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Thursday 12 April 2012 10:46am
'Ohonua, 'Eua : The MV Manui, a three-tones cargo vessel rolled over on its side at the Nafanua Harbour, 'Eua at mid-day yesterday, 11 April.1 comment
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Wednesday 11 April 2012 9:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With just over two months before a new structure of the Tonga Government is implemented on 1 July, 2012, it is now proposed there will be 14 line Ministries, which will include a new Ministry of Revenue. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 April 2012 3:42pm
Manila, Philippines : Economic growth in the Pacific region is expected to slow to 6.0% in 2012, decelerating further to 4.1% in 2013, while inflation is expected to hold at moderate levels in much of the Pacific, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2012, released today by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Premium content -
Tuesday 10 April 2012 11:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The election of seven members of the Board of Directors to manage Tonga's first National Retirement Benefits Fund NRBF will be held on April 26, according to Ikapote Tavalea, an adviser on Retirement Benefits Fund to the Ministry of Finance.3 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 10 April 2012 6:15pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Trade office in China has indicated that up to 20 Chinese buyers are interested in attending the inaugural Trade Pasifika 2012 (TP2012). The main areas of their interest are in forestry, fisheries and agricultural products. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 April 2012 2:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chief Secretary and the Secretary to Cabinet, Busby Kautoke has been suspended from his post by the Public Service Commission PSC, according to the Acting Chief Secretary and Chief Secretary to Cabinet Alfred Soakai.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 10 April 2012 6:30am
Vienna, Austria : Niue signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) today, becoming the 183rd country to do so. Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), said: "I welcome Niue to the CTBT family of nations. Niue's signature of the CTBT consolidates the Pacific region's firm stand against nuclear testing and closes the door on nuclear testing a bit further. I also hope that this step will serve to encourage other Pacific Island States that have not yet done so to sign and or ratifiy the Treaty at the earliest opportunity." Premium content -
Saturday 7 April 2012 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The opportunity to enroll at the Open Schooling classes of the USP Campus, Tonga "was a dream come true", for Fine Feuiaki and Mafua Kiokata, two paraplegic patients at Vaiola Hospital.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2012 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala and other members of the Tongan Royal Family had a ceremonial haircut this afternoon, to mark the end of the first 10 nights of mourning for the late King George Tupou V. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2012 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Sevele, who was Tonga's Prime Minister for five years, from February 2006 to December 2011, during the planning and the implementation of the Political Reform Program, has described HM the late King George Tupou V as "a visionary leader and a man of substance," who further democratized Tonga's Constitutional Monarchy system of government by surrendering to parliament some of his executive power. Interview by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2012 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The nobles of the Ha'a Ngata, a clan from which the Tu'i Kanokupolu descended, performed a funeral ritual known as "ha'amo" - the presentation of food baskets, to HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita at her residence Mahinafekite this morning, April 5. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 April 2012 6:35pm
Pangai, Ha'apai : An inquest held this morning found that a 12-year-old boy Ha'apai High School student who died from severe chest wounds last week, had stabbed himself. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 April 2012 10:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A plan to launch the newly reconstructed Vuna Wharf by the late King George Tupou V on 18 April to coincide with the arrival at the new wharf of its first cruise ship has been postponed to June, according to Mosese Lavemai, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nuku'alofa Port Authority. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 April 2012 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old Ha'apai High School student who died from severe chest wounds in Ha'apai last week. They are also investigating the deaths of two other two men in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 April 2012 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fine weather is forecast for the whole of Tonga during the Easter weekend, and the depression that brought the humidity and rain to Tonga since March 2 is expected to clear up by Thursday, April 5, according to the National Weather Forecast Centre at Fua'amotu, Premium content -
Tuesday 3 April 2012 9:24am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Some of Tonga's foreign diplomatic missions are being restructured, reshuffled, and might possibly be relocated, and a new Tongan High Commissioner to Canberra, Australia has yet to be appointed following the ascending of the former high commissioner, Crown Prince Tupoto'a Lavaka to the Tongan throne as HM King Tupou VI, after the death of King George Tupou V on March 18. Premium content -
Monday 2 April 2012 6:03am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new king, King Tupou VI bestowed the title Crown Prince Tupouto'a on his eldest son Prince 'Ulukalala 27 on Friday, 30 March at his resident Liukava. Premium content -
Monday 2 April 2012 5:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The TOP$118 million reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District CBD was completed on Friday 30 March, according to Mr Yang, the manager of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation CCECC, the main contractor for the whole reconstruction project. Premium content -
Saturday 31 March 2012 8:56pm
Pangai Lahi, Tonga : The Pongipongi Tapu, or Sacred Morning of Tupou V, a spiritual ceremony for the passage of the late King, was held at Pangai Lahi this morning, 31 March. Photos by Pesi Fonua, Linny Folau and Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Thursday 29 March 2012 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King George Tupou V, the reformer, continued to inspire changes even in death. In the procedures of his funeral ceremony, there were some clear departures from the norm. Photos by Pesi Fonua, Mary Lyn Fonua, Linny Folau and Peter Poulsen. Premium content
