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Friday 3 September 2010 1:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : About 40,000 Tongan voters have registered for the 2010 Tonga General Election, to be held in November, after the final round of registration closed throughout Tonga on Tuesday August 31.
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Friday 3 September 2010 1:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Registration of candidates for the 2010 Tonga General Election will be held for two days in October on a day to be announced soon, said the Election Supervisor Pita Vuki on September 2. Premium content -
Thursday 2 September 2010 7:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers for Afghanistan are preparing to be deployed before Christmas this year, after flying to England at the end of September or in early October, for six weeks of training. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 7:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Interplast Australia and New Zealand team will visit Tonga from 11 25 September 2010 to assist Tongan National Health Services to conduct specialist consultation clinics and perform plastic and reconstructive surgery services. - Australian High Commission. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 7:06pm
Suva, Fiji : I must admit that the departure of two senior judges of the Supreme Court in recent times is quite disturbing. As a developing nation, this trend is a sign of an unhealthy judiciary and the state must inquire as to how this can be reversed. - Freddy Kavaha'apai. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 6:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Working together with the public to crack down on crimes in order to achieve safer communities, is the focus of a National Community Policing Coordination Centre, opened at the main Police Station compound in Longolongo on August 31. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, yesterday stated that Justice Andrew's statement that Cabinet had prematurely discontinued his appointment as Supreme Court judge was totally untrue and that Cabinet did no more than accede to his request to resign early from his appointment in order to take up a new one in Australia. - Issued by Prime Minister's Office. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Education USA Advising Centre was opened at the Tupou Tertiary Institute in Nuku'alofa last week providing resources for Tongans who are interested in pursuing a higher education in over 4000 universities or colleges in the United States. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 September 2010 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-days Interagency Border Management Workshop with the objective of strengthening Tonga's border security started in Nuku'alofa on Monday, August 30. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele in a press conference today strongly disputed a statement made by the departing Mr Justice Warwick Andrew that he was not allowed to continue to sit in the Supreme Court by virtue of a cabinet decision. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A complaint under the Official Secrets Act by a Chief Executive Officer of a Government Ministry that information was being unofficially released, led police to seize four computers from the Finance ministry's Budget Division office last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three young Tongan boxers have returned home with a medal each, a gold, a silver and a bronze medal from the Oceania Boxing Tournament, held in Canberra from August 6-9. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With nearly year to go before Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi face the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup on September 9, a national "Tonga A" rugby team is preparing in Nuku'alofa for the America's Rugby Championship in September, this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Supreme Court Judge and former chairman of the Ashika Inquiry, Mr Justice Warwick Andrew left Tonga abruptly yesterday, August 30, more than a month before his contract was due to expire on October 5, after he said he was told not to continue hearing cases and to hand over his files to the Chief Justice Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The king in Privy Council on Friday, 27 August 2010 appointed the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele as the Acting Governor of Vava'u. In a statement yesterday, August 30, the Prime Minister's Office said that the Acting Governor would travel to Vava'u later this week. Vava'u has been without a governor since the death of Lord Luani in May. The Prime Minister now holds three additional portfolios, as the Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Acting Governor of Vava'u. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 August 2010 4:13pm
Suva, Fiji : The Australian Government today said it had not altered visa eligibility arrangements for Tongans. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2010 3:44pm
Washington, DC and Hong Kong, SAR China : The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, today launched its Asian hub, operating from Hong Kong, SAR China and Singapore - expanding the agency's reach beyond its Washington, DC headquarters and signaling a strong emphasis on inbound and outbound Asian investment. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2010 5:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I would maintain there is accountability with check and balance in place with the appointment and functional duties of the office of Lord Chancellor and others, to ensure independence of the judiciary. The repealed Judiciary Services Commission, glaringly lacked accountability with the required check and balance in place, to ensure, as Mokofisi has relayed, it does not run afoul of the law. - Moto Ki Lau Hola. Premium content -
Saturday 28 August 2010 9:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Kalaniuvalu Fotofili (35) and Marcella Taumoepeau-Tupou (33) were married today at the Free Wesleyan Centenary Church in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Saturday 28 August 2010 5:48am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Majesty King George Tupou V in Privy Council appointment Michael Dishington Scott as the new Chief Justice of Tonga yesterday, August 27. Premium content
