Archive - Mar 27, 2012

“I have heard these words being said many times as fautasi race gets closer and closer,” preached Fagasa’s Rev. Etitoa Sopo’aga of the EFKS during the dedication of the village’s new fautasi, the Fealofani Samoa lll last Saturday in Pago Pago under heavy downpour and strong winds.

The Fagaloa Basketball League continues onto their fourth week of action this week, featuring the Fly Boys who claimed the Shield last week from Fagaalu’s All One, and defeated Atu’u this past Wednesday evening, to hold onto the Shield with a smashing 80 – 52 beating that sent Atu’u home with their fourth loss of the tournament with only one victory on record.

Fly Boys recorded two losses and three victories and still remain as the top Shield Holder.

Fly Boys 80 – Atu’u 52

Gov. Togiola Tulafono says an official informed him last week with the Veterans Administration regarding the drop in the number of local veterans utilizing the local VA clinic in Tafuna.

Speaking on his weekend radio program, the governor said this issue came up during a meeting last week with Dr. James Hasting, director of Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System.

O se alii sa galue muamua i le Falemeli i totonu o le atunuu, ua tu’uaia nei e le malo i moliaga mamafa e tolu, ona o se faalavelave na tulai mai i le 2009, lea o lo o masalomia ai lona ave faagaoia o se vaega tupe ma 'stamps', e silia i le $2,000.

O le mataupu faasaga i le alii o Nikolao Faasala na ulua’i suesue e le vaega a le FBI, ina ua tuuina mai sa latou ripoti i le Ofisa o le Loia Sili a le malo o Amerika Samoa, na tofia ai loa le vaega a le OTICIDE latou te suesueina lenei mataupu i le amataga o le masina nei.

Ua i ai tulafono tamau i le fa’agaoioiga  o le Ekalesia Fa’apotopotoga Kerisiano i Samoa, peita’i, e i ai taimi e le usita’i ai fo’i Auauna a le Atua i nei tulafono tamau ma latou fa’ailoa mai sa latou mau e fa’asagatau i se fa’ai’uga a le Ekalesia e fa’ao’o atu ia i latou.

Na i'u fiafia le iloiloga a se ali'i pagota na loka talu mai Tesema, ina ua talia e le fa'amasinoga sana talosaga, mo se avanoa e toe foi atu ai e tausi lona toalua ma lana fanau.  Ae na lapata'ia o ia e le fa'amasinoga, o le taimi lava na te toe solia ai se tulafono a le malo, po o tuutuuga o lona faanofovaavaaia, o le a le gata ina loka o ia i le toese, ae o le a toe faafoi o ia i le atunuu na malaga mai ai.

E lua tausaga ua fa'anofo va'ava'aia ai le ali'i o Lilomaiava Sa'olotoga, lea na molia i lona sasaina o foliga o seisi ali'i i se fagupia, ina ua ave e lea ali'i lana fagupia mai i luga o le laulau, a'o fai se latou fiafia ma ni ana uo, i totonu o se falekalapu.

Na uluai tuuaia Sa'olotoga i le moliaga mamafa o le faaoolima i le tulaga muamua, ae i se maliliega sa ia sainia ma le malo lea foi na talia e le faamasinoga, ua suia ai ia moliaga, i le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu, ae solofua le moliaga mama o le faatupu vevesii nofoaga faitele.

Ua fa’ailoa mai e le ali’i su’esu’e a Matagaluega o Leoleo a le Malo o Ausetalia i ituaiga solitulafono o lo ’o fa’atautaia i so’otaga fa’ainiteneti, Glen McEwen, “O le o’o atu o le tautua Initeneti i lou aiga, e aumaia fa’atasi ai o so ’o se ituaiga mea i lou lotoifale, mea lelei fa’apea fo’i ma mea leaga.”

O le Aso Faraile na tea nei na taunuu ai i ta’ita’i o le Fono Faitulafono se tusi a le afioga i le alii kovana, fautuaina ai i latou, ina ia o latou lagolagoina lana pili tupe lea ua maea ona tuuina atu, e faasoasoa mai ai le $10 miliona e faatupe ai le polokalama mo le auina atu o gasegase i fafo mo togafitiga a le falemai o le LBJ.

Fa’aaoga i le Gagana Samoa:

O lenei taumafaiga ina ia mafai ona fa’aopoopo nisi upu i le tatou gagana samoa, ina ia mafai ona fa’afaigofie ma fa’apu’upu’u le taumafaiga e fa’aliliu mai tala fa’aperetania i le gagana samoa!

Ia fa’ao’o mai lou lagona e ala i se tusi e fa’ao’o mai i le Fa’atonu, po’o le Imeli to’asavili@yahoo.comtatou te feutaga’i ai i nei galuega lelei mo i tatou uma lava!