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'Oku toki mahino mamalie mai heni 'a e to'onga mo'ui 'oku tau mo'ua kotoa ai ko e 'ai'ai noa'ia 'o 'ai ai 'eni ki he mole 'o e mo'ui ha fu'u kakai tokolahi. Ko hono mo'oni 'oku fele 'a e ngaahi tafa'aki 'oku fu'u fiema'u ke fai sio ki ai, tokolahi kitautolu 'oku tau pehe loto pe Fefe nai kapau na'e? Fefe nai kapau na'e toe fakapotopotoange 'a e kau kumi vaka mahino mai ne fu'u ngaue mo 'ilo lahi ki ai 'a e minista Paul Karalus, ko e ha me'a 'oku toe kehe ai 'a e kumi vaka mo ha'o kumi me'alele. Sio ki he hisitolia 'o e vaka ne kumi, me'a ne ngaahi, fakafo'ou, ko e ha ngaahi me'a 'oku fiema'u ke fakalelei'i kimu'a pea toki fai hano fakakaukau'i pe'e 'aonga ke kumi fakatatau ki he tukunga 'oku 'iai 'ae vaka mo hoto ivi fakapa'anga. Pea pehe ai ke ongo'i 'eke kau tama ko 'ena na'a nau kau hono alea'i 'oe vaka he 'oku mole ha'amou pa'anga ai. - Lou 'Uhila

Tuku mu'a kihe motu'a tu'a ko kita ke fai atu ha ki'i fk-hoha'a tu'a fekau'aki pea mo e fk-tamaki na'e hoko ki he Pilinisesi Ashika 'i he potu tahi Ha'apai. Ko e ta 'oku ongo ki he loto 'o e tangata pea mo e fefine kotoa pe si'i 'otu Tonga. Ka e tautau tefito ki si'i ngaahi famili kuo huki tonu ai 'a e fk-tamaki kuo hoko. 'O mole ai ha mo'ui si'onau ngaahi famili he fk-tamaki ne hoko. - S.Taufa

Some time ago I did a test to see how many cars in Nuku'alofa actually do use their direction indicators properly. While traveling through town, every time I saw a car making a turn I watched whether it had its left or right flashing light properly on, both front and rear. The results were terrible. - Firitia Velt

This kind of tragedy should never have happened, with all due respect to the Tongan Govt., they should really get to the bottom of who is responsible, and please Matangitonga, can you organise a campaigns for the people of Tonga demanding a full independent commission to call in all party involved and create transparency showing the world that this tragic incident of M/V Ashika where 90+ Tongans were dead, should have an answer to and closure, and have constructive suggestions on how to correct the system so that it would not repeat itself again in Tonga. - M. T. Tuaileva

Operation Ashika this afternoon released 37 names, on the first confirmed list of passengers and crew missing following the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5, 2009.

A grieving father, Rev. Sione Taufa (63), was thankful today after he was allowed to see his daughter Vaefetu'u Mahe (22), whose body was the second and last to be recovered after the tragic sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5.

On behalf of the Tonga Red Cross Society, Westpac Bank of Tonga, ANZ Bank, MBf Bank and the Tonga Development Bank are accepting donations from the public to assist those affected by this terrible tragedy.

An underwater search team has this morning, August 12, located what appears to be the sunken vessel Princess Ashika, lying upright in 110 metres of water, at the position indicated by the emergency beacon and final radio call, 11 nautical miles south southwest of Nomuka in the Ha'apai Group.

The members of the Association of Bank's in Tonga recognise that businesses and individuals may be finding it difficult to manage their finances in what are very challenging economic times.