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Posting behind these articles ain't going to solve anything. Why not stand up and make a difference instead of pointing finger on who is doing what and what is being done by who was/is illegal. The comment by one, "only in Samoa" that's so low. That's a very general statement and we here in Samoa whom works in the government system are fighting for a change better yet a solution, but lets not start to point finger on the whole people of this island.
The one's that usually post are the ones living off-island. Let the people here handle it. If you complain too much why don't you make a difference and move to the island and do something. Instead of complaining behind the screens and you are not here to help with our people. So minus well save you complaints, your pointing fingers and let the people here in American Samoa run the government to the best they can for the people here in American Samoa.
I suggest all you posting, stop complaining and pointing fingers without back ups or facts. We tend to always hear it by ear and not knowing if it's really true or not. I have learned to find out the facts about something and make sure it is a valid one too. People tend to twist things around. If you don't like it voice it out in the public. If you complain and want to make a difference post your name up. Why hide behind without a name.
an irritated woman who dislikes people gossiping without back ups and people who loves pointing fingers without making a stand.
Televise Aiava
Can we have this airline/airplane fly over to American Samoa to take us to Hawaii? It's the only way we can get some decent treatment from Hawaiian Air.
Oh, no, we have to get a clearance from the US on some type of relationship with "other" countries. Oh well, hope Stui and his government would work with Stogi and his group to make this work to benefit the poor people of American Samoa.
In the meantime now the cost of airfare to and from Hawaii I hear is a whopping $1,400.00. Can you believe this?
The proposal to allow Nationals (American Samoans) to apply for US citizenship from their territory without having to relocate residence to a State of the Union, find a home there, live in the USA for the required time, before one is qualified to apply for citizenship, is financially cumbersome.
The Simple reason, my mind processed, the benefit of the Congressmens proposal.
This can be accomplished by congressional action without Court Orders, folks. The problem now, evident from the lawyers comments, are American Samoans who want to avoid paying naturalization fees. How shallow?
What the Congressman proposed is completely different from a mandatory COURT ORDERED citizenship. Why blame Eni's congressional efforts on how peoples mind operate? Seek clarification or see a doctor, is what I'd do.
The 'can of worms' some allude to as the result of the Congressmans effort is a figment of warped minds. Stop it!!!!
The man in his capacity and as an astute lawyer knows what he's doing.
Unless your single vote can determine the outcome of a US Presidential race, why encourage these 'wannabe' lawyers. The President of the United
States is still out of your birth reach.
Do the right thing and help say NO to this silly Court Order idea and support the Congressman if you value your Samoan Identity. Amen
Great job Samoa News staff, are you now part of the infantry crew for Mr. Carlos Sanchez? Is this picture really worth putting at the front page of your paper? Who makes the determination (oh I forgot the owner of the paper)as to where these types of pictures belong?
Wow, great job anyway. Now we ger it, you guys are the reconnaissance division for Mr. Sanchez's continued effort to relocate the cannery freezer to his side of the bay. Keep in mind Samoa News staff, there are alot of people also working in the background to support the efforts of StarKist Samoa.
Keep your efforts fair and consistent, do not put your eggs in one basket, there is legit and valid reasons why the Governor decided to sign the lease for the cannery to built their freezer in Fagatogo.
[Editor's Note: I made the decision to put the photo on the front page, as editor-in-chief of Samoa News.
Samoa News has consistently spoken out against the location of the freezer facility on the main dock, because of environmental & health concerns; as a Fagatogo business concern; as well as the effect it will have on the cruise ship tourism industry. My family also claims blood & cultural roots in Fagatogo, and we have seen the changes from a picturesque and healthy bay area to an industrial sludge pool — all in the name of development.
In this exercise of freedom of speech and the press — it just so happens Mr. Sanchez is on 'our side of the bay'. Rhonda Annesley]
Hey kovana, where is the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY? EPA, did the kovana ever request one? Where is the EPA on this? The FONO should fight this in court, stop this BULLSH!T project right in its tracks! Anyone out there with any balls, please do the right thing and fight this IDIOTIC project by the dictator togifiola!
Now were these projections taking in consideration worst case scenarios like, say, THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE? Just asking. Because it could put a damper in things.
