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Wednesday 12 August 2009 6:15am
Tonga : I am so disgusted that the captain call the Main Island for help and took no measure to warn the passengers or get them on top deck before this ill fated piece of trash vessel went under. - Maika Tatafu
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Tuesday 11 August 2009 11:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga police have identified the female body recovered from the sea, as 22-year-old wife and mother, Vaefetu'u Mahe (nee Taufa) of Vava'u, whose husband and child are among the 93 still missing after the sinking of MV Princess Ashika on August 5. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A rope believed to be associated with the MV Princess Ashika wreckage was located yesterday evening within the vicinity of the original search area of the first mission by the TDS Voea Savea patrol vessel, Commander Andrew McMillan said this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's U-20 Women Squad has been named to represent Tonga in the Oceania Football Confederation U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers in New Zealand in October was named recently. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Transport Hon. Paul Karalus announced his resignation this afternoon, July 11, six days after the sinking of Tonga's domestic ferry, with the tragic loss of 95 persons, 93 of whom remain missing. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The sea worthiness of the MV Princess Ashika, will be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry, Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele said yesterday evening, July 10. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chinese Ambassador in Tonga, HE Mr Fan Guijin, presented a cheque of USD$30,000 dollars to Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele this morning, August 11, to aid families who have lost loved ones in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 4:00pm
USA : We all know of Pulupaki and Olovaha's un-seaworthiness, we've experienced and seen it first hand. We all remember the stench from the overflowing toilets below, your nostril wouldn't allow you to forget. We all know the unsuitability of an old-whaling ship as a passenger carrier and yet we all understand a 3rd world budget provides for a 3rd world transport system, but is it right we accept it? No! - Sesika Vea Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 10:45am
London, UK : I was very saddened to hear of the terrible ferry tragedy in Tonga and have since been following the details via Tonga Online. - Sally-Ann Wilson Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 10:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two young people attempted to commit suicide at the end of July and were recovering in the hospital, according to the Tonga Police on August 5. This sparks a major concern as suicidal deaths in Tonga now stands at seven from January to July. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No wreckage or bodies from the MV Princess Ashika were found yesterday in the first underwater mission conducted by the combined Australia and New Zealand Dive team, using underwater-specialised search equipment. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 5:06pm
Nuku'alofa,Tonga : Sunday was a sombre day in Tonga with many people wearing black, and attending church services where they remembered the missing and the dead, and gave thanks for those who survived the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 4:45pm
Australia : When the coup occurred in Fiji in 1987 and my father lost his business and sold the Ashika to the Patterson Brothers Shipping in 1989 and we migrated to New Zealand and then to Australia and in the meantime lost my father on the way. The ship never lost its name and very sadly ended this way. - Concerned Aussie Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 3:15pm
Tauranga, New Zealand : Marek & Olivie have made contact! Here is an email from Marek we have just received. We feel very lucky. - Marek and Olivia Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2009 11:54am
Germany : Help and comfort the ones directly hit by this. Money comforts a lot of Tongans, money are paid in these cases where insurances exist. The ones left behind need to know that they did not do something wrong and that their loved ones did not make the wrong decisions by getting into that boat! Everyone that paid the fare to enter that boat should believe and have trust in the capability and the seaworthiness of such a boat. - Falamoe Weber -
Monday 10 August 2009 6:51am
USA : Everyone in our industry have known for years that the Olovaha was not safe and also the Ashika. This was a known fact, but elements within the Government continued to cover this up with paper work. - Thomas M. Uata, Uata Shipping Line -
Monday 10 August 2009 6:44am
Senee, 'Aositeleelia : ‘Oku tau ongo'i mamahi kotoa pe 'i he po'uli kuo to he fonua he ngoto 'a e MV Princess Ashika. Ka 'oku ai ha ngaahi fehu'i mahu'inga 'oku totonu ke fai ki ai ha tokanga 'i he faingata'a na'e hoko. - Rev. Dr Ma‘afu Palu -
Monday 10 August 2009 6:08am
UK : With this tragedy, I hope there will be a Coronial Inquiry and investigation on this matter so that those lost souls was not in vain and those accountable be put to Justice or resign immediately pending investigations. - William Mariner Premium content -
Sunday 9 August 2009 10:16pm
USA : On behalf of our family and Uata Shipping line, we wish to express our sincere condolences to the families and love ones of those still missing from the tragic loss of the MV Princess Ashika. Within minutes of the distress call, our vessel MV Pulupaki was immediately dispatched to the search and rescue area to recover the survivors. - Thomas M. Uata, Uata Shipping Line -
Sunday 9 August 2009 6:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Energetic and outgoing, a young Niuean policewoman Sisiliah Puleheloto (24) is remembered as a happy, smiling person who loved serving her own community and the people in the Solomons, where she was working on the RAMSI mission, before coming to Tonga last week for a joyful reunion with her cousins. By Linny Folau Premium content
