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With nearly year to go before Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi face the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup on September 9, a national "Tonga A" rugby team is preparing in Nuku'alofa for the America's Rugby Championship in September, this year.

The king in Privy Council on Friday, 27 August 2010 appointed the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele as the Acting Governor of Vava'u. In a statement yesterday, August 30, the Prime Minister's Office said that the Acting Governor would travel to Vava'u later this week. Vava'u has been without a governor since the death of Lord Luani in May. The Prime Minister now holds three additional portfolios, as the Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Acting Governor of Vava'u.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, today launched its Asian hub, operating from Hong Kong, SAR China and Singapore - expanding the agency's reach beyond its Washington, DC headquarters and signaling a strong emphasis on inbound and outbound Asian investment.

Noble Kalaniuvalu Fotofili (35) and Marcella Taumoepeau-Tupou (33) were married today at the Free Wesleyan Centenary Church in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Pesi Fonua

Prime Minister John Key met several young missionaries from Pacific Island nations yesterday (August 20), when he visited the new Mormon Missionary Training Centre in South Auckland. Missionaries from Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and New Zealand joined with others from the United States and other countries in welcoming the Prime Minister to the training centre.

Tonga's 9th military contingent deployed to the Solomon Islands returns home tonight Friday August 27, after completing four months of peacekeeping duties under the Regional Assistance Mission RAMSI.

In a police raid on Tonga's Ministry of Finance and Planning on Monday August 23 four computers were seized from the Budget Division, on the first floor of the Tonga Development Building.

Two prison escapees were recaptured at 9:00 am today at Ma'ufanga after armed police squads mounted overnight road blocks on Tongatapu.

From Medieval England in the 7th century until the 21st century, the Lord Chancellor Office has had the propensity to run afoul of the law, ethical practices, and moral governance. The Judicial Services Commission model has been adopted by many Commonwealth nations under the democratic principles of "participation" and "representation." - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.