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Wednesday 26 May 2010 12:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Talia'uli (31) of Popua was sentenced on May 21 to life imprisonment for the murder of his four-year-old-son Tutei Talia'uli whom he repeatedly assaulted at Popua, in September last year.
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Monday 24 May 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Luani (50) who passed away in Vava'u on 12 May was laid to rest at the Tufu mo Kale Cemetery, at the village of Malapo. Tongatapu, on Friday, May 21. Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 9:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The issue of waste management for Small Island Pacific nations is a highly challenging one and is no stranger to Tongan shores Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 6:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine competing High Schools will be competing today for the four top teams to be awarded an initial capital to set up their businesses, manufacture their products and start selling them to the public. Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 6:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A meeting was held in Nuku'alofa last week to discuss ways in which the Tongan tourism industry can benefit from the recently signed Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM). Premium content -
Sunday 23 May 2010 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was carried throughout Tongatapu on Friday, May 21 by over 100 bearers, including sportsmen and women, enthusiastic Primary School children, business people and diplomats. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 9:58pm
Vatican City, Rome : Tonga's Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele met the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI on May 20 in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 9:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A senior police officer, sent to prison for one year for assaulting and injuring a man in custody in 2008, was told by Tonga's Chief Justice that the sentence would deter other police officers from taking the law into their own hands. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Chinese national, a woman residing in Tongatapu who appeared at a Preliminary Inquiry at the Fasi Magistrate's Court on May 19, will be charged in the Supreme Court with trafficking persons into Tonga, keeping a brothel and trading in prostitution. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga to look at small business development was Ronald N Langston from Washington D.C. who spoke at a Tonga Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Billfish Bar, Nuku'alofa on 17 May on theme of developing opportunities for small and medium enterprises, and building strategic alliance between businesses to help them grow. Premium content -
Friday 21 May 2010 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Taimi Media Network, operator of the Television Tonga 2 Channel, ceased broadcasting on May 7. Premium content -
Friday 21 May 2010 5:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Licenses for the harvesting and the exporting of Bech-de-mers from Tonga have been issued to eleven operators so far, since the beginning of the Bech-de-mers harvesting season on April 1. Premium content -
Thursday 20 May 2010 10:02pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : The Parliamentarians' action reflected Tongan men's attitude towards women: "a bastion of male chauvinism." The law discriminates against women, Christian belief praises men to rule over women, and our culture plays lip service to injustices against women in our society. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Thursday 20 May 2010 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games touched down at Fua'amotu International Airport on May 19, making Tonga the 60th country to receive the baton since it left Buckingham Palace in London in November 2009. Premium content -
Thursday 20 May 2010 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 48-year-old man from Angaha was found dead in his plantation in 'Eua on Wednesday, May 12 after his family reported him missing on the same day, according to the weekly Tonga Police report. Premium content -
Thursday 20 May 2010 2:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : To say Tonga is an absolute monarchy is blatantly false; Tonga is a Constitutional Monarchy. To claim that Tonga's judiciary is not independent is also not true. Mr. Mokofisi's claims are unfounded because he contradicts and does not take into account the proven history of Tonga's judiciary independence and integrity demonstrated on a number of levels and issues. - Daniel K. Fale. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 May 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pirates from 31 yachts raided Big Mama's Yacht Club at the Pangaimotu Island Resort on Monday evening for the Great Fancy Dress Party of the 2010 Big Mama's Tonga Rally. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 May 2010 3:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A major function of the Electricity Commission is to independently regulate (control) the electricity tariff (price) paid by Tongan consumers. There are two elements in the tariff (price of power), the fuel component and the non-fuel component. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 May 2010 10:40am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia will provide Tonga with an estimated A$27.8million in official development assistance in 2010-11. This represents a A$6.5million increase compared to the estimates of official development assistance to Tonga for 2009-10. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 May 2010 6:40am
Nomuka, Ha'apai : As long as we glue "monarchy" to whatever form of government we create, we should not be surprised whenever the King and the Privy Council manipulate or coerce the Judiciary. It happened in the past. It's happening now. And, it will happen again as long as Tonga's current "political sun" still shines. It is a logical consequence of being under a monarchy. - Senituli Penitani. Premium content
