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IOE WAYNE MOTU I LONA MOLIAGA

O le aso 25 Oketopa lea ua faamoemoe e lau ai le faasalaga o Wayne Motu, i le maea ai ona talia e le faamasinoga o lana ioega i le moliaga mamafa o le tete’e i leoleo a’o taumafai e pu’e faapagota o ia, i lalo o se maliliega sa latou sainia ma le malo ma ua talia foi e le faamasinoga.

Na talosaga le malo ina ia solofua isi moliaga o Motu.  Ua ta’utino ai nei Motu, o le aso 21 o Aokuso na taumafai e sola ese mai i leoleo, ma faia ai se latou tuliga taavale i luga o le alatele.

Ua faamaonia mai e le taitaifono o le Komiti Suesue a le Senate (SIC) le sauni e fesiligia le polokalame o le ‘Section 1602’, lea o lo o tele i ai faasea a ni isi o le atunuu.

I se faatalatalanoaga a le Samoa News ma le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Lualemaga Faoa sa ia taua ai e faapea, e tolu aso ua faamoemoe e faia ai iloiloga a le komiti mo le mataupu lenei, ina ia maua ai se malamalamaaga o le komiti e uiga i le polokalame lenei.

E ui e lei aloaia mataupu ua faaoemoe kovana Togiola Tulafono e tuuina atu mo lana Fono Faapitoa, peitai ua ia taua nisi o mataupu o le a ia tuuina atu i luma o le Fono, lea e aofia ai ma tulafono fou ua maea ona ia tuu atu i le fono ae lei faauluina i luma o maota e lua.

Dear Editor,

Re: “Hold on to our Culture” (published 09/17/12), “Shotgun Approach” (published 09/22/12)

OK, not to sound threatening or coming at you in a wrong way, but seriously, Ya’ll need to make up ya’lls minds already.

I have been hearing all my life that we are so fortunate to have the U.S. involved with our well-being as a people. It has allowed and afforded us possibilities of futures that are not readily available to other 3rd World countries, or to our neighboring islands.

Tafuna High School made a huge statement to the teams in the ASHSAA Football League this past weekend, under the Friday Night Lights at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. The evening featured the “Battle of the Toa” part 2, where Tafuna again showed domination of the league after beating Fagaitua Vikings in both Varsity and Junior Varsity division.

The American Samoa Economic Stimulus and Recovery Office has completed a 1602 Project Interim Report, signed by its Executive Director Pat M. Galea’i, which Samoa News understands has been presented to the governor and will be sent to the U.S. Treasury with a cover letter from the governor.

The signed Interim Report is a 12-page document revised from “The Section 1602 Project Draft Report, revised on July 11, 2012” that was reported extensively by Samoa News beginning Aug. 30.

Despite uncertainty in their funding, the director of ASG Information Technology Department says IT is still operating so it can continue its current programs and hold up their end of an agreement between the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency.

The man who allegedly gunned down a Good Samaritan who offered him a ride on Tuesday night became “suicidal” after his girlfriend dumped him.He wanted to hijack the vehicle so he could kill himself.

That’s what the 21-year-old man accused of shooting Ete Faiumu told the Police when they arrested him on Wednesday night.

Assistant Police Commissioner, Le’aupepe Fatu Pula said the man told the Police that he was upset.

Chief Election Officer Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono is issuing a stern warning to those who will be hired as election officials in the upcoming elections.

Soliai said he will not hesitate to fire an election official who is found out later to have been actively campaigning for any candidate.

To the potential temporary Election Office employees, he warns, “your service will be terminated immediately” if evidence is found that as an election official, you were or are involved “in any type or form of campaign activity.”

Samoa’s Ministry of Police is considering calling a gun amnesty following concerns over the increasing number of unlicensed and illegal firearms in the community.

The assistant police commissioner, Leaupepe Fatu Pula, says it’s not only the public who are worried but police officers have also raised their concerns.

He says guns were found at a recent police drug raid, and a gun was used recently to kill a local taxi driver.

He also says police are investigating the death of a woman who was killed accidentally by her brother with a gun.