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Monday 5 March 2012 6:09am
Nevada, USA : Hindus have cautiously welcomed new directive of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) that "Those whose names are submitted for proxy temple ordinances should be related to the submitter".
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Saturday 3 March 2012 9:00pm
United Nations, New York, USA : There is continuing hardship facing rural and outer island communities in Tonga, at a time when declining foreign remittances have reduced household incomes, a United Nations Commission the Status of Women, heard yesterday March 2. Premium content -
Saturday 3 March 2012 6:35pm
Ma'ufanga, Tonga : To those of us here in Tonga who have been affected by redevelopment contract administration, the whole episode reeks of a cover up and manipulated contract awards, so Dr [Teena] Brown Pulu's claim of unsubstantiated allegations is likely to be challenged on several fronts. - Henry Garrahy. -
Saturday 3 March 2012 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ita, a new English newspaper was launched by the owner Joseph Ramanlal and the guest of honor, the Minister of Police Hon Lisiate 'Akolo, at Longolongo yesterday afternoon, March 2. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2012 9:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The long awaited report of a Parliamentary Select Committee on how the Nuku'alofa Development Corporation NDC administered and spent the TOP$118 million loan from China for the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa, is still being prepared, according to Dr Sitiveni Halapua, a member of the Select Committee. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2012 3:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The formation of a new organization to support Tongan women in business has been "a challenging and exciting journey culminating in the establishment of our organization, WISE - Women in Sustainable Enterprises with 166 registered members," the President Robina Nakao, told the first Annual General Meeting of WISE Tonga Inc. on March 1. Premium content -
Friday 2 March 2012 11:44am
London, UK : The Rt Hon Sir Donald McKinnon has been appointed as the Special Envoy of the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to the Maldives. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 11:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On February 29, Tongatapu produced all of Tonga's 2012 Leap Year babies, with the arrivals of five boys and two girls1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 9:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former female employee at the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch has been released on bail after she was charged by police with 18 counts of embezzlement. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : our men who are charged in relation to an armed hold-up and robbery at the Westpac Bank of Tonga, Ma'ufanga branch, are to appear at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on March 30. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 9:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A preliminary inquiry of a police constable charged in relation to the importation and possession of controlled drugs, was adjourned to March 7, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 2:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The opening date for the new Vuna Wharf, reconstructed at a cost of $30 million and scheduled for early 2012, remains uncertain, with work still to be done around the wharf site before it can open for business. Mosese Lavemai, the CEO of the Nuku'alofa Port Authority, said on February 1, that although the reconstruction of the actual wharf was completed ahead of schedule in December 2011, additional work needed to be completed around the wharf before a date is set for an opening. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 6:07am
Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland academic Dr Teena Brown Pulu has published a book called "Shoot the Messenger" in which she claims that the Tonga Prime Minister's office suppressed her report into the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa central business district in Tonga following the 2006 riots. Her book was launched at AUT University in Auckland on February 29. Premium content -
Thursday 1 March 2012 5:42am
Sydney, Australia : The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Malaysia and four other countries starts in Melbourne on March 1. Civil society groups from those countries are in Melbourne to contest corporate influence and debate the issues. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 February 2012 2:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Nuku'alofa Central Business District CBD is like a town that is getting ready for a party, new buildings, new roads, new car park, and even a new wharf, and all that we are waiting for now are for the guests to arrive. Six years after riots destroyed the heart of Nuku'alofa on November 16, 2006, the reconstruction work funded by an TOP$118 million loan from China is expected to be completed by March 31 this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 February 2012 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government today announced it will provide $5 million to support health and education professionals in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 27 February 2012 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A woman in her late 30's remains in police custody, charged with causing grievous bodily harm to her husband, and attempted suicide, following a domestic incident at Nukunuku on February 23. Premium content -
Monday 27 February 2012 1:26pm
Vatican City, Rome : Tonga's King George Tupou V met the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI on February 24 in the Vatican City in Rome, and he gave the Pope a signed picture of himself. Premium content -
Saturday 25 February 2012 10:43am
Nukunuku, Tongatapu : A 4.5kw solar-panel to power a water pump for Nukunuku village, was donated by the German government, and launched by Dr Christian Ruck, on February 23. Dr Ruck is the first German Member of Parliament to visit Tonga, and as the Deputy Chairman of the caucus of the ruling party of the German parliament, he is in charge of overseas development, environment and energy. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 10:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The multi million pa'anga project to improve public roads and civil works in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District is on track to be completed by March 31. Premium content
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