Tonga is ranked number 99 in the Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index published in Berlin on November 17.
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Monday 30 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 30 November 2009
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Hamburg, Germany
Tonga's National Day was celebrated with a reception and buffet dinner in Hamburg, Germany on November 3 (November 4, in Tonga) hosted by Mr Erwin M. Ludewig, the Honorary Consul General of Tonga in Hamburg.
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Sunday 29 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The school year for 2009 concluded on Friday November 27 with the prizegiving ceremonies for four high schools: the Free Wesleyan Tupou High School, Tupou College, and Queen Salote College and the Catholic 'Apifo'ou College.
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Saturday 28 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A two-weeks joint military exercise between French soldiers, who are based in New Caledonia, and soldiers from the Tonga Defence Services concluded at the Taliai Military Camp, Fua'amotu on November 21.
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Saturday 28 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Institute of Education that trains teachers in both primary and high school level received a donation of Japanese language books for teachers, from the Ambassador of Japan in Tonga HE Mr Yasuo Takase on November 27.
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Friday 27 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three senior science students in Nuku'alofa have won prizes in a national competition that aims to encourage the study of science by students in Tonga.
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Thursday 26 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
David Campese, the former Australian Wallaby winger is a new found friend of the Tonga Rugby Union.
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Thursday 26 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Male staff of Westpac Bank of Tonga have committed to eliminating violence against women by wearing the white ribbon.
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Thursday 26 November 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Oku te faka'ofa'ia si'i kau ngaue 'a e Potungaue Toutai 'i he mahino mai ko e fangota fa'o ki he katoava 'enau savea ne fai mo 'enau fokotu'u ne 'oatu ki hono fakangatangata 'o e lahi mo e taimi ke toutai'i ai e mokohunu pea pehe ki he ngaahi kautaha ke nau hu atu e mokohunu. -Samiu Sika
Thursday 26 November 2009
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Canberra, Australia
To address the pay equity gap in Australia for women a new report by the House of Representatives Employment and Workplace Relations Committee has recommended a raft of amendments to the Fair Work Act and Sex Discrimination Act.
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Thursday 26 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
9-year-old Sesilia Malialose Tapueluelu is the Dux for St Joseph's Business College 2009
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An Action Plan for an Early Warning Tsunami System for Tonga is expected to be completed by January 2010, according to 'Ofa Fa'anunu the Chairman and Director of the Tonga Meteorology Center.
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 20th birthday of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper was marked with a thanksgiving prayer service at the Queen Salote College Hall on Saturday, November 21, with the publisher and editor Kalafi Moala announcing changes.
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga exported 1,600 tonnes of squash pumpkin to Japan and South Korea at the end of the 2009 squash season this week, said Minolu Nishi Jr, the President of the Tonga Squash Council.
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled Tonga in the early hours of Wednesday morning, November 25 but there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which was felt with a moderate intensity in Tongatapu and Ha'apai.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nine of the 10 male prisoners who escaped from the Hu'atolitoli Prison on Saturday night, November 21 were recaptured by police within seven hours and the tenth later the same day.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan economy's only hope of surviving the global financial crisis is to be able to adapt and to exploit global economic changes, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto said in his opening address of the "Tonga Update 2009" at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Friday November 20.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan fisheries officials fear that a new extension to the sea cucumber harvesting season and an increase in licences is going to drive the resource back a decade, when it was overfished to the point of depletion.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Honorable 'Akau'ola and the office of the Honorable Prime Minister Sevele for organising the "Tonga Renewable Energy Road Map" that were held in Vava'u this past week. It is satisfying for this one Humble Tongan to see this kind of gathering and especially the discussions of "Renewable Energy Planning" and all the Renewable Energy Innovation that was discussed at the TERM. -MTTuaileva
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Monday 23 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika has adjourned for two weeks and will resume on Monday, December 7.
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