International paddlers and teams gathered to compete in the first Sher-aton-to-Sheraton (S2S) 30K Va’a Regatta, last Saturday, in Apia, Samoa. The S2S’ main sponsors were the Sher-aton Samoa Hotel group and Vailima Breweries. Sheraton Samoa is hoping to make it an annual event, attracting teams from all over the world.

There were 8 teams including a team from New Zealand that com-peted in the S2S that was from the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel & Bungalows in Apia to the Sher-

aton Aggie Grey’s Resort in Muli-fanua — approximately 18 miles.

Two teams represented American Samoa: Alo O Samoa paddlers Sueni Tautua, Tisepi (Rock) Tupai, Alex Carding, and John Goeke were joined by Vito Lealasola and Wade Hatch from Au Va’a Laumei to form a men’s iron team; while Le Vasa Outrigger Club sent a mixed team of 4 women

and two men.Le Vasa team placed 1st in the V6 Open

Mixed Team, after paddling for nearly 3 hours non-stop. The winning team com-prised Paula McDonald, Sandra Ho Ching, Luaao Wasko, Ambrose Fa’atoafe, Ropate Delana and Julie Falanai.

Falanai said, “We had a great time and I’m so glad we made it all the way.”

Le Vasa coach and captain Paula Ste-venson-McDonald expressed her gratitude for the recent surge in local sponsorship for the sport.

“We’d like to thank our sponsors Bud Light and SoPac Distributors. I am very proud of our team and our performance in the S2S. With four women and two men, our time of 2 hours 52 minutes was a great accomplishment,” she said.

Both teams expressed thanks to the American Samoa National Olympic Com-mittee (ASNOC), which sponsored the race entry fees and local transportation costs.

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By Leiloa Ese MalalaSamoa News staff writer

Putting to bed expectations that Samoans only appear on screen for laughs or as gang-sters, the new Samoan film

that was released in theatres last night is definitely something some of our locals,

who were present at the premiere, rec-ommend to watch.

Last week Thursday in Apia, Samoa, New Zealand High Commission hosted a special invites-only premiere for the Samoa-New Zealand film “One Thou-sand Ropes”.

One Thousand Ropes is the second

feature film from writer/ director Tusi Tamasese and producer Catherine Fitzgerald, which was released in Samoa and New Zealand cinemas Thursday, March 23 (Samoa Time).

A red carpet was rolled out to wel-come the director, producer and cast members like Tuiasau Leota Petaia,

Frankie Adams, Beulah Koale and Tusi Tamasese during the invites-only premier.

Tusi Tamasese, who directed “The Orator” (O le Tulafale), felt inspired again to share another Samoan-inspired film at his home in Samoa.

One Thousand Ropes brings pride to our Samoan people

Head of State Tupua Tamasese Efi and his masiofo attended the red carpet event last Thursday eve-ning in Apia, Samoa — the premiere of the new Samoan film, “One Thousand Ropes,” directed by Tusi Tamasese. The Head of State told Samoa News during an interview after the premier, “This movie was very authentic… lots of truths…” Read story below. [photo: Ese Malala]

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Local fishermen advised to vacate 2016 LVPA rule immediately

Chris Wondolowski thankful for call-up to national team

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“I wanted our people to see this movie, as it was some-thing I’ve been working on for couple of years and something very different.”

His Highness Tupua Tamasese Efi and his Masiofo attended the red carpet event, telling Samoa News in an inter-view after the premier, “This movie was very authentic. It had some sensitive things there, lots of truths. It definitely made a point about violence physi-cally and verbally, especially the values and secrecy of our people.”

He added, “This is a posi-tive thing. I am impressed with how this movie was created, I know this will encourage our own people to make something just like how this Director was about to make this movie.”

One Thousand Ropes, the second feature film from acclaimed Samoan director Tusi Tamasese. (See Samoa News Mar. 10, 2017 issue)

During the press confer-ence, prior to the premier, the director said his favorite films are the ones that have antihe-roes — characters like Michael Sullivan (Road to Perdition), Pale Rider, Scarface, Travis Bickle and etc. These char-acters showcase people at the ends of despair who through the strength of human spirit find their way out.

