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FA’ATULAGA FA’AMASINOGA AUTU ALI’I TU’UAIA FA’AMALOSI LONA TO’ALUA

Ua talia e le Faamasinoga Maualuga se talosaga na faaulu e le loia o lo o fautuaina le alii lea o lo o tuuaia i lona faamalosia o lona toalua, ina ia toe faatulaga se isi aso e faataunuu ai le faamasinoga autu o lenei mataupu, ona o lo o mananao loia e toe soalaupule lenei mataupu.

E le o mafai ona faalauiloa e le Samoa News le igoa o le alii o loo tuuaia i lenei mataupu, ona o puipuiga i le to’alua o le ua molia.

E le o toe umi ae maea loa ona tuu faatasia e le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Vaomatua, Siosiomaga ma le Gataifale (DMWR) se tulafono, e aiaia ai ituaiga i’a o le a faasa ona toe fagotaina i totonu o ogasami o le atunuu.

O ituaiga i’a e fa na faamaonia e le Faatonusili o le DMWR ia Ufagafa Ray Tulafono o le a aofia i le tulafono lenei, e aofia ai le ituaiga i’a lea o le malie, o le i’a o le ‘gaea’ lea e faaigoa e le toatele o le ‘gaea ulupato’, ona o ona foliga, faapea ma le ‘fuga’ ma le ‘gatala’.

Ua tu’u mai le avanoa matagofie i so’o se tagata Samoa e fia iloa ona tautala i le gagana a Korea, ia o’o ane i le Ofisa o Pisinisi Laiti i le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi ma Lesitala lou suafa, e le totogia, ma fa’amau sou avanoa e a’oa’oina ai oe, e le totogia fo’i, e le faia’oga mo lea gagana o Mr  Lee, Hyun-Hwi.

O le taeao ananafi na amata aloaia ai iloiloga tuu faatasi a le Fono Faitulafono, mo le iloiloina lea o le Paketi a le malo mo le Tausaga Tupe fou 2013, lea ua faamoemoe e amata i le aso 1 Oketopa 2012.

O le paketi e $497,295,500 ua i luma o le Fono, e na o le 8 aso ua faakalena e taitai o komiti a maota e lua e iloiloina ai le paketi ae maea.

Tulsi Gabbard is accustomed to making history.

At 21, she became the youngest person elected to the Hawaii Legislature. At 23, she was the state's first elected official to voluntarily resign to go to war. At 28, she was the first woman to be presented with an award by the Kuwait Army National Guard.

Now, at 31, Gabbard is on her way to becoming the first Hindu elected to Congress.

Toloai Sosene didn’t expect to join the military as a teenager, or see two of his childhood friends again after they graduated high school. And he said he never expected to play volleyball with them while serving in the Army.

As the intramural volleyball season concluded Wednesday, Sosene along with friends Siatuvai Ioane and Sililo Atonio who grew up playing on the same school teams took the court perhaps for one final time together.

O le 4:30 i le afiafi o le Aso To’ona’i na te’a nei, na tu’u aloaia mai ai e le Ofisa o Palotaga a le atunuu suafa o sui tauva uma ua mae’a ona lesitala, mo le palota tele a le atunu’u i le aso 6 o Novema.

E ono paga ua maea ona lesitala mo le tauvaga i le tofi Kovana ma le Lutena Kovana; to’alima mo le tauvaga o le tofi Faipule i le Konekeresi, ma le to’a 61 mo tofi Faipule i le Fono Faitulafono.

HYMIE SEFO

O le vaiaso na te’a nei na faatoa faila ai e le malo moliaga faasaga ia Hymie Sefo, ona o le faalavelave lea na osofaia ai e ni isi le faleoloa o FJP Kruse Inc Store i Leone i le tausaga e 2009.

Na maua i suesuega a leoleo, le ave’esea e Sefo ma ni isi alii se toalua se pusa tupe u’amea mai i le faleoloa i Leone, sa i ai i totonu le silia ma le $70,000.  Lea ua tu’ua’ia ai Sefo i le talepe fale, taupulepule ma ni isi e fa’atino le solitulafono o le talepe fale, atoa ai ma le moliaga o le gaoi.

Na taua e le Pulesili o le Ofisa o Lafoga a le malo i luma o le komiti o le Paketi a le Senate i le vaiaso na te’a nei, o le tupe e $32 miliona lea ua valoia e le malo e mafai ona maua mai i lafoga lotoifale mo le Tausaga Tupe Fou 2013, ua fai lava si maualuga.

Sa fesiligia e sui o le komiti le susuga Melvin Joseph pe fia le aofa’i e manatu ua maualuga ai le tupe ua valoia e le malo, ae na tali le molimau, “i lo’u talitonuga, e i le va o le $4 ma le $5 miliona ua maualuga ai le tupe ua valoia e le malo e ono maua.”

Ua fa’ailoa mai i se tala tusia i le Associated Press, “E mautinoa e tele na’ua le tau o tapenaga sa feagai ai ma Peretania mo le latou taligamalo i le Olimipeka 2012, peita’i, ua fa’ailoa mai e le latou lipoti mo lea masina atoa sa fa’atautaia ai le Olimipeka i o latou laufanua, e le’i tele ni fa’atauga mai o latou faleoloa i lea vaitaimi atoa!”