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Tuesday 21 August 2012 11:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first solar farm "Maama Mai" or "Let there be light" began operation on August 20, and customers should see a reduction in the price of electricity on their first power bill in September.
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Monday 20 August 2012 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After a messy debate over a tangled web of confusion surrounding a Motion for Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister, Tonga's Speaker closed today's session by calling for an urgent special meeting with some of the key members involved. "I am not happy with where we have got to with the proceedings of the House," Lord Fakafanua said. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Sunday 19 August 2012 10:11pm
Waikato, New Zealand: : In New Zealand on Saturday August 18, King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u visited Turangawaewae Marae to meet Tuheitia Paki, the Maori King and Te Arikinui of the Kingitanga, on the celebration of the 6th anniversary of his coronation. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Busby Kautoke, the former Chief Secretary and the Secretary to Cabinet, is taking legal action to challenge the termination of his Contract of Employment by the Public Service Commission, that was announced on August 8, but was effective from 6 April 2012. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 9:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although the Nuku'alofa Central Business District project has been handed over to the Government of Tonga, a 12-months period binds the contractor to fix any fault identified by landholders. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Assigning caregivers to visit homes of the most vulnerable elderly people in Tongatapu and Lifuka in Ha'apai, and to care for them for a few hours each day, is an essential service that will be provided under Tonga's first Social Services Pilot program for the elderly. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An appeal by Lord Lasike against his conviction on unlawful possession of ammunitions without a license, will be heard in October. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u departed Tonga for New Zealand today to attend the Maori King's coronation celebrations Koroneihana hui which began this week. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 1:00pm
Singapore : We have studied the US Department of State's country report on human rights practices in Singapore, and note with disappointment that it again includes the same gross inaccuracies and misrepresentations of the Singapore Government's policies that we have rebutted in detail year after year. – Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Premium content -
Friday 17 August 2012 12:04pm
Vaini, Tongatapu, Tonga : My house was robbed last year in November with goods worth over $20,000 stolen. Three months later (this year), a further break-in occurred. With utter frustration and annoyance, I arrived at the Police station angrily demanding a response. - 'Amelia 'Ofakineiafu. -
Thursday 16 August 2012 12:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A move by ten members of the Tongan parliament to topple Tonga's first majority-elected government with a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, on June 18, has plunged Tongan politics into its most unstable state, since the political maneuvering by some politicians with a similar intention resulted in the mindless burning of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District on November 16, 2006. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.1 comment -
Tuesday 14 August 2012 10:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six years ago on November 16, 2006 the heart of Nuku'alofa's Central Business District was destroyed by rioters but today a new town of commercial buildings, a wharf and roads was handed over to the Government of Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2012 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Zheng He, a training ship of the Navy of China's People's Liberation Army arrived in Nuku'alofa on August 11 on a four day friendly visit, on its second trip to Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2012 7:09pm
Tofua, Ha'apai : A wild boar chase by kava growers living on Tonga's volcanic island of Tofua yesterday may have led to the cancellation of an international flight to Tonga today, after smoke was spotted near the island and mistaken for a volcanic eruption Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2012 8:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Vuna Wharf reconstructed at a cost of TOP$30 million is ready to be handed over to the Government of Tonga today, August 14, but no date has been set for when it will open for business. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2012 8:34am
Pangai, Ha'apai : A Pangai Community Police Station in Ha'apai, renovated at a cost of over half a million pa'anga was officially opened by the Governor of Ha'apai, Lord Tu'iha'angana, on August 2. Premium content -
Saturday 11 August 2012 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Ha'apai divers who have sighted the remains of an old ship wreck in Tonga's Ha'apai islands could not confirm yesterday whether or not the age of the wreck had been identified by experts in Britain, but they believe that it might be the Port au Prince. Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2012 9:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new National Head Coach for Tonga's national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi will be announced next week, 'Epeli Taione, the chairman of the Tonga Rugby Union said this morning, August 9. Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2012 12:21pm
Bangkok, Thailand : Unacceptable physical abuse is causing long-term damage to the lives and futures of far too many children in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a report released by UNICEF, August 8. Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2012 11:42am
Brisbane, Australia : Frothy volcanic rock called pumice, thrown out by Tongan eruptions in 2006, transported around 80 species of marine creatures to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Premium content