“I’m fascinated by these characters because of their transformation, their search for redemption. I’m fascinated because of that small speck of goodness lurking in the deepest pits of t heir souls. This inter-ests me to create and write,” said the writer-director “One Thousand Ropes”.

Some American Samoa resi-dents attended the Premiere, with a Tafuna resident telling Samoa News that he was “proud

of this movie especially that both languages, English and Samoan were used. It’s how parents and children are com-municating nowadays. There is a lot of progress happening on our Samoan side, and I rec-ommend to everyone to watch this movie. This movie is made about anyone, and with all the other Samoan movies that have been out, this one will inspire them to write and create some-thing about their own lives — just like how Tusi did it.”

Another local comment was from Danny of Pago Pago, who said, “I really enjoyed this movie. It is very different and it speaks truths about our culture

and our people. It definitely needs to be shown in Pago. Tusi and his cast are awesome for putting this together. We need more people like them, who think outside of the box.”

Tuai Uelese Petaia, who acted as the father in “One Thousand Ropes” told Samoa News, “I hope that Regal will approve it anytime soon so our neighboring island of American Samoa can watch it too. When that time comes, the team and I plan to fly over to premiere the movie, because you deserve to see it too.”

To date there’s been no word from Regal’s head office if this will happen or not.

Director Tusi Tamasese and some of the cast members Uelese Petaia, Frankie Adams, Beulah Koale and producer Catherine Fitze-geralde after the press conference held at Taumeasina Resor, last Thursday, with the media. [photo: Ese Malala]

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Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land Commission before the 18TH day of APRIL, 2017. It should be noted that any objection must clearly state the grounds therefor.

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MAFUTI, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o FATU-MAFUTI, e i le nu’u o FATUMAFUTI i le itumalo o MAOPUTASI, Falelima i SASA’E ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa’amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata’upu o lo’o ta’ua ai LEGAE’E MAUGA.

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TO: Mr. Taleni (unknown last name) Aua Village Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above-named respondent that a petition has been filed before the High Court of American Samoa to terminate your parental rights in a male child born on Feb-ruary 13, 2017, at LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Fagaalu, American Samoa. A hearing will be held after two months and ten days from the date of the first publication of this notice, in which the Court may enter an order that you have acquired any parental rights to the minor child and place the child for adoption. If you have any objection, or wish to claim or assert your parental rights, you must appear within two months and ten days from the date of the first publication of this notice and file an objection or a claim in the Court. O LE FA’AALIGA TUUINA ATU ia te oe, le ua ta’ua i luga, ua iai se talosaga ua failaina i le Fa’ama-sinoga Maualuga o Amerika Samoa e iloilo ai ou aia fa’a-matua i se tamaitiiti sa fanau o ia i le aso 13 o Fepuari, 2017, i le Falemai i Fagaalu, Ameri-ka Samoa. O lenei iloiloga e faia pe a tuana’i le lua masina ma aso e sefulu mai le aso o le ulula’i faas-alalauga o lenei faaaliga, ma e ono tuuina atu ai se poloa’iga a le Fa’amasinoga e faailoa ai ua leai ni ou aia fa’a-matua i lenei tamaititi. Afai ete tete’e, pe e te finagalo e faamaonia ou aia fa’a-matua, ia e failaina se talosaga tete’e i le Fa’amasinoga i totonu o le lua masina ma aso e sefulu mai le ulula’i faasalalauga o lenei fa’aaliga. DATE/ASO: March 8, 2017

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Uelese Petaia, who played the main character Maea, poses with Danny — aka barber684 of Pago Pago at the premiere of the new Samoan film, One Thousand Ropes, in Apia, Samoa.

[photo: Ese Malala]

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by Fili SagapoluteleSamoa News Correspondent

Department of Marine of Wildlife Resources director Va’amua Henry Sesepasara has abstained from voting on a recommendation approved by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council regarding a Honolulu federal judge’s ruling invalidating the US National Marine Fisheries Service 2016 decision to reduce the Large Vessel Protected Area (LVPA) in waters of American Samoa.

