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Peter Siofele 'Aho (18), who graduated with honour, being the highest academic achiever at Peninsula High School in San Bruno, California on May 31 is an inspiration for young Tongans in the USA, wrote his sister Brenda 'Aho.

HM King Tupou VI will open the 2012-2013 parliamentary session on Thursday, June 7, a spokesperson from the Parliament Office confirmed this morning, June 5.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2.06 million regional technical assistance project, supported by the Government of Australia, to boost aid coordination in the Pacific by expanding ADB’s field presence in the region.

Tonga will light the first bonfire to signal the beginning of the lighting of more than 4,500 bonfires that will be lit right across the world, all the way to Britain, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebration tonight, June 4.

An urgent need for Tonga's Ministry of Land to confirm estate boundaries, identify all registered allotments and update its land registry, is called for by Tonga's Royal Land Commission in its final report released today after a four year inquiry.

Tonga's Acting Police Commissioner Taniela Faletau is reported to be doing well today, after collapsing at the Tonga Police Recruit Course prize giving ceremony on May 31.

Too often we underestimate the small acts of caring that have the potential to turn a life around, Tonga's former Minister of Health, Lord Tangi, told an International Conference for Tongan Nurses that opened yesterday in Nuku'alofa.

A 35-year-old man has been charged in relation to the robbery at Tau'olunga Computer Centre in Fasi, while a police hunt continues for two other co-offenders.

If you have been wondering about the two brownish steel sculptures that have been erected on the entrance to the newly restructured Vuna Wharf, Professor 'Okusitino Mahina from the National Public Art Programme has the answer, "they are artistic impressions of the beautiful maiden Hina and her beloved pet eel, and one is called Hinavakamea, Hina-the-iron-boat and the other, a mirror image of Hinavakamea, is called Tunavakamea, Tuna-the-iron-boat."