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An appeal by the Friendly Islands Satellite Communications Ltd (TongaSat) to present new evidence was dismissed by Tonga’s Court of Appeal on April 17 in Nuku’alofa.

The 32-year-old woman who was arrested with 20 packs of cannabis on April 10 is still in custody to appear at the Magistrate’s Court on April 17.

The VOEA Savea departed Masefield Navy Base for the last time on Saturday, April 13, sailing past the Nuku’alofa waterfront and Royal Palace on its way to Australia. It will be replaced by a new patrol boat named VOEA Ngahau Koula (Golden Arrow).

Six Tongan hip hop dancers, calling themselves the Onion Squad, will be competing on April 16-18 at the Hip Hop Pacific Islands competition in Manukau City, Auckland.

All cases set down for today at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court were adjourned to April 29 including that of the Minister of Justice, Sione Vuna Fa’otusia.

Despite failing to qualify for the Rugby World Seven Series after coming short against Chile 15 – 12 in qualifiers of the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens last week, the Tonga Rugby Sevens captured the hearts of many for their show of compassion when they knelt in prayer around Jonathan Mo (23), a former Hong Kong rugby player battling a serious heart condition.

A Queensland jury has found a Tongan couple, 'Isikeli and Malavine Pulini, guilty of forcing a Fijian woman into servitude as a housemaid at their home in Brisbane between 2008 and 2016. It took the jury less than a day of deliberation to make their decision.

The people in Kolonga on eastern Tongatapu had their old water system upgraded and handed over by Japan on April 11.

The CEOs of Australia Rugby (AR) and the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWR) issued a joint statement yesterday, announcing intentions to terminate contracts with Wallaby star player Israel Folau because of a disrespectful and discriminating meme he recently shared on Instagram calling on “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolators” to repent.