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Friday 20 March 2015 12:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ngaahi Fananga mo e Fakatonuonu fekaku’aki mo e CEDAW ‘I Tonga ni2 comments -
Friday 20 March 2015 11:13am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga A has hatched its first victory of the Pacific Challenge Cup by beating Japan A 60-24 in Suva, Fiji on Wednesday, March 18.
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Thursday 19 March 2015 8:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Parliament this afternoon, March 19, passed a Motion Resolution for government to borrow $16. 5 million Pa’anga from the World Bank. From the House by Pesi Fonua1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 19 March 2015 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Robert Matthews from Australia has been appointed as the new CEO of the Tonga Power Ltd starting in Nuku'alofa on 9 March for the next three-years. Premium content -
Thursday 19 March 2015 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Government has approved in principle the draft Tongan Strategic Development Framework 2015-2025, ‘A more progressive Tonga: enhancing Our Inheritance’ to be shared widely to the public and stakeholders outside government for information and comment. Key Stakeholders and the public are invited to review and submit comments on the TSDFII before March 31, 2015. -
Thursday 19 March 2015 4:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Tongan law students who arrived in Tonga today are hoping that government will assist the remaining Tongan students to return. They are grateful to be back home after Tropical Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu five-days ago, “but we feel really bad that we had to abandon the rest of our Tongan students,” said Esther ‘Aholelei in tears at Fua'amotu airport. Premium content -
Thursday 19 March 2015 9:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Papua New Guinea based bank, BSP, is expected to take over the operations of Westpac Bank of Tonga in May when the legal transition is completed. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight Tongan law students stranded in Vanuatu are appealing for assistance from the Government of Tonga since their living condition at the campus has worsened with no clean drinking water in the aftermath of Super Cyclone Pam. -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 4:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Police in Nuku’alofa are looking for a 28-year-old man from Navutoka,who is alleged to have unlawfully imprisoned his partner inside a hut at a plantation in Puke, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 1:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Japan has contributed around $980,000 pa’anga to fund six community projects that will upgrade schools and provide a new boat for transportation to the people of ‘Eueiki Island in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 1:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has signed the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture that promotes food security. on 16 March. Premium content -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 12:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Vaiomo’unga, an ‘Ikale Tahi flanker and Tongan rugby export to Romania, is suffering from a life threatening kidney disease and requires a kidney transplant. -
Wednesday 18 March 2015 11:57am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour have announced higher fuel prices for the month starting March 16. The increase comes after months of lower fuel prices. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 March 2015 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : We and the Government I led were opposed to ratifying CEDAW. We, the Government of the day, subsequently agreed to have a full and frank debate in the House, following the receipt of a petition introduced to the House by some of the people’s representatives. – Lord Sevele ‘o Vailahi. -
Tuesday 17 March 2015 6:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four fishermen who were rescued on Friday night, 13 March after their boat’s engine failed some 54 nautical miles south of Tongatapu were today thankful to New Zealand’s Orion P-3 aircraft and Tongan Navy for the swift search and rescue operation. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 March 2015 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I recall your 2009 report on the Parliament’s 21-1 vote against ratifying CEDAW; it included Prime Minister Pōhiva who voted against ratification. It is, therefore, as clear as noonday to me that Parliament has not passed legislation re-authorizing the ratification of CEDAW if it has previously voted against it. – Sione A. Mokofisi. -
Tuesday 17 March 2015 5:48pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Fakafeta'i ko kimautolu eni fanau ako lao ‘i Port Vila 'oku mau kei mo'ui pe he ‘osi atu e maumau ne fakahoko ‘e Cyclone Pam. Ko e faka-tangi pe na’a ‘i ai ha tokoni mai ‘a e pule'anga ki heni ki he fanau ako Tonga heni. – Tupou Fa’aoa. -
Tuesday 17 March 2015 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hard tackling, ‘Ikale Tahi fullback Tevita Halaifonua has won the award for Tongan Player of the year 2014, by Pacific Islands Players Association (PIPA).1 comment Premium content -
Monday 16 March 2015 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was confusion in the Tongan Parliament today when government was asked to confirm if the United Nations had accepted Tonga’s ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). From the House by Pesi Fonua3 comments Premium content -
Monday 16 March 2015 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four fishermen who activated a live beacon on Thursday night, 12 March after their boat’s engine failed 54 nautical miles south of Tongatapu, have been rescued by a Tongan Navy vessel, after an aerial search by a New Zealand Orion P-3 located their position. Premium content