Va’amua is the territorial government’s representative on the Council, which is con-cluding today its three-day 169th Meeting — streamed live online —in Honolulu. The other two American Samoa members on the Council are Christinna Lutu-Sanchez of Longline Ser-vices Inc. and Taotasi Archie

Soliai of StarKist Samoa.U.S District Court Judge

Leslie E. Kobayashi ruled Monday that NMFS’ adop-tion of the 2016 LVPA Rule, which became effective on Feb. 3, 2016 is to be vacated, after finding the decision failed to take into account the two Deeds of Cession - 1900 Deed of Ces-sion for Tutuila and Aunu’u islands and the 1904 Deeds of Cession for Manu’a islands. (See Samoa News edition yes-terday and Monday for more details.)

One of the recommendations the Council voted on yesterday, day two of the meeting, deals with the 2016 LVPA ruling in which the Council directs its staff to work with NMFS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) general counsel on reviewing the judge’s decision

and to evaluate the next step, which could include requesting the court to stay the decision, pending reconsideration or appeal of the decision.

Additionally, staff is directed to present options for consid-eration at the Council’s next meeting in June for a Council recommendation on any nec-essary or appropriate LVPA regulations.

“As the governor’s represen-tative to the Council, I would like to abstain from the vote on this issue,” Va’amua said before the vote was taken and was also noted once the voting was com-pleted and the recommendation approved.

Before the vote was carried out, Lutu-Sanchez reiterated the importance of this recommen-dation, saying that during Tues-day’s meeting there were “many

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Outrigger races this long are often change races, with the crews switching part way along. In the inaugural S2S race, a two-day event, both change and iron categories were included, and both American Samoa teams raced in the iron category or without changing.

“We only had one chance to practice the full distance so were very happy with our 2 hour and 42 minute time,” said Vito Lealasola of the local iron man team. “In fact we achieved a better time in the race than we ever did in practice.”

The first day of the event was the race and prize giving and the next day was a beach party and barbecue celebrating all those who participated.

Sheraton Samoa put on a great feast for paddlers and supporters at the end of the race and con-ducted a paddling festival Sunday to introduce paddling of all kinds.

Recently, American Samoa clubs added 6 new outrigger canoes to the local fleet. According to John Goeke, captain of the Alo O Samoa team, the club’s new canoes have made a

difference: “Since we started practicing in the new canoes, our times have improved by over 10% and it has only been about a month. Now that we have a fleet of new boats we can begin hosting races. We have some of the best paddling water in the Pacific and many teams have already expressed interest.” [Courtesy photo]

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by Fili SagapoluteleSamoa News Correspondent

ASG Treasurer Uelinitone Tonumaipea believes the scanner project will be able to pay for itself in three years time, based on the fees already enacted into law last year, with the highest fee charged — $200 — is for the con-tainer scanner equipment.

Uelinitone along with Chief of Customs Moetulu’i Sipili Fuiava and other ASG officials appeared Tuesday before the Senate Budget and Appropriations hearing to discuss a couple of issues dealing with the large container scanner equipment at the main dock.

As previously reported by Samoa News and again explained by ASG officials at Tuesday’s hearing, the total cost of the rapi-scan project stands at $5.9 million for four pieces of scan-ning equipment, including the container scanner and mobile van that’s used at locations such as the inter island dock when the MV Lady Naomi comes into port.

Tonumaipe’a told the Senate committee that the $5.9 million contract for the project also includes two officials from off island, who are working with Customs, for a three-year period, to ensure that the scanners are operational. (The off island officials are from the company from which ASG purchased the scanner equipment.)

Moetulu’i said that seven Customs Agents are already certified to operate the scanner equip-ment at Port and the goal is to continue to train more staff to operate this equipment. He also told senators that the Fono has already approved leg-islation and it went into law late last year dealing with fees for the scanners. For example, a 20-foot container and over, is $200 per container, while a vehicle is $50.

Tonumaipe’a added that the employees certi-

fied to operate the scanners have all gone through the testing process, which includes a written test and a drug test — and they all passed including a background check.

He also told the committee when asked that based on the approved fee of $200 per container, it’s estimated about $2 million would be col-lected annually.

So after a three year period, about $6 million or more is estimated to be collected, Tonumaipe’a said, that means the scanners will pay for them-selves in three years time (referring to the total cost of the scanner project of $5.9 million.)

