaipisinisi i le atunu’u i le tatalaga o le latou Tautua 4G+ i le afiafi o le aso Lulu i le Lee Auditorium i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]

O se va’aiga i nisi iloga sa auai i le fa’amoemoe o le Bluesy ina ia tatala lana auaunaga ua si’itia mai le 3G i le 4G+ i le afiafi o le aso Lulu i le Lee Auditorium i Utulei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]

➧ Tatala aloa’ia si’itaga tautua a le BlueSky…Mai itulau 13


Reverend Iasepi Ulu of Fagatogo CCCAS, who shared a thought before giving the invocation on how blessed American Samoa and Manu’a are to have this technology advancement — the 4G Plus Superior Network — during the Bluesky Corporate Launch Event on Wednesday night at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, in Utulei. [Photo: Ese Malala]

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Tusia: Akenese Ilalio ZecVAEGA: 71

Alo maia o le toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala mo lenei aso. Na muta mai la tatou tala, ina tau iloa lava e tuafafine o Lilo le misitelio lilo lea o lo’o tupu nei, peita’i, ua na o ni masalosaloga ae leai se mea e fa’amautu ai o la manatu. Ae manatua fo’i, o Luisa ua fai lona to’alua, ua i ai fo’i si a la fanau, o lea la e iloa lelei lava e Luisa tulaga fa’apea.

Fai mai le tala, o lea lava e i ai le manatu o le lo’omatua o Malia, ua muamua ta le ‘aufai a Lilo, ae mulimuli fa’anoi, o le ala fo’i lea sa ia tauamfai ai lava ina ia fai loa le fa’aipoipoga ae e le i aliali le to a Loleta. O a fo’i nisi tulaga na taumafai i ai le aiga o Loleta e fai, tasi lava le tala a le lo’omatua o Malia, “Afai o mea na tou te manana’o i ai, o e fai, ae o la’u tama e le toe i ai lava nisi mea, ia o a mea tou te toe manana’o e fai, o lea ua fula le manava o Loleta, o le a la nisi mea e toe fai, ia malolo ane i le vaiaisa a le fa’ili a le Polynesian Beat, pau lea, e loka faku e, pei a malepe.”

Ua fa’apea lava ona fai, ae e le i iloa e le lo’omatua le mea moni ua tupu, o lea lava e alu pogisa lava Malia ma Mose i le mea lea e tupu. Pau le mana’oga o le lo’omatua o Malia, ia fai loa le fa’aipoipoga e pei ona mana’o i ai le tina o Loleta, ona o lea ua ia mautinoa, ua ma’itaga Loleta i a Lilo. Fai mai, na tagi ane le tina o Loleta, e toso le veli o lana tama, tasi le tala a le lo’omatua o Malia, e leai ni veli e faia, ia o a veli, ua puta le me’i, soia ia le faia o mea e vaivai ai mafaufau o le tagata, tu’u la’ia veli, o le aua oso le ke’I, tu i le me’i.

Toe tagi ane fo’i matua o Loleta, e manana’o e fa’atele le ‘aiga a Loleta ma Lilo, tasi le tala a le lo’omatua o Malia, e leai se ‘aiga e faia, na o le fa’apaia lava i le Malumalu o le Atua, liliu ane teu le Aufaigaluega Paia a le Atua, o ai lava tagata o le a auai, o latou lava na, e le toe i ai lava nisi mea e toe faia, uma lava pisupo.

Fai mai, a fai fai tala a le lo’omatua liliu ane i a Lefefe

lea na o latou o e fai le tala ma matua o Loleta, “Fefe, e a e sa’o lau teine.” Ua na o le punou o Lefefe i lea taimi ma ‘ata, ae ua alu fa’asolo atoa faiga a le lo’omatua o Malia, “E a, e i ai se isi mea o oulua manatu i ai, aua o lea na o ma o mai ma le tonu, o a fo’i nisi tonu ma nisi fuafuaga, e sili pe a fa’ata’atia ‘ese, ua leai se aoga o na fuafuaga uma, ae e sili pe a fai le tonu lea, e fa’amama avega fo’i ia tatou uma.”

