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Tuesday 28 November 2006 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Suspects charged with offences relating to their participation in the destruction of the Nuku'alofa business center on November 16 will start appearing in the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on December 7.
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Tuesday 28 November 2006 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twelve days after the destruction of the Nuku'alofa business center on Thursday, November 16, police today confirmed that seven bodies were found at the gutted Shoreline building. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 November 2006 3:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Supreme Court has postponed all of its trials and hearings to January 15, 2007. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 November 2006 12:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Please, through your site, thank the staff I worked closely with at Peau Vava'u Airlines for the two and a half weeks I was in Tonga before the riots forced us to leave. I would particularly like to thank the two drivers for the company who drove us from the hotel to safety. - Paul Neame Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2006 6:53am
Australia : I am shocked to read that the people's representatives were behind the destruction of Nuku'alofa. Tonga is on the verge of bankruptcy and they claim victory? - Eleanor Gee -
Monday 27 November 2006 6:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : What we have seen was reminding me of the Holocaust, just as Nazis did to the Jews, 'ko e loto ‘oku kovi' A biblical country thought that everything on the media is like reading a bible, everything is 'true'. Then I wonder how come some of us take advantage of the easy brain wash people while you step aside and eat candy! - ‘Asipeli Mafi -
Monday 27 November 2006 6:24am
Australia : Na'e mahino mo'oni he ngaahi to'onga fakamoveuveu ne fakahoko ko e ngaue'aki eni 'e he kakai honau mafai ma'ae kakai 'o hange koia 'oku fa'a lea 'aki 'e he kau taki 'o e feinga liliu (the power of the people for the people). Me'apango pe, he ne tau ngaue'aki hotau mafai ke faka'auha ai pe kitautolu kakai e fonua. He na'e ma'u 'etau ngaue ki mu'a ka 'i he 'aho ni kuo 'ikai. Na'e mo'ui 'etau fanau ka ko e 'aho ni kuo nau mole meiate kitautolu, koe'uhi pe ko 'etau ngauehala'aki hotau mafai 'o 'ikai ke fai aki ha me'a ke tau fakalakalaka faka'ikonomika ai ka ko e fai e ngaue ia ke tau to e foki ai pe Tonga 'o tu'utamaki. - Jan -
Sunday 26 November 2006 6:04am
San Francisco,California, USA : For more than a decade, I have listened to the propaganda of Mr. Akilisi Pohiva, and rightly voiced my support toward his cause amongst my peers. In the months leading to the general strikes by the civil servants, and following, the message to be received from Mr. Akilisi Pohiva was of hatred and violence; always promoting and planting the seeds for a revolution and anarchy. - Lochlein Sekona -
Saturday 25 November 2006 6:51pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. : Double-talking gives comfort to these terrorists who took the law into their own hands: violating people...s freedom, violating their right to live in peace without fear, to enjoy their human rights of 'dignity', and the democratic right to own properties. - Sione Mokofisia -
Saturday 25 November 2006 6:15pm
Canberra, Australia : Kuo hoko ‘o tu’u he hisitolia ‘a e ’ohofi mo e taa’i fakasino ‘e he kau Taki Feinga Liukava Fakatemokalati mo ‘enau kau poupou ‘a e kau taki ‘o e Pule’anga mo e kakai ne ‘ikai ke nau tui tatau mo kinautolu, pea to e hoko ‘o lavenoa ai ‘a e totonu e taka nofo he ngaue ‘a e taka tu’u, ka e to e fakamamahi ange ‘a e si’i mole ‘a e ‘u mo’ui ‘o ‘etau fanau he vela mofia. - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai -
Saturday 25 November 2006 5:08pm
Hawaii : Please do not lose sight of those who orchestrated and put in motion the rapid decline of your economy. Yes, the Crown Prince and family are right in the middle of this mess, but a closer look at this situation is prudent. - Myron Wilson -
Saturday 25 November 2006 4:49pm
London, UK : I remember reading somewhere that Akilisi Pohiva once said that the current King of Tonga is out of touch with his people. However, recently, when HM King George Tupou V completed his tour of the Tonga islands, his trip was hailed a great success due to his approachable manner by all who saw and met him. Could it be that Akilisi and his fellow People's Representatives are in fact the ones who are out of touch with the people of Tonga? - Ilanu Finau -
Friday 24 November 2006 7:43pm
Australia : Hufanga atu he ngaahi talamalu 'o e fonua na'e tuku 'e he 'Uluaki Fa ki Langi, kae fakaa'u atu ki Tonga'eiki 'emau loto mafana & poupou lahi faufaua ki he sipinga kuo taa 'e he Tama Tu'ipelehake he tapuni 'o e Falealea 'o e 2006. Tangane! pea tuha pe mo e feitu'una! 'Oku 'i ai nai ha kete [tapu mo hou'eiki] 'o e kau fakafofonga kehe mo e hou'eiki falelalea ke fakahaa'i ki he kau Temoo 'oku fulikivanu pea 'oku papeliane 'enau founga taki. - Sisilia Tupou-Thomas -
Friday 24 November 2006 6:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga Joyce Mafi announced that as of today, November 23, all travellers departing the Kingdom of Tonga are allowed to take out of the country local and foreign currency notes, of not more than TOP$10,000, or its equivalent. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2006 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Peau Vava'u Airways has suspended its domestic air service indefinitely, Tonga's Minister of Transport, Hon. Paul Karalus, told representatives from the Nuku'alofa Tourism Industry this afternoon. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2006 6:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Post Office has set up a mobile service at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall outside the Restricted Area of central Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2006 3:53pm
: A poetic tearful lamentation at what has befallen in our beautiful island. - By Fr. Dr. Mikaele Paunga -
Friday 24 November 2006 3:43pm
Sydney, Australlia : I would like to express my deep sorrow to hear that such events have taken place in our motherland, Tongatapu. An island and people, once upon a time, offered up to God by our King ‘Otua mo Tonga ko hoku tufi‘a. What the people haven't thought of is the precedent they have now set. They have unknowingly or if willingly, publicly opened up the land of Tonga to a world of violence and disobedience, outlaw and ruthlessness. - Amanda Kalauta -
Friday 24 November 2006 11:00am
Honolulu, Hawaii : After reading of the destruction and seeing the pictures of Nuku'alofa I am shocked that a group of protesters could be allowed to run wild and do so much damage. Here is Hawaii we have a sovereignty movement that would like to restore the Kingdom. In Tonga you have a movement that wants more democracy. It appears that there are unsatisfied people on both sides of that issue. -Steve Oberg Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2006 10:49am
San Francisco, USA : Could the recent tragic events in Tonga have been avoided by its Parliament? I would like to think that "common sense" could and should have warned its educated members that there were eminent dangers looming by and urgent measures were needed to thwart them. I think that it's time for the leaders of the government to stop the games; the people are now smarter and fed up. - Siosaia Fatani
