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Friday 4 December 2009 5:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is a great thing to have David Campese in the Tonga Rugby Union but I think Tonga needs more than just Campo's magic to be successful. 'Ikale Tahi's recent thrashing by Ireland A 48-19 (with 7 tries) and Scotland A 38-7 (with 5 tries) is a testament that Tonga Rugby needs many miracle interventions. - 'Aisea T. Tu'ikolovatu
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Thursday 3 December 2009 5:12pm
Havana, Cuba : The First Vice-president of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, met on Wednesday morning, Dec 2 with Honorable Feleti Sevele, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Defense from the Kingdom of Tonga, now on an official visit to Cuba. Premium content -
Monday 30 November 2009 9:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three years after the destruction in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District on November 16, 2006, the reconstruction of the capital is forging ahead and according to Charles Nepia, the reconstruction Project Engineer, much of the work should be completed by the end of 2010. Premium content -
Monday 30 November 2009 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is ranked number 99 in the Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index published in Berlin on November 17. Premium content -
Monday 30 November 2009 3:16pm
Hamburg, Germany : Tonga's National Day was celebrated with a reception and buffet dinner in Hamburg, Germany on November 3 (November 4, in Tonga) hosted by Mr Erwin M. Ludewig, the Honorary Consul General of Tonga in Hamburg. Premium content -
Sunday 29 November 2009 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The school year for 2009 concluded on Friday November 27 with the prizegiving ceremonies for four high schools: the Free Wesleyan Tupou High School, Tupou College, and Queen Salote College and the Catholic 'Apifo'ou College. Premium content -
Saturday 28 November 2009 10:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-weeks joint military exercise between French soldiers, who are based in New Caledonia, and soldiers from the Tonga Defence Services concluded at the Taliai Military Camp, Fua'amotu on November 21. Premium content -
Saturday 28 November 2009 3:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Institute of Education that trains teachers in both primary and high school level received a donation of Japanese language books for teachers, from the Ambassador of Japan in Tonga HE Mr Yasuo Takase on November 27. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2009 11:55am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three senior science students in Nuku'alofa have won prizes in a national competition that aims to encourage the study of science by students in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 11:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : David Campese, the former Australian Wallaby winger is a new found friend of the Tonga Rugby Union. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Male staff of Westpac Bank of Tonga have committed to eliminating violence against women by wearing the white ribbon. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku te faka'ofa'ia si'i kau ngaue 'a e Potungaue Toutai 'i he mahino mai ko e fangota fa'o ki he katoava 'enau savea ne fai mo 'enau fokotu'u ne 'oatu ki hono fakangatangata 'o e lahi mo e taimi ke toutai'i ai e mokohunu pea pehe ki he ngaahi kautaha ke nau hu atu e mokohunu. -Samiu Sika -
Thursday 26 November 2009 11:54am
Canberra, Australia : To address the pay equity gap in Australia for women a new report by the House of Representatives Employment and Workplace Relations Committee has recommended a raft of amendments to the Fair Work Act and Sex Discrimination Act. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2009 10:42am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 9-year-old Sesilia Malialose Tapueluelu is the Dux for St Joseph's Business College 2009 Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Action Plan for an Early Warning Tsunami System for Tonga is expected to be completed by January 2010, according to 'Ofa Fa'anunu the Chairman and Director of the Tonga Meteorology Center. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 20th birthday of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper was marked with a thanksgiving prayer service at the Queen Salote College Hall on Saturday, November 21, with the publisher and editor Kalafi Moala announcing changes. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 10:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga exported 1,600 tonnes of squash pumpkin to Japan and South Korea at the end of the 2009 squash season this week, said Minolu Nishi Jr, the President of the Tonga Squash Council. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2009 2:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled Tonga in the early hours of Wednesday morning, November 25 but there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which was felt with a moderate intensity in Tongatapu and Ha'apai. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine of the 10 male prisoners who escaped from the Hu'atolitoli Prison on Saturday night, November 21 were recaptured by police within seven hours and the tenth later the same day. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2009 8:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan economy's only hope of surviving the global financial crisis is to be able to adapt and to exploit global economic changes, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto said in his opening address of the "Tonga Update 2009" at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Friday November 20. Premium content
