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On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the theme of which this year is Safe blood for safe motherhood, the World Health Organization (WHO) will launch a new initiative to improve the availability and use of safe blood to save the lives of women during and after childbirth. The initiative is the beginning of a broader blood safety agenda redefined in Ottawa this week and aiming to work towards universal access to safe blood transfusion in support of the Millennium Development Goals.

The price for a loaf of bread in Tongatapu went up by 20 seniti from $1.20 to $1.40 last week.

Tonga's Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. will now be able to recruit high-level staff with the help of AusAID funding, to help the private sector grow in Tonga.

Lolotonga ko ia hono fakamaau'i 'o kinautolu ne nau kaunga ki he feinga liukava 'o e ta'u kuo'osi 'i Nuku'alofa 'oku ou faka'amu ke tau vakai ange ki he ki'i fo'i sio fakakautau mo fakapolitikale ko 'eni ko e "hala tau he mate pe mo'ui" pe 'oku 'iloa fakapilitania ko e "line of march". - Kitekei‘aho Tu‘akalau

'Fo'i Malie', defeated but it was still a good game, most Tongans will agree, after watching the Junior All Blacks beat the 'Ikale Tahi 39-13 at Teufaiva Stadium this afternoon.

The letter was a pledge by Members of Parliament that they will fulfil the wishes of the king. The letter also praised the king for his foresight in trying to revive the economy and to establish diplomatic missions in Wellington and Canberra. From the House, by Pesi Fonua

The 'Ikale Tahi will face its toughest game this year, against the Junior All Blacks at Nuku'alofa's Teufaiva Stadium, tomorrow.

Tonga's Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele, saying that the Public Servants' Association (PSA) is out of step with its new demands for the extension of the 60, 70, 80% salary rise for two more years and for a political reform to be implemented next year, has warned that civil servants should stay clear of politics.

The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has disregarded evidence of Japan...’s poor record on regulating ivory trade and instead officially released 60 tonnes of stockpiled ivory for importation to that country.