Jesus says it very well. knock and it shall be open, seek and you shall find, wait for days at the door of this governor and your answer cometh.
Its like the rule of gravity folks, What goes up, comes down. Make a stand and believe in something. Believe that we WANT good leaders and carry the course to the end when necessary.
lets see, grandpa grew coconuts in the last 4 decades so his grandsons can one day enjoy the fully grown tree in his generation. think about it. our village enjoys great nuts because of grandpa growing coconuts all over the dog gone village.
I think thats so cool. Our leaders don't grow things for the next generation. They Kill things and that needs to be addressed First.
Find the leader that Knows how to grow and has the team to grow something. Anything for God's sake, its not scientific folks. geeeez, all these quacks we have had for years, this guy and that guy and now this guy---- o God show us how to ballot box the right guy please for heaven's sake.
Great short term idea. Long term, no. A huge domino effect starting at the canneries, then will eventually cost government jobs due to loss of jobs then tax revenues. I would think twice about enacting this.
From the perspective of a business owner, if this goes through, I can afford to maintain my 3 or 4 of my entry level jobs for a little while. Eventually I will slowly lose one or two of my entry level workers because I can't budget (to include payroll tax increases) for it and I need them for the jobs that we do. For most of my entry-level guys, they are the breadwinner of their families. Absolutely good people. I can't imagine laying any of them off due to budgeting constraints. Please think twice.
How many of you "private" business owners agree with this and are in the same boat?
this guy wants to borrow 8 million from a fund and has nobody to show up and tell us the who, what, where and how of his order. a government of no checks and no balance run like a dictator with a dress is whats happening here.
The CAC stay off my Constitution. WE have a 100 year old agreement in place. We are neither hebrew, american nor aussies. I am a samoan man from samoa. I travel far and lay on the land I land. But I will never be anything else but a man from samoa.
Do you understand what an Identity is? to my death I profess, I am from parents of samoan heritage and will die as such.
My land is rich in wealth of culture and joy of my people compounds me to send this force to the known earth. Paulo
Hey dude, you're preaching to the choir AND you're point is moot. Chicken of the Sea left and Star Kist is about to follow suit. Let's talk about things we can control. Minimum wage is what we can control. Whether a company decides to make a more profitable move isn't a factor unless we make it more appealing by decreasing THEIR expenses by keeping the wages low.
Some here have the case of the "institutional memory-loss". It was not too long ago when Chicken of the Sea left. Why do we want to get rid of the rest of our jobs? People are happy making some money versus none.
Yeah, makes theoretical sense. Did that help keep COS here though? Fact of the matter is...COS is gone because of the wage hike. We never considered that in the decisionmaking process. So where does all this theory put our people? That's right. In the toilet bowl...all 2,000 of us. ;)
This has been a problem since we first landed in Pago in 1965....
You know what? That was well put. I rest my case.
Your point seem more viable within our territory. Its better to have a job to pay the bills than nothing at all. Unfortunately, Am. Samoa is included in the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. With millions of dollars from federal grants pouring into the territory, ASG has no choice but abide by these stipulations or face punitive action. A higher minimum wage will, unfortunately, increase unemployment. But maybe this will influence ASG to hire competitive, qulified personnel instead of "ghost employees". Hopefully, this will keep us true and honest. What say you?
PTAT
I dont understand why the lawsuit of having Am Samoa citizens who are living in the US be given the same rights as US citizen have ANYTHING to do with an assault on our culture.
The organization is not bringing assault to Am Samoa and our way of life, its just asking that citizens of Samoa living in the US be granted the same RIGHTS as US CITIZENS!!
Not sure, what Eni's opposition is but more coverage is needed to get at the truth of this matter. Certain samoan cultures as it relates to ASG needs to be changed because it is NO LONGER SERVING THE AM SAMOA CITIZENS!! But in general, I dont understand WHY Eni is against this basic right for our people who are living in the US. A third party opposition isnt going to legislate ANY change to our way of life so what is the issue that we are afraid of here???
A sellout? Personal Gain? Obviously you do not know the man personally. Ask yourself this, is UTU working in Samoa to improve the Government even after his loss? NO! He is LONG GONE. There are those that are still here, like AFOA, working on Island because they still believe in the GOOD of people and want to see the Improvement in the Government. He has a long track record of Service in the Goverment and in his own personal ventures. It sounds like you are a quitter. Do not be quick to discredit the efforts of those who want to do good.
