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Friday 8 May 2009 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maritime terrorism has emerged as a formidable threat to world peace, and Pacific Island countries are not immune to such a threat, Tonga's Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu told participants at the opening of a two-days workshop on Maritime Security in Nuku'alofa yesterday morning, May 7.
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Thursday 7 May 2009 2:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reconstruction of Nuku'alofa is finally getting a move on as excavation work has begun at the Taumoepeau Building after much delay since the groundbreaking ceremony in November last year. Premium content -
Thursday 7 May 2009 11:17am
Darwin,Australia : World-record holder Tahnee Afuhaamango has got to be Tonga's best-kept secret. The young Tongan-Australian swimming sensation not only became the overall World Female Champion at the Down Syndrome International Swimming Organisation Championships in Portugal last December, but over the last four years she has smashed world records and won several gold medals representing Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 7 May 2009 10:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four men who were charged with serious multiple offences relating to the destruction and damage of Nuku'alofa on November 16, 2006, were declared not guilty by a jury at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, May 6. Premium content -
Thursday 7 May 2009 5:21am
Kolofo'ou,Nuku'alofa,Tonga : Ne u lau hifo he tohi 'etita 'i ho'o peesi he uike ni, ko e ui ki ha taki fo'ou. Ko e me'a lelei e vahevahe fakakaukau, 'i hano fokotu'u mai ha ngaahi fokotu'utu'u 'oku maama mo faka'amanaki, pea fakalotolahi ki hota kaha'u. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 May 2009 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although Tonga's six month fishing season for sea cucumbers opened on April 1, the quota for this year's export harvest has not been set and licenses have not been issued to operators. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 May 2009 5:34pm
Nu'usila : ‘I he taimi lahi hange 'oku lahi ange feta'aki ia 'a e ngaahi kautaha ongoongo 'e ni'ihi 'i hono fai honau fatongia 'a ia ko e 'omai e ngaahi fakamatala mo'oni mo totonu ki hono, ako'i mo faka'ilo ki he kakai e me'a 'oku hoko pea ke fakafiefia'i mo fakafiemalie ki he kakai. - Pola Loiti. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 May 2009 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dressed for the occasion, HM King George Tupou V was photographed together with the members of the Tongan Cabinet, on 1 May 2009, at Consular House in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 May 2009 1:30pm
Pangaimotu, Vava'u : I wish you all the best to your 61 birthday today (May 4), even if you celebrate it now at the coronation day. - Thomas Hollenbeck Premium content -
Tuesday 5 May 2009 12:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The lights went on again in Ha'apai last week, after the MV Olovaha inter island ferry delivered much needed diesel to run the power generators on the islands where the weekly fuel supplies have been disrupted for months. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 May 2009 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Cabinet is undergoing a reshuffle as two new Ministers take-up the portfolios of Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Forestry and Minister of Information and Communication while the Minister of Justice is resigning. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 May 2009 11:29am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Health is not taking any chances of a swine influenza outbreak in Tonga, and has begun screening international visitors arriving at Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Monday 4 May 2009 5:50pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : Journalists' faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states; with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study's Free category to Partly Free status. Premium content -
Monday 4 May 2009 5:38pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji was suspended from the 16 nation Pacific Islands Forum Saturday and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights." Premium content -
Monday 4 May 2009 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Tautahi Gold defeated Fiji Warriors 26-21 at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium on Saturday, May 2. Premium content -
Saturday 2 May 2009 12:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'I he'eku lau hifo 'a e tohi 'a Piveni Piukala mo 'ene fakatangi ki ha taki fo'ou, 'oku foki 'eku manatuu ki he ki'i talanoa na'aku fa'alau 'i he'eku kei si'i. Ko e talanoa 'oku ou manatu ki ai mei he ki'i tohi ma'ae fanau iiki na'e ui ko e ngaahi feipale 'a 'Esope (Aesop's Fables). - D.K Fale Premium content -
Thursday 30 April 2009 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE threat of a pandemic Swine Influenza is increasing by the day and here are some of the frequently asked questions about the disease, and their answers. Premium content -
Thursday 30 April 2009 12:35pm
Wellington, New Zealand : Well, well, well.... so Labour now thinks that Maori should have the right to seek customary title to the foreshore and seabed do they? That Maori should be allowed to argue their case before the Maori Land Court, with right of appeal to the High Court? Premium content -
Thursday 30 April 2009 12:14pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji's military regime says it doesn't believe it will be thrown out of the Pacific Islands Forum, despite stern warmings from members. Premium content -
Thursday 30 April 2009 10:30am
Auckland, New Zealand : By chance I see it reported in the media this week that Tonga Power will spend 16 million dollars replacing rotten and leaning power poles in a network upgrading programme commencing from the "city". From where I sit, we will have spent these millions only to find that we will remain vulnerable to falling branches as well as hurricane borne damage and still wedded to non-renewable imported and expensive diesel, the price of which is expected to return to stratospheric levels once the world takes the crunch out of credit. In short, not a great deal better. -Sefita Hao'uli Premium content
