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Wednesday 19 October 2011 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mr Jacques Rogge, and his wife, Anne, will visit Tonga from October 25-27, 2011, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tonga Amateur Sports Association. Tonga remains the only Pacific Island to have won a medal at the Olympic Games, a Silver Medal in boxing, at the Atlanta Olympic 1996 by Paea Wolfgramm, in the Super-heavy weight division. In 1984 TASANOC became a member of the International Olympic Committee.
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Wednesday 19 October 2011 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga took another step toward connecting up to the Southern Cross Submarine Fiber Optic in Fiji and to the world high-speed communication network yesterday, October 18 when the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano presented Robert Bolouri, the manager of Tonga Cable Limited with a Wholesale Communications Licence. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2011 10:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Asian Development Bank ADBs Board of Directors has approved a $6.06 million grant for the $14.59 million Nukualofa Urban Development Sector Project. The grant is sourced from ADBs Special Funds resources. The Australian government will provide grant co-financing of about $6.44 million equivalent. - ADB. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2011 10:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan's technical cooperation to Vava'u on solid waste management has shifted into full swing. With the assistance of a JICA Expert for the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2011 7:10pm
Melbourne,Australia : Interplast Australia and New Zealand team will visit Tonga from 28 October 3 November 2011 to assist Tongan National Health Services to conduct specialist consultation clinics and perform plastic and reconstructive surgery services. - Australian plastic surgery team. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2011 4:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It's now official that Members of Parliament may receive generouly funded trips for medical treatment overseas in addition to their full salaries and allowances. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 17 October 2011 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In an effort to revive its dying fishing industry Tonga has opened up its tuna fishing to licensed foreign fishing vessels, the Ministry of Fisheries has confirmed. Premium content -
Monday 17 October 2011 9:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sea cucumber harvesting season that was extended for two weeks from September 30 was closed on Saturday, October 15, according to the Ministry of Fisheries. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2011 4:25pm
Suva, Fiji : Ambassador Frankie A. Reed presented her credentials to the President of Fiji, H.E. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, earlier today (13 Oct), following her arrival in Fiji to be the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji. Ambassador Reed will serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2011 4:10pm
Melbourne, Australia : Fijian hip hop crew, BSQ are set to get the crowds jumping at this year's Fest'Napuan music festival in Vanuatu as the winners of the Pacific Break 2011 competition after their slick dance track'Rue Ele Ele remix' was selected as the winning song. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of Parliament Lord Lasike appeared before Justice Shuster in closed chambers today after he failed to turn up in open court this morning for arraignment. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After a six years lapse, the Tongatapu's Royal Agriculture, Fisheries and Industries Show returns with abundant displays of traditional Tongan foods, beautiful handmade handicrafts as well as seafood fish at the Manamou'i Grounds at 'Atele from October 14-15. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 2:25pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Ko e kelekele na'e tuku ki he langi 'e he 'Uluaki Faa, ko e Kovinanite ia 'oku makatu'unga ai hotau Tonga, pea na'e fakatapui ia ke 'oua na'a faifai pea fakatau atu 'o tatau aipe pe ko hai. Paula Kava. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a year that has seen a dramatic increase in armed robberies in Tonga, parliament voted to massively reduce the penalties for the illegal possession of firearms - slashing the maximum penalty from $5,000 to only $1,000 and from five years imprisonment to only one year. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 1:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Robert Shuster ordered a warrant of arrest to be issued for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he did not turn up at the Supreme Court for arraignment on a count of unlawful possession of ammunition, this morning, October 14. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Lasike is expected to appear at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa today on the charge of unlawful possession of ammunition for .22 rifles. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:32am
Goodlands, Tasmania,Australia : I was interested to see "the whisper in your ear" incident. The previous government had little regard for proper procedure. Tonga is now paying the price for the neglect of the previous government. John Cauchi. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Defence Services rugby team enters the semifinal at the first International Defence Rugby Cup Competition after beating the New Zealand Defence Force 27-26 in Sydney yesterday, October 13. Premium content -
Friday 14 October 2011 11:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new export fish market facility remains unfinished while the government is looking for donor funding to complete it, and to hopefully boost Tonga's dying fishing industry. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2011 8:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A parliamentary tour report presented by 'Akilisi Pohiva to the House was thrown out on October 5 after a majority concluded that the report was irrelevant, unreliable and not clearly representing the views of his constituency, Tongatapu 1. The decision was unprecedented in the history of parliamentary tours. The member's response to the criticisms was that the report was written by a woman who accompanied him. From the House By Pesi Fonua. Premium Content. Premium content
