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Friday 9 August 2013 5:40pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Fiji’s Prime Minister, Commodore Josaia Ovrequ Bainimarama, this week told Pacific Islands leaders at the Sheraton Fiji Resort that he believed that ordinary people had been excluded from the decision-making process in regional government.1 comment
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Friday 9 August 2013 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It will cost Tonga $USD70 million to host the 2019 Pacific Games, but the Tongan tax payers will contribute less than one tenth of that amount. $USD50 million has been earmarked for capital and infrastructure development and $USD20 million for operational cost. - ‘Ahongalu Fusimalohi. -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has banned the sales and use of two Karicare Infant Formula products for newborns and for six-months babies and older after receiving information that the products may contain contaminated ingredients. The ban came into effective on Thursday, August 8, and will remain until further notice. Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 147 Tupou College students and four adults who have been charged in relation to a violent attack on a home in Tofoa on July 18, are expected to appear at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on October 7-10 . Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2013 3:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five men are detained in Hu’atolitoli Prison, accused of kidnapping a father and son in Nuku’alofa on July 24 and taking a ransom of nearly half a million pa’anga from their families. Premium content -
Thursday 8 August 2013 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI opened the first Royal Agricultural Show 2013 at the Matangimalie Grounds at Hihifo, Niuatoputapu on Wednesday, August 7, followed by the Niuafo’ou Agricultural Show today, and will continue to tour all of Tonga’s outer islands. Photos courtesy Niuatoputapu High School Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 6:33pm
Sydney, Australia : In a new report Greenpeace is calling for the exclusion of large-scale “and destructive” foreign-owned vessels from national waters, in a bid to help small locally owned Pacific Islands fisheries survive and to sustain precious tuna reserves for the future.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 6:12pm
London, United Kingdom : One of Britain’s top professional rugby clubs, North London’s Saracens FC have formed a partnership with Tonga’s very own Toa Saracens RFC, and will help support the local club with a Rugby Academy. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan social services provider, the Ma‘a Fafine mo e Famili, has won funding support to continue its caregiving to the elderly and disabled children for another year. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 1:17pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Tonga's current education system hampers the development of the talents of Tongan children, and it has to be changed to counter the mounting youth unemployment and school dropouts, believes Tonga's Minister of Education and Training, Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki. - By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 7 August 2013 11:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Miss Heilala charged with embezzlement of $179,782 from her employer and theft of airline tickets worth nearly a quarter of a million pa'anga, maintained her not guilty plea yesterday, while a co-accused changed his plea and pleaded guilty to embezzlement, at the start of a jury trial. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 August 2013 8:14pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A new Tongan Early Childhood Playgroup and Training Centre has opened at Mt Roskill in Auckland, and named ‘Muniao ‘o e ‘Ofa’ or Net of Love by Hon. Lupepau’u Tuita on August 1. Premium content -
Monday 5 August 2013 8:29pm
Barcelona, Spain : Three Australian-based Tongan swimmers Ifalemi Sau-Paea, Irene Prescott and Charissa Panuve have competed in the FINA World Championships (International Swimming Federation) in Barcelona, Spain, which ended yesterday after of two-weeks of competition. Premium content -
Monday 5 August 2013 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Chief executive officers, cabinet secretaries and leading administrators from Commonwealth Pacific member states are meeting in Nuku’alofa this week to come up with an agreed plan of action on how to better support the political and administration environment at the centre of Government. Premium content -
Monday 5 August 2013 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six accused including five policemen who are charged in relation to the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka entered not guilty pleas at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. The setting of trial dates is now expected to be held on 5 September 2013. Premium content -
Friday 2 August 2013 11:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. elected its council for 2013-14, and there was no contest for the nominations at its Annual General Meeting in Nuku'alofa, last night. Premium content -
Friday 2 August 2013 11:13am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 41-year-old truck driver has been charged with two counts in relation to the student attack on a home in Tofoa on July 18. The accused, who is alleged to have helped transport the students from Tupou College, is remanded in police custody. Premium content -
Friday 2 August 2013 6:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Liahona High School won the Tonga Secondary Schools 1st XV rugby grand-final after defeating Tonga College ‘Atele 22 – 15, in a tightly contested match at Teufaiva Stadium on August 1. Premium content -
Thursday 1 August 2013 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's parliament could not decide which version of the Tongan Constitution has precedence - the Tongan version or the English version. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 1 August 2013 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Royal Agricultural Shows for Tonga’s two northern outer islands of Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou will be held this month after an eight-year lapse. King Tupou VI will be the guest of honour starting in Niuatoputapu on August 7 and Niuafo’ou on August 8, and continuing throughout all of Tonga island groups.1 comment Premium content
