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Monday 13 August 2007 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Commencing August 15 the price of all international air tickets for passengers departing the Kingdom of Tonga will increase by $30 due to the inclusion of a $10 Security Fee and a $20 Airport Development Fee. This is in addition to the $25 Passenger Service Charge collected at departure.
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Monday 13 August 2007 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Amelia Latuniua Taumoepeau-Tupou (62) passed away at the Vaiola Hospital, in Nuku'alofa yesterday, August 12, after an illness. A sister of the Queen Mother, her death comes less than three weeks after the loss of another sister Kalolaine Lataifalefehi Fakafanua on July 26. Premium content -
Monday 13 August 2007 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The National Reserve Bank of Tonga is concerned that there is some confusion amongst the public regarding the suspension of credit ceilings on lending to the private sector. Premium content -
Monday 13 August 2007 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House plunged into a debate on the issue of the right of the people to present petitions to the House. Premium content -
Sunday 12 August 2007 12:23pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : I concur with your 19 July, 2007 editorial: "Tonga's political reform process overshadowed by a sense of injustice." - Sione Mokofisi -
Saturday 11 August 2007 11:59am
UK : 'E 'ikai ke tau toe lau ha kovi 'i he kuo hili he koeni kuo fili e timi pea mo e kau officials. Ko 'etau tokoni ki he toenga atu koeni ki he World cup. 'Oku ou kole ke 'oua 'e taku ko e fiepoto pe ko e siolalo ka ko e 'ofa pe mo e poupou. 'Oku ou fakamalo lahi 'aupito kia Tevita Vaikona 'i he fakamatala mahino, akonaki mo e fale'i lelei 'o fekauaki pea mo e 'akapulu pea 'oku 'ikai ke u 'ohovale ai he ko e taha ia 'i he leleitaha 'i he fonua ni 'i he mo'ui fakalukufua. - Tevita Twickenham -
Friday 10 August 2007 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of seven years imprisonment was imposed today on a ringleader in the destruction of a Chinese shop in Nuku'alofa, in the first major prison sentencing handed down on crimes committed during the riots of November 16 last year. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Foreign Reserve of July fell by $1.3 million from $91.6 million in June, to $90.3 million in July, an amount equivalent to 4.3 months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Football Union announced the Firepower 'Ikale Tahi 2007 Rugby World Cup 30 Man Squad and Management this morning, August 10, a day before the 'Ikale Tahi leaves for New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 2:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Education made out a Grant Payment of over $900,000 pa'anga to schools under the Tonga Education Support Program in June. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 12:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 50-year-old father and his 22-year old daughter were acquitted of incest charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on August 8. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 11:48am
New York, USA : The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) - an international network of more than 2,500 non-governmental organizations advocating for a fair, effective and independent Court - urged governments to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2007 1:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reform model proposed for the new Tongan parliament will have more Cabinet Ministers than all other Members of Parliament combined, allowing the Prime Minister and the King to appoint probably 15 or even up to 19 ministers in a 26 member House. Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2007 12:56pm
Reservoir, Victoria,Australia : 'Oku ou tali e kole tokoni mei Samoa pule'i 'e 'Amelika. Neongo 'oku pehe 'e he Mafi 'o Samoa Meleke ko e tangata malohi ia he fika talu 'ene tupu. Mafi na'e 'ikai ke tonu e mo'oni fakafika 'a ho'o kui ki he tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. 'E tonu kapau ko e 'uhinga fakafananga, pe fakapunake pe ko e 'uhinga fakaoli pe, ka ko e fakafika 'oku laui miliona e maile hono va mama'o pea moe tonu. 'Oku 'i ai pe 'a e founga fakafika ia ki hono tanaki 'o e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. Ko e ki'i fakaofiofi 'eni ki ai: Ko e 'uhinga hono tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o Taha he 'oku tefito e fika 'a mamani 'i he fo'i fika koia ko e 10. Fakamolemole kake ki'i 'alu ki he fale 'o e 'ilo 'o ki'i fakamoleki hao taimi he fekumi ki he mo'oni mo e tonu kae tukua 'e nofo lata he tokua mo e fananga. - Sunia Mafile‘o Latu -
Wednesday 8 August 2007 4:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Ricoh Showroom and Technology centre was officially opened in Nuku'alofa by the Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Hon. Tu'iha'angana at the Maile I Plaza, last night, August 7. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 August 2007 9:23am
Oregon,USA : The thing that attracted us to Tonga was the Love we felt from total strangers. People that would go the extra mile to help in any way they could. We saw families supporting families, helping in each other's plantations and what ever else needed. - Cliff Johnston -
Tuesday 7 August 2007 4:59pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : Ka 'oku 'i ai ha'o ki'i ha mahino 'au ki he fakahoha'a 'a Sunia Mafile'o Latu mei 'Aositelelia, pea ke tokoni mai he 'oku ou fiu hono fulifulihi mo e 'ikai pe ha mai ha maama pe 'uhinga 'oku taumu'a ki fe. Ko e toe pango lahi ko'ena 'oku pe he 'e Sunia 'e toe hoko atu 'ene tohi. - Sione Lousiale Kava -
Tuesday 7 August 2007 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele 'Amanaki, the Secretary General, of Tonga's Public Service Association, has been dismissed from her government post in a disciplinary action over her engagement in political activities. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 August 2007 12:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tineka Scott, serving with the New Zealand Police in Tonga, made a catch on Saturday that could put her name in the world record books. "It was never going to get away," said Tineka, after landing a 38.4 kg Giant Trevally. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 August 2007 11:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Debates on the Votes of various government ministries would have been a highlight of the budget debate in the House on June 27, but unfortunately it became just a matter of procedure to pass the votes. In the end the last three ministry votes were just lumped together and voted on at once. Premium content
