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Tuesday 21 April 2009 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 28-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a woman following an incident in Mataki'eua last weekend - the fourth murder charge in Tonga this year, confirmed Deputy Police Commander Taniela Faletau today.
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Tuesday 21 April 2009 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Talaki on April 8 reports that a self-styled Tongan ninja, clad in a red jersey, a red hat and a red scarf wrapped around his face, pushed 72-year old Tangaloa Tufunga off his motorbike and made off with $100. Police later arrested Tevita Heimoana of Tokomololo. Reports from Tonga's newspapers, 8-15 April, 2009. Premium content -
Monday 20 April 2009 2:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five Pacific islands countries will be the focus of a high level regional conference on security and conflict prevention, to be held in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, next week from April 27-30. Premium content -
Monday 20 April 2009 9:13am
Suva, Fiji : The President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has decreed that none of the decrees or decisions made by government since the 5th of December 2006 to the 9th of April 2009 can never be questioned or challenged in any of the Fiji courts. Premium content -
Friday 17 April 2009 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I believe that most people are making a very critical mistake of thinking of democracy as a destination and not viewing it as a process. Democracy is not a certain model or a specific type of people's representation, and this point can be proven by the fact that no two democracies in the world are the same. At the heart of democracy are principles that increase transparency and accountability, but at the same time the success of accomplishing these ideals requires an informed and participating public. Premium content -
Friday 17 April 2009 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fiji needs helps and the Pacific Islands Forum countries should engage and maintain an on going dialogue with the Fijian regime and help them to find their way back to normality, the Tongan Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele said on Television Tonga on April 15. Premium content -
Friday 17 April 2009 4:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : After the second day of the Inter College Sports yesterday, April 16 the Vava'u Secondary Athletic Sports team emerged on the top spot of the medal tally, with 34 medals. Premium content -
Thursday 16 April 2009 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hon. Sonatane Tu‘akinamolahi Taumoepeau-Tupou, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence has been appointed as Tonga's new Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, the Tongan Ambassador to the United States, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela, and the Tongan High Commissioner to Canada. Premium content -
Thursday 16 April 2009 3:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Chief Justice Hon. Anthony Ford dismissed the seven jurors who were presiding over the trial of four accused charged with serious multiple offences during the 16/11 riot and ordered a retrial to start tomorrow, April 17, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Thursday 16 April 2009 11:16am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : We are all in agreement that a more representative government is the democratic direction we want. But Mr. Fale confused readers by opposing a "cabinet picked from within the legislative assembly" because it "concentrates tremendous power in the hands of a few . . . " - Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Thursday 16 April 2009 9:42am
Brisbane,Australia : I suggest that the ERC does little for Tonga's guest for good governance, accountability and transparency. Cutting edge research on governance suggests that nominating committees, remuneration committees, audit committees and other sub-committees for that matter do not necessarily provide for better governance, accountability and transparency. Suggested instead from governance literature is that these committees serve a "window dressing" purpose. Further, the same literature does not attribute improved performance to good governance. With that theoretical background I am confident ke fokotu'u atu 'oku 'ikai ke 'iai ha kakunga'a e ERC ki hono improving governance, accountability and transparency in the public sector. - A Funaki Premium content -
Wednesday 15 April 2009 10:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : If the king has given up his executive powers, who is going to sign the Bill(s) that passed by parliament. Who will choose Ministers of the Cabinet, and make other such changes to Cabinet if needed? - D. K. Fale Premium content -
Wednesday 15 April 2009 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Togna's 86th Inter-Collegiate Sports Athletic competition began at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium, Nuku'alofa this morning, April 15. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 April 2009 5:26pm
Suva, Fiji : The 250 Tongan students at the USP Suva, Fiji are safe, and are attending their normal classes today, according to the Acting Director of the University of the South Pacific USP Tonga campus, Dr Seu'ula Fua this afternoon. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 April 2009 9:33am
Suva, Fiji : Overseas journalists covering Fiji's political crisis have been ordered out of the country as the military-led regime tightened its control on the beseiged news media, Pacnews reports. Premium content -
Monday 13 April 2009 12:34pm
Suva, Fiji : The military-led government in Fiji which was sworn back into office yesterday is unhappy with how the News Limited-owned Fiji Times informed its readers about how its Sunday edition was censored. Premium content -
Monday 13 April 2009 12:28pm
Sydney, Australia : Ratu Josefa Iloilo has taken his nation over the precipice. All pretence of acting within the law has been stripped away, and the future of Fiji left profoundly uncertain. By Professor George Williams Premium content -
Monday 13 April 2009 12:25pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji's President has annulled the constitution and fired all the country's judges a day after the Court ruled the country's military government was illegal. Premium content -
Monday 13 April 2009 10:53am
San Francisco, USA : I strongly believe that the current system of government is the best for Tonga. All Tonga has to do is improving minor things here and there. Major changes to the current structure of government would bring disastrous consequences that the people of Tonga would regret and hope that they were not born to this earth. A new system would be disastrous to the nature of our religion and culture which are the corner-stone of peace and harmony in Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani -
Monday 13 April 2009 5:26am
Auckland, New Zealand : Thanks also for Senituli's input. But is it really that hard to understand that if the King retains the right to pick at least 4 non-elected ministers, as I said, it means he is not a ceremonial figure? - Josephine Latu
