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HON Moimoikimofuta Vaea (49), a son of the late Baron Vaea and Baroness Tuputupu of Houma passed away at Vaiola Hospital this afternoon, May 5. A family member confirmed that Hon. Moimoikimofuta, better known as Moimoi, died from a heart failure. He was the Vice President of the Tonga Football Association (TFA). It is understood that Moimoi was not feeling well at work, at the Tonga Football compound at Loto Tonga, and was rushed to hospital after mid-day where he passed away. The remains of Hon. Moimoi have been transferred from the hospital to his home at Makapaeo, and the funeral arrangements are expected to be confirmed later, Hon Moimoi is a younger brother of Princess Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho and Lord Vaea. Hon Moimoi who was born on July 26, 1961, was not married.

The Rotary Club of Nuku'alofa raised nearly $5,000 pa'anga at its 9th Annual Children's Fun Fair on Saturday April 30 at the Akoteu Grounds in Nuku'alofa.

THE world's largest solar powered boat, the MS TÛRANOR Planetsolar was an impressive sight as it smoothly sailed into the Nuku'alofa harbour on April 29, during its first ever-solar boat expedition around the world.

Liahona High School won the Tonga's 88th Inter College Athletics Sports Competition, with a total of 63 medals including 30 gold, 20 silver and 13 bronze.

Tonga's 88th Inter College Athletics Competition began on April 19 at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium bringing together hundreds of athletes from various high schools throughout Tonga, to compete in the three-day event.

Raphaël Domjan the Swiss skipper of a 31-metre solar powered catamaran, the MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar on a maiden circumnavigation voyage around the world, made a presentation at Tonga's first Sustainable Energy Expo at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, on the evening of April 12; ahead of the arrival of his boat, which is expected in Tonga before the end of April.

Tongan rugby players Lata Taniela Lui and Piei Mafile'o who survived the tsunami that devastated Kamaishi, Japan on March 11, will go to New Zealand next week to continue their training.

The Vice-Consul of the French Embassy in Suva, Alexandre Raugel laid a wreath at the Ashika Memorial Wall, Vakataumai Cemetery, Ma'ufanga on March 17, in tribute to a French couple who died in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in 2009.

Tonga's Police Commissioner Chris Kelley was one of the first six members of the Tonga Police who received their new Tonga Police Identification cards and badges from the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Hon. Richard Marles on Friday, March 11.