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Thursday 15 October 2009 5:09pm
Geneva, Switzerland : The tragedies that struck the Asia and Pacific region this month underscore the urgent action that must be taken to better protect hospitals from natural disasters. Large-scale human suffering is exacerbated when the very services that are most needed to save lives - hospitals, clinics and other health facilities - are counted among the casualties.
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Thursday 15 October 2009 4:15pm
Washington, USA : In a record year for regulatory reform worldwide, most economies in East Asia and the Pacific strengthened business regulations, making them more efficient to help increase opportunities for local firms. Tonga, in particular, recorded an impressive ranking of 52 out of 183 countries, making it the leading performer in doing business in the Pacific region. Premium content -
Thursday 15 October 2009 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four tons of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) will be arriving in Pangai, Ha‘apai on Tuesday 20 October, on board the MV Southern Tiare, the CEO of Homegas Ltd, Frank Schaper told Matangi Tonga this morning. Premium content -
Thursday 15 October 2009 12:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Like your correspondent Sione Mokofisi from the US, I too would like to see more trade between Tonga and NZ and especially our agricultural exports. It will offer an opportunity for both countries to mitigate what is now a long-running multi-million dollar imbalance in favour of New Zealand. That's a commonly held fact which backgrounds the trade discussions between NZ and Tonga over the years. Which is why I'm surprised at the claims of a trade barrier and price-control policies restricting inflows of Tongan watermelons.- Sefita Hao'uli Premium content -
Thursday 15 October 2009 11:07am
Niuatoputapu,Tonga : The relief effort in Niuatoputapu stepped up a gear yesterday with the arrival of the New Zealand navy's multi-purpose vessel, HMNZS Canterbury. The helicoptering in of supplies began straight away and continued on Wednesday, though there has been some delay in the bringing ashore of vehicles and heavy clearing equipment due to heavy seas and the difficulty of loading onto the landing craft. Premium content -
Thursday 15 October 2009 5:44am
Niuatoputapu,Tonga : The HMNZS Canterbury anchored west of the tsunami-affected Tongan Island of Niuatoputapu, and on October 14, 2009, was operating the embarked No 6 SQN Seasprite helicopter and the ship's Zodiac Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to move aid and supplies to the shore. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 October 2009 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Gas supplies to the Ha'apai Group of islands have ceased for the past two weeks after Uata Shipping Company the owner of the sole inter island ferry MV Pulupaki restricted the shipment of hazardous goods onboard its passenger vessel; the lack of gas leaving tourism operators, businesses and home frustrated as they return to cooking on open fires. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 October 2009 9:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maximising impacts of Regional Programmes at National Level is the theme of the 6th Conference of the Pacific Community that was opened in Nuku‘alofa on October 12. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 October 2009 9:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Suicides in Tonga have risen to 11 this year after a 76-year-old man was found dead at his home in Hoi, Tongatapu on Saturday October 10, according to police. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 October 2009 2:36pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand will commit $1.5 million towards tsunami recovery and reconstruction efforts in Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today. Premium content -
Monday 12 October 2009 10:35pm
Melbourne, Australia : Dr Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino (28), a young scientist at the Melbourne's Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) was named as an inspirational role model and woman of the year, receiving the two awards from Australia's Cosmopolitan magazine recently. Premium content -
Monday 12 October 2009 9:00pm
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : I hope that NZ PM Key's visit (July 8, 2009), and Minister for Foreign Affairs McCully (July 20, 2009), to Tonga were not empty promises to removing barriers in Tonga-NZ trade policies.Tongan farmers are still handicapped by more trade barriers. -Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Sunday 11 October 2009 3:25pm
Cook islands : Greenpeace today called for the arrest of the captain of the Japanese ship Koyu Maru 3, which Greenpeace caught fishing illegally in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Cook Islands. Premium content -
Sunday 11 October 2009 3:04pm
Hunganga, Niuatoputapu : Three waves actually hit Niuatoputapu, each successively bigger than the last - the final one higher than the coconut trees. Premium content -
Sunday 11 October 2009 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Wealthy housewives are loading their shopping trolleys under a cringing weight of organic produce sold twice the price its non-organic version. I am talking here about the wide spectrum now available from beautiful, humble, red tomatoes to exorbitantly expensive organic hemp denim jeans pinned to their shapelu bottoms by a bespoke tailor on her last plastic surgery safari to Johannesburg. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2009 6:15pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : Kataki kae faka'au atumu'a 'eku fakamalo 'i he loto hounga mo'oni k he si'i fiekaungamamahi 'oku ha mai mei he Matangi Tonga. akamalo atu kihe 'Eiki Minisista Labor and Commerce, Lisiate 'Akau'ola neu fakahoko 'ene popoaki ki he Kovana 'o Amerika Samoa 'i he Emergency Operation Center (EOC) he pongipongi pe hili 'a e Tsunami, pea lau pe ia ko e popoaki faka pule'anga mei Tonga. -Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa -
Thursday 8 October 2009 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prince Tungi headed a seven-member Tongan delegation in a brief visit to Samoa and American Samoa yesterday, Wednesday October 7 to convey the condolences of Tonga's king and people to the leaders and the people of Samoa and American Samoa for the loss of many lives following last week's tsunami. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2009 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The REVI, a French Navy Ship departed Nuku'alofa on its second trip to Niuatoputapu this afternoon with 30 tonnes of cargo of food, diesel, medical supplies and tyres donated by the Tongan Government, local churches and other organisations. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2009 5:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 71-year-old 'Anamalia Vea, the oldest survivor of the tsunami that wrecked Hihifo village and left nine dead in Niuatoputapu on September 30, is amazed that she came out of the churning waters alive. By Linny Folau, Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2009 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lying injured in Vaiola Hospital, 65-year-old Sulifa Losalu mourns the loss of her beloved husband Heneli Losalu (69) who died helping her to escape the September 30 tsunami wave they saw rushing toward their Hihifo, Niuatoputapu, home engulfing everything in its path. Premium content
