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Friday 12 June 2009 3:46pm
USA : Kapau 'oku tau kumi ki he lelei tahá, 'e 'ikai kovi nai ke kau mo e palemiá he fili 'e he kakaii?
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Thursday 11 June 2009 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seventeen licenses have been issued to sea cucumbers operators to fish, process and export dried beche-de-mers from Tonga for the 2009 season, which runs from April 1 until the end of September. Premium content -
Thursday 11 June 2009 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The names of the Tongan and Fijian National Rugby Teams were announced this afternoon in preparation for Round One of the ANZ Pacific Nations Cup 2009 at Teufaiva Stadium, Nuky'alofa, on Saturday, June 13. Premium content -
Thursday 11 June 2009 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An inter-island passenger ferry the MV Princess Ashika is due to arrive in Tonga from Fiji on Friday, June 12 to replace the old MV Olovaha. The Managing Director of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., John Jonesse, said the vessel that was built in Japan, had been operating in Fiji for some years and is in good condition Premium content -
Thursday 11 June 2009 5:45am
Auckland, New Zealand : You have been uncomfortable with the push to implement the changes and never mind the consequences. This report shares your long-held view and congratulations. I am particularly impressed that the Commission recognized the need for a more informed electorate and that our communities need to be better informed so that they can better anticipate the changes and its impact on their lives. The wider concern over land tenure is a welcome surprise at this late stage. - Sefita Hao'uli Premium content -
Wednesday 10 June 2009 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's National Football Team will take on the Cook Islands National Team in two international matches this week at the National Academy in 'Atele, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 June 2009 9:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Economic growth of 1.7% for Tonga is the aim of the government's $225.4 million pa'anga budget for 2009-10, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto told the Tongan Parliament on Monday, June 8. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 June 2009 8:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old man whose body was found in the Neiafu Harbour on June 7, had died from drowning the police confirmed. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 June 2009 8:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for May fell by half a million pa'anga to $132.1 million, the equivalent of 4.6 months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Monday 8 June 2009 3:15pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Perpetrators of women abuse are to be held accountable for their own actions. This is not a Tongan societal problem. In old Tonga, the brothers or uncles of the abused women would descend on women abusers and beat the crap out of them, and may have even killed them in the process. But in a modern "democratic" society, we provide professional help, and then prosecute them under the law of the country as a deterrence mechanism. Unfortunately, we may have to see some of the guilty murderers hung before Tongan abusive men get the message. -Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Monday 8 June 2009 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Tongan Prime Minister, Hon. Baron Vaea ('Alipate), Noble of Houma (88), passed away at his residence 'Tali ki Ha'apai' at Houma, Tongatapu, at around 10pm yesterday, Sunday June 7.4 comments -
Monday 8 June 2009 1:31pm
Aukland, Nu'usila : 'Oku ou fakamalo atu ki he houe'iki memipa 'o e Komisoni he ngaue lahi mo ma'ongo'onga kuo mou feinga he vaha'a taimi nounou ne tuku atu ke mou fakahoko ai. Ko hono mo'oni ko e toe eni 'a e hou'eiki memipa 'o e Fale Alea ke nau feme'a'aki ki ai pea pehe ki he konga faka'osi 'o e lipooti pea mo e konga lahi taha hono toe fakafoki ki he kakai 'o e fonua. -Pola Loiti Premium content -
Monday 8 June 2009 8:27am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The desire for a new system of government to be in place before a parliamentary election in 2010, according to the Interim Report of Tonga's Constitutional and Electoral Commission, is unrealistic, and even a token change in representation by the deadline will require parliament to work much harder and longer. Premium content -
Monday 8 June 2009 8:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "HAPPY TONGA" is the theme for Tonga's annual Heilala Festival beginning in Nuku'alofa on July 8 with a music festival, singing competition, floorshows and the Miss Heilala Beauty Pageant. Premium content -
Sunday 7 June 2009 4:45pm
California, U.S.A : Sad news and stories of domestic violence is becoming more common in Tonga these days. Worst comes to worst when domestic violence get out of control and result in murder. No one of any race or color has a right to take life out of a person no matter whatsoever the reason. - Siosaia Mila Premium content -
Saturday 6 June 2009 2:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Peauafi Halapio was sentenced to six and a half years in Hu'atolitoli Prison for incest committed with his first cousin who was similarly charged with the criminal offence but was given a suspended sentence. Premium content -
Friday 5 June 2009 5:30am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : I am ashamed to be a Tongan with the latest news of 540 domestic violence cases, and six murdered deaths reported in less than two years (Four deaths . . . 03 June, 2009), a clear manifestation of how sick many Tongan men are in the abuse of Tongan women. Friday, June 5, 2009 - 05:36 Premium content -
Thursday 4 June 2009 9:24pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : A strategy that aims to strengthen the role of Pacific culture in and through all levels of education is a step closer to completion after a group of specialists met recently to examine it. Premium content -
Thursday 4 June 2009 4:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister did not think there was any confusion in the speech of the king, and the concern expressed by members was their own misinterpretation. He said that if they read properly his reference to two years, they would know what the king meant. From the House. Minute No. 1, June 1, 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Thursday 4 June 2009 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A visit to Tonga by the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Stephen Smith highlighted a desire by both countries to further strengthen their relationship. Premium content
