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Tuesday 1 September 2009 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : John Cauchi, Tonga's first independent Public Prosecutor and Attorney General warned the Tongan media that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika will be conducted like a court of law.
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Tuesday 1 September 2009 12:25pm
Queensland,Australia : The High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga with residence in Canberra, Australia, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka and Commander of the Tonga Defence Services (TDS), Brigadier Tau'aika Uta'atu, visited the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programe (AACAP) in Mapoon, Queensland on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August. Premium content -
Monday 31 August 2009 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This is a Preliminary Statement to inform the public about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the M.V . Princess Ashika. Premium content -
Monday 31 August 2009 5:08am
Suva, Fiji : The editor-in-chief of the Fiji Times says he has received another threat, and he is taking it seriously. Premium content -
Friday 28 August 2009 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A New Zealand national, the sole person found on board a distressed yacht "Santana", is being questioned by the Tongan Police after telling rescuers that his captain had disappeared last week on a voyage between Rarotonga and Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 27 August 2009 2:19pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : 'I he fekau 'a e Poate 'o e Kalapu Fofo'anga 'o Amerika Samoa, ko e va'a ngaue 'o e Tongan Community of American Samoa, 'oku 'oatu heni 'e mau fakamalo lotohounga ki he Matangi Tonga 'i hono fakaa'u mai e ngaahi ongoongo mo e 'ata 'o e me'afaka'eiki mamahi kae fakahisitolia koia ne fai he toka'anga 'o e Princess Ashika. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa -
Wednesday 26 August 2009 11:15pm
Ha'apai, Tonga : On August 25, 2009 a flotilla of vessels carrying about 500 mourners gathered in Ha'apai waters, around a point where four orange buoys floated in the water marking the last position of the MV Princess Ashika. They held a memorial and mass funeral ceremony at sea for the 74 people who were lost when the inter-island ferry sank on August 5. Part Three: Photos by Linny Folau on the MV Pulupaki and Pesi Fonua on the VOEA Pangai.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2009 11:00pm
Ha'apai, Tonga : A mass fuenral ceremony at sea for the 74 people who were lost when the Princess Ashika sank on August 5, was held at midday yesterday, August 25 at the spot where the ferry sank, 11 nautical miles, south-west of Nomuka Island, in Tonga's Ha'apai Group, where about 500 people gathered on a flotilla of boats. Part Two: Photos by Linny Folau on the MV Pulupaki and Pesi Fonua on the VOEA Pangai. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2009 11:15am
USA : Thank you for your tireless efforts in keeping us and the world updated with the news on MV Ashika and the still unrecovered passengers. Our hearts been weeping, yet hopeful for those who are still missing in the Ha'apai sea. - Cecil Taufa Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2009 8:15am
Ha'apai,Tonga : A mass funeral ceremony at sea for the 74 people lost on the Princess Ashika on August 5, was held at midday yesterday, August 25, at the spot where the ferry sank, 11 nautical miles, south-west of Nomuka Island, in Tonga's Ha'apai Group, where about 500 people gathered on a flotilla of boats. Photos by Linny Folau on the MV Pulupaki and Pesi Fonua on the VOEA Pangai. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2009 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government has to date distributed over $100,000 pa'anga to help bereaved families of 67 persons in Tongatapu, Vava'u and Ha'apai whose lives were lost in the Princess Ashika sinking. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2009 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A special memorial service will be held today, August 25 at the site where the MV Princess Ashika sank, an open sea area 11kms SSW of Nomuka Island in remembrance of the many lives lost on August 5. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2009 4:39am
USA : The Tongan communities in the United States are rising to the occasion to send assistance home to Tonga for the families of the victims in the inter-island ferry MV Princess Ashika's mysterious sinking August 5, during a Tongatapu-to-Ha'apai/Vava'u voyage. Seventy passengers and crew members are presumed dead. - Sione K. Tupouniua -
Sunday 23 August 2009 11:30am
USA : We are all very saddened by this terrible tragedy. We continue to pray for our family there in Tonga, as well as all the families of those lost. - Sherri Mahe Premium content -
Saturday 22 August 2009 9:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After 17 nights of camping in tents outside the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. office at Queen Salote Wharf, anticipating news of relatives in the August 5 sinking of the MV Princess Ashika, bereaved families put closure to the hope of recovery and returned home on Friday July 21. Premium content -
Saturday 22 August 2009 3:51pm
Sydney, Australia : A Methodist national choir competition planned in Fiji today has been cancelled by the military-installed government as potentially subversive. By Rowan Callick, Asia-Paciic editor Premium content -
Saturday 22 August 2009 3:23pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Operation Kurukuru 2009, a coordinated maritime surveillance operation in which countries cooperate to detect activities such as illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, smuggling and people trafficking, was hosted by FFA over 10 days. Premium content -
Saturday 22 August 2009 10:40am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The aerial and surface search for survivors from the MV Princess Ashika disaster has ended, Tonga's Police Commander Chris Kelley announced on 21 August. Premium content -
Saturday 22 August 2009 6:15am
Canberra, Australia : It doesn't matter whether the individual AVMP will end up receiving $10,000 or $20,000 per head, "it's all theirs and it's all for them and them only". By the ethics of humanitarianism and human rights under World Red Cross and World Vision, together with the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, all funds must be belonged to the AVMP, except for related and necessary expenses occurring in the process of distribution. - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai Premium content -
Friday 21 August 2009 7:45pm
Moloka'i, Hawai'i : We wish to send our deepest sympathy and condolence to all of the families of passengers lost at sea, especially to the Fasi-moe-afi Church members Sione Valele 'Elone, his cousin Veuveuso 'Elone and friend Matoni 'Aho who were on their way to Ha'apai for Sione Valele 'Elones' wedding to my sister-in-law Vahengalu He of Pangai. - Coco & Tevita He Premium content
