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Tuesday 21 June 2011 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e kai ke mo'ui, ka 'oku 'ikai ko e mo'ui ke kai! Ko e fa'a kai mo e fa'a katoanga, 'e mo'oni ai e lau 'a e motu'a 'e taha. ". . . mu'omu'a mai 'a e fe'amokaki, hoko mai ai e fusimo'omo pea muimui mai e avangongo 'a e kato, kae hange ha ifi ika e longoa'a 'a e manava. . . " Witcliffe Taufa.
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Monday 20 June 2011 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A manhunt continues for the two male prisoners who escaped on June 6, who are thought to be on Tongatapu, but frustrating prison wardens who are looking for leads on their whereabouts. Premium content -
Monday 20 June 2011 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Jailed brothel keeper, Liu Lirong, has applied for bail pending her appeal against both her conviction and sentence. Premium content -
Monday 20 June 2011 8:54am
Apia, Samoa : Samoa is the first Forum Island Country to access its indicative country allocation of US$4million under the Pacific Environment Community Fund that has been made available by the Government of Japan. I congratulate the Government of Samoa for being the first and the quickest off the mark . . . Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. Premium content -
Sunday 19 June 2011 10:00pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : Editor, By no mean, to take away anything from Vaha'i's accomplishment. Before, Vaha'i, there were other Tongans graduates from West Point; there was a David Rotorua Lousiale Kava, Class of 2009, now training with the Army Special Forces; before David, there were the brothers Taumoepaea, who are probably still serving somewhere in the world in the US Army. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 10:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TONGA'S first contingent of 55 soldiers returned from six-months duty in Afghanistan last night, June 16 to an emotional welcome by families and friends at the Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 10:02pm
Worcester, United Kingdom : The 'Ikale Tahi will meet an Italian A team in the final for the plate of the Churchill Cup 2011 at Sixways Stadium, Worcester, UK tomorrow, 18 June. Premium content -
Friday 17 June 2011 9:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four of the six directors of Tonga Power Ltd. have resigned in the last month, with Tsutomu Nakao and Warren Moyes the latest to hand in their resignations on Tuesday 14 June. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TUPOU College, Tonga's oldest secondary school marks its 145th anniversary next week with celebrations in Tongatapu next week and it is expected to draw in thousands of ex-students from the outer islands and abroad. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I find it very strange that Ratu Tevita defied his bail conditions in Fiji, became the subject of an extradition application and yet the Tongan government allowed him a holiday to Australia despite the pending extradition application. The purpose of Ratu Tevita's visit to Australia is immaterial. He is and remains a subject of an extradition application. Freddy Kavaha'apai. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:00pm
Suva, Fiji : I am a Tongan woman married to a non-Tongan man and I cannot get Tongan passports for my children who were born in Tonga and another country in the 1990s. The amendments to the Nationality Act 2007 apply only to those born on or after 14 September 2007, in short, the amendments are not retrospective. I have been told by Tongan Immigration officers that for my children to get Tongan passports, they will have to go through the process of 'naturalization'. - Tupou Taiamoni Finau. -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Ana Kolokihakaufisi and Tavite Fisiitalia from Tonga have been selected as two of the twenty youth delegates for the 2011 Wansolwara Youth Peace-building Training Programme. - Wansolwara Youth Peace. Premium content -
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongas Crown Law office has received the extradition application from the Fijian Government calling for the extradition of Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Mara to Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Penisimani Angilau (37) was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott on Monday, June 13, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police suspect that an escaped prisoner may have been involved in an armed hold up at a Nukualofa barbecue restaurant last week, when a robber fled with $4000. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers who have been serving for six months at Helmand Province, Afghanistan will return to Tonga on Thursday, June 16. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:15am
New York, USA : CADET Officer Latu Vaha'i (24), of the Tonga Defence Services graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the prestigious United States Military Academy, West Point in New York in May. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 11:30am
Pango pngo, American Samoa : Great imagination but you may have missed proper island protocols. What must be understood, is that Blood is thicker than politics, especially in our island nation. Ma'afu, Tu'i Fiji, will not be the one serving Ratu Tevita Uluilakepa Mara . . . There will Ceremonial Attendees serving Ratu Mara and Ma'afu. Sione Lousiale Kava. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:30am
Auckland, New Zealand : Please, Bainimarama, Please, the ball is in the Tongan's side of the court, but the delay in returning the ball with a forehand needs someone with strong guts. Getting rid of the Wildcat is doable, but we need a Brave Mouse to hang the bell on to the cat's neck. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2011 9:00am
Suva, Fiji : I would like for someone to tell me, whether giving a fugitive from Fiji a Tongan Passport will benefit the country in the future, or we better give it to these stateless children who are born in Tonga to Tongan Mothers, and are the future of Tonga. - Sitani Masima. Premium content
