A 48-year-old man from Angaha was found dead in his plantation in 'Eua on Wednesday, May 12 after his family reported him missing on the same day, according to the weekly Tonga Police report.
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Thursday 20 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 20 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
To say Tonga is an absolute monarchy is blatantly false; Tonga is a Constitutional Monarchy. To claim that Tonga's judiciary is not independent is also not true. Mr. Mokofisi's claims are unfounded because he contradicts and does not take into account the proven history of Tonga's judiciary independence and integrity demonstrated on a number of levels and issues. - Daniel K. Fale.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pirates from 31 yachts raided Big Mama's Yacht Club at the Pangaimotu Island Resort on Monday evening for the Great Fancy Dress Party of the 2010 Big Mama's Tonga Rally.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A major function of the Electricity Commission is to independently regulate (control) the electricity tariff (price) paid by Tongan consumers. There are two elements in the tariff (price of power), the fuel component and the non-fuel component.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australia will provide Tonga with an estimated A$27.8million in official development assistance in 2010-11. This represents a A$6.5million increase compared to the estimates of official development assistance to Tonga for 2009-10.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
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Nomuka, Ha'apai
As long as we glue "monarchy" to whatever form of government we create, we should not be surprised whenever the King and the Privy Council manipulate or coerce the Judiciary. It happened in the past. It's happening now. And, it will happen again as long as Tonga's current "political sun" still shines. It is a logical consequence of being under a monarchy. - Senituli Penitani.
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Tuesday 18 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Magistrate Courts have a shortage of Magistrates, with only four sitting since January this year - a dramatic decrease from about 10 Magistrates who presided in the lower court in 2009.
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Monday 17 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 2,753 women were victims of violence in the decade 2000-09, according to Tonga Police statistics that show on average 23 women per month come to police to report an incident of physical or sexual violence; and last year four women died in domestic incidents.
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Monday 17 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first death certificates issued for victims of the Ashika ferry sinking were issued for the late Fetaulaki Mahe (25) and his three-year-old son Filimone Monti Mahe by Chief Justice Hon Anthony Ford on May 14.
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Monday 17 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A father from Popua, Sione Talia'uli (31) appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, May 17, charged with the murder of his four-year-old-son Tutei Talia'uli at Popua in September last year.
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Monday 17 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
I have been directed by the Honourable Speaker of the House to respectfully seek your kind cooperation in correcting some of the technical information which appears on your article titled "House leaves government to make final decision on constituency boundaries" posted on Matangitonga Online website on May 7, 2010 and related articles preceding this article. - Dr Viliami Latu, Clerk of the House.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 7-month old baby girl died on Saturday May 8 from protein malnutrition - one of five cases of severe infant malnutrition presented this year at Nuku'alofa's Vaiola Hospital, where doctors are concerned this is a reflection of the economic hardship that Tonga is currently facing.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Changing Tonga's laws to better protect women against domestic violence is the essence of the first National Consultation on Advocacy Strategies for Advancing Legislative Change to Address Violence against Women which will be opened in Nuku'alofa on Monday May 17.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Governor of Vava'u, Noble Luani (50) who died suddenly in Neiafu, Vava'u, on May 12 is to be buried at his estate Malapo in Tongatapu, next week.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Washington D. C. , U.S.A.
On May 6, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Tonga on a lapse of time basis. Under the IMFs lapse of time procedures, the Executive Board completes Article IV consultations without convening formal discussions. -International Monetary Fund, Public Information Notice
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Fiji
While is true that legal ideology is underpinned by various philosophy and values, the appointment of judicial offices must be seen as neutral and remain neutral. You cannot have appointments of judicial officers infested with politics and then later expect the judiciary to fully function without political interference especially in small developing nations in the Pacific. - F. Kavaha'apai.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Salt Lake City-Utah, USA
Mr Senituli Penitani throws in the "abortion" issue to the discussion of judiciary independence hoping to "muddy the water". Reminding Mr. Penitani that I never stated a preference for the American System of justice. I wrote that whichever system Tonga selects (Westminster: British, NZ, etc. American, or Australia: hybrid American-Westminster), they all share a common respect for the "independence" of the Judiciary. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Thursday 13 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two former employees at the Forum Travel office in Nuku'alofa have been charged with forgery and the embezzlement of $300,000 pa'anga.
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Thursday 13 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two people are currently being kept in police custody after being arrested by Tonga Police and charged with trafficking persons into Tonga, particularly young women for sexual exploitation.
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Thursday 13 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Polynesian countries collectively have a high death rate from breast cancer because of late detection of the disease, Mr Paul Kitchen MA MB BS FRACS, a breast cancer surgeon from Australia said in Nuku'alofa this week.
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