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Friday 17 June 2011 9:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four of the six directors of Tonga Power Ltd. have resigned in the last month, with Tsutomu Nakao and Warren Moyes the latest to hand in their resignations on Tuesday 14 June.
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Thursday 16 June 2011 10:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TUPOU College, Tonga's oldest secondary school marks its 145th anniversary next week with celebrations in Tongatapu next week and it is expected to draw in thousands of ex-students from the outer islands and abroad. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I find it very strange that Ratu Tevita defied his bail conditions in Fiji, became the subject of an extradition application and yet the Tongan government allowed him a holiday to Australia despite the pending extradition application. The purpose of Ratu Tevita's visit to Australia is immaterial. He is and remains a subject of an extradition application. Freddy Kavaha'apai. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I am a Tongan woman married to a non-Tongan man and I cannot get Tongan passports for my children who were born in Tonga and another country in the 1990s. The amendments to the Nationality Act 2007 apply only to those born on or after 14 September 2007, in short, the amendments are not retrospective. I have been told by Tongan Immigration officers that for my children to get Tongan passports, they will have to go through the process of 'naturalization'. - Tupou Taiamoni Finau. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Ana Kolokihakaufisi and Tavite Fisiitalia from Tonga have been selected as two of the twenty youth delegates for the 2011 Wansolwara Youth Peace-building Training Programme. - Wansolwara Youth Peace. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongas Crown Law office has received the extradition application from the Fijian Government calling for the extradition of Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Mara to Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Penisimani Angilau (37) was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott on Monday, June 13, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police suspect that an escaped prisoner may have been involved in an armed hold up at a Nukualofa barbecue restaurant last week, when a robber fled with $4000. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers who have been serving for six months at Helmand Province, Afghanistan will return to Tonga on Thursday, June 16. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:15am
New York, USA : CADET Officer Latu Vaha'i (24), of the Tonga Defence Services graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the prestigious United States Military Academy, West Point in New York in May. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 11:30am
Pango pngo, American Samoa : Great imagination but you may have missed proper island protocols. What must be understood, is that Blood is thicker than politics, especially in our island nation. Ma'afu, Tu'i Fiji, will not be the one serving Ratu Tevita Uluilakepa Mara . . . There will Ceremonial Attendees serving Ratu Mara and Ma'afu. Sione Lousiale Kava. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:30am
Auckland, New Zealand : Please, Bainimarama, Please, the ball is in the Tongan's side of the court, but the delay in returning the ball with a forehand needs someone with strong guts. Getting rid of the Wildcat is doable, but we need a Brave Mouse to hang the bell on to the cat's neck. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:00am
Suva, Fiji : I would like for someone to tell me, whether giving a fugitive from Fiji a Tongan Passport will benefit the country in the future, or we better give it to these stateless children who are born in Tonga to Tongan Mothers, and are the future of Tonga. - Sitani Masima. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 5:38am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Tongan Government is standing firm on its claim to Teleki Tonga and Teleki Tokelau, having successfully re-erected a navigational beacon on Teleki Tokelau last week. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 10:30pm
South Korea : A Tongan sportsman Pita Taufatofua (27) received an honorary award in South Korea last week during the visit to the country by Tonga's Prime Minister. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 10:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Only eight harvesting licences have been issued so far in the 2011 sea cucumber harvesting season - an usually slow start this year, said Poasi Ngaluafe, the Head of the Research Division of the Ministry of Fisheries today, June 13. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2011 8:04am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ikale Tahi was beaten 41-14 by England's Saxons at Kingsholm, Gloucester, England this morning, June 13, Tongan time. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty licences have been issued to whale watching operators in Tonga for the 2011 Whale Watching Season, from June to November. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fiji's Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara has left Tonga on a commercial flight for Australia, apparently on Thursday, June 9. Premium content -
Friday 10 June 2011 10:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The critical task of downsizing Tonga's civil service has been deferred until next year while the government is trying to figure out how to make the cuts that have defied resolve for over a decade. By Pesi Fonua Premium content