Fai mai le tala, e le i fa’atafa le alu a le lo’omatua o Malia, ua le sao ai la faiga fitagata a le lo’omatua o Susitina, o a fo’i mea o lo’o tapena e lona aiga, o lea ua mautu le tala o mea e ao ona fai. Ae o lo’o taumia ai ma le misitelio lilo a le lo’omatua, ua leva ona ia iloa le ma’i o lana tama, ae ua natia lava, e le i alia’e.

O le ala fo’i lea, o le a lava le tonu e fai atu e le tina o Lilo, ua alu ai lava ma le lo’omatua. Fai mai, ua na o le fa’ataupupula a’e nei o le toeaina o Falaniko i lona to’alua, ae ua le va’ai ane i ai le lo’omatua, pau le tali a le lo’omatua, “ia ua lelei fo’i le na, e sa’o fo’i, e fa’amama avega ia tatou uma.”

Ua na o le nofo o le toeaina o Falaniko ma lulu lona ulu, ae ua tali ane i ai le matai o lona aiga, o Avemaoe, “O le tonu lava ua outou malilie fa’atasi i ai o le tonu lava lea e fai, e le aoga fo’i ona tatou sasalu, ae o lea ua i ai le mea ua tupu ia Loleta, ae fai ia le tonu le na.”

Na uma ai loa ma le tonu o le fa’aipoipoga a Lilo ma Loleta, ma na fai lava le tonu a le lo’omatua o Malia, ae manatua o lea e fa’atali atu si toeaina o Mose mo se tala, a’o lea ua tatope e le lo’omatua o Malia le tonu o mea uma. Pau le tala a le lo’omatua na fai i si toeaina, “Mose ma le ‘ato ofe, ia malie oe, o le tonu lava ua ou faia, o le tonu uma lava lea a ta’ua, aua ua leva ona avea ta’ua ma tino e tasi, ia e tasi fo’i le ta tonu e fai.” Ua ‘ata Mose ma tilotio ane i si ona to’alua e tau oso ai lona toto maualuga ma lona ma’i suka, i aso uma o lona olaga.

E faia pea…

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TALA’AGA SUI TAUVA O LE PALOTA

Ua i luma nei o le maota o sui o le Fono Faitulafono se pili mo se tulafono tau fa’aofi, e faia ai ni suesuega i talaaga o sui tauva uma ua agava’a e tauva mo nofoa o itumalo taitasi i le maota o sui, i taimi e sauniuni ai le atunu’u mo lana palota.

O lenei tulafono taufa’aofi sa fa’aulufaleina e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Faimealelei

Anthony Fu’e Allen, ma ua fa’atulaga ai loa se iloiloga e faia i le vaiaso fou e sue-sueina ai le taua o lenei tula-fono taufa’aofi.

I lalo o le vaega o le Fa’atuina o sui tauva mo le palota, atoa ai ma lisi o tagata lesitala e palota, lea e tuu atu ai le malosi i le Ofisa Sili Faipalota na te faia ai le faaiuga pe agava’a sui fa’atutu e tauva mo le palota, e aofia ai le faia o ni sailiiliga mae’ae’a i o latou tala’aga, e aofia ai tulaga tau

solitulafono.Na fa’amanino e Faime-

alelei i le Samoa News e fa’apea, o le taua o le suiga i le tulafono pe a pasia, e le tau toe fesiligia ai agava’a o sui e manumalo ai i nofoa a itumalo taitasi, ae o le a fa’afaigofie ai ona faia le faaiuga e aunoa ma le toe fesiligia e isi sui tauva.TELE FESILI A FAIPULE

I LE TAUTUA A LE ASTCA

E tele fesili mai afioga i faipule fa’atatau i le tautua

a le Pulega o Fesootaiga i Amerika Samoa (ASTCA) e le o mafai lava ona taliina i le taimi nei, aemaise lava ina ua le fa’ataunu’uina le iloiloga lea sa fuafuaina i le amataga o le vaiaso nei.

Na talosagaina e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Veevalu M. Mageo le tatau lea ona toe fa’atulaga se isi iloiloga ma le ASTCA i le vaiaso fou, se’i fa’amanino ai mataupu o loo fia malamalama i ai le atunu’u, e pei o le mataupu i le nonogatupe fou e $4 mil-

iona a le ASTCA lea ua maua i ripoti o loo fuafuaina mai le Teugatupe o le Litaea, ae o le a se tulaga e fa’atatau i le isi fo’i nonogatupe e tusa ma le $4 miliona mai le Litaea lea sa tu’uina atu i tausaga ua mavae.

