The Tonga Police are currently coordinating a major maritime search and rescue operation in the Ha'apai Group of islands in Tonga.
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Friday 7 August 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Friday 7 August 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police and emergency services trying to verify the passenger list of the MV Princess Ashika disaster have the following 24 hour telephone hotlines for information.
Friday 7 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 62 people are missing at sea and this number may grow, said Police Commander Chris Kelley, this morning, as there is great difficulty in trying to reconcile passenger figures after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai waters late on August 5.
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 55 people are accounted for but an unconfirmed number are still missing at sea after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai, waters last night, and now nearly 24 hours after the disaster families in Tonga and abroad are trying to come to terms with their losses.
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Rescued from the sea, a young Ha'afeva man Siaosi Lavaka said that he saw one body recovered and that only the men had reached the lifeboats after the MV Princess Ashika was overturned by heavy seas around midnight last night. He fears that all the women and children went down with the boat.
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Of the 96 people who left Nuku'alofa on board the MV Princess Ashika, yesterday, according to the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. list released at around midday today, the known survivors include 27 crew and 23 passengers, at this early stage thought to be all male.
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika sank at sea shortly after midnight last night, with 80 people on board. A major search and rescue operation is underway looking for about 36 missing crew and passengers, while the 44 believed rescued are being taking to Ha'afeva by the MV Pulupaki the first rescue vessel to reach the scene. Breaking News...
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Thursday 6 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V celebrated his 61st birthday, officially on Saturday, August 1, with a luncheon at the Royal Palace following a military parade at Pangai Lahi. Photos by Linny Folau and Pat Car
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) continues to struggle to establish itself as a champion of Media Freedom in the Pacific Islands.
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Success at the top level of Rugby League has come from self-determination and hard work, says 'Isileli Folau, an Australian Rugby League star, who joined his family for a return visit to Tonga recently.
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A pregnant mother of two who stole $25,000 while working for the ANZ bank in Tonga, will spend the next four years in Hu'atolitoli Prison.
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The foundation pouring for the new Taumoepeau Building in central Nuku'alofa has led the way in a new method of construction for Tonga.
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Cairns, Australia
The possible launch of trade negotiations by Prime Minister John Key and the other Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum, beginning today in Cairns, must not plunge Pacific people already hit by the economic crisis, food crisis and climate change further into poverty, says international aid agency Oxfam.
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Wednesday 5 August 2009
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Queensland, Australia
Pacific Greenpeace activists have shut down Abbott Point coal export terminal in Queensland to demand Kevin Rudd stops risking the future of Pacific Islands by undermining real action on climate change and expanding Australia's coal industry.
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Tuesday 4 August 2009
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London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) held an extraordinary meeting in London on 31 July 2009, when it recalled its decision in March that, should sufficient progress not be made by Fiji towards a return to democracy, Fiji would be fully suspended from the Commonwealth at the Group's next regularly scheduled meeting in September 2009.
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Monday 3 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's annual Heilala Festival wound-up with a colourful parade in Nuku'alofa on Saturday, attracting thousands of people onto the streets to enjoy the brass bands and floats with the ten contestants, and other festival participants. Photos by Linny Folau and Mary Lyn Fonua
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Monday 3 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Honolulu girl, Paea Williams (25), was crowned Miss Heilala 2009-10, on Friday night, July 31.. Photos by Linny Folau
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Friday 31 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The third and the last judging event for the 2009 Miss Heilala Pageant last night, July 30, featured the sarong swimwear, contemporary island creation, talent contest and stage interview. By Linny Folau
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Friday 31 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In celebration of HM King George Tupou V's 61st birthday, over 200 people were named to receive honours decorations and medals during a Birthday Investiture Ceremony at the Royal Palace today, July 31. Photos by Linny Folau
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Friday 31 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Canadian Navy ship HMCS Winnipeg in Tonga this morning July 31, made a difference in the lives of women and children who seek refuge at the Tonga National Centre for Women and Children by donating USD$4,000 and over 100 stuffed toys.
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