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Justice Robert Shuster imposed a four years suspended sentence on a 48-year-old father from Ha'ateiho who was convicted of incest and indecent assault, which he committed on his two daughters in 2008.

Three days after a motion to dismiss the auditor general was tabled into the Tongan Parliament by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano and the Minister of Finance, Hon. Sunia Fili, the House still could not figure out how to deal with the motion. From January 31 to February 2 the House appeared to have made one step forward to make a decision, and then two steps backward to where it ended up. From the House, by Pesi Fonua

'Oku 'oatu heni 'a 'eku kole ki he Falealea 'o Tonga ke mou kataki mu'a 'o toe fakakaukau'i ange 'a e fokotu'u 'a e Minisita Ako ke kamata ha silapa fo'ou ke ako'i 'aki 'a e lea faka-Tonga pea mo e lea faka-Pilitania ki ngaahi ako kotoa 'o e 'otu Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani

Seventeen secondary school rugby players will take up rugby scholarships in New Zealand this year. The manager of Tonga's Institute of Sports, Tu'ivaita Ueleni, said that the players included nine from the Under-18 team that toured New Zealand late last year. The nine players who left Tonga on January 21 to attend the Onehunga Technical Institute are Paula Fifita, Sami Taufa, Fe'aomoeuasi Hui, Taniela 'Ofa, Fetuli Paea, Sailosi Vaeatangitau, 'Ilaia Moala, Sione Kafatolu and Niukapu Taufa.

The Tonga Rugby Union Authority's administration of Tongan national rugby ends on February 28, but a new board is not expected to take over until the end of April.

Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF given on 23 January 2012. "As we turn the page on a turbulent year, a year in which so much of what could go wrong did go wrong, many look to the future with trepidation and foreboding. They worry about uncertain economic prospects, dwindling job opportunities, and rising inequality. About what kind of future awaits their children. Indeed, in the economic outlook that the IMF will release tomorrow, we will lower growth forecasts for most parts of the world. Even these lower forecasts assume a constructive policy path that is by no means assured."

One of the four male suspects, charged in relation to the armed hold up at the Asco Petrol Station on Fatafehi Road on January 6, has been charged with six counts, including attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm.

MASDAR, Abu Dhabi's multifaceted renewable energy company, signed today (18 January) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, represented through the Tonga Energy Road Map Implementation Unit (TERM IU). Masdar will be in charge of the implementation and construction of a 500 kW solar photovoltaic power plant to be installed in Vava'u Island. The project, is financed by a grant provided by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the solar plant will deliver around 13 percent of Tonga's annual electricity demand.

Photos by Dean Bentick An engagement party for Prince 'Ulukalala (27) and the Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua (25) was held in Sydney on Friday 20 January, attended by members of Tonga's Royal Family.