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'My Lost Kainga' is the title of a Tongan movie currently being shot in Nuku'alofa starring Caroline Makakaufaki and aimed at conveying to youths the importance of staying in touch with your roots and culture.

The construction of facilities for a modern Nuku‘alofa Central Business District will start in November largely funded by a $120 million pa'anga loan from China and other loans to the Tonga government, for civic works and the rebuilding of businesses.

The Court of Appeal of Tonga this morning quashed a decision by the Supreme Court to allow the Crown to file two additional charges of abetment to riotous assembly and abetment to the damage of buildings against each of five accused who were charged in relation to the riots of November 16, 2006.

I write in support of Village Idiot's ideas that mining companies should deposit a bond prior to mining activity to counteract environmental and social disasters. And the ideas he paints on mining corporations walking away with profitable bonanzas from fragile, developing countries seems to ring true here in Papua New Guinea. - Sam Tupou

A workshop on "Parliament and the Media" held in Tonga this week called on the Tongan government to draft and enact a Freedom of Information Act "as a matter of priority". It also highlighted the need for the relationship between Government, Parliament and the Media to be taken into account during the political reform process, and urged the Speaker to make provision of media and public gallery and broadcast facilities in parliament. By Pesi Fonua.

Digicel Pacific Ltd, the fastest-growing mobile telecommunications operator in the Pacific, today announced that it has launched in Fiji, its fifth market in the Pacific, further strengthening its footprint in the region.

HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita will be officially declared as Tonga's 'Royal Patron of Whales', in Neiafu, Vava'u on Friday, October 3.

Vakaloa is the name of a newly opened beach resort located on the white sandy beach of Kanokupolu on the western side of Tongatapu, opened on Friday, September 26 by HRH Princess Latufuipeka Tuku'aho.

The Australian Schools Under 18 Rugby Team defeated Tonga's Secondary School Rugby Team with a score of 22-13 in a test match held at Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium on Monday, September 29.