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Thursday 28 November 2013 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The power distribution network of 33 rural villages in Tongatapu will be upgraded over the next five-years with over $38 million pa'anga, in the continuation of a Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project.
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Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Island nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga have pulled off many upsets in the Rugby World Cup, but we have yet to see one in the cup final. The Pacific Island nations are disadvantaged in rugby, and they could drastically improve their performance on the world stage. - Andrew Joakim.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A suspended Police Constable Valeliano Manu and two accused Asian nationals were found guilty for the importation of the controlled chemical pseudoephedrine, a precursor to manufacture the illicit drug methamphetamine. They are remanded in custody for sentencing in January 2014. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A seven-member jury has been discharged in a civil trial which has been held for over a week at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, regarding claims brought by the former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga. The case has been adjourned to January 2014. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Victims of domestic violence will have easy access to free non-judgmental counseling and also to a police officer and a registered nurse, who will be stationed at the Women and Children Crisis Centre in central Nuku‘alofa as part of a new “one-stop-shop” crisis service that was launched today. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 6:00pm
Sydney, Australia : The economic loss suffered by the Pacific region could range from 2.9% to as high as 12.7% of annual GDP by 2100, according to Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific, a new study from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that was published recently. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 5:00pm
Sydney, Australia : The Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA has become a new partner to the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility PRIF, the Asian Development Bank ADB announced today, 26 November. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A civil-jury trial hearing claims brought by Tonga's former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga is nearing an end as the evidence of witnesses called by the defendant was completed on 25 November, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 9:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A workshop for Town and District Officers, all men to lead the drive to eliminate violence against women, was launched this morning, 25 November by Lord Vaea at the Davina House, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 3:14pm
Suva, Fiji : News of radioactive water at Fukushima to be dumped into the Pacific ocean is alarming. Our beloved Pacific ocean that our livelihoods depend on is becoming a nukes waste dump. – Nilesh Goundar. -
Friday 22 November 2013 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's former Prime Minister Lord Sevele, a witness at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, denied suggestions that his government had tried to “freeze-out” the former Attorney General John Cauchi. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s public service will break for the Christmas and New Year vacation for two weeks between Monday 23 December and Friday 3 January 2014. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2013 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga presented the Special Olympics Tonga Association (SOTA) with $2,000 cash to support eight Tongan athletes to the Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle, Australia next week. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2013 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet Busby Kautoke told the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa this afternoon, that he was not aware of any move by government to force John Cauchi to resign from his Attorney General position in 2010. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The case against 151 accused, including 147 students from Tupou College and four adults charged in relation to the violent attack on a home in Tofoa in July was further adjourned to February 2014.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2013 6:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A call by the Welsh forward coach, Shaun Edwards for referee Mike Fraser, a New Zealander, to protect the Welsh team and to clamp down on "illegal" and "over the top" tackling style of the Pacific Islanders was considered by the 'Ikale Tahi captain, Nili Latu an insult to himself and his team, as they prepare for Friday's match against Wales. (Tonga, Saturday 23 November, 8:30am). Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s former Attorney General John Cauchi accepted that the Government of Tonga had created circumstances that forced him to resign, which was the basis of his evidence in chief given at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa, on Wednesday November 20. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 6:15pm
Sydney, Australia : Central bankers from six Pacific Island countries including Tonga, are in Sydney this week, looking at ways to strengthen mobile banking in the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 6:15pm
Cardiff, Wales : The ‘Ikale Tahi will play the third and last game of their European tour this week, November 22 in Cardiff, Wales. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Premature birth of babies is the leading cause of death of newborn babies in the Pacific Islands, according to Dr Karen Allen, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF Pacific Representative in Suva, Fiji at the end of November. Premium content
