Tonga's new Police Commander, nominated yesterday as New Zealander Chris Kelley, is expected to come to Tonga under an Australian and New Zealand Government funded Police Force Development Program worth over $4 million pa'anga, aimed at reforming the leadership and operation of the Tonga Police Force.
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Thursday 3 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Thursday 3 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, June 16-26, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.

Thursday 3 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Ikale Tahi Tonga Vs Manu Samoa photos.

Wednesday 2 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Petroleum prices in Tonga's remote Niuas islands passed the $4 a litre mark, following yesterday's nationwide fuel price rise that added between .20 seniti to .22 per litre on last month's price.

Wednesday 2 July 2008
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Avarua, Cook Islands
A three-day sexual minority group workshop on MSM (men who have sex with men), Transgender and HIV facilitated by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation ended on June 25 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Wednesday 2 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four girls have registered to compete in Tonga's 2008-09 Miss Heilala Pageant to be held during the Annual Heilala Festival from July 21-29.

Wednesday 2 July 2008
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
The Commander of RAMSI Participating Police Force (PPF), Denis McDermott, has expressed his disappointment that the RAMSI police officer injured in the recent fatal car accident has refused to cooperate with the Solomon Islands Police.

Wednesday 2 July 2008
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Suva, Fiji
The Fiji Media Council says it is unacceptable that a delegation from Australian Broadcasting Corporation was refused visas for the country.

Tuesday 1 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, an English translation summary from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua.

Tuesday 1 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five men are being detained in custody on charges relating to the armed robbery and shooting that took place outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at the Si'i Kae Ola shopping centre on May 26.

Tuesday 1 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Ma'ake Siola'a, a brother of one of the victims who died in the Shoreline fire, told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, that he stood with 'Isileli Pulu outside the Shoreline Building on November 16, 2006.

Monday 30 June 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, an English translation summary from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua.

Monday 30 June 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 700 Youth Pilgrims from the Catholic Diocese of Tonga will get the chance of a lifetime to see Pope Benedict XVI in person during the World Youth Day on July 15-20 in Sydney, Australia.

Sunday 29 June 2008
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Berlin, Germany
German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, addressed Transparency International's (TI) Board of Directors this morning, June 28 in honour of the organisation's 15th anniversary celebration.

Sunday 29 June 2008
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Suva, Fiji
Giant Microsoft Corp will not name its next operating system "Windows Fiji", the company said.

Sunday 29 June 2008
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Geneva, Switzerland
The 31st Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission holds its annual meeting in Geneva from June 30 to July 4.

Sunday 29 June 2008
USA
In the scheme of things, this is insignificant. The military regime is still in charge, and the chiefs who favored secession will be prosecuted for treason and removed. What is most notable, the son of Ratu Mara, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, is in the middle of it. Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba is a lieutenant-colonel in Fiji's army, now the Lau Group Provincial Chairman. This is a strange twist of fate. The group who booted Ratu Mara out of power now has Mara's son as one of their own. - Tama Foa
Sunday 29 June 2008
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Kou tui 'oku 'ikai ko ha ngaue faingofua ka 'oku ou fakatauange ki he 'Eiki ke kei fakaivia kimoutolu he ngaue 'oku fai kae ongo'i 'e he kakai e fonua 'oku nau malu mo hao. - Pola Loiti

Friday 27 June 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A witness told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, that he saw and heard the accused 'Isileli Pulu thank the rioters who were damaging the Pacific Royale Hotel on November 16, 2006.

Friday 27 June 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A forensic investigator from the Australian Federal Police told the Nuku'alofa Court this morning, Friday June 27 that the fire that gutted the Shoreline Building on November 16, 2006 was deliberately lit.
