You are here

Results for tag

Thursday 13 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Foreign Reserve for February fell by $11.3 million to $101.8 million. The National Reserve Bank of Tonga stated yesterday that the large fall reflect a "higher oil payments during the month."
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 13 March 2008
Paris, France
"From now on, we will organise activities every 12 March to condemn cyber-censorship throughout the world," Reporters Without Borders said. "A response of this kind is needed to the growing tendency to crack down on bloggers and to close websites.
Node is premium Premium content
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program for Tonga's high schools run by the Salvation Army has been set rolling with a $1,000 donation from the Tonga Women's International Social Club.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government Auditor-General's report on the alleged misuse of funds by the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Fineasi Funaki is still with the Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele who is back in his office this week.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Communication Corporation TCC on March 10 launched its new $1.8 million pa'anga billing system.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The mediation process of settling disputes out of court has been a success in helping to reduce the backlog of cases in the Tonga Supreme Court.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Belgrade, Serbia
On 17 February 2008 in South-Eastern Europe, the Serbian Southern province of Kosovo declared independence from the Republic of Serbia, and self proclaimed the new Republic of Kosovo. - Ivan Simic
Node is premium Premium content
Monday 10 March 2008
London, UK
Last year, Commonwealth Heads of Government met in Uganda on the edge of Lake Victoria and agreed to an Action Plan for tackling climate change. It was an appropriate place to do so: from there, the waters of the River Nile begin a three-month journey to the Mediterranean.- Commonwealth Day
Node is premium Premium content
Sunday 9 March 2008
London, UK
Monday10th March is Commonwealth Day. For two billion Commonwealth citizens, it is a day to share and a day to celebrate.
Node is premium Premium content
Sunday 9 March 2008
Suva, Fiji
Fiji's self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama has tightened his grip on information in his country, deciding he alone should be the army's media spokesman.
Node is premium Premium content
Sunday 9 March 2008
Suva, Fiji
The findings in a report on the media would not be accepted because it lacked credibility, the Fiji Media Council told Pacnews yesterday.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A young father who was convicted of five charges, two of them relating to the riots of November 16, 2006 serves a nine months imprisonment sentence starting today.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Toga
A teenage driver in a hit and run accident that killed a man at Ma'ufanga will serve a sentence of 15 months imprisonment starting today, March 7.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Noumea, New Caledonia
This year's theme for International Women's Day on 8 March, Investing in Women and Girls, provides an opportunity to review the situation in the Pacific region regarding financing for gender equality.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Waitakere, New Zealand
Tongan Exhibitors and visitors to the Pacific Trade Expo 2008 held at the Waitakere Trust Stadium in Waitakere, Auckland, March 5-6, 2008.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Apia, Samoa
Today funds will be handed over to Samoa's two largest marine protected areas (MPAs) on behalf of the Coral Reef Initiatives in the Pacific (CRISP) program, at a ceremony to be held at the Safata MPA District Centre.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
This year's International Women's Day focuses on investing in women and girls. Abundant evidence shows that when women are given an opportunity to express their potential, health indicators rapidly improve for themselves, for households and for communities. Investment in women and girls not only contributes to socioeconomic progress, but is also an investment in health development.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 7 March 2008
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) will not petition the Australian Government to remove Fiji from participating in the Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI) in the Solomon Islands as suggested by a group of Pacific journalists.
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 6 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A $15.5 million pa'anga loan capital at 5% interest will be made available in May to businesses that were destroyed during the riot of 16/11 2006.
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 6 March 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government Auditor-General's report on the alleged misuse of funds by the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Fineasi Funaki has been completed and handed over to the Prime Minister, Hon Dr Feleti Sevele.
Node is premium Premium content

Pages