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Tonga's Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, and other Pacific Leaders met the US President Barack Obama, and the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Honolulu, Hawaii, while the President was in Hawaii for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011 annual meeting from November12-20.

Two brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on October 27, after they were found guilty by a jury for the murder of Molisoni Mu'a, who was bashed to death with an iron rod and piece of firewood, in Navutoka on December, 2010.

10-year-old boy died on Friday afternoon, November 11 after drowning at an inland lagoon known as Vai Salisali, at Sopu, according to the Tonga Police.

Open Schooling, a system of education that teaches to a broad range of learners, and has been very successful in Africa and the Caribbean, is being considered in Tonga during a three days forum this week.

A sense of déjà vu came over me when I heard of the government's decision to impose on Vava'u a one-overseas-shipping service. People understand that competition will determine the costs of services. The farcical explanation given by the Acting PM for the one-shipping service policy is not only laughable, it is downright insulting. - Tuitokaloto Fakatakatau Taufa.

A commemoration service to mark the Remembrance Sunday 2011 was held at the Cenotaph, Pangai Si'i on Sunday 13 November, when HM King George Tupou V laid a wreath at the memorial.

Marching in defiance, and singing hymns, over 200 protestors petitioned the office of the Vava'u Governor, Lord Fulivai, yesterday morning, opposing a move by government to create a monopoly shipping service between New Zealand and Vava'u.

Seven New Zealand rugby players and a rugby trainer, visiting Tonga this week, under New Zealand's Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme, visited schools and conducted training with young rugby players.

On behalf of the Parents and Teachers' Association, we would like to approach you with a request for your financial assistance in order to be able to purchase the necessary book prizes for the Niuafo'ou District High School Prize Giving Ceremony, scheduled for November 29, 2011. Letters from students are attached. -Viliami Vea, 'Aloma Kata, Tevita Kata, Latai Lama, Susitina Peei (Niuafo'ou District High School); and 'Ana Emberson, the Niuas Foundation.