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A Tongan heavy weight boxer, John Argall, was disqualified this morning, from the Olympic Qualifying Oceania Championships currently being held in Tonga at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium, Ha'ateiho.

Tonga's Chief Justice Frederick Gordon Ward has offered his early resignation and will leave Tonga at the end of June, to take up a new position as the Chairman of the Appeal Court of Fiji.

Two former school prefects received six months jail sentences, while 161 other school boys received suspended sentences and fines for their part in a night attack on a rival school, Tonga College, in 2002 that caused over $490,000 damage to property.

Although the long-awaited report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the operation of the Royal Tongan Airlines was approved by the Privy Council on April 8 for release to the public, the report can't be printed until government makes funds available.

The young ‘Ikale Tahi beat Russia 22-7 in their final game at the IRB Under19 Championship in Kings Park, Durban, South Africa on April 12.

The young ‘Ikale Tahi lost its chance of getting into the semi-final of the IRB Under 19 World Championship, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, when they were beaten by Uruguay on April 4.

A six-year-old girl was rescued by passers-by after a man forced her into the public toilets at Talamahu Market on April 4, in broad daylight in the busiest part of the Tongan capital.

Tonga's high inflation rate of 12 per cent, is a stumbling block for economic recovery, and a major cause of misery for ordinary Tongans, and urgently needs to be reduced. Martin Cerisola, the leader of an International Monetary Fund delegation, winding-up their annual visit to Tonga on April 2, said that high inflation had the most adverse affect on low income earners. "It affects the poor the most, and I emphasised that inflation should be brought down to a sustainable level.

After a counterfeit $20 pa‘anga note was discovered in Nuku‘alofa on March 25, Tonga's Reserve Bank has warned people to examine bank notes carefully before accepting them.