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Thursday 13 August 2009 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Operation Ashika this afternoon released 37 names, on the first confirmed list of passengers and crew missing following the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5, 2009.
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Thursday 13 August 2009 10:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The inter-island ferry, the MV Princess Ashika, sank in Tongan waters in the early hours of 6 August 2009. This tragic accident has touched us all and we are deeply saddened to hear that some 93 victims remain unaccounted for. May I express my deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2009 7:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A grieving father, Rev. Sione Taufa (63), was thankful today after he was allowed to see his daughter Vaefetu'u Mahe (22), whose body was the second and last to be recovered after the tragic sinking of the MV Princess Ashika on August 5. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2009 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Civil society leaders from around the South Pacific region met in Nuku'alofa on August 12-13 to try an ensure that the views of the Pacific's Civil Societies are heard in the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November. Premium content -
Thursday 13 August 2009 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On behalf of the Tonga Red Cross Society, Westpac Bank of Tonga, ANZ Bank, MBf Bank and the Tonga Development Bank are accepting donations from the public to assist those affected by this terrible tragedy. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Devastated mother, 'Iunisi Latu (42) of Halaleva is mourning the loss of two daughters Lima Lei (nee 'Alimoni) and Mele 'Alimoni who are among the missing on the MV Princess Ashika sinking in Ha'apai on August 5. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An underwater search team has this morning, August 12, located what appears to be the sunken vessel Princess Ashika, lying upright in 110 metres of water, at the position indicated by the emergency beacon and final radio call, 11 nautical miles south southwest of Nomuka in the Ha'apai Group. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 12:27pm
Auckland, New Zealand : For the first time, TVNZ's flagship Maori daily news programme Te Karere will be beamed out to the Pacific via satellite. This is part of an ongoing strategy to provide relevant and interesting content for TVNZ's Pacific Service broadcasters. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 11:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The members of the Association of Bank's in Tonga recognise that businesses and individuals may be finding it difficult to manage their finances in what are very challenging economic times. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 11:26am
Melbourne, Australia : Australia and New Zealand have offered to buy a new ferry for Tonga after last week's disaster in which 93 people are feared drowned. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 9:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The gravity of the disaster of the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika and the huge loss of life is deeply mourned by all of us in Tonga and beyond, and especially by all families who lost loved ones. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 August 2009 6:15am
Tonga : I am so disgusted that the captain call the Main Island for help and took no measure to warn the passengers or get them on top deck before this ill fated piece of trash vessel went under. - Maika Tatafu Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 11:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga police have identified the female body recovered from the sea, as 22-year-old wife and mother, Vaefetu'u Mahe (nee Taufa) of Vava'u, whose husband and child are among the 93 still missing after the sinking of MV Princess Ashika on August 5. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A rope believed to be associated with the MV Princess Ashika wreckage was located yesterday evening within the vicinity of the original search area of the first mission by the TDS Voea Savea patrol vessel, Commander Andrew McMillan said this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's U-20 Women Squad has been named to represent Tonga in the Oceania Football Confederation U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers in New Zealand in October was named recently. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Transport Hon. Paul Karalus announced his resignation this afternoon, July 11, six days after the sinking of Tonga's domestic ferry, with the tragic loss of 95 persons, 93 of whom remain missing. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The sea worthiness of the MV Princess Ashika, will be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry, Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele said yesterday evening, July 10. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chinese Ambassador in Tonga, HE Mr Fan Guijin, presented a cheque of USD$30,000 dollars to Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele this morning, August 11, to aid families who have lost loved ones in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 4:00pm
USA : We all know of Pulupaki and Olovaha's un-seaworthiness, we've experienced and seen it first hand. We all remember the stench from the overflowing toilets below, your nostril wouldn't allow you to forget. We all know the unsuitability of an old-whaling ship as a passenger carrier and yet we all understand a 3rd world budget provides for a 3rd world transport system, but is it right we accept it? No! - Sesika Vea Premium content -
Tuesday 11 August 2009 10:45am
London, UK : I was very saddened to hear of the terrible ferry tragedy in Tonga and have since been following the details via Tonga Online. - Sally-Ann Wilson Premium content
