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Wednesday 17 August 2005 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As Tonga's Public Servants' strike entered its fourth week, Nunia Mone of the government's Public Service Commission claimed that more public servants have returned to work.
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Tuesday 16 August 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On August 1, before the House decided to go into recess due to the ongoing civil service strike, the Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, expressed his dismay with what Clive Edwards had been saying on television, calling on the strikers to do something about public servants who were not on strike but were still working for government. He thought it was unusual for a former Minister of Police to say things like that. He said that what Clive was doing was inciting people to riot. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 22, Monday August 1, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 August 2005 5:30pm
Wellington, New Zealand : NZPA -New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) members have rallied to support striking teachers, health workers and public servants in Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 August 2005 11:30am
UK : TCB failed and had to sell all assets and is now a back packers paradise and office of TASA. The secured lands for agricultural purposes is a question mark because we have cultivated land in Tonga, why overseas? Do local farmers have to purchase a return airline ticket to plant squash nowadays? - William Mariner -
Monday 15 August 2005 6:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A rumour of public servants being dismissed from the civil service and that new doctors and teachers were being recruited from overseas, was denied this morning by Kelepi Makakaufaki, the Secretary for the Tonga Government's Public Service Commission. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2005 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After all efforts had failed to find a solution to a three week old strike by Tonga's civil service, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV joined over 5,000 people at the Teufaiva Stadium on Sunday evening to pray for a solution. Premium content -
Sunday 14 August 2005 8:45pm
San Jose,California, USA : I must thank you personally for a job well done on the continuous coverage on the strike of civil servants in Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2005 4:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan government was this afternoon ordered by the Chief Justice to refrain from removing the public from Pangai Si'i, where rallies have been held for the past three weeks during the national strike by civil servants.4 comments Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2005 12:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A growing crowd, that was shut out of Pangai Si'i this morning, is gathering outside Tonga's parliament and court house, and singing loudly while they await a decision expected this afternoon from Tonga's Chief Justice - that may or may not allow them to return to their rallying point. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2005 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's striking civil servants left Pangai Si‘i this afternoon, after agreeing to disperse at 2pm, while waiting for a judicial injunction they are seeking, against an order to leave Pangai Si‘i. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2005 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An excited crowd of strikers and their families surged onto Pangai Si‘i this morning, defying a police cordon that was attempting to shut down the area at the heart of the civil servants strike. Premium content -
Thursday 11 August 2005 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A call to give the people of Tonga the right to elect a Prime Minister and Government Ministers, was delivered to the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa today by a small group of political activists. Premium content -
Thursday 11 August 2005 6:07pm
Niu Sila : Kou lau hifo 'i he hanga 'e he kau polisi 'o fa'ao 'a e ngaahi me'alele pea pehe ki he 'api ne nofo ai e konga e kau ngaue fakapule'anga 'i Vava'u. Pea 'oku mahino pe ia ko e fai honau fatongia ne fakakouna'i kinautolu ki ai. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 August 2005 8:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I am currently in Fiji and heard from an officer of the SPBE that he had yet to receive this letter from the Public Sevant Association on behalf of striking students. In this age of Information Technology and email communications I would have thought it of utmost concern and responsibility on behalf of these students that contact was made prior to the proposed teachers and student's march. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 August 2005 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The King's command has failed to resolve Tonga's strike, and early reports this evening were that Tonga...s dissatisfied civil servants agreed to continue their strike, and they are refusing to budge from Pangai Si‘i after being ordered to move by Cabinet.12 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 10 August 2005 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has today called for an independent audit to review salaries of the kingdom's public service. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 August 2005 3:15pm
Melbourne, Australia : Tongans think differently, and their spiral thought is often seen as "scatter head thinking" by linear thinkers, leading to cultural differences and misunderstanding between the Tongans and palangis, the 11th Tonga History Conference in Melbourne was told by keynote speaker, Rev. Dr 'Asinate F. Samate. Photos by Adrienne L. Kaeppler and Filipe Tohi1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 9 August 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Most Government schools in Nuku‘alofa remained closed today while striking teachers took part in another march, in spite of a warning from Cabinet that they were now absent without leave. The Director of Education, Viliami Takau, said today that Government school teachers who did not return to school this morning at 8:30 a.m., "showed great disrespect to the decision by Government for schools to commence Term 3 today." Premium content -
Tuesday 9 August 2005 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV has indicated that he will this evening respond to a petition that was presented to him by yesterday's mass march to the palace of civil servants. Premium content -
Monday 8 August 2005 11:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prince Tu'ipelehake today claimed the title of the People's Prince when he led more than 3,000 striking civil servants, their families, and supporters on a march through Nuku'alofa to Pangai Lahi, to present a letter of petition to King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV. Premium content
