Executive Order stays action dismissing non-USMLE health professionals
Common Cause denounces wage roll back petitionCommon Cause American Samoa Inc. does not support Gov. Togiola Tulafono’s petition calling for a roll back of the federally mandated minimum wage, saying that such a call is “without merit and flies in the face of common sense.” Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
House rejects all four Admin money billsAll four appropriations bills from the administration were rejected yesterday by the House after none of the bills received a majority vote to pass in third and final reading — even with the vote by House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale. Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
CSM Iuni Savusa selected as Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Pacific Command (PRESS RELEASE) — Congressman Faleomavaega announced yesterday that Command Sergeant Major Iuniasolua Savusa was selected as the Command Sergeant Major for the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) headquartered at Camp Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. CSM Savusa will be leaving his post as the Command Sergeant Major of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. [+] |
Man gets 28 months for sexual abuse against 12-year-old girlA man who pleaded guilty to first degree sexual abuse for raping a 12-year-old girl last year was sentenced earlier this week in High Court to 28 months in prison. Tina Mata’afa [+] |
Fono Briefs In a July 1 letter, received by the House just before 9 a.m. yesterday, Gov. Togiola Tulafono informed the Fono leadership he is extending the special session “for another seven days.” Fili Sagapolutele [+] |
Nevada jeered, American Samoa cheered for stimulus Web sitesNevada and American Samoa both launched Web sites in the same week of early March to keep track of the massive amounts of money that Congress had just approved under the so-called stimulus act. [+] |
Prizes awarded to top scorers at GUAS mini camp Ten-year-old Nuanua Osana Iuli of Leone holds up her prize (a bag filled with school supplies) she received from the Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) for being one of the top three scorers in a DMWR workshops held these past three weeks, as part of the ASCC-Gear Up American Samoa (GUAS) mini camp. [+] |
‘Sistas’ meet up at LHS 23rd reunion Leone High School Class of 1986 classmates (left to right) Faleosina Faiai Voigt, Barbara Schroeder Autele, Gloria Samana Ausage, Apaula Solomona So’oa’emalelagi, and Terry Custodio Auva’a, after a 23rd year reunion luncheon at Sadies by the Sea yesterday. [+] |
Sportswriter gets his due from Sapolu Jesse Sapolu autographs Honolulu Star Bulletin sportswriter, Paul Honda’s classic retro UH Rainbow Warrior jersey at Honolulu International Airport, June 25, 2009. [+] |
Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. [+] |
American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan WASHINGTON (AP) -- An American soldier is believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday. The military has intercepted communications in which insurgents said they had captured an American, two U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. [+] |
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast in a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the U.S. Independence Day holiday. [+] |
US vice president in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns. [+] |
Iran reports more protest arrests (AP) -- Iran on Thursday announced more arrests in the post-election turmoil, detaining seven alleged provocateurs of violence it says were linked to Iranian exiles. The move underlines authorities' drive to portray protests as the work of outsiders rather than a reflection of widespread popular dismay. [+] |
Jackson ex-wife shows interest in custody of kids LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. [+] |
Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police. [+] |
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheepWASHINGTON (AP) -- Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. [+] |
RI town boasts USA's longest-running July 4th fest BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) -- In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War. [+] |
