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Thursday 11 February 2010 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Provisional Survey Certificate for the Princess Ashika prepared on July 3, 2009 was backdated to the day before, July 2, as directed by the Acting Director of Marine Viliami Tu'ipulotu to a Computer Operator at the Marine Division of the Ministry of Transport, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Ashika was told on February 8.
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Thursday 11 February 2010 12:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Minister for Information and Communications, Hon 'Eseta Fusitu'a, said today that the construction of the new inter-island ferry that is being built by the Japanese Government, was delayed for three years because of protests and objections from Mr. 'Uliti Uata, Member of Parliament for Ha'apai, and owner of the Uata Shipping Line, to the negotiations between the Governments of Tonga and Japan in 2005. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 8:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A preliminary Inspection Report conducted by Tongan Surveyors this week on a possible replacement vessel for the Princess Ashika in Malaysia, revealed an open deck that would drench cargo unless covered, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Ashika sinking discovered on February 9. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kalesita Taumoepeau, an Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Transport who was a personal assistant to former Transport Minister Paul Karalus, asserted him as being very diligent, honest and hardworking in relation to his work. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 2:00pm
Suva, Fiji : The Fiji Mineworkers Union members who have been on strike at Vatukoula for a record number of more than 19 years have now taken their grievance to the International Labour Organization and the Human Rights Council. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 12:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This is a show to make the public believe government is actually doing something about corruption. Government doesn't help rugby league and the local players, and those that do help within the approved authority of the law are not even given one ounce of assistance. - Siosaia Moehau. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 12:25pm
New Zealand : Oxfam New Zealands Executive Director Barry Coates said a new report published ahead of the Pacific conference on the global economic recession, Vanuatu February 10-12, highlighted the fact that economic growth in the Pacific had not always led to improvements in peoples lives and reductions in poverty. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 12:12pm
USA : Kole atu mu'a kia Minisita 'Eseta Fusitu'a ke 'ofa mai 'o fai ha fakamatala fakapotopoto 'o fakatatau ki hono poto mo e taukei ngaue kuo ne ma'u. Ko 'ene 'ita he 'eke ange 'e he faiongoongo kiai felave'i mo e Kalauni 'o e Tu'i hono toe fakafoki ke fakangingila mei Pilitania, kapau ne ne fai mo ne 'oange 'a e tali totonu he 'ikai toe fiu 'eke 'e he faiongoongo mei muli ka ko e 'atunga ia 'enau heliaki mo e holi ke kofukofu'i e ngaahi fakamatala, kuopau ke vakili ia 'ehe taha faiongoongo he ko 'ene ngaue ia ke 'eke me'a 'oku 'ikai ke fakapapau'i mo 'eke me'a 'oku fakangalingali koe'uhi ka ne tuku atu he ongoongo 'a e mo'oni mo e totonu ki he kakai.-Faletonga Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2010 11:45am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : I was a young student at 'Atenisi when it was in Kolofo'ou. I have been a great admirer of Futa since Atenisi Institute was relocated to a block away from my family's resident in Kolomotu'a. -Sione Lousiale Kava Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2010 10:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Arriving in Tonga tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 9 February, on a private aircraft, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, will meet with Tongan royalty and government officials. Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2010 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Due diligence is the normal process prior to the purchasing of anything, the Manager of the Regional Maritime Program of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Captain John Hogan told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Ashika, at the Fa'onelua Convention Center this afternoon, February 8. Premium content -
Sunday 7 February 2010 1:45pm
Hanover, USA : Futa Helu was an extraordinary person, a strong and compassionate teacher. I first met him when I brought a group of Dartmouth College students to study the music of Tonga for three months in 1973. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Dr. Feleti Vakauta Sevele, revealed, in an interview with Kalafi Moala of TMN Television earlier this week, that the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, 'Alisi Taumoepeau, was asked to resign because she had deliberately misled Cabinet by concealing the truth, and for challenging His Majestys constitutional authority to appoint an independent Attorney General.5 comments Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A three-days Pacific Regional Workshop on Communication and Good Governance was officially opened in Nuku'alofa on February 2 by Tonga's Minister of Information and Communication, Mrs 'Eseta Fusitu'a, who shared an anecdote about how foreign media asked her "irritating" questions. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 5:47pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : It has been said that , "if it looks like a duck, walk like a duck and quack like a duck, more than likely, it is a duck". Incompetence in any language and form is still incompetence. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : FROM OUR ARCHIVES. Powerful weapons including a semi automatic assault rifle of a kind used in gang warfare, have been seized by the police in Tonga who are this week urging the public to report the whereabouts of other illegal weapons that may be on the island. -
Thursday 4 February 2010 12:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Charter flights to get stranded students and teachers from Tonga's outer islands back to school, are being funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments after Tonga's ferry services have collapsed. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United States Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, arrived in Nuku'alofa on February 3 for a three-days visit to conduct a joint operation with the Tonga Defence Service in maritime enforcement authority. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 5:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The price of electricity will go up by 3.75 seniti to 86.89 seniti per kWh, starting this month, February 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2010 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Professor 'Ilaisa Futa 'i Ha'angana Helu (75) passed away at Vaiola Hospital, Tongatapu, at around 2:45pm yesterday, Tuesday February 2. Premium content
