Reporters Without Borders condemns the Fiji appeal court's harassment of Leone Cabenatabua, the editor of the Fiji Sun, and Virisila Buadromo, the head of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, who were summoned and warned by the court on 12 February because of an article quoting Buadromo in that day's issue criticising the military-led government's appointment of new judges to the court.
You are here
Results for tag
Friday 22 February 2008
Premium content
Paris, France
Premium content
Friday 22 February 2008
Premium content
New York, USA
Mr President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the pacific lsland Forum small lsland Developing states namely: Fiji, Nauru, Micronesia, Marshall lslands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon lslands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and my own country, the Kingdom of Tonga. At the outset, we associate ourselves with the statement delivered by Grenada on behalf of A0SIS. From the Foreign Affairs
Premium content
Friday 22 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga-Now website was initially set up in 2005 as one of the outreach programmes of the Reform Information Office located within the Ministry of Finance. The Reform Information Office itself was established as part of the Government's Economic and Public Sector Reform Programme (EPSRP) that started in 2002. - Information Office, Government of Tonga
Thursday 21 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A young man, standing trial for murder, admitted in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today that he shouted to the man he allegedly killed that he would beat him to death.
Premium content
Thursday 21 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, February 11-14, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
Premium content
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Air Chatham will most likely replace Peau Vava'u as Tonga's second domestic air operator starting in April, the Minister of Transport, Hon. Paul Karalus revealed this afternoon.
Premium content
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TONGA'S Coronation celebrations will begin with a national sports competition for 17 different sports.
The events planned for July 26 to August 2, prior to the Coronation day on August 3, will include aquatic, outdoor and indoor sports.
Premium content
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government Auditor-General's report on the alleged misuse of funds by the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Fineasi Funaki, is expected to be completed before the end of February.
Premium content
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tokomololo man, Toluhama 'Ahotau, appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court yesterday, charged with one count of murdering a co-worker at the Vete Poultry Company Ltd. in 2005.
Premium content
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's National Economic Development Council (NEDC), set up last year to assist private sector's export initiatives with a $15 million budget, has to date funded two projects and there are more in the pipeline.
Premium content
Monday 18 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fifty Tongan children will have a head start at school this year thanks to the Back to School promotion run by the Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a worldwide leader in money transfer services.
Premium content
Monday 18 February 2008
Premium content
Worcester, UK
Worcester Warriors have beaten off competition from some of European rugby's super powers to announce that front row star Tevita Taumoepeau has agreed a new two-year deal at Sixways.
Premium content
Monday 18 February 2008
Premium content
USA
The problem with people like me who knows nothing about anything is: we tend to make a lot of speculations from respectable people's opinions. After reading the article about the US Ambassador's (Mr. Larry M. Dinger) comments in his recent visit to the kingdom, it left a lot of room for me to read between the lines.- TamaFoa
Premium content
Saturday 16 February 2008
Premium content
London, UK
Saudi Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday.
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Miriam Ngaue (21) a student of Ma'ufanga was crowned Miss Valentine 2008 last night, winning a cash prize of $1,000 pa'anga and all expenses paid trip to compete in the Miss Tourism Queen International in China next month.
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
As Tonga's electricity price goes up by 20.7% to 23% tonight households and small businesses will wake up in the morning to face the fact they will be paying hundreds of pa'anga more for their electricity supply this year, while for larger businesses the new rate will increase their costs by thousands of pa'anga per year.
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Today, in handing down prison terms ranging from 11 years to six months on a group of seven 16/11 rioters, Chief Justice Anthony Ford said that everyone in Tonga would remember this day, "as a day of infamy and shame where there was no law and order and anarchy prevailed."
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
United Nations,New York, USA
A new thematic fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth. The fund, established by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will also encourage developed countries and private sponsors to contribute more to saving women's lives.
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
Suva, Fiji
Fiji Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) Deputy Commissioner George Langman says more prominent people are expected to face corruption-related charges.
Premium content
Friday 15 February 2008
Premium content
Arlington, Virginia,USA
The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area ... a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
Premium contentPages
Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.