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Thursday 21 April 2011 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : LIiahona High School was leading the medal tally with six gold medals at the end of the first day of Tonga's 88th Inter College Athletics Competition on April 19.
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Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Ikale Tahi Head Coach, 'Isitolo Maka on April 20 named his Rugby World Cup squad of 50 players, from which the 'Ikale Tahi Rugby World Cup team of 30 players will be announced on August 22. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2011 4:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A magnitude 5.28 earthquake centred close to Tongatapu was felt in Nuku'alofa at 4:09 pm this afternoon, with a sharp upward jolt followed by a brief tremor. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:15am
Rome, Italy : With more than 680 million people in Asia and the Pacific region continuing to live on less than US$1.25 a day, There remains an urgent need to invest more and better in agriculture and rural areas in developing countries, based on a new approach to smallholder agriculture that is both market-oriented and sustainable, says IFAD's Thomas Elhaut in a new report that looks at how investment by governments in agriculture contributes substantially to GDP growth and poverty reduction. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:25am
Suva, Fiji : The call for a concerted effort to conserve and sustainably manage our forest and tree resources has become more urgent, given the inability of many of the countries in the Pacific to move closer to this goal, said Inoke Ratukalou, Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Communitys Land Resources Division (SPC LRD), during the launch of the International Year of Forests. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 5:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 88th Inter College Athletics Competition began on April 19 at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium bringing together hundreds of athletes from various high schools throughout Tonga, to compete in the three-day event. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly, Lord Lasike, appeared on April 19 for one day of Preliminary Inquiry at the Magistrate's Court on three charges, including possession of an unlawful arm without a license, importation of an arm without a license and unlawful possession of ammunition. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A father from Lapaha has been charged for manslaughter by negligence after his nine year old daughter fell from the back of a vehicle he was driving on April 14, and died from head injuries. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The hike in the price of fuel is blamed on a drop in the value of the Tongan pa'anga against the US dollar. Not true. - Firitia. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 11:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga National Centre for Women and Children raised about $1,500 during an afternoon tea fundraising event held on April 14, to support its advocacy services to eliminate violence against women and children. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 10:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A seven-years imprisonment to deter others from committing such a serious crime of rape was imposed on a 37-year old man from Longlongo for raping and indecent assaulting his young stepdaughter. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 10:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An 18-year-old repeat offender was sentenced to serve one-year-imprisonment after acting as a look-out while co-offenders stole cash and goods worth over $160,000 pa'anga from a visiting U-16 AFL team who stayed at the 'Atele hostels last December. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 April 2011 10:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first session of Tonga's Court of Appeal fpor 2011 ended on Friday, April 15 with the delivery of judgments at the Supreme Court of Nuku'alofa after one week of sitting. Premium content -
Saturday 16 April 2011 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's prices for Diesel, Kerosene, Petrol and LPG Gas will rise from mid-night on Sunday April 17, the government's Competent Authority Committee announced late on Friday, April 15. Premium content -
Saturday 16 April 2011 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Isitolo Maka, Head Coach of the 'Ikale Tahi, on Friday, April 15 released the names of the twenty eight players who will make up the National team to contest the Churchill Cup in the UK in June. - Tonga Rugby Union Authority. Premium content -
Friday 15 April 2011 3:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Court of Appeal this afternoon, April 15 ordered that the perjury indictment against Ramsay Robertson Dalgety, commonly known as Lord Dalgety, be reinstated and referred back to the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa for trial. Premium content -
Friday 15 April 2011 11:41am
Geneva, Switzerland : Some 2.6 million stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2009, according to the first comprehensive set of estimates published today in a special series of The Lancet medical journal. - WHO. Premium content -
Friday 15 April 2011 10:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Raphaël Domjan the Swiss skipper of a 31-metre solar powered catamaran, the MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar on a maiden circumnavigation voyage around the world, made a presentation at Tonga's first Sustainable Energy Expo at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, on the evening of April 12; ahead of the arrival of his boat, which is expected in Tonga before the end of April. Premium content -
Friday 15 April 2011 10:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The South Pacific's first Sustainable Energy Expo held in Nuku'alofa on April 12-13 showcased a range of energy efficient and renewable energy products and services for Tongan businesses and consumers and increased awareness of renewable energy products, services and opportunities. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 April 2011 4:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's second contingent to Afghanistan departed Fua'amotu International Airport for the United Kingdom on an Air New Zealand commercial flight today Wednesday, April 13. Premium content
