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HE Mr Thomas Roth, Australia's 14th High Commissioner to Tonga in a farewell reception at the Australian Residence, Mirrabooka on Friday 4 January 2013 welcomed colleagues, friends and acquaintance.

The government’s repayment of loans poses a fiscal challenge in 2013, this according to the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Monitor.

‘Oku ou fiefai ha tali ki he tukuaki’i hala funga ‘i he fakamahamahalo mo e loto taufehi’a ke fakangali kovi’i ‘a e ‘Eiki Minisita Fefakatau’aki, Takimamata & Ngaahi Ngaue ‘a e Kakai 'e he Paati Temokalati 'a e 'Otuanga'ofa PTO fekau’aki mo e ngaue fakaati ko Hinavakamea mo Tunavakamea 'oku teuteu'i 'aki 'a e hu'anga ki he Uafu Ko Vuna. - Dr Viliami Uasike Latu.

Three violent robberies occurred in Nuku'alofa during the Christmas week.

Matson Inc., a leading US carrier in the Pacific will take over the services that Reef Shipping has been providing for Tonga and other Pacific islands nations in the New Year.

The year 2012 has been an eventful year for Tonga, and a real test of the ability of government, and the people of Tonga to get the new system of government to work properly. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua.

Nuku'alofa Central Business District was entertained with carols on Friday as the Tonga Police and Tonga Defence Services bands brought Christmas cheer to busy shoppers, despite the cloudy and rainy weather. Photos by Linny Folau.

Tonga's former Prime Minister Lord Sevele is calling for a judicial review of the report of a parliamentary select committee, in an application to the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court that will be heard on 23 January 2013.

The construction of Vava'u's first solar power plant to be built with a US$5 million grant from the Government of Abu Dhabi is on target for completion by October 2013. When the plant comes into operation it will provide 13 percent of the annual energy demands of Vava'u, while saving up to 180,000 litres of diesel fuel annually to reduce the cost of electricity.