Na lagolagoina e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Vesi Tala-lelei Fautanu Jr le talosaga a Veevalu, ma ia taua ai le tatau lea ona fa’amanino mataupu ia i le atunu’u, ona o lea o loo fesiligia pea le lumana’i o le teugatupe a le litaea, ae foliga mai e le o mautu mai tulaga o nono-gatupe a le ASTCA.

FINAGALO FAIPULE FA’AMANINO MATAUPU I SUIGA O LE FA’AVAE

O le taeao o le aso Lua o le vaiaso fou lea ua fa’atulaga e faia ai le iloiloga i luma o le maota o sui, mo le talano-aina o le mataupu e fa’atatau i suiga o le Fa’avae a le atunu’u, lea o le a molimau ai le ali’i foma’i ia Tapaau Dr. Dan Aga o loo fa’auluulu i ai le Ofisa e gafa ma le talano-aina o mataupu i le Fa’avae a le malo.

Na taua e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Timusa Tini Lam Yuen le taua tele o mataupu eseese e fa’atatau i le Fa’avae o le malo, aemaise lava i le mataupu lea o loo fesiligia e tupulaga talavou e fa’atatau i le palotaina lea o Senatoa, sa mafai ona fa’asoa i ai le afioga a Tapaau ma fanau aoga i le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi i le vaiaso na te’a nei.

O le taua o lenei mataupu e pei ona saunoa Timusa, e mana’omia ai le mala-malama o le auala e momoli atu ai le feau i le atunu’u faapea tupulaga talavou, ina ia latou silafia le tulaga tonu e tatau ona taoto i ai suiga o le Fa’avae, ina ia mafai ai fo’i e le Fono Faitulafono ona fa’atino lana pito laau e ala i le fa’amalamalamaina atu i le atunu’u o vaega taua o le Fa’avae o loo fesiligia ma talanoaina.

Saunoa Toeaina Fau-fano Autele e fa’apea, a talanoa loa i suiga o le Fa’avae, ua talanoa i le lumana’i o le atunu’u, o le mafua’aga lena e taua ai le tatau lea ona fa’aauau pea le fa’amaninoina o mataupu nei i fanau aoga ma tupulaga talavou, ina ia latou silafia ai le aano moni ma le taua o vaega ta’itasi o le Fa’avae.

Request for Public Comment on Special Education Funding Application The American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) Special Education Division (SPED) has for public review its application for funding under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) with the US Department of Education (USDOE). These funds are used to provide special education services to all school age children, ages 3 – 21 years, in the territory of American Samoa who have a disability that adversely affects their classroom achievement. As a condition for granting the funds, each state or territory proposing the application must submit the application for public review and comment. The public must be afforded reasonable opportunities for comment for 30 days prior to the submission of the application on May 12, 2017. The public hearing is scheduled for April 12, 2017 at the ASDOE Guidance & Counseling Office in Utulei at 1:00pm. The Department of Education must review and give due consideration to all comments and suggestions prior to the submission of the application for funding. Copies of the application are available at the Special Education Office located at the west end of the Matafao Elementary School in Faga’alu. All persons interested in the application are encouraged to pick up a copy between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm. Written comments will also be taken during these hours. Comments and suggestions may also be made via email to Faauifono Vaitautolu at [email protected] or Saouila Fanene Kava at [email protected] or may be sent surface mail to Saouila Fanene Kava, Interim SPED Assistant Director, PO Box ASDOE-SPED, Pago Pago, AS 96799. The Part B Application for funding is also posted on the ASDOE website: www.asdoe.net.

