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A revelation that the Treasury transferred money to a bank account of the former Auditor General, now a Cabinet Minister Hon. Pohiva Tu'ionetoa, who still owed government more than $6000 was hotly debated in the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 17 October. From the House by Pesi Fonua

Ending extreme poverty is possible, says the World Bank after announcing its commitment for a poverty free world by 2030 as it observed the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October. Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, visited Fiji to mark the occasion

An important agreement to an amendment in the Montreal Protocol was signed by almost 200 countries last week in Kigali, Rwanda, to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) usage and production, which could stop a 0.5 °C rise in temperature by the end of the century.

The proud owner of a new $70,000 Toyota Hilux is Dr Lia Latu Maka, who won the ANZ Pacific Mega Campaign II and was presented with her new vehicle today at the Nuku’alofa Branch of the ANZ Bank Tonga.

Tonga's new Minister for Internal Affairs has been named as Hon Penisimani Fifita, Tongatapu’s No.9 People’s Representative to Parliament, effective today, Friday October 14.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs launched colourful printed copies of Tonga’s first Community Development Plans at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku’alofa on Tuesday, 4 October. Meanwhile, the Department for Local Government was transferred from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Ministry of Training, Employment, Youth, and Sports, and then to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - who say it will move again.

Superintendent Tevita Vailea (44) was awarded the 2016 Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Chair’s Award for outstanding servicing to policing in the region. This is the first time Tonga had submitted nominations for the award, since it started in 2005. Tongan officers were in the top two nominations for the award.

Surprise questions from visiting journalists, believed to be from the Fairfax Group in New Zealand, have upset Tonga’s Members of Parliament who complained in the House this morning and called for controls on how the media approach MPs. From the House by Pesi Fonua

American Dean Jay Fletcher (54) who remain behind bars in Pago Pago on a charge of entering the territory illegally was revealed to have used a guard’s mobile phone allegedly to call someone in Tonga.