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It is disheartening to hear the more we are struggling for change, the more things remain the same in Parliament. It is also fair to say that I am grossly disgusted with the hard working members of our Parliament who lackadaisical join the House at their convenience, but rush to claim overtime pay when they are needed to do what they were elected to do in the first place. It stinks to high heaven, and it shows their greed and their love of power more than upholding the duties they campaigned for. -TamaFoa

One reads with the greatest concern the statement by a NZ ACT Member of Parliament, David Garrett (ironically, an employment lawyer for over 10 years), trying to justify lewd remarks that he made to a female worker, asserting that "I'm on a very steep learning curve, I now understand very clearly that the kind of thing that might have been okay in a law firm in Tonga is not okay in Parliament." (NZ Herald, 23/06/09). - Sitiveni Finau

The Tongan Court of Appeal 2009 Session, which begins on Monday, June 29, will hear 21 appeal cases, probably the most made in the history of a Court of Appeal Session.

The cause of death of a 32-year-old male inmate in Hu'atolitoli Prison on June 7 has yet to be confirmed, but police today ruled out any suspicion of a crime.

'Oku fakaha mai he tu'unga 'o e liliu fakapolitikale he 'aho ni, mo e te u fakahoko 'a e ngaue mahu'inga taha hotau hisitolia 'o e 20-21 Senituli 'a e anga fakatikitato, ta'efakapotopoto mo ta'efakatemokalati, pea kapau 'oku pehee pe 'a e kamata huanoa katau ka to atu ki he namo mo e moana loloto, ko 'ene fehalaaki pe 'e to e kovi ange 'a e kaha'u ia mo hono ngaahi nunu'a.

Nuku'alofa's Fire Service saved the lower deck of the burning MV Siupeli Koula ferry and its full engine of fuel, after the ferry caught on fire on Saturday night, June 20, at Tu'imatamoana Wharf.

Taukatelata Vakalahi (25) from 'Ahononou, Fua'amotu was the top student of 52 new officers who graduated on June 18 from the Tonga Police Recruit Course 39 at the Police Training School, Longolongo.

Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi 30-member squad will travel to Fiji this weekend in preparation for three remaining games in the ANZ 2009 Pacific Nations Cup.

MV Princess Ashika the replacement ferry for the MV Olovaha, did not arrive in Nuku'alofa last week from Fiji, as expected, and is now rescheduled to arrive on Monday, June 22.