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Saturday 25 February 2012 10:43am
Nukunuku, Tongatapu : A 4.5kw solar-panel to power a water pump for Nukunuku village, was donated by the German government, and launched by Dr Christian Ruck, on February 23. Dr Ruck is the first German Member of Parliament to visit Tonga, and as the Deputy Chairman of the caucus of the ruling party of the German parliament, he is in charge of overseas development, environment and energy.
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Friday 24 February 2012 10:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The multi million pa'anga project to improve public roads and civil works in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District is on track to be completed by March 31. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan has committed $80,000 pa'anga to finance three major projects at St Joseph's Business College, in Fasi, Nuku'alofa, including a new drainage system in an area that frequently experiences flooding. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 7:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government's current sense of urgency to introduce a Freedom of Information Policy and to activate an Anti-Corruption Commission, is a sign that it has come to terms with the need to take its reform program to another level, and to have a more transparent, and corruption-free administration. After a year-long search for a more democratic system, the new government is still trying to find its feet as the Constitutional and Political Reform continues to unfold itself. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 12:18am
Rome, Italy : In an insightful keynote address at the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) annual meeting, 22 February 2012, Mario Monti, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, underscored the relationships between food security, global security and the future of the planet. Echoing the meeting’s theme of “Feeding the world, protecting the planet”, Monti noted that “we are putting unsustainable pressure on the world’s natural resources. . .” Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 11:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's church leaders need to open their eyes and look beyond the bible in order to understand and combat a "huge problem" of gender-based violence, Bishop Paini Mafi, the Head of the Roman Catholic Church of Tonga and Niue, told a national consultation with government in Nuku'alofa on February 21. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project will not only upgrade power distribution in 17 villages throughout Tongatapu, but it is also creating jobs and industry training for 10 Tongan linesmen. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 1:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Education, Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki, challenged participants at a World Heritage National Capacity Building Workshop, on February 20 to become responsible for the conservation of cultural and natural heritage. -
Thursday 23 February 2012 1:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to the seizure of five rifles at Veitongo, Tongatapu, on February 2. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 12:04am
Burscough, England : I am writing to you to see if your school would be interested in twinning with my school as part of the “Olympic Spirit” in preparation for the upcoming Olympics. I thought it would be great for our children to see where the athletes have come from and learn about their culture and lives. - Dave Rogers, Burscough Priory Science College. -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 9:50pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is pleased to announce the launching of Tonga's first community FM radio station on Niuatoputapu, a remote island in northern Tonga. The historic launch took place on 25 May this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A quarrel between two prisoners over the size of the portions of a chicken soup lunch at Hu'atolitoli Prison resulted in one male prisoner attacking another with a machete on Sunday afternoon, February 19, according to the Commissioner of Prisons Sione Falemanu. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 8:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's police have suspended issuing any new firearms licenses as a response to the increasing number of armed hold-up incidents in Tonga, but they believe there are many people in possession of illegal firearms. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 1:20pm
Nadi, Fiji : The seventh round of Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) trade in services negotiations concluded on 10 February 2012 in Nadi, Fiji. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 February 2012 1:08pm
Sydney, Australia : On February 17 the World Bank and the Government of Tonga signed a US$27 million grant to make air travel safer and more efficient for people travelling to and from Tonga. The investment is part of the World Bank's regional Pacific Aviation Investment Program, and will support rehabilitation of Fua'amotu International Airport and Vava'u Airport to ensure both meet minimum international safety and security standards. Premium content -
Sunday 19 February 2012 3:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan has provided $298,376 pa'anga assistance to upgrade classrooms and toilet facilities at three Government Primary Schools in Tongatapu and 'Eua. Premium content -
Sunday 19 February 2012 3:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Tu'ilakepa, a former Speaker, and current Vava'u Noble's Representative to the Tonga Parliament, had his firearms and drugs case rescheduled for a week, when the Magistrate's Court was adjourned due to Tropical Cyclone Jasmine that hit Tongatapu on February 14. Premium content -
Sunday 19 February 2012 1:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's defunct Anti Corruption Commission will be revived soon, according to Tonga's Minister of Justice and Public Enterprises, Hon. Clive Edwards.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 18 February 2012 9:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A government that does not allow its people to decide for themselves the credibility of information that is in the public arena, is a government that is scared of its people, Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Samiu Vaipulu told a workshop to consider a Freedom of Information Policy for Tonga on February 13. Premium content -
Friday 17 February 2012 1:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tropical Cyclone Jasmine dumped over half the month's average rainfall onto Tongatapu on Wednesday, flooding large areas of the capital Nuku'alofa and surrounding villages, forcing hundreds of people from their homes, and bringing down power poles, electric lines and trees. But Jasmine's heady aroma was not so sweet. Premium content
