Archive - Apr 23, 2012

Two local Marines from Am. Samoa to the far left is Lance Corporal Joshnino Supapo from Pago Pago and Lance Corporal Reynold Penalosa from Vaitogi

Ua fa’atonuina e le alii kovana lona ofisa, ina ia faia se su’esu’ega faasaga i le kamupani va’a lea o lo’o fa’afoeina faigamalaga a le va’a o le Lady Naomi, ina ia mautinoa pe i ai se tulafono ua latou soliina, ona o se faaletonu na a’afia ai nisi o le au malaga mai Lano, lea na vaea mai le malaga a le va’a i le aso Faraile na te’a nei, ona momoe ai lava lea i luga o le uafu e aunoa ma se gaioiga a le kamupani na faia i ai.

Ina ua mae’a le sisigafu’a o lenei tausaga, na mafuli atu loa le Sosaiete a le Olimipeka Fa’apitoa a Amerika Samoa i le latou Ta’amilosaga fa’apitoa e masani ona fa’atautaia i tausaga ta’itasi ina ia mafai fo’i ona auina atu ni tatou sui agava’a mo lea fa’amoemoe i tauvaga fa’avaomalo ua loma nei.

Ina ua mae’a le sisigafu’a o lenei tausaga, na mafuli atu loa le Sosaiete a le Olimipeka Fa’apitoa a Amerika Samoa i le latou Ta’amilosaga fa’apitoa e masani ona fa’atautaia i tausaga ta’itasi ina ia mafai fo’i ona auina atu ni tatou sui agava’a mo lea fa’amoemoe i tauvaga fa’avaomalo ua loma nei.

Ina ua mae’a le sisigafu’a o lenei tausaga, na mafuli atu loa le Sosaiete a le Olimipeka Fa’apitoa a Amerika Samoa i le latou Ta’amilosaga fa’apitoa e masani ona fa’atautaia i tausaga ta’itasi ina ia mafai fo’i ona auina atu ni tatou sui agava’a mo lea fa’amoemoe i tauvaga fa’avaomalo ua loma nei.

Ua tu’uina atu e le alii kovana sana tusi i le Komiti Faafoe ma le Pulega a le Falemai o le LBJ i Fagaalu, ina ia iloilo ma le toto’a ni a latou si’itaga mo vailaau ma talavai, ina ia talafeagai ma le manaoga e pei ona tula’i mai i le taimi nei, ina ua le mafai e le Fono Faitulafono ona tali mai i manaoga sa tuuina atu i ai, mo ni fesoasoani tau tupe mo le falema’i.

O alii e to’alua ia na ta’usala i le gaoia lea o ni pusa wahoo mai le fale teuoloa a le StarKist i Satala ma faatau atu i ni faleoloa e pulea e ni tagata mai Asia, ua faafalepuipui mo le tai 28 masina, ina ua la ioeina moliaga e pei ona tuuaia ai i laua e le malo.

O le alii o Joe Leota ma Michael Leatigaga ua faasala i le falepuipui, o nisi ia o poloaiga o a la faanofovaavaaia e tai 7 tausaga le umi.

O le alii aoga lea na maua e se sui Sinia o lana aoga o ula sana sikaleti mariuana i totonu o le lotoa a le aoga, ua tatala i tua mai le toese, i le mae’a ai lea o aso e 83 na taofia ai o ia a’o faatalitali le lauina o lona faasalaga.

O le alii o Ioane Tuumalo na ta’usalaina e le faamasinoga maualuga i le moliaga o lona  umia faasolitulafono lea o ni sikaleti mariuana, o se solitulafono na toe suia e le malo le mamafa o le faasalaga, i lalo o se maliliega sa sainia ma le ua molia ma talia ai e le faamasinoga.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program.

The trust funds that support Social Security will run dry in 2033 - three years earlier than previously projected - the government said Monday.

The government’s $20 million loan from the ASG Employees Retirement Fund is the latest target of the Senate Investigative Committee, whose chairman Sen. Lualemaga Faoa is calling today another hearing after a brief one last month where ASG Office of Program Planning and Budget director Malemo L. Tausaga was subpoenaed to testify.