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Wednesday 12 November 2008 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Showing off their well-oiled muscles, Tongan body builders wowed a capacity crowd, and a good-looking winner was found in the annual Mr Steinlager Charity Show on Thursday, November 6, at Ma'ufanga's Billfish Bar.
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Wednesday 12 November 2008 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight hundred Tongan Seasonal Workers will leave Tonga to work in the Australian horticultural industry in July 2009. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Police Commissioner, Howard Broad, on a three-days visit to Tonga, reaffirmed the NZ Police support, which has provided mentors and advisors to the to the Tonga Police Force development program. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 12:30pm
USA : I opened a bank account with Bank of Tonga sometime in the 1980s before I emigrated to the United States of America in 1986. I left my bank transaction booklet (tohi pangike) with my mother so she can conduct all my banking activities for me. Bank of Tonga eventually changed its name to Wespac Bank of Tonga which is the current management. Unfortunately, my mother misplaced the booklet along with the account number and she can no longer make any deposits to the account. WBT started a policy which allow them to charge a large amount of penalties to any account that is not active. - ‘Aisea T. Tu‘ikolovatu Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 11:00am
: If the integrity of the Tongan Parliament was in any doubt during the last few days of the 2008 parliamentary session then on the night of the final sitting on November 3 it was completely destroyed when members discovered that a sub-clause that had not been passed by the House had appeared in a Gazetted Amendment to an Act. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 10:26am
Brussels, Belgium : The ITUC has condemned the decision to exclude chrysotile asbestos and the pesticide endosulfan from the list of dangerous products under the Rotterdam Convention, the international agreement which regulates exports of hazardous chemicals. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 5:47am
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Today the World Bank Director for the Pacific Region, Nigel Roberts, and the Asian Development Bank's Regional Director of the Sydney Office, Eugenue Zhukov, jointly opened the new premises of the World Bank Group, which will also host the ADB development coordinator. These premises symbolize the deepening working relationship by both banks with the Solomon Islands Government and with each other. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 November 2008 6:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand's next Parliament will be the most ethnically diverse in its history - with MPs from communities which have never had representation in Parliament, including a television journalist from Korea and a former Fiji citizen. By Lincoln Tan Premium content -
Tuesday 11 November 2008 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto believes that elected Cabinet Ministers could abuse their authority if there is no strong Public Service in place to check and advise them during Tonga's political reform. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 10 November 2008 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In handing down a five years imprisonment sentence on a man who indecently assaulted an 11-year-old girl, Chief Justice Anthony Ford pointed out that it might be timely for Parliament to review the maximum seven years imprisonment penalty for indecent assault in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 10 November 2008 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reports from Tonga's newspapers, November 5-6, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 10 November 2008 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The newly appointed General Manager of Digicel, Tonga Crystal Middleton-Lunn, has launched a huge marketing campaign, giving away large cash prizes and this month offering a NZD$60,000 vehicle as a prize a to win customers over to the growing cell phone network. Premium content -
Sunday 9 November 2008 2:46pm
Rockhampton, Australia : The Mate Ma'a Tonga ended its 2008 Rugby League World Cup campaign on a high note with a 48-0 victory over Scotland, at Rockhampton's Browne Park, Australia on Saturday, November 8. Premium content -
Sunday 9 November 2008 11:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After reading letters from the village idiot, but more especially reading in the paper about his fellows is getting quite monotonous and actually I am beginning to believe - that it really causes physical brain drain (ie. the actually lowering of a person's Intelligence Quotient; I am not referring to the phenomenon of aggregate skills and knowledge leaving a country but an actual chemical change in the human brain!). I do not know why they complain, they chose those people to represent them in the last elections. - Daniel K. Fale -
Friday 7 November 2008 9:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ringleader of an armed robbery who shot and injured a man at a Nuku‘alofa carpark, was a professional criminal who had been let out of prison early for previous armed robbery and then reoffended. Premium content -
Friday 7 November 2008 9:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maile Mataele (17) passed away at 11am today - the fifth victim of a road accident that claimed the lives of four other Liahona High School boys on the school's gradation day a week ago. Premium content -
Friday 7 November 2008 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K Orion aircraft with 17 crew members arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport on November 5 for a three-day visit on its monthly surveillance mission of Tongan waters. Premium content -
Friday 7 November 2008 5:24pm
USA : A golden opportunity seems to be intentionally flushed down the drain. As our Parliament closed for the year, it is sickening to read about the charges and counter charges by both sides of the aisle. Of all the issues that are crucial to the kingdom, personal vendetta seems more important than setting the foundation for the Year 2010 political change. If there is corruption in Parliament, it is the corruption of broken promises during the election campaign; the corruption of leading the public to believe they have a plan regarding transition to democracy, yet they have none; the corruption of giving themselves a huge pay increase without blinking an eye and still call it pitiful compensation. - Tama Foa -
Thursday 6 November 2008 9:56pm
London, UK : The Sports Hydrant Pacific Islanders team to play England at Twickenham on November 8. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2008 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 2008 session of the Tongan parliament was officially closed this morning by the Princess Regent, HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita. Photos by Linny Folau and Pesi Fonua Premium content
