Results for tag

Tonga's Prime Minister had made an "unwarranted attack on the judiciary" Justice Warwick Andrew said today in a statement answering assertions made by Dr Feleti Sevele last week in a row over the judge's resignation and early departure from Tonga.

Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, will appear for the first time at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, September 8.

Justice Andrew today (August 3) said that the assertion made by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga that his resignation as a Justice of the Supreme Court of The Kingdom Of Tonga put the Government "in the lurch" was an unwarranted attack on the Judiciary.

Does Mr. Hola think that Tonga will do a better job than the British Lord Chancellor? After 1,400 years, former Prime Minister Tony Blair finally agreed in 2003 to close it down. It had run afoul of the law for many years, and had violated basic democratic principles. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.

About 40,000 Tongan voters have registered for the 2010 Tonga General Election, to be held in November, after the final round of registration closed throughout Tonga on Tuesday August 31.

Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers for Afghanistan are preparing to be deployed before Christmas this year, after flying to England at the end of September or in early October, for six weeks of training.

I must admit that the departure of two senior judges of the Supreme Court in recent times is quite disturbing. As a developing nation, this trend is a sign of an unhealthy judiciary and the state must inquire as to how this can be reversed. - Freddy Kavaha'apai.

The Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, yesterday stated that Justice Andrew's statement that Cabinet had prematurely discontinued his appointment as Supreme Court judge was totally untrue and that Cabinet did no more than accede to his request to resign early from his appointment in order to take up a new one in Australia. - Issued by Prime Minister's Office.

A two-days Interagency Border Management Workshop with the objective of strengthening Tonga's border security started in Nuku'alofa on Monday, August 30.