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Monday 4 June 2012 6:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will light the first bonfire to signal the beginning of the lighting of more than 4,500 bonfires that will be lit right across the world, all the way to Britain, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebration tonight, June 4.
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Monday 4 June 2012 5:18am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Ikale Tahi has been an uniting factor for Tonga, the Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala told a group of 'Ikale Tahi players who left Tonga on Friday, June 1 for Japan to take part in the 2012 Pacific Nations Cup.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2012 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An urgent need for Tonga's Ministry of Land to confirm estate boundaries, identify all registered allotments and update its land registry, is called for by Tonga's Royal Land Commission in its final report released today after a four year inquiry. Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2012 9:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Tongan Lords, including the current Speaker of Parliament, a former Speaker of Parliament, a current Noble's Representative to Parliament and a Law Lord each have pending court cases in Tonga's courts, after being charged with offences ranging from illicit drugs to illegal possession of firearms, ammunitions, and perjury.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2012 9:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Acting Police Commissioner Taniela Faletau is reported to be doing well today, after collapsing at the Tonga Police Recruit Course prize giving ceremony on May 31. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2012 11:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A continue decline of Tonga's foreign currency earnings has stifled the growth of the Tongan economy, the Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, Mrs Siosi Mafi said this morning, May 31. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2012 10:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Too often we underestimate the small acts of caring that have the potential to turn a life around, Tonga's former Minister of Health, Lord Tangi, told an International Conference for Tongan Nurses that opened yesterday in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2012 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A deportee arriving in Tonga on a private aircraft from Australia last week was escorted by police officers, and reportedly in handcuffs, when he disembarked at Fua'amotu International Airport on May 22, before he became a free man. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2012 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 35-year-old man has been charged in relation to the robbery at Tau'olunga Computer Centre in Fasi, while a police hunt continues for two other co-offenders. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2012 1:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan swimmer, 'Amini Fonua won a Bronze Medal in the Men 50m Butterfly at the Oceania Swimming Championships in New Caledonia last night, May 29. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2012 6:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : If you have been wondering about the two brownish steel sculptures that have been erected on the entrance to the newly restructured Vuna Wharf, Professor 'Okusitino Mahina from the National Public Art Programme has the answer, "they are artistic impressions of the beautiful maiden Hina and her beloved pet eel, and one is called Hinavakamea, Hina-the-iron-boat and the other, a mirror image of Hinavakamea, is called Tunavakamea, Tuna-the-iron-boat." Premium content -
Tuesday 29 May 2012 7:13pm
Okinawa, Japan : Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has pledged US$500 million dollars in aid to the Pacific Islands over the next three years, at the conclusion of the Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Okinawa, on Saturday, May 26. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 May 2012 6:34pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The University of the South Pacific Council meeting in Vanuatu from 16-17 May appointed Mr Ikbal Jannif of Fiji, as the new Pro-Chancellor and the Chairman of the USP Council. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 May 2012 12:16pm
Geveva, Switzerland : It is indeed an honour and a privilege to address this important assembly today, on behalf of the Pacific island nations, namely: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and my own country, Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 28 May 2012 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Epeli Taione, a former 'Ikale Tahi player and a popular Tongan International rugby player has been elected as the new Chairman of the Tongan Rugby Union. Premium content -
Monday 28 May 2012 4:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A public company, the Tonga Petroleum Holding Ltd TBHL has been formed to advance the Tonga government's plan to establish a Tank Farm before the end of the year. Premium content -
Friday 25 May 2012 10:23pm
Tokyo, Japan : A group of Pacific journalists, including Tonga's Telesia Adams, toured tsunami hit areas in Iwaki city, Japan that was devastated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, last year. Premium content -
Friday 25 May 2012 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's third contingent of 55 soldiers returned safely to Tonga after six-months duty in Afghanistan and were greeted by happy families at the Fua'amotu International Airport, on May 25.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 25 May 2012 5:24pm
Rome, Italy : The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$3 million grant to Tonga to improve sustainable livelihoods in 29 communities in the “outer islands” (outside the main islands of Tongatapu, Vava'u and Ha’apai) and 31 communities in the “main islands” of Tongatapu, Vava'u, Ha'api the Niua’s and ‘Eua. Approximately 16,900 poor households will be targeted, with special attention to poor rural women who are particularly vulnerable to poverty. Premium content -
Thursday 24 May 2012 10:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A car windscreen was smashed with a shovel in a confrontation between a road-worker and a tourism operator after tensions rose last week during one of many long closures of the main road to Kanokupolu.2 comments Premium content
