Tonga's low-lying Ha'apai islands experienced some coastal flooding early this morning, with police reporting water coming through sea front houses at Pangai but causing no substantial damage, while boat owners reported unusual drops in coastal sea levels at Foa Island.
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Saturday 12 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Saturday 12 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongans are on alert this morning as the estimated time of arrival at 5:00 am of a tsunami wave generated by the Japan earthquake on March 11 has passed. The low tide this morning is at 6:16am.
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Friday 11 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A widespread tsunami warning is in effect for the South Pacific islands, including Tonga, tonight following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan this evening. Estimated initial tsunami wave arrival times for Tonga local time 5:05 am Saturday 12 March. Tsunami Bulletin Number 4 issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre NOAA
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Friday 11 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Hon. Richard Marles, visited Tonga on March 11 and affirmed Australia's support would continue under Tonga's new government.
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Friday 11 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Police Commissioner Chris Kelley was one of the first six members of the Tonga Police who received their new Tonga Police Identification cards and badges from the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Hon. Richard Marles on Friday, March 11.
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Friday 11 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
THE brother of Vaefetu'u Mahe (22) whose body was one of only two recovered after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in his evidence on March 10, said he identified his sister's body at the Vaiola Hospital mortuary following its recovery on August 6, 2009.
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Thursday 10 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A decision on whether the price of electricity will go up or not will not be known until April 6, said the Chief Executive Officer of Tonga Power Ltd, Peter McGill.
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Thursday 10 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury found a 34-year-old shipping clerk not guilty on five counts of embezzling just over $10,000 from Dateline Shipping Co in 2007, in a verdict delivered this afternoon at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 10 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With an aim of eradicating Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the Pacific, a regional group is currently in Nuku'alofa on a three-day fact finding mission.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The cancellation of the filming in Vava'u of the TV Reality Show, "Survivor" at the end of February because the organisers could not secure hotel accommodation, has sent a shock wave through Tonga's tourist Industry.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Surviving crew member Benjamin Tupou who was on watch duty on the bridge from 8pm to when the MV Princess Ashika sank just before midnight on August 5, 2009, said that he woke up at 7:40pm that night to find water inside the cabin and some of his fellow crew member were bailing it out.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 28 years old male teacher at the Matahau Government Primary School has been fined $100 for assaulting an eight-year-old pupil. The pupil reported the teacher to the police after he was assaulted for a second time.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
Transparency Vanuatu TV calls on the Prime Minister to sanction Iauko without delay, and calls on the Police to ensure that the publishers criminal charge against Minister Iauko does not join the many other complaints that have simply been swept under the carpet like the assaults of Mark Neil Jones by Christopher Emelle family and Jackson Noal, the latter now being a senior executive in the Police. - Transparency Vanuatu.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Women need to work together, to meet and to network, and to review women's progress, Hon. Frederica Fatafehi Lapaha Tuita told a large gathering of women for the International Women's Day Centenary celebration held at the Queen Salote College Hall in Nuku'alofa on March 8.
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Tuesday 8 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three grants for the education of girls and young women were launched by the Westpac Bank of Tonga yesterday to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the International Women's Day on March 8.
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Monday 7 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two former employees at the Forum Travel office in Nuku'alofa pleaded not guilty to the theft and embezzlement of over $300,000 pa'anga when they appeared at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Friday, March 4.
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Monday 7 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three teenagers who admitted crimes that included theft of cash and goods worth over $160,000 pa'anga from members of the U-16 Oceania Australian Football League team in December last year, are to be sentenced on April 8, 2011 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 7 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 24-year-old man from Hofoa in Tongatapu was sentenced to three years imprisonment for six counts including theft, housebreaking and indecent assault, on March 4 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 7 March 2011
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Noumea, New Caledonia
Heads of Pacific Islands' fisheries agencies heard yesterday that climate change is predicted to cause big declines in coastal fisheries resources in the region, with potential production cut by as much as 50% by 2100.
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Monday 7 March 2011
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
Minister Iauko also threatened the editor of the Daily Post, Royson Willie, saying "yu wantem mi brekem face blo yu?" (do you want me to break your face?) with one of the men by the name of Nanua from North Tanna threatening the editor. The editor has condemned the attack on the free and independent media in Vanuatu, saying such action is a disgrace and unacceptable, especially when a state minister was involved in such completely not statesmanship action. - Daily Post.
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