However, Sen. Satele Galu Satele Sr. says he doesn’t believe the government would be able to collect its estimated $2 million a year in revenue from the container scanner.

Satele asked as to the number of containers that enter the Port, to which Moetulu’i said there are 13 containers vessels a month and about 10,000 containers a year; and the $200 container scanner fee is for all containers that are 20 feet or more.

However, Satele reiterated that he does not believe the government would be able to collect $2 million a year from the container scanner fee, while a large amount of money was spent on the rapi-scan project. Satele is a former chief of cus-toms and served in the post several years ago.

A quick estimate by Samoa News: About $167,000 needs to be collected monthly to meet the Treasurer’s estimate, and at $200 per con-tainer scan, this means at least 834 containers per month or 10,008 containers per year.

Customers Office plans to make a public announcement when the container scanner goes into effect.

In later editions Samoa News will report on other issues on the scanner raised during hearing.

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To the editor:I am pleased to see that Judy

Payes’ devotion to the com-munity has been recognized. I would like to point out another aspect of her life there.

When I was at Samoana High in the late 60s and her family lived at the south end of “Penicillin Row” on Utulei Beach, she was “a lean, mean, sailing machine” in the bay on Sunfish, Sailfish, and Hobie cats (all small sailboats). A

great competitor, she truly set the standard for all others.

Don’t let that medical record keeping stuff give you a misleading impression of her (although to my personal knowledge she has always been very professional and very competent), she’s much more complex and impressive.

Congratulations Judy from a long ago resident of Utulei.

Philip SwettNewport, OR

Dear Editor,My name is William Spit-

zenberg II. I am 12 years old and am a member of the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 392. I am writing this letter to pass off one of the requirements for my Communications merit badge.

I would just like to talk to you about my pervious con-crete science project that won 1st place in the engineering category grades 6 through 8 during the Island wide Sci-ence Fair competition this past month. The science fair com-mittee did not think it was an important project so it didn’t place in the overall science fair competition but I think its a solution to a major problem we have.

I got the idea for my project when my mom drove her car through this giant puddle of water in front of the LDS church in Ottoville and her car immedi-ately died. So, I thought, there has to be a way to solve this problem, because people are complaining about driving over potholes and giant puddles of water in the road.

In this project, I tested sev-eral concrete mix designs to see if instead of the water running off on the concrete surface, it would just seep through to the ground. This would allow the

water to recharge our ground-water aquifer instead of run-ning off causing flooding and potholes in our roads. This has been a major issue for our com-munity, because of the damage it causes to our vehicles and the environment.

I was able to determine the best mix design that meets the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) stan-dards and can withstand vehic-ular traffic that would help fix this problem.

I know that this project can really help our community and I would be happy to share the mix design with anyone who would like to use it for their parking lot or concrete road project. I think it’ll be great to see an entire parking lot or con-crete road built with this per-vious concrete mix design.

If you are interested in get-ting my mix design for your project, please contact my mom Leleaga Spitzenberg at sspit-zenberg@gmail.com.

Thank you for letting me write this letter to you and I hope more people will use per-vious concrete to help reduce runoff and solve the major problem of huge puddles and potholes in our roadways and parking lots.

Sincerely,William Spitzenberg II

Letter to the Editor“PLEASED TO SEE JUDY PAYES RECOGNIZED”

Letter to the Editor“POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR POTHOLES…”

ASG Treasurer assures senators that scanner project will pay

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more questions that came from this [court] decision, rather than answers and we as Council` have an obligation to the community and stakeholders so that everyone understands what happens.”

“I suppose this is a way to answer some of those ques-tions, but it’s mind boggling and just confusing overall. So if this is the next step forward, then so be it,” she said.

Council executive director Kitty Simonds says that if the general counsel “is writing something about this,” it’s something that will probably be useful to Council members.

Michael Tosatto, regional administrator of the NOAA Fisheries Service’s Pacific Islands Regional Office and a federal member on the Council, said he doesn’t know if a memo will be drafted and shared by the general counsel.

“The judge’s ruling is still being evaluated,” said Tosatto, who added that there are “two things that we need to deal with. The first is how we react to the ruling in the legal system; the second issue is consequence of the ruling on... the fisheries... under an exemption.”

