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Sunday 28 September 2008 11:43am
Paris, France : Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by this week's raid on the Canberra home of Phllip Dorling, a reporter for the Canberra Times daily, by federal police seeking classified defence documents cited in a story reporting that close allies Japan and South Korea were priority targets for Australia's spies as well as countries such as China and North Korea.
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Friday 26 September 2008 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was high drama again in parliament on Thursday, September 11, the last day of parliamentary proceedings before the House closed until October 2. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 26 September 2008 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two brothers from Lautoka, Fiji were sentenced to serve two years in Hu‘atolitoli Prison today, for the manufacturing and using of counterfeit Tongan notes amounting to $600. Premium content -
Friday 26 September 2008 4:34pm
Suva, Fiji : This Sunday September 28 is 'International Right to Know Day'; a chance to highlight the right to information and to remember how important this right is for the fulfilment of all human rights. By Claire Cronin Premium content -
Thursday 25 September 2008 3:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will host a workshop next week on "Parliament and the Media", aiming to generate awareness, cooperation and mutual respect between parliamentarians and journalists. Premium content -
Thursday 25 September 2008 5:30am
Geneva, Switzerland : World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances. Premium content -
Thursday 25 September 2008 5:15am
USA : Of all the noises our PRs have been making in the last few decades, it bothers me that their silence toward Nautilus Minerals exploration is deafening. It worries me that they are not questioning the activity that will potentially impact our resource that provide for our basic subsistence, the ocean. Nautilus Minerals' mission in the area, as they say, is for exploration. Exploration is good, but what is being done after the exploration is completed is bothersome. - Tevita U. Langi Premium content -
Wednesday 24 September 2008 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's third contingent of 55 soldiers who were on a peacekeeping duty in Iraq arrived home on Saturday, September 20. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 September 2008 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : White 'Faka-Sepitema' today, September 24, in Tonga saw hundreds of women lay preachers of the Church of Tonga dressed in white gathering for their annual roll call. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Wednesday 24 September 2008 5:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Quddus Fieliea, the coach of the 'Ikale Tahi is the new coach of the Pacific Islanders combined team to tour Europe in November. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2008 9:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been ranked No. 138 in the 2008 Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index CPI that was released in Berlin, Germany this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2008 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Halaleva man who forcefully entered a home at Tofoa armed with a rifle and stole goods valued at $15,640 pa'anga was sentenced to 10 years and six months imprisonment on Monday, September 22. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2008 5:09pm
Nadi, Fiji : The diredtor of Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries Mr Penisimani Vea signed a project for the provision of urgent assistance to small farmers and poor food consumers totaling US$250 000. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2008 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A public raffle to raise funds to help the two paralysed Aussie Rules players, Paumolevuka Tu'i (18) and Mafua Kiokata (22) hospitalised after a tragic accident in August, was launched in Nuku'alofa today. Bruce Shaw, the organiser, hopes to raise at least $20,000 pa'anga by raffling off a replica of the rugby jersey worn and personally signed by the World XV rugby players who played against the Tongan XV team in honour of the king's Coronation. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2008 1:53pm
Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda and Tonga Prime Minister Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele (during a short visit to Manila) discussed a wide range of economic issues including the impact of high oil and food prices on Tonga's economy. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2008 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On a voyage of discovery looking for the copper, gold, zinc and silver, known to be in the sea bed near Tonga's undersea volcanoes, Nautilus Minerals Tonga Ltd. started its 2008 Tongan offshore mineral exploration campaign on Saturday September 20. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2008 4:35pm
Hyderabad, India : Princess Pilolevu Tuita led a Tongan delegation to the Pacific Asia Travel Agencies PATA Travel Mart 2008 in Hyderabad, India from September 16-19. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2008 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The collapse of some financial credit institutions n the United States this month has not directly impacted Tonga, according to the Minister of Finance Hon. 'Afu'alo Matoto today. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2008 3:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After 11 years of closure, Tonga has lifted its ban on the fishing of sea cucumbers but only for a limited six month period per year, confirmed the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Fisheries ‘Ulunga Fa‘anunu today. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2008 12:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Kalonikali on September 11 reports that Radio and Television Tonga are not for sale, according to Tonga Broadcasting Commission general manager 'Elenoa 'Amanaki, but a consultant is here to review TBC's operation. Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, September 11-17, 2008. An English translation summary. Premium content
