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if Tonga restored the political rights enjoyed by its citizens before 2003 when it was above the median, it might qualify for access to tens of millions of dollars in US aid funding." Tonga has been dropped from a list, announced on July 20, of the world's poorest countries that the United States will allow to become candidates in 2005 for a new multi-billion dollar aid fund.
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Sunday 1 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 30 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is sending an 18-members strong team, five of them competitors, to the 28th Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece, from August 13-29, in four sporting events, Archery, Athletics, Boxing and Judo.
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Friday 30 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fist-fight broke out in the Tongan Parliament on Wednesday 28 July, between two Members 'Etuate Lavulavu and 'Akilisi Pohiva, resulting in their suspension from the House.
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Wednesday 28 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is scheduled to become a member of the World Trade Organisation in early 2005, Moana Taukolo of the Tonga Ministry of Labour and Commerce, told a three-day National Seminar on WTO issues in Nuku'alofa early this month.
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Tuesday 27 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, Minute No. 21: regulations relating to the Public Service Act, public servants may be penalized by Heads of Department for offenses, withdrawal of etra-ordinary gazette no. 19. By Pesi Fonua
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Monday 26 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government has today announced the appointment of Mrs 'Emeline Tuita as its first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
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Monday 26 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Masao Paasi was appointed as a Relieving Police Magistrate for Tonga on July 19.
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Sunday 25 July 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara was the centre for great celebration on July 24 to mark the anniversary of the arrival of RAMSI at the Solomon Islands and to celebrate a new, safer and a better Solomon Islands. By Linny Folau
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Sunday 25 July 2004
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
A Gun Free Monument was unveiled on Sunday 25 July at Rove Park, Honiara, to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands RAMSI in the Solomon Islands on 24 July last year. By Linny Folau in Honiara.
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Saturday 24 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The official Foreign Reserve held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga increased by $25.8 million pa'anga in June 2004 to $89.7 million, an amount equivalent to 5.2 months of imports of goods.
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Friday 23 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government has today announced the appointment of Mrs 'Emeline Tuita as its first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
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Friday 23 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In July 2004 readers from 68 countries visited the Matangi Tonga Online website with over 1.46 million hits for our busiest month since we started posting news stories in December 2003.
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Friday 23 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
From the House, Minute No. 20, Monday 19 July 2004. The House approved to pay the medical bill of the Chairman of the Whole House Committee (Prince Tu‘ipelehake) who was taken to Mercy Ascot hospital in Auckland for an emergency heart operation. By Pesi Fonua
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Friday 23 July 2004
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Suva, Fiji
The United States is pushing the multilateral development banks (MDBs) to further strengthen their frameworks for measuring the results of projects they fund so that outcomes can be monitored and assessed, says the Treasury Department's top official for international affairs.
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Wednesday 21 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sixteen Tongan legal practitioners will study in Tonga for a UK Diploma in Law under a new programme supported by the British High Commission in Nuku'alofa
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Wednesday 21 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Constitutional Monarchy form of Government came under scrutiny during a three-day Human Rights Educational and Awareness Consultation seminar that was hosted by the Human Rights and Democracy Movement in Tonga in Nuku'alofa, July 7-9.
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Wednesday 21 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The elimination of trade protectionism by the World Trade Organisation, in its quest to establish a global economy will confront Tonga with a tremendous trade disadvantage, warned the Prince Regent, Crown Prince Tupouto'a when he opened a three-day National Seminar on WTO issues on July 19, at the National Reserve Bank building, Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 21 July 2004
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
More than 60 lecturers and professors from New Zealand and Australia met in Tonga July 8-10 for their bi-annual conference on Communication Skills in University Education.
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Wednesday 21 July 2004
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Press Release Canberra, Australia
Terrorism poses a grave threat to international security. As a Western country with global interests that values peace, religious freedom, respect for the rule of law and tolerance, Australia is a target.
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Friday 16 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has a new reputation as a leader in world web pornography, this week being ranked as one of the top ten country suffixes for web porn publishing.
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