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A complete collection of the Matangi Tonga magazine and the 'Eva, Your Guide to Tonga magazine, spanning nearly two decades of printed publication, was presented to the University of the South Pacific Tonga campus library today by the New Zealand High Commissioner HE Dr Jonathan Austin, who said these important records of events are an invaluable historical resource for Tongans.

The Tonga government will establish a new embassy in Tokyo, Japan, during the coming 2012-13 financial year, following the approval by the Tonga Parliament of a budget of over $5.73 million for running Tonga's nine overseas missions, on Thursday, June 21. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.

A special farewell service for a Queen Salote College teacher Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua who will wed Tonga's Crown Prince in July, was held at the college hall yesterday, June 22, by staff and students.

Eighteen months ago Tonga introduced its first majority-elected parliament in a move to establish a more democratic system of government. The democratization process has not been smooth and now, at the start of their second parliamentary session, it appears that our elected members are having a very difficult time trying to get the new system to work. . . . this raises another question: Is the motion for a Vote of No Confidence therefore, a Vote of No Confidence in themselves? Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.

Three men of Asian origin have been charged with murder in relation to the death of a 44-year-old Nuku'alofa shopkeeper on Friday, June 15.

A man has been charged for illegally bringing into Tonga USD$20,000 after arriving at Fua'amotu International Airport on Tuesday, June 12 on a flight from Fiji.

The Tonga Police today ended a search and rescue phase for two Australian sailors who remain missing after their yacht Navillus was wrecked off Late Island last week, but a further search and recovery investigation will be made along neighbouring coastal areas.

After a difficult landing on Late Island yesterday, a nine man Tongan search party is returning home this afternoon after conducting a land search for two Australian sailors who remain missing after their yacht Navillus was wrecked off the island on Thursday night last week.

Two Friendly Islands Triathlon triathletes, 'Alo Fe'iloakitau and Kantaro Oishi qualified at the 2012 Goto Nagasaki International Triathlon, Japan yesterday, June 17.