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An Australia boxer of Tongan heritage, Justis Huni, has recently won gold at two major world amateur boxing tournaments held in Turkey and Spain. The 18-year-old dominated the super heavyweight divisions (+91kg) of the competitions held this month.

An online course to learn the Tongan language, has been developed by Joshua Tanner, a former LDS missionary to Tonga. The course is for anyone interested in learning the language, especially Tongans living overseas who don't speak the language, and he's made it available for a token enrolment fee that never expires.

Search and Rescue Coordination Training over four days this week aims to increase understanding and coordination between agencies involved in Maritime Search and Rescue in Tonga, where 86 lives have been saved from 24 marine SAR operations.

Tonga's Prime Minister surprised a local press conference last week by leaking a document that he said was a "confidential" Cabinet decision relating to funds allocated for the opening celebration of the new St. George Government Building on September 1.

A 21 year-old man has been arrested in relation to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a six year-old girl last weekend in Tongatapu.

A 21-year-old male pedestrian died on Sunday, September 24 after being hit on Taufa’ahau road in Ha’ateiho, the day before.

A declaration outlining actions to tackle Climate Change is circling the Pacific Island countries for support before being delivered to world leaders at COP 23 in Bonn, Germany.

Addressing a way forward for early childhood education was the focus of the first Pacific Early Childhood Development Conference held on September 19-21 on Denarau Island, Nadi.

Four Tongan passports and jewelry were stolen during a home break-in at Fua’amotu on September 14, while the residents were sleeping.