Archive - Jan 12, 2012

Na fa’aalia e loia feterale e fa’apea, ae e le’i a’afia le ali’i o Paul Solofa, i taupulepulega fa’asolitulafono lea e a’afia ai pasi a’oga, sa muamua ona a’afia o ia i ni taupulepulega fa’asolitulafono, i le totogia o ovataimi a inisinia (mechanics) ma isi tagata faigaluega a le ofisa o a’oga, e gafa ma pasi a’oga.

Na fa’aalia e loia feterale e fa’apea, ae e le’i a’afia le ali’i o Paul Solofa, i taupulepulega fa’asolitulafono lea e a’afia ai pasi a’oga, sa muamua ona a’afia o ia i ni taupulepulega fa’asolitulafono, i le totogia o ovataimi a inisinia (mechanics) ma isi tagata faigaluega a le ofisa o a’oga, e gafa ma pasi a’oga.

Na manino i le fa’afofoga a afioga i Senatoa o le Maota Maualuga i le taeao ananafi se saunoaga a le alii Peresetene ia Gaoteote P. Tofau e fa’apea, e le o popole lona loto pe ‘veto’ e le kovana le pili tupe a le Senate lea ua fa’aulu e fesoasoani i le falemai, ae o le mea taua ia silafia e le falema’i ma le atunu’u, o lo o fai galuega a le Fono.

ANDRE VILLAR

O le Aso Faraile o le vaiaso nei lea ua fa’amoemoe e o’o atu i ai, ua mautu le maliliega lea ua fa’amoemoe le malo latou te sainia ma le alii o Andre Villar, e pei ona fa’aalia e lana loia, o Leslie Cardin, i luma o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga, ina ua vala’au lenei mata’upu.

E le i fa’ailoa e Cardin tu’utu’uga o lea maliliega.

LBJ Medical Center has submitted to the government a $15 million supplemental budget for fiscal year 2012, while the Senate moved swiftly to have a $3 million appropriation bill approved to assist the cash-strapped hospital, which is faced with an unexpected expenditure for FY 2012 with the addition of the Emergency Medical Service.

Federal prosecutors claim that — prior to the school bus spare parts scheme — former Education Department official Paul Solofa was involved in an “overtime payment” scam involving mechanics and other workers at the DOE Bus Division.

Na fa’ailoa e le afioga i le alii faipule mai le itumalo o Tualauta ia Tapumaia Galu Satele Jr i luma o le maota o sui i le aso ananafi, se fa’aaliga mai i ni isi o faiaoga o le Kolisi Tuufaatasi a Amerika Samoa (ASCC) ua o’o atu i lona Ofisa, i le ono faia o se latou solo tete’e po o le tula’i ese foi mai galuega, pe afai e fa’aauau pea ona le totogia i latou.

O lea fa’aletonu, e pei ona saunoa le alii faipule, sa ia fa’atusatusa i le fa’aletonu tau tupe o lo o tulai mai i le falemai i Fagaalu.

OUTSTANDING REPORTS

During yesterday’s House session, Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa voiced his disappointment over the lack of cooperation from the American Samoa Economic Stimulus and Recover Office (ASESRO) in providing requested financial reports.

The Central Bank of Samoa has extended its expiry date for the use of old coins. CBS Manager of Banking and Cooperate, Fui Malaeoalii Sootala Pua, confirmed this yesterday saying “this is because more people still have not exchanged their old money for the new ones.”

People now have until Friday of this week to use or exchange their old coins. However the old $2 note will no longer be legal tender after 27 January. Fui said the old coins will be sold as scrap metal to international buyers.

SYDNEY —Australia will need to see real change in Fiji before it considers lifting sanctions on those responsible for the 2006 coup and senior interim government appointees, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday.

Rudd told Radio Australia that while the lifting of Public Emergency Regulations was welcome, more concrete changes are needed.

"What we have is a whole pattern of behaviour on behalf of the regime towards its church leaders, trade union leaders, political opponents and the media," he said.