Thanks for the verses. You should've been a preacher. But you totally missed the point. Your comment is an apparent attempt at trying to some of us feel bad about stating the obvious. Please try again.
This investigation is nonsense. It is a waist of time in trying to investigate in this nonsense scene. I am a student at this school, and I know for a fact that this teacher is innocent. You have no proof that he did such a thing. If you want proof, start asking the students at the school and stop with the assuming.
I have two older siblings that are in college and are now married, and they are former students of this great teacher, that is how long this man of God has been teaching at the school. This man has been at the school over 30 years, and this student had just started her years at this school. In my perspective, this issue that is getting bigger and bigger is pathetic.
It does not add up, don't you agree.
I will stand by this man, no matter what the risks are. Thats how great this teacher has been to his students.
His favorite quote to us students,
"Look up for inspiration, Look down in desperation, but DO NOT LOOK LEFT OR RIGHT FOR INFORMATION."
thank you,
A student at the school :)
so happy and grateful that we're making good progress on the alert system, but I still think we still need so more public awareness programs out there.Thank you Gov and the Fono.Lets keep focusing on the more important issues at hand.
Next important issue is the hospital.I know this is an election year and I know this will be Gov Togiola's last term and many new candidates are running this year for Gov and Lt Gov . So please Gov Togiola, make a positive impact in your era before you leave the political arena with a high note especially for the good and the future of our people.
A lot have been said and a lot has happened both positive and negative since your watch with our Lt. Gov, ae na o Le Atua lava na te faamasinoina ma le amiotonu ona tagata. I'll leave that part to him.
We still have a long way to go si'o atunuu peleina ae lava mai pea le onosa'i, tatalo pea ma tuu i le Alii.
We have new names running for the race this year. Goodluck to all of you who are running this year,I just want to add something a clergyman once told me when onetime I had an uncle running for election and a cousin and a brother at the same time and I asked him who should I vote for.
He replied "tatalo i Le Alii e faasino mai o ai lava e tusa ma lona finagalo e agavaa i lea tofi ,ae aua e te tatalo ina ia malo le tagata ua e mana'o ai.
Eventually the person you picked (win) will probably be the one you'll hate later when all is said and done.
Ia ia manuia lava le tapuaiga a si o tatou atunuu ma le faiga faiva i lenei tausaga. Ia tatou tutumau pea i le Alii ona o nei aso ua faigata ma ua tele le suiga ole lalolagi ua tatou vaavaai nei i ai. Tatou nofo uta pea ma tatalo ma sauniuni poo a ni faigata ole a oo mai isi taimi amuli.
Ia male ava lava ma le faaaloalo,soifua ma ia manuia.
I'm not voting for Afoa by no means but when you question his character by siding with Togiola in 2008 and don't questioned Utu for leaving us in 2009, and then announcing to run this election and then opts to leave once again..........what does that say about Utu's character? Yup, he left for personal gain as well!! Pass judgement equally!! And quit with the Utu bologna....he's long gone - by choice!!
it's simple.. it really is.. 'NO!' to increase min wage... but, 'YES!' to NEW ADMIN!!! =) election time is near; please, people of Am. Samoa, rid yourselves of voting for family members.. it gets us NOwhere.. it has gotten us to NOwhere.. lets make a change this time around; save us our complaints about gov officials in the future.. look at what NEEDS to be done instead of focusing on pharmaceutical patch ups..
E tatau lava ona i a se auala e toe totogi ai le $3 miliona. Ma e tatau lava fo'i ona i ai se taimi e faamuta ai lea faamoemoe. Fautuaga i o tatou tagata; ua tatou i ai i taimi e fai lelei ai a tatou faasoasoaga e ala i le tamaoaiga o tatou maua.
I really appreciate and enjoyed your analysis on this matter.
Talifaitasi Satele
See Mr. House of the dearly departed? You started all of this and now a lawsuit is in the makings and you want the people of American Samoa to decide on whether they WANT to become U.S. Citizens?
You put that idea into our heads and the majority of us do not want this status except for the foreigners that were born here. You brought this mess to our shores and now you want to look like the hero in all of this trying to defend us? If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this mess!!!!