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Tuesday 23 September 2014 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be attending the 13th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting to be held this week in New York city, alongisde the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.3 comments
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Tuesday 23 September 2014 4:56pm
Australia : Australia's increased Aid-for-Trade focus is the same wine in different bottles. Aid-for-Trade, and its counterpart PACER-Plus, are really about ensuring that Pacific markets are open to Australian exports and securing Pacific engagement with the global economy on terms that disproportionately benefit the regions big brothers. - Adam Wolfenden. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2014 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan ex-NFL player Ma'ake Kemoe'atu (35) has donated one of his kidneys to his ailing brother Chris Kemoe’atu (31) who is also a former NFL player. The act of brotherly love has won the admiration of many. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2014 2:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Mosese Laumanu Uele (48) was sentenced last week to five years and five months in prison for the importation of pseudo ephedrine, the largest shipment of the illicit drug into New Zealand ever discovered. Premium content -
Sunday 21 September 2014 1:24pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Bainimarama is still a Dictator. He came to power in a coup de dat'. People's lives were lost in the coup de dat' that Bainimarama led, and Fiji is still labeled a "human rights" violator by the UN. – Sione A. Mokofisi.1 comment Premium content -
Sunday 21 September 2014 1:16pm
'Aositelelia : Talu e tu’u e Pule’anga Fakatu’i ‘o Tongá mo e ‘ikai ha ofiofia e kovi ‘a e Pule’anga Tongá ki he kovi ne fai ‘e he Pule’anga Pilitaniá ki he kakai ‘o 'Initiá pe ko hono ngaohi kovi’i ‘e he kau hinehina o 'Amelika 'a e kau ‘uli’ulii, ka na’e uki ‘e Mahatma Gandhi ‘a e laui miliona hono kakaí ke nau fakafepaki melino pea uki 'e Luther King 'a e fakafepaki melino pea na’e ola lelei ‘enau feingá. - Tevita Vaikona mo Senituli Penitani. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 10:55pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : A monster Blue Marlin weighing 268.5 kg caught in Vava‘u today, landed Denise Knutson a new Tongan record. Denise and her husband Ross were fishing on their boat Escapade NZ. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new book called Sandalwood Blood, a historical fiction written by Sam Lala, was launched by Princess Pilolevu at the Tungi Colonnade square in Nuku'alofa last night, 18 September. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry have a launched a search to find and reward “exceptional young people” from commonwealth countries including Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 5:40pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A second edition of the ‘Fakahalafononga' handbook by Malakai Koloamatangi will be launched on New Zealand's Election Day in Auckland on Saturday, September 20. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old woman who crashed her vehicle in Fatai on September 16 has been ordered to pay for damage to a power pole, which left over 700 customers in five villages on the Eastern District without power for over three hours. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 5:03pm
Apia, Samoa : Tonga's Taufatahi women's outrigger team made the finals of the Sprint event in the Alo Paopao Outrigging Competition in Samoa this week, 15-20 September, but the Marathon proved more challenging for the novice team. Premium content -
Thursday 18 September 2014 10:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan currency (Pa’anga) has shown a continuing decline against the New Zealand and Australian dollars over the last 15 years, and the pa'anga is, arguably, in its worst year ever against its major trading partners. -
Thursday 18 September 2014 9:33pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama and his Fiji First Party has a convincing lead of more than 60 percent of the total votes in the provisional results announced at 1:00pm this afternoon. Premium content -
Thursday 18 September 2014 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 70-year-old taxi driver is in hospital with head injuries, while a 60-year-old Japanese man was flown to Australia today for treatment, following a road accident in Vaini, on Wednesday September 17. Premium content -
Thursday 18 September 2014 9:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While the wholesale and retail prices for Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Tongatapu dropped for September to December 2014, the prices have slightly increased in Vava'u from September 16. Premium content -
Thursday 18 September 2014 3:51pm
Lautoka, Fiji : Bainimarama has steam rolled one and all to an emphatic victory and a win, which may go down in history not to be beaten for another century; further putting closure and totally eclipsing any notion and thoughts of him as a dictator, military ruler or an unelected coup leader. - Dr Sushil K Sharma. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 September 2014 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A current attempt by the Tongan government to attract business investments, and to revitalize business growth by offering very low interest loans, so far appears to remain an unattractive proposition for businesses in Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 September 2014 7:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new barge, the Talafale was handed over to the Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano today to assist with the reconstruction in Ha’apai after the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian in January. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 September 2014 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is estimated over 49,000 people have registered to vote in Tonga’s 2014 General Election, after registration closed this afternoon Tuesday, September 16. Premium content
