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Fiji was suspended from the 16 nation Pacific Islands Forum Saturday and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights."

'I he'eku lau hifo 'a e tohi 'a Piveni Piukala mo 'ene fakatangi ki ha taki fo'ou, 'oku foki 'eku manatuu ki he ki'i talanoa na'aku fa'alau 'i he'eku kei si'i. Ko e talanoa 'oku ou manatu ki ai mei he ki'i tohi ma'ae fanau iiki na'e ui ko e ngaahi feipale 'a 'Esope (Aesop's Fables). - D.K Fale

Well, well, well.... so Labour now thinks that Maori should have the right to seek customary title to the foreshore and seabed do they? That Maori should be allowed to argue their case before the Maori Land Court, with right of appeal to the High Court?

By chance I see it reported in the media this week that Tonga Power will spend 16 million dollars replacing rotten and leaning power poles in a network upgrading programme commencing from the "city". From where I sit, we will have spent these millions only to find that we will remain vulnerable to falling branches as well as hurricane borne damage and still wedded to non-renewable imported and expensive diesel, the price of which is expected to return to stratospheric levels once the world takes the crunch out of credit. In short, not a great deal better. -Sefita Hao'uli

A three-days conference on "Security Sector Governance in the Pacific Region", was officially launched on April 28 by Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Viliami Tangi.

Tonga's Tau'uta Reds kicked off the 2009 IRB Pacific Cup with a victory against the Savaii Samoa in Apia over the weekend, while last year's reigning champion Tonga's Tautahi Gold was defeated by Upolu Samoa in Nuku'alofa.

Papua New Guinea's leading daily newspaper is being subjected to a campaign of litigation and intimidation over reports of government corruption and mismanagement.

The Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr Yasuo Takase, visited Vaiola Hospital on Friday April 24 and viewed the new hospital which was financed with $17.7 million from the Japanese Government.

A US academic says a lawsuit launched by a PNG man against the New Yorker magazine for US$10 million over a portrayal of him and his tribesmen as "murderers, thieves and rapists" is empowering.