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Friday 3 April 2015 12:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australian Foreign Minister, Hon Julie Bishop on her first official visit to Tonga today, met the Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva and his Cabinet and discussed Tonga’s economic and political reform agenda. 'Akilisi said his government would continue to support New Zealand and Australia as members of the Forum.
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Thursday 2 April 2015 11:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Tonga Airports Ltd (TAL) head office was opened on Tuesday, 31 March on Taufa'ahau Road at Poutaha. Premium content -
Thursday 2 April 2015 11:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Court of Appeal has granted former Attorney General John Cauchi leave for a judicial review and directed a Judicial Appointments and Discipline Panel to consider his complaints. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 April 2015 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Kele’a newspaper can have its appeal heard at the Supreme Court against damages and costs awarded to William Clive Edwards in a defamation case but they must first pay $14,500 in damages, plus costs and interest before proceeding.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 1 April 2015 9:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After 11 years sitting on Tonga's Court of Appeal Mr Justice Hon Salmon had his final sitting in the session that closed yesterday, Tuesday 31 March, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 April 2015 9:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the Crown against a fully suspended sentence imposed on Sau’iluma Guttenbeil, who was convicted of manslaughter at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 April 2015 4:58pm
Suva, Fiji : There is no multi-million dollar computer software that has been cleared or passed by Cabinet to be purchased from the PM’s son (me). I also do not have a software system as the author alleges. - Siaosi Pohiva.1 comment -
Wednesday 1 April 2015 11:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Critical letters recently sent to the Prime Minister accuse him and his government of lack of disciplinary action against one or more of his Ministers. - PR Prime Minister's Office1 comment -
Tuesday 31 March 2015 11:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga High School student, Anna Jane Vea (15) was declared the winner of Tonga’s Secondary Schools’ speech competition by the New Zealand High Commissioner Mark Talbot, yesterday, 30 March. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 March 2015 11:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has been accredited to the Green Climate Fund as a Regional Implementing Entity, one of the first to be approved. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 March 2015 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No waves were sighted on Niuatoputapu after three large earthquakes were reported between Niuatoputapu and Samoa last night, Sione Fo’iakau from Hihifo told Matangi Tonga today. -
Tuesday 31 March 2015 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An attempt by a major frozen chicken importer, Moapa Enterprises Ltd., to sue its shipping agent for defamation has backfired when it was found that the foreign-owned company was trading illegally in activities reserved for Tongans. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 March 2015 3:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione ‘Afa Teisina has been identified by police as the 28-year-old man who is on the run after allegedly imprisoning his partner at a plantation in Puke last month. Premium content -
Monday 30 March 2015 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A cluster of three large earthquakes were reported between Niuatoputapu and Samoa this evening between 8:56pm and 9:48pm - measuring 6.8, 6.4 and 5.6 magnitude. -
Monday 30 March 2015 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Public Service Association Inc. and the Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva will have to pay $20,000 pa'anga each by way of security to the Supreme Court before their civil action regarding the alleged unlawful payment of Chinese aid money to Friendly Islands Satellite Communication Ltd. (FISC) can proceed to trial.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 30 March 2015 3:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Vaea identified the Tongan language as the foundation of our democracy. Poor quality of writing – and the lackluster quality of statesmanship by politicians − is a threat to our language, therefore posing a threat to our democracy. – Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi.4 comments -
Sunday 29 March 2015 8:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Support provided to families by Tonga's Child Cancer Foundation helps to achieve better outcomes from therapies used to treat cancer, Dr Jane Skeen, told a fundraising breakfast in Nuku‘alofa on March 28. Premium content -
Sunday 29 March 2015 7:08pm
Hong Kong, China : Tonga’s 7’s team has finished second last in its pool at the World Sevens Qualifiers in Hong Kong, failing to make it to the knockout stages of the competition. The result means Tonga will not get core status for the next HSBC World Sevens Series.3 comments Premium content -
Friday 27 March 2015 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former travel consultant was today sentenced to four years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended after pleading guilty to 39 counts of forgery and knowingly dealing with forged documents for visa applications to foreign countries, mostly the United States. Premium content -
Friday 27 March 2015 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An insightful video documentary called “Women's Leadership in Crisis” was launched by the Talitha Project yesterday evening in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
