Hawaiki cable
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga updated lawmakers — in his oral presentation of the State of the Territory Address in Samoan — on Hawaiki cable and thanked the ASG Employees' Retirement Fund board for their assistance and investment in securing it.
Lolo says the government now...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta District #15 Representative-elect Larry Sanitoa is "not surprised" that the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) defaulted on their lease payment of $4.25 million to the American Samoa Government's Employees' Retirement Fund (ASGERF) which was due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lolo Administration has asked the US Department of Interior to redirect federal Capital Improvement Project (CIP) monies to address Hawaiki cable “liability” and American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority’s (ASTCA) new products development.
This is according to Lt....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority’s new proposal of $18.25 million in funds pending with the ASG Employees Retirement Fund is dependent on Legislative approval of an Administration proposed bill seeking to hike the local investment rate of the retirement fund...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa TeleCommunication Authority’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget of more than $43 million in revenue includes over $18 million from the ASG Employees Retirement Fund that the authority has requested, but is not yet approved, according to information revealed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In her power-point presentation at last Thursday’s official launching of the $29 million American Samoa branching unit of Hawaiki cable, ASTCA acting chief executive officer, Falaovaoto Sualevai said that the the ASG Employees' Retirement Fund (ASGERF) had invested in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hawiki submarine cable sets the foundation for American Samoa’s future with improved services in areas such as education, telemedicine and e-commerce, proving new job opportunities for the territory, says Taiulagi Asuega, vice chair of the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With solid promise of “much faster internet connectivity” from now on, the American Samoa spur connecting to the Hawaiki submarine fiber optic cable went live yesterday, during the official launching ceremony where Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga dismissed one critic, who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the “ASTCA/Hawaiki” banner in the background, members of the Malaeloa Methodist Youth group performed, during the April 21 ceremony marking the official landing in American Samoa of the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable, which is now officially set for launching...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Executive Officer of the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) Pulelei’ite Li’amatua Tufele Jr. passed away peacefully at the LBJ Medical Center early Friday evening.
The news of Pulelei’ite’s death sent shockwaves across the territory.
Over 100...