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A group of business men from China visited Tonga last week and looked at areas for potential investment in agriculture, fisheries and tourism.

Tonga lost to Cook Islands 0-3, its first of three games in the first stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers which began at Loto Tonga in Veitongo on Monday, 31 August.

Two masked men armed with a machete and a stick seized over $500 pa’anga from a petrol station at Fua’amotu before fleeing on Thursday, 27 August.

A 40-year-old man has been charged with the assault of his five-year-old daughter whom he allegedly whipped with a belt leaving bruises on her back on Sunday, 23 August in Nukunuku, Tongatapu. The child has been removed from the home under a protection order.

A 52-year-old husband has been charged with bodily harm for a violent domestic assault when he allegedly threw boiling water on his wife, who remains hospitalized with severe burns.

The inaugural meeting of the Tonga Heritage Society last night chose foundation officers who will move to formally register the group as an incorporated society. The group came together following public concern over the loss of heritage areas to development activity in Tonga.

There was an uproar in the Tongan Parliament this morning, 25 August when, in a bid to avoid impeachment, Hon. ‘Etuate Lavulavu presented a motion for parliament to replace members of its Standing Committee on Privileges with new members of his own selection. From the House by Pesi Fonua

A 'Clean & Green' Tonga campaign by the Rotary Club of Nuku'alofa successfully distributed over 1000 'Clean & Green' bags at the Tongatapu Royal Agriculture, Fisheries Show on August 21-22. Photos by Sonia Chirgwin.

‘I he uike kuo ’osii na’e toutou haa mai ‘i he TV Tonga ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala ‘a e kakai ‘i he ngaahi mala’e kehekehe ‘a e tu’uaki ‘o pehee ‘oku toko 8 ‘i he toko 10 ‘o e kakai fefine Tonga na’e fakamamahi’i (domestic violence). ‘I he taimi tatau, ke tau tokanga na’a ‘oku ‘i ai ha ‘asenita ‘aha pule’anga pe ma’u mafai muli pe ha taha ‘i Tonga ni pe fakatou’osi, ‘o me’angaue’aki ‘a e isiu ni, ‘aki hano mimio’i (spin) ‘a hono fakamatala’ii, pea tau hamumu ai, kae huu mai ‘a Setane (he ko e tamai ia ‘o e loii) ‘o maumau’i ‘etau ngaahi feinga kotoa.