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Monday 25 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will celebrate International Women's Day this year on March 13, with a programme of events on the theme: "Investing in Women and Girls - Valuing Women's Work."
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Monday 25 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Starting in January 2009 all directorate positions in Tonga's public enterprise boards will be filled from the private sector.
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Monday 25 February 2008
Apia, Samoa
A consultative workshop on agricultural commodities will be held in Samoa at Hotel Kitano Tusitala, 27-29 February, 2008.
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Monday 25 February 2008
Suva, Fiji
Fiji's Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has included another local media publisher in his defamation lawsuit over reports published on allegations of tax evasion against him.
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Sunday 24 February 2008
'Aositelelia
Na'e fuofua ma'u mai e fakaha ko eni kimu'a atu te'eki ma'u mai mo hono fakaikiiki, na'e kau ia ha ongoongo fakafiefia lahi. Na'e kamata leva ke u sio loto pea visone ki he ki'i motu'i kelekele 'oku 'i Tonga pea fai e palani mo e fa'ufa'u ki ai. - Mamahi‘ifonua
Saturday 23 February 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
The head of TV3 news has defended the network's conduct after police questioned staff members and confiscated two tapes related to last night's Campbell Live interview with one of the Waiouru medal thieves.
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Friday 22 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An Independent Anti-Corruption Commission will be set up and it should be in operation before the end of the year, according to the Solicitor General Linda Folaumoetu'i.
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Friday 22 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Deciding against a death penalty, Tonga's Supreme Court today preferred a sentence of life imprisonment for a young man found guilty of murder.
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Friday 22 February 2008
Paris, France
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.
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Friday 22 February 2008
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
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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
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.
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Thursday 21 February 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, February 11-14, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Wednesday 20 February 2008
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.
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Wednesday 20 February 2008
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.
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Wednesday 20 February 2008
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.
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Tuesday 19 February 2008
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.
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Tuesday 19 February 2008
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.
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Monday 18 February 2008
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.
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Monday 18 February 2008
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.
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