Telecoms explain recent connectivity glitches to Senate Committee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Frustrated senators who are Bluesky customers wanted to know the reason for the glitch in communication they experienced the week before last, where calls made

![ASTCA Chief Technology Officer Fa’asala Augafa (left) and Bluesky Technical Director Aloiamoa Anesi, Jr. testifying at a Senate Communications Committee hearing last week. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] Fa’asala Augafa (left) and Aloiamoa Anesi, Jr](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5327.jpg?itok=8aZybC_6)




![Seated at the table during American Samoa’s meeting with the Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs are Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave T. Laupola, and Deputy Chief Legal Counsel Terry VanEaton [ASG photo] Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave T. Laupola, and Deputy Chief Legal Counsel Terry VanEaton](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doi_meeting.jpg?itok=oVyWwlwZ)



![More kittens are available for adoption at the Veterinary Clinic. If you are interested in adopting one of our pets, please come visit us in Tafuna and visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/asgdohadoptions — you’ll find lots of pets who would be happy to go home with you. [photo: asgdohadoptions Facebook page] two kittens](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/more_kittens.jpg?itok=n4jIArVy)