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Friday 23 April 2010 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search is still underway for the body of an American woman Gayle Lee (59) who fell off the Hufangalupe cliff on Tongatapu while on a sightseeing tour yesterday afternoon, April 22.
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Friday 23 April 2010 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Targeting to get as many women candidates to be elected in the Tonga Legislative Assembly in the next election, is the aim of a newly formed Women's Group named "Fakatou Hama". Premium content -
Friday 23 April 2010 12:08pm
Auckland, New Zealand : An open wooden sailboat with four on board, and a "captain" admitting inadequate supplies for a 4000 miles journey through the most hazardous seas of our hemisphere is allowed to leave port in Tonga? Manuel Varitimos. Where are you? - Sefita Hao'uli. Premium content -
Friday 23 April 2010 9:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The interim ferry charter vessel the MV Ajang Subuh conducted a short sail around the Nuku'alofa harbour on April 22 following its commissioning by Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele at the Queen Salote Wharf. Premium content -
Thursday 22 April 2010 10:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A disabled Tongan prince, who told the court that he fears for his life after being hit with the stand of an electric fan, has been granted a restraining order against his wife. Premium content -
Thursday 22 April 2010 7:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After a year of challenges, the 2009 session of the Tongan Legislative Assembly was officially closed yesterday morning, April 22 by Lord Fielakepa, accompanied by Noble Ma'afu and Noble Fulivai, but there were less than a dozen spectators present. Premium content -
Thursday 22 April 2010 2:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The main purpose of my letter is to expose the misinformation and also the faulty logic in the ideas presented in Mr. Pohiva's politically motivated letter, which was presented in a very personal manner and not academically objective as one would normally expect from a list of well educated individuals. - Daniel K. Fale. Premium content -
Thursday 22 April 2010 1:50pm
Pangai, Ha'apai : Tonga has been wounded by the tragedy of the MV Ashika . . . deeply wounded. The doctor (the Royal Commission of Inquiry) has delivered a diagnosis. Now it's time to take the medicine, and heal the wound. - P. A. Langi. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2010 9:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Legislative Assembly's 2009 session will finally be closed on Thursday, April 22. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2010 5:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 26-year-old rugby player tragically died from spinal cord injuries that occurred during a rugby match on Saturday, April 17 at the Longolongo field in Nukualofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2010 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for March rose by $2 million pa'anga to $155.5 million due to an official grant from the Asian Development Bank. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2010 9:15pm
Switzerland : Eighteen months ago I provided our Government a sound technical proposal for the production of cheap electricity using Saafa grass along lines already used in Denmark for 20 years. A year and a half has passed, and our Government still insists on pursuing pie in the sky renewable energy projects while totally ignoring the only feasible option available. - Peter Goldstern. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2010 7:15pm
UK : The Ministers and Judges who are appointed by His Majesty, should be accountable to Tonga and God alone. These are high profile positions that should be accountable for the good and bad and whatever decision they make or sign follows with responsibility and respect. A bad or immoral decision only God will know their final fate. - William Mariner. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2010 12:15pm
San Diego,California, USA : It is standard procedure that when a purchase of a vessel or aircraft is being considered one normally has a survey performed. This would have brought the "intent to purchase" to a screeching halt when the severe corrosion was observed. - John H.G Emberson. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2010 9:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Setting sail from Nuku'alofa to Tofua this afternoon was the Talisker Bounty, a 25ft long and 7ft wide open wooden boat carrying four adventurers who are recreating the epic voyage of Captain William Bligh, who was cast adrift from HMS Bounty following a mutiny in 1789 in Tongan waters. Premium content -
Saturday 17 April 2010 10:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The purchase of the MV Princess Ashika was a major acquisition for the Tonga Government but the Cabinet failed to ascertain that its decisions were implemented, and to allow its established institutions, the Procurement Committee and Anti Corruption Commission to operate effectively. This resulted in the purchase of an unseaworthy vessel that was ready for scrap and should never have been allowed to sail in Tonga, a Royal Commission of Inquiry has found. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2010 10:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga's U-17 Women's Football Team have lost two of its three matches at the first Oceania Football Confederation U-17 Women's Championship held in Auckland. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2010 7:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The MV Ajang Subuh arrived in Nuku'alofa this morning and is expected to set on its first sail to the outer islands next week after the service is launched by HM King George Tupou V on Wednesday, April 21. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2010 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 41-year-old man has been charged with attempted armed robbery relating to the shooting that wounded a 56-year-old man at the American Wharf on Friday April 9. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2010 11:50am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Scolding one's elders in public to attract attention to himself, Mr. Amerika Samoa exhibits the Ugly American attitude that he detests: arbitrary critiquing without logic, and ignoring cultural protocols. We owe it to each other as Tongans to be respectful even in heated debates. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content
