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An 18-year-old girl has been charged with three counts including manslaughter over the road death of a 4-year-old boy on Friday night, September 13 at Ha’ateiho in Tongatapu.

Tane Tu’ipulotu (32), a popular Tongan rugby player who plays professional rugby in England has decided to call it a day after sustaining a career-ending knee injury.

Liahona High School and Tupou Tertiary Institute won the Youth in Business Challenge 2013 for setting up trial businesses to make caramel popcorn and marketing services.

A relieved Tonga’s Rugby 7’s team has won a bronze medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini-Games in Wallis Island (‘Uvea) after defeating Papua New Guinea 19 -12 on Wednesday. Samoa took gold after defeating Fiji 31-12.

The Chinese Embassy in Nuku’alofa came out for the first time today to state that its gifted MA60 aircraft to Tonga was verified by China’s aviation airworthiness standard, and that while it satisfies requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the manufacturer had not applied for certifications in countries where it did not operate.

A new public holiday on Tuesday September 17 this year marks the official birthday of the Crown Prince Tupouto‘a -‘Ulukalala, who will be 28 years old.

The health of Tonga's coral reefs is under investigation in a new study that began this week. The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is on a one-month Global Reef Expedition in Tonga to research and make recommendations on how Tonga can preserve the resources.

Tonga's government places a top priority on developing solar power in Tongatapu, along with outer islands renewable energy projects, in its new blueprint for infrastructure development over the next five years.

The European Union will boost the defence of Pacific Island countries against natural disasters with a €20 Million support programme. According to the European Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard “For the Pacific people climate change is not about a distant future. ...This programme will help the Pacific states in their efforts to adapt to this new climate reality.”