Mr. Edgar Cocker has joined the Ministry of Tourism as the Director of the Ministry effective on August 3, 2007. Mr. Cocker came to the Ministry with much experience and knowledge of the industry. He served in the Board of Directors of the Tourism Council of the South Pacific (now south-pacific.travel) from 1992 to 1998 while he was the Marketing and Product Development Officer for the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Suva, Fiji. After his nine years term (1992-2000) with PIFS, he became the Associate Director of the Land Grant Program funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Cooperative Research Education and Extension Services (CREES) based in Saipan. The program was focused on scientific research in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, natural resources, nutrition, diet, health and community development.
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Tuesday 4 September 2007
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Geneva, Switzerland
The World Health Organization (WHO) is today appealing to countries to increase their support for mental health services. The appeal is part of a series of six reviews on global mental health which are being published today in the journal The Lancet. WHO has worked closely with the journal The Lancet to generate the evidence and formulate the call for action.
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Monday 3 September 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three vessels were apprehended and is under investigation, after being rounded up during a joint maritime surveillance operation called the 2007 Operation Kurukuru, that ended today.
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Monday 3 September 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
We are informed this week by the Kele'a that the strategy adopted by New Zealand and Australia to counter the growing influence of China among Pacific nations, is faulty. Critical of the appointment of New Zealand and Australian nationals to administrative posts in Pacific countries' departments of police, immigration and customs, the Kele'a declares that this is neo-colonialism and a wrong approach by these two countries. The Kele'a concludes by invoking its motto, "It will make the people angry".
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Monday 3 September 2007
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Apia, Samoa
Tonga's second gold medal at Apia, won by Paula Sitapa in the Taekwondo Male Black Belt 67kg - 72kg Light Weight, on 30 August 2007, put Tonga in 10th position on the gold medal tally after six days of competition at the South Pacific Games.
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Monday 3 September 2007
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Australia
Whale conservationists and representatives from Whale and Dolphin Watch Australia Inc (W.A.D.W.A. who's members include 50 Whale Watch operators throughout Australia) will attempt to hand deliver a letter to Japans Consular General in Brisbane with a request to pass it on to the Prime Minister of Japan. The protest will coincide with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit to Australia to attend the APEC meetings in Sydney.
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Monday 3 September 2007
Sydney, Australia
'Oku 'oatu e kole ke ke anga lelei pe mu'a kae tu'u atu e ki'i tohi ni tu'unga he tohi na'e fai 'e Tangi mei Washington 'o 'ulu'i tohi 'aki "Faka'ulia hono tute 'o e 'Ofa. - ‘Ofameilangi Melino
Sunday 2 September 2007
Portland, Oregon,USA
Many thanks for your fair and open reporting of the truth. From the latest articles from Parliament the Matangi has helped bring an awarness that has usually not been available. - Cliff Johnston
Saturday 1 September 2007
Washington,USA
'Oku ou fakatokanga'i 'oku mei molumalu ange 'emau tauhi hotau 'ulungaanga fakafonua 'i muli ni 'i Tonga. Ne u 'atu 'eku ki'i fanau ke nau sio ki he 'ulungaanga faka Tonga 'a ia 'oku ou feinga ke nau fai mo muimui ki ai. Ka na'aku fakatokanga'i ai 'a e mamafa 'a e koloa 'i Tonga. Pea u fifili he taimi lahi pe koeha nai kuo fu'u mamafa pehe ai 'a e koloa, ka 'oku 'ikai lahi ha ngaue 'i Tonga ke 'inasi ai e famili kotoa ke fakatau 'aki 'enau ngaahi fiema'u. - Tangi mei Washington ‘i ‘Amelika
Saturday 1 September 2007
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Sydney, Australia
Meeting for the 13th Asia Pacific Labour Network meeting, union leaders from the region sent a strong message to the upcoming Leaders summit: rather than continuing to narrowly focus on trade and investment liberalisation, APEC must broaden its scope to deal with the economic and social realities of the majority of the people of the region. The Asia Pacific is on the brink of a jobs crisis, with lack of decent work opportunities as more people toil in the informal economy, inequality rises, social standards plummet, and millions of people leave their countries to seek a basic living . Yet APEC is addressing none of this.
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Friday 31 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
If being able to watch the 2007 Rugby World Cup on television will enable one to go to heaven, only 700 Tongan families will make it; the rest will have to watch wrestling on Tonfon, or Beijing Olympic hype on CCTV, and ex-students' programs on TV Tonga.
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Friday 31 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The clerk told the House that the Minister of Lands and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence were away overseas. The Governor of Ha'apai and Noble Tu'ipelehake had asked for a day off. Noble Tu'ilakepa and Sunia Fili were away to the APPU meeting in Palau, and those who did not no answer when he called out their names, were probably coming late. They were the Prime Minister, the Minister of Works, the Minister for Tourism, the Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, a Noble's Representative, Lasike, and People's Representatives Clive Edwards, and 'Uliti Uata.
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Friday 31 August 2007
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USA
Thanks for very balanced reporting on the case of Siaosi Lavaka and TBC.
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Thursday 30 August 2007
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Apia, Samoa
AFTER four days of competition in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, Tonga has won 11 medals in three sports, with Judo boasting the only Gold, while the Burling family took three Silver medals in surfing, and the weightlifting team collected six medals - three by Kefilini Tualau.
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Thursday 30 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Radio Tonga's Senior News Editor, Siaosi Lavaka, who was dismissed last week by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission, wants to know why he was dismissed and to have a right of reply.
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Thursday 30 August 2007
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Apia, Samoa
Heimuli Faka'osi, won a Bronze Medal in judo yesterday, the second medal for Tonga at the South Pacific Games in Apia, both from judo and by the Faka'osi brothers.
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Wednesday 29 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Fung Shing Group of businesses is building a new 1,600 square meter double storey building at the site of the former Fung Shing Business Centre, which was looted and gutted on November 16 last year.
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Wednesday 29 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Preparations are still underway in Nuku'alofa ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Meeting Tonga will host October 15-18.
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Wednesday 29 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The credibility of the Tongan Parliament hangs in a balance today, after the PRs 'Akilisi Pohiva, 'Isileli Pulu and Vili Helu tabled a petition to the House that they admitted contained false signatures and jumped the gun on the decisions that have yet to be reached by their own select committees.
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Wednesday 29 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Kele'a reacts to suggestions by the Parliamentary Reform Committee chairman, Noble Luani, that political reform should proceed at an unhurried pace and not be aired publicly, while the topic was still being debated by the committee. It accuses Noble Luani of siding with the government and called for his immediate dismissal. It also blames the government for having bridled the committee and claims that political reform is now going in circles. The Kele'a advocates the termination of a committee that it describes as a waste of money, time, and a cause of people's anger.
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