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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.

International observer organizations, concerned with the environment, are urging rich countries to stop holding back their climate change financial support to developing countries, after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting on the Paris Agreement Work Program, attended by Tonga and other parties, was held between 30 April – 10 May, in Bonn, Germany.

An invitational Tongan team were outclassed by Australia’s Western Force in Perth on Sunday 13 May. The game was competitive in the first half with Tonga scoring two late tries to trail the Western Force 21 – 17.

For decades, the global health community has paid lip service to the critical role of unequal power relations, particularly relating to gender, in determining health outcomes. A recent report by the advocacy and accountability group Global Health 50/50 which reviewed 140 organizations working in the global health sector, makes for disturbing reading....The situation is even worse for men and boys, who, regardless of country, can expect to live shorter, unhealthier lives than their female peers. According to the report, only a third of organizations take a gendered approach to the health needs of the whole population, and no organizations target men and boys specifically. By Helen Clark and Sania Nishtar

Over three hundred undrafted rookie free agents were signed with NFL teams following last month’s NFL Drafts. Among the enlisted are at least five players of Tongan descent.

A former Minister of Health Dr Sione Tapa (94) was laid to rest at Takaunove cemetery today, May 14 after passing away last week.

‘Ikale Tahi fullback Telusa Veainu was awarded Player of the Year by England’s Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) at a ceremony in London on 9 May.

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.