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Saturday 10 November 2007 1:17pm
Colombo, Sri Lanka : Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow, has been awarded the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) at its meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today.
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Friday 9 November 2007 5:51am
Suva, Fiji : Japan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) are launching a $1.07 million technical assistance project focused on enhancing regional cooperation among Pacific island countries. Premium content -
Friday 9 November 2007 5:35am
Apia, Samoa : For the first time at an SPC governing body meeting, the Secretariat has rewarded one of its programmes for its gender-inclusive approach to activities developed in countries throughout the region. Premium content -
Thursday 8 November 2007 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fourteen days after the shooting of Tofoa shopkeeper Ying Jin (54) on October 26, the gunman is still at large. Premium content -
Thursday 8 November 2007 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan law practitioner licence granted to a disgraced Auckland lawyer Christopher Harder is being reviewed by the Tongan judiciary, after his admission to the Tongan bar caused an uproar among legal profession in New Zealand. Premium content -
Thursday 8 November 2007 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, October 29-November 1, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 8 November 2007 6:23am
Neiafu, Vava'u : I wish to convey my concern over TV Tonga broadcasting only TV Fiji 1 programs in Vava'u, and have written therefore this open letter to the people responsible for it. - Heinz Koester -
Wednesday 7 November 2007 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Miss Face of Tonga Pageant 2007 has attracted six local beauties, who made their first appearance today at the Kahana Resort, on the shores of the Fanga'uta Lagoon. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 November 2007 2:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The judiciary in the Pacific Region has remained independent and its integrity unassailable, HM King George Tupou V told Pacific judges, in opening the 17th Pacific Judicial Conference at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre in Nuku'alofa this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 November 2007 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Tonga is concerned about the lack of transparency in the preparation of the Worldwide Press Freedom Index for 2007. At the same time it is of the opinion that its 119 ranking out of 169 countries (and a final score of 38.25) is meaningless and an inaccurate reflection of the actual situation in Tonga in relation to press freedom. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 November 2007 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : LDS Apostle Elder Russell Nelson dedicated the newly renovated Tonga Temple on Sunday, November 4, beginning with a special cornerstone ceremony outside the temple. Photos by Kalisi Tu'ionuku Premium content -
Tuesday 6 November 2007 10:54am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King George Tupou V and Apostle Elder Russell M. Nelson from Utah joined over 4,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in a special cultural celebration at Teufaiva Stadium on November 3 at the beginning of a two-day program to dedicate the newly-renovated multi-million LDS Tonga Temple. Premium content -
Monday 5 November 2007 5:46am
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has announced the appointment of Matai Akauola, News Director of the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited (FBCL) as its new Manager and Training Co-ordinator. Premium content -
Sunday 4 November 2007 9:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A spokesman for the Chief Commissioner of Revenue has released information outlining the total tax arrears by businesses and the strategy to collect them. Premium content -
Sunday 4 November 2007 9:22pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The last time whale hunting went before the Tongan cabinet in the mid-1990s the proposal was to kill 10 humpbacks a year. Now, do the maths... 10 humpbacks at roughly10,000 kilos per animal works out to 100,000 kilos per year. The population of Tonga is just over 100,000 people. This means that every Tongan man, woman and child would receive less than one kilo of meat per year. For an obese nation - as you call us - that's hardly enough for morning tea. Premium content -
Sunday 4 November 2007 3:02pm
Sene, 'Aositelelia : Ko hono fakahoko kuo pau ke matu'aki mahino koeha 'a e fa'ahinga founga pule fakatemokalati 'oku 'omai ke fakamali'i pe 'omai ke ne fetongi ha konga 'i he founga pule lolotonga. Kuo tau ikuna 'e kitautolu kotoa 'a e 'uluaki mafatukituki 'a ia ko e mahino pea mo hono tali 'e he ngaahi fa'ahi kotoa mo e tokolahi 'o e tangata'i fonua 'a e fiema'u ke fakapipiki (liliu) mai 'a e founga fakatemokalati ki he'etau founga fakalele pule'anga 'o 'ikai leva ke tau toe fiema'u ha fakahaloto pau (referendum) fakaluukufua, he'e mole ai 'a e pa'anga lahi. - Samisoni Hingano ‘Anamanu -
Friday 2 November 2007 7:18pm
USA : 'Oku ha he fakamatala 'o e tapuni e Fale ne toe fai e ki'i maumautaimi ia 'i tu'afale hili koia' kuo tapuni e fale'. Ko e fo'i founga tatau pe 'eni moia nenau fakahoko pea hoko e maumau he 1611. "five People's Representatives protested outside the ceremony over the early closure of the Legislature's 2007" Ko fo'i fakapulou lahi mo'oni kuo fai 'e he kau fakafofonga' he ne nau 'osi 'ilo pe e fai e fili he 2008 pea nau toki hu ki tu'a mei he Fale'. Ko e fo'i tu'uaki ko'eni' tokua ke pehe 'e he kakai ko kinautolu na'a nau feinga'i ke fai e fili he ta'u fo'ou', malie ko e toitoi e 'ulu kae teketua mai e fo'i tu'a'. 'Oku toe malie ange 'a e 'osi e to'u falealea ko 'eni' 'oku te'eki ke 'i ai ha tali pe koe ha 'oku fakangofua ai ke toho kakato e vahenga te'eki ke fai ha ngaue'. - Joshua Moimoiangaha -
Friday 2 November 2007 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of five People's Representatives who are charged with sedition been postponed for another nine months to August 2008. Premium content -
Friday 2 November 2007 2:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although the Legislative Assembly has resolved that the democratic parliamentary and political reform will come into full effect in 2010, the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Feleti Sevele, in accordance with the Constitution and the Legislative Assembly Act, which both require general elections to be held every three years, the last election being on 17 March 2005. Premium content -
Friday 2 November 2007 1:41pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : RAMSI's military contingent is conducting an investigation into events last week involving a platoon of Tongan soldiers on patrol in North Malaita. Premium content
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