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Sunday 12 August 2007
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
I concur with your 19 July, 2007 editorial: "Tonga's political reform process overshadowed by a sense of injustice." - Sione Mokofisi
Saturday 11 August 2007
UK
'E 'ikai ke tau toe lau ha kovi 'i he kuo hili he koeni kuo fili e timi pea mo e kau officials. Ko 'etau tokoni ki he toenga atu koeni ki he World cup. 'Oku ou kole ke 'oua 'e taku ko e fiepoto pe ko e siolalo ka ko e 'ofa pe mo e poupou. 'Oku ou fakamalo lahi 'aupito kia Tevita Vaikona 'i he fakamatala mahino, akonaki mo e fale'i lelei 'o fekauaki pea mo e 'akapulu pea 'oku 'ikai ke u 'ohovale ai he ko e taha ia 'i he leleitaha 'i he fonua ni 'i he mo'ui fakalukufua. - Tevita Twickenham
Friday 10 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of seven years imprisonment was imposed today on a ringleader in the destruction of a Chinese shop in Nuku'alofa, in the first major prison sentencing handed down on crimes committed during the riots of November 16 last year.
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Friday 10 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Foreign Reserve of July fell by $1.3 million from $91.6 million in June, to $90.3 million in July, an amount equivalent to 4.3 months of imports of goods.
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Friday 10 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Football Union announced the Firepower 'Ikale Tahi 2007 Rugby World Cup 30 Man Squad and Management this morning, August 10, a day before the 'Ikale Tahi leaves for New Zealand.
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Friday 10 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Ministry of Education made out a Grant Payment of over $900,000 pa'anga to schools under the Tonga Education Support Program in June.
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Friday 10 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 50-year-old father and his 22-year old daughter were acquitted of incest charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on August 8.
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Friday 10 August 2007
New York, USA
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) - an international network of more than 2,500 non-governmental organizations advocating for a fair, effective and independent Court - urged governments to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Thursday 9 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The reform model proposed for the new Tongan parliament will have more Cabinet Ministers than all other Members of Parliament combined, allowing the Prime Minister and the King to appoint probably 15 or even up to 19 ministers in a 26 member House.
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Thursday 9 August 2007
Reservoir, Victoria,Australia
'Oku ou tali e kole tokoni mei Samoa pule'i 'e 'Amelika. Neongo 'oku pehe 'e he Mafi 'o Samoa Meleke ko e tangata malohi ia he fika talu 'ene tupu. Mafi na'e 'ikai ke tonu e mo'oni fakafika 'a ho'o kui ki he tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. 'E tonu kapau ko e 'uhinga fakafananga, pe fakapunake pe ko e 'uhinga fakaoli pe, ka ko e fakafika 'oku laui miliona e maile hono va mama'o pea moe tonu. 'Oku 'i ai pe 'a e founga fakafika ia ki hono tanaki 'o e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. Ko e ki'i fakaofiofi 'eni ki ai: Ko e 'uhinga hono tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o Taha he 'oku tefito e fika 'a mamani 'i he fo'i fika koia ko e 10. Fakamolemole kake ki'i 'alu ki he fale 'o e 'ilo 'o ki'i fakamoleki hao taimi he fekumi ki he mo'oni mo e tonu kae tukua 'e nofo lata he tokua mo e fananga. - Sunia Mafile‘o Latu
Wednesday 8 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Ricoh Showroom and Technology centre was officially opened in Nuku'alofa by the Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Hon. Tu'iha'angana at the Maile I Plaza, last night, August 7.
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Wednesday 8 August 2007
Oregon,USA
The thing that attracted us to Tonga was the Love we felt from total strangers. People that would go the extra mile to help in any way they could. We saw families supporting families, helping in each other's plantations and what ever else needed. - Cliff Johnston
Tuesday 7 August 2007
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Ka 'oku 'i ai ha'o ki'i ha mahino 'au ki he fakahoha'a 'a Sunia Mafile'o Latu mei 'Aositelelia, pea ke tokoni mai he 'oku ou fiu hono fulifulihi mo e 'ikai pe ha mai ha maama pe 'uhinga 'oku taumu'a ki fe. Ko e toe pango lahi ko'ena 'oku pe he 'e Sunia 'e toe hoko atu 'ene tohi. - Sione Lousiale Kava
Tuesday 7 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mele 'Amanaki, the Secretary General, of Tonga's Public Service Association, has been dismissed from her government post in a disciplinary action over her engagement in political activities.
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Tuesday 7 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tineka Scott, serving with the New Zealand Police in Tonga, made a catch on Saturday that could put her name in the world record books. "It was never going to get away," said Tineka, after landing a 38.4 kg Giant Trevally.
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Tuesday 7 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Debates on the Votes of various government ministries would have been a highlight of the budget debate in the House on June 27, but unfortunately it became just a matter of procedure to pass the votes. In the end the last three ministry votes were just lumped together and voted on at once.
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Tuesday 7 August 2007
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
"We the undersigned mothers, fathers and our families acknowledge with honesty and humility: ... That we have been apathetic in relation to political issues because for 131 years the Royal House of Moheofo has provided for our families a peaceful and orderly Tonga." - Salamo Fulivai.
Tuesday 7 August 2007
Suva, Fiji
The Government of Japan continues to provide development assistance to rural sectors, which benefits villages, as well as public organization in the Kingdom of Tonga. This time, five villages and one hospital will celebrate the opening of new water supply systems and provision of new staff quarters. These projects were funded under Japan...’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) programme.
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Monday 6 August 2007
Reservoir , Victoria,Australia
'Oku ou tui ko e fa'ahinga fakalelei 'oku totonu ke fei mo fakahoko ki hotau ki'i fonua ko e kole kia 'Akilisi Pohiva ke ha'u ia 'o Palemia. He neongo e lelei 'a e ngaue fakapolitikale 'a e Palemia ka 'oku 'ikai ke lelei 'ene ngaue 'oku totonu ke lelei, 'a e ngaue fakatemokalati. - Manu tali ui mei Fanga
Monday 6 August 2007
USA
I was reading the letter entitled 'We want greater freedom' and again was baffled by the logorrhea (though I must admit it is a bit tidier than his counterpart from the land down-under who had written a few letters ago). Anyhow, it has become wearisome listening to the regurgitating arguments/complaints/crying of the pro-temo's.
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