Tonga's Finance Minister investigates Forbes interview contract
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 02:38
Tonga's Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva told the House budget debate on Tuesday night that if the Government has to pay Forbes magazine USD$100,000 for an interview they did with him on 11 February, then there was nothing to worry about, - “it is not a big amount, we can recover the money”, he said. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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IS THIS A SCAM? I looked at
Is this a Scam? I looked at Forbes.com and there is nothing there about Tonga except for an article in 2014. But then I looked into forbescustom.com, which is a different publishing company from Forbes Magazine as allegedly claimed by the PM in his government, then I saw there the article about Tonga. I thought it would be about the coronation but it was not. Nothing there to attract more tourists to cover that $100,000.00 But worse than that is the lie that we had a deal with Forbes Magazine
Apology extended to the PM.
Apology extended to the PM. I failed to do my homework and I do retract the above critique as untrue and unjustified. However, I wish that $100,000 page was about the coronation. It could have attracted more tourists.