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Friday 14 October 2011 2:25pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Ko e kelekele na'e tuku ki he langi 'e he 'Uluaki Faa, ko e Kovinanite ia 'oku makatu'unga ai hotau Tonga, pea na'e fakatapui ia ke 'oua na'a faifai pea fakatau atu 'o tatau aipe pe ko hai. Paula Kava.
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Friday 14 October 2011 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a year that has seen a dramatic increase in armed robberies in Tonga, parliament voted to massively reduce the penalties for the illegal possession of firearms - slashing the maximum penalty from $5,000 to only $1,000 and from five years imprisonment to only one year. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 1:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Robert Shuster ordered a warrant of arrest to be issued for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he did not turn up at the Supreme Court for arraignment on a count of unlawful possession of ammunition, this morning, October 14. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Lasike is expected to appear at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa today on the charge of unlawful possession of ammunition for .22 rifles. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:32am
Goodlands, Tasmania,Australia : I was interested to see "the whisper in your ear" incident. The previous government had little regard for proper procedure. Tonga is now paying the price for the neglect of the previous government. John Cauchi. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Defence Services rugby team enters the semifinal at the first International Defence Rugby Cup Competition after beating the New Zealand Defence Force 27-26 in Sydney yesterday, October 13. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new export fish market facility remains unfinished while the government is looking for donor funding to complete it, and to hopefully boost Tonga's dying fishing industry. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2011 8:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A parliamentary tour report presented by 'Akilisi Pohiva to the House was thrown out on October 5 after a majority concluded that the report was irrelevant, unreliable and not clearly representing the views of his constituency, Tongatapu 1. The decision was unprecedented in the history of parliamentary tours. The member's response to the criticisms was that the report was written by a woman who accompanied him. From the House By Pesi Fonua. Premium Content. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2011 6:21am
Washington DC,USA : Tulou, Tulou mo Ha'a Moheofo Mo Ha'a Takiama he anga 'o e nofo 'Otua mo Tonga ko hota Tofi'a Vilingia 'eta Fuka ko Hono ta'ata'a. - Tu'iono & Fa'otusia. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 8:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sea cucumber harvesting season was extended for two weeks from September 30, the Ministry of Fisheries confirmed today, October 15. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 7:35pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : A 22-year-old man from Ovaka was found guilty on the charge of manslaughter by negligence over the death of a 15-year-old girl from Ha'alaufuli who died after drowning when the small fishing vessel she was on sank on its way from Neiafu to Ovaka Island, on 11 August 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ikale Tahi captain Finau Maka was popular in pink today as a special guest at an annual fundraising luncheon for the "Pink October Breast Cancer Awareness" programme. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : By the end of this week the Cabinet should make a definite decision on whether parliament should close on October 20 before it reopens again in February, or just take a long break to February before closing, the Minister of Justice, Hon Clive Edwards told the Tongan parliament on Monday, 10 October. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 10:30pm
Australia : Australia may be sheltering hundreds of millions of black dollars funnelled out of South Pacific countries by corrupt politicians and public officials, with the money laundering being tolerated by an unconcerned federal government. The Age. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : CHIEF Inspector Pelenatita Fe'ao (40) of the Tonga Police has been selected by the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as their new Coordinator of the Pacific Islands Contingents in Honiara. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : LOOKING at the future directions of Policing in Tonga is the theme of a Tonga Police, Prisons and Fire Services 42nd Commissioned Officers Annual Conference held from October 11-13, at the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longolongo. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 62-year-old woman died at Vaiola Hospital after being hit by a van in the driveway of her home at Houmakelikao on October 5. Premium content -
Monday 10 October 2011 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King George Tupou V is currently in the United States for medical consultations in Los Angeles. Premium content -
Sunday 9 October 2011 4:50pm
Panama City, Panama : "Rich countries have long promised to take the lead on reducing emissions but are now insisting on shifting the burden onto developing countries. In good faith, developing countries have proposed to reduce 5 gigatonnes of emissions. Rich countries have proposed just 4 gigatonnes of their own reductions, and with the loopholes on accounting rules they want, they actually are proposing closer to zero reductions. In Panama it looks like a rowing boat with all the oars and effort only on one side." Lim Li Lin, legal expert at TWN. Premium content -
Sunday 9 October 2011 4:39pm
Panama City, Panama : The G77 and China remains fully committed to this negotiations and to make the COP17/CMP7 in Durban a success, with a balanced and comprehensive outcome under the experience leadership of South Africa. "The Group believes this resumed session in Panama has proved to be of great added value, with positive results in terms of making concrete progress in order to arrive in Durban with greater clarity, an improved mutual understanding and concrete texts to work on, in several cases." - The Group of 77 and China. Premium content
