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The Tongan Commoners tomorrow, November 25 will be given the opportunity in Tonga's Parliamentary Election to choose their 17 representatives to enter parliament. This is the first step in setting up a new government. The representatives that they elect tomorrow will become the decision makers in a second round of voting, which is the election of a Prime Minister to lead the country during the next four years. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua.

We've done copra, bananas and other agricultural produce. We have plucked and plumbed the depths of our seas and reefs but none appears to be sustainable for long. Our labour exports are at its infancy with potential to address poverty, social issues and to provide economically through foreign exchange earnings. - Sefita Hao'uli.

Tonga's national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi kicked off its tour of Europe with a victory over an Italian A outfit, 16-9 on Friday evening, November 19 at Biella, Italy.

Four years ago on 16 November 2006 the heart of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was destroyed by protesters but on November 19 the keys to three new multi storey buildings were handed over to their owners by the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele in a ceremony at the International Dateline Hotel.

According to a "Biography of Queen Salote" written by the daughter of Rev. Wood, 'Atalanga is a private and a summer home of Queen Salote. This property was purchased by the government as a property and/or a gift for Queen Salote. Queen Salote used this property as a home when the summer is too hot in Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani.

Students of the Government's Tonga Side School in Nuku'alofa today raised about $16,000 pa'anga during a colourful Gala Day held at the school compound. Photos by Linny Folau

Tonga's Miss Heilala Mafi Tu'inukuafe (18) leaves for Papua New Guinea today to represent Tonga in the 2010 Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea, from November 21-27.

Police arrested a male supporter of a candidate for the coming parliamentary election in Vava'u on November 12, after it was alleged that election posters in Neiafu carried defamatory information about another candidate.

Tonga Power Ltd made a $1 million pa'anga dividend payment to the Government on November 10, the first time ever for a government-owned electricity provider to pay the Tonga government dividend.