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Wednesday 2 July 2008 8:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petroleum prices in Tonga's remote Niuas islands passed the $4 a litre mark, following yesterday's nationwide fuel price rise that added between .20 seniti to .22 per litre on last month's price.
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Wednesday 2 July 2008 6:40pm
Avarua, Cook Islands : A three-day sexual minority group workshop on MSM (men who have sex with men), Transgender and HIV facilitated by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation ended on June 25 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 July 2008 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four girls have registered to compete in Tonga's 2008-09 Miss Heilala Pageant to be held during the Annual Heilala Festival from July 21-29. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 July 2008 5:32am
Honiara, Solomon Islands : The Commander of RAMSI Participating Police Force (PPF), Denis McDermott, has expressed his disappointment that the RAMSI police officer injured in the recent fatal car accident has refused to cooperate with the Solomon Islands Police. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 July 2008 5:20am
Suva, Fiji : The Fiji Media Council says it is unacceptable that a delegation from Australian Broadcasting Corporation was refused visas for the country. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 July 2008 10:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : From the House, an English translation summary from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 July 2008 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five men are being detained in custody on charges relating to the armed robbery and shooting that took place outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at the Si'i Kae Ola shopping centre on May 26. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 July 2008 8:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Ma'ake Siola'a, a brother of one of the victims who died in the Shoreline fire, told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, that he stood with 'Isileli Pulu outside the Shoreline Building on November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Monday 30 June 2008 11:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : From the House, an English translation summary from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 30 June 2008 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 700 Youth Pilgrims from the Catholic Diocese of Tonga will get the chance of a lifetime to see Pope Benedict XVI in person during the World Youth Day on July 15-20 in Sydney, Australia. Premium content -
Sunday 29 June 2008 1:37pm
Berlin, Germany : German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, addressed Transparency International's (TI) Board of Directors this morning, June 28 in honour of the organisation's 15th anniversary celebration. Premium content -
Sunday 29 June 2008 1:15pm
Suva, Fiji : Giant Microsoft Corp will not name its next operating system "Windows Fiji", the company said. Premium content -
Sunday 29 June 2008 12:14pm
Geneva, Switzerland : The 31st Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission holds its annual meeting in Geneva from June 30 to July 4. Premium content -
Sunday 29 June 2008 9:25am
USA : In the scheme of things, this is insignificant. The military regime is still in charge, and the chiefs who favored secession will be prosecuted for treason and removed. What is most notable, the son of Ratu Mara, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, is in the middle of it. Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba is a lieutenant-colonel in Fiji's army, now the Lau Group Provincial Chairman. This is a strange twist of fate. The group who booted Ratu Mara out of power now has Mara's son as one of their own. - Tama Foa -
Sunday 29 June 2008 8:49am
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Kou tui 'oku 'ikai ko ha ngaue faingofua ka 'oku ou fakatauange ki he 'Eiki ke kei fakaivia kimoutolu he ngaue 'oku fai kae ongo'i 'e he kakai e fonua 'oku nau malu mo hao. - Pola Loiti Premium content -
Friday 27 June 2008 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A witness told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, that he saw and heard the accused 'Isileli Pulu thank the rioters who were damaging the Pacific Royale Hotel on November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Friday 27 June 2008 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A forensic investigator from the Australian Federal Police told the Nuku'alofa Court this morning, Friday June 27 that the fire that gutted the Shoreline Building on November 16, 2006 was deliberately lit. Premium content -
Friday 27 June 2008 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The completion of one of Australia's largest aid programmes to Tonga, a $10 million pa'anga Fisheries Project, was marked with a special ceremony at the Ministry of Fisheries, Sopu, this afternoon, June 27. Premium content -
Friday 27 June 2008 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's future prosperity depends on private sector lead economic growth, and business cannot grow in government's shadow, said Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto in launching his first budget to the community. Premium content -
Friday 27 June 2008 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "Disappointed" was the reaction of the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon. Dr. Feleti Sevele, to a decision by Commodore Frank Bainimarama to withdraw Fiji from the Fiji-Forum Joint Working Group. Premium content
