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Thursday 21 February 2013 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Deputy Commissioner of Police Taniela Faletau (56) has taken up voluntary retirement effective March 1, after over 30-years of service. Trained in New Zealand the top cop was farewelled with a parade at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo, on Wednesday February 20.
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Thursday 21 February 2013 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As the Tongan government struggles to reform the Tongan Police, the events of the past months have shattered the integrity of the force and are undermining a five year reform process that had aimed to restore public confidence and turn Tonga Police into the Pacific's leading Police service by 2013. Editor's comment.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Canberra is currently investigating if any of the alleged Tonga Police records cleared in the past for Tongan citizens, have been put to the department in support of visa applications, and they will not rule out visa cancellations where a visa holder has sought to fraudulently obtain entry. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society who is challenging the Minister of Police, Prisons and Fire Services and Revenue, Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, has not received his written submission in regards to alleged professional misconduct that was due on Friday, February 15.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan seasonal workers under the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers program are affected by the NZ immigration minister's recent decision to hold Tongan visa applications that require police clearances. A first group of 35 workers who were due to leave for New Zealand on Monday remain on stand-by in Nuku'alofa. Another 120 workers who are scheduled to leave over the next two weeks in the height of the harvest season will also be affected by the new rule. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 2:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been lucky, and has so far enjoyed a largely uneventful 2012-13 South Pacific Cyclone Season, although there were cyclone alerts and gale warnings during January. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 February 2013 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand's immigration minister has put an immediate hold on Tongan visa applications that require a police clearance, expressing his serious concern over incorrect declarations. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Mango Tree Centre at Houmakelikao and the Ngele'ia Government Primary School, who offer supporting services to people with disabilities in Tongatapu, were awarded grants by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro, on Friday February 15. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 9:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five months after the death of Kali Fungavaka, who was injured while in police custody, the Preliminary Inquiry of five Tongan police officers and one civilian who are charged with manslaughter will be held on February 25-27, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Anaseini Palu Vava'u Tupou Cousins (89) was laid to rest at Kolomanatau Cemetery in Houma on Saturday afternoon, February 16. -
Monday 18 February 2013 4:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's prices for Diesel, Kerosene and Petrol for February-March 2013, effective today 18 February, have increased compared to the prices approved by the Competent Authority for the previous month. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 2:43pm
Suva, Fiji : Australian researchers from Queensland University’s “Pacific Agricultural Research for Development Initiative (PARDI)” are leading a vegetable research project know as PGS (Participatory Guarantee Systems) in Fiji and the Solomon Islands to help identify ways to strengthen food production and manufacture in the region. Premium content -
Sunday 17 February 2013 9:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan noble, Baron Fielakepa (51) was laid to rest at Paini-tu'u-ua Cemetery in Haveluloto on February 15. The funeral was attended by HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u. Premium content -
Thursday 14 February 2013 7:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two very high-ranking Tongan police officers are under an investigation into allegations that 33 convictions of Tongan citizens were ordered to be "wiped" from police records over several years, under an unwritten policy that was tacitly approved by a former and now deceased Minister of Police.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 14 February 2013 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Fafa Island Holiday Resort employee, Mosese Ongosia (28), who died at Vaiola Hospital on 7 February, was one of two staff who collapsed while bailing out a septic tank on the island.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 14 February 2013 9:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new tax regime for small businesses in Tonga, offering flat tax rates on turnovers of under $100,000, has been drawn up by government in a proposed amendment to Tonga's Income Tax Act 2007. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new Minister of Police, Prisons and Fire Services and Revenue Services, Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, is being challenged by a disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is calling on Peoples from all Pacific Islands to report information from tagged turtles to their National Environment or Fisheries Department. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Kolini Vaea, a general surgeon at Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu has been selected as one of five Pacific Islanders of the Greg Urwin Awards for 2013. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 February 2013 8:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Anaseini Palu Vava'u Tupou Cousins (89) passed away early Saturday morning February 9 at Fangasiale-Mahina Fekite residence in Fasi. She was Queen Nanasipau'u's aunt and a younger sister of late Baron Vaea of Houma. Premium content
