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Thursday 23 June 2011 4:08pm
Manila, Philippines : With an energy crisis looming, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda today called on Asian nations to "take radical steps" to increase energy efficiency and invest in renewable energy. ADB.
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Thursday 23 June 2011 3:50pm
'Okalani, Nu'usila : Tapuni e 'Ofisi 'i Uelingatoni kae fakafoki mai 'a e 'ofisi ki 'Aokalani ni pea me'a mai 'a 'Eiki Haikomisiona mo hono tokoni 'o me'a he 'api ko 'Atalanga mo fakahoko fatongia mei ai. Mahalo na'a sai ke tapuni 'a e 'ofisi 'i Pilitania he ko e ngaahi ngaue kotoa 'oku fakahoko ai 'oku malava pe ke fakahoko atu mei Nu'usila ni pe ko Tonga na. He 'ikai te u lave ki USA mo 'Aositelelia he 'oku 'ikai puli he 'Eiki Palemia 'a e tu'unga 'oku 'I ai 'a e ongo 'ofisi koia. - Dr Fotu K.V Fisiiahi. Premium content -
Thursday 23 June 2011 10:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev Dr 'Ahio was re-elected on June 22 as the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga during the 88th Free Wesleyan Church Annual Conference at the Centennial Church, Saione. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 June 2011 4:30pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : The declaration of the Republic of Minerva in 1971 led to the Conference of the Neighboring Island States in 1972 at which the late King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga made a claim over the Minerva Reef. Sione Lousiale Kava. -
Wednesday 22 June 2011 11:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tau fakakaukau ange pe koeha na'e fili ai 'a e 'Ikale Tahi ke fakahoko 'a e fakaava 'o e feauhi (Ipu 'a Mamani 2011) pea mo e All Black. 'Oku 'I ai pe 'a e ngaahi tali, ngaahi 'uhinga mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ka 'oku totonu ke tau fiefia he 'oku tau kau 'I he lau. Hange 'e mamata 'akapulu kotoa 'a mamani 'I he 'aho koia. Ko ia ai 'oku ou fokotu'u atu ke tau poupou kotoa, pea 'ave 'etau falala ki he kau ngaue pea mo e kau va'inga 'e fili ki ai. Sione Petelo. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 June 2011 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of Tupou College Ex-students marched through central Nuku'alofa this morning, June 21 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the Free Wesleyan Church's All Boys Secondary School. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 June 2011 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e kai ke mo'ui, ka 'oku 'ikai ko e mo'ui ke kai! Ko e fa'a kai mo e fa'a katoanga, 'e mo'oni ai e lau 'a e motu'a 'e taha. ". . . mu'omu'a mai 'a e fe'amokaki, hoko mai ai e fusimo'omo pea muimui mai e avangongo 'a e kato, kae hange ha ifi ika e longoa'a 'a e manava. . . " Witcliffe Taufa. Premium content -
Monday 20 June 2011 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A manhunt continues for the two male prisoners who escaped on June 6, who are thought to be on Tongatapu, but frustrating prison wardens who are looking for leads on their whereabouts. Premium content -
Monday 20 June 2011 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Jailed brothel keeper, Liu Lirong, has applied for bail pending her appeal against both her conviction and sentence. Premium content -
Monday 20 June 2011 8:54am
Apia, Samoa : Samoa is the first Forum Island Country to access its indicative country allocation of US$4million under the Pacific Environment Community Fund that has been made available by the Government of Japan. I congratulate the Government of Samoa for being the first and the quickest off the mark . . . Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. Premium content -
Sunday 19 June 2011 10:00pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : Editor, By no mean, to take away anything from Vaha'i's accomplishment. Before, Vaha'i, there were other Tongans graduates from West Point; there was a David Rotorua Lousiale Kava, Class of 2009, now training with the Army Special Forces; before David, there were the brothers Taumoepaea, who are probably still serving somewhere in the world in the US Army. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 10:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TONGA'S first contingent of 55 soldiers returned from six-months duty in Afghanistan last night, June 16 to an emotional welcome by families and friends at the Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 10:02pm
Worcester, United Kingdom : The 'Ikale Tahi will meet an Italian A team in the final for the plate of the Churchill Cup 2011 at Sixways Stadium, Worcester, UK tomorrow, 18 June. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 9:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four of the six directors of Tonga Power Ltd. have resigned in the last month, with Tsutomu Nakao and Warren Moyes the latest to hand in their resignations on Tuesday 14 June. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TUPOU College, Tonga's oldest secondary school marks its 145th anniversary next week with celebrations in Tongatapu next week and it is expected to draw in thousands of ex-students from the outer islands and abroad. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I find it very strange that Ratu Tevita defied his bail conditions in Fiji, became the subject of an extradition application and yet the Tongan government allowed him a holiday to Australia despite the pending extradition application. The purpose of Ratu Tevita's visit to Australia is immaterial. He is and remains a subject of an extradition application. Freddy Kavaha'apai. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I am a Tongan woman married to a non-Tongan man and I cannot get Tongan passports for my children who were born in Tonga and another country in the 1990s. The amendments to the Nationality Act 2007 apply only to those born on or after 14 September 2007, in short, the amendments are not retrospective. I have been told by Tongan Immigration officers that for my children to get Tongan passports, they will have to go through the process of 'naturalization'. - Tupou Taiamoni Finau. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Ana Kolokihakaufisi and Tavite Fisiitalia from Tonga have been selected as two of the twenty youth delegates for the 2011 Wansolwara Youth Peace-building Training Programme. - Wansolwara Youth Peace. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongas Crown Law office has received the extradition application from the Fijian Government calling for the extradition of Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Mara to Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Penisimani Angilau (37) was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott on Monday, June 13, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
