The Royal Commission is in the process of finalising its report and everyone has their own theory as to what happened, didn't happen, was supposed to happen... One would expect from all the errors, deficiencies and shortfalls identified; that causal factors will be determined, as well as contributory factors, and from that the required corrective & preventative actions recommended for implementation. - Siu 'Ulua
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Wednesday 19 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The loss at sea of a young family of four - Manukeu and Losaline Kauhala and two their three daughters - is a tragedy that has struck a heavy blow to the heart of two Tongatapu families.
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Tuesday 18 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Newly-wed Heilala Fetu'u (23) longs to see the husband she married on July 30 and who was lost at sea only one week later. By Linny Folau
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Tuesday 18 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand Navy Vessel HMNZS MANAWANUI and the Tonga Defence Vessel VOEA SAVEA left Nuku'alofa yesterday the 17th August 2009.
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Sunday 16 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A New Zealand navy vessel the HMNZ Manawanui arrived in Tonga at the weekend with a support team to assist in the reconnaissance of the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika in the Ha'apai Group. Photos by Patricia Car
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Sunday 16 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Blue Ribbon campaign in solidarity of the lives lost at sea was launched on August 14 in an emotional ceremony held outside the Shipping Corporation Office at Queen Salote Wharf, where many families have been camping outside in tents for days waiting on news of loved ones who were passengers on board the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika.
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Sunday 16 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Donations to the Ashika Relief Fund have reached over $600,000 pa'anga the Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet, Busby Kautok, said on August 14 on receiving a $2,000 donation from the Staff Association Committee of the Westpac Bank of Tonga.
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Tuesday 11 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga police have identified the female body recovered from the sea, as 22-year-old wife and mother, Vaefetu'u Mahe (nee Taufa) of Vava'u, whose husband and child are among the 93 still missing after the sinking of MV Princess Ashika on August 5.
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Tuesday 11 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A rope believed to be associated with the MV Princess Ashika wreckage was located yesterday evening within the vicinity of the original search area of the first mission by the TDS Voea Savea patrol vessel, Commander Andrew McMillan said this morning.
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Tuesday 11 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Minister of Transport Hon. Paul Karalus announced his resignation this afternoon, July 11, six days after the sinking of Tonga's domestic ferry, with the tragic loss of 95 persons, 93 of whom remain missing.
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Tuesday 11 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The sea worthiness of the MV Princess Ashika, will be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry, Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele said yesterday evening, July 10.
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Monday 10 August 2009
Germany
Help and comfort the ones directly hit by this. Money comforts a lot of Tongans, money are paid in these cases where insurances exist. The ones left behind need to know that they did not do something wrong and that their loved ones did not make the wrong decisions by getting into that boat! Everyone that paid the fare to enter that boat should believe and have trust in the capability and the seaworthiness of such a boat. - Falamoe Weber
Monday 10 August 2009
Senee, 'Aositeleelia
‘Oku tau ongo'i mamahi kotoa pe 'i he po'uli kuo to he fonua he ngoto 'a e MV Princess Ashika. Ka 'oku ai ha ngaahi fehu'i mahu'inga 'oku totonu ke fai ki ai ha tokanga 'i he faingata'a na'e hoko. - Rev. Dr Ma‘afu Palu
Sunday 9 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Energetic and outgoing, a young Niuean policewoman Sisiliah Puleheloto (24) is remembered as a happy, smiling person who loved serving her own community and the people in the Solomons, where she was working on the RAMSI mission, before coming to Tonga last week for a joyful reunion with her cousins. By Linny Folau
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Friday 7 August 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Police are currently coordinating a major maritime search and rescue operation in the Ha'apai Group of islands in Tonga.
Friday 7 August 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police and emergency services trying to verify the passenger list of the MV Princess Ashika disaster have the following 24 hour telephone hotlines for information.
Friday 7 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 62 people are missing at sea and this number may grow, said Police Commander Chris Kelley, this morning, as there is great difficulty in trying to reconcile passenger figures after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai waters late on August 5.
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika sank at sea shortly after midnight last night, with 80 people on board. A major search and rescue operation is underway looking for about 36 missing crew and passengers, while the 44 believed rescued are being taking to Ha'afeva by the MV Pulupaki the first rescue vessel to reach the scene. Breaking News...
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