He pointed out that the court’s ruling “immediately vacates the NMFS regulation. So I will be commencing work to remove those regulations, while considering the legal options going forward.”

“It will take... a short time to remove those regulations. So in that short time, I do advise that fishermen follow prior LVPA framework, without the large vessel exemp-tion,” he said. The 2016 LVPA rule gives longline vessels 50 feet and over, more fishing grounds, by opening up a part of the LVPA that was closed to them when the first LVPA rule was established in 2002. The 2002 rule bars longline fishing from shoreline out to 50 miles, but the 2016 LVPA rule, reduces from 50 down to 12.

Meanwhile, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has written to the Fono about the court’s decision, which “supported our position, finding that federal agencies failed to take into sufficient consideration” the two cession deeds.

“This is an important decision, which can have a sig-nificant impact on our future relations with Washington D.C.,” the governor said in the letter, which was distrib-uted to all lawmakers during their respective sessions on Tuesday.

PHOENIX (AP) — A 9-year-old boy shot in the head by his 2-year-old brother with their mother’s handgun died Tuesday, and their mother told police she had previously let the toddler handle the gun when it wasn’t loaded, authorities said.

Landen Lavarnia was declared dead at a hospital, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Vince Lewis said. Police had initially said the boy died on Monday when he was shot. But they corrected themselves and said he remained on life support earlier Tuesday before dying in the late afternoon.

The mother, Wendy Lavarnia, 28, told police she had put her loaded gun on a bed within reach of her 2-year-old and 4-year-old sons while she turned to get a holster, according to court records. That’s when the 2-year-old grabbed the gun and shot her 9-year-old son, who was playing video games a few feet away, police said.

Wendy Lavarnia told police she had allowed “the 2-year-old to practice pulling the trigger of this gun when empty on previous occasions,” the records showed.

Lavarnia had appeared in court briefly before the boy was declared dead, and asked the judge whether she could go to the hospital to see him, but the judge said she couldn’t get out of jail without posting a $25,000 bond. The judge also said she had to stay away from victims in the case as well as any children.

She didn’t have an attorney and spoke little during her brief appearance. She was jailed on suspicion of four counts of child abuse — one count for each of her four children in the home.

Lewis says investigators are examining whether to bring additional charges against the boy’s parents.

The father, 31-year-old Kansas Lavarnia, arrived home as police investigated the shooting. He was arrested because he was barred from having a gun in the family home because of a theft conviction,

authorities said. He completed a three-year prison sentence in 2012.

Authorities say he knew there was a gun in his home. He said only his name and date of birth in his court appearance.

He was ordered released on his own recognizance because he isn’t accused of directly causing harm in the shooting by the 2-year-old, said Maricopa County Court Commissioner Paula Williams.

He hasn’t been assigned a lawyer, and there’s no phone listing under his name.

A review conducted by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network found that minors died from accidental shootings at their own hands, or at the hands of other children or adults, at a pace of one every other day during the first six months of 2016.

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This undated booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows Wendy Lavarnia.

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AMATA WANTS MORE VA STAFF IN AMERICAN SAMOAWashington, D.C. —

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Capitol Hill this afternoon to examine ways the VA might improve their hiring practices, and retain good employees.

“I want to thank Chairman Wenstrup and my colleagues on the subcommittee for holding today’s hearing which is so important for improving the services for our veterans,” said Amata. “Veteran’s health concerns are an issue that I hold close to my heart. I represent the territory of

American Samoa; and from the Army’s own website, our recruitment depot has the highest recruitment rate out of all 885 recruitment depots. “I find it quite distressful then that my constituents, who greatly rely on the services of the Department of Veterans Affairs, often have to travel to Hawai’i for medical care.

Now, the onus of the blame cannot solely be placed on the Department of Veterans Affairs; it’s failure of action here in Congress that punishes veterans as well.”

Amata said. She questioned witnesses, during the hearing, on the best way to attract and retain staff in remote and rural areas, such as American Samoa. Specifically, during this hearing, the Subcommittee discussed actions needed to correct deficiencies within VA’s overly complicated hiring processes that hinder the VA’s ability to efficiently and effectively recruit and retain high-quality employees and evaluate how staffing needs at the local level are identified and communicated.

