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By Linny Folau The Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme to New Zealand (RSE) for the Pacific Islands, including Tongan fruit pickers, has worked well for both the various islands and New Zealand, the Minister of Immigration Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman said today.

The 2010 Pacific Regional Information and Communication Technology Ministers' Meeting was marked with the signing of the Tonga Declaration in Nuku'alofa, on June 18, which sets a framework for action for integrated development of information and communications technology in the Pacific region.

C'mon guys, your plates are full of important issues to work on. Do a bit of homework and stop picking on small issues that distracts the House's agenda. Unification and smooth transition is what the people of Tonga needs, and your main opponent is Time but not your fellow MPs. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi.

By Linny Folau Tonga's National Rugby Team the Ikale Tahi has been given an opportunity to be the first to showcase to the world the Pacific flavour of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after being selected to play against the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match on September 9.

I had an opportunity to watch the rugby match between the 'Ikale Tahi and the Flying Fijians on the internet today (June 20). I was so excited when the boys had the lead 28-0 in the first 15 minutes. However, that lead eventually disappeared. What a heart breaker for all of us, especially the boys who put in a great display of efforts on the pitch today. They deserved nothing less than a win. - 'Aisea T. Tu'ikolovatu.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working together to identify opportunities for joint information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives in the Pacific Islands region.

A 47-year-old man has been charged in Leimatu'a, Vava'u, with manslaughter by negligence relating to the death of an eight-year-old boy who was run over by his vehicle on June 9.

By Alexander Krivenyshev, World Time Zone. If one follows recent radiocarbon analysis and theory that human habitation of Easter Island actually began around 700-1100 years ago and the giant Moai idols were carved from rock between the years 1100 and 1500. If one considers these facts and overlays the calculated, historical data of total solar eclipses occurring many centuries ago (Xavier M. Jubier, Espenak and Anderson, NASA), it turns out that the July 11, 2010 eclipse may be the first total solar eclipse that the giant Moai statues and inhabitants of the island have ever seen.

The opening of the 2010 Parliamentary Session on Thursday, June 10 brought back the fanfare, the laughter, the cheering and the sound of brass bands music onto the streets of Nuku'alofa - a big contrast to the closing of the 2009 parliament session at the end of April this year, when the National Anthem was played from a recording.