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Saturday 28 November 2009 10:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-weeks joint military exercise between French soldiers, who are based in New Caledonia, and soldiers from the Tonga Defence Services concluded at the Taliai Military Camp, Fua'amotu on November 21.
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Saturday 28 November 2009 3:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Institute of Education that trains teachers in both primary and high school level received a donation of Japanese language books for teachers, from the Ambassador of Japan in Tonga HE Mr Yasuo Takase on November 27. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2009 11:55am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three senior science students in Nuku'alofa have won prizes in a national competition that aims to encourage the study of science by students in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 11:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : David Campese, the former Australian Wallaby winger is a new found friend of the Tonga Rugby Union. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Male staff of Westpac Bank of Tonga have committed to eliminating violence against women by wearing the white ribbon. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku te faka'ofa'ia si'i kau ngaue 'a e Potungaue Toutai 'i he mahino mai ko e fangota fa'o ki he katoava 'enau savea ne fai mo 'enau fokotu'u ne 'oatu ki hono fakangatangata 'o e lahi mo e taimi ke toutai'i ai e mokohunu pea pehe ki he ngaahi kautaha ke nau hu atu e mokohunu. -Samiu Sika -
Thursday 26 November 2009 11:54am
Canberra, Australia : To address the pay equity gap in Australia for women a new report by the House of Representatives Employment and Workplace Relations Committee has recommended a raft of amendments to the Fair Work Act and Sex Discrimination Act. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 10:42am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 9-year-old Sesilia Malialose Tapueluelu is the Dux for St Joseph's Business College 2009 Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Action Plan for an Early Warning Tsunami System for Tonga is expected to be completed by January 2010, according to 'Ofa Fa'anunu the Chairman and Director of the Tonga Meteorology Center. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 20th birthday of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper was marked with a thanksgiving prayer service at the Queen Salote College Hall on Saturday, November 21, with the publisher and editor Kalafi Moala announcing changes. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 10:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga exported 1,600 tonnes of squash pumpkin to Japan and South Korea at the end of the 2009 squash season this week, said Minolu Nishi Jr, the President of the Tonga Squash Council. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 2:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled Tonga in the early hours of Wednesday morning, November 25 but there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which was felt with a moderate intensity in Tongatapu and Ha'apai. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine of the 10 male prisoners who escaped from the Hu'atolitoli Prison on Saturday night, November 21 were recaptured by police within seven hours and the tenth later the same day. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 8:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan economy's only hope of surviving the global financial crisis is to be able to adapt and to exploit global economic changes, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto said in his opening address of the "Tonga Update 2009" at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Friday November 20. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 7:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan fisheries officials fear that a new extension to the sea cucumber harvesting season and an increase in licences is going to drive the resource back a decade, when it was overfished to the point of depletion. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 5:45am
Honolulu, Hawaii : Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Honorable 'Akau'ola and the office of the Honorable Prime Minister Sevele for organising the "Tonga Renewable Energy Road Map" that were held in Vava'u this past week. It is satisfying for this one Humble Tongan to see this kind of gathering and especially the discussions of "Renewable Energy Planning" and all the Renewable Energy Innovation that was discussed at the TERM. -MTTuaileva Premium content -
Monday 23 November 2009 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika has adjourned for two weeks and will resume on Monday, December 7. Premium content -
Monday 23 November 2009 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Captain Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu gave evidence on November 19 and said he knew the MV Princess Ashika was unseaworthy but sailed anyway, because he relied on information from the Marine and Ports Division to state the vessel was not good to operate, but at the same time he never believed it would sink on August 5. Premium content -
Monday 23 November 2009 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I noted with interest a letter to the editor which raised issues and concerns surrounding the energy conference held in Vava'u and the planed offshore energy buoy system we are working to test next year. I would like to briefly address a few of these concerns. -Johnny Kraczek Premium content -
Monday 23 November 2009 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A special programme for the 55th Anniversary of the Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association Tonga branch last week, concluded with a special programme at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall on Saturday morning. Photos by Mary Lyn Fonua Premium content
