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Tuesday 1 May 2012 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Cabinet Ministers took up their new Ministerial portfolios today, May 1.
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Tuesday 1 May 2012 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five men remain in custody after an armed robbery at a Chinese shop in Ma'ufanga on Saturday night, April 28, led to arrests the following day. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 May 2012 3:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A program to enhance the leadership quality of secondary school principals was launched in Nuku'alofa last Thursday, April 26. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 9:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new constitution for the establishment of a new Tonga Rugby Union Inc. was unanimously adopted in a special meeting of the Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU on Saturday 28 April. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first sitting of Tonga's Court of Appeal ended at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa and delivered judgments, that reduced the imprisonment sentence of a man who was convicted of raping and indecently assaulting a 19-year-old girl, who was his close relative.2 comments Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala (27), first in line to the Tongan throne will wed Hon Sinaitakala Tu'imatamoana 'i Fanakavalangi Fakafanua (25) on 12 July, 2012 at the Centenary Church, Saione in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 12:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Royal International Hotel, near Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport will today, Monday, April 30 have a new name, the Scenic Hotel Tonga, said Ross Brljenich, the hotel's general manager. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 12:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice James Burchett (81), Tonga's longest serving judge of its Court of Appeal, for 20 years, retired from the service on Friday, April 27. Premium content -
Friday 27 April 2012 10:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first six directors of Tonga's first National Retirement Benefits Fund were announced last night following an election yesterday, April 26. Premium content -
Thursday 26 April 2012 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is one of two countries bidding to host the Pacific Games for the first time in 2019. Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano, in supporting the bid, said that a nomination for Tonga to host the games would provide a much needed financial injection into the economy. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 April 2012 2:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Tonga plans to launch a new weekly newspaper next month, becoming the fifth weekly newspaper in Tonga.2 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2012 10:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A stash of burgled items, including a dental air compressor stolen from Vaiola Hospital, was recovered after raids on 10 locations by a special investigative team, that was set up by the police to crack down on an epidemic of housebreakings and theft that has plagued the capital, Nuku'alofa, for a long time. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2012 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Tourist Association now has 181 financial members, as well as 280 members from 14 affiliated groups, throughout Tonga, and branches in Australia and the United States of America, the Annual General Meeting was told on April 21, when the new executive officers and committee for 2012 was elected. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2012 1:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ANZAC Day 2012 will be observed in Tonga on Wednesday 25 April with a dawn service at the Cenotaph to commemorate the servicemen and women from Australia, New Zealand and Tonga who fought and died in the interests of world peace. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2012 9:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : FROM OUR ARCHIVES, 24 April 2012. Two Tongan grandmothers who attended India's Barefoot College last year, have returned home with new skills ready to start installing new solar panels to provide electricity in under-privileged homes in their swampland community of 'Isileli. FROM OUR ARCHIVES, 24 April 2012. -
Monday 23 April 2012 11:05am
Manila, Philippines : In the Western Pacific Region, two to three million people per year contract diseases that could be prevented by immunization. These diseases cause severe illness and, in some cases, death, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated in launching World Immunization Week on April 23. Premium content -
Saturday 21 April 2012 8:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Government this afternoon announced the reassignment of four of its Cabinet Ministers effective on 1 May.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 21 April 2012 8:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Air New Zealand flight to Auckland was delayed an hour from departing Fua'amotu International Airport this afternoon, due to a breach in security, after two passengers boarded through the VIP area and had not been properly screened. Premium content -
Saturday 21 April 2012 8:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Singer Spawnbreezie is in Nuku'alofa and will perform a concert tonight at 'Api Fo'ou College Hall, in Ma'ufanga. Premium content -
Thursday 19 April 2012 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Government is understood to have reshuffled six of its Cabinet Ministers this month but they have not taken up their new portfolios. Premium content
