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Thursday 17 May 2012 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Development Bank has reduced its interest rates by 1% on customer loans, and has offered a 50% repayment reduction on all monthly loan repayments for three months, effective 1 May 2012.
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Thursday 17 May 2012 2:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Foreign Reserve increased by $1.1million to $240.3 million in April, which is equivalent to nine months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 May 2012 11:30pm
Oakdale, NSW, Australia : A benefit concert will be held in Australia on Saturday May 26 for Dr Marilyn Meier-Kapavale, an internationally acclaimed pianist who is battling a rare form of liver cancer.1 comment -
Wednesday 16 May 2012 10:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is keen to explore the offer by Australia for manual labourers to work in their cotton fields, cane farms, tourism and accommodation industry, and even in their mining industry, said Meleoni Uera, the Deputy Director of Tonga's newly established Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is also responsible for employment.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2012 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mate Ma'a Tonga, Tonga's National Rugby League team beat USA Tomahawks 28-20 in an inaugural Ohana Cup Test in Honolulu, on May 12. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2012 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano will depart Tonga tomorrow, May 16 to attend the 2012 NATO Summit hosted by US President Barack Obama, in Chicago. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2012 7:15am
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : Human rights activist and sole Papua New Guinea (PNG) female elected parliamentarian Dame Carol Kidu was dragged by police Saturday while protesting the illegal eviction and partial demolition of Paga Hill Settlement, housing some 2,000 residents. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 May 2012 5:49am
Bonn, Germany : The United Nations climate negotiations resumed in Bonn, Germany, yesterday, May 14. This session is the first following the Durban climate conference in December 2011. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2012 10:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two workshops on Anti-money Laundering, and the Combating of Terrorist Financing were opened in Nuku'alofa this morning, May 14. Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2012 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongan athletes are confirmed at this stage to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London under wild cards entry, in July.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2012 6:44am
Majuro, Marshall Islands : The Pacific bloc of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping has urged the European Commission (EC) to officially respond to its proposals on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Premium content -
Monday 14 May 2012 6:04am
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Tonga’s Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon. 'Isileli Pulu moved at the Forum Trade Ministers Meeting at Majuro, Marshall Islands on May 11 for school fees and the right for a temporary jobs for students from Forum Island Countries in Australia and New Zealand to be incorporated into the PACER Plus free trade agreement negotiation that is still in progress. Premium content -
Sunday 13 May 2012 4:10pm
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Pacific Islands Forum Trade Ministers welcomed the opportunity for training placements within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) facilitated by the Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland (Geneva Office). Premium content -
Saturday 12 May 2012 6:51am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano will attend the Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, PALM 6 in Okinawa, Japan from May 25-26. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 2:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Tatafu Heitonga (32) a former accounts clerk of 'Uta'atu & Associates in Nuku'alofa, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to ten counts of forgery and theft of over $130,000, at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on May 10. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 12:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Grant O'Fee of the New Zealand Police will take up his post as Tonga's new Police Commissioner on July 2, according to the Minister of Police Hon Sunia Fili. Premium content -
Friday 11 May 2012 11:48am
Noumea, New Caledonia : A total of eleven States and Territories in oceania have agreed to join the "One tree one day a life" initiative, a move that would make the Pacific a leading producer of oxygen on the planet, a veritable oxygen lung for the world. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 9:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga marked the World Red Cross Day 2012 on May 8 under a theme "Youth on the Move", and recruited 80 new volunteers to carry out its humanitarian work of assisting people who are most vulnerable. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network of France won the contract to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable system from Fiji to Tonga, which is expected to be in service by June 2013. Premium content -
Thursday 10 May 2012 4:17pm
Apia, Samoa : A USD 1.7 million dollar project to conserve island biodiversity in the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu was launched at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa. Premium content