Finagalo Fa’alaua’itele mo le Tusi Talosaga mo Alagatupe Fuafuaina o le Ofisa o A’oga Fa’apitoa Ua tu’uina mai e le Matagaluega o A’oga Amerika Samoa (ASDOE) Ofisa o A’oga Fa’apitoa (SPED) se avanoa e fa’alia ai finagalo fa’alaua’itele a le mamalu o le atunu’u mo alagatupe talosaga i lalo o le Maga B Tulafono mo Tagata o iai Manaoga Fa’apitoa (IDEA) Ofisa o A’oga Fa’apitoa (OSEP) o le Matagaluega o A’oga a le Malo Tele o Amerika (USDOE). O ia alagatupe ua fuafuaina e fa’atino ai a’oa’oga fa’apitoa tu’uina atu mo tamaiti a’oga uma, e amata mai i le 3-21 tausaga, i totonu o le teritori o Amerika Samoa o lo’o iai manaoga fa’apitoa ua fa’afaigata ai taumafaiga tau a’oa’oga i totonu o potu a’oga. O se tasi o aiaiga mo le taliaina o le talosaga, e tatau i setete ma teritori uma o lo’o talosagaina ia alagatupe ona fa’asalalau a latou tusi talosaga mo se finagalo fa’aalia o tagata lautele. E tatau ona lava se avanoa e silasila lelei ai le atunu’u mo le silafia ma tu’uina mai so latou finagalo fa’aalia e tusa e 30 aso ae le’i tu’uina atu le tusi talosaga ia Me 12, 2017. O le a faia se fono fa’alaua’itele ia Aperila 12, 2017 i le Ofisa ASDOE Guidance and Counseling i Utulei i le itula e 1:00pm. O le a iloiloina e le Matagaluega o A’oga Amerika Samoa finagalo ma manatu fa’aalia a le lautele ma tu’uina atu ni fautuaga ae le’i o’o i le aso fa’atapula’aina o tusi talosaga. O lo’o maua kopi o lenei tusi talosaga i le Ofisa o A’oga Fa’apitoa i le itu i sisifo o Matafao Elementary School i Fagaalu. Mo i latou e mana’omia se kopi o le tusi talosaga, e avanoa le ofisa mai i le itula 8:00am-4:00pm. O manatu fa’aalia e tauala mai i tusitusiga e mafai ona tu’uina mai i taimi ua fa’atulagaina. A iai nisi manatu ma fautuaga e mafai ona imeli mai ia Fa’auifono Vaitautolu ([email protected]) po’o Saouila Fanene Kava ([email protected]) pe tusi mai ia Saouila Fanene Kava, Interim SPED Asistant Director, PO Box ASDOE SPED, Pago Pago AS, 96799. Ua mafai fo’i ona maua se kopi o le Part B. Application i luga o le upegatafa’ilagi ASDOE website:www.asdoe.net

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a gamble with monumental political stakes, Republicans set course for a climactic House vote on their health care over-haul after President Donald Trump claimed he was finished negotiating with GOP holdouts and determined to pursue the rest of his agenda, win or lose.w

House Speaker Paul Ryan set the showdown for Friday, following a nighttime Capitol meeting at which top White House officials told GOP law-makers that Trump had decided the time for talk was over.

“We have been promising the American people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it’s col-lapsing and it’s failing fami-lies. And tomorrow we’re pro-ceeding,” Ryan tersely told reporters after scheduling what loomed as the most momentous vote to date for Trump and for the Wisconsin Republican’s own speakership.

In an embarrassing and stinging setback hours earlier, leaders abruptly postponed the vote because a rebellion by conservatives and moderates would have doomed the mea-sure. They’d hoped for a roll call Thursday, which marked the seventh anniversary of Pres-ident Barack Obama’s enact-ment of his landmark health

care statute that Republicans have vowed ever since to annul.

There was no evidence that leaders had nailed down suffi-cient support to prevail, nor that their decision to charge ahead was a feint and that they’d delay again if necessary. But they seemed to be calculating that at crunch time, enough dissidents would decide against sabo-taging the bill, Trump’s young presidency and the House GOP leadership’s ability to set the agenda, with a single, crushing defeat.

“The president has said he wants the vote tomorrow,” White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney told the lawmakers, according to Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., a Trump ally. “If for any reason it goes down, we’re just going to move forward with additional parts of his agenda. This is our moment in time.”

Even if they prevail, Repub-licans face an uphill climb in the Senate, where conservatives and moderates are also threat-ening to sink it.

The GOP bill eliminates the Obama statute’s unpopular fines on those who do not obtain coverage and the often generous subsidies for those who pur-chase insurance.

