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The main issue is whether or not "Black Thursday" was caused by the Democratic Movement and its leaders. To do this, Uata set out to complicate it by blaming another group of people, the Tongans overseas. I think most Tongans overseas and at home know that the Democratic Movement and its leaders are to be blamed for the "Black Thursday." - Siosaia Fatani

Five weeks after the riots that destroyed about 80% of the Nuku'alofa business centre, the Deputy Police Commander, Taniela Faletau said today, that there was still a lot of criminal investigation work to do to bring those who were responsible to justice.

The Tongan Government will officially close down for its Christmas and New Year holiday at 8:30am on Friday December 22.

Kou faka‘apa‘apa mo kole'i he faingamalie ko'eni ke tu'u atu mu'a 'o ho'o pepa 'ae ngaahi fakakaukau ni hei'ilo na'a 'aonga atu ki he kakai 'o e fonua. 'Oku 'i ai 'eku tui ta'e toe veiveiua, ko e palopalema’oku fehangahangai pea mo e fonua he ngaahi’aho ni ko e palopalema faka-laumalie. - 'Inoke Valu

It is only a few days away from Christmas and with everything that had happened in Nuku'alofa on the 16/11. Lets all stand together this Christmas and give god a Christmas present . . . by praying together for his forginevess and for his love and peace, for his healing hand to reach down to our land and heal it. - 'Atu Louaki Lasitani

Bringing smiles back to the faces of Nuku'alofa shoppers, the annual Christmas Bonanza $5,000 giveaway held by Western Union on Saturday, saw families filling their trolleys with the warmth and joy of Christmas.

Fakamolemole ka e fakakau atu e ki'i tohi ni na'a 'aonga. Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau pe 'eni 'a e motu'a fakapo'uli hei'ilo na'a 'aonga. - Maka

'Etita 'oku ou fakamalo atu 'i ho'o kolomu fakamuimui ko'eni 'i ho'o fakama'opo'opo e mahina 'e taha kimu'a 'i he 'aho 16 'o Novema. - Molumalu ‘o Ha‘angata

The morning of Black Thursday produced already tensed moments between two feuding ideals bursting at the seams with insecurity, mistrust, even anger and hatred. By the afternoon of Black Thursday the riot had taken its toll as cars were overturned, businesses burned down, and most tragically, lives lost. By sundown on Black Thursday, the government signed a petition agreeing to increase the People's representatives to 21, which is the desire of the people who had lived at Pangai for the past 11 months, and of course those for the democracy movement. If the government had agreed and signed the petition on White Wednesday, would Thursday need "Black" to describe itself? - Venisi Uata