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Saturday 8 August 2009 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The number of people missing in Tonga's Ashika ferry disaster has grown to 85 today.
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Saturday 8 August 2009 2:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The MV Princess Ashika was taking in water faster than the crew could bail it out, when a large wave struck and the ferry overturned, sinking almost instantly, a survivor, Viliami Latu Mohenoa (32) told Matangi Tonga Online this afternoon, July 7. By Linny Folau Premium content -
Saturday 8 August 2009 12:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was a mixture of joy and sadness at the Fua'amotu domestic airport when 32 of the 53 survivors from MV Princess Ashika ferry sinking returned to Tongatapu on a Chatham Airline flight at 1.30 pm today. Photos by Linny Folau and Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 7 August 2009 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Navy divers from New Zealand and Australia have been asked to come into Tonga to reach the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika that is lying in over 36m (100 feet) of water, possibly holding the bodies of dozens of trapped victims. Premium content -
Friday 7 August 2009 1:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Police are currently coordinating a major maritime search and rescue operation in the Ha'apai Group of islands in Tonga. -
Friday 7 August 2009 1:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police and emergency services trying to verify the passenger list of the MV Princess Ashika disaster have the following 24 hour telephone hotlines for information. -
Friday 7 August 2009 12:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 62 people are missing at sea and this number may grow, said Police Commander Chris Kelley, this morning, as there is great difficulty in trying to reconcile passenger figures after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai waters late on August 5. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2009 10:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 55 people are accounted for but an unconfirmed number are still missing at sea after the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in Ha'apai, waters last night, and now nearly 24 hours after the disaster families in Tonga and abroad are trying to come to terms with their losses. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2009 2:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rescued from the sea, a young Ha'afeva man Siaosi Lavaka said that he saw one body recovered and that only the men had reached the lifeboats after the MV Princess Ashika was overturned by heavy seas around midnight last night. He fears that all the women and children went down with the boat. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2009 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Of the 96 people who left Nuku'alofa on board the MV Princess Ashika, yesterday, according to the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. list released at around midday today, the known survivors include 27 crew and 23 passengers, at this early stage thought to be all male. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2009 9:11am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika sank at sea shortly after midnight last night, with 80 people on board. A major search and rescue operation is underway looking for about 36 missing crew and passengers, while the 44 believed rescued are being taking to Ha'afeva by the MV Pulupaki the first rescue vessel to reach the scene. Breaking News... Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2009 12:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King George Tupou V celebrated his 61st birthday, officially on Saturday, August 1, with a luncheon at the Royal Palace following a military parade at Pangai Lahi. Photos by Linny Folau and Pat Car Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 10:56pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) continues to struggle to establish itself as a champion of Media Freedom in the Pacific Islands. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Success at the top level of Rugby League has come from self-determination and hard work, says 'Isileli Folau, an Australian Rugby League star, who joined his family for a return visit to Tonga recently. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 4:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A pregnant mother of two who stole $25,000 while working for the ANZ bank in Tonga, will spend the next four years in Hu'atolitoli Prison. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The foundation pouring for the new Taumoepeau Building in central Nuku'alofa has led the way in a new method of construction for Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 6:53am
Cairns, Australia : The possible launch of trade negotiations by Prime Minister John Key and the other Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum, beginning today in Cairns, must not plunge Pacific people already hit by the economic crisis, food crisis and climate change further into poverty, says international aid agency Oxfam. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2009 6:50am
Queensland, Australia : Pacific Greenpeace activists have shut down Abbott Point coal export terminal in Queensland to demand Kevin Rudd stops risking the future of Pacific Islands by undermining real action on climate change and expanding Australia's coal industry. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 August 2009 6:46am
London, United Kingdom : The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) held an extraordinary meeting in London on 31 July 2009, when it recalled its decision in March that, should sufficient progress not be made by Fiji towards a return to democracy, Fiji would be fully suspended from the Commonwealth at the Group's next regularly scheduled meeting in September 2009. Premium content -
Monday 3 August 2009 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's annual Heilala Festival wound-up with a colourful parade in Nuku'alofa on Saturday, attracting thousands of people onto the streets to enjoy the brass bands and floats with the ten contestants, and other festival participants. Photos by Linny Folau and Mary Lyn Fonua Premium content
