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Monday 6 February 2012 10:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three days after a motion to dismiss the auditor general was tabled into the Tongan Parliament by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano and the Minister of Finance, Hon. Sunia Fili, the House still could not figure out how to deal with the motion. From January 31 to February 2 the House appeared to have made one step forward to make a decision, and then two steps backward to where it ended up. From the House, by Pesi Fonua1 comment
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Monday 6 February 2012 3:30pm
Manila, Philippines : On the eve of World Cancer Day the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments to strengthen national control programmes, including by raising awareness, amid an alarming rise of cancer cases. WHO's Western Pacific Region bears a significant share of the global cancer burden, accounting for 32% of all cancers in 2008. There were slightly more than 4 million new cases of cancer in the region in 2008 – 2.31 million in men and 1.75 million in women. Nearly 2.6 million people in the region died from cancer in that year. - WHO. Premium content -
Monday 6 February 2012 3:14pm
San Francisco, USA : 'Oku 'oatu heni 'a 'eku kole ki he Falealea 'o Tonga ke mou kataki mu'a 'o toe fakakaukau'i ange 'a e fokotu'u 'a e Minisita Ako ke kamata ha silapa fo'ou ke ako'i 'aki 'a e lea faka-Tonga pea mo e lea faka-Pilitania ki ngaahi ako kotoa 'o e 'otu Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani Premium content -
Monday 6 February 2012 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's parliament met yesterday, January 31, to pass a decision on a Motion for a Resolution to dismiss the auditor general, Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, for bad behavior, but the special session ran into some problems. The motion will effectively put the auditor general on trial by parliament - and complicated by the fact that the House is the judge, the prosecutor and also the plaintiff. From the House by Pesi Fonua.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2012 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :Seventeen secondary school rugby players will take up rugby scholarships in New Zealand this year. The manager of Tonga's Institute of Sports, Tu'ivaita Ueleni, said that the players included nine from the Under-18 team that toured New Zealand late last year. The nine players who left Tonga on January 21 to attend the Onehunga Technical Institute are Paula Fifita, Sami Taufa, Fe'aomoeuasi Hui, Taniela 'Ofa, Fetuli Paea, Sailosi Vaeatangitau, 'Ilaia Moala, Sione Kafatolu and Niukapu Taufa.
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Friday 27 January 2012 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga :The Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly, Lord Lasike has surrendered another passport to the Supreme Court on January 27, after pleading not guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of ammunition.
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Friday 27 January 2012 12:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union Authority's administration of Tongan national rugby ends on February 28, but a new board is not expected to take over until the end of April. -
Tuesday 24 January 2012 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : JAPAN has committed a US$500,000 technical assistance grant through the Asian Development Bank to fund preparation work to design the Outer Island Renewable Energy Project for the construction of solar plants in the outer islands of Ha'apai, 'Eua and the two Niuas. -
Tuesday 24 January 2012 1:12pm
Berlin, Germany : Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF given on 23 January 2012. "As we turn the page on a turbulent year, a year in which so much of what could go wrong did go wrong, many look to the future with trepidation and foreboding. They worry about uncertain economic prospects, dwindling job opportunities, and rising inequality. About what kind of future awaits their children. Indeed, in the economic outlook that the IMF will release tomorrow, we will lower growth forecasts for most parts of the world. Even these lower forecasts assume a constructive policy path that is by no means assured." Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2012 7:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Tu'iha'ateiho, a Ha'apai Noble's Representative to the Tongan Parliament, appeared at the Magistrate's Court on January 23, charged with the illegal possession of a firearm. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2012 7:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One of the four male suspects, charged in relation to the armed hold up at the Asco Petrol Station on Fatafehi Road on January 6, has been charged with six counts, including attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2012 6:15pm
San Francisco,USA : ON the 17th of January 2012, award-winning charity MedShare shipped a 40-foot ocean container of medical supplies and equipment designated for the two island groups of Niuatoputapu and 'Eua, in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2012 6:12pm
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : MASDAR, Abu Dhabi's multifaceted renewable energy company, signed today (18 January) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, represented through the Tonga Energy Road Map Implementation Unit (TERM IU). Masdar will be in charge of the implementation and construction of a 500 kW solar photovoltaic power plant to be installed in Vava'u Island. The project, is financed by a grant provided by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the solar plant will deliver around 13 percent of Tonga's annual electricity demand. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2012 4:22pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Na'e loloa ange 'a e taimi na'e fakamole 'ehe Falealea ki he tufa pa'anga koia ma'ae ngaahi vahenga fili, 'I he taimi koia na'a nau fai ai 'a e 'a'ahi fekau'aki mo e ngoue mo e toutai ki he vahefonua Vava'u ni. Paula Kava. Premium content -
Sunday 22 January 2012 6:18pm
Sydney, Australia : Photos by Dean Bentick An engagement party for Prince 'Ulukalala (27) and the Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua (25) was held in Sydney on Friday 20 January, attended by members of Tonga's Royal Family. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2012 3:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Tu'ivakano (58) is Tonga's new Prime Minister Designate, after winning over 50% of a secret ballot in a Special Meeting of the Legislature to Elect a Prime Minister this morning. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2012 7:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand government has found no evidence of fraudulent use of its aid money to Tonga, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Tonga, Jonathan Austin, confirmed yesterday, January 19. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2012 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Lasike, the Speaker of the Tonga Parliament, turned-up today at the Supreme Court for arraignment on one count of unlawful possession of ammunition but his case was adjourned to Friday, January 27. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2012 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vatulele Tuputupu (40) from Niutoua, pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter by negligence while driving under the influence of alcohol causing the death of 'Ana Toki (47) a passenger, in a car accident at Lapaha on August 1, 2011. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2012 9:55am
Paris, France : In an unprecedented move, Reporters Without Borders RWB shut down its English-language website for 24 hours from 8 am EST on January 18 in protest against two online piracy bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), which are currently working their way through the US Congress. Reporters Without Borders. Premium content
