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Tuesday 20 December 2005 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE King of Tonga left Tonga to go to New Zealand yesterday for medical reasons in what appeared to be a hasty departure, since the 87-year-old king had only just returned to Tonga from New Zealand on December 5 and was expected to be at home in Tonga over Christmas and the New Year.
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Monday 19 December 2005 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Criticisms of Tonga's accession to WTO made by Oxfam last week, have been called "outrageous", "nasty" and "erroneous", by the Tongan delegation to Hong Kong, led by Tonga's Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industries Hon. Dr Fred Sevele, in a statement today. Premium content -
Monday 19 December 2005 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga for Christmas is His Grace Bishop Suriel of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, who arrived on December 14 on a 14-days visit. Premium content -
Sunday 18 December 2005 5:00pm
California, USA : Please give Kaveinga e Folau, (Journey and Purpose), thanks on the great piece of writing, King wanted people to achieve economic freedom . I can only say Brilliant, outstanding, distinguished, first-rate. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha Premium content -
Sunday 18 December 2005 4:56pm
U.K. : It seems like the people of Tonga are divided in whether or not to change the system of rule. The old ailing monarchy system is the only system that Tongans have known for nearly four generations of Tupou's. - William Mariner Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2005 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cafe Reef, a new coffee and snacks place was opened yesterday in the Nuku‘alofa harbour area, by the guest of honour, Hon Alaileula Tuku‘aho. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2005 6:01pm
Hong Kong, (Oxfam/IFEX/Pacific Media Watch) : The Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga is about to make history. Tonga is due today to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on what are arguably the worst terms ever offered to any country, according to an analysis of leaked documents released today by international agency Oxfam. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2005 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The development of the Tonga media during the past four weeks has been unprecedented, particularly in broadcasting, with a new international television broadcaster launching a Tonga service. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2005 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maxi Priest delighted young Tongans last evening at his Nuku‘alofa concert, filling up half of the Queen Salote Memorial Hall with hundreds of fans. By Linny Folau Premium content -
Wednesday 14 December 2005 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : If you are thinking about traveling to Tonga during this year's Christmas and New Year holidays you are in luck because there are flights practically every day provided by one or other of the four airlines serving Tonga: Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue, Air Pacific and Polynesian Airlines. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 December 2005 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Just over a half of the 3/186 primary school students who sat this year's High School Entrance Examination passed, confirmed the Examination Unit of the Tonga Ministry of Education today. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 December 2005 4:36pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I wish to extend my gratitude to the Hon. Minister of Finance for his courageous sharing with the public the economic outlook for Tonga and the serious situation that the government is facing, especially in rectifying the budget hole for the next financial year, more tendency to higher inflation and fighting the trade balance to ensure acceptable level of foreign reserve and local money supply. - Henry Alexanda Tonga Premium content -
Tuesday 13 December 2005 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reggae superstar singer Maxi Priest arrived in Nuku'alofa on December 12 with his eight-members band gearing up for a one-night concert at Queen Salote Memorial Hall on the evening of December 14. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 December 2005 5:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I enjoyed Kaveinga e Folau's dissertation and his assessement of the current state of the world economy and Tonga's place in it. He posed a number of questions which have been left unanswered. My take from KeF's contribution is that those of us who are not yet digital natives in India or fabricating in China are left to dine on the more sumptious table of innovation and creativity. Agreed. But this is also the take of every trading bloc and developed country outside of these two industrial giants - and so we're going to be up against it in that respect. Premium content -
Monday 12 December 2005 8:45pm
Sydney, Australia : In 1977 I was having a drink at Club Tonga one afternoon when the doorman attempted to block this man...s entry into the club by informing him that he could not come in as he was not a member. This man I later learnt to be the one and only ... 'Akilisi Pohiva. Standing defiantly in front of the doorman, and making sure that everybody in the club would hear him, declared, "I have already put-in my membership application and that makes it legal for me to enter this here premises." Premium content -
Monday 12 December 2005 8:21pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I spent time in Tonga to harvest my squash plantation. For our deteriorating economy cannot be revived by just writing letters to the editor, but by boosting exports. Then I planted watermelon on the same plot, and Fa'one Hefa's farm tour composition for Tonga College is true: "Ngaahi fu'u fo'i meleni. 'Ikai ke fa'ahi!!" 'Oku lea'aki foki e Kolotau 'o Hule e!! - Sailosi Finau Premium content -
Monday 12 December 2005 8:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government's public service will close down next week, on December 22 at 4:30 pm for the beginning of their Christmas and New Year holidays. Premium content -
Sunday 11 December 2005 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Such a grim picture of the Tongan economy is forecast over the next 18 months that Tonga's Minister of Finance has come out to warn the public of the dire economic consequences of the massive salary increase given to public servants in the September strike settlement. By Mary Lyn Fonua Premium content -
Saturday 10 December 2005 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The monopoly of Peau Vava'u Airways in Tonga's domestic air service ended today, December 9, when a new operator Airlines Tonga Air Fiji Ltd was to be issued with a license to compete on Tonga's domestic routes until March next year. Premium content -
Thursday 8 December 2005 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Deanne Seini Fakalolo Kiana Puloka (18) of Lotoha...apai, made local history on Tuesday, when she became the dux of Tonga High school, Tonga's premier high school, for the second year in a row. Premium content
