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The Tonga Supreme Court will be back in service next Monday January 22 after it had been closed down for two months following the destruction of central Nuku'alofa on 16 November 2006.

Ko e fo'i lea "Faka-ma'opo'opo" 'oku 'uhinga ia ki hano taataanaki 'o 'ete ki'i veve (taunga) 'o fakataha'i pea kapau ko e 'ai ke tauhi pea 'oku kofukofu leva ia 'o nono'o pea hili kihe "Fata" ke toki to'o hifo 'oka fiema'u he taimi faingata'a'ia'. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha

Hope for the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was given a boost this morning when the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele, told a meeting of displaced business people that materials for the reconstruction of the CBD would be exempted from certain taxes, and that all government leases in the area will be renewed for 99 years.

From a man who was persecuted by the Government for being a government watchdog; to regurgitating government press releases on his newspaper website in the place of independent journalism (Kalafi, if I want to find out the Government of Tonga's opinion on an issue, such as the .'Black List', or the abuse of prisoners then I'll go to the PMO or Tonga-Now website - can't you write your own articles on these issues?), to now working for the government? - Viliami

Two locally recruited engineering student employed by the Palu Aviation Services in Tonga have excelled in aircraft engineering after undergoing further training in New Zealand.

First, let me say this. After the terrorist act of September 11 in the United States, life has never been the same anymore, anywhere especially the security aspect of it. I would like to think that after 16/11 in Tonga, life is never going to return to what it was before 16/11. For those in Tonga, they should tell themselves to get used to the 'boys in green' with road blocks and roving patrol as a way of life from now on. A necessary inconvenience and we can all thank the Demos and their supporters for their contribution. - Sione Lousiale Kava

We keep hearing about how the Tongan Government is financially broke. With so many PhDs per capita, how can this be? Can...’t any of you come up with a good idea and execute it successfully? Here are three major reform suggestions from a slow country palangi to get the ball moving with a fresh start when parliament reopens. - Joe Smith

It seems the continuing bantering and rhetoric by the pro-Temo leaders knows no boundaries. The article published by Mr. Akilisi Pohiva in response to a previous article by Mr. Senituli, exhibits a political ...‘tethering...’ mentality ...– a war of words to see who can lay claim as the real playground bully. - ‘Alipate Sanft

However, Mr. Kava went on to accuse the Pangai Si'i faifekaus of, in his own words, "encouraging disobedience to the mob". He called on the faifekaus to, "take themselves and their god to hell, for that is where they belong". And that's when I thought that Mr. Kava stepped out of line.