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Tuesday 2 April 2013 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hon Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki the Minister of Education and Training is taking a month's leave from 3 April, and the Prime Minister will be Acting Minister of Education until she returns.
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Sunday 31 March 2013 4:16pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat PIFS will soon begin work on a case study of the Tonga Energy Roadmap (TERM) for regional and global learning and replication. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 10:54pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Future projections for Tonga’s current debt crisis are not looking good, with an ever-rising tide of debt repayments visible over the next three years, leading to concerns that the government will be unable to maintain basic services. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 10:15pm
Brisbane, Australia : Sulieni Layt an Australian was granted naturalization as a Tongan citizen at a ceremony led by Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia Princess Latufuipeka Tuku'aho, in Brisbane on March 21. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A ruling on the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of Kali Fungavaka is expected to be handed down on April 10 at the Nukualofa Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four young Tongan athletes will travel to China next year to represent Tonga at the Youth Olympic Games 2014 in the city of Nanjing. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 9:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Energy Road Map will get a $6.5 Million boost from the European Union over the next three months after a deal was signed between the European Union and the Tongan Government at Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland on Monday March 25. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 March 2013 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan economy is stuck in a "development trap", according an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on the current state of the Tongan economy that was released on Monday, March 25.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 26 March 2013 3:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A special inter-governmental organisation made of Five Melanesian countries celebrated its Silver Jubilee last week at the University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus in Suva, Fiji, when the chief guest Sir Michael Somare urged urged greater trade and economic cooperation between the countries of the region. Premium content -
Monday 25 March 2013 5:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Regarding the editorial comment (Tonga Pacific Games Organising Committee to Set Own Salaries). The fact is that I moved to insert into the Bill the requirement to consult the Remuneration Authority on all issues relating to salaries and allowances before they are finalized by the Organizing Committee and the Audit and Governance Authority. -
Friday 22 March 2013 9:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Japan has committed $2.95 million pa'anga for the installation of a micro-grid control system at the Maamai Mai Solar Farm and a 1 mega-watt photovoltaic generator at Vaini to help Tonga's Energy Road Map move forward. Premium content -
Friday 22 March 2013 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Preliminary Inquiry for Lord Tu'iha'ateiho, the current Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, who is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, has been set for July 29-31. Premium content -
Friday 22 March 2013 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Parliament has over-spent its budget by 7% and it could not afford to pay its staff who had worked overtime, the Speaker, Lord Fakafanua told the House before it closed its three-days special session on Tuesday evening, 12 March.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 21 March 2013 11:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new leadership program to assist and train promising young women in implementing community projects is in need of more applicants. Premium content -
Thursday 21 March 2013 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day Pacific Leaders Energy Summit started in Nuku'alofa today, with eight leaders sharing experiences, while coming up with models to develop the usage of renewable energy in the Pacific. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 March 2013 11:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kaivai, a new bi-monthly English newspaper was launched by DRUA PR Media Company Ltd., a newly registered company in Nuku'alofa on Tuesday, March 19.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 20 March 2013 11:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongans have been deported from New Zealand while another person left voluntarily as a result of their criminal records being wiped-off by Tonga Police. Australia has also cancelled the visas of three Tongans while a fourth visa is being considered for cancellation. Meanwhile, the Tonga Police are continuing to investigate a practice that the Police Commissioner said had damaged Tonga's reputation because official documents with the police letterhead were sent telling a lie to gain access to another country. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 March 2013 11:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Friendly Islands Triathlon (FIT) hosted its first competition for 2013, at the American Wharf on Saturday morning, 16 March. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 March 2013 11:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga recorded 98 suicides over the last 12 years, and most were male and under the age of 30 years, Tonga's Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee told a local consultation on suicide trends and risk that started on March 19. -
Tuesday 19 March 2013 1:59pm
Tasmania, Australia : The changes to the Constitution [clause 23] regarding the ability to continue to sit in the assembly or hold any office means that a "convicted" person who is sentenced to less than 2 years can still sit in the assembly and hold office. This does send a rather odd message to the public and the world - that the Tongan house of parliament and the Cabinet will allow a convicted person, whose character is thereby reduced, to still hold office! - John Cauchi3 comments Premium content
