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Tuesday 2 September 2014 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister Tu‘ivakano has commended the draft outcome of the 3rd Small Island Developing States (SIDS) conference, which started yesterday September 1, in Apia, Samoa.
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Tuesday 2 September 2014 8:56pm
Bali, Indonesia : A call for action to include media in the global development agenda was released in a 'Bali Road Map' at the end of a Global Media Forum on August 28 in Indonesia. Premium content -
Monday 1 September 2014 9:34pm
Apia, Samoa : Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General was made a Samoan Chief yesterday, 31 August. Premium content -
Friday 29 August 2014 9:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There were mixed emotions in the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 28 August, as it struggled to restore order and bring its 2014 Parliamentary Session to a peaceful closure, ending the first four years of Tonga's more-democratically elected government. In the end, part of the Minutes were ordered to be deleted. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.2 comments Premium content -
Friday 29 August 2014 4:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two ultra-marathon runners from New Zealand, Andrew Fifita-Lamb and Lydia Fa’afiu will start to run an arduous 115km around Tongatapu today, August 29. Premium content -
Friday 29 August 2014 4:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Training for Tongan handicraft producers is boosting their earnings by improving their creative skills and making them more aware of what their customers expect, say the organisers of courses in cultural tourism and handicraft making held this month in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Thursday 28 August 2014 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siutoni Tupou, Tonga's new Export Pathway Manager, today received a new vehicle, and equipment to help her maintain an important working relationship between Tonga's export farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries, assisted by the Australian-funded Pacific Horticulture and Agricultural Market Access Program (PHAMA). Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2014 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A lawsuit filed by Tongan MP Sione Taione against the Tongan government, accusing it of unlawfully making payments to three nobles, was rejected by the Supreme Court on Friday 22 August.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2014 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three women from the 'Havila ‘o e Funga Mohuefa' Group from Houma in Tongatapu sold over FJ$100,000 (FJD) worth of handicrafts at the Fiji Hibiscus Exhibition on August 18-23. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2014 4:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The last day of deliberation for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga has been tentatively set for tomorrow Thursday, August 28. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 August 2014 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : David Maka (26) who was shot in the United States four years ago, is grateful to a Chinese doctor who last week extracted a bullet from his chest, located close to his heart, where it could have killed him over time.1 comment -
Tuesday 26 August 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s AFL team “Tonga Thunder” has finished 6th place at the Australian Football International Cup in Melbourne, Australia. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2014 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongan fishermen rescued on a reef in the Lau Group earlier this month are in Suva to be flown back to Tonga soon once their travel documents are finalized. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2014 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Low interest loans will be available to the Private Sector from a new government investment incentive fund that is being managed through the Tonga Development Bank, Ministry of Finance and National Planning announced today. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2014 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After exchanging their uniforms for colourful dance costumes on Friday evening, the Tonga Police Women's Advisory Network last week exceeded their annual fundraising target by raising $16,000 for their social network. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2014 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four newly refurbished Massey Ferguson tractors have arrived in Tonga, destined for villages in ‘Eua and Niuafo’ou island to help increase their agricultural activities. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2014 3:20pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : Tonga currently has an increasing number of cases of Dengue serotype 3, while Samoa and American Samoa have increasing numbers of Chikungunya, and there are current Measles alerts in the Western Pacific in Papua New Guinea, Federated States of MIcronesia and the Solomon Islands. The alerts can be seen on a new web-based map of the ‘Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific region' launched recently by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Premium content -
Saturday 23 August 2014 12:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A move by the Tongan government to shift the selection of the judiciary from the King in Council to the Cabinet and the Legislative Assembly has stirred up a confrontational debate about the independence of the judiciary in the Tongan parliament during the past few weeks. From the House by Pesi Fonua. -
Friday 22 August 2014 11:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI opened Tongatapu’s two-day Agricultural Show 2014 today, Friday 22 August at the Funga-Mana-Mo’ui Grounds in ‘Atele. Photos by Linny Folau and Mary Lyn Fonua. -
Friday 22 August 2014 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An impressive and beautiful display of Tonga's finest mats and tapa cloths lined the main highway through Ha'ateiho village this afternoon as they welcomed the king and public traveling to the Tongatapu Agricultural Show 2014 at Atele. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content
