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Tuesday 11 May 2010 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will send a team to compete in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, from October 3-14, this year and the team is to be announced in September.
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Tuesday 11 May 2010 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Japan has today committed a total of $38 million pa'anga to Tonga, for construction that includes a new Outpatient Department, Dental Unit and Nursing School, and solar power for Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 6:39pm
Suva, Fiji : Political problems have escalated to the extent where the independence of the judiciary is called into question and the AG resigning from his post. It is sad that even well qualified expatriates are leaving the Kingdom's shores. I really can't blame them. If our own scholars and well educated people are leaving because they are tired of hitting their heads against the brick wall, then don't expect other qualified expatriates to remain long. - F. Kavaha'apai. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 5:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nineteen-year-old Tupou Vaivai Pole'o Palu of Houma who killed Silivesiteli Tonga'uiha (35) after repeatedly hitting him on the head, was sentenced to life imprisonment on May 10, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Providing greater awareness among Pacific Island countries on how to effectively respond and manage the aftermath of both man-made and natural disasters, is one of the aims of the first Pacific Emergency and Disaster Management Workshop for Polynesia held in Nuku'alofa this week. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 1:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will receive 90,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine in addition to the first batch of 10,000 doses that was received in March this year. Necessary ancillary items, such as syringes, needles and supplement to the operational costs will also be provided. This has been made possible with the generous support from donor partners of WHO, including Australia and New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 11:48am
USA : Despite the high praises for Mr. Cauchi by many people, I see his departure as a captain abandoning ship when the seas get too rough. Now he is back in Australia in the comfort of his own home while injustice continues in Tonga's Judiciary. And what of the Ashika victims? They will continue live on with the memories of their loss without any real hope for justice. - Soni Uata. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 11:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two new and safer prison blocks are being constructed at a cost of over $1 million pa'anga at Tonga's main Hu'atolitoli Prison, Vaini, Tongatapu, and over 100 prisoners are expected to be moved there in June. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 May 2010 11:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There were smiles on the faces of Paumolevuka Tu'i of Talafo'ou and Mafua Kiokata of Nukunuku when they received two new wheelchairs and commodes that would make life a lot easier and mobile for them, following a tragic road accident that left the two sportsmen paralysed two years ago. Premium content -
Monday 10 May 2010 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A house fire caused by a candle razed a home situated beside the Janfull International Dateline Hotel at around 4:00 am this morning, March 10. Fortunately, the occupants including a mother and her one-year-old baby escaped without injuries. Premium content -
Monday 10 May 2010 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Criminal investigators at the Tonga Police Services are being trained in the art of forensic digital photography using the latest equipment provided by the Australian Federal Police, during a workshop in Nuku'alofa, starting May 10. Premium content -
Monday 10 May 2010 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hong Kong businessman Dr Sam Wang, the owner of the Royal Tonga International Hotel at Fua'amotu died in Tongatapu from natural causes on May 8. Premium content -
Sunday 9 May 2010 5:15pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Whichever system Tonga's transformational government adopts, the independence of a Judiciary Branch is paramount in establishing people's respect and trust in such a government. An Absolute Monarch rules an oligarchy that denies the full democratic benefits of egalitarianism in a society. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Sunday 9 May 2010 5:06pm
USA : May all the leaders and people in Tonga including, royalty, political, religious, businesses and family, learn from Mr. Cauchi. - Fuai'api Sime. Premium content -
Sunday 9 May 2010 11:11am
Auckland, New Zealand : The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will be visiting Tonga during the week of May 22-28. Ms Cate Kerr, WSPA (Australia) and Karen Galvan, South Pacific Animal Welfare (New Zealand) are flying in to meet stakeholders to discuss options to work within the community developing sustainable animal management solutions in the Kingdom of Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 8 May 2010 10:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nuku'alofa's Fire Services saved the lower deck of the Pacific Blue 18, after the fishing vessel's wheelhouse caught on fire on Friday morning, May 7 at Faua Wharf. Premium content -
Friday 7 May 2010 10:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : If there was any doubt over the fact that the Tongan Legislative Assembly did not properly approve the boundaries of the 17 constituencies and the number of voters per constituency, before it closed its 2009 session on the evening of April 20, then the digital copies of the Minutes of proceedings in the House on April 19-20 clearly show that two different motions relating to the boundaries of constituencies were left hanging in mid-air when the House officially closed its 2009 session on the evening of April 20. By Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 6 May 2010 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The European Union has agreed to provide a grant worth TOP$24 million to support Tonga's budget and improve its electricity distribution network to rural areas. Premium content -
Thursday 6 May 2010 10:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 42-year-old Customs Officer from Halaleva, Tevita Pati Kata, has pleaded not guilty to the importation and possession of the illicit drug methamphetamine, worth an estimated NZD$10-17 million, following a large drug bust last September by Tonga Police. Premium content -
Thursday 6 May 2010 8:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupou Vaivai Pole'o Palu (19) of Houma appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this week accused of the murder of Silivesiteli Tonga'uiha in Houma on August 9, 2009. Premium content
