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Friday 29 February 2008 11:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A teenage rioter who set fire to two cars parked outside the Pacific Royale Hotel during the riots of November 16, 2006 will serve a two-year imprisonment sentence starting today.
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Friday 29 February 2008 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A couple from Ha'akame who pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining a $3,000 pa'anga loan from the Westpac Bank of Tonga by false pretences received a suspended sentence today. Premium content -
Friday 29 February 2008 5:46pm
California, USA : The highly contested parliamentary seats is an exciting story with 71 candidates competing for the 9 seats available. The democratic process will bring to the forefront those candidates that the people wish to be their government representatives. This is the time when those in government (current 9 representatives) will answer to the people. - Thomas M. Uata Premium content -
Friday 29 February 2008 4:21pm
London, United Kingdom : These are excerpts from an interview of Prince Harry by The Times in December about his impending tour of Afghanistan. Premium content -
Friday 29 February 2008 3:13pm
Australia : Fiji Sun publisher Australian Russell Hunter tells of being deported from the country. Premium content -
Friday 29 February 2008 5:30am
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : The Fiji government has ordered that Papua New Guinean Martha Waradin, wife of deported Fiji Sun newspaper publisher Russell Hunter, also leave the country with her daughter. By Harlene Joku Premium content -
Thursday 28 February 2008 10:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : I am writing to you in the hope that you can assist me with a piece of Tongan history. Between 1971 and 1982, the first M/v Olovaha sailed the Tongan Islands acting as a ferry and cargo ship. I actually served on this ship when she was in Australia under the name Queen of the Isles. - Andy Newland Premium content -
Thursday 28 February 2008 5:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seventy one candidates were registered yesterday to compete for the nine People's Representative seats in Tonga's April 24 Parliamentary General Election. Premium content -
Thursday 28 February 2008 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A few of Tonga's seasonal workers in New Zealand had been sent home because of attitude and behaviour problems, Tonga's Minister of Labour, Commerce and Small Industries, Hon. Lisiate 'Akolo said today. Premium content -
Thursday 28 February 2008 12:54pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Tama Foa highlighted the ills of Ambassador Dinger's "horny" diplomacy, 220 sailors from the USS Reuben James FFG57 presented as tokens of U.S. appreciation. But I don't think their contribution to the local economy can be denied: Tama Foa may have visited the Great State of Nevada which has legalized prostitution and gambling and citizens are benefiting handsomely, thank you. - Sione Mokofisi -
Wednesday 27 February 2008 4:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr. Sateki Finau of Fo'ui, and Mrs. Temaleti Fulivai Faka'osi of Kolomotu'a became the first Tongans to reclaim their Tonga citizenship during a short ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday 25th February 2008. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2008 9:24pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has strongly condemned the deportation to Australia of Fiji Sun Editor in Chief, Russell Hunter, by Fiji's interim government. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2008 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two training squads were announced for the Tau'uta and Tautahi Rugby Team to prepare for the upcoming 2008 Pacific Cup in April. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2008 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's largest ever Trade Mission going to the 2008 Pacific Trade Expo next week has increased to around 40 participants including private businesses and government ministries. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2008 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The portfolio of the Minister of Finance has been taken over by the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele. Following the resignation of the Minister of Finance yesterday. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2008 4:57pm
Geneva, Switzerland : Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report that presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2008 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Siosiua 'Utoikamanu (52) resigned this afternoon. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2008 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will celebrate International Women's Day this year on March 13, with a programme of events on the theme: "Investing in Women and Girls - Valuing Women's Work." Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2008 4:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Starting in January 2009 all directorate positions in Tonga's public enterprise boards will be filled from the private sector. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2008 3:32pm
Apia, Samoa : A consultative workshop on agricultural commodities will be held in Samoa at Hotel Kitano Tusitala, 27-29 February, 2008. Premium content
