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Wednesday 4 March 2009 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Defining the meaning of the word "bloodshed", took up most of the morning of the second day of a jury trial of six accused charged with sedition relating to the events of November 16, 2006 in Nuku‘alofa.
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Wednesday 4 March 2009 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Groups of bullies and thugs are blamed for starting street brawls between school boys from Liahona High School and Tonga College in Nuku'alofa on Friday, February 27 that could result in over 110 boys being charged for offences. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 March 2009 9:45am
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : Before anthropologists investigate the ancient past, they might want to consider a little history of recent past. -Sione A. Mokofisi2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 4 March 2009 5:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two separate fatal road crashes last weekend on Tongatapu left two people dead. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 March 2009 9:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : To date a total of 107 people have been convicted of offences relating to the riots of November 16, 2006, the Acting Solicitor General, 'Aminiasi Kefu told the National Conference on Reconciliation and Civic Education at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, in Nuku'alofa last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 March 2009 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new national tourism body, the Tourism Tonga Inc. was incorporated in Nuku‘alofa at the beginning of January. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 March 2009 7:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hon. Siaosi 'Aho, Tonga's Minister of Police, will be Tonga's first High Commissioner to New Zealand, setting up a new Tongan High Commission in Wellington that is expected to be in operation by May this year. Premium content -
Monday 2 March 2009 7:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six people, accused of sedition in relation to the events of 16/11, appeared in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court today at the start of a trial that is expected to last over two weeks. Premium content -
Monday 2 March 2009 6:15pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Tongan weightlifters competed in the Tonga National Weight Lifting Championship and in the Tonga round of the Pacific Islands Cup Tournament at the Tonga Amateur Sports Association compound on Friday, February 27. Premium content -
Monday 2 March 2009 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Before heading off to the World Cup in Dubai March 5-7 the Digicel Tonga 7s team and their management, took time out of their hectic training schedules to visit the Children's Ward at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa last week Premium content -
Monday 2 March 2009 3:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's National Seven-a-side Rugby Team, the Digicel Tonga 7 left Tonga for the Rugby 7's World Cup in Dubai on Saturday morning, February 28. Premium content -
Saturday 28 February 2009 5:55pm
Toowoomba, Queensland,Australia : Take a musical journey from the classical tones of Europe to the laid-back rhythms of Polynesia with renowned pianist, Dr Marilyn Meier Kapavale who will perform on Sunday March 21 at the USQ Arts Theatre in Toowoomba. Premium content -
Saturday 28 February 2009 4:15pm
London, UK : The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), which addresses serious or persistent violations of the Commonwealth's fundamental political values, will meet in London on 4 March 2009. Premium content -
Saturday 28 February 2009 4:00pm
San Mateo-California, USA : I believe most Americans are quite comfortable of where we live in the world, how we live, and who we are among. America is the best example of the melting pot of humanity; of countrymen from all around the world, unequivocal in our migration to the land of opportunity, coming together to live together in undoubtedly the greatest civilization and society ever in the history of the world. - ‘Alipate Sanft Premium content -
Saturday 28 February 2009 3:15pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Perhaps Mr. Ivan Simic of Belgrade, Serbia (The Americans, 26 February, 2009) could have used Google to search under the topic "Ugly Americans" and saved us from his boring American History lessons. - Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Friday 27 February 2009 7:00pm
Canberra, Australia : Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka today presented a donation of AUD$100,000 toward a relief fund for victims of the devastating bush fires in Victoria, and the flooding in Northern Queensland. Premium content -
Friday 27 February 2009 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reports from Tonga's newspapers, 19-25 February, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 26 February 2009 12:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku 'i ai 'a e fakakaukau ia 'i he tokolahi, 'oku 'ikai malava ke hu mai 'a e loi 'i he ngaahi pepa ongoongo 'i Tonga ni, ka 'oku ou 'ilo 'e au ia 'oku malava noa pe ia ke hoko pea kuo 'osi hoko pe ia. Kuo ta tu'olahi 'a e mo'ua 'a e kau 'etita 'i he ngaahi pepa 'e ni'ihi ko e 'uhingaa pe ko 'enau pulusi 'a e ngaahi me'a 'oku 'ikai mo'oni pea si'i maumau ai 'a e ongoongo 'o e kakai kehekehe pe 'i Tonga ni. 'Oku ou tui pe, ka 'ikai ke hiki 'a e tautea pa'anga ki hono pulusi 'a e loi 'i he ngaahi pepa ongoongo te tau fe'ao ai pe mo e loi mo e fakaongoongo kovi'i, ka ko'ene fakatu'utamaki ko hono to'o 'e he kakai tokolahi 'a e ngaahi fo'i loi ko e mo'oni, pea nau kau ai pe kinautolu 'i he 'avanga 'ita ki he ma'u mafai. - Daniel K. Fale -
Thursday 26 February 2009 12:15pm
Belgrade, Serbia : There is a strong believe in the United States that the American Revolutionary War was a good war which brought freedom to the people and gave birth to the US. Yes, it was, but only for the new American nation. Many of these Americans forgot the other side of this war, like the fact that the war started as the war between Kingdom of Great Britain and British rebels in the North America and extended out to Europe and the European colonies, ending as a global war between Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands (Dutch Republic). - Ivan Simic Premium content -
Thursday 26 February 2009 10:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At a two-day conference in Nuku'alofa this week civil societies and other community organisations are presenting their reports on a Reconciliation and Civic Education Programme that has been funded by the European Union in Tonga. Premium content
