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Hundreds of people packed Pangai Lahi on Sunday night, July 18 to enjoy a night of classy choral singing by 17 youth choirs from high schools and various church denominations in Tongatapu, and also from Fiji and New Zealand.

The Heilala Festival block party brought hundreds of people into central Nuku'alofa on Friday night, July 16 for a night of fun, with Three Houses Down, a root reggae band on Taufa'ahau Road as the star attraction.

HM King George Tupou V's 62nd Birthday on August 1 will be commemorated in Nuku'alofa with four days of events.

I am pleased to see the surge in the energy debate. I've been a strong advocate of alternative energy sources to be considered by Tongan on two fronts: One is the appropriate alternative technology. The second front that we need to consider, centralized power generation and ownership has brought us this far but we need to understand and accept its limitations and change accordingly. - Sefita Hao'uli.

The Australian Acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Ms Sarah Roberts, has been expelled from Fiji.

Two 17-year-old burglars who escaped from prison have been spared a sentence of six lashes each with a cat or a rod, imposed by a British judge in Tonga last year, after the Court of Appeal set aside the "cruel and unusual punishment", in a judgment released today.

Ko e me'a 'oku ui ko e tupu faka'ekonomika ko ha Fonua 'oku nau mo'umo'ua 'i hono lalanga 'a e ngaahi faingamalie ngaue'anga tu'uma'u, ke solova'aki hono feau 'o 'enau ngaahi fiema'u hono kotoa. Ko e formula 'oku nau ngaue'aki ko e Takimamata. 'A ia, 'oku nau faka'ai'ai 'a e kakai mei muli ke huu ange 'o nofo fakataimi 'i honau fonua – 'o ne lalanga ai ke toe lahi ange 'a e ngaahi faingamalie ngaue'anga tu'uma'u 'i he fonua, ke feau 'a e ngaahi fiema'u koeni. - Paula Kava.

It was a second night of dazzle and glamour at the 2010 Miss Galaxy Queen International Wear and Galaxy Wear competition as contestants displayed fantastic costumes and hilarious performances at the Four Seasons Resort on Thursday, July 8.

Two weeks after the beautiful eclipse of the moon, sun, earth and moon will be aligned again, this time to give a solar eclipse. But this all happens 8 minutes before the sunrise of Monday 12 July 2010. When the sun finally rises on Tongatapu at 7:18 that day we can only watch the final stages of the eclipse. - Firitia Velt.