The reconstruction of Nuku'alofa' business centre, planned to start after the ground breaking ceremony on November 18 last year, has remained at a virtual stand-still while issues are still being worked out with the property owners.
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Tuesday 13 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 13 January 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The Tongan satirist, writer and university professor Epeli Hau'ofa (70), passed away at the Suva Private Hospital at 7 am on Sunday January 11 after an illness.
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Tuesday 13 January 2009
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Suva, Fiji
A State of Emergency in the Western division, 114 evacuation centres, 6,600 evacuees, thousands of homes and families affected, crops damaged, many roads and bridges damaged and no water and power supply in most of the western division.
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The opening of the new Japanese Embassy in Nuku'alofa on January 1 added a new member to the small diplomatic community in Tonga. Editor's Comment.
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Oku ou fiefia 'i he ngaue koia 'oku lolotonga fakahoko ke 'ilo'i 'a e tu'unga (strength & weaknesses) 'o e faitongia 'a e Potungaue Polisi Tonga, ka 'oku ou kole atu ke toe tanaki atu ha kakai 'oku lahi 'enau 'ilo ki he ngaahi matavaivai 'o e faifatongia 'a e kau polisi. Kapau he 'ikai ke tau alasi'a e ngaahi tefito'i. -Uikilifi Taufa
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
January this year has delivered some hot days for Tonga getting close to record temperatures, with more hot days forecast.
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Devolo, a Tongan-born New Zealand rapper, surprised the residents of Patangata this morning when he and his friends arrived with a van-load of flour, sugar, noodles and candy, a New Year present for the needy.
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Reports from Tonga's newspapers, January 7, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. A Hawaiian newspaper, the Star-Bulletin, has honoured Utu Langi who was raised in Tonga in his early years, for charity work on behalf of the homeless.
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Monday 12 January 2009
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Auckland, New Zealand
Western Union is delighted to announce the appointment of Wailangilala Tufui to the role of Community Consultant Tonga. Wailangilala's role will be to continue to build and strengthen the relationship between Western Union and the Tongan community in New Zealand.
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Friday 9 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan and Chinese officials today signed a co-operation agreement in Nuku'alofa this afternoon under which Tonga received a grant of $3 million pa'anga.
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Friday 9 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal University will invest $4 million to develop, renovate and to operate the Tonga National Cultural Centre, a 20-year-old multi-million complex that was built on the shores of the Fanga'uta lagoon, 'Etuate Lavulavu announced this week.
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Friday 9 January 2009
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
ALAC stands for Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre. It is a new project set up by Transparency Vanuatu. ALAC provides legal advice and assistance to victims and witnesses of corruption. It helps citizens, from the unemployed to entrepreneurs, from public servants to business people, to pursue corruption-related complaints, encouraging them to come forward. ALAC observes strict client confidentiality.
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Friday 9 January 2009
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Washington DC,USA
Today, President Bush designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean as marine national monuments including the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument.
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Friday 9 January 2009
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Suva, Fiji
There is urgent need for a national Freedom of Information Act quickly, says Transparency International Fiji chairperson, Suliana Siwatibau.
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Wednesday 7 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
National consultation meetings between the Tonga Police and members of the public started at the Tonga Police Force HQ, in Nuku'alofa yesterday, January 6.
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Wednesday 7 January 2009
Belgrade, Serbia
In our World, there are lots of countries, nations, languages, religions, cultures, costumes but also lots of disagreements. History has it that there was never peace and respect among nations since the formation of the first State. From the beginning of the first conflict till date, wars have been fought for the same cause: political differences, trade, religion, liberation, dynasty, seizure of territory, the annihilation of a rival State, the destruction of the enemy's ability to prosecute military action, revolution or genocide. - Ivan Simic
Wednesday 7 January 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The US Embassy in Suva remains closed after a white powder incident occurred at the embassy last week on Christmas Eve.
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Tuesday 6 January 2009
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Tokyo, Japan
A 24-year-old Toshiba Brave Lupus rugby player has been arrested on suspicion of theft, The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper has learned.
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Monday 5 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six hundred youths from eight Pacific Island countries attended a Seventh Day Adventist Trans Pacific Union Youth Congress at Beulah College, Vaini, Tongatapu from December 30 to January 4.
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Monday 5 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Tonga has been officially established on January 1, 2009.
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