AUA VILLAGE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Paepaeulupo'o from Aua village are officially the 2019 Flag Day fautasi champions.
And the east side couldn't be more excited. After years of placing in the Top 5 — consistently — Captain Leonard Liufau Sonoma has finally given Aua village what it never had: a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After 10 weeks of training, the crew members of the Paepaeulupoo from Aua village are currently 95% ready. But come Race Day this Saturday, April 13th, "we will be at 100%”.
These were the words of Paepaeulupoo skipper Leonard Sonoma Liufau yesterday, during a brief...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Metal remnants of a third fuel storage tank — probably from WWII — was discovered in Aua village earlier this month.
At around noon on Friday, Feb. 8, the AIr and Land Division of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) responded to the reported...

![For the first time ever, the Paepaeulupo’o II has won a championship title in fautasi racing. Skipper Leonard Sonoma Liufau and his crew took the 2019 Flag Day Fautasi Race, after crossing the finish line with a time of 27:50:81 [photo: Tony Gasu] Paepaeulupo’o II](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/champs-paepaeulupoo.jpg?itok=NwNvb6xy)
![[photo: B. Chen-Fruean] Paepaeulupoo crew 2019 from Aua village](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/paepaeulupoo_1.jpg?itok=cdAxA1FU)
![A look at the area in Aua where oil contaminants were found last week. One of the homes in the area is believed to be sitting atop an old fuel tank, the suspected source of the leakage. [photo: BC] A look at the area in Aua where oil contaminants were found last October.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/aua_contaminationweb.jpg?itok=Nb5yvEqY)