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Thursday 3 March 2011 9:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku ou fakamalo atu heni ki he'etau Kau Loea 'i Nu'u Sila Mataitini Fotu, Sione Fonua mo 'Amelia Saafi ho'omou feinga 'oku fai ke fakamahino pe ko e 'api ko 'Atalanga na'e fakatau 'e he Pule'anga. 'Oku mahu'inga ho'omou 'ohake 'a e me'a ni he 'oku tau fanongo pe 'oku 'i ai mo e 'api 'o e Pule'anga 'i London, San Francisco mo New York, ka ko hai kuo sio he ngaahi Tohi Fakatau 'api ko ia. - Sione 'Uhilamoelangi Liava'a. -
Thursday 3 March 2011 9:18pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Mr. Public wants to see a published list of the directors' salaries, and on down to the meter-person. Have they been offered salary reductions, early retirements, etc., to reduce labor costs? A comparison of those salaries to the public sector's comparable wages should shed some light on how efficient and cost-conscious TPL's management is. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Thursday 3 March 2011 2:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : " 'Eva Mai 2011", a Tonga Tourism Experience Program was opened by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre yesterday, March 2. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 March 2011 11:54am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Night of Prayer (Po Lotu) for the people of the earthquake stricken city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was held at the Centenary Church of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga on Sunday evening, February 27, where nIne choirs from different churches joined in a memorial service. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 March 2011 11:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's drivers have responded well to breath testing with less than one per cent of tests detecting positive alcohol during the first two months of testing. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 March 2011 10:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 50th anniversary of the United States Peace Corps was commemorated in Tonga today, March 1, with the unveiling of a plaque on the central Nuku'alofa waterfront. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 March 2011 9:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A large decline in remittances to Tonga is slowing down the economy while the inflation rate is expected to rise continually over the next six months, causing a weak domestic economy, Tonga's Reserve Bank has reported. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 March 2011 1:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will be without a king for ten days, starting today when HM King George Tupou V will leave for Los Angeles and will not return until March 10. Premium content -
Monday 28 February 2011 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paul Karalus, Tonga's former Minister of Transport told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Thursday, February 24, that he had relied entirely on the maritime expertise of the marine surveyors and the Acting Director of Marine, defendant Viliami Tu'ipulotu and they had never told him of any concern they had about the seaworthiness of the MV Princess Ashika. Premium content -
Monday 28 February 2011 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 10th military contingent has deployed to the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands RAMSI, leaving Tonga on Friday, February 25. Premium content -
Monday 28 February 2011 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A New Zealand engine mechanic David Shaw who inspected the main engines of the MV Princess Ashika in Fiji on April 2009 told the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on February 24, that he never signed an Audit Report dated April 6-8, 2009 nor did he authorise anyone to do so. Premium content -
Sunday 27 February 2011 9:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Tonga, along with church leaders of the nation, will hold a special church service tomorrow evening, Sunday 27th February, to pray for the community of Christchurch as well as the New Zealand government, following the devastating earthquake on Tuesday 22nd February. - PMO, 26/02/27. Premium content -
Sunday 27 February 2011 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Senior Marine Engineer, Lou Pale, one of the three surveyors who surveyed the MV Princess Ashika after it arrived in Nuku'alofa from Fiji on July 2, 2009 told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 23 that he had never surveyed a vessel with so many deficiencies as the Ashika and the vessel was unsuitable to sail on Tongan waters. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 February 2011 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An eight -members group of volunteers from the South Pacific Animal Welfare SPAW are finishing off a month long animal care clinics that was launched after they arrived in Tonga on February 7. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 February 2011 10:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The implementation of a newly structured Tonga Police was officially declared by the Minister of Police, Hon. Dr Viliami Latu on Monday, February 21, when he announced the appointment by the government of Police Commander Chris Kelley as Tonga's first Police Commissioner. Premium content -
Monday 21 February 2011 5:33pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : The Government of New Caledonia and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have signed three agreements today to fund interventions to reduce public health risks resulting from contaminated drinking water, inadequate sanitation and drought. - SPC. Premium content -
Monday 21 February 2011 6:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Alex Thursby, the CEO for ANZ Bank Asia Pacific, Europe and America said on his arrival in Nuku'alofa on Thursday, February 17 that for the Pacific to increase its economic development it should "capitalize on its proximity to Asia and the growing connections it has with the region." Premium content -
Monday 21 February 2011 1:55am
Rome, Italy : In a world that has 1.6 billion people who are overweight, the biggest challenge to mobilizing action against hunger is that hunger is becoming invisible in places, "and in a world exploding with prosperity and possibility we have become morally bankrupt, we have lost the sense of compassion. . .," UN Messenger of Peace HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein said this weekend, appealing to leaders who can make a difference for the rural poor. - By Mary Lyn Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 20 February 2011 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Commander of the Tonga Defence Services Brigadier General Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, and Navy Commander Sione Fifita were bearers of good news from the 55 soldiers who are currently serving in Afghanistan to their wives, mothers, children and their loved ones who were at the TDS headquarter, Sene last Friday, February 18 to hear the latest news from Afghanistan. Premium content -
Friday 18 February 2011 1:05pm
London, UK : Ministers and senior officials responsible for promoting women's empowerment and gender equality in the Commonwealth will meet in New York from 19-20 February 2011. - Commonwealth Secretariat. Premium content
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