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Monday 21 January 2008 12:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A well known Nuku'alofa businesswoman Mosimani Helu died shortly after midday today in Vaiola Hospital after being shot by an assailant at her home in Kolofo'ou this morning.
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Saturday 19 January 2008 9:28pm
London, UK : The World Bank was under strong pressure last night to follow the lead of the EU and other donors to threaten aid to Kenya until the crisis over President Mwai Kibaki's disputed election is resolved. Premium content -
Saturday 19 January 2008 6:57pm
New Zealand : Six former directors and executives of AWB (formerly the Australian Wheat Board) got a Christmas present they had been half expecting, but not looking forward to, when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) confirmed it would be bringing civil charges against them. Premium content -
Friday 18 January 2008 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Cabinet today passed new regulations for the new Income Tax Act, as well as introducing new Customs duty rates and regulations, and Excise duty rates and regulations. They are all gazetted today, the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele said this afternoon. Premium content -
Friday 18 January 2008 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Responding to growing demand for text messaging services in Tonga, the Tonga Communications Corporation will invest nearly $1 million pa'anga this year in a new SMSC platform. Premium content -
Friday 18 January 2008 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Pure Love Festival is held for the first time in the capital by the Universal Peace Federation, in its peace mission "to promote harmony through the value of purity and fidelity in a family". Premium content -
Friday 18 January 2008 4:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Cancer organizations today received a donation of $500 pa'anga each from the Fe'ofa'aki Foundation, a charity group who assists in the cause of cancer. Premium content -
Thursday 17 January 2008 6:44pm
Nuku'alofa,Tonga : A Committee of Inquiry is to investigate the activities of the Board of the Tonga Rugby Football Union, and to look into $513,831 pa'anga in TRFU funds that, according to a CEO's report, have not been accounted for. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 17 January 2008 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Coronation of HM King George V on August 1 will be held at the Free Wesleyan Centenary Church, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 17 January 2008 5:21am
Sydney, Australia : While the drama unfolds in the Southern Ocean, IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) reiterates the only way to permanently stop the Government of Japan's illegal whaling activity is through international courts. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 January 2008 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In spite of our national eagerness to embrace the economic and political reform programs that were introduced by government during the first few years of a new century, the reality was that the strong words that were used to describe the reforms and win public support were followed by the indifference and elements of uncertainty that the reforms were implemented with. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 16 January 2008 2:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's police are very concerned that a hooded gunman is still at large three months after the shooting of a Tofoa shopkeeper Lena Ying Jin (54) last October. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 January 2008 12:01pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand ranks sixth in the world for economic freedom in a new international survey. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 January 2008 8:57am
Australia : Conservation group Sea Shepherd says two of its crew members are being held against their will on a Japanese whaling ship after delivering a letter to the captain. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 January 2008 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's senior examination results will no longer be broadcast on national radio, and students will in future receive their results privately. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 January 2008 8:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of Teisina Fuko, who is charged with sedition relating to the November 16 riots, has been adjourned by the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 15 January 2008 9:08am
South Africa : South Africa's police chief and the head of Interpol, Jackie Selebi, stepped down from both jobs at the weekend after prosecutors said they intend to charge him with bribery and defeating the ends of justice over his "generally corrupt relationship" with a convicted drug trafficker who is on trial for murder. Premium content -
Monday 14 January 2008 10:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 36-year old woman was extradited from Fiji last week over the alleged misappropriation of monies exceeding $100,000 pa'anga at the ANZ Bank in Tonga. The suspect, a resident of Tatakamotonga, has been with the bank for eight years, according to a report in the Taimi on January 7, and she remains in police custody. Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, January 7-10, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 14 January 2008 5:55pm
Paris, France : Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announces the signing of a turnkey contract with French Polynesian operator Office des Postes and Telecommunications (OPT). According to this agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will roll out a new, high-speed submarine cable network linking Tahiti in French Polynesia to Hawaii in the U.S, as well as providing domestic connectivity. Premium content -
Monday 14 January 2008 5:34am
Washington DC, USA : The World Bank and Conservation International (CI) today (11/01/08) signed an agreement for $20 million in new funds, provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), to protect some of the world...s most unique and threatened areas, including island ecosystems and temperate forests. Premium content