Instead, consumers would face a 30 percent premium pen-alty if they let coverage lapse.

Republican tax credits would be based on age, not income. The bill would also end Obama’s Medicaid expansion and trim future federal financing for the federal-state program and let states impose work require-ments on some of its 70 million beneficiaries.

In a bid to coax support from conservatives, House leaders proposed a fresh amendment — to be voted on Friday — repealing Obama’s require-ment that insurers cover 10 specified services like mater-nity and mental health care. Conservatives have demanded the removal of those and other conditions the law imposes on insurers, arguing they drive pre-miums skyward.

Many moderates are opposed because they say the GOP bill would leave many voters unin-sured. Medical associations, consumer groups and hospitals are opposed or voicing mis-givings, and some Republican governors say the bill cuts Medicaid too deeply and would leave many low-income people uncovered.

Republicans can lose only 22 votes in the face of united Democratic opposition. A tally by The Associated Press found at least 32 “no” votes, but the figure was subject to fluctuation amid frantic GOP lobbying.

Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, right, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, depart after a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House sets risky health care vote after Trump demands it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police detained a suspect in San Francisco just hours after finding four bodies, including two children, in a home 80 miles away in Sacramento.

The unidentified suspect, who was quickly singled out by investigators, was likely known by the victims, Sacramento police Sgt. Bryce Heinlein said.

“Preliminarily this does not appear to be a random act,” Heinlein said Thursday.

The four victims were dis-covered when police broke into the Sacramento home after a relative reported that something might be wrong.

Police did not immediately identify the victims or provide their genders or ages, and say they have not yet determined a motive for the killings.

Kelly Fong Rivas, deputy chief of staff for Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, said police told officials that two of the victims were children but did not provide other details.

A neighbor, Rita Munoz, told the Sacramento Bee that a couple with kids 11 and 14 years old live in the house.

The mayor called the crime horrifying and extremely tragic

in a statement praising police for quickly making an arrest.

The single-story beige home with sculpted shrubbery has a basketball hoop in a driveway that police blocked off with yellow crime scene tape.

It’s located in a tree-lined residential neighborhood of neatly maintained homes near a church.

It was unclear when the vic-tims were killed, Heinlein said. Police also weren’t saying how they were killed.

There were no reports of shots fired or other problems until the relative called police to report that he was concerned, Heinlein said.

A few neighbors looked on curiously as homicide detec-tives and crime scene investiga-tors made their way in and out of the home south of the state Capitol.

Don Sherrill, whose home shares a back fence with the victims’ house, said he and his wife, Joanne Sherrill, often heard children playing in the backyard or using an inflatable pool.

“The young kids really enjoyed the backyard and swimming in the summer time,” Joanne Sherrill told the Bee.

4 found dead in Sacramento; 1 arrested

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Alondra Zanabria, right, watches as authorities investigate a residence where four people were found dead, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. A suspect is being held in San Francisco. Police are not saying how the four were killed and are not immediately identifying the victims, including their genders and ages. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Salvage crews towed a cor-roded 6,800-ton South Korean ferry toward a transport vessel on Friday after it was success-fully raised from waters off the country’s southwest coast. The massive attempt to bring the ferry back to shore, nearly three years after it sank, killing 304 people, is being closely watched by a nation that still vividly remembers the horrific accident.

Most of the victims of the Sewol’s capsize on April 16, 2014, were students on a high school trip, touching off an outpouring of national grief and soul searching about long-ignored public safety and regu-latory failures. Public outrage over what was seen as a botched rescue job by the government contributed to the recent ouster of Park Geun-hye as president.

Workers planned to com-plete loading the ferry onto a semi-submersible transport vessel by midnight Friday. The waters where the ferry sank are notorious for dangerous cur-rents, which are forecast to strengthen on Saturday.

Workers on two barges began the salvaging operation Wednesday night, rolling up 66 cables connected to a frame of metal beams divers spent months placing beneath the ferry. They hit a snag Thursday night when they discovered an unlocked vehicle ramp dan-gling from the ship, but divers managed to cut it off by Friday morning.

