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Chathams Pacific's two 50-seater Convair aircraft have been cleared to resume Tonga's domestic service today but its small aircraft remains grounded, the Tonga Ministry of Transport has confirmed.

The Niuas Noble's Representative in the Tongan Legislative Assembly, Noble Tangipa, was acquitted by a jury on June 1, on the charge of causing grievous bodily harm by stabbing Gerhard Sanft with a knife at the Hotel Nuku'alofa in 2008.

Two Asian persons residing in Tongatapu were robbed and held at gunpoint early Saturday morning, May 29 at the Tu'imatamoana Wharf on Vuna Road.

A security guard was shot in the chest after a person in a passing vehicle in central Nuku'alofa fired at him outside a Nuku'alofa nightclub early on Saturday morning, May 29.

With the death of Kalaniuvalu last month, Tonga has lost a man who did much to preserve the long and distinguished history of the royal families of Tonga. By Geoffrey Clark.

Kelemete Latu, who set fire to a small bush hut owned by a friend at Matahau in 2007 because his friend stole his clothes, received a nine months suspended sentence on condition of good behaviour.

The jury trial of Noble Tangipa who has been charged with the causing of grievous bodily harm by stabbing a young man with a knife in 2008 continued at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 28.

Mokofisi misleads the public by claiming that "Christian belief praises men to rule over women," and unfairly critiques Tongan government, Tongan culture, and Tongan churches for being male-dominated. Nowhere in the Bible supports the above claim about Christianity. Making such claim without any further qualifications distorts biblical teachings about the status of women in society. - Senituli Penitani.

Six passengers and two pilots are safe after an emergency landing of a Chathams Pacific's 8 Seater aircraft this morning when the nose wheel failed to lock and collapsed on landing at Fua'amotu International Airport.