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Tuesday 18 August 2009 1:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Navy Vessel HMNZS MANAWANUI and the Tonga Defence Vessel VOEA SAVEA left Nuku'alofa yesterday the 17th August 2009.
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Tuesday 18 August 2009 9:45am
Palmerston North, New Zealand : Is it possible that the ship's disaster was due to the century-old mystery of "rogue waves?" For centuries sailors and scientists have not figured out how to predict rogue waves, and how to prepare for them. It is theorized that two collided waves formed a rogue wave with such monstrous force, which few ships could survive encountering a tall wall of water slamming them from any side, and without warning. - Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Tuesday 18 August 2009 9:31am
Manila, Philippines : Economic growth in the Pacific region in 2009 is expected to dip below earlier forecasts, but will remain positive at 2.8%., says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication released today. Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 9:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A New Zealand navy vessel the HMNZ Manawanui arrived in Tonga at the weekend with a support team to assist in the reconnaissance of the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika in the Ha'apai Group. Photos by Patricia Car Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Blue Ribbon campaign in solidarity of the lives lost at sea was launched on August 14 in an emotional ceremony held outside the Shipping Corporation Office at Queen Salote Wharf, where many families have been camping outside in tents for days waiting on news of loved ones who were passengers on board the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika. Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Donations to the Ashika Relief Fund have reached over $600,000 pa'anga the Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet, Busby Kautok, said on August 14 on receiving a $2,000 donation from the Staff Association Committee of the Westpac Bank of Tonga. Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 7:00pm
Hofoa,Tongatapu,Tonga : I wish to dedicate this poem to all those lost at sea. May the Grace of God be with us all in this difficult time. - Vaimoana Faka‘osi Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 11:15am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : My younger brother died at sea many years ago and not a day comes by without me thinking about this brother. I can feel for the victims and the survivors and their families. My condolences to all. This has got to be one of the saddest day for Tonga. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 10:00am
Cairns,Australia : Last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders' summit, held in the northern Australian city of Cairns, saw the Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd move to extend its control over the regional body. Despite earlier statements from a number of Pacific governments expressing disquiet over Canberra's stance on issues including Fiji, climate change, and regional trade, every PIF member state toed the line and signed the final summit communiqué drafted by the Australian government. -By Frank Gaglioti Premium content -
Sunday 16 August 2009 5:57am
Alaska, USA : Malo e tau mo e ngaue lahi hono tufaki mai e ngaahi ongoongo kemau lave 'inasi ai he ngaahi tuliki 'oku mau fokoutua ai. Tuku pe mu'a e ki'i faingamalie ko'eni' ke u vahevahe atu e ki'i fakakaukau ko'eni' 'o felave'i mo e kafo kuo hook ki he Ashika 'o kafo pea tauanga'a ai e Tonga kotoa pe he fo'i Kolope'. - Joshua Nehasi -
Saturday 15 August 2009 10:02pm
San Diego-California, USA : 'Oku toki mahino mamalie mai heni 'a e to'onga mo'ui 'oku tau mo'ua kotoa ai ko e 'ai'ai noa'ia 'o 'ai ai 'eni ki he mole 'o e mo'ui ha fu'u kakai tokolahi. Ko hono mo'oni 'oku fele 'a e ngaahi tafa'aki 'oku fu'u fiema'u ke fai sio ki ai, tokolahi kitautolu 'oku tau pehe loto pe Fefe nai kapau na'e? Fefe nai kapau na'e toe fakapotopotoange 'a e kau kumi vaka mahino mai ne fu'u ngaue mo 'ilo lahi ki ai 'a e minista Paul Karalus, ko e ha me'a 'oku toe kehe ai 'a e kumi vaka mo ha'o kumi me'alele. Sio ki he hisitolia 'o e vaka ne kumi, me'a ne ngaahi, fakafo'ou, ko e ha ngaahi me'a 'oku fiema'u ke fakalelei'i kimu'a pea toki fai hano fakakaukau'i pe'e 'aonga ke kumi fakatatau ki he tukunga 'oku 'iai 'ae vaka mo hoto ivi fakapa'anga. Pea pehe ai ke ongo'i 'eke kau tama ko 'ena na'a nau kau hono alea'i 'oe vaka he 'oku mole ha'amou pa'anga ai. - Lou 'Uhila -
Saturday 15 August 2009 10:00pm
Australia : My thoughts and prayers are with you, especially those in Ha'apai. - Anne Chambers Premium content -
Friday 14 August 2009 5:26pm
Fontana-California, USA : Tuku mu'a kihe motu'a tu'a ko kita ke fai atu ha ki'i fk-hoha'a tu'a fekau'aki pea mo e fk-tamaki na'e hoko ki he Pilinisesi Ashika 'i he potu tahi Ha'apai. Ko e ta 'oku ongo ki he loto 'o e tangata pea mo e fefine kotoa pe si'i 'otu Tonga. Ka e tautau tefito ki si'i ngaahi famili kuo huki tonu ai 'a e fk-tamaki kuo hoko. 'O mole ai ha mo'ui si'onau ngaahi famili he fk-tamaki ne hoko. - S.Taufa -
Friday 14 August 2009 4:35pm
Manila, Philippines : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing assistance to the Pacific to help design and deliver renewable energy products to the region through a $3 million grant for the development of small pilot projects in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Premium content -
Friday 14 August 2009 4:15pm
Fasi mo e Afi,Nuku'alofa,Tonga : Some time ago I did a test to see how many cars in Nuku'alofa actually do use their direction indicators properly. While traveling through town, every time I saw a car making a turn I watched whether it had its left or right flashing light properly on, both front and rear. The results were terrible. - Firitia Velt Premium content -
Friday 14 August 2009 3:34pm
London, UK : In response to the Secretary General's communication to the Interim Prime Minister of Fiji, Commodore Bainimarama, conveying the Concluding Statement of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) following its Extraordinary Meeting on 31 July 2009, the Interim Government of Fiji Islands invited a delegation from the Commonwealth to visit the country. Premium content -
Friday 14 August 2009 6:45am
USA : This kind of tragedy should never have happened, with all due respect to the Tongan Govt., they should really get to the bottom of who is responsible, and please Matangitonga, can you organise a campaigns for the people of Tonga demanding a full independent commission to call in all party involved and create transparency showing the world that this tragic incident of M/V Ashika where 90+ Tongans were dead, should have an answer to and closure, and have constructive suggestions on how to correct the system so that it would not repeat itself again in Tonga. - M. T. Tuaileva Premium content -
Friday 14 August 2009 6:45am
San Francisco, USA : Although the sinking of the Princess Ashika was an accident, I still want to express the fact that this is one example of how the Government of Tonga fail to do what's in the best interests of its people. - Siosaia Fatani Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2009 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Operation Ashika this afternoon released 37 names, on the first confirmed list of passengers and crew missing following the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5, 2009. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2009 10:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The inter-island ferry, the MV Princess Ashika, sank in Tongan waters in the early hours of 6 August 2009. This tragic accident has touched us all and we are deeply saddened to hear that some 93 victims remain unaccounted for. May I express my deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. Premium content
