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Princess Mele Siu‘ilikutapu, a cousin of King Tupou VI, has passed away at the age of 75 years. Born in 1948, the Princess was the second of ten grandchildren of the late Queen Salote Tupou III.

The French Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, HE Mr. François-Xavier Leger, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku today 26 May 2023.

Drums were beating at the Liku'alofa Resort-Tofoa yesterday, 24 May, and kava flowed in a welcome for the first yacht rally to visit Tonga since the borders opened post-covid.

More effective, consistent government investments in the health, education, and wellbeing of Pacific people will ultimately deliver sustained economic and social benefits to the region, a new World Bank report into public spending in the Pacific has found. “If the report’s suggested reforms are implemented, Pacific countries could deliver government revenues and budget savings equivalent to between three and 43 percent of GDP. These resources could represent a unique chance for increasing education, healthcare, and other necessary public investments across the region – which would mean more opportunities and better outcomes for Pacific people,” said Stephen Ndegwa, World Bank Country Director for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.

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.

South Pacific Business Development (SPBD Tonga) Microfinance announced its new business partnership with the Vava’u Shopping Centre #2 on its White Good Financing Loan Program in Vava’u, signed on 21 April 2023 by Mrs Finelanuatoutai Tu’ipulotu and Mr Kong Hao Lin in Neiafu Vava’u.

The 96th Inter-Collegiate Athletics Competition started on 24 April at the Teufaiva Stadium.

Visiting Tonga yesterday, a team from Japan held an information session at the Tanoa Dateline Hotel, about a project that will provide job opportunities in Japan for Tongan youth that are seeking stable employment.

At a time when labour mobility in Tonga and the Pacific has raised concerns in the face of continuing migration of thousands of labourers overseas, Tonga is implementing a supply management strategy as a pillar of its three-year-old Labour Mobility Policy. “The findings presented to us, highlights the need for the Strategy,” said the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku in launching the strategy on 13 April.