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Monday 21 December 2009 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Former Director of the Marine Division of Tonga's Ministry of Transport Bill Johnson agreed that he was negligent by not sending surveyors to Fiji to survey the MV Princess Ashika before a decision was made to buy the vessel.
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Sunday 20 December 2009 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kuo 'omai hotau tala pea tuku mai mo e siate folau ki he liukava fakahisitolia 'i hotau fonua ni. Kuo finangalo 'a Tupou ke tuku mai ki hono kakai ke nau fili e kapiteni, kau 'ofisa pea mo e toenga 'o e kauvaka ke nau fakalele hotau vakaa. 'Oku 'i ai e tu'amelie he kuo tau kau he pue 'o e temokalati ka 'oku hange pe 'oku kei fai pe "tu'atamaki ki he taunga he fu'u tavahi". -Samiu Sika -
Friday 18 December 2009 5:30pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : 'Oku 'i ai 'eku tui lahi 'e fehangahangai a Tonga mo e palopalema lahi ka 'ikai fakapotopoto mo ma'a pea mahino ki he kakai 'o e fonua hano solova 'e he Pule'anga 'a e fakatamaki mo e fakamamahi ne hoko mo kei 'o hake 'e he Princess Ashika. -Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa. -
Friday 18 December 2009 12:38pm
Brussels, Belgium : Fiji has signed on 11 December 2009 an interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. The agreement focuses on trade in goods and provides duty free quota free access for all products from Fiji to the EU market. It also aims to deepen cooperation in areas such as animal and plant health as well as technical standards. Premium content -
Friday 18 December 2009 11:41am
Copenhagen, Denmark : The German Government will commit another 10 million euros to climate change programmes in Pacific countries, it was announced in Copenhagen, Denmark. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2009 9:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The World Bank has approved a $TOP7.5 million grant for the construction of about 100 houses for people who lost their homes in Niuatoputapu, in northern Tonga when the island was struck by a tsunami on September 30. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2009 9:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man at Talafo'ou on Friday, December 11, police confirmed today. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2009 9:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ports Authority manager, Commander Lupeti Vi, this morning told the Ashika inquiry that it was not his responsibility to stop the vessel from sailing. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2009 5:07pm
London, UK : It is sad to see and read the plight that Tongan Rugby is spiraling into yet another time warp back to the past. It seems like greed and money is the objective of this power struggle of the Rugby Committee and the players are affected in someway or another. - William Mariner Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2009 2:30pm
Kailua-Kona-Hawaii, USA : Kataki pe mu'a ka e hao atu 'eku lave faka'osi pe 'eni ki he tohi 'a Posoa Finau 'oku pehe, "Tuku 'a e fakamole space mo e kai pinati fakaveve." 'Oku ha 'i he Talanga 'i he lea faka-Tonga. -'Aisea Tu'akihekolo Tu'ikolovatu -
Monday 14 December 2009 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Santa Claus in full suit delighted over 30 young children at the Little Italy Hotel and Restaurant on Friday, December 11, giving out presents with a friendly Ho Ho Ho! Premium content -
Monday 14 December 2009 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women and children passengers were trapped inside the enclosed passengers cabin shouting and crying out while holding on to their children as the Princess Ashika capsized, said a surviving crewman who managed to get out alive. Premium content -
Monday 14 December 2009 1:14pm
Copenhagen, Denmark : Indigenous Peoples from across North America and their allies from around the world who have gathered for COP 15 lead an unprecedented demonstration for just climate policy in Copenhagen on Saturday, December 12. Premium content -
Monday 14 December 2009 8:34am
Copenhagen, Denmark : At the end of the first week of the climate talks at Copenhagen, thousands of activists from the Climate Justice Action and Climate Justice Now! networks are joining the climate march under the banner of 'System Change Not Climate Change' to denounce the climate negotiations as a predictable failure. Premium content -
Sunday 13 December 2009 8:30pm
Sydney, Australia : Kataki pe kae fakaa'u atu 'a e ki'i fakamaama ko'eni kia 'Aisea Tu'ikolovatu ko e 'uhinga ko e toe heke holo 'oku lau ki ai. Sea hange ko 'eku lau kimu'a, 'oku fu'u fakamole space 'aupito 'a e me'a 'oku 'uhinga kiai. Tuku ke u toe fakamole space atu hono tala atu "Ko e fu'u me'a motu'a pe ia" 'oku tau 'osi 'ilo'i hono faito'o ko e to'o 'a e kau faihala ki tu'a mo kumi ha kakai ke nau fai lelei'i hono fua honau ngaahi fatongia. Ko e toe heke holo ha 'oku ke 'au'au pinati ki ai? -Soa Finau -
Sunday 13 December 2009 4:42pm
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : Tongan Rugby Union history has proven Mr. Mandela correct more times than wrong that the "majority" is not always right. If memory serves me correctly, TRU surprised the world against Fiji in 1958, against the Maoris in 1959, against Australia 1973, and against the rest of the World in World Cup 2007. -Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi Premium content -
Sunday 13 December 2009 11:00am
Hihifo, Niuatoputapu : Since the tsunami came to Niuatoputapu we are very blessed on the island to recwive much assistance from abroad. Not just from foreign countries and organisations but also from many individuals who have given their money and their effort. I would like to thank with all my heart everyone, and make mention of those I do know. - Paea Fifita Premium content -
Sunday 13 December 2009 10:10am
Auckland, New Zealad : I am pleased and encouraged to see our government talking to the Cubans about health. -Sefita Hao'uli Premium content -
Friday 11 December 2009 7:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan parliament will close quietly late this year and reopen early next year without the usual fanfare, as members continue to deliberate the report of the Constitution and Electoral Commission. Premium content -
Friday 11 December 2009 2:45pm
Kailua-Kona-Hawaii, USA : 'Oku ou fakatokanga'i 'oku ke fu'u emotional he taimi 'oku ou lea ai ki he komiti 'akapulu fo'ou. 'Oku ou ki'i hu'uhu'u na ko ha memipa koe 'o e komiti fo'ou? Ka mavahe pe mei ai 'oku 'i ai hao 'ofa'anga he loto komiti. -'Aisea T. Tu'ikolovatu
