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Sunday 29 January 2006 6:43am
California, USA : I came across your website for the first time approximately 3-4 years ago, and since then, it has been very educational and entertaining. As such, it has been a tremendous pleasure for me to utilize the same to learn more about our Kingdom Island. ... I hope that the on-going political changes in the Kingdom Island will bring hope, fairness, and chance for the poor people of Tonga to live comfortably- just like their superiors. How can the government and its high officials sleep well at night, knowing their people are suffering?. - Joe -
Sunday 29 January 2006 6:00am
Auckland, New Zealand : The recent threat by teachers to go on strike is understandable and fully justified to me. If the claim is true that teachers who took part in the strike are treated unfairly (and I have evidence to believe that this is the case) then I'll only have to say "Let us heal the psychological and spiritual wounds of the 2005 strike first. Further, it's about time for some heads to roll, particularly those in Education who intentionally stirred up this unnecessary commotion." - Sailosi Finau -
Friday 27 January 2006 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian government is willing to support the process of political reform in Tonga, and will make a "substantial financial contribution" to support the newly formed National Committee for Political Reform chaired by Prince Tu'ipelehake, the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga said in his Australia Day speech yesterday evening.
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Friday 27 January 2006 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Aisea To‘a appeared for his trial in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court yesterday January 26, charged with two counts of bribery of a Government servant and attempting to evade import duties on a container holding 600 cartons of Bounty Rum imported to Tonga from Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2006 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A jury today has found Tonga's Speaker of the House of Parliament, Veikune, guilty of bribery of customs officers in an attempt to evade over $300,000 in customs duties on an imported container of rum. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2006 5:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Air Peau Vava‘u service to Niuatoputapu and Niuafo'ou that was scheduled to start today, January 25 has been postponed to February 2, said Mosikaka Moengangongo, the airline's Project Manager. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2006 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Final submissions of the defence for the Hon. Veikune and his co-accused, ‘Amini Tu'ivai were completed at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, in a trial over charges relating to alleged bribery of customs officers by Tonga's Speaker and others. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A strike threat by teachers of government schools has been postponed for a week from today. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Tongan athletic team for this year's Melbourne Commonwealth Games to begin on March 15 in Australia, has been confirmed, and the team's names will be announced next week. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A first ever-Pacific Triangular Rugby Championship for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji will kick start on April 15, and run to May 20, confirmed Sakopo Lolohea CEO of the Tonga Rugby Union today. Premium content -
Sunday 22 January 2006 8:06pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Government teachers' threat to go on strike in response to the Ministry of Education's staffing and transfer exercise has come as no surprise at all. Teachers have, in the past, tended not to question the staffing exercise in general but the effect of the strike last year seems to have created an atmospere of suspicion regarding the motives of the education department. -
Saturday 21 January 2006 5:31pm
Auckland, New Zealand : It is always a blessing to be in Tonga for the Po Le'o and the Uike Lotu. I cannot describe the warmth in my heart to walk up once again to the front of my village church and fe'iloaki with the kau Malanga Pole'o as well as everyone else in the village church. - Sailosi Finau -
Saturday 21 January 2006 5:08pm
Long Beach, California, USA : Na‘e fuofua hu ki he Fale Alea Tonga ‘a Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva ‘i he to‘u Fale Alea ‘o e 1984-1986 ‘a ia koe lava eni ‘a e ta‘u ‘e 21 ‘ene fai fatongia ma‘ae kakai. Ko kinautolu ne kaunga Fakafofonga mai mo ia `i he 1980 tupú kuo nau mavahe hono kotoa, pea lolotonga `a e 1990 tupú ki he 2000 na`e fetomokosi holo pe. - ‘Ofa ki Tonga -
Friday 20 January 2006 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The heir to the 'Akau'ola title, 'Ahovaleamoemapa Faletau (38) on January 17 officially became the matapule 'Akau'ola at a ceremony at his home on the island of Taunga in Vava'u. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2006 4:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Political reformers who demanded response from the King of Tonga to a petition proposing amendments to the Tongan Constitution, say their January 16 deadline has passed without any word from the king. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2006 4:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young Tongan, Sione Posesi Fanua Bloomfield (31) has been appointed as the new Attorney General of the Marshall Islands on January 12, confirmed his mother Siosiane Bloomfield today. Premium content -
Thursday 19 January 2006 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The King of Tonga who left Tonga suddenly for New Zealand on December 19 2005 for medical reasons, remains in Auckland and it is still uncertain when the King will return home, said Sateki ‘Ahio, the Acting Secretary of the Palace Office today. Premium content -
Thursday 19 January 2006 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A strong economy is just as important as a robust and transparent democracy, said Gilbert Ullrich, the chairman of the New Zealand Pacific Business Council, at the launching on December 9 of the preparations for a Pacific Trade Expo to be held in Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand, in March. Premium content -
Thursday 19 January 2006 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Australian film festival will be launched on Friday January 20, and running a Nuku'alofa's Star Cinemas until January 28, with films for all ages. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 January 2006 6:41pm
Sydney, Australia : It comes at no surprise that the government is now trying to stifle the promotion and transfer system of teachers who are qualified and based on established rules. What the Education Dept is attempting to do is to frustrate PSA efforts to return Tonga's public service to pre-strike normality. Effectively, the government is now resorting to extra-ordinary bullying tactics by re-arranging the transfer/promotion system in a way that they hope will catch teachers out. - Jason Faletau
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