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Friday 13 February 2009 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women's voices are rarely heard in the Tongan parliament, where only five women have entered the House in the last 35 years. But a group of Tongan women meeting today agreed that unequal representation has to change.
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Friday 13 February 2009 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "You are no doubt the ringleader in the destruction of the Molisi Tonga Supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006," Chief Justice Anthony Ford told Vilisoni Tauelangi (34) in sentencing him to 11 years imprisonment in Hu'atolitoli Prison today. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2009 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 27-year-old man who robbed $467 pa'anga from the Hot Bread Shop at Fanga was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today. Premium content -
Thursday 12 February 2009 11:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Fonoifua received a suspended sentence of two years today for riotous assembly and breaking into the Molisi Tonga Supermarket and Leiola Duty Free Shop during the riots of November 16, 2006, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2009 11:55am
Vava'u,Tonga : Tonga's Giant Trevally is attracting Japanese anglers to Vava'u and their activities have been filmed for Japanese television. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 February 2009 10:36am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Aotearoa Riding Pirates - a group of Harley-Davidson motorbike riders from Auckland, New Zealand, is cruising through the streets of Nuku'alofa this week, visiting 15 primary schools to donate school supplies. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 February 2009 5:11am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Please correct me if I'm in error here, Mafi 'o American Samoa: Aren't out looking at a glass "half-empty" while Meteliko Tuaileva may have been looking at it as "half-full?" You gave me the impression that Dr. Sevele does not belong on the same stage as Mr. Obama, despite the fact he is the first black U.S. President, and Sevele is the first commoner to occupy the PM office. - Sione A. Mokofisi -
Monday 9 February 2009 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-days Pacific Climate Change Workshop for Pacific Broadcasters started at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa, this morning. Premium content -
Monday 9 February 2009 9:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Queen Victoria, the largest cruise ship ever to visit Tonga arrived in the Nuku'alofa harbour this morning. Premium content -
Saturday 7 February 2009 5:06pm
'Aosiltelelia : 'Uluaki, ne fakatemokalatiange 'a e fokotu'u pule'anga 'a Tupou I 'i he fokotu'u temokalati 'a e founding fathers 'o 'Amelika. Ko e lau eni 'a John Adams ko e taha e founding fathers moe Palesiteni hono ua 'o Amelika(1797-1801), "There are but only two sorts of men in the world, free man and slaves." Pea ko e taha ia e ngaahi 'uhinga ne 'osi fakatonuhia'i ai pee ai e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli 'i Amelika. Kehe 'a Tonga--ko e kakai mo honau tu'i (free men and their king). Talu e nofo popula e kau 'uli'uli mei hono fatu e temo Amelika he senituli 18 'o a'u ki he 1960 tupu. Ne corrupt e temo 'amelika, corrupt e lotuu, corrupt moe fakamaau'anga 'o laulaui senituli 'i he nofo popula moe fakamavahe'i e kau 'uli'ulii kae tautautefito ki he ngaahi siteiti he fakatonga 'o Amelikaa. - Uili Finau -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) is pleased that electricity prices have come down. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel today announced its sponsorship of the Internet Café at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Conference (CBA), taking place in Tonga next week. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:24pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand celebrates 169 years of partnership between its indigenous Maori people and European settlers Friday with relations between the races in a better state than they have been for years. By David Barber Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:10pm
Nu'usila : 'Oku tau nofo atu eni 'o fakatatali ki he ola 'o e ngaue ki he liliu fakapolitikale. Ko e me'a 'oku ou mahu'inga'ia ai pea kou tui mahalo mo e tokolahi, ko e kelekele. Kuo finangalo 'a King Siaosi Tupou V ki he liliu pea ko e sitepu mahu'inga ia. Ko 'eku hoha'a na'a hoko e liliu ko ha me'a ke mole ai e kelekele. - Pola Loiti -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A consular office for the United States of America may up and running in Nuku'alofa before early March, according to the Acting Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet Paula Ma'u. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vilisoni Tauelangi, a 34 year old man from Pea, Tongatapu, will be sentenced on Friday, February 13 for riotous assembly and the destruction of the Molisi Tonga supermarket during the Nuku'alofa riots of November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's foreign reserves increased by $6.4 million reaching $130.3 million in January 2009. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Youth leaders from the 'Ship for World Youth' met up with Tongan school students today during a special visit to the Fasi mo e Afi Government Primary School in Nuku'alofa and were welcomed with dancing and food. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 5:22pm
Suva, Fiji : News Limited in Australia has named Anne Fussell as the new managing director of Fiji Times Limited. Premium content -
Friday 6 February 2009 5:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I hope we as Tongans can appreciate Section 49 of the Constitution as part of the inspired puzzle that keeps "Tonga for Tongans", and that it is not part of some conspiracy engineered by Tupou I to ensure the King is above the law to run-up a mo'ua at a local falekoloa. - Daniel K. Fale Premium content