The bodies of 295 people were recovered after the sinking, but nine are still missing. Rela-tives, some of whom were

watching from two fishing boats just outside the opera-tion area, hope those remains will be found inside the ferry. Some cried as they watched the emerging wreckage with telescopes.

Once the Sewol is loaded on the transport vessel, it will take about two weeks for it to reach a port 90 kilometers (55 miles) away in the city of Mokpo.

Workers will then begin clearing mud and debris and search for the remains of the missing victims. An investiga-tion committee will also search for clues that could further explain the cause of the sinking, which has been blamed on over-loaded cargo, improper storage and other negligence.

The ferry’s captain survived and is serving a life sentence after a court found him guilty of committing homicide through “willful negligence” because he fled the ship without issuing an evacuation order.

Ousted President Park was forced to defend herself against accusations that she was out of contact for several hours on the day of the sinking. The allegations were included in an impeachment bill law-makers passed against Park in December, amid broader cor-ruption suspicions.

Park was formally removed from office by the Constitutional Court earlier this month. She is now under criminal investiga-tion over suspicions that she conspired with a confidante to extort money and favors from companies and allow the friend to secretly interfere with state affairs.

Well-established, dynamic corporation is seeking an experienced corporate Group Controller for a successful progressive group of companies (beverage bottler and distributor, auto dealership, ship’s chandler and cartage company).Duties and Responsibilities:1. Developsaccountingsystems,monitoring,evaluating,andupdatingallfinancialcontrolsandsystems2. Implements internal controls, policies and procedures to safeguard business assets 3. Overseessenioraccountantsofeachcompanytoensureaccurateandtimelyfinancialreporting4. Performsoroverseesinternalauditsasneeded;preparesorfacilitatespreparationoffinancialschedules

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strategiestomaximizeprofitabilityforthecompaniesasagroup8. Candidate reports directly to the Board of DirectorsMinimum Qualifications:1. Bachelor’sDegreeinAccounting,Finance,oraccountingrelatedfield2. Current CPA license maintained throughout employment period3. Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal control policies and procedures4. Extensive experience working with various accounting software5. 5yearsexperienceinaccountingrelatedfield6. 7 years management or supervisory experience7. Corporatefinanceandoperationsexperience,aplus8. Strong analytical and communication skills, written and verbal9. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to interact well with all levels of various organizations10.ProficientcomputerskillsincludingproficiencyinMicrosoftExcel,PowerPointandWord,preferred11. Strong knowledge of tax matters relating to Sub S and C Corporations

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYGROUP CONTROLLER

A well established locally owned business with over 50 years of serving American Samoa seeking a qualified candidate as Assistant General Manager. Job requires the successful candidate toassist the General Manager and assume the role and responsibilities of the GM in his absence. These include, but, are not limited to, the following:

• Oversee Accounting/Administrative Department to ensure timely invoicing, statements and financials.• Oversee Operations Manager to manage and operate all dock operations and relevant staff.• Oversee Operations Manager to manage trucking and ocean vessel operations.• Plan, implement and execute vessel operations including work schedules, operations documentation,

stow-plans and final reports.• Ensure company operates within all OSHA regulations. Ensure safety measures are implemented into

all company related jobs and daily routines. Schedule safety trainings regularly to make sure company is current with all required certifications for all employees.

• Ensure all company equipment is current with all OSHA & DOT regulations and safety certifications besides local regulations enforced by DPS & OMV.

• Work with ASG Port on all Port Administration related issues and mandates.• Work with vendors locally and off-island regarding parts orders for company equipment and supplies and

services.• Manage current contracts and pursue new business for the company.• Manage a staff of over 100 employees both full-timers and part-timers.• Achieve quarterly financial and operational targets.• Correspond regularly with company business partners and contracted service providers. Address their

concerns in a professional and timely manner.REQUIREMENTS:

Proficiency in latest Microsoft Office programs especially Excel and specialized computer programs specific to the industry.Five years of managerial/supervisory experience.Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management preferred or related operational field.

Email/Send resume to: [email protected] or Assistant General Manager, P.O. Box “P”, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799.



