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Thursday 2 February 2006 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A US Peace Corps Volunteer, Tessa Horan (24), died in Vava'u yesterday evening, February 1 after losing a leg in a tragic shark attack in the water off the village of Tu'anuku. Pesalili Kailahi, the Neiafu Police Commander, said that the attack took place about 6 pm but the police were not notified until about 8 pm.
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Thursday 2 February 2006 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first Pacific Blue Vava'u Festival opened today February 2 with a range of activities from game fishing to running, swimming, cycling, traditional dancing and a handicrafts fair. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2006 9:00am
Sydney, Australia : Ko e komiti na'e fakamafai 'e he Fale Alea hono fokotu'u "Komiti Faka-Fonua ki he Fakalelei Faka-Politikale" ka 'oku 'ikai ko e "Komiti Faka-Politikale ki hono Fakalelei 'o e Fonua". Ka 'ikai ke mahino e poini ko eni ki he'etau kau Politiki, te tau toe foki mai pe ki he Felekeu na'a tau kamata mei ai. Ko e lea FAKA-FONUA mo e FAKA-POLITIKALE tena kehekehe lahi 'i hono fakasino 'oha Komiti ke fataki ha kaveinga ngaue. Ko e komiti kuo tau fakasino mai ko e Komiti Faka-Politikale, 'oku 'ikai koha Komiti Faka-Fonua. - ‘Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2006 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A confrontation between the two political reform committees in Tonga was stalled today when Lopeti Senituli, a member of the PNCPR recalled a press statement that he circulated this morning, demanding conditions from the other committee, the NCPR. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2006 9:36am
London, UK : It doesn't amaze me to see another controversial political scandal with Tongan politicians in the media again. This time, it is a well-known noble figure and Speaker of the House. - William Mariner Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2006 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A working board to address grievances of Tongan Government school teachers met for the first time today, just in time to head off threatened strike action by some teachers at the start of the new school term. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2006 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongans are confused between the two new committees that are looking at political reform, according to a report by Prince Tu‘ipelehake who has completed clarification meetings with Tongans overseas. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2006 9:23am
Florida,USA : I am dismayed to hear recent reports that the Tongan people have yet to receive a response from the King regarding the status of the reform process. I understand the process of reforming the Constitution can be lengthy, and maybe the People's deadline was a little too early, (although some say the King has had decades to make this change), or maybe the King's medical condition has made progress slow. However, that is no excuse to not let the Tongan people know the status of the process in plain terms. - John Maloney Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2006 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new People's Democratic Party Inc (PDP) held its first Annual General Meeting on Saturday, January 28, when under 100 financial members confirmed their executive members for 2006. Premium content -
Sunday 29 January 2006 6:43am
California, USA : I came across your website for the first time approximately 3-4 years ago, and since then, it has been very educational and entertaining. As such, it has been a tremendous pleasure for me to utilize the same to learn more about our Kingdom Island. ... I hope that the on-going political changes in the Kingdom Island will bring hope, fairness, and chance for the poor people of Tonga to live comfortably- just like their superiors. How can the government and its high officials sleep well at night, knowing their people are suffering?. - Joe -
Sunday 29 January 2006 6:00am
Auckland, New Zealand : The recent threat by teachers to go on strike is understandable and fully justified to me. If the claim is true that teachers who took part in the strike are treated unfairly (and I have evidence to believe that this is the case) then I'll only have to say "Let us heal the psychological and spiritual wounds of the 2005 strike first. Further, it's about time for some heads to roll, particularly those in Education who intentionally stirred up this unnecessary commotion." - Sailosi Finau -
Friday 27 January 2006 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian government is willing to support the process of political reform in Tonga, and will make a "substantial financial contribution" to support the newly formed National Committee for Political Reform chaired by Prince Tu'ipelehake, the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga said in his Australia Day speech yesterday evening. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2006 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Aisea To‘a appeared for his trial in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court yesterday January 26, charged with two counts of bribery of a Government servant and attempting to evade import duties on a container holding 600 cartons of Bounty Rum imported to Tonga from Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2006 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A jury today has found Tonga's Speaker of the House of Parliament, Veikune, guilty of bribery of customs officers in an attempt to evade over $300,000 in customs duties on an imported container of rum. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2006 5:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Air Peau Vava‘u service to Niuatoputapu and Niuafo'ou that was scheduled to start today, January 25 has been postponed to February 2, said Mosikaka Moengangongo, the airline's Project Manager. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2006 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Final submissions of the defence for the Hon. Veikune and his co-accused, ‘Amini Tu'ivai were completed at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, in a trial over charges relating to alleged bribery of customs officers by Tonga's Speaker and others. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A strike threat by teachers of government schools has been postponed for a week from today. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Tongan athletic team for this year's Melbourne Commonwealth Games to begin on March 15 in Australia, has been confirmed, and the team's names will be announced next week. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2006 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A first ever-Pacific Triangular Rugby Championship for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji will kick start on April 15, and run to May 20, confirmed Sakopo Lolohea CEO of the Tonga Rugby Union today. Premium content -
Sunday 22 January 2006 8:06pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Government teachers' threat to go on strike in response to the Ministry of Education's staffing and transfer exercise has come as no surprise at all. Teachers have, in the past, tended not to question the staffing exercise in general but the effect of the strike last year seems to have created an atmospere of suspicion regarding the motives of the education department.
