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The Tonga Defence Services are learning new NATO codes that can allow for quicker purchase and order of military supplies.

King George Tupou V hosted a charity classical concert on Friday, May 9 at the Consular House, Kolomotu'a, raising about $20,000 for the Child Cancer Foundation.

Na‘e lava lelei 'a e 'uluaki fakataha 'a e Komiti Si'I (Sub-Committee) 'a e Komiti Langa Fakalakalaka 'a Vava'u (Vavau Development Committee) moe kau fakafofonga falaealea foo'u ma'ae vahefonua Vava'u ki he 2008-2010, 'i he ho'ataa Pulelulu, 7 'o Mee, 'I Nuku'alofa.

High oil prices are already a concern in the Pacific region, but the recent surge in world food prices has yet to be fully felt in the Pacific, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study, "Living with High Prices".

Greenpeace yesterday exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was at the site of a transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and a refrigerated mother ship, the Kenken 888. It is likely that a transfer of fish at sea involving an illegal vessel was about to occur, but the arrival of Greenpeace prevented it from taking place as the vessels immediately separated and fled.

It was party time on the Nuku'alofa waterfront last night with the Jamaican reggae star Shaggy attracting thousands of Tongans young and old to a concert at the Queen Salote Wharf.

King George Tupou V has appointed Hon. Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha to the noble title Veikune today and effective from January 26, 2006.

International reggae star, Shaggy, arrived in the Kingdom yesterday ready for his first Tongan concert this evening.

A Charity Musical Concert will be held to celebrate the 60th birthday of HM King George Tupou V and his cousin HRH Princess Siu'ilukitapu on Friday evening May 9 at the Consular House in Nuku'alofa.