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Sunken S. Korean ferry set to be loaded on transport vessel

The partially lifted sunken ferry Sewol is ready for transport in waters off Jindo, South Korea, Friday, March 24, 2017. South Korean efforts to bring a sunken, 6,800-ton ferry back to land cleared an obstacle on Friday after divers cut off a vehicle ramp that had been dangling from the ship and hindering efforts to raise it. (Suh Myung-gon/Yonhap via AP)


SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who rose to prominence as a black civil rights leader then lost her job when her parents exposed her as white is struggling to make a living these days.

Rachel Dolezal said she has been unable to find steady work in the nearly two years since she was outed as a white woman in local media reports, and she is uncertain about her future.

“I was presented as a con and a fraud and a liar,” Dolezal, 40, told The Associ-ated Press this week. “I think some of the treatment was pretty cruel.”

She still identifies as black, and looks black, despite being “Caucasian biologically.”

“People didn’t seem able to consider that maybe both were true,” she said. “OK, I was born to white parents, but maybe I had an authentic black identity.”

Dolezal had blond hair and freckles while growing up near Troy, Montana, with religious parents. She says she began to change her per-spective as a teenager, after her parents adopted four black children. Dolezal decided to become publicly black years later, after getting divorced.

The ruse worked for years until 2015 when her parents, with whom she has long feuded, told local reporters their daughter was born white but was presenting herself as a black activist in the Spo-kane region, an area with few minorities.

The story became an international sensation, and Dolezal lost the various jobs by which she pieced together a modest living for her family.

Attacked by both blacks and whites, she was fired as head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP and kicked off a police ombudsman com-mission, and she lost her job teaching African studies at Eastern Washington Univer-sity in nearby Cheney.

Despite failing to find a job, Dolezal says she has to stay in the area because of a custody agreement involving one of her sons.

She has sold some of her artwork, and also braids hair to earn money. But she said

local colleges have refused to hire her, as have nonprofits, government agencies and even local grocery stores.

She was worried she might become homeless in March, but friends bought some of her artwork, which provided enough money to pay the rent for a few months.

Dolezal has written a book about her ordeal, scheduled to be published next week. The book, called “In Full Color,” features a cover photo of the author with the darkened skin and frizzy hair that allowed her for years to pass as a light-skinned black person.

Dolezal last year legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo, a west African moniker that means “gift from the gods.” She changed her name in part to give her a better chance of landing work from employers who might not be interested in hiring the controversial Rachel Dolezal, a name she still intends to use as her public persona.

“Maybe if I applied with a new name, people would see me for the qualifications and expertise on my resume, and not toss my application in the trash based on my name,” she said.

The local chapter of the NAACP was not interested in commenting on Dolezal.

“We moved on long ago,” the organization said in an email.

Dolezal is the mother of two sons, ages 15 and 1, and also raised a stepbrother who is now 21 and a college student.

One of the reasons she wrote a book was to “settle the score.”

“People might as well know the whole truth of my life story,’” she said. “My life is not a sound bite.”

Race, she believes, is a “social construct” used to pigeonhole people.

“I unapologetically stand on the black side,” she said. “Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.”

Dolezal said it is hard for her to look toward the future when she is struggling so hard to survive the present.

“I want to provide for my kids,” she said. “I want to get

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AMERICAN SAMOA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Trades & Technology DivisionApprenticeship & Workforce Development Training Program

Related Technical In-Classroom InstructionApril 03 – June 08, 2017 (10 Week Fall Session)

Registration:Date: March 13 – 31, 2017Days: Monday - FridayTime: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Registration Locations:Apprenticeship: TTD Office (ASCC campus adjacent to Samoan fale Participant Sponsor (Employer)Workforce Development TTD Office (Non-Traditional Students)

CostRegistration Fee: $40.00 (Non-refundable)Course (5 CEU): $45.00 per CEU ($225.00 per course)Total: $265.00

Enrollment Requirement:Apprentice: Must be employed in the respective area Workforce Development: Must be a high school graduate or equivalent

For more information please contact TTD Administrative Assistant, Juliet F. C. Pen at 699-9155 Ext. 472

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In this March 20, 2017 photo, Rachel Dolezal poses for a photo with her son, Langston in the bureau of the Associated Press in Spokane, Wash. Dolezal, who has legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo, rose to prominence as a black civil rights leader, but then lost her job when her parents exposed her as being white and is now struggling to make a living. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)

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