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Wednesday 14 August 2013 8:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Sonatane Tu'akinamolahi Taumoepeau-Tupou (70), a former Tongan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tonga’s first Permanent Representative to the United Nations passed away at Vaiola Hospital, on Tuesday August 13.
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Wednesday 14 August 2013 8:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s high speed internet goes live on Wednesday, August 21, with the commissioning by King Tupou VI of the project at the Tonga Cable Ltd station in Sopu. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2013 4:09pm
Neiafu, Vava‘u : A 42-feet aluminium yacht was towed into Neiafu port last week after it was caught on a reef about four miles off Hunga Island, Vava‘u. A Canadian couple on board were rescued. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2013 3:35pm
Neiafu, Vava‘u : Three new classrooms have been constructed for Vava’u Side School, under a T$209,000 construction project was funded by the Government of Japan as part of its Grant Assistance for grassroots human security projects around the world. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2013 3:29pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s young tennis champion, Sisilia Teu has won the Girls Under 15 tennis competition at the East Pacific Tennis Championships in Apia, Samoa. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2013 2:46pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The wedding of Hon. Frederica Lupe’uluiva Fatafehi ‘o Lapaha Tuita and Sione Mateialona Filipe was held at the Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland on Saturday, August 10. Photos courtesy Monalisa Palu Fineanganofo. Premium content -
Monday 12 August 2013 5:46pm
Neiafu, Vava‘u : King Tupou VI opened the third Royal Agricultural Show in Neiafu, Vava‘u on Saturday, August 10. A Tu‘anekivale business, ‘Ene’io Enterprises Co. Ltd. won the Best Overall Booth and five other categories. Premium content -
Monday 12 August 2013 1:23pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand Government stepped up its travel advisory for visitors to Tonga, as the MA-60 aircraft, operated by REAL Tonga started commercial passenger flights to Vava‘u on Saturday August 10.2 comments Premium content -
Monday 12 August 2013 12:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s MA60 aircraft made three inaugural commercial flights to Vava‘u on Saturday, August 10, and the aircraft gifted from China is scheduled to fly twice-daily to Vava'u. Premium content -
Sunday 11 August 2013 3:44pm
USA, : In my view as a Tongan from America and was involved with the Olympic Games of 1984 in Los Angeles California, I can tell you that you can do it. – Meteliko Tuaileva. -
Friday 9 August 2013 5:40pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Fiji’s Prime Minister, Commodore Josaia Ovrequ Bainimarama, this week told Pacific Islands leaders at the Sheraton Fiji Resort that he believed that ordinary people had been excluded from the decision-making process in regional government.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2013 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It will cost Tonga $USD70 million to host the 2019 Pacific Games, but the Tongan tax payers will contribute less than one tenth of that amount. $USD50 million has been earmarked for capital and infrastructure development and $USD20 million for operational cost. - ‘Ahongalu Fusimalohi. -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has banned the sales and use of two Karicare Infant Formula products for newborns and for six-months babies and older after receiving information that the products may contain contaminated ingredients. The ban came into effective on Thursday, August 8, and will remain until further notice. Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 147 Tupou College students and four adults who have been charged in relation to a violent attack on a home in Tofoa on July 18, are expected to appear at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on October 7-10 . Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five men are detained in Hu’atolitoli Prison, accused of kidnapping a father and son in Nuku’alofa on July 24 and taking a ransom of nearly half a million pa’anga from their families. Premium content -
Thursday 8 August 2013 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI opened the first Royal Agricultural Show 2013 at the Matangimalie Grounds at Hihifo, Niuatoputapu on Wednesday, August 7, followed by the Niuafo’ou Agricultural Show today, and will continue to tour all of Tonga’s outer islands. Photos courtesy Niuatoputapu High School Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 6:33pm
Sydney, Australia : In a new report Greenpeace is calling for the exclusion of large-scale “and destructive” foreign-owned vessels from national waters, in a bid to help small locally owned Pacific Islands fisheries survive and to sustain precious tuna reserves for the future.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 6:12pm
London, United Kingdom : One of Britain’s top professional rugby clubs, North London’s Saracens FC have formed a partnership with Tonga’s very own Toa Saracens RFC, and will help support the local club with a Rugby Academy. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan social services provider, the Ma‘a Fafine mo e Famili, has won funding support to continue its caregiving to the elderly and disabled children for another year. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 1:17pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Tonga's current education system hampers the development of the talents of Tongan children, and it has to be changed to counter the mounting youth unemployment and school dropouts, believes Tonga's Minister of Education and Training, Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki. - By Pesi Fonua Premium content
