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A private bill aimed at reducing the new consumption tax was rejected by the House after its first reading. Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance won a new Regulation giving the Chief Commissioner discretion to exempt organizations from CT - despite protests that it was illegal.

As Tonga's national strike went into its thirteenth day on August 3, over 100 Tonga College students marched along Taufa'ahau Road from Lopaukamea Hall and through the central Nuku'alofa business area to Pangai Si'i, singing songs to show support for their striking teachers.

'Oku ou kau he kau lau ho'o ngaahi ongoongo pea pehe ki he ngaahi kautaha ongoongo kehe. 'Oku ou tui ta'etoeveiveiua ko e ma'u hala eni 'a e BBC. Ne 'ikai ha lau pehe ho'o fakamatala ka ko 'eku hoha'a na'a ko ha ma'u hala eni moe lau he letio ABC 'ae pule 'o e TV OBN. Kou tui 'oku 'ikai 'ilo 'e he tokotaha ni 'ene me'a na'a ne lea'aki. -George Sica,

The stand off between the Tonga government and some 3,000 striking public servants has reached a stalemate, as government has begun trying to explain what the salary revision was all about.

The Tongan government public servants yesterday, Sunday , July 31, sought "Divine Intervention" for a solution to their 10 day old salary dispute with the government of Tonga. tThe strike involving about 3000 civil servants has so far been a peaceful one.

Fiji saw off Samoa 21-15 in their final World Cup qualifier in Suva on Saturday in a result that confirms both sides' places in the Rugby World Cup 2007 draw.

A report by the BBC News about the Tongan strike, published on the BBC news website on 28 July, 14:07:09 GMT, wrongly attributed quotes to the Matangi Tonga web-site. The Matangi Tonga has not reported Finau Tutone, the President of the Public Service Association, as saying such things.

Tonga's Cabinet has this evening offered striking civil servants a 12.5% rise across the board.

While the IRB sits on a fat surplus of more than $174 million, the battling Tongan Rugby Union has had to go cap in hand to the bank for a loan to survive the rest of the year.