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Laki Niu has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court by King Tupou VI on June 21.

Three agreements worth NZ$8 million were signed between New Zealand and Tonga to strengthen Tonga’s education and justice systems, and public sector management through policy reform.

Uaine Fa Junior defeated Mexican heavyweight Luis Pascual via a 10 round unanimous decision victory on Friday night 22 June, in Auckland, to win the World Boxing Organisation Oriental title.

The ‘Ikale Tahi have defeated Fiji 27 – 19 in a friendly test match in Suva yesterday 23 June.

Tongan’s biggest national budget of $659.3 million Pa’anga for the 2018-19 Financial Year was passed by the Tongan Parliament before midnight on Wednesday, 20 June. The Government’s major expenditure is the salaries of Civil servants, at 53.6% of Tonga’s Gross Domestic Product. The number of civil servants has increased tremendously since 2005, from 3500 to 5000. Some members were very concerned about a lack of detail in the Ministries budget allocations.

An additional US$10 million has been approved by the World Bank to help Tonga continue recovering from Tropical Cyclone Gita that struck Tongatapu and ‘Eua causing widespread damage in February. TC Gita, a category 4 storm, is the strongest cyclone to severely impact Tonga since 1982.

A group of students from Menlo-Atherton High School in California donated school supplies and painted classrooms at Talafo'ou Government Middle School during a 12-day visit to Tongatapu.

The ‘Ikale Tahi have announced their team to play Fiji in the last round of the 2018 Pacific Nations Cup.

A convincing victory over Toa Samoa tomorrow evening would assert Tongan ambitions to be recognised as a tier one nation in Rugby League.