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Monday 7 September 2009 11:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Many bereaved families from the Ashika ferry disaster have expressed a need for assistance in financing the education of their children, said Sione Tupouniua, an American Tongan, who completed a two-week fact-finding mission to Tonga at the weekend.
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Monday 7 September 2009 10:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The retiring Commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii, Admiral Timothy J. Keating, dropped into to Tonga for lunch, arriving in a private aircraft on Friday, September 4, on a three-hour farewell visit. Premium content -
Monday 7 September 2009 9:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Queen Salote College's annual bazaar held on Saturday September 5, attracted a crowd of shoppers eager to buy the quality handicrafts made by students. Premium content -
Sunday 6 September 2009 4:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The question is not whether Fiji's dictator Frank Bainimarama will fail or not, but rather when? Yes, when will he realise that he will never succeed in his false and conceited quest for a reformed Fiji?2 comments Premium content -
Friday 4 September 2009 9:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will send 77 athletes to compete at the 8th South Pacific Islands Mini Games in the Cook Islands, expected to attract over 1000 athletes from the region, September 21 to October 2. Premium content -
Friday 4 September 2009 7:38am
Neiafu, Vava'u : Dozens of cruising yachts are sailing in the Port of Refuge Harbour this week for Tonga's first "Annual Regatta Vava'u" that opened Thursday September 3. Premium content -
Friday 4 September 2009 7:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A well-known Tongan patriarch Joe (Siosaia) Tu'ilatai Mataele (84), died on Thursday, August 20 at Vaiola Hospital and was laid to rest on Saturday, August 29 at the seafront Mala'e'aloa Cemetery, Kolomotu'a, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2009 9:11pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : The Secured Transactions Act effective now, will make it easier for people to access business and consumer loans, using personal property as collateral. Premium content -
Thursday 3 September 2009 7:30pm
Tonga : Ko 'eku ki'i fehu'i pe 'aku hili hono lau e ngaahi feme'a'aki 'a e Falealea 'i he Lipooti ko ia 'a e Komisoni ki he liliu fakaolitikale. 'I he'eku lave'i vaivai ne 'ikai ha ngaahi fokotu'u (recommendation) ne ha he lipooti ko eni. Ka 'i he ngaahi feme'a'aki 'a e Falealea 'oku nau tipeiti kinautolu 'o hange kuo 'osi maau e lipooti. - v -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paea Williams (25) the newly-crowned Miss Heilala 2009-10 will represent Tonga at the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Fiji in November, and the talented entertainer, aims no less than to bring back the crown. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 5:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Donations to assist families who lost relatives in the Ashika ferry disaster, are flowing into Tongan trust funds, with over $1 million pa‘anga collected so far from local and overseas people. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 4:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The skipper of the yacht "Santana" who fell overboard, and was lost when his safety line broke, in the mid-South Pacific on August 20, has been identified as a British national, David Michael Parkinson (64), Tonga police have confirmed. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 3:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Armed robbers who held up a Nuku'alofa shopkeeper on Thursday, are being hunted by police. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 9:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's sole duty free enterprise, the Leiola Group Ltd is branching out from its airport duty free operation to offering its high branded products to local retailers. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 September 2009 5:48am
London, UK : The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, today announced that the Republic of the Fiji Islands stands fully suspended from membership of the Commonwealth with immediate effect. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2009 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : John Cauchi, Tonga's first independent Public Prosecutor and Attorney General warned the Tongan media that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the passenger ferry MV Princess Ashika will be conducted like a court of law. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 September 2009 12:25pm
Queensland,Australia : The High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga with residence in Canberra, Australia, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka and Commander of the Tonga Defence Services (TDS), Brigadier Tau'aika Uta'atu, visited the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programe (AACAP) in Mapoon, Queensland on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August. Premium content -
Monday 31 August 2009 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This is a Preliminary Statement to inform the public about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the M.V . Princess Ashika. Premium content -
Monday 31 August 2009 5:08am
Suva, Fiji : The editor-in-chief of the Fiji Times says he has received another threat, and he is taking it seriously. Premium content -
Friday 28 August 2009 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A New Zealand national, the sole person found on board a distressed yacht "Santana", is being questioned by the Tongan Police after telling rescuers that his captain had disappeared last week on a voyage between Rarotonga and Nuku'alofa. Premium content
