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Friday 25 March 2011 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When Tonga's new Police Commissioner Chris Kelley took on the job of police commander two and a half years ago he began cleaning up the force, calling on the public to be part of the process of restoring trust and confidence in their police.
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Thursday 24 March 2011 8:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is at high risk of debt distress and cannot afford to take on more borrowing, according to an Asian Development Bank report that was released this month. -
Thursday 24 March 2011 2:31pm
Erskineville, NSW,Australia : The Constitution of the Office of Chief Trade Adviser (OCTA) was the main point of contention at the Forum Trade officials meeting in Palau last week, with Australia calling for a delay in the establishment of OCTA as an independent legal entity. - Aid Watch, Action on Aid, Trade and Debt. Premium content -
Thursday 24 March 2011 1:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku 'ikai te u tui tatau pea mo Dr. Fisi'iahi ki hano fokotu'u 'o e kautaha ki he kau Polisi koe'uhi ko 'enau ta'efiemalie. 'Oku hanga 'e he tohi ni 'o fakaha mai heni e mamaha 'o e fakakaukau 'a Dr. Fisi'iahi pea mo e si'i 'ene 'ilo ki he lao mo e kakano 'o e ngaue mo e fatongia ko ia 'o e Komisiona Polisi. - Samiu Sika. Premium content -
Thursday 24 March 2011 10:42am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Defence counsel told the Ashika trial yesterday that the first mate of the MV Princess Ashika, Semisi Pomale, did his best in carrying out his duties onboard the MV Princess Ashika while he was in charge from 8pm to 12pm on August 5, 2009. Premium content -
Thursday 24 March 2011 9:48am
Melbourne,Australia : China's state-run media XINHUA opening up an office in Fiji is a sign of growing relations between the two counties. - Radio Australia. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 March 2011 11:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Captain of the MV Princess Ashika Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu sailed with a Provisional Certificate of Survey issued by the Government of Tonga's Department of Marine declaring the vessel seaworthy to sail in Tonga, defence counsel Sifa Tu'utafaiva submitted today. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 March 2011 11:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The counsel for Acting Director of Marine Viliami Tu'ipulotu argued on March 22 that his client signed the Provisional Certificate of Survey dated July 3, 2009 allowing the vessel to sail, because it confirmed that a survey was actually carried out on the vessel. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 March 2011 1:28pm
Tokyo, Japan : Two Tongan rugby players in Northern Japan, Piei Mafile'o and Lata Lui and his daughter Sisifa, almost lost their lives while rescuing a child from the tsunami that devasted the port town of Kamaishi on March 11. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 March 2011 6:24am
Port Vila, Vanuatu : It has now been more than two weeks since the assault on myself as Daily Post publisher by a group of men blatantly led by Minister Harry Iouko, and despite more than a dozen eyewitness statements and photos, absolutely no criminal charges so far have been made by police and nothing is currently with the Public Prosecutor. - Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 March 2011 5:57am
Auckland, New Zealand : A group of Pacific Islands parents are taking New Zealand's Ministry of Education to court over its decision to indefinitely suspend producing Pacific language books. Premium content -
Monday 21 March 2011 11:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TheShipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd in its defence argued at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on March 21, that the company acted lawfully when sending the MV Princess Ashika to sea, because they were issued valid Provisional Certificates of Survey and Registration. Premium content -
Monday 21 March 2011 11:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Defence counsel Laki Niu submitted to jurors in the Ashika trial that the Crown Prosecution had not provided any evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt the eight counts against his client, John Jonesse. Premium content -
Sunday 20 March 2011 8:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A grant assistance of over half a million pa'anga was signed by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr Yasuo Takase, and representatives from three Technical Institutes in Nuku'alofa on March 17. Premium content -
Sunday 20 March 2011 8:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Vice-Consul of the French Embassy in Suva, Alexandre Raugel laid a wreath at the Ashika Memorial Wall, Vakataumai Cemetery, Ma'ufanga on March 17, in tribute to a French couple who died in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in 2009. Premium content -
Saturday 19 March 2011 4:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In Nuku'alofa on a goodwill visit the French navy frigate, La Moqueuse, under the command of Lt Commander Francois Nevejans, berthed at the Queen Salote Wharf for two days March 17-18. Premium content -
Friday 18 March 2011 7:08am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After the Crown Prosecution closed its case, calling its final witness around noon on March 16, the counsel for the five defendants in the Ashika trial elected that their clients would remain silent. Premium content -
Thursday 17 March 2011 7:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new Police Commissioner Chris Kelley said in a statement today that he had not seen a petition regarding police reforms that was presented to Cabinet on Friday March 11; and he believed that change to merit-based promotion and other changes to a new Police Act, "may be at the 'heart' of these perceived grievances". Premium content -
Thursday 17 March 2011 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I am aware of the 'petition document' which was presented to Cabinet last Friday 1⅓/11. I have not seen a photo-copy of the original document. I have asked to have a copy of the original document. Premium content -
Thursday 17 March 2011 7:08pm
'Okalani, Nu'usila : "Koeha 'a e 'uhinga 'o e polisi?" "Kiate au ko e polisi ko e taliangi ta'etoefehu'ia . . ." Malie ee! Tangane kau tangata mo e kau fefine ho'omou loto lahi ke mou ngaue ke veteki aa 'a e fo'i Tukufakaholo koia ko e Taliangi Ta'etoefehu'ia, mei homou ngaue'anga. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisiiahi.
