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Monday 14 May 2012 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongan athletes are confirmed at this stage to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London under wild cards entry, in July.1 comment
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Monday 14 May 2012 6:44am
Majuro, Marshall Islands : The Pacific bloc of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping has urged the European Commission (EC) to officially respond to its proposals on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2012 6:04am
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Tonga’s Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon. 'Isileli Pulu moved at the Forum Trade Ministers Meeting at Majuro, Marshall Islands on May 11 for school fees and the right for a temporary jobs for students from Forum Island Countries in Australia and New Zealand to be incorporated into the PACER Plus free trade agreement negotiation that is still in progress. Premium content -
Sunday 13 May 2012 4:10pm
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Pacific Islands Forum Trade Ministers welcomed the opportunity for training placements within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) facilitated by the Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland (Geneva Office). Premium content -
Saturday 12 May 2012 6:51am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano will attend the Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, PALM 6 in Okinawa, Japan from May 25-26. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 2:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Tatafu Heitonga (32) a former accounts clerk of 'Uta'atu & Associates in Nuku'alofa, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to ten counts of forgery and theft of over $130,000, at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on May 10. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 12:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Grant O'Fee of the New Zealand Police will take up his post as Tonga's new Police Commissioner on July 2, according to the Minister of Police Hon Sunia Fili. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 11:48am
Noumea, New Caledonia : A total of eleven States and Territories in oceania have agreed to join the "One tree one day a life" initiative, a move that would make the Pacific a leading producer of oxygen on the planet, a veritable oxygen lung for the world. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 9:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga marked the World Red Cross Day 2012 on May 8 under a theme "Youth on the Move", and recruited 80 new volunteers to carry out its humanitarian work of assisting people who are most vulnerable. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network of France won the contract to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable system from Fiji to Tonga, which is expected to be in service by June 2013. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 4:17pm
Apia, Samoa : A USD 1.7 million dollar project to conserve island biodiversity in the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu was launched at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2012 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The outcome of the Oceania Judo Union Championship and the Oceania Judo Union Congress that was held in Cairns, Australia at the end of April raised the profile of Tonga and its sports people, said Lennie Niit, the new president of the Oceania Judo Union and one of the vice presidents of the International Judo Federation. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2012 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seventeen men were arrested over the weekend in relation to a range of robberies in Nuku‘alofa, including a violent robbery at the Tau'olunga Komipiuta in Fasi mo e Afi, but police are calling on the community to step up their neighbourhood watch with an effective response to help in the fight against crime. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2012 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Burglars bound and gagged a Nuku‘alofa businessman, and violently assaulted him, while robbing his home and business on Friday night, May 5.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2012 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u left Tonga on Saturday May 5 to attend special events in London, to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Premium content -
Wednesday 9 May 2012 10:17am
Northampton, United Kingdom : Tongan rugby player Soane Tonga'uiha, a star with the Northampton Saints Rugby Club, in the East Midlands, England, will this year lead the charity fund-raising activities for his club, after committing to a testimonial year. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 May 2012 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After years of living with candle-light, two families in the Sopu area of Nuku‘alofa, were overjoyed to receive the first electric lights in their homes, after a Tongan grandmother Siutiti Halatoa (51) who trained in solar engineering in India last year, installed the first solar panels under a community led project, this morning May 8. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2012 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mosese Manuofetoa was fined $150 after pleading guilty to one charge of assault, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on Friday, May 4. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2012 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Robert Shuster has his final day on the bench today, May 7 after being a judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga during the past four years, and have presided over 800 cases.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 5 May 2012 10:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI proudly opened the Vaiola Hospital's building, built under a $40 million pa'anga final phase redevelopment, with assistance from Japan, that has given the people of Tonga a hospital facility of an international standard. Premium content
