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Monday 17 October 2011 9:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sea cucumber harvesting season that was extended for two weeks from September 30 was closed on Saturday, October 15, according to the Ministry of Fisheries.
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Sunday 16 October 2011 4:25pm
Suva, Fiji : Ambassador Frankie A. Reed presented her credentials to the President of Fiji, H.E. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, earlier today (13 Oct), following her arrival in Fiji to be the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji. Ambassador Reed will serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2011 4:10pm
Melbourne, Australia : Fijian hip hop crew, BSQ are set to get the crowds jumping at this year's Fest'Napuan music festival in Vanuatu as the winners of the Pacific Break 2011 competition after their slick dance track'Rue Ele Ele remix' was selected as the winning song. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of Parliament Lord Lasike appeared before Justice Shuster in closed chambers today after he failed to turn up in open court this morning for arraignment. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After a six years lapse, the Tongatapu's Royal Agriculture, Fisheries and Industries Show returns with abundant displays of traditional Tongan foods, beautiful handmade handicrafts as well as seafood fish at the Manamou'i Grounds at 'Atele from October 14-15. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 2:25pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Ko e kelekele na'e tuku ki he langi 'e he 'Uluaki Faa, ko e Kovinanite ia 'oku makatu'unga ai hotau Tonga, pea na'e fakatapui ia ke 'oua na'a faifai pea fakatau atu 'o tatau aipe pe ko hai. Paula Kava. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a year that has seen a dramatic increase in armed robberies in Tonga, parliament voted to massively reduce the penalties for the illegal possession of firearms - slashing the maximum penalty from $5,000 to only $1,000 and from five years imprisonment to only one year. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 1:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Robert Shuster ordered a warrant of arrest to be issued for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he did not turn up at the Supreme Court for arraignment on a count of unlawful possession of ammunition, this morning, October 14. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Lasike is expected to appear at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa today on the charge of unlawful possession of ammunition for .22 rifles. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:32am
Goodlands, Tasmania,Australia : I was interested to see "the whisper in your ear" incident. The previous government had little regard for proper procedure. Tonga is now paying the price for the neglect of the previous government. John Cauchi. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Defence Services rugby team enters the semifinal at the first International Defence Rugby Cup Competition after beating the New Zealand Defence Force 27-26 in Sydney yesterday, October 13. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new export fish market facility remains unfinished while the government is looking for donor funding to complete it, and to hopefully boost Tonga's dying fishing industry. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2011 8:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A parliamentary tour report presented by 'Akilisi Pohiva to the House was thrown out on October 5 after a majority concluded that the report was irrelevant, unreliable and not clearly representing the views of his constituency, Tongatapu 1. The decision was unprecedented in the history of parliamentary tours. The member's response to the criticisms was that the report was written by a woman who accompanied him. From the House By Pesi Fonua. Premium Content. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2011 6:21am
Washington DC,USA : Tulou, Tulou mo Ha'a Moheofo Mo Ha'a Takiama he anga 'o e nofo 'Otua mo Tonga ko hota Tofi'a Vilingia 'eta Fuka ko Hono ta'ata'a. - Tu'iono & Fa'otusia. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 8:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sea cucumber harvesting season was extended for two weeks from September 30, the Ministry of Fisheries confirmed today, October 15. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 7:35pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : A 22-year-old man from Ovaka was found guilty on the charge of manslaughter by negligence over the death of a 15-year-old girl from Ha'alaufuli who died after drowning when the small fishing vessel she was on sank on its way from Neiafu to Ovaka Island, on 11 August 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ikale Tahi captain Finau Maka was popular in pink today as a special guest at an annual fundraising luncheon for the "Pink October Breast Cancer Awareness" programme. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2011 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : By the end of this week the Cabinet should make a definite decision on whether parliament should close on October 20 before it reopens again in February, or just take a long break to February before closing, the Minister of Justice, Hon Clive Edwards told the Tongan parliament on Monday, 10 October. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 10:30pm
Australia : Australia may be sheltering hundreds of millions of black dollars funnelled out of South Pacific countries by corrupt politicians and public officials, with the money laundering being tolerated by an unconcerned federal government. The Age. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 October 2011 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : CHIEF Inspector Pelenatita Fe'ao (40) of the Tonga Police has been selected by the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as their new Coordinator of the Pacific Islands Contingents in Honiara. Premium content
