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Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Bidding to operate Tonga's interim inter-island ferry service closed last week and the successful operator is expected to be announced later this month.
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Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Chathams Pacific's two 50-seater Convair aircraft have been cleared to resume Tonga's domestic service today but its small aircraft remains grounded, the Tonga Ministry of Transport has confirmed. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:00pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islands Forum's Ministerial Contact Group (MCG) on Fiji met in Auckland, New Zealand Yesterday, 31 May 2010, to continue Forum efforts to engage with Fiji authorities on addressing the situation in Fiji. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Niuas Noble's Representative in the Tongan Legislative Assembly, Noble Tangipa, was acquitted by a jury on June 1, on the charge of causing grievous bodily harm by stabbing Gerhard Sanft with a knife at the Hotel Nuku'alofa in 2008. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 3:02pm
Sydney, Australia : The parliament of Tonga has failed to learn anything from the Princess Ashika disaster. The idea that is prevalent among the PRs is to implement the new form of government regardless of the faults and leave all their shortcomings for the new parliament to fix, is analogous to the government hoping the rust infested Princess Ashika can survive to the arrival of the new Olovaha. - Inoke Fotu Huakau. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Asian persons residing in Tongatapu were robbed and held at gunpoint early Saturday morning, May 29 at the Tu'imatamoana Wharf on Vuna Road. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 11:30am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Many of my debating colleagues in this forum who professed to support our Monarchy, are not aware they're jeopardizing His Majesty's moral governance as our Monarch de jure. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 10:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A security guard was shot in the chest after a person in a passing vehicle in central Nuku'alofa fired at him outside a Nuku'alofa nightclub early on Saturday morning, May 29. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 10:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Inter-island air services by Tonga's sole domestic airline Chathams Pacific remain suspended awaiting the completion of investigation into its 8-seater Queen aircraft emergency landing at Fua'amotu Airport on May 26. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 10:14pm
Canberra, Australia : With the death of Kalaniuvalu last month, Tonga has lost a man who did much to preserve the long and distinguished history of the royal families of Tonga. By Geoffrey Clark. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The popular Billfish Bar and Restaurant on the Nuku'alofa waterfront celebrated its 15th birthday on May 4. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kelemete Latu, who set fire to a small bush hut owned by a friend at Matahau in 2007 because his friend stole his clothes, received a nine months suspended sentence on condition of good behaviour. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 10:12am
Geneva, Switzerland : In observance of World No Tobacco Day 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging global action to protect women and girls against the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use Premium content -
Saturday 29 May 2010 10:28am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The jury trial of Noble Tangipa who has been charged with the causing of grievous bodily harm by stabbing a young man with a knife in 2008 continued at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 28. Premium content -
Saturday 29 May 2010 10:15am
London, United Kingdom : Loloahi Tapui from Leimatu'a Vava'u, was found guilty at the Southwark Crown Court on April 9 for fraud, possession of false identity documents and overstaying her student visa in the United Kingdom. Premium content -
Friday 28 May 2010 4:07pm
Nomuka, Ha'apai,Tonga : Mokofisi misleads the public by claiming that "Christian belief praises men to rule over women," and unfairly critiques Tongan government, Tongan culture, and Tongan churches for being male-dominated. Nowhere in the Bible supports the above claim about Christianity. Making such claim without any further qualifications distorts biblical teachings about the status of women in society. - Senituli Penitani. Premium content -
Thursday 27 May 2010 11:00am
Toulouse, France : Finau Maka, a Tongan Rugby star in France, was arrested and subsequently released by police who were investigating a charge of keeping an illegal immigrant as his personal slave at his home in Toulouse this week. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 5:00pm
Fua'amotu,Tongatapu : Six passengers and two pilots are safe after an emergency landing of a Chathams Pacific's 8 Seater aircraft this morning when the nose wheel failed to lock and collapsed on landing at Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A parliamentarian, Noble Tangipa is appearing at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this week charged with the offence of causing grievous bodily harm in a stabbing incident committed in July 2008. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At approximately 11:15am this morning (Wednesday 26 May) Chathams Pacifics 8 Seat Queen Air Aircraft suffered a nose wheel collapse on landing at Fuaamotu Airport. - Chathams Pacific Premium content
