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Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police suspect that an escaped prisoner may have been involved in an armed hold up at a Nukualofa barbecue restaurant last week, when a robber fled with $4000.
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Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers who have been serving for six months at Helmand Province, Afghanistan will return to Tonga on Thursday, June 16. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:15am
New York, USA : CADET Officer Latu Vaha'i (24), of the Tonga Defence Services graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the prestigious United States Military Academy, West Point in New York in May. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 11:30am
Pango pngo, American Samoa : Great imagination but you may have missed proper island protocols. What must be understood, is that Blood is thicker than politics, especially in our island nation. Ma'afu, Tu'i Fiji, will not be the one serving Ratu Tevita Uluilakepa Mara . . . There will Ceremonial Attendees serving Ratu Mara and Ma'afu. Sione Lousiale Kava. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:30am
Auckland, New Zealand : Please, Bainimarama, Please, the ball is in the Tongan's side of the court, but the delay in returning the ball with a forehand needs someone with strong guts. Getting rid of the Wildcat is doable, but we need a Brave Mouse to hang the bell on to the cat's neck. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:00am
Suva, Fiji : I would like for someone to tell me, whether giving a fugitive from Fiji a Tongan Passport will benefit the country in the future, or we better give it to these stateless children who are born in Tonga to Tongan Mothers, and are the future of Tonga. - Sitani Masima. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 5:38am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Tongan Government is standing firm on its claim to Teleki Tonga and Teleki Tokelau, having successfully re-erected a navigational beacon on Teleki Tokelau last week. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 10:30pm
South Korea : A Tongan sportsman Pita Taufatofua (27) received an honorary award in South Korea last week during the visit to the country by Tonga's Prime Minister. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 10:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Only eight harvesting licences have been issued so far in the 2011 sea cucumber harvesting season - an usually slow start this year, said Poasi Ngaluafe, the Head of the Research Division of the Ministry of Fisheries today, June 13. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 8:04am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ikale Tahi was beaten 41-14 by England's Saxons at Kingsholm, Gloucester, England this morning, June 13, Tongan time. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty licences have been issued to whale watching operators in Tonga for the 2011 Whale Watching Season, from June to November. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fiji's Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara has left Tonga on a commercial flight for Australia, apparently on Thursday, June 9. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The critical task of downsizing Tonga's civil service has been deferred until next year while the government is trying to figure out how to make the cuts that have defied resolve for over a decade. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 6:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In the early morning hours of 16 June 2011, Tonga will experience another lunar eclipse. That is just the moment that the moon sets and the sun rises. The total eclipse, running from 8:22 to 10:22, therefore happens in the morning when it is daylight and nothing is to be seen. - Firitia Velt. Premium content -
Thursday 9 June 2011 10:32pm
United Kingdom : The 'Ikale Tahi beat the USA Eagles 44-13 in its first pool game in the Churchill Cup, UK, this morning June 9, at 4.30 am Tongan time. Premium content -
Thursday 9 June 2011 3:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A manhunt is continuing for two escapees who broke out of the new Huatolitoli Prison three days ago. Premium content -
Thursday 9 June 2011 11:21am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On their first day of sitting after the opening of parliament the House pledged its support to the king in a Letter of Reply to the Speech from the Throne. After that all the members received $2000 laptops, but some members complained that they didnt know how to use computers. The Prime Minister adjourned the sitting so they could all go and whine outside. From the House, a translation and summary of parliament. Minute no. 4, June 7, 2011. By Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2011 11:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An armed robber held up the Talahiva Restaurant in central Nuku'alofa, in the early hours of this morning Wednesday, June 8 and fired a pistol into the ceiling before he fled with cash. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2011 11:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The resignation of David Wright as Chair of Tonga Power Ltd. was confirmed by Tongas Ministry of Public Enterprises today. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2011 11:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A ten years prison sentence was imposed on a 31-year-old man from Fatai in Tongatapu for abetment to armed robbery committed at the Tu'imatamoana Wharf in May 2010 but his co-offender is still on the run. Premium content
