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The SPBD Annual Business Women of the Year Awards, held on June 2, 2023, at the St. Andrew School Hall, celebrated the remarkable achievements of female entrepreneurs in SPBD Tonga. The event recognized four outstanding women as Winners of the Awards from different regions in Tonga: Mrs Pelenaise Folau (Tongatapu), Mrs Siosi Ma’u (Vava’u), Mrs Mina Taufalele (Ha'apai), and Mrs Kilisita Loni ('Eua). Other awards to SPBD women entrepreneurs, acknowledged their accomplishments in various categories.

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and The Queen Consort will be an historic event not only for the United Kingdom but also for the fourteen Realms, the UK Overseas Territories including our fellow Polynesian entity Pitcairn, and also for Commonwealth member-countries such as the Kingdom of Tonga. On 4 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tuita and Lord Tuita graced a Coronation Party hosted by the British High Commission in Nuku‘alofa, together with two hundred guests, to mark the upcoming event. - BHC.

Na’e pēseti ‘e 8.7 ‘a e hikihiki fakata’u e totongi koloa fakalūkufua ‘i he lipooti ki he Hikihiki e Totongi Koloa (CPI) ‘o Fepueli. Ko e holo ‘eni mei he pēseti ‘e 9.7 ‘i he māhina kuo’osi΄, pea ma’ulalo ange ‘i he pēseti ‘e 9.1 ‘i Fepueli 2022. ‘Oku hokohoko atu ‘a e holo ‘a e hikihiki e totongi koloa fakalūkufua mei´ he tu’unga mā’olunga ko e pēseti ‘e 14 ‘i Sepitema 2022. Na’e pehē ‘e he Kōvana ‘a e Pangikē Pule΄, Tatafu Moeaki, “ ‘Oku kei hoko pē ‘a e ngaahi liliu ki he pa’anga fakalūkufua e fonua΄ mo e fokotu’utu’u ngāue fekau’aki mo e mahu’inga ‘o e pa’anga Tonga ‘i hono fakafetongi mo e ngaahi pa’anga muli΄ ‘a ia ne hā ‘i he Fokotu’utu’u Ngāue Fakapa’anga ‘o Fepueli 2023, ko e taumu’a ngāue tu’ukimu’a ki hono holoki ‘a e hikihiki e totongi koloa΄ pea ‘e malava ke hokohoko atu e ngaahi liliu´ ‘o ka fiema’u ke fakasi’isi’i e ngaahi ola kovi ‘i he holo e ivi fakatau ‘a e ngaahi fāmili΄ kae tautefito kiate kinautolu ‘oku masivesiva ange mo tu’u laveangofua”.

We are on a quarterly review of the regulated price of fuel which has decreased the tariff by 9.87 seniti per kWh (9.7%). The total electricity tariff will decrease from the current 101.73 seniti per kWh to 91.86 seniti per kWh. - Energy Commission / Komisoni Ma’u’anga Ivi.

‘Oku hoko he ta‘uʹ ni ‘a e ta‘u ‘e 25 ‘o e fengāue‘aki faka-tipilometika ‘a Siaina mo Tonga. ‘I he malumalu ‘o e tataki ‘a e ongo taki ‘o e ongo fonuaʹ ni pea mo e ngāue fakataha ‘a e kakai ‘o Siaina mo e kakai ‘o Tonga, kuo malava ai ke pukepuke ‘e Siaina mo Tonga ‘ena fengāue’aki vaofi ‘i ha tu’unga lelei mo fakalakalaka. Ko ‘ena fengāue‘aki lelei ‘oku ho‘ata mei ai ha ngaahi lelei ‘one ‘omai ai ha ngaahi lelei ‘oku ta‘e malava ke fa’alaua ki he kakai ‘o Tonga pea ‘ikai ke ngata ai ka ‘oku ne toe ‘omai foki ‘a e ma‘uma‘uluta, nonga mo e malu fakafeitu‘u.

Ko e ʻAho Kominiueli΄, Monite hono ua ʻo Maʻasi, ko e katoanga fakataʻu ia ʻoku faka’ilonga’i ʻe he kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonua Kominiueli ʻi ʻAfilika, ʻEsia, ʻOtu Kalipiane mo e ongo ʻAmelika΄, ʻi he Pasifiki mo ʻIulope. Ko e faingamālie ke tau kau fakataha ʻo fakafiefiaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻulungaanga mahuʻinga mo e ngaahi taumu’a ʻoku ne fakatahatahaʻi kitautolu΄. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi heni ʻi Tonga΄ ni e memipa ʻe fa ʻo e Kominiueli: ko e Puleʻanga Faka-Tu’i ʻo Tonga΄, ʻAositelelia, Nuʻu Sila mo e Puleʻanga Faka-Tu’I Fakatahataha ʻo Pilitania΄ ‘o fakafou ʻi honau ngaahi ‘Ofisi Talafekau Lahi΄.

Commonwealth Day, on the second Monday in March, is the annual celebration observed by people all over the Commonwealth in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe, where we can come together and celebrate the values and aspirations which unite us. Here in Tonga, four members of the Commonwealth are represented: our hosts, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom through our High Commissions.

On Australia Day we reflect on our nation’s history and celebrate its achievements and all its people, including the 33,000 Australians that identify as having Tongan ancestry. Australia’s identity is complex; in addition to our first nations heritage and our British and European history, laws and systems of government, we are a country of people from more than 270 ancestries. - Statement from the Australian High Commission in Tonga.

This week South Pacific Defence Ministers and senior military leaders came together in Tonga for what was a vital meeting. Australia will be there as a partner and a friend, as together we confront common threats to our collective security, including climate change, transnational crime, cyber-attacks and natural disasters. I’ll be working with the Defence Ministers right across the region to boost our defence cooperation, to find more opportunities for our servicemen and women to work alongside each other in a spirit of partnership, so that our forces become more capable and more interoperable. - The Hon Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.