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A crown witness told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, that if people were not urged to Pangai Si'i the events of November 16 would not have taken place.

In Pacific economies women's work in homes and communities is invisible or unaccounted for in formal economic equations. There is a need to recognise that a country's resources also include these human and community resources, Professor Marilyn Waring of New Zealand, said at the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW53) in New York.

There is a great need for assistance for the disabled in Tonga and a challenge remains to assist the caregivers of the disabled year-round, Salote Fukofuka told Tongan community leaders who gathered at a Prayer Breakfast on Sunday, March 8 for International Women's Day.

The Jacques Cartier, a Light Transport Landing Ship of the French Armed Forces is in Nuku'alofa on a friendly visit, during its regional patrol of the South Pacific waters.

This year the Commonwealth commemorates its foundation sixty years ago. The London Declaration of 1949 was the start of a new era in which our member countries committed themselves to work together, in partnership and as equals, towards a shared future.

Contesting the meaning behind an alleged speech made by PR Teisina Fuko "telling people to go to the Prime Minister's Office" took up the latter part of the morning of March 6 in the fifth day of a jury trial of six accused of sedition.

The Movement for Democracy in Fiji (MDF) welcomes the decision of the recent Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held in London on March 4, 2009.

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) gave Fiji's Interim Government a stern warning on Wednesday, March 4, that it could face suspension from the Commonwealth if it fails to meet the benchmarks that were set out by the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in their meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on January 27.

Tonga customs officials today said they are investigating the truth of a report that Tonga was a destination for stolen cars being smuggled out of Malaysia.