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Wednesday 3 February 2016 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament today was struggling with a multitude of problems: reporting five cases of the Zika virus; worrying about an over-weight population with a shorter life expectancy; realising that education was not making people smarter; and noting a palpable frustration among the people that had even led to threats on the life of the Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.1 comment
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Wednesday 3 February 2016 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ways to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Tonga’s waters to protect tuna resources were discussed at a three day workshop held by Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) officials in Tonga from 25-29 January 2016, when a new monitoring strategy was implemented. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2016 6:46pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : Tongan domestic football club, Veitonga FC competed in a regional club qualifying competition in the Cook Islands last week held from January 26-30. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2016 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hon Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa is the Acting Minister of Tourism effective 1 February, after HM King Tupou VI approved the termination of ‘Etuate Lavulavu's appointment as Minister of Tourism. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2016 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man has been arrested and charged with injuring a man whom he allegedly shot in the kneecap during an altercation at a home in Holonga, Tongatapu on Tuesday night 2 February. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 February 2016 9:50am
Noumea, New Caledonia : Expect to see and hear a lot more about the Pacific Community. This follows the decision that the ‘Secretariat of the Pacific Community’ should be known simply by its formal name, the ‘Pacific Community’, while retaining the acronym "SPC", the organisation announced this week. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2016 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Parliament this morning decided off-the-cuff to close for the day to enable members to farewell a Papua New Guinea government delegation visiting Tonga since Saturday, 29 January. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2016 7:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala launched a pilot agricultural development project at the Royal Estate, the Villa, today Tuesday 2 February. The Thai supported project aims to demonstrate sustainable agriculture to Tongans. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2016 7:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No decision has been made by Government to appoint a new Minister of Tourism following the former Minister ‘Etuate Lavulavu’s exit as a Member of Parliament last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 February 2016 7:18pm
Wellington, New Zealand : Pacific Island nations and territories will continue to receive help to strengthen development needs thanks to New Zealand’s largest volunteer agency, Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA), for signing a three year Memorandum of Understanding with the Pacific Community (SPC). Premium content -
Monday 1 February 2016 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Parliament started its 2016 proceedings this morning 1 February, by pondering its casualties over the holidays. The speaker, Lord Tu’ivakano informed members that since parliament’s closure in October 2015 two of the 26 members of the House had lost their seats. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 1 February 2016 6:56pm
Oahu, Hawaii : Vai Sikahema and Ronnie Stanley received accolades for their talent and skills in American football at the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend held in Oahu, Hawai'i on 29-30 January 2016. Photos by Dan K. Aiono Sataraka. Premium content -
Monday 1 February 2016 6:41pm
Gibraltar : The Bahamas will host the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games from 19-23 July 2017 in the nation’s capital city of Nassau. Premium content -
Monday 1 February 2016 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 36-year-old Chinese man is in Vaiola Hospital with multiple injuries after he was violently beaten up by four persons also of Chinese origin during an alleged housebreaking at his home in Pili, Tongatapu on 19 January. Premium content -
Sunday 31 January 2016 10:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Within three or four months, the Papua New Guinea government should be able to inform the Tongan government of what it could do to help Tonga with its preparations to host the 2019 Pacific Games, Hon. Justin Tkatchenko, the PNG Minister for National Events, Sports and Tourism said yesterday at the Scenic Hotel, Fua’amotu, after he arrived with a delegation for a four day assessment visit. Premium content -
Saturday 30 January 2016 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No further cases of the Zika virus had been identified, two weeks after it was confirmed that Tonga had its first Zika virus case, said Tonga’s Director of Health, Dr Siale ‘Akau'ola on Friday 29 January. Premium content -
Friday 29 January 2016 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s troubled Cabinet minister ‘Etuate Lavulavu today lost his disputed seat in Parliament when Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen declared his election on November 27, 2014, as the People’s Representative for the Vava’u No. 16 Electoral District to be void. Premium content -
Friday 29 January 2016 2:34pm
Suva, Fiji : A United Nations initiative to combat ill health and the premature/preventable death of women, children and adolescents worldwide recently gained a Pacific Islands representative with the appointment of Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, to the Every Woman Every Child High Level Advisory Group. Premium content -
Thursday 28 January 2016 8:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Auditor General’s Office is one of a number of anti-corruption agencies that finds it hard to get its recommendations implemented, a workshop for high-level parliamentarians and auditors heard in Nuku’alofa, while looking at the role of the Public Accounts Committee within the Tonga parliamentary process. Premium content -
Thursday 28 January 2016 6:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lokoua Taufahema (42) was sentenced to 12-years imprisonment for the manslaughter death of his wife who died from severe burns when in a cruel act he poured hot cooking oil on her at Navutoka in December, 2014.2 comments Premium content
