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Tuesday 9 March 2010 5:12pm
San Francisco, USA : I hereby wish to respond to Lopeti Senituli's letter of March 5, 2010 in which he was defending the Government Procurement System. In his defense, he accused Ms. Norah Mallaney of Washington DC, USA of contradicting ( in his words - ". . . is full of contradictions ") the Procure System of the Government of Tonga. -Siosaia Fatani.
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Tuesday 9 March 2010 4:36pm
Tokyo, Japan : The Wild Knights rugby team of the Sanyo Electric Corporation became Japan's national rugby club champion for 2010 after beating the Toyota's Verblitz 22-17 on 28 February. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2010 6:18am
Geneva, Switzerland : International Womens Day takes place every year and is a global day that emerged from women activist movements at the turn of the twentieth century. The day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2010 5:54am
London, UK : Today's societies are constantly seeking ways to improve their quality of life, and science and technology play a vital part in that search. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 5:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government has committed AUD$7 million dollars for three years funding of a new Health Systems Support Program with Tonga's Ministry of Health, focussing on key priority health areas such as reducing the prevalence of non communicable diseases in the country and will help to improve community health care. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eleven remote islands communities in Vava'u and islands off Tongatapu will benefit from the installation of new solar power home systems this year under a Project funded by the Japanese Government. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 4:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six outstanding women from different walks of life in Tongatapu who despite the everyday struggle of trying to earn a living for their family had emerged successful, were applauded today with a special presentation of gift packs and money in celebration of the International Women's Day on March 8. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 4:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Certificate and Diploma in Media and Journalism Class has received new sets of equipment amounting to $20,000 from the Pacific Island News Association through the assistance of AUSAid. Premium content -
Friday 5 March 2010 3:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr. Chairman and Commissioners, various counsel, ladies and gentlemen Mr. Chairman, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to make a short statement in conclusion of my evidence. Premium content -
Friday 5 March 2010 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Norah Mallaney's letter, "Major weaknesses in Tonga's procurement system" (3 Mar 10) is full of contradictions. Premium content -
Thursday 4 March 2010 8:45am
Savai'i, Samoa : The Royal Commission is in the process of finalising its report and everyone has their own theory as to what happened, didn't happen, was supposed to happen... One would expect from all the errors, deficiencies and shortfalls identified; that causal factors will be determined, as well as contributory factors, and from that the required corrective & preventative actions recommended for implementation. - Siu 'Ulua Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:45pm
Tofoa, Tongatapu : I write to express my great concern about the incorrect . . . article in Matangi Tonga about Lord Dalgety being under 'House Arrest". I am aware that you were informed yesterday (Tuesday March 2) of the facts about Lord Dalgety's bail conditions by my brother Tavake Afeaki. Surely, we have learnt one thing from the Ashika tragedy and Inquiry - which is that we must all fulfil and discharge our duties fully and completely.... If you consider you were misled by the Police 'Press Statement', then by all means state this in your article. -Afeaki Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tu'i Uata of Uata Shipping Company, has been charged with bribery, the Tonga Police confirmed today. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The contributions to the Ashika Relief Fund, amounting to TOP$1,061,908.61, will be distributed to survivors and members of the families of those who died in the Ashika tragedy, on Friday, 5th March, 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 10:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A media restriction was imposed today on the court proceedings of a case between the Police and Ramsay R. Dalgety who is charged with perjury. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 8:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government is still negotiating a temporary inter-island ferry charter with the help of NZAID and Australia in order to restart the national inter-island service in April. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A written Magistrate's Court order for the Arrest of Lord Dalgety on Friday, February 26 was made available by the Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate this afternoon, and it stated that Lord Dalgety was to be remanded in custody for only 24 hours. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 12:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In recent weeks some correspondence passing between the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister has been published in the media here in Tonga. Some of the material published alleges that the Chief Justice either put "pressure" on someone to sign his contract or that he and the former Minister "colluded" to subvert the Constitution. These are serious allegations leveled at the Judiciary. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:10am
Washington DC, USA : Tongans will always remember the day the Princess Ashika sunk in the Pacific waters. Just days after the tragedy, I flew over that same ocean on my first trip to Tonga to participate in a discussion of Tonga's corruption and transparency challenges based on recent fieldwork my organization, Global Integrity, had conducted with a team of Tongan researchers and journalists. - Norah Mallaney Premium content -
Tuesday 2 March 2010 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Eva Mai Tonga Tourism Experience, a tourism promotion event, showcasing what the Tongan tourism industry has to offer to overseas tour wholesalers, tour operators and visitors, was officially launched by the Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele at Pangai Lahi, Nuku'alofa on March 2. Premium content