The Subcommittee also examined the recent media reports alleging that the $2.5 billion dollars that Congress provided to increase hiring of clinical personnel across the VA healthcare system did not result in its intent. AMATA CONGRATULATES

LOCAL STUDENT SHANIA FIU

Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2017 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata sent her heartfelt congratulations to Shania Fiu, upon learning of her acceptance to the prestigious Wentworth Military Academy & College for the 2017-18 Academic school year. “I could not be more proud of Shania, and I look forward to seeing her fulfill her dreams of serving our great nation. Wentworth Military Academy is well known for producing some of the nation’s finest individuals, and I am proud to see a daughter of American Samoa there to represent us,” stated Amata.

Wentworth Academy is located in Lexington, MO, and serves as a preparatory institution for a commission in the National Guard.

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Apia, SAMOA —“We have seen the danger of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and the danger of Chlamydia” and

it needs to be addressed head on, says Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Director General, Leausa Dr. Take Naseri.

During a press conference for the United Nations Develop-ment Program (UNDP), Digicel

launched a new mass media campaign to address tubercu-losis (TB), HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The campaign, which is being run across four countries in the Pacific — Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu — will run until the end of 2017, with the initial focus being on TB to coincide with World TB Day on 24 March.

Responding to media ques-tions, Leausa explained the con-cerns for Chlamydia is that the symptoms do not show, com-pared to HIV, the symptoms are visible and “you know when you’re sick all the time.”

He explained that treating Chlamydia is simple with a single dosage on the daily basis that you and your partner con-sume. He said that most people were under the impression that TB has phased out, how-ever recently they are seeing that it’s slowly and gradually reemerging.

“We need to get our act together and get it out of the way, we can solve TB and it’s a start with you, same as STI, these are quite prevalent and Samoa is in the top three islands in the Pacific excluding Papua New Guinea one of the highest rates of STI.”

He said that for now HIV is slowly phasing out, however they are not sure until the whole population is tested.

“We can say that we haven’t seen any new HIV or Aids

infection for the past three- four years, on saying that, we have a high rate of Chlamydia but we haven’t screened enough people to say with certainty that our HIV problem is under control. We still need to continue with the awareness and educate our people, and hopefully divert or even subdue this serious threat to the health of all Samoans.

“Chlamydia is a bacterial infection that’s easily cured with antibiotic medicine. It’s one of the most common STDs, and most people who have Chlamydia don’t show any symptoms.

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The purpose of this campaign is to make people be aware and encourage them to utilize the free service available at the hospital. All these diseases are treated for free and even the treatment for Chlamydia is free to the public,” he said.

According to Leausa, “In this modern age the best way to reach people is through their cell phones and I think we have more cell phones than the total population.”

He further pointed out with this campaign their predictions are that most of those who are affected are in the productive age group and teenagers are the

people to have access to cell phones. “We are targeting the university students, we are tar-geting the young mothers.”

At the press conference, Leausa stated that public health must be creative. “We know one of the best ways to reach people is through their cell phones.

It was also announced that it’s estimated that 110,000 people will be reached in Samoa through Digicel’s network, which now has 98.5% popula-tion coverage.

Text messages will be deliv-ered to subscribers and direct them to a webpage with more information on prevention and where to go for testing, treat-ment, care and support services.

In order to market the cam-paign effectively, the messages are being delivered in both local and English languages.

In Samoa, a tailored slogan is being used: “T3: Talk It, Test It, Treat It”. This slogan refers to the need to: 1) Talk about these issues as a community and pro-mote awareness; 2) Get tested for free at all National Health Service facilities to improve screening rates and surveil-lance; and 3) Get treated to reduce transmission and ensure a healthy life.

The national partners in Samoa are the Ministry of Health, the National Health Service STI/HIV/TB Clinic and the Samoa Family Health Association.

Tackling HIV, STI and TB, in Samoa, United Nations Development Program Lizbeth Cullity, Ministry of Health’s Director General, Leausa Dr Take Naseri and Digicel Special Program Manager, Waikato Fatu launched the T3 campaign, Talk it, Test it, Treat it. [Photo: JL]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus plans to push President Donald Trump on the changing priorities of the Justice Depart-ment’s monitoring of police departments and cuts in educa-tion funding for college students.

