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Wednesday 18 February 2009 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e 'uhinga na'e ui 'a e pepa, "Ko e Po'opo'oi", he ko e pepa ni na'e 'ikai ke 'i ai hono kaveinga pau ka na'e kanokato 'aki 'a e me'a kehekehe ma'u pe, pea o'io'i ai 'a e me'a kotoa ke moluu lelei 'a e fo'i mafuu 'i hono tuki fakamatoato'i. 'A ia ko e hingoa 'o e pepa ni ko hono heliaki'i ia 'a hono 'oatu 'e he pepa 'a Misa Peika 'a e katoa 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ki ngaahi 'u me'a na'e fai ki ai hono talanga'i fakapolitikale 'i he 'aho koia, ka 'ikai ko e ngaahi fakamatala fakapalataha pe fakatafa'aki taha 'o e ngaahi me'a 'oku talanga'i. - Daniel K. Fale -
Wednesday 18 February 2009 4:15pm
Belgrade, Serbia : These days diplomacy is "my way or no way" there are no negotiations, only the stronger wins. Every country is led by interests; bigger countries have bigger interests, whilst smaller countries have little influence and do not stand any chance of survival. In short, modern diplomacy has been used by bigger States to gain strategic advantage over other smaller States in the international system. - Ivan Simic
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Wednesday 18 February 2009 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Tupou of Ha'ateiho was the lucky winner of $10,000 cash prize in the Back to School draw by Office Equipment in Nuku'alofa on Valentine's Day, February 14. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2009 7:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Minister of Tourism Hon Fineasi Funaki announced today that the Ministry has outsourced to private contractors the management of the Tonga National Centre and the Queen Salote Memorial Hall. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2009 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first 50 group of seasonal workers departed Fua'amotu International Airport for Sydney this morning, the first to be recruited from the Pacific under the Pacific Seasonal Pilot Workers scheme to Australia for seven months. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2009 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reports from Tonga's newspapers, February 4-12, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 16 February 2009 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sitting proudly in the Tonga Police Commander's chair on February 13, was 11-year-old leukaemia sufferer Ikuna Vunipola, who was delighted with a special visit and tour of the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longlongo. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2009 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women's voices are rarely heard in the Tongan parliament, where only five women have entered the House in the last 35 years. But a group of Tongan women meeting today agreed that unequal representation has to change. Premium content -
Friday 13 February 2009 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "You are no doubt the ringleader in the destruction of the Molisi Tonga Supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006," Chief Justice Anthony Ford told Vilisoni Tauelangi (34) in sentencing him to 11 years imprisonment in Hu'atolitoli Prison today. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2009 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 27-year-old man who robbed $467 pa'anga from the Hot Bread Shop at Fanga was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2009 11:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Fonoifua received a suspended sentence of two years today for riotous assembly and breaking into the Molisi Tonga Supermarket and Leiola Duty Free Shop during the riots of November 16, 2006, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2009 11:55am
Vava'u,Tonga : Tonga's Giant Trevally is attracting Japanese anglers to Vava'u and their activities have been filmed for Japanese television. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2009 10:36am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Aotearoa Riding Pirates - a group of Harley-Davidson motorbike riders from Auckland, New Zealand, is cruising through the streets of Nuku'alofa this week, visiting 15 primary schools to donate school supplies. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 February 2009 5:11am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Please correct me if I'm in error here, Mafi 'o American Samoa: Aren't out looking at a glass "half-empty" while Meteliko Tuaileva may have been looking at it as "half-full?" You gave me the impression that Dr. Sevele does not belong on the same stage as Mr. Obama, despite the fact he is the first black U.S. President, and Sevele is the first commoner to occupy the PM office. - Sione A. Mokofisi -
Monday 9 February 2009 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-days Pacific Climate Change Workshop for Pacific Broadcasters started at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa, this morning. Premium content -
Monday 9 February 2009 9:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Queen Victoria, the largest cruise ship ever to visit Tonga arrived in the Nuku'alofa harbour this morning. Premium content -
Saturday 7 February 2009 5:06pm
'Aosiltelelia : 'Uluaki, ne fakatemokalatiange 'a e fokotu'u pule'anga 'a Tupou I 'i he fokotu'u temokalati 'a e founding fathers 'o 'Amelika. Ko e lau eni 'a John Adams ko e taha e founding fathers moe Palesiteni hono ua 'o Amelika(1797-1801), "There are but only two sorts of men in the world, free man and slaves." Pea ko e taha ia e ngaahi 'uhinga ne 'osi fakatonuhia'i ai pee ai e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli 'i Amelika. Kehe 'a Tonga--ko e kakai mo honau tu'i (free men and their king). Talu e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli mei hono fatu e temo Amelika he senituli 18 'o a'u ki he 1960 tupu. Ne corrupt e temo 'amelika, corrupt e lotuu, corrupt moe fakamaau'anga 'o laulaui senituli 'i he nofo popula moe fakamavahe'i e kau 'uli'ulii kae tautautefito ki he ngaahi siteiti he fakatonga 'o Amelikaa. - Uili Finau -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) is pleased that electricity prices have come down. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel today announced its sponsorship of the Internet Café at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Conference (CBA), taking place in Tonga next week. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:24pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand celebrates 169 years of partnership between its indigenous Maori people and European settlers Friday with relations between the races in a better state than they have been for years. By David Barber Premium content
