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Sunday 14 September 2008 9:30pm
Suva, Fiji : The Fiji interim Minister of Education, Filipe Bole, has declared a strike by nearly 400 staff of the regional University of the South Pacific "illegal".
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Sunday 14 September 2008 6:33pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I was dismayed to read about the passing of the dual citizenship legislation prescribing the charging of a fee of $750.00 per application. -'Amelia Schaaf Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 8:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An argumentative People's Representative 'Etuate Lavulavu was ordered out of the House to cool off, after he refused to sit down during debate on a shipping bill, on Monday September 8. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 8:21pm
USA : The Kingdom is like a poor man with too many obligations, who thinks he must live up to every obligation because someone will always bail him out. Little that he knows, he is doing too many things that keep him in the poor house. If his perception of his obligation changes, he will still be poor but he will not be doggone tired and make an embarrassment of himself. - Tama Foa Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 5:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new low-carb beer was introduced to the top end of the Tongan beer drinking market with a launching at the Janfull International Dateline Hotel on Thursday night, September 11. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 12:28pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islanders 2008 rugby team was announced by the head coach Ilivasi Tabua in Suva, Fiji, yesterday, September 12. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A paternity suit brought against the Tongan noble Hon. Havea Tuiha'ateiho by his uncle took an unexpected twist yesterday, as the plaintiff told the court he could not recall bringing a claim against the noble. Premium content -
Thursday 11 September 2008 9:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Timo Roder and Tobias Korte are two young "Travelling Carpenters" from Germany, who are traveling the world wearing distinctive clothing and observing an old Geramn tradition, which has brought them to Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 September 2008 9:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Opeti Fekau pleaded guilty to a total of five charges, including an armed robbery outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga commercial branch on May 26, when he appeared before Chief Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Thursday, September 3. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 September 2008 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The People's Representative for the Niuas, Sione Feingatau 'Iloa reported to the House a dangerous voyage by the MV 'Olovaha to the Niuas on August 18. He said that the engine stopped five times and he felt that the lives of the passengers were at risk. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The process of privatising government enterprises in Tonga made two steps forward and one step backward in July. The government sold its remaining 75 per cent shareholding in the Leiola Group Ltd., Tonga's sole Duty Free enterprise, to the Pacific Retail Ltd. for $6.06 million pa'anga; and its 40 per cent shares in the Westpac Bank of Tonga to Westpac for $25 million pa'anga. Then government bought back the national power generation unit from Shoreline Power for $US17.7 million and handed it over to its own company Tonga Power Ltd. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King in Council has repealed the Emergency Powers Regulations 2007 and replaced them with new Emergency Powers (Public Safety and Public Order) Regulations 2008, effective from September 5 for 30 days, over an extended area of the capital Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Re: Elected members upset that new tax rate hits MP's pockets. "The Prime Minister used the Cabinet Ministers' parliamentary salaries as an example. He said that a minister's Basic Salary was $32,000. The first $7,400 was tax-free, therefore the remaining $24,600 was taxed 10 per cent. He said that even if the allowances of $5,400 were added on it was only going to be the remaining figures above $30,000 that would be taxed 20 per cent." Unfortunately this is not the correct explanation of the new taxation. - Frank Schaper Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After reading your story on the tragic accident involving the two young men recently I was saddened by the devastating plight these two men have endured. Accident shatters dreams of two talented sportsmen I am referring to the men Paumolevuka Tu'i (18) of Talafo'ou and Mafua Kiokata (22) of Nukunuku training for the Aussie Rules trip to australia and would like to add I do not know them or their families. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 5:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Australia will provide funds totaling T$1,606,234.00, for nineteen (19) projects in Tongatapu, seventeen (17) in Ha'apai and four (4) in Vava'u as outlined in the Attachment. Premium content -
Monday 8 September 2008 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Parliament has reduced the duty on imported vehicles by 50 per cent, rejecting a four months old formula that was introduced to encourage Tongans to buy newer and more fuel-efficient vehicles. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 8 September 2008 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Australian five-members delegation are currently in Tonga to hold talk with Tonga's Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries about sending seasonal workers to Australia. Premium content -
Monday 8 September 2008 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, September 3-4, 2008. Tonga's squash exports to Japan have dwindled from 23,000 tons to only 2,500 tons this year. Premium content -
Monday 8 September 2008 3:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Tu'ilakepa, the Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, caused an uproar in the House on Tuesday September 2 when he pleaded with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to reduce the 20 per cent tax imposed on the incomes of members of parliament. From the House by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 7 September 2008 10:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Kolonga man who callously shot a woman shopkeeper at point blank range deserved life imprisonment for the extremely serious crime, but Tonga's statutes do not allow a life term, a Tongan Supreme Court judge said on September 5. Premium content
