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Friday 5 March 2010 3:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr. Chairman and Commissioners, various counsel, ladies and gentlemen Mr. Chairman, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to make a short statement in conclusion of my evidence.
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Friday 5 March 2010 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Norah Mallaney's letter, "Major weaknesses in Tonga's procurement system" (3 Mar 10) is full of contradictions. Premium content -
Thursday 4 March 2010 8:45am
Savai'i, Samoa : The Royal Commission is in the process of finalising its report and everyone has their own theory as to what happened, didn't happen, was supposed to happen... One would expect from all the errors, deficiencies and shortfalls identified; that causal factors will be determined, as well as contributory factors, and from that the required corrective & preventative actions recommended for implementation. - Siu 'Ulua Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:45pm
Tofoa, Tongatapu : I write to express my great concern about the incorrect . . . article in Matangi Tonga about Lord Dalgety being under 'House Arrest". I am aware that you were informed yesterday (Tuesday March 2) of the facts about Lord Dalgety's bail conditions by my brother Tavake Afeaki. Surely, we have learnt one thing from the Ashika tragedy and Inquiry - which is that we must all fulfil and discharge our duties fully and completely.... If you consider you were misled by the Police 'Press Statement', then by all means state this in your article. -Afeaki Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tu'i Uata of Uata Shipping Company, has been charged with bribery, the Tonga Police confirmed today. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The contributions to the Ashika Relief Fund, amounting to TOP$1,061,908.61, will be distributed to survivors and members of the families of those who died in the Ashika tragedy, on Friday, 5th March, 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 10:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A media restriction was imposed today on the court proceedings of a case between the Police and Ramsay R. Dalgety who is charged with perjury. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 8:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government is still negotiating a temporary inter-island ferry charter with the help of NZAID and Australia in order to restart the national inter-island service in April. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A written Magistrate's Court order for the Arrest of Lord Dalgety on Friday, February 26 was made available by the Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate this afternoon, and it stated that Lord Dalgety was to be remanded in custody for only 24 hours. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 12:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In recent weeks some correspondence passing between the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister has been published in the media here in Tonga. Some of the material published alleges that the Chief Justice either put "pressure" on someone to sign his contract or that he and the former Minister "colluded" to subvert the Constitution. These are serious allegations leveled at the Judiciary. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 March 2010 11:10am
Washington DC, USA : Tongans will always remember the day the Princess Ashika sunk in the Pacific waters. Just days after the tragedy, I flew over that same ocean on my first trip to Tonga to participate in a discussion of Tonga's corruption and transparency challenges based on recent fieldwork my organization, Global Integrity, had conducted with a team of Tongan researchers and journalists. - Norah Mallaney Premium content -
Tuesday 2 March 2010 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Eva Mai Tonga Tourism Experience, a tourism promotion event, showcasing what the Tongan tourism industry has to offer to overseas tour wholesalers, tour operators and visitors, was officially launched by the Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele at Pangai Lahi, Nuku'alofa on March 2. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 March 2010 2:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new inter-island ferry, currently being built in Japan, is scheduled to arrive in Nuku'alofa on 20 October this year to restart the domestic inter-islands ferry service in the first week of November. Premium content -
Monday 1 March 2010 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Dalgety the Company Secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd has been charged with perjury following his arrest at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre on Friday, February 26. Premium content -
Monday 1 March 2010 3:32pm
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : Finally, we have a public apology from PM Dr. Feleti Sevele for the government's egregious carelessness that led to the Princess Ashika disaster (Ashika Inquiry...24 Feb. 2010). In our custom, his humility finally invokes one of the most important cultural protocols that binds us all as "Tongans"; no matter what class in society we were born to. -Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi Premium content -
Monday 1 March 2010 2:45pm
Paris, France : Futa is gone, and it is hard for his family, for everyone in Tonga and for his friends living thousands of kilometers away to realize he's not here anymore. -Marie-Claire Bataille-Benguigui & Georges Benguigui Premium content -
Monday 1 March 2010 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The former Minister of Transport, Paul Karalus, told the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika on Saturday, February 27, that he was deeply saddened and embarrassed with the discovery that his report to the King, Prime Minister and the Cabinet that the MV Ashika was in good condition was based on incorrect information. Premium content -
Sunday 28 February 2010 1:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tsunami Warning in force for Tonga since 1.15 am this morning was cancelled by the Tonga National Weather Forecasting Centre TNWFC at 12.30 pm today, February 28. Premium content -
Sunday 28 February 2010 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tsunami warning remains in force for Tonga, though its expected arrival time 8.40am has passed, and there is a sense of optimism that the tsunami may have weakened its power by the time it reaches Tonga. Meanwhile, hundreds of Tongan families headed for higher ground at dawn this morning, with many choosing the grounds of the king's villa and the surrounding areas at Mata-ki-'Eua. Premium content -
Sunday 28 February 2010 6:35am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tsunami wave moving across the Pacific this morning following an 8.8 earthquake in southern Chile is expected to reach Tonga's coastlines at 8:40 am Sunday 28 February but it is not known how high the wave will be. A tsunami warning is in effect for the whole of Tonga and the Pacific Islands. Premium content
