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Monday 23 May 2005 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Just as we are getting used to Consumption Tax, the Ministry of Finance is proposing a new tax, the "Plas Tax" they hope will raise the awareness of litter as an issue in Tonga.
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Monday 23 May 2005 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six valuable ‘Eua parrots were lost from Tonga's Bird Park at Veitongo, after they were released from their cages sometime on the evening of May 17. Premium content -
Monday 23 May 2005 3:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I must thank Sailosi Finau for his letter of 20 May about this issue of Shoreline that has been around in Tonga for so long! Let me join the good questions that you raised Sailosi and I think some of these questions remain answerable for the officials of the TEPB and the Government of Tonga (GoT) including members of Parliament. This is one of the obvious mistakes that the GoT always learns from and that is part of the unfortunate practices that Tonga needs to be awaken and start exploring remedial solutions for.- Henry Alexanda Tonga -
Monday 23 May 2005 3:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Shall we say that, at this point in time, the call for political reform in Tonga has reached an extremely low point? There was a time in which the only voice that propagated political reform was the Temo (Tonga Pro-Democracy and Human Rights) movement. But what of the revelation of divisions amongst its ranks (I refer here to the media coverage of unstable relations between 'Isi Pulu and some of the party members)? -Rev. Dr. Ma'afu'atu'itonga Palu -
Saturday 21 May 2005 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prince Tu'ipelehake, a nephew of Tonga's king, was Chairman of the Whole House committee of the Tongan Legislature, last year, but failed to win re-election in March to the Nobles seats, after moving his electorate from Ha'apai to Tongatapu. During his time in the House he supported calls for political reform and was outspoken in defending freedom of speech in Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 21 May 2005 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A telephone fraud operation was discovered in Nuku‘alofa in February 2004 after it had been running illegal international communications for two years, allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of pa‘anga worth of calls from both TCC and Tonfon's systems. Premium content -
Friday 20 May 2005 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Extracts from an interview of Teisina Fuko, the President of the newly formed People's Democratic Party, by Katalina Tohi and Pesi Fonua on the weekly television program of the Media Council Inc. of Tonga, which was shown on Television Tonga on Saturday evening, May 14. By Pesi Fonua and Katalina Tohi Premium content -
Friday 20 May 2005 6:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I must thank 'Inoke Fotu Huakau for his letter of 2 May about this planned march. As you have put it Editor, this is a Shoreline protest march. From what I have gathered, this is largely because the power tariff is unjustifiably too high and part of this is because the Shoreline Executives are getting hefty remuneration packages. -Sailosi Finau -
Thursday 19 May 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 2005 Tri-Nations Rugby Tournament between Tonga, Fiji and Samoa will begin on June 25 with Tonga's Ikale Tahi playing the first test match against the Manu Samoa in Samoa. Premium content -
Thursday 19 May 2005 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Shoreline Protest March, that was schedules for May 21 has been postponed again to May 26, and the march organizers have decided not to camp outside the Palace. Premium content -
Thursday 19 May 2005 3:49pm
USA : After reading the "Tongan Constitution", I cannot hold myself back from speculating on the state of affairs of our kingdom. A few things are now becoming clear from that reading. Premium content -
Thursday 19 May 2005 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : What's on TV? Politics, politics and politics. Both Tonga's local TV stations, TV Tonga (TBC) and OBN TV7 via their evening main shows are either about Democratic Parties or the Consumption Tax Cry. -
Thursday 19 May 2005 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first round of the national surfing competition of the Tonga Surfriders Association (TSA), was held at Ha'atafu Beach, Tongatapu, on Saturday May 14. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 May 2005 6:31pm
USA : Before and during the election, proposals and counter proposals were offered to solve our problems within the kingdom. It seemed everyone was optimistic about the future as they used the Crown Prince and the Shoreline as their whipping boy. Then, the Professor split with his entourage to form the People's Democratic Party. I wonder what was so hard and unpalatable at the Temo's Camp that broke Yoda's last nerve? -
Wednesday 18 May 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Siosiua 'Utoikamanu sent out a smoke signal to criminals when he set fire to 2.6 million counterfeit Winfield Extra Mild cigarettes at the Waste Management facility in Ma'ufanga today. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 May 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of the Speaker of the House, Hon. Veikune, and two other men, who have pleaded not guilty to bribery charges, has been postponed by Mr Justice Ian Thomas until next year 2006. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 May 2005 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first ever Tongan Schools Judo Championship was held at the Nuku'alofa Judo and Self-Defence Club on Saturday May 14, with players from four schools taking part. Four registered judoka (players), four each from 'Apifo'ou College, and Liahona High School, one from Tonga High School, and one from St Andrew's School competed in the championship bouts. Premium content -
Monday 16 May 2005 3:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A meeting called by the Human Rights and Democracy Movement faction of the people...s representatives to Parliament was held on the evening of Friday, 13th of May 2005, at the St. Andrews school hall, was attended by about a hundred people, to determine the course of action to take with regards to staging a protest march based on various grievances against the Shoreline Power Company. - Press Release, Prime Minister's Office. Premium content -
Monday 16 May 2005 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The results of the Nobles' and the People's By-elections on May 3 and 5 featured on the front pages of three of the four newspapers that were published in Tonga, during the week May 7-13. Premium content -
Saturday 14 May 2005 6:15pm
Sydney, Australia : Ko e to’onga mo’ui pule’ia, ko e imisi ofi ia e tukunga mo’ui ‘oku ‘I ai e tangata he ‘e to loto ai ‘e ne mo’ui fakalaumalie ‘i hono va mo e ‘Otua, ‘e ne mo’ui fakamatelie ‘i hono va mo Natula pea pehe ki he fakasosiale ‘i he fakafa’ahinga. Ko e to’onga mo’ui eni ‘oku uho ‘aki e me’a k oe PULE’IA mo e PULEKEHEA. Ko e ngaahi fehu’i ‘oku tau fehangahangai mo ia ‘i he politiki hange ko e foungapule (‘aitolosia); mafai (authority) mo e ha fua, ko e tepu ia ‘o e to’onga mo’ui koeni. He ko e Politiki ko e saianisi ‘ia ‘o hono PULE’I ‘o e sosaieti, pea ko e taha ‘o hono ngaahi me’angaue tefito ko e MAFAI. - ‘Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau1 comment Premium content
