Finau Maka, a Tongan Rugby star in France, was arrested and subsequently released by police who were investigating a charge of keeping an illegal immigrant as his personal slave at his home in Toulouse this week.
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Thursday 27 May 2010
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Toulouse, France
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Monday 24 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Noble Luani (50) who passed away in Vava'u on 12 May was laid to rest at the Tufu mo Kale Cemetery, at the village of Malapo. Tongatapu, on Friday, May 21.
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Sunday 23 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
THE Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was carried throughout Tongatapu on Friday, May 21 by over 100 bearers, including sportsmen and women, enthusiastic Primary School children, business people and diplomats.
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Saturday 22 May 2010
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Vatican City, Rome
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele met the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI on May 20 in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy.
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Saturday 22 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Visiting Tonga to look at small business development was Ronald N Langston from Washington D.C. who spoke at a Tonga Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Billfish Bar, Nuku'alofa on 17 May on theme of developing opportunities for small and medium enterprises, and building strategic alliance between businesses to help them grow.
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Thursday 20 May 2010
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
The Parliamentarians' action reflected Tongan men's attitude towards women: "a bastion of male chauvinism." The law discriminates against women, Christian belief praises men to rule over women, and our culture plays lip service to injustices against women in our society. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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Thursday 20 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games touched down at Fua'amotu International Airport on May 19, making Tonga the 60th country to receive the baton since it left Buckingham Palace in London in November 2009.
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Monday 17 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 2,753 women were victims of violence in the decade 2000-09, according to Tonga Police statistics that show on average 23 women per month come to police to report an incident of physical or sexual violence; and last year four women died in domestic incidents.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Changing Tonga's laws to better protect women against domestic violence is the essence of the first National Consultation on Advocacy Strategies for Advancing Legislative Change to Address Violence against Women which will be opened in Nuku'alofa on Monday May 17.
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Friday 14 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Governor of Vava'u, Noble Luani (50) who died suddenly in Neiafu, Vava'u, on May 12 is to be buried at his estate Malapo in Tongatapu, next week.
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Wednesday 12 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 81st Annual Church Conference of the Church of Tonga is currently being held in Nuku'alofa from May 10-14, a week of prayer services and feasting. Photos by Linny Folau
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Wednesday 12 May 2010
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Neiafu, Vava'u
The Governor of Vava'u, Noble Luani (50) is confirmed to have passed away suddenly early this morning, May 12, at his residence in Neiafu, Vava'u.
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Tuesday 11 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
There were smiles on the faces of Paumolevuka Tu'i of Talafo'ou and Mafua Kiokata of Nukunuku when they received two new wheelchairs and commodes that would make life a lot easier and mobile for them, following a tragic road accident that left the two sportsmen paralysed two years ago.
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Monday 10 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hong Kong businessman Dr Sam Wang, the owner of the Royal Tonga International Hotel at Fua'amotu died in Tongatapu from natural causes on May 8.
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Sunday 9 May 2010
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Auckland, New Zealand
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will be visiting Tonga during the week of May 22-28. Ms Cate Kerr, WSPA (Australia) and Karen Galvan, South Pacific Animal Welfare (New Zealand) are flying in to meet stakeholders to discuss options to work within the community developing sustainable animal management solutions in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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Wednesday 5 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Rotary Club of Nuku'alofa raised over $5,000 pa'anga at its 8th Annual Children's Fun Fair on Saturday April 24 at the Mala 'e Akoteu, Kolomotu'a.
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Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nine young Tongans who joined the first regional Pasifika Youth Development and Community Course have received their certificates and a diploma at their graduation in Suva, Fiji on April 23.
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Wednesday 28 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An American woman Gayle Lee (59) who fell off Hufangalupe cliff at Vaini, Tongatapu on April 22 is presumed dead, after three days of searching in both land and sea in the surrounding area has failed to locate her body.
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Wednesday 28 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eempowering women in business by giving them the opportunities through training to start, grow and develop their businesses was the aim of a two day "Women in Business" Financial Management workshop in Nuku'alofa on April 27-28.
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Friday 23 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search is still underway for the body of an American woman Gayle Lee (59) who fell off the Hufangalupe cliff on Tongatapu while on a sightseeing tour yesterday afternoon, April 22.
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