A benefit concert will be held in Australia on Saturday May 26 for Dr Marilyn Meier-Kapavale, an internationally acclaimed pianist who is battling a rare form of liver cancer.
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Wednesday 16 May 2012
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Oakdale, NSW, Australia
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is keen to explore the offer by Australia for manual labourers to work in their cotton fields, cane farms, tourism and accommodation industry, and even in their mining industry, said Meleoni Uera, the Deputy Director of Tonga's newly established Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is also responsible for employment.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mate Ma'a Tonga, Tonga's National Rugby League team beat USA Tomahawks 28-20 in an inaugural Ohana Cup Test in Honolulu, on May 12.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano will depart Tonga tomorrow, May 16 to attend the 2012 NATO Summit hosted by US President Barack Obama, in Chicago.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Human rights activist and sole Papua New Guinea (PNG) female elected parliamentarian Dame Carol Kidu was dragged by police Saturday while protesting the illegal eviction and partial demolition of Paga Hill Settlement, housing some 2,000 residents.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
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Bonn, Germany
The United Nations climate negotiations resumed in Bonn, Germany, yesterday, May 14. This session is the first following the Durban climate conference in December 2011.
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Monday 14 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two workshops on Anti-money Laundering, and the Combating of Terrorist Financing were opened in Nuku'alofa this morning, May 14.
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Monday 14 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three Tongan athletes are confirmed at this stage to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London under wild cards entry, in July.
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Monday 14 May 2012
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Majuro, Marshall Islands
The Pacific bloc of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping has urged the European Commission (EC) to officially respond to its proposals on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
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Monday 14 May 2012
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Majuro, Marshall Islands
Tonga’s Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon. 'Isileli Pulu moved at the Forum Trade Ministers Meeting at Majuro, Marshall Islands on May 11 for school fees and the right for a temporary jobs for students from Forum Island Countries in Australia and New Zealand to be incorporated into the PACER Plus free trade agreement negotiation that is still in progress.
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Sunday 13 May 2012
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Majuro, Marshall Islands
Pacific Islands Forum Trade Ministers welcomed the opportunity for training placements within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) facilitated by the Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland (Geneva Office).
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Saturday 12 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano will attend the Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, PALM 6 in Okinawa, Japan from May 25-26.
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Friday 11 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mele Tatafu Heitonga (32) a former accounts clerk of 'Uta'atu & Associates in Nuku'alofa, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to ten counts of forgery and theft of over $130,000, at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on May 10.
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Friday 11 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Grant O'Fee of the New Zealand Police will take up his post as Tonga's new Police Commissioner on July 2, according to the Minister of Police Hon Sunia Fili.
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Friday 11 May 2012
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Noumea, New Caledonia
A total of eleven States and Territories in oceania have agreed to join the "One tree one day a life" initiative, a move that would make the Pacific a leading producer of oxygen on the planet, a veritable oxygen lung for the world.
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Thursday 10 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga marked the World Red Cross Day 2012 on May 8 under a theme "Youth on the Move", and recruited 80 new volunteers to carry out its humanitarian work of assisting people who are most vulnerable.
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Thursday 10 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network of France won the contract to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable system from Fiji to Tonga, which is expected to be in service by June 2013.
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Thursday 10 May 2012
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Apia, Samoa
A USD 1.7 million dollar project to conserve island biodiversity in the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu was launched at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa.
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Wednesday 9 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The outcome of the Oceania Judo Union Championship and the Oceania Judo Union Congress that was held in Cairns, Australia at the end of April raised the profile of Tonga and its sports people, said Lennie Niit, the new president of the Oceania Judo Union and one of the vice presidents of the International Judo Federation.
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Wednesday 9 May 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seventeen men were arrested over the weekend in relation to a range of robberies in Nuku‘alofa, including a violent robbery at the Tau'olunga Komipiuta in Fasi mo e Afi, but police are calling on the community to step up their neighbourhood watch with an effective response to help in the fight against crime.
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