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9-year-old Sesilia Malialose Tapueluelu is the Dux for St Joseph's Business College 2009

The 20th birthday of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper was marked with a thanksgiving prayer service at the Queen Salote College Hall on Saturday, November 21, with the publisher and editor Kalafi Moala announcing changes.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled Tonga in the early hours of Wednesday morning, November 25 but there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which was felt with a moderate intensity in Tongatapu and Ha'apai.

The Tongan economy's only hope of surviving the global financial crisis is to be able to adapt and to exploit global economic changes, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto said in his opening address of the "Tonga Update 2009" at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Friday November 20.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Honorable 'Akau'ola and the office of the Honorable Prime Minister Sevele for organising the "Tonga Renewable Energy Road Map" that were held in Vava'u this past week. It is satisfying for this one Humble Tongan to see this kind of gathering and especially the discussions of "Renewable Energy Planning" and all the Renewable Energy Innovation that was discussed at the TERM. -MTTuaileva

Captain Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu gave evidence on November 19 and said he knew the MV Princess Ashika was unseaworthy but sailed anyway, because he relied on information from the Marine and Ports Division to state the vessel was not good to operate, but at the same time he never believed it would sink on August 5.

A special programme for the 55th Anniversary of the Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association Tonga branch last week, concluded with a special programme at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall on Saturday morning. Photos by Mary Lyn Fonua

'Akau'ola wishes to get his cake and eat it, too: He likes endless publicity about himself, but he does not want questions from the media about what he's doing (in public service) at the expense of the public. -Sione A. Mokofisi

Please ask both editors of the critical letters to contact me and offer their advice or criticism of how Government is dealing with a fundamental issue that relates to all the people of the Kingdom and what they think is the best way to deal with these issues. I personally believe we can all contribute to solving this problem but let's do it properly and not through the political realm of the media. - 'Akau'ola