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The vision of the Tonga Football Association for soccer to be Tonga's Number One sport by 2020, will be more achievable in Vava'u than in Tongatapu, said Lui 'Aho, the new General Secretary of the Tonga Football Association TFA after spending two days in Vava'u, 15-16 February.

A total of 11 rifles, consisting of .22 rifles, a 12-gauge shotgun and a sniper-scope rifle were surrendered to the police during a Firearm Amnesty that ran from December 17, 2010 to January 21, 2011.

I believed that the design of the MV Princess Ashika vessel made her unsuitable to sail on Tonga's open high seas, even if the needed repair work on the vessel was done, Viliami Vaka'uta Pola Vi told the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on the second day of the Ashika trial, yesterday, February 15.

The fifth round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) between the US, Australia, and seven other countries starts in Santiago, Chile, today. Over 30 Australian community groups, including the ACTU and 8 national unions, the Catholic Social Justice Council, Greenpeace, the Public Health Association and pensioner groups are calling on governments to release the draft texts of the proposed agreement. - Trade Justice Campaigner.

Heads of Cabinet Offices and Public Service Secretaries from nine Commonwealth Pacific countries and territories will hone their skills in strategic leadership and effective management at a Commonwealth forum in the Cook Islands, which begins on 21 February 2010. - Commonwealth Secretariat.

Tonga's Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon Lisiate 'Akolo was appointed by Trade Ministers from Pacific members countries of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, ACP as their Spokesperson in their continuing negotiation, for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).

A second jury of three women and four men was selected this morning February 11 to try four men and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd who are charged with manslaughter by negligence in the sinking of the Princess Ashika ferry on August 5, 2009.

A special welfare bus that accommodates disabled people on wheelchairs was given to Tonga Red Cross Society by the Government of Japan today.

The United States Peace Corps and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will allow for the placement of Peace Corps volunteers in SPC to assist in some institutional and organisational work. - SPC.