Results for People

Dr Margaret Chan the Director General of the World Health Organization on in a statement on International Women's Day today, said that given the right support, women can be a positive force in ways that can lift households and entire communities out of poverty. "Women are the backbone of all our societies - as leaders, as caregivers, and as mothers. Yet on this day and every day, we remember that too many women in the world lack access to the most basic health care," she said.

Tonga's young people have spoken out passionately this week in support of the cause of ending violence and abuse against women and girls, and encouraging greater equity between women and men in their communities.

The handicraft section at Nuku'alofa's central Talamahu Market was reopened to the public today, with handicraft sellers returning to their stalls after over three months of displacement following the closure of the market after the November 16 riots.

The Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI donated US$50,000 dollars to the Government of Tonga to assist the needy following the destruction of Tonga's November 16 riot.

The public has this week been moving through the ghost town of central Nuku'alofa after most of the restrictions on the flow of traffic into the CBD were lifted on Monday January 22. Photos by Linny Folau

Thirty five elderly men and women throughout Tonga, aged 90 years and older, on December 20 received gift hampers from the Tonga Communications Corporation as a part of its Christmas activities to the end of the 2006 year.

Sheer determination and absolute courage displayed by two young women, Lucy Prescott and Lise Fa'aumu, who resolutely stood alone facing a screaming mob of would-be arsonists and looters, saved the Nuku'alofa premises of their employer on November 16.

A new book in the Tongan language has been published recently by the Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand.

Bning Bang B-o-o-m - the BYU Cougar running style of Sophomore running backs Fui Vakapuna and Manase Tonga who literally bounce off and run over defenders as they find their way to the endzone. By Aaron Tuioti-Mariner