Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, December 3-6, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Tuesday 11 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 10 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A revision of the licence of the New Zealand lawyer Christopher Harder to practice in Tonga is still being looked at by Christopher's representative in Tonga, Clive Edwards and the President of the Tonga Law society, Laki Niu, said the Registrar of the Tongan Supreme Court, Manako Vi.
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Monday 10 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
There was minimum disruption to international air services to Tonga during the weekend as Cyclone Daman moved around Fiji.
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Monday 10 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Due to the "Kele'a's" ongoing onslaught, on the Constitutional right of Tongans serving in our Government to their good name, Government has directed that this public clarification be made, and that the outrageous falsehoods published by the Kele'a on 28 November, 2007 be submitted for Court action.
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Monday 10 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Government will officially close down at the end of next week for its Christmas and New Year holidays, and reopen in the New Year.
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Monday 10 December 2007
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Auckland, New Zealand
Chair of the Tonga Advisory Council, Melino Maka today responded to report that a Tongan man on the new RSE scheme had allegedly committed a sexual assault.
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Sunday 9 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 7.6 to 7.9 earthquake deep in the seabed north of the Kermadec Islands was felt in Nuku'alofa at around 8:30 pm Tonga time.
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Sunday 9 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tropical Cyclone Alert has been cancelled for central and southern Tonga as Tropical Cyclone Daman has weakened overnight and is expected to curve southwest away from Tonga today.
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Saturday 8 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical Cyclone Alert is now in force for most of Tonga as Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman moves away from Fiji on a southeast track and is expected to bring storms and damaging gale force winds to Tonga tomorrow, Sunday.
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Friday 7 December 2007
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Brisbane,Australia
The rise in cross border crime, the need for the development of regional assets such as tuna fish and the small size of many Pacific island populations highlight the need for a collective response to the development of regional legal services.
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Friday 7 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2008 Pacific Cup will start from April 18 to May 24, the International Rugby Board announced on Thursday.
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Friday 7 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM the late King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV was the first of six former elite sportsmen inducted into Tonga's first Hall of Fame last night.
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Friday 7 December 2007
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Berlin, Germany
Poor families are hit hardest by demands for bribes in developed as well as developing countries, according to Transparency international...s Global Corruption Barometer 2007. The public opinion survey, published today ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, also found that citizens in countries across the globe continue to see political parties and parliaments as the institutions most compromised by corruption.
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Thursday 6 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Esther Tohi (18) of Fasi mo e Afi was crowned the Miss Face of Tonga 2007 at the Kahana Lagoon Resort last night. Photos by Linny Folau
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Thursday 6 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, November 26-29, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Thursday 6 December 2007
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London, UK
Efforts to ensure children have better access to medicines appropriate for them intensified today with the unveiling of a new research and development agenda by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Wednesday 5 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury found a group of six 16/11 rioters guilty on 17 charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning.
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Wednesday 5 December 2007
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Bepuu, Japan
The first Asia-Pacific Water Summit is being held 3-4 December 2007, in Oita Prefecture, Japan. The Summit supported by the Government of Japan and held in the city of Beppu, is organized as one of the key activities of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF), an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-political network dedicated to solving water and sanitation problems in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tuesday 4 December 2007
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Suva, Fiji
It is with great sadness that the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) learnt of the passing away of the Editor of the Kele'a newspaper in Tonga, Tavake Fusimalohi.
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Monday 3 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TEN names have been submitted for Tonga's Hall of Fame sports initiative, as of today.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Training, Employment, Youth and Sports said this morning that nominations included former national rugby players Fakahau Valu, Talikava Kava, and Quddus Fielea.
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