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I opened a bank account with Bank of Tonga sometime in the 1980s before I emigrated to the United States of America in 1986. I left my bank transaction booklet (tohi pangike) with my mother so she can conduct all my banking activities for me. Bank of Tonga eventually changed its name to Wespac Bank of Tonga which is the current management. Unfortunately, my mother misplaced the booklet along with the account number and she can no longer make any deposits to the account. WBT started a policy which allow them to charge a large amount of penalties to any account that is not active. - ‘Aisea T. Tu‘ikolovatu

A golden opportunity seems to be intentionally flushed down the drain. As our Parliament closed for the year, it is sickening to read about the charges and counter charges by both sides of the aisle. Of all the issues that are crucial to the kingdom, personal vendetta seems more important than setting the foundation for the Year 2010 political change. If there is corruption in Parliament, it is the corruption of broken promises during the election campaign; the corruption of leading the public to believe they have a plan regarding transition to democracy, yet they have none; the corruption of giving themselves a huge pay increase without blinking an eye and still call it pitiful compensation. - Tama Foa

The EU has a single market between member states with common trade policy. Important EU institutions and bodies include the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union, the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank, among others. - Ivan Simic

Congratulations to the Tongan Breast Cancer Society for their work in making aware the women of Tonga the problem of breast cancer. Having lost my dear friend Benedicta Chapman, to the disease many years ago it is important to let women know of the wonderful advances in medical assistance, now available and the importance of early detection . - Margaret Davids

Of all the noises our PRs have been making in the last few decades, it bothers me that their silence toward Nautilus Minerals exploration is deafening. It worries me that they are not questioning the activity that will potentially impact our resource that provide for our basic subsistence, the ocean. Nautilus Minerals' mission in the area, as they say, is for exploration. Exploration is good, but what is being done after the exploration is completed is bothersome. - Tevita U. Langi

I was dismayed to read about the passing of the dual citizenship legislation prescribing the charging of a fee of $750.00 per application. -'Amelia Schaaf

I noticed two things that makes the displaying of Tonga's National Flag unique and probably one of the very few countries in the world that have and does this. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa

On July 19, 2008; you published an article about the deportees from foreign countries who currently are a "national concern" to the Kingdom of Tonga. Although Tonga agreed to the Extradition Treaty in good faith, it should have realized that a criminal would continue to be a criminal regardless of a change in his/her environment. - Siosaia Fatani

Candidates are the most interesting in the time of elections; they will tell us anything that will likely lead them to great victory. They will lie, deceive, and guarantee the impossible, sing and dance, cry and laugh, and all that in order to win. In that campaign, they will give us so many promises, that if we ask them just a few hours later about them, they will not remember them, and will give us new ones in order to deceive us further. Later, if they are elected for formal office, then they will start giving us excuses for the lost promises in order to maintain political power. - Ivan Simic