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Claims by three Bangladeshi immigrant workers in Tonga, that they were mistreated have been disputed by a Nuku'alofa woman Siuni Lotaki, their caretaker and the Manager of the Pacific Group of Business Ltd, who brought the men to Tonga. The three workers told Matangi Tonga Online last week that they had been brought to Tonga on false promises and then treated like slaves, working long hours, were unpaid, locked up, and one of them was poked in the eye by their caretaker. Siuni said that the idea to set up tailoring and cafe business in Tonga was conceived by herself, her husband, Masod Ahamed Khan, and Mohammed Iftekhar Uddin in Australia. They brought in another Tongan shareholder, Sione Falemanu, who is Tonga's supervisor of prisons.

The nobles of Tongatapu and Vava'u will hold a by-election tomorrow, to choose their new noble's representatives to the Tongan parliament.

Police Magistrate Peau Pifeleti this morning announced that there is a case against Noble Lasike on an alleged rape charge.

The Tonga Privy Council this morning, March 24 approved the restructuring of government ministries, for a leaner government with 14 ministries to replace the existing 16 ministries on July 1.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Anthony Tarr said in Nuku‘alofa on Tuesday, March 21, that a plan to expand the USP Tonga Center was currently being discussed by USP and the government of Tonga.

A two-day National Youth Summit of youth from ten Pacific Island countries was officially launched in Nuku‘alofa yesterday, March 21.

Although the Pacific has experienced conflicts and will likely do so in the future, democracy will prevail and grow much stronger in the region, believes Peter Forau, the Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. By Mary Lyn Fonua.

Three Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in Tonga last August after paying a businessman who promised them good jobs, higher salaries and a better life, had their dreams shattered when they found out the reality. The three told Matangi Tonga Online that they had run away from a Tongan employer who had beaten them and locked them up in her Nuku'alofa home, where they made roti and samosa to sell to schools, and occasionally sewed clothes, including police uniforms.

Residents of the scattered Ha‘apai islands in central Tonga at the best of times find it difficult to make wireless contact with the outside world, but on February 26, Ha‘apai made history when an Amateur Radio Operator, Paul Kidd of Lifuka spoke to astronaut, Bill McArthur of the International Space Station as it passed over Tonga. By Pesi Fonua