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Kuo si'i hanu 'a Samiu Sika 'o tukuaki'i e "kau muli . . . neongo e tonu mo e lelei ange 'a e Tonga," 'i he 'ene tohi (Komisoni . . . 15 Mar 2010). -Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi

Tonga's Foreign Reserves fell by $7.3 million to $153.5 million in February, mainly due to a large official capital outflow that was used for the repayment of foreign currency loans.

The legal counsel to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika made their final oral submissions on Friday evening, March 12 at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre.

$11 million pa'anga for the installation of new Solar Home Systems in eleven remote island communities in Vava'u and two islands off Tongatapu was committed by the Government of Japan to Tonga last week.

Kataki pe mu'a kae tuku atu e ki'i fakamalo tu'a ni ki he Palemia pea mo e pule'anga Tonga koe'uhii ko ho'omou loto lahi mo tau'ataina kae fokotu'u e Komisoni ki he Ashika. Ne mahino pe mei Falealea ne 'i ai e loto 'o e Fale ke 'i ai pe ha'anau Komisoni ka ko ho'omou loto lahi ne fokotu'u ai e Komisoni. -Samiu

Thirty Australian unions and community groups today asked the Trade Minister to safeguard the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australian local content in media, regulation of GE food, regulation of foreign investment and industry policies that support local employment in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations which start on Monday March 15.

May I ask Mr. Chan: Must our social duties to strengthen national security, people's safety, and national economic stability be trusted to untested personal opinions? How many opinions are out there, and whose opinion shall we rely upon? - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi

Twenty scientists gathered recently at an International Tuna Tagging Workshop held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's (SPC) headquarters in New Caledonia. The world's largest ever tuna tagging project has released over 250,000 tagged tuna into the equatorial Western and Central Pacific Ocean and 35,000 tags have already been recovered. The data being collected will help in sustaining and protecting the world's largest resource of tuna.

I would not discredit Ms. Mallaney's letter entirely – our focus should lie heavily with ensuring that we have all the available safety-nets in place (be it in a policy, process, system or others) thus ensuring that we can minimize the chances of a similar tragedy going forward. -Siaosi Lee Chan