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Port of Pago Pago

Port admin building set for demolition
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration relocated to Pago Plaza last year to ready Port of Pago Pago for the  upgrade to the “New Seaport Facilities” - funded with $20 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Now the work has begun. The entire building will be demolished, and the...
First responders at the Port of Pago Pago
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Director for the Homeland Security, Samana Semo Ve’ave’a has publicly apologized to members of the public for the “confusion” after the bomb threat, which led to evacuating people from their offices near the Port and Airport. He said the Emergency Operationd Center (...
First responders at the Port of Pago Pago
An apology has been issued by the local Director of Homeland Security to the public over the “confusion” concerning the evacuation of buildings near Port and the Airport. Only Port and the Airport were supposed to be evacuated. The Samoa News building was one of the buildings affected by the call...
Port of Pago Pago building
The top floor of the main Port Administration building at the Port of Pago Pago is being dismantled, as the unsafe facility is set to be taken down soon to make way for a new ASG Seaport Facility, which is one of the three Port Administration Department projects funded with money from the American...
Port of Pago Pago sign
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families and friends of the two Filipino men killed in a tragic accident last Saturday describe the two men as loving fathers and hard working men for their families. The accident occurred Saturday on the main dock and ended the lives of two men, employees of local...
Port Administration and other ASG personnel at the entrance to the Port of Pago Pago stand guards with their masks, as security is tight at the dock due to a vessel in port with three confirmation COVID-19 cases.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The container vessel, Fesco Askold, with three of its 17 crew members testing positive for COVID-19, will remain anchored out at sea for a minimum of seven days, says ASG Coronavirus Task Force chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira The vessel, whose crew has remained on...
Congresswoman Amata and Secretary Chao
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata  welcomed a grant this past week of $943,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for improvements to the Port of Pago Pago, American Samoa. This discretionary grant will fund the purchase of a yard floodlighting system, rehabilitation of the...
Norwegian Jewel entering the fuel dock at the Port of Pago Pago
This Samoa News photo taken Monday afternoon from the old site of the Rainmaker Hotel, shows cruise ship Norwegian Jewel entering the fuel dock at the Port of Pago Pago. Read details in report of the cruise ship that was allowed to stop in to Pago Pago to refuel despite the worldwide outbreak of...
Container traffic at Port of Pago Pago
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Port of Pago Pago was back in business yesterday with containers being hauled out by trailer-trucks with much needed supplies, which arrived over the weekend when two cargo vessels were finally able to dock late Saturday. Meanwhile, the Samoa government owned Fotu-o-...
Rain at Port of Pago Pago
The weather continues to play havoc in the territory, disrupting work schedules — non-essential ASG workers were sent home Thursday; while, the Port of Pago Pago was still operating with container trucks heading in and out of the harbor, around 8 a.m. [photo: FS]

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