The Congressional Black Caucus’ leadership will meet with Trump on Wednesday at the White House, and chairman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana said they plan to press Trump on several areas of interest to African-American voters. “His budget is contrary to African-American interests in a number of ways, and it’s our role as poli-cymakers to call him out on it,” said Richmond in an interview with The Associated Press.

Richmond said caucus mem-bers don’t plan to sit for photos with Trump, who got only 8 per-cent of the African-American vote in last November’s elec-tion. Presidents of historically black colleges and universi-ties were mocked by some for posing for a photo with Trump in the White House, and then saw no increase in money for their schools in Trump’s budget. The administration has proposed cuts in financial assistance that students depend on.

In fact, Richmond said he’s been urged by his constituents, black voters and even caucus members to cancel the meeting and instead focus only on resisting the president’s agenda and reducing the chances for his re-election, similar to what he said tea party Republicans

did to former President Barack Obama.

He said “if our only action is to resist,” African-Americans around the country are going to suffer disproportionately.

“We have a responsibility as African-American leaders to always put them first,” Rich-mond said.

Trump is willing to work with the black caucus, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday.

“Maybe they won’t agree on 100 percent or 60 percent, but maybe there’s 15, 20 or 30 per-cent of the issues, maybe there’s one bill in particular that they can work on,” Spicer said. “But there’s a willingness to sit down and talk and I think that’s the first step in the process of any of these.”

The Congressional Black Caucus is made up of 49 black members of Congress, mostly Democrats, but Republican Rep. Mia Love of Utah is also a member.

The meeting is as much for Trump as it is for the black caucus, Richmond said. “He does not have diverse people around him,” he said. “His views are distorted by either his life experience or the life experi-ences of the people around him. And we owe it to black America to have a candid conversation with him to educate him on the African-American commu-nity, the problems that we face and the solution we offer as policymakers.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote on the Republican health care bill is a defining moment for House Speaker Paul Ryan that could boost his aggressive agenda to overhaul the tax code and remake the federal government.

Or send it off the rails.If he fails? “It will be very

hard to manage this,” the Wisconsin Republican told reporters ahead of Thursday’s likely vote.

The bill to repeal major parts of Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, cap future funding for Medicaid and reverse tax increases on the wealthy is the kind of high-impact legislation that has become rare in a Con-gress that sometimes struggles with the routine like keeping the government open.

Highlighting the urgency of passing the bill, President Donald Trump spent some

of his own political capital Tuesday when he visited Cap-itol Hill to urge House Repub-licans to vote for it. Trump warned GOP lawmakers that they could lose their majorities in the House and Senate in the 2018 midterm elections if they renege on promises to repeal and replace Obama’s signature health law.

“If it fails, then there will be a lot of people looking for work in 2018,” said Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas.

“This is a domino effect. If we don’t get this done, then you don’t move to tax reform with the same kind of oomph,” Conaway added. “This is the first big test that we’ve got to get done and that’s pretty clear to most everybody.”

Success has consequences, too, because Republicans would then own America’s health care system. Ryan,

his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2012 and perhaps a future White House hopeful, understands the stakes, calling the vote “a rendezvous with destiny.”

Some conservative House

members think the health bill is too much government regu-lation and too generous. Many of these same lawmakers essentially forced out Ryan’s predecessor as speaker, John Boehner of Ohio.

In interviews Tuesday, no lawmakers suggested that Ryan could lose his post over the vote. But many worried that the Republican agenda is at stake. The political mar-riage of Ryan and Trump is an odd pairing as the speaker only reluctantly backed Trump last year and distanced himself from the presidential nominee after the audio emerged in October of Trump boasting about groping women. But they joined forces after the election.

Ryan and Trump now have an aggressive agenda for Trump’s first year in office. Ryan wants to re-write the tax code for the first time in 30 years after passing the health bill.

Under Ryan, the House has passed significant legis-lation, including a financial rescue package for Puerto Rico, ending a ban on crude oil exports and passing a law to deal with opioid addiction.

