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Tuesday 14 September 2010 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With only two and a half weeks before this year'se session closes, Parliament will be sitting to complete a number of bills, including a Bill for Tonga Police 2010, a Bill for National Identity Card 2010, as well as others.
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Monday 13 September 2010 5:15pm
Mangawhai,New Zealand : Michael Burling won the New Zealand North Island Longboard Championships 2010 on September 11, after surfing with 60 contestants at Forestry Beach, Mangawhai. Premium content -
Monday 13 September 2010 12:02am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Government has promised to hand out $80,000 in compensation to families for each of the victims who died in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last August, on the condition that the next of kin will not file any civil claims against Government. Premium content -
Sunday 12 September 2010 3:17pm
London, UK : Finance ministers from Commonwealth countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America and the Pacific will meet in Washington DC on 8 October 2010 to map out strategies for continuing to deal with the impact of the global economic crisis. Premium content -
Friday 10 September 2010 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A major Clean Up Campaign initiated by an Air New Zealand "Green Team" begins next week in Ha'apai, targeting illegal rubbish dumps in Lifuka, putting up rubbish bins and setting up a transfer station on the island from where rubbish can be shipped to Tongatapu for disposal. Premium content -
Friday 10 September 2010 9:38am
Neiafu, Vava'u : Talamai 'e he motu'a, na'e fiefia 'i hono faka'ataa ke toe fangota'i 'a e mokohunu. Pea na'e fakamalo lahi ki he kau Falealea. 'Oku fakafuofua ko e fo'i te'epupulu 'e 600+ 'osi fakangakau pea toki fonu 'a e kane lita 'e 20 'e 1, $20.00. Na'a ku 'amanaki kuo tau monu'ia he hu mai 'a Falealea 'o kau he fua mokohunu, 'o fakatatau ki he tefito'i mo'oni 'oku nau tu'uaki, 'a e faa'i kavei koula mo e temokalati. Kae taa koaa, ko e taimi pe 'oku 'asi ai 'a e tola, kuo nau 'oho kai kinautolu 'o hange ha ngaahi fu'u 'ulua. - Paula Kava. Premium content -
Thursday 9 September 2010 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga in early September an award-winning writer and geopolitical expert, Cleo Paskal, is looking closely at Tonga's political reform process in a country she says is "a remarkable, spectacular place" that is now in a unique situation of having to think through many of the fundamentals of an electoral process from scratch. - by Mary Lyn Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 8 September 2010 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new modern Vaini Community Police Station constructed at a cost of $980,000 pa'anga was opened on September 8, the first to be built under a Tonga Police Redevelopment Program. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 September 2010 10:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The final session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly under the current system is set to close in the last week of September. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 September 2010 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are each charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, pleaded not guilty at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on September 8. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 September 2010 10:39am
Brisbane, Australia : Surely, something is wrong with how the government relates to its senior legal professions. Two attorney generals and two judges ended their contract with the government in highly controversial fashion. - Tino Funaki. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On a perfect day for swimming, in bright sunshine and with flat seas, 28 swimmers (17 males and 11 females) took part in the 1.3 kilometer swim and 12 swimmers reached Pangaimotu in less than 30 minutes. They were accompanied by an escort boat and kayaks, starting out from the New Zealand High Commission Compound foreshore on Vuna Road. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister had made an "unwarranted attack on the judiciary" Justice Warwick Andrew said today in a statement answering assertions made by Dr Feleti Sevele last week in a row over the judge's resignation and early departure from Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TONGA will be represented in swimming for the first time since 1946 at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in October by Amini Fonua a 20 year old currently on a swimming scholarship to Texas A&M University. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, will appear for the first time at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, September 8. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Navy on Monday, September 6 put on a demonstration of the techniques they use to stop illegal vessels in Tongan waters, in a law enforcement boarding operation for cadets from the "Zhenghe" training ship of China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy. Premium content -
Monday 6 September 2010 5:53am
Australia : Justice Andrew today (August 3) said that the assertion made by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga that his resignation as a Justice of the Supreme Court of The Kingdom Of Tonga put the Government "in the lurch" was an unwarranted attack on the Judiciary. Premium content -
Sunday 5 September 2010 9:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Chinese warships arrived in Nuku'alofa on Friday, September 3 on a four-day courtesy call, highlighting a strengthening of diplomatic relations between Tonga and the People's Republic of China, in this first visit. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Sunday 5 September 2010 3:12pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Does Mr. Hola think that Tonga will do a better job than the British Lord Chancellor? After 1,400 years, former Prime Minister Tony Blair finally agreed in 2003 to close it down. It had run afoul of the law for many years, and had violated basic democratic principles. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Friday 3 September 2010 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chatham Pacific Airlines introduced a 28-seater DC3 aircraft to its fleet of aircraft servicing Tonga's domestic air services on Monday, August 30, 2010. - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 15:25 Premium content
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