Asst AG Teesch-Maguire resigns under threats to her life
ASPA begins Phase 2 of power restoration; power outages scheduledThe American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) has confirmed that new generators contracted to an off-island firm are now on-island to begin phase two of the process for power restoration following the Sept. 29 tsunami which completely destroyed the Satala power plant. Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
House emergency preparedness hearing canceled, Gov calls cabinet meeting Some members of the House Homeland Security Committee including chairman Rep. Maugaoali’i S. Anoai were disappointed that a hearing yesterday to discuss emergency preparedness following the Sept. 29 tsunami had to be canceled due to last minute notice from the governor’s office. Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
Miss American Samoa arrives for Miss South Pacific Pageant Miss American Samoa Lorisa Mata’utia during a Climate Change workshop held yesterday at JJ’s on the Park Hotel in Suva, Fiji. Contestants in the 2009 Miss South Pacific Pageant participated in the workshop. Next week contestants are scheduled to participate in a whirlwind of activities. Pageant week opens this Saturday and the competition is set for Friday, Nov. 27. [+] |
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Governor vetoes Voyeurism billGov. Togiola Tulafono has vetoed the Fono bill that criminalizes the act of voyeurism, in which a person commits such an act if he knowingly photographs, videotapes, films, digitally records and otherwise views, with or without a device, another person without their knowledge or consent, where that person has reasonable expectation of privacy. Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
Just Asking ...Why is Samoa News covering Miss Samoa and yet has little or no news about Miss American Samoa and the Miss South Pacific Pageant? Samoa News Staff [+] |
U.S. House Committee OKs Political Status Education ProgramThe House Committee on Natural Resources has approved a bill that would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend technical assistance grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program on Guam. It will now go onto the full house for approval. The bill was sponsored by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo. Pacific News Center [+] |
US Coral Reef Task Force apprised of environmental damage due to tsunamiGov. Togiola Tulafono says the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force has given support to two issues he raised during the federal group’s meeting held Oct. 31-Nov. 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Both issues concern protection of the territory’s marine life and coral reefs. Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
Rexona Pouesi is Eastern District Lions Peace Poster winner Rexona Pouesi of Aua, a seventh grade student at Marist St. Francis has taken the first place prize for the Eastern District with this poster in the Lions Annual peace poster contest. This year’s contest theme “The Power of Peace” drew more than 70 entries into the annual contest, which is open to 11, 12 and 13 year olds as they ponder the meaning of peace and ways to express themes of peace in artistic renderings. [+] |
Tahiti to begin $122 million undersea cable projectPAPEÉTE, Tahiti (Tahitipresse, Nov. 16, 2009)— A 21st Century multi-media Internet world of communications is about a week away from starting at Bora Bora on Nov. 24 with the placing of a US$122 million undersea fiber optic cable that will extend to Hawaii and become operational next May or June. [+] |
Reid sets markers for historic health care debate WASHINGTON (AP) -- Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. [+] |
AP source: Ex-official to head Fort Hood review WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned. [+] |
Obama welcomed in South Korea as trip nears end SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Treated to friendly roadside crowds and an elaborate welcome, President Barack Obama sped into the last round of his diplomacy tour in Asia on Thursday, a visit in South Korea. [+] |
Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier. [+] |
One of Watergate's enduring mysteries under review WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Archives is bringing together investigators to search for scribbled secrets from the first days of the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon's presidency. [+] |
Forest Service says trees can slow climate changeWASHINGTON (AP) -- National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday, but that goal must be balanced. [+] |
UN: Fight climate change with free condoms LONDON (AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. [+] |
Facebook users can help Chase find small charitiesNEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million. [+] |
Janet Jackson: Michael in denial over drug problem NEW YORK (AP) -- Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene. "You can't make 'em drink the water," Jackson told ABC News in an interview airing Wednesday. When asked if her brother was in denial about his addiction, she replied, "Possibly." [+] |
