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Sione Tupou of Ha'ateiho was the lucky winner of $10,000 cash prize in the Back to School draw by Office Equipment in Nuku'alofa on Valentine's Day, February 14.

Tonga's first 50 group of seasonal workers departed Fua'amotu International Airport for Sydney this morning, the first to be recruited from the Pacific under the Pacific Seasonal Pilot Workers scheme to Australia for seven months.

Sitting proudly in the Tonga Police Commander's chair on February 13, was 11-year-old leukaemia sufferer Ikuna Vunipola, who was delighted with a special visit and tour of the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longlongo.

"You are no doubt the ringleader in the destruction of the Molisi Tonga Supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006," Chief Justice Anthony Ford told Vilisoni Tauelangi (34) in sentencing him to 11 years imprisonment in Hu'atolitoli Prison today.

Paula Fonoifua received a suspended sentence of two years today for riotous assembly and breaking into the Molisi Tonga Supermarket and Leiola Duty Free Shop during the riots of November 16, 2006, in Nuku'alofa.

The Aotearoa Riding Pirates - a group of Harley-Davidson motorbike riders from Auckland, New Zealand, is cruising through the streets of Nuku'alofa this week, visiting 15 primary schools to donate school supplies.

A two-days Pacific Climate Change Workshop for Pacific Broadcasters started at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa, this morning.

'Uluaki, ne fakatemokalatiange 'a e fokotu'u pule'anga 'a Tupou I 'i he fokotu'u temokalati 'a e founding fathers 'o 'Amelika. Ko e lau eni 'a John Adams ko e taha e founding fathers moe Palesiteni hono ua 'o Amelika(1797-1801), "There are but only two sorts of men in the world, free man and slaves." Pea ko e taha ia e ngaahi 'uhinga ne 'osi fakatonuhia'i ai pee ai e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli 'i Amelika. Kehe 'a Tonga--ko e kakai mo honau tu'i (free men and their king). Talu e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli mei hono fatu e temo Amelika he senituli 18 'o a'u ki he 1960 tupu. Ne corrupt e temo 'amelika, corrupt e lotuu, corrupt moe fakamaau'anga 'o laulaui senituli 'i he nofo popula moe fakamavahe'i e kau 'uli'ulii kae tautautefito ki he ngaahi siteiti he fakatonga 'o Amelikaa. - Uili Finau

Digicel today announced its sponsorship of the Internet Café at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Conference (CBA), taking place in Tonga next week.