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FIVE contestants took part in the 2011-12 Miss Heilala Pre-Pageant Interview this morning, Monday, July 25, the first judging event in the contest that will be decided on the crowning night on Friday July 29.

A new book called “Tonga - Land, Sea, People”, was launched on July 13 by the Tonga Research Association at its bi-annual conference held this year in Tonga.

Roslynn Mahe, a talented singer of Tongan and Samoan heritage, has made it into the semi-finals of an international contest that is seeking extraordinary female singers.

Twenty two Tongans students graduated from the Laidlaw Theological College, Auckland, New Zealand on 9 April 2011.

The Tongan Breast Cancer Society Inc. launched ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’ today with a colourful display of pink ribbons and t-shirts, the international symbol of breast cancer awareness, at a morning coffee event at the Steak and Rock Restaurant in central Nuku’alofa.