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Partnership among Pacific Islanders - Towards a Prosperous, Free and Open Pacific: It was more than 20 years ago in 1997 when the leaders of Japan and the Pacific island countries first gathered in Tokyo to launch the first Japan-Pacific Island Leaders Meeting (PALM, then known as the Japan-South Pacific Forum Summit Meeting). Japan was among the first countries to establish a summit-level framework dedicated to forging stronger ties with Pacific island countries. - Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan.

The Tonga Broadcasting Commission’s news bulletin on 1 May 2018 featured a short segment on the CEO of the Ministry of Labour, Edgar Cocker. According to Mr Cocker they had enlisted the assistance of the Tonga Police in closing stalls at the flea market that were operated by Asian vendors because they breached the law regarding the location of businesses, and that “the flea market was set up only for Tongans.” - Kotoni Fonua.

The Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva yesterday recommended to King Tupou VI to reappoint Lord Ma’afu as Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, after differences with another Cabinet Minister were reconciled. Lord Ma'afu had voluntarily resigned on March 2.

Keep Vava’u clean and beautiful by keeping the environment clean, was the message HE Ms Tiffany Babington, New Zealand High Commissioner to Tonga, emphasized in a speech at the official opening of the 3Rs Waste Minimization Promotion and Proper Waste Management Project in Neiafu, Vava’u, on 14 May.

A three-year-old girl died on Saturday, May 12 when she was accidentally run over by a reversing vehicle at ‘Utulau.

Forty winners in a Mother’s Day draw by Western Union/Fexco Tonga received hampers full of food goodies worth $250 pa’anga, when the results were announced today.

The New Zealand Government has announced a $714 million budget increase in its development assistance with the Pacific, a key focus on May 8.

Netball New Zealand and the Tonga Netball Association initiated the “NetGo Netball Program” with a launching ceremony at the Tokomololo Government Primary School last Wednesday 9 May 2018.

A classroom building for Takuilau College is being constructed with a USD$84,331 Japanese grant at Lapaha, after the old building was severely damaged by Tropical Gita in February.