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Tuesday 9 February 2010 12:12pm
USA : Kole atu mu'a kia Minisita 'Eseta Fusitu'a ke 'ofa mai 'o fai ha fakamatala fakapotopoto 'o fakatatau ki hono poto mo e taukei ngaue kuo ne ma'u. Ko 'ene 'ita he 'eke ange 'e he faiongoongo kiai felave'i mo e Kalauni 'o e Tu'i hono toe fakafoki ke fakangingila mei Pilitania, kapau ne ne fai mo ne 'oange 'a e tali totonu he 'ikai toe fiu 'eke 'e he faiongoongo mei muli ka ko e 'atunga ia 'enau heliaki mo e holi ke kofukofu'i e ngaahi fakamatala, kuopau ke vakili ia 'ehe taha faiongoongo he ko 'ene ngaue ia ke 'eke me'a 'oku 'ikai ke fakapapau'i mo 'eke me'a 'oku fakangalingali koe'uhi ka ne tuku atu he ongoongo 'a e mo'oni mo e totonu ki he kakai.-Faletonga
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Tuesday 9 February 2010 11:45am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : I was a young student at 'Atenisi when it was in Kolofo'ou. I have been a great admirer of Futa since Atenisi Institute was relocated to a block away from my family's resident in Kolomotu'a. -Sione Lousiale Kava Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2010 10:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Arriving in Tonga tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 9 February, on a private aircraft, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, will meet with Tongan royalty and government officials. Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2010 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Due diligence is the normal process prior to the purchasing of anything, the Manager of the Regional Maritime Program of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Captain John Hogan told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Ashika, at the Fa'onelua Convention Center this afternoon, February 8. Premium content -
Sunday 7 February 2010 1:45pm
Hanover, USA : Futa Helu was an extraordinary person, a strong and compassionate teacher. I first met him when I brought a group of Dartmouth College students to study the music of Tonga for three months in 1973. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Dr. Feleti Vakauta Sevele, revealed, in an interview with Kalafi Moala of TMN Television earlier this week, that the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, 'Alisi Taumoepeau, was asked to resign because she had deliberately misled Cabinet by concealing the truth, and for challenging His Majestys constitutional authority to appoint an independent Attorney General.5 comments Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A three-days Pacific Regional Workshop on Communication and Good Governance was officially opened in Nuku'alofa on February 2 by Tonga's Minister of Information and Communication, Mrs 'Eseta Fusitu'a, who shared an anecdote about how foreign media asked her "irritating" questions. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2010 5:47pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : It has been said that , "if it looks like a duck, walk like a duck and quack like a duck, more than likely, it is a duck". Incompetence in any language and form is still incompetence. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : FROM OUR ARCHIVES. Powerful weapons including a semi automatic assault rifle of a kind used in gang warfare, have been seized by the police in Tonga who are this week urging the public to report the whereabouts of other illegal weapons that may be on the island. -
Thursday 4 February 2010 12:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Charter flights to get stranded students and teachers from Tonga's outer islands back to school, are being funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments after Tonga's ferry services have collapsed. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United States Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, arrived in Nuku'alofa on February 3 for a three-days visit to conduct a joint operation with the Tonga Defence Service in maritime enforcement authority. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2010 5:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The price of electricity will go up by 3.75 seniti to 86.89 seniti per kWh, starting this month, February 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2010 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Professor 'Ilaisa Futa 'i Ha'angana Helu (75) passed away at Vaiola Hospital, Tongatapu, at around 2:45pm yesterday, Tuesday February 2. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2010 10:40pm
Taunga Island, Vava'u : Tonga's first luxury five star hotel is to be built on the small island of Taunga in Vava'u by Warwick International Hotels, whose president and founder Richard Chiu announced on the island yesterday that he expects construction to start at the end of 2010 or early 2011. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2010 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Both Tonga's former Minister of Transport Paul Karalus and the Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele and other high ranking government officials are set to give evidence this month at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Ashika. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2010 9:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev Dr Tevita Haukinima a Director of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. accepted that the Board and Company Secretary failed to conduct proper due diligence of the Ashika, prior to their recommendation for purchase. He also admitted to the Ashika Inquiry that he had long forgotten his obligations as a director under the Public Service Act. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2010 9:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Cabinet unanimously resolved and directed for the MV Pulupaki to be allowed back to Nuku'alofa in December 2009, regardless of whether it was seaworthy or not, the Minister of Transport Noble Nuku said. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2010 6:34am
Geneva, Switzerland : Almost 400,000 Americans are predicted to die of coronary heart disease in 2010, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Premium content -
Saturday 30 January 2010 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Institute of Education (IOE) of the University of the South Pacific, has found a new home at Tonga's USP Campus, at 'Atele, on Tongatapu. Premium content -
Saturday 30 January 2010 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Minister of Transport Noble Nuku asserted that he did not approve the sailing of the MV Pulupaki to sail in the weekend, after it was detained in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
