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Wednesday 14 January 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Petroleum prices dropped down to the $2 litre mark, following a nationwide fuel price decline that saw over 60 seniti drop from last month's price on the main island Tongatapu.
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Friday 9 January 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal University will invest $4 million to develop, renovate and to operate the Tonga National Cultural Centre, a 20-year-old multi-million complex that was built on the shores of the Fanga'uta lagoon, 'Etuate Lavulavu announced this week.
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Monday 22 December 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Loumaile Lodge, the first hotel to be constructed in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District since November 2006 was officially opened by Princess Pilolevu Tuita on Friday evening, December 19.
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Monday 22 December 2008

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
FROM OUR ARCHIVES. The positive economic impact of the Coronation of HM King George Tupou V on Tonga's economy is estimated at $19.7 million pa'anga.
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Thursday 18 December 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has successfully received a payment of $500,000 pa'anga from the owners of the Taiwanese fishing vessel FV Chu Huai No. 638 that was prosecuted for illegal fishing in Tongan waters in January.
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Monday 15 December 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Access to the internet and a computer centre of their own was a welcome Christmas present for members of the 'Ofa Tui mo e 'Amanaki Centre for the handicapped.
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Friday 12 December 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Minerals exploration on Tonga's seabed is slowly getting into a momentum as a second research ship, the R/V Onnuri left Nuku'alofa, on Wednesday, December 10 to look for copper, gold, zinc and silver on the sea-bed to the south of Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 3 December 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Smiles and tears were brought to members of the Alonga Centre today after Christmas came early for them when they received food and other products from a three minute Digicel Trolley-dash at the Si'i Kae Ola Supermarket on Hala Taufa'ahau.
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Thursday 20 November 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga

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Wednesday 19 November 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan squash exports shipped a total of 2,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea this year.
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Wednesday 12 November 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eight hundred Tongan Seasonal Workers will leave Tonga to work in the Australian horticultural industry in July 2009.
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Monday 10 November 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The newly appointed General Manager of Digicel, Tonga Crystal Middleton-Lunn, has launched a huge marketing campaign, giving away large cash prizes and this month offering a NZD$60,000 vehicle as a prize a to win customers over to the growing cell phone network.
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Monday 27 October 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's largest squash exporter, Nishi Trading Company Ltd., is targeting to export a total of 1,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea, a slight increase from their 900 plus tonnes exported last year.
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Monday 20 October 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for September rose by $37.2 million, from $91.3 million to $128.5 million, an amount equivalent to 5.3 months of imports.
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Thursday 16 October 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's No. 1 economic problem is that it cannot provide employment for its growing population, including the estimated 2000 school leavers who annually join the work force, according to an Asian Development Bank report that looks at why Tonga's economy is not achieving its potential.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's official Foreign Reserves for August 2008 rose by $5.1 million to $91.3 million, following seven months of decline.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
Neiafu, Vava'u
Kiwis snatched the top prizes in the 2008 - 17th Tonga International Billfish Tournament held in Vava'u from September 4-9.
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Wednesday 8 October 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The lending capability of both the Westpac Bank of Tonga and ANZ Bank Tonga will not be directly affected by the current financial crisis in the USA.
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Tuesday 30 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The General Manager of Tonga Broadcasting Commission Elenoa 'Amanaki (63) hands over the reins on public broadcasting when her four-year contract ends on Tuesday, September 30.
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Monday 22 September 2008
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On a voyage of discovery looking for the copper, gold, zinc and silver, known to be in the sea bed near Tonga's undersea volcanoes, Nautilus Minerals Tonga Ltd. started its 2008 Tongan offshore mineral exploration campaign on Saturday September 20.
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