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A distressed yacht that was rescued in Ha'apai waters after sending out an emergency beacon on Tuesday morning was towed back to Nuku'alofa by the barge 'Waimana' and not by the TDS Voea Pangai, the police confirmed today.

THE British Government donated over $80,000 pa'anga worth of law books and computer equipment to the Supreme Court of Tonga in Nuku'alofa on Thursday, April 28.

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) will meet in London on Thursday April 28. The Group will discuss Fiji, which is currently suspended from the Commonwealth. - CMAG.

A 28ft vessel called the "Predator" was towed back to Nuku'alofa by the TDS Voea Pangai on April 26, after suffering engine problems and drifting near Kelefesia Island on April 25.

I appreciate very much the development of the 'Ikale Tahi ( Tonga National Rugby Union Team) for the 2011 IRB World Cup. This is not new, but I am certain that Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU has done a great job. - Sione Petelo.

Liahona High School won the Tonga's 88th Inter College Athletics Sports Competition, with a total of 63 medals including 30 gold, 20 silver and 13 bronze.

A prolific housebreaker was sent to Hu'atolitoli Prison for two and a half years on April 21, for housebreaking and theft of traditional Tongan items worth $1,280 pa'anga from his employer in Nuku'alofa.

The 'Ikale Tahi Head Coach, 'Isitolo Maka on April 20 named his Rugby World Cup squad of 50 players, from which the 'Ikale Tahi Rugby World Cup team of 30 players will be announced on August 22.

With more than 680 million people in Asia and the Pacific region continuing to live on less than US$1.25 a day, “There remains an urgent need to invest more and better in agriculture and rural areas in developing countries, based on a new approach to smallholder agriculture that is both market-oriented and sustainable,” says IFAD's Thomas Elhaut in a new report that looks at how investment by governments in agriculture contributes substantially to GDP growth and poverty reduction.