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Sunday 14 March 2010 11:15am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : Norah Mallany calls it the way Inspector General's would, based on evidences at hand. Mokofisi, just couldn't realize that he got on a broken wagon, and never made it out of the dark. Siaosi Fatani is having a tough time making sense out of all of this because there is no-sense in it especially after Mr. Senituli muddied the water with defensive non-essentials avoiding the main issue. -Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa
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Saturday 13 March 2010 6:00am
Noumea, New Caledonia : Twenty scientists gathered recently at an International Tuna Tagging Workshop held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's (SPC) headquarters in New Caledonia. The world's largest ever tuna tagging project has released over 250,000 tagged tuna into the equatorial Western and Central Pacific Ocean and 35,000 tags have already been recovered. The data being collected will help in sustaining and protecting the world's largest resource of tuna. Premium content -
Friday 12 March 2010 12:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The final session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly under its current composition has been unofficially set for early April, but this date has yet to be confirmed. Premium content -
Friday 12 March 2010 5:45am
Hong Kong, China : I would not discredit Ms. Mallaney's letter entirely our focus should lie heavily with ensuring that we have all the available safety-nets in place (be it in a policy, process, system or others) thus ensuring that we can minimize the chances of a similar tragedy going forward. -Siaosi Lee Chan Premium content -
Thursday 11 March 2010 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first International Conference for Tongan Nurses was officially opened by HM the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata'aho, at the Janfull International Dateline Hotel yesterday evening, March 10. Premium content -
Thursday 11 March 2010 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Britain's Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne (59), will visit Tonga from March 20-23 to attend part of the study tour program of the Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue 2010, a regional leadership development program. Premium content -
Thursday 11 March 2010 12:11pm
Sydney, Australia : The Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement expresses grave concern at the lack of news and coverage by Fiji's local media of the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Peceli Rinakama.Rinakama's family members in Fiji confirmed about two hours ago that he has not returned nor do they know of his whereabouts since he was arrested by the Military last Friday. Premium content -
Thursday 11 March 2010 10:21am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reconstruction of Niuatoputapu following the September 30 tsunami that devastated the island of Niuatoputapu in northern Tonga is set to begin this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 March 2010 5:49pm
Wellington,New Zealand : Eligible people from Samoa, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tonga will be able to register their interest in becoming a resident of New Zealand during May. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2010 6:22pm
New York, USA : The Tongan Ambassador to the USA, His Excellency Hon. Sonatane Tu'akinamolahi Taumoepeau Tupou presented his credentials to the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Barack H. Obama at the White House, Washington DC on Wednesday 24 February 2010. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2010 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The distribution has begun of the $1.1 million pa'anga Ashika Relief Fund to the next of kin of the 74 people who were lost at sea, and the 54 survivors from the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai waters on August 5, 2009. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2010 5:30pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : The PM's Office and Ms. Mallaney of Global Integrity are busy ridiculing each other. (PM's Advisor . . . 05 Mar 2010). They have not stated any useful purpose for arguing in this forum. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2010 5:12pm
San Francisco, USA : I hereby wish to respond to Lopeti Senituli's letter of March 5, 2010 in which he was defending the Government Procurement System. In his defense, he accused Ms. Norah Mallaney of Washington DC, USA of contradicting ( in his words - ". . . is full of contradictions ") the Procure System of the Government of Tonga. -Siosaia Fatani. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 March 2010 4:36pm
Tokyo, Japan : The Wild Knights rugby team of the Sanyo Electric Corporation became Japan's national rugby club champion for 2010 after beating the Toyota's Verblitz 22-17 on 28 February. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2010 6:18am
Geneva, Switzerland : International Womens Day takes place every year and is a global day that emerged from women activist movements at the turn of the twentieth century. The day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Premium content -
Monday 8 March 2010 5:54am
London, UK : Today's societies are constantly seeking ways to improve their quality of life, and science and technology play a vital part in that search. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 5:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government has committed AUD$7 million dollars for three years funding of a new Health Systems Support Program with Tonga's Ministry of Health, focussing on key priority health areas such as reducing the prevalence of non communicable diseases in the country and will help to improve community health care. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eleven remote islands communities in Vava'u and islands off Tongatapu will benefit from the installation of new solar power home systems this year under a Project funded by the Japanese Government. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 4:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six outstanding women from different walks of life in Tongatapu who despite the everyday struggle of trying to earn a living for their family had emerged successful, were applauded today with a special presentation of gift packs and money in celebration of the International Women's Day on March 8. Premium content -
Saturday 6 March 2010 4:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Certificate and Diploma in Media and Journalism Class has received new sets of equipment amounting to $20,000 from the Pacific Island News Association through the assistance of AUSAid. Premium content
