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Tuesday 12 April 2011 9:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Asian shopkeepers in Tongatapu were robbed and threatened by masked men with a cane knife and a calvanized pipe, during two separate armed robberies last week.
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Tuesday 12 April 2011 6:42am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union Authority will start fund raising for the Ikale Tahi to participate in the Churchill Cup in the United Kingdom, the Pacific Nations Cup in Japan, a two-test series with Fiji, and the IRBs Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand. - Tonga Rugby Union Authority. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 7:46pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A group of Auckland-Tongan outrigger canoe enthusiasts are keen to get young Tongans interested in the sport. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 6:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Crown Law's appeal against the quashing of a perjury indictment against Ramsay Robertson Dalgety will be dealt with on papers this week by Tonga's Court of Appeal. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The judgement in Tonga's first case of trafficking persons, expected today, has been adjourned by Justice Shuster to April 26 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 5:45pm
London, UK : The Kingdom of Tonga was centre stage in London last week after the competition to find the World's "Maddest" Rugby Fan was officially launched at London's prestigious New Zealand House. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's growing reliance on imports to meet its protein needs, threatens the nation's food security, and this was a concern discussed at a regional FAO meeting in Vava'u last week. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former male employee at the ANZ Bank, Tonga, who is accused of fraudulently converting over $90,000 pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, when appearing the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Friday, April 8. Premium content -
Monday 11 April 2011 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A teenager who admitted stealing $9,000 worth of goods and cash from members of a visiting U-16 Oceania AFL team in December, 2010, received an 18-months suspended sentence and was ordered to spend 120 hours of community service picking up rubbish. Premium content -
Sunday 10 April 2011 1:11pm
Manila, Philippines : The ADB Board of Directors recently approved a technical assistance of around $12.4 million under the Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific (Phase 2) to help consumers use power more efficiently in the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu. - ADB. Premium content -
Friday 8 April 2011 6:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will hold its first Sustainable Energy Expo next week, April 12-13 to raise awareness about energy efficiency options, and will showcase the wide range of sustainable energy products and services available to Tongan consumers. - Ministry of Information. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 11:08pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : Pacific Energy Ministers have endorsed the Framework for Action on Energy Security in the Pacific (FAESP) and its associated implementation plan. They approved the framework and implementation plan at a special session of the inaugural joint Regional Meeting of Ministers for Energy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Transport at the SPC headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia. - SPC. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 9:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, or Parliament, Hon Reuven Rivlin visited Tonga for the first time on April 7, and joined in a tau'olunga with nurses during a presentation at the Tonga National Centre. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 8:43pm
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Tonga has been confirmed as one of the 21 Council members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the end of its inaugural assembly at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, April 5. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : PACIFIC governments need to put adequate priority into national budgets for the development of agriculture, said the FAO Director-General Mr Jacques Diouf, who opened the Ninth FAO South West Pacific Ministers of Agriculture Meeting in Vava'u on April 5. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 4:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A judgement on Tonga's first case of human trafficking will be delivered in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Monday April 11. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Court of Appeal 2011 Session will hear only eight appeal cases next week, including an appeal by the Crown Law against a judgment by Justice Robert Shuster to quash a perjury indictment against Lord Dalgety. Premium content -
Thursday 7 April 2011 1:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : TVNZ has announced a transmission partnership with 18 broadcasters enabling television viewers across the South Pacific to watch the Royal Wedding live from London on the 29th of April. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 April 2011 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 100 students were taken into police custody on Friday, April 1 after a fight broke out between boys from Liahona High School and Tonga College at a bus stop in central Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 April 2011 10:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ashika case had been the largest and perhaps the most important investigation in the history of the Tonga Police and there are no plans to lay any further charges relating to the disaster, Police Commissioner Chris Kelley said this morning, April 5 during the Police's weekly media briefing. Premium content
