Results for Tonga

Anne Thorp, ambassador for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation said 3,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in New Zealand. She told a “Pink in Paris” fundraising luncheon, organized by the Tonga Breast Cancer Society on 22 October, that Maori and Pacific Islands women often don't present themselves early enough for treatment.

Tonga's parliament last week appeared to be rehearsing how to prepare, present, and to process a Vote of No Confidence in a Prime Minister and his Cabinet. From the House by Pesi Fonua.

The 26th Council of Ministers of Tourism Meeting encouraged members to continue partnership in the spirit of regionalism and pursue the sustainable development of the tourism sector as it is an important source of employment and economic development for the region.

Vanisi Tulahe (39) has been named as the fisherman from Ma'ufanga who has remained missing at sea in Vava'u waters since Tuesday. It is believed that he fell overboard from a local fishing vessel, the FV Kelly.

A 39-year-old fisherman from Ma'ufanga was reported missing at sea from a local fishing vessel the Kelly, on Tuesday, October 18, when it was located about 56 nautical miles NW of Vava’u in rough seas.

Drawings of peace by local primary school children at the Ocean of Light International School in Hofoa today joined 'Colours for Peace, a travelling international exhibition which has collected over 9000 drawings from 200 primary and nursery schools in more than 80 countries around the world.

A group of seven Georgians have been shifted by Tonga Police from accomodation in Tofoa to an undisclosed place over the weekend. Tonga Police said they had reasons to move the group which they could not yet disclose.

Tonga will be competing in this year’s exciting Oceania Sevens Championship in Fiji from November 11-12, which will include both the Olympic Gold Medal winners in the Men’s and Women’s Sevens, namely Fiji and Australia.

It is important to ensure girls and women “are not raised in any form of abuse whether mental or physical,” Tonga's only woman Member of Parliament Hon. ‘Akosita Lavulavu said as Tonga celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, 11 October, for the first time.