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Now to the issue at hand. The Tongan Rugby team and the headline that read, Hungry Tongans stay Humble. That they were hungry comes as no surprise, well, maybe just a little bit. But to call them Humble would be like calling a cow a pig! - Dona Cocker

Our leaders in government (which includes Peoples Representatives who are lawmakers) are held to a higher standard of conduct than Mr. Ordinary Citizen. Leaders are in responsible positions, and they can easily use their authority unjustly. It is the same in Tonga as it is in America. -Sione A. Mokofisi

Thanks for very balanced reporting on the case of Siaosi Lavaka and TBC.

Fakamolemole, tuku mu'a ke 'ata pea ngofua, ke fai atu ha popoaki fiekaungamamahi ki si'i 'Ta'ahine Kuini Fehuhu, he peaukoso kuo ne kapa si'ono lotofale, 'o mole ai si'i Latuniua mo Kalolaine. - Longolongo‘aevalu

'Oku ou tali e kole tokoni mei Samoa pule'i 'e 'Amelika. Neongo 'oku pehe 'e he Mafi 'o Samoa Meleke ko e tangata malohi ia he fika talu 'ene tupu. Mafi na'e 'ikai ke tonu e mo'oni fakafika 'a ho'o kui ki he tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. 'E tonu kapau ko e 'uhinga fakafananga, pe fakapunake pe ko e 'uhinga fakaoli pe, ka ko e fakafika 'oku laui miliona e maile hono va mama'o pea moe tonu. 'Oku 'i ai pe 'a e founga fakafika ia ki hono tanaki 'o e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. Ko e ki'i fakaofiofi 'eni ki ai: Ko e 'uhinga hono tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o Taha he 'oku tefito e fika 'a mamani 'i he fo'i fika koia ko e 10. Fakamolemole kake ki'i 'alu ki he fale 'o e 'ilo 'o ki'i fakamoleki hao taimi he fekumi ki he mo'oni mo e tonu kae tukua 'e nofo lata he tokua mo e fananga. - Sunia Mafile‘o Latu

Ka 'oku 'i ai ha'o ki'i ha mahino 'au ki he fakahoha'a 'a Sunia Mafile'o Latu mei 'Aositelelia, pea ke tokoni mai he 'oku ou fiu hono fulifulihi mo e 'ikai pe ha mai ha maama pe 'uhinga 'oku taumu'a ki fe. Ko e toe pango lahi ko'ena 'oku pe he 'e Sunia 'e toe hoko atu 'ene tohi. - Sione Lousiale Kava

Several options were carefully evaluated. One of the options was exactly what you are suggesting; to ask Tongans all over the world for donations; For the government to go out an hold fund raising meetings projects. Decision was made against this option was based on the following reasons. - Sione Lousiale Kava

I trust your professional journalism can let me offer a dissenting view to yours. For the sake of creating an open discussion and God willing give us all a road for reconciling to the tragic event of 16/11, for at the end, we are all victims. From the teenage boy who picked up the rock that will undoubtedly spend time in jail; the person who sparked the match that will not see him families while in jail; those families who lost loved ones; those families who lost everything and their livelihood; government officials and PR's that were caught up in the cross-fire and indeed the King himself. When all is said and done, we have all lost a part of Tonga and indeed a part of us that we have now to turned on each other. -Thomas Monson Uata

The future of Tonga is already bleak and gloomy, the conversion rates of the Tongan Dollar is at its lowest in the history of the Kingdom's economical status. This is a wonderful pleasure for my counterparts who are overseas and tourists who want to splash or have a shopping spree if they visit Tonga. However, the reality of the mighty dollar sinks in with the average or those below the minimum wage of Tonga. - William Mariner