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Wednesday 9 May 2012 10:17am
Northampton, United Kingdom : Tongan rugby player Soane Tonga'uiha, a star with the Northampton Saints Rugby Club, in the East Midlands, England, will this year lead the charity fund-raising activities for his club, after committing to a testimonial year.
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Tuesday 8 May 2012 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After years of living with candle-light, two families in the Sopu area of Nuku‘alofa, were overjoyed to receive the first electric lights in their homes, after a Tongan grandmother Siutiti Halatoa (51) who trained in solar engineering in India last year, installed the first solar panels under a community led project, this morning May 8. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2012 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mosese Manuofetoa was fined $150 after pleading guilty to one charge of assault, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on Friday, May 4. Premium content -
Monday 7 May 2012 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Robert Shuster has his final day on the bench today, May 7 after being a judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga during the past four years, and have presided over 800 cases.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 5 May 2012 10:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI proudly opened the Vaiola Hospital's building, built under a $40 million pa'anga final phase redevelopment, with assistance from Japan, that has given the people of Tonga a hospital facility of an international standard. Premium content -
Friday 4 May 2012 8:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev. Dr Tevita Havea was elected as the chairman of the National Retirement Benefits Scheme and Dr Sione Leimoni Taufu'i as its Chief Executive Officer, at the first meeting of the board of directors on May 2 at the office of the National Reserve Bank. Premium content -
Thursday 3 May 2012 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Justice Charles Cato, a New Zealander, was sworn in this morning, May 3, as Tonga's second Supreme Court Judge, replacing Justice Robert Shuster who has been a judge of the Tongan Supreme Court during the past four years. Premium content -
Thursday 3 May 2012 1:00pm
Tokyo, Japan : Japan, as a development partner on an equal footing, has been working together with PICs in their nation building. "Kizuna," or the bond of friendship between Japan and PICs is deeply rooted in the fact that we share the same Pacific Ocean and the common spirits of islanders nurtured by this great Ocean. Premium content -
Thursday 3 May 2012 10:30am
Washington DC, USA : IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Welcomes Progress towards Using US$1.1 Billion of Gold Profits as part of a strategy to Boost Concessional Lending to Low-Income Countries and Calls on More Members to Join Effort. Premium content -
Thursday 3 May 2012 5:46am
Paris, France : World Press Freedom Day (today, May 3) is our opportunity to raise the flag in the fight to advance media freedom. We call on States, professional media and non-governmental organisations everywhere to join forces with the United Nations to promote online and offline freedom of expression in accordance with internationally accepted principles. This is a pillar of individual rights, a foundation for healthy societies and a force for social transformation. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 May 2012 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A six-years imprisonment sentence was imposed on a 49-year-old father on numerous charges of incest and indecent assault, that he had repeatedly committed on his young daughter from 2005-09. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 May 2012 4:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 2011-2012 session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly was "softly" closed by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala this morning, May 2. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 May 2012 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Legislative Assembly held a special sitting today, to discuss two reports on a National Spatial Planning and Management Bill 2011 and a National Retirement Benefits Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2011. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 May 2012 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Cabinet Ministers took up their new Ministerial portfolios today, May 1. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 May 2012 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five men remain in custody after an armed robbery at a Chinese shop in Ma'ufanga on Saturday night, April 28, led to arrests the following day. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 May 2012 3:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A program to enhance the leadership quality of secondary school principals was launched in Nuku'alofa last Thursday, April 26. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 9:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new constitution for the establishment of a new Tonga Rugby Union Inc. was unanimously adopted in a special meeting of the Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU on Saturday 28 April. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first sitting of Tonga's Court of Appeal ended at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa and delivered judgments, that reduced the imprisonment sentence of a man who was convicted of raping and indecently assaulting a 19-year-old girl, who was his close relative.2 comments Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala (27), first in line to the Tongan throne will wed Hon Sinaitakala Tu'imatamoana 'i Fanakavalangi Fakafanua (25) on 12 July, 2012 at the Centenary Church, Saione in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 30 April 2012 12:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Royal International Hotel, near Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport will today, Monday, April 30 have a new name, the Scenic Hotel Tonga, said Ross Brljenich, the hotel's general manager. Premium content
