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Tuesday 3 June 2008 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Ikale Tahi left Tonga yesterday morning, June 2, for New Zealand on the first leg of the six Pacific Nations Rugby Tournament, meeting the New Zealand Maori on Saturday.
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Tuesday 3 June 2008 2:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On opening Tonga's Legislative Assembly last week, the Princess Regent, HRH Princess Pilolevu, noted the historical significance of the 2008-10 parliamentary session. But while the seriousness of the reform mission is being underlined by our leaders, a more immediate concern has not been addressed - and that is the fact that the integrity of the current Tongan Parliament itself remains questionable. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 June 2008 1:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, May 26-29, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 June 2008 1:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The installation of $1.4 million worth of new computers for Westpac Bank of Tonga, will guarantee that there will be no more stoppage in its EFTPOS services, said the new General Manager for Westpac Bank of Tonga, Ashleigh Matheson. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 June 2008 5:46am
Suva, Fiji : UNIFEM Pacific in partnership with AusAID is launching a new AUD$7.2 million, five-year, multi-country regional programme to advance gender equality in political governance in the Pacific region. Premium content -
Monday 2 June 2008 8:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Enormous benefits from the 1st August 2008 Coronation of His Majesty King George Tupou V will flow to every part of the Kingdom, according to the Prime Minister, Hon Dr. Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele. Premium content -
Monday 2 June 2008 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King George Tupou V will visit each of the outer islands of Vava'u, Ha'apai, 'Eua and the two Niuas following his coronation in August. Premium content -
Monday 2 June 2008 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Crown Prince of Japan, Prince Naruhito and HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand have confirmed that they will be in Nuku'alofa for the Coronation of King George Tupou V on August 1. Premium content -
Monday 2 June 2008 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Justice Hon. Anthony Ford is traveling to New York to receive the World Bank Reformer of Year Award 2007, there on June 4. Premium content -
Monday 2 June 2008 5:24am
By Teresa Young Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Should "citizen journalists" enjoy the same legal rights and privileges as professional journalists? Premium content -
Sunday 1 June 2008 12:33pm
Suva, Fiji : Digicel has taken over the naming rights and title sponsorship of Fiji's main provincial tournament, said the chief executive of the Fiji Rugby Union FRU Timoci Tavanavanua yesterday, May 31. Premium content -
Sunday 1 June 2008 10:16am
Manila, Philippines : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $11.3 million grant to improve urban infrastructure in Nuku'alofa, thecapital of Tonga, as urbanization and population growth fuel demand for better infrastructure. Premium content -
Sunday 1 June 2008 6:55am
Geneva, Switzerland : The World Health Organization (WHO) today urged governments to protect the world's 1.8 billion young people by imposing a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Premium content -
Thursday 29 May 2008 9:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 2008 session of Tonga's Legislative Assembly opened today by the Princess Regent Pilolevu Tuita, is expected to be the last parliament to sit under Tonga's current constitution. Photos by Linny Folau and Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 May 2008 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has scored high ratings in surveys conducted by the World Bank for measuring the ease of doing business. It came in 6th place in a review of 32 small island developing states. Fiji was 4th and Samoa 10th. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 May 2008 4:39pm
Sydney, Australia : The legality of the four ministers, appointed by the King after the 2005 election, remaining in office, has been raised by the People's Representatives again. Langafonua Tu'uloa Party have added to the discussion, but it seems that both have missed the point. Maybe this would help. - ‘Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau -
Wednesday 28 May 2008 12:52pm
Premium ContentNuku'alofa,Tonga : In a daylight robbery, three armed men ambushed a business cashier and shot her driver outside the commercial branch of the Westpac Bank of Tonga on Monday, May 26, snatching $3,000 cash. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2008 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men appeared separately in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning and pleaded guilty to serious offences of destruction of the Pacific Royale Hotel and Fung Shing Supermarket arising out of the events of November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2008 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A drunk driver who hit and killed a mentally-retarded man at Nualei in a motor vehicle accident in February was jailed for nine months today. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2008 4:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fa‘alongo Mafi (24) received a suspended sentence of one year today in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, for taking part in the damaging of the Adiloa Store on Railway Road during the November 16, 2006 riots in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
