You got it right Mr. Sanft, the Tonga's budget is pretty much dry. What you and your Demo friends do not seems to see is that regardless of the form of government you insisted of installing in Tonga, it will have to deal with a budget that is pretty much dry. I am not too sure because you and your friends have never been definitive on the type of system you insist on Tonga. But the early indication your Demo system is not going to solve Tonga's problem either. As a matter of fact, the Demo System created Tonga's current problem by forcing the 60%, 70%, and 80% pay raise. And then apply the last straw to break the camel's back when turn around and burn down the businesses that were going to finance this pay raise. -Sione Lousiale Kava
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Thursday 29 March 2007
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
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Wednesday 28 March 2007
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Auckland, New Zealand
Manukau City Councillor, Su'a William Sio appealed to parents, church and community leaders to look at ways that will help our communities stop using pokie machines and other forms of gambling.
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Wednesday 28 March 2007
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Rome, Italy
A committee of worldwide experts has taken additional steps leading to the inclusion of two pesticides, endosulfan and tributyl tin compounds, in the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure under the Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty designed to ensure that hazardous chemicals do not endanger human health and the environment.
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Wednesday 28 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Shoreline lost phone cards with a face value of about $4-5 million pa'anga during the riots of November 16, a witness told the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court yesterday during a hearing of a man accused of stealing about seven of the cards.
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Tuesday 27 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Peau Vava'u, one of Tonga's two domestic airlines, which due to fire damage to their corporate offices in November 2006 has been grounded, announced today that they will recommence commercial operation on Monday 14 May 2007.
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Tuesday 27 March 2007
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Manila, Philippines
The Pacific economies grew by 3.1 percent in 2006, picking up from 2.5% growth in 2005, says the 2007 edition of ADB's flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook (ADO).
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Tuesday 27 March 2007
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Port Waikato,New Zealand
MICHAEL Burling, the top Tongan surfboard rider is making a name for himself in the New Zealand surfing circuit.
Last Sunday, March 25, he won one of the four events in the New Zealand Hyundai Longboard Circuit that he was competing in at Port Waikato.
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Tuesday 27 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Heavy rainfall over Nuku'alofa today caused flooding in the capital and forced schools to close early, as school children and pedestrians waded ankle deep in water, while traffic crawled through flooded roads in low-lying areas. Photos by Pesi Fonua
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Monday 26 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Makatu'unga he lahi ngaahi fetu'utaki mai ki he Tau Malu'i Fonua 'a Tonga 'i he loto tailiili mo e hoha'a, hili 'enau fanongoa ki he ngaahi fakamanamana na'e fai 'e 'Akilisi Pohiva 'a ia 'oku 'asi he ngaahi ongoongo mei tu'apule'anga. 'Oku 'oatu ai heni he Tau Malu'i Fonua 'a Tonga 'a e fanongonongo ko 'eni mo e taumu'a ki he nonga moe ma'uma'uluta 'a e nofo 'a e fonua.
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Monday 26 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new branch of the ANZ Bank Tonga was officially opened this morning on Taufa'ahau Road, reestablishing the ANZ presence in the Nuku'alofa central business district.
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Sunday 25 March 2007
London, United Kingdom
It has been four months now since 16/11 and, as predicted, the consequential effects on Tonga political reform and the economy have been as deadly as sin. We have gone through a period of soul-searching about why it happened, how it happened and who were responsible for this blunder. As a people, I suppose we all feel emotionally gutted - angry and frustrated that our own brothers and sisters at home were actually capable of delivering such evil. Now of course the reality has hit home - the main business area of Nuku'alofa resembled that of an unfinished Hollywood Western film studio. - Senolita Swan
Saturday 24 March 2007
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Suve, Fiji
Pacific Regional Economic Integration Programme (PACREIP) received a boost of over F$4m (...2 million) from the European Union (EU) yesterday.
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Saturday 24 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga agreed to reduce the Statutory Required Reserves Ratio from 12.5% to 10% effective from April 2, 2007. The decision was made against a background of tight liquidity in the banking system.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Editor of the Kele'a newspaper, Tavake Fusimalohi was arrested and charged with sedition and defamation yesterday, March 22.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A team from Tonga's Crown Law Department will be prosecuting about 50 major cases relating to the November 16 riots, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court, starting on April 3, said the Solicitor General Linda Folaumoetu'i today.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Certificate course on Media and Journalism studies will be launched at the Tonga Community and Development Centre, in Nuku'alofa next week.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
ANZ will return to full operation on Monday, March 26, 2007 following the disruptions caused by the destruction of its building on November 2006.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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Apia, Samoa
Vaccinating poultry is an important tool in the worldwide battle against the H5N1 virus combined with several other control instruments, according to an international scientific conference that ended in Verona today.
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Friday 23 March 2007
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San Mateo, California
As many may deny it, or the faint of heart may not admit it - Tonga's reform may be its only hope for economic recovery (and future). - Alipate Sanft
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Friday 23 March 2007
Auckland, New Zealand
'Ihe nga'ahi uike kuo maliu atu ne toki fkpaasi ai 'e he pule'anga Nu'u Sila ha lao ke ne tapui fk'aufuli ai ha ala e matu'a 'o taa'i pe ki'i silafa nai hono fklea e taha 'a 'etau fanau. Malie lahi fau hono tipeiti'i mo hono talanga'i 'e he ngaahi letioo Nu'u Sila ni 'a e fo'i lao (bill) koeni. Lahi e too e fkmamafa ia pehe tokua ko e lahi e ngaahi matakali he 'otumotu Pasifiki 'oku hange eni ia ha fo'i 'ulunganga fkfonua ia pe ko e fo'i culture talu 'etau tupu. - Misi Letio
