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Monday 9 November 2009 5:43am
Geveva, Switzerland : Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age, a WHO report has found.
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Sunday 8 November 2009 9:46am
Tofoa, Tongatapu : eading responses to the Parliament of Tonga's decision of CEDAW at Matangi Tonga attracts one to think deeper and dig deep about our modern cultures, where Christianity is the cornerstone of our nation's foundation. If our nation has no reservations other than 100% compliance with all articles of CEDAW, our government has whole heartedly won my support. -Kisione Taufa Premium content -
Saturday 7 November 2009 5:52am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : A city was burnt and lives lost to force a more democratic Tonga. But now the Demo-Movement leaders will not ratify the CEDAW.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 7 November 2009 5:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku malie pea fakatupu fifili he taimi tatau e ngaahi felaafoaki fekau'aki mo e CEDAW 'i ho'o paenga kae tautautefito ki hono taukave'i e totonu 'a fafine Tonga. -Samiu Sika -
Friday 6 November 2009 8:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Important testimony by John Jonesse, Managing Director of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., was cut short today when the SCP board cut off his access to corporate legal defence, thereby forcing an adjournment of the Ashika ferry inquiry. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2009 12:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Final Report of the Constitutional and Electoral Commission on a proposed new system of government for Tonga to be introduced next year was presented to HM King George Tupou V at the Palace, yesterday morning, 5 November 2009. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2009 9:00am
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : Fakatulou atu ka e 'ataa ke u lulululu mo Sefesi Lutui (Fakama . . . 05 Nov 2009). Malo 'etau lava tangata. 'Oku ou fiefia 'i ho'o tali mai 'eku tohi. Faka'amu na'ake 'i heni kae palu hata kava. -Sione A. Mokofisi -
Thursday 5 November 2009 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fiji Marine Survey Certificates issued on the MV Princess Ashika in 2009 confirmed there were increasing safety concerns from the Fiji Marine Board and Fiji International Safety Administration on the deteriorating condition of the vessel. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2009 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Alisi Taumoepeau the Chairman of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., appeared for the first time at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika this morning and is set to give evidence on January 18, 2010. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2009 4:37pm
Suva, Fiji : Fijian-born Australian academic Brij Lal has been ordered out of the Pacific nation just hours after speaking to the ABC about the current diplomatic stoush between the two countries. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 November 2009 10:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A thorough survey of the MV Princess Ashika was not carried out before it was purchased by the Tongan Government, the Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., John Jonesse, told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika, this morning, November 3. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 November 2009 9:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of Polynesia SCP Ltd., John Jonesse, told the Commission of Inquiry yesterday morning, November 2, that the MV Princess Ashika was in good condition when it left Nuku'alofa on August 5 on its final voyage. Premium content -
Monday 2 November 2009 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, spent the weekend in Niuatoputapu, in order to review the status of the emergency relief work on the island since it was declared nationally as a disaster zone on 30 October. Premium content -
Monday 2 November 2009 5:18am
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has erased his own credibility with 'delusional' notions that Fiji has a free media, says regional media watchdog Pacific Freedom Forum. Premium content -
Sunday 1 November 2009 9:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paul Karalus the former Minister of Transport who resigned on July 11, six days after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5 will give evidence on December 14 at the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Sunday 1 November 2009 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The advanced level of corrosion and rust on the MV Princess Ashika was a serious concern for Sateki Tupou, whenever the ferry left port, the foreman and the workshop supervisor of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., told the Commission of Inquiry Day Four on Friday, October 30. Premium content -
Friday 30 October 2009 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An established Japanese artist, Ms Anri Kambe who exhibited some of her works in Sydney on October 2008 is now an art teacher at the 'Ahopanilolo Technical College. Premium content -
Friday 30 October 2009 10:26am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Hon Dr Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, officially opened the new administrative office for the Vaini District, Tongatapu yesterday evening, 29 October. Premium content -
Thursday 29 October 2009 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A welder and fitter for the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd Manase Katoa, in his testimony this morning at the Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika reaffirmed the advanced level of rust and corrosion of the vessel and how unfit it was to operate in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 29 October 2009 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ha'apai No. 2 People's Representative to the Tongan Parliament, Sione Teisina Fuko has been appointed as the new Minister for Revenue Services. Premium content
