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Thursday 17 May 2007 2:48pm
Apia, Samoa : The seventh session of the FAO South West Pacific Ministers of Agriculture meeting will be held at the Marshall Islands Resort Hotel, in Majuro from 29 to 31 May 2007. This major biennial event is convened by FAO to review and make recommendations on key food and agricultural issues affecting the Pacific region.
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Thursday 17 May 2007 12:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Acting Prime Minister took the witness stand on Day Three of a preliminary inquiry hearing into sedition charges against five People's Representatives and told the Court that the Prime Minister had been asked to write a letter under duress on November 16 while the town burned. Premium content -
Thursday 17 May 2007 9:01am
Auckland, New Zealand : The Tongan Advisory Council offers its condolences to the people of Samoa on the passing of the Head of State, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2007 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan choir from Maui, Hawai'i, is in Tonga to participate for the first time in the 122nd Annual Conference of the Free Church of Tonga to be held in 'Ohonua, 'Eua, from May 12-17. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2007 5:06pm
Nuku'aofa, Tonga : As a result of the continuing monitoring of the security situation in the country, Government has extended the period for the state of emergency, but with some changes to the associated regulations. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2007 2:36pm
Geneva, Switzerland : The World Health Assembly opened with an optimistic assessment of the global health scene from the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan, and a call for global health leaders to build a "health legacy" for women and the people of Africa. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2007 12:26pm
Brussels, Belgium : The ACP Council of Ministers will hold its 85th session in ACP House (Brussels), from 22 to 24 May 2007, under the chairmanship of Lesotho. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2007 12:05pm
Roseau, Dominica : A new, five-day whale watch tour guide training workshop, sponsored by IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) and CARIBwhale, the association of Caribbean whale watch operators, is being held in Dominica. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2007 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The hearing of a preliminary inquiry for the five People's Representatives continued today, with the prosecution calling three more witnesses to give evidence at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court, on the events leading up to the November 16 riot. The prosecution intends to call another 20 witnesses in the days ahead. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2007 8:20pm
Apia, Samoa : The Samoan High Chief Malietoa Tanumafili II (94) passed away in hospital in Apia late on Friday, May 11. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2007 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's official Foreign Reserves fell by $9.8 million to $80.6 million in April, an amount equivalent to 4.1 months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2007 3:31pm
Marina Del Rey-California, USA : Building partnerships to better share information about the Internet with the island nations of the Pacific is the goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA). Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2007 6:07am
London, UK : In a letter sent today to Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon expressed his sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Samoa over the recent passing of the late Head of State, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2007 8:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The hearing of a Preliminary Inquiry for five People's Representatives on sedition charges relating to the riots of November 16, started at the Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate's Court this morning. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2007 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Catholic Church World Youth Day 2007 will be marked in Tonga by youths carrying the World Youth Day Cross and an Icon of Mary throughout Tongatapu during May 22-26. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2007 10:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The acceptance of two Tongan Cadet Officers to the US Military Academy, West Point, and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, this year is a major step forward for the development of the Tonga Defence Service, said Brigadier Tau'aika 'Uta'atu. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2007 10:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In September Fehi'a Kava (17) will enter Brown University in the US on scholarship to study Bio-Chemical Engineering and her family believe that she will be the first Tongan student to enter the famous Ivy League university. Premium content -
Sunday 13 May 2007 8:30am
Paris, France : Reporters Without Borders hailed a campaign called Australia's Right to Know that was launched today by a coalition of leading Australian news media including News Ltd, Fairfax, ABC and SBS with the aim of combatting the erosion of press freedom resulting from the country's legislation. Premium content -
Sunday 13 May 2007 8:01am
Auckland, New Zealand : The Pacific Island and Maori communities, leaders, musicians, conservationists and the whale watch industry will unite today for the 2007 National Day of Action to Protect Whales. Premium content -
Sunday 13 May 2007 7:44am
Geneva, Switzerland : The Sixtieth World Health Assembly (WHA) will take place from 14-23 May 2007 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Premium content