But Ryan’s dream of passing monumental legisla-tion to change America’s big benefit programs has so far been elusive. Over the years, Ryan has laid out proposals to revamp Medicare and Med-icaid. The proposals came with catchy titles like “A Better Way” and “The Path to Pros-perity.” But until now, they were more campaign slogan than legislation with a chance to become law.

In the past, Republicans could blame Senate Demo-

crats or Obama for blocking their ideas.

Not anymore.Republicans control the

House, Senate and the White House.

Still, Ryan has to navigate a House Republican confer-ence that is not of one mind on health care. And if he’s suc-cessful, the bill would go to a Senate that is still short on votes to pass it.

Some moderate Repub-licans worry that too many people would lose health cov-erage under the bill. Over time, 24 million fewer people would have health insurance under the GOP plan, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

“Speaker Ryan has cer-tainly put his speakership on the line with the president, saying he will deliver the vote on Thursday,” said Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. “We all campaigned on repealing and replacing Obamacare, each and every one of us. And yet we have a group of mem-bers threatening to continue Obamacare.”

Some conservatives don’t want to pass anything that looks like a new entitlement program. Some have dubbed the bill “Obamacare Lite,” and they warn that passing it will doom the Republican Party.

“It’s really a make-or-break moment for conservatives and Republicans,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. “If this passes, it does not bode well for conservatives in the House.”

Another conservative, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said, “The president did a great job” of selling the bill. But, he added, “The bill’s still bad.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch enters the third day of his nomination hearings largely unscathed by Demo-cratic attacks, as Republicans confidently predict he will win confirmation despite liberal opposition.

A growing number of Demo-crats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are calling for Gorsuch’s confir-mation to be delayed because of the FBI investigation of ties between Donald Trump’s presi-dential campaign and Russia. But Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa dismissed that demand as “ridiculous,” and

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told The Associated Press: “Gor-such will be confirmed. I just can’t tell you exactly how that will happen yet.”

Even with Democrats divided over how hard to fight Gorsuch’s nomination, the political intensity accompa-nying his confirmation pro-cess seemed at times palpable during the second day of hear-ings Tuesday, as the ques-tioning stretched beyond 11 hours. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut announced he would be asking Gorsuch about the “elephant in the room” — Trump — and tried to draw him out over Trump’s attacks on judges, including those who halted his immigration travel ban.

“When anyone criticizes the honesty and integrity or the motives of a federal judge, I find that disheartening, I find that demoralizing,” Gorsuch said.

“Including the president?” Blumenthal said.

“Anyone is anyone,” Gor-such replied. It was the first time Gorsuch had said publicly what he had told senators, including Blumenthal, in private meetings in recent weeks.

Gorsuch’s exchange with Blumenthal also yielded the sur-prising revelation that Trump had used a private interview with Gorsuch, prior to nomi-nating him in January, to muse about having lost Colorado in the presidential election and argue that he would have won the state if given more time. Gorsuch serves on the 10th

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, and would fill the 13-month vacancy on the high court created by the death of Antonin Scalia last year.

Gorsuch, who will face addi-tional questioning from senators Wednesday, made two other notable statements in response to questions from members of the Judiciary Committee, and both also related to Trump, who nominated him.

Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina asked Gor-such whether Trump had asked him to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case establishing a right to abortion, and what he would have done had Trump asked him to do so.

“Senator, I would have walked out the door,” Gorsuch replied. “That’s not what judges do.”

And when Vermont Demo-cratic Sen. Patrick Leahy asked Gorsuch if a president is free to ignore laws on national security

grounds, Gorsuch replied that “nobody is above the law in this country, and that includes the president of the United States.”

Still the day was mostly devoid of drama as Gorsuch swatted away Democrats’ efforts to get him to reveal his views on abortion, guns and other controversial issues, insisting he keeps “an open mind for the entire process” when he makes rulings.

There are now just eight justices on the nine-member high court. There have been a number of 4-4 ties and Gorsuch, a highly credentialed conserva-tive who is ideologically akin to Scalia, would be expected to join the bloc of largely conser-vative justices.

The confirmation hearing will wrap up with a panel of outside witnesses talking about Gorsuch, before a committee vote expected April 3 and a Senate floor vote later that same week.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. listens as Supreme Court Jus-tice nominee Neil Gorsuch, foreground, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, during his confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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