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Friday 3 July 2009 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kathy Keauhelani Schaumkel (20) Miss Loumaile Lodge, has registered for Tonga's 2009-10 Miss Heilala Pageant to be held in Nuku'alofa on July 20 to August 1.
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Friday 3 July 2009 12:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele said he was surprised by comments made by some PRs about the $1,800 per day salary of commissioners, when the members in the House work only one hour and get paid for a full day. From the House. Minute No. 10, Thursday Night, June 18, 2009. Premium content -
Thursday 2 July 2009 12:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongatapu PRs, 'Isileli Pulu, 'Akilisi Pohiva and Clive Edwards opposed a Bill to Amend the Constitution for a fully elected parliament. From the House. Minute No. 9, Thursday June 18, 2009. Premium content -
Thursday 2 July 2009 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Luani was appointed on July 1 as the new Governor of Vava'u, in a ceremony at his home Tali ki Vava'u at Kolofo'ou, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 2 July 2009 11:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : MV Princess Ashika, the replacement ferry for the inter-island passenger MV Olovaha arrived in Nuku'alofa on July 1 from Fiji and will be ready to set sail tomorrow, Friday, July 3. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 10:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ANZ Bank in Tonga has opened a new retail branch in central Nuku'alofa, in a development project with Fund Management Ltd. that is bringing commercial life back to an area of the capital destroyed in the riots of 2006. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 9:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister said that Dual Citizenship was similar to work of the Political Reform Commission, after the initial excitement when the Commission went out to the villages, very few people attended meetings. With the Dual Citizenship it was the same, after the initial enthusiasm, things had died down. From the House. Minute No. 8, Tuesday night June 16, 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 9:30pm
Sydney, Australia : Newington College, in Sydney, is strengthening its historical links with Tonga by offering a new two-year scholarship to a Tongan student. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A solar panel system is being planned for Vaiola Hospital that could see a 30 per cent cut in the hospital's electricity bills, which presently runs at around $40,000 per month. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 4:47pm
Canberrra, Australia : Tonga has further expanded its diplomatic relations to the Mediterranean island of the Republic of Cypus following the signing of a Joint Communiqu é in Canberra on Monday, June 22. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 July 2009 12:41pm
Auckland, New Zealand : During a live television interview here in New Zealand on 21 June I made a thoughtless remark which has caused great offence to Tongans both within the Kingdom and elsewhere. When I became aware that I had caused offence to my fellow law practitioners in Tonga, I immediately wrote a letter of apology to the Tonga Law Society, sections of which appear in a Press Release by the Tonga Law Society published in Matangi Tonga. - David Garrett Premium content -
Tuesday 30 June 2009 7:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : PR 'Akilisi Pohiva with support from some other PRs proposed that they should terminate the Royal Judicial Commission and the Anti Corruption Commission. But the Minister of Works was surprised by the PRs opposition because the Anti Corruption Commission was established in response to suggestions and pressure from the PRs. From the House. Minute No. 7, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 June 2009 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Attorney General John Cauchi was appointed this morning to the rank of Senior Crown Counsel in a special session attended by the Court of Appeal Judges, the King's Law Lords, magistrates, judges and law practitioners at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 June 2009 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A six-member group of European travel agents arrived in Tonga on June 27 on and an Air Pacific agents' four-days familiarisation and educational tour of the main island Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 June 2009 4:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev Dr 'Ahio has been elected for the first time as President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, succeeding former President Rev Dr 'Alifeleti Mone who retires after 11 years of leading the church. Premium content -
Sunday 28 June 2009 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Executive Council of the Tonga Law Society wishes to refer to the recent media reports concerning Mr David Garrett SC, a New Zealand Member of Parliament, and licensed law practitioner in Tonga, making inappropriate sexual comments to a female staff member of the New Zealand Parliament. Premium content -
Sunday 28 June 2009 3:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The comments by this David Garrett in the New Zealand parliament and his defence to the media of what he muttered are signs of a person who is desperate and an attention seeker. Unbeknownst to this person who is clearly not Tongan, he has brought shame to us Tongans here in Zealand and it gives out a picture that harassment is a norm in the Tonga work place environment. - S. F. Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 28 June 2009 2:09pm
USA : It is disheartening to hear the more we are struggling for change, the more things remain the same in Parliament. It is also fair to say that I am grossly disgusted with the hard working members of our Parliament who lackadaisical join the House at their convenience, but rush to claim overtime pay when they are needed to do what they were elected to do in the first place. It stinks to high heaven, and it shows their greed and their love of power more than upholding the duties they campaigned for. -TamaFoa Premium content -
Friday 26 June 2009 2:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : PR 'Isileli Pulu asked for more money from the annual handouts to members from the House vote for their annual national tour. He asked the other members to forgive him because he was asking for $20,000 or $30,000 to "top up" some unfinished business. From the House. Minute No. 6, Monday night, June 15, 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Thursday 25 June 2009 2:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One reads with the greatest concern the statement by a NZ ACT Member of Parliament, David Garrett (ironically, an employment lawyer for over 10 years), trying to justify lewd remarks that he made to a female worker, asserting that "I'm on a very steep learning curve, I now understand very clearly that the kind of thing that might have been okay in a law firm in Tonga is not okay in Parliament." (NZ Herald, 23/06/09). - Sitiveni Finau Premium content
