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Saturday 15 November 2008 5:31am
Australia : If the Government of Japan is genuine about participating in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) reform talks it will have to do more than remove humpbacks from its kill list this year, according to IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).
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Saturday 15 November 2008 5:05am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : The proverbial undertaking of why do climbers climb a mountain can be examined again in this situation. It has been said that a climber climbs a mountain for this simple reason, because the mountain is there. By the same logic, can we say that the United States of America joined a conflict simply because it is there? - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa -
Friday 14 November 2008 4:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Great White Sharks - each over 4 metres long - have visited Tongatapu waters very recently, dropping their transmitting tags and surprising scientists who say that it is the first time they have known these creatures to come here. Premium content -
Friday 14 November 2008 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Neiafu in Vava'u, will get a new $12 million bridge across the Vaipua causeway soon. Premium content -
Friday 14 November 2008 9:26am
UK : I had the privilege of watching on YouTube the Princess Regent's and Tuita's little grand-daughter 'Anaseini Fusitu'a perform a Tongan dance at a Tongan gathering in Australia which was presided over by King George Tupou V. The performance was absolutely outstanding - the movement of her hands, her head and feet, the sound of her little hands clapping and the little smiles she gave from time to time was so charming and shows that she is a natural talented performer. At the end of her performance, she climbed up to the Royal Box and held her little face up whilst the King bent down and kissed her little cheek. - Senolita Swan Premium content -
Friday 14 November 2008 5:11am
Mongbeliard, France : The Head Coach of the Sports Hydrant Pacific Islanders team, Kutusi Fielea made 10 changes to his team to play France at Montbeliard on Saturday, Nov 15. Premium content -
Thursday 13 November 2008 4:32pm
London, UK : The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10 is an occasion for everyone, governments included, to recommit to efforts to uphold and protect freedom, dignity and human rights, said Dr Purna Sen, head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Premium content -
Thursday 13 November 2008 3:30pm
Belgrade, Serbia : In our contemporary world there are 245 entities, which include; countries, independent states (both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty. Almost, all of these entities have fought some kind of war and battle in their history for various reasons, such as: independence, religion, revolution, liberation, occupation, among others. According to war history, over 365 million people lost their lives in these wars, including ongoing ones. - Ivan Simic -
Thursday 13 November 2008 1:10pm
'Aosiotelelia : Ko hoku loto 'oku 'ikai ke u loto ki he fakalelei faka politikale 'oku lolotonga fakahoko. 'Oku ou kei tui 'e malu ange pe 'a Tonga 'i he 'etau fakaongoongo kotoa pe ki he hako 'o Tupou I pea kei tu'uma'u pe 'a e Fale Alea 'i he fale pe 'e 1, fakatahataha atu kiai 'a e Tu'i, fakafofonga'i 'e hono ngaahi to'ukupu Minisitaa, Hou'eiki 'o e Fonua fakafofonga'i 'e he Hou'eiki Nopele, pea mo e Kaikai 'o e Fonua ko'enau fakatahataha atu 'o alelea'i melino mo fekoekoe'i 'a e ngaahi Lao mo e tu'utu'uni 'o e fonua, kae 'ikai ko e Fale fakafa'afa'ahi mo e Tau faka'atamai, mo e takitaha langa hono pilamita pea mo e fa'o ki hono kato. - Molumalu ‘o Ha‘a Ngata -
Thursday 13 November 2008 12:44pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : A fire gutted a large part of the Paradise International Hotel in Neiafu, Vava'u, in the early hours of this morning, November 13. Photos by Sione Vuki Premium content -
Thursday 13 November 2008 11:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Groundbreaking Ceremony to officially mark the commencement of the Nuku'alofa reconstruction will be held on Tuesday, November 18 - over two years after the riots and fires that destroyed buildings on November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Thursday 13 November 2008 10:45am
London, UK : The Tongan High Commissioner to the UK, HE Dr Sione Ngongo Kioa officially opened the 4th meeting of ACP Senior Officials in charge of Finance and Economic Affairs in Brussels, Belgium on Monday November 10. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Showing off their well-oiled muscles, Tongan body builders wowed a capacity crowd, and a good-looking winner was found in the annual Mr Steinlager Charity Show on Thursday, November 6, at Ma'ufanga's Billfish Bar. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight hundred Tongan Seasonal Workers will leave Tonga to work in the Australian horticultural industry in July 2009. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Police Commissioner, Howard Broad, on a three-days visit to Tonga, reaffirmed the NZ Police support, which has provided mentors and advisors to the to the Tonga Police Force development program. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 12:30pm
USA : I opened a bank account with Bank of Tonga sometime in the 1980s before I emigrated to the United States of America in 1986. I left my bank transaction booklet (tohi pangike) with my mother so she can conduct all my banking activities for me. Bank of Tonga eventually changed its name to Wespac Bank of Tonga which is the current management. Unfortunately, my mother misplaced the booklet along with the account number and she can no longer make any deposits to the account. WBT started a policy which allow them to charge a large amount of penalties to any account that is not active. - ‘Aisea T. Tu‘ikolovatu Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 11:00am
: If the integrity of the Tongan Parliament was in any doubt during the last few days of the 2008 parliamentary session then on the night of the final sitting on November 3 it was completely destroyed when members discovered that a sub-clause that had not been passed by the House had appeared in a Gazetted Amendment to an Act. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 10:26am
Brussels, Belgium : The ITUC has condemned the decision to exclude chrysotile asbestos and the pesticide endosulfan from the list of dangerous products under the Rotterdam Convention, the international agreement which regulates exports of hazardous chemicals. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2008 5:47am
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Today the World Bank Director for the Pacific Region, Nigel Roberts, and the Asian Development Bank's Regional Director of the Sydney Office, Eugenue Zhukov, jointly opened the new premises of the World Bank Group, which will also host the ADB development coordinator. These premises symbolize the deepening working relationship by both banks with the Solomon Islands Government and with each other. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 November 2008 6:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand's next Parliament will be the most ethnically diverse in its history - with MPs from communities which have never had representation in Parliament, including a television journalist from Korea and a former Fiji citizen. By Lincoln Tan Premium content
