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Tuesday 16 November 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fineasi Funaki (44) Tonga's former Minister of Tourism who was undergoing dialysis treatment for his kidney in Fiji died in Suva on Saturday, November 13.
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Monday 15 November 2010 3:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Ltd made a $1 million pa'anga dividend payment to the Government on November 10, the first time ever for a government-owned electricity provider to pay the Tonga government dividend. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 1:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Tongan students have won a trip to go to New Zealand this week after creating a winning business plan manufacturing trendy handbags for Tonga's "Youth in Business Dream Big Challenge 2010." Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 5:45am
USA : I find it almost funny that there has been a vacuum in the process of putting together the important pieces that are needed to run a ship. A good plan would have included the crew in the delivery trip to give the crew hands on experience and receive advice from the builder's delivery crew. - John Emberson. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 5:15am
Sydney, Australia : The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement TPP is the only new trade initiative being taken by the Obama administration, and is being heavily promoted at the APEC summit this weekend. - Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. Premium content -
Saturday 13 November 2010 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a tough new stance against alcohol consumption, Tonga's new liquor legislation comes into force this summer introducing liquor licences and breath testing in an effort to reduce public drunkenness and to change irresponsible drinking attitudes. Premium content -
Saturday 13 November 2010 1:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : For Tonga to raise it's standard of living and to eradicate poverty, candidates for the coming parliamentary election had a few different ideas, including changing lending policies and declaring Tonga to be a "least-developed country". Premium content -
Friday 12 November 2010 5:46pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Enough visits from U.S. Government officials to thank Tonga for her unselfish contribution to the wars in the Middle East (Chairman US Joint Chiefs . . . 10 Nov 2010). Admiral Michael Mullen should see the need to buildup the Tongan Defense Services for future services, and Tonga will always be a friend to the People of America, and England. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Friday 12 November 2010 4:23pm
Suva, Fiji : 2010 marks the second year of the five-year focus on 'Diabetes education and prevention", the theme selected by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization for World Diabetes Day 2009-2013. The campaign slogan for 2010 is: "Let's take control of diabetes. Now. - WHO. Premium content -
Friday 12 November 2010 2:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are keeping a watchful eye on campaigns leading up to a peaceful General Election on November 25 and are prepared to take action if the need arises, said Police Commander Chris Kelley yesterday. Premium content -
Friday 12 November 2010 1:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : AT the start of the summer holiday season Tonga's new TOP$30 million ferry MV 'Otuanga'ofa, which arrived in Nuku'alofa on October 15, remains tied-up at the Queen Salote Wharf, because it has no crew and the passenger ferry berths at Pangai, Ha'apai and Neiafu, Vava'u are not yet ready. Premium content -
Thursday 11 November 2010 4:26pm
Manila, Philippines : Strong governance and constant vigilance against corruption are essential if Asia and the Pacific is to deliver the benefits of its economic boom to all, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda told a forum today. ADB. Premium content -
Thursday 11 November 2010 10:45am
New Zealand : Let me start by saying as our mortality becomes more fragile, with the passing of time, we sometimes reflect on decisions taken that seemed perfectly sensible at the time you made them. I refer in my case to my time as Chief Executive of Tonga Investments (1994-98) when I influenced the then Board of Directors to exit commodity exports by closing down Primary Produce Exports Limited (PPEL). - Wayne Madden. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 November 2010 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces Admiral Michael Mullen dropped into Tonga for a three-hour visit on November 9 and thanked Tonga for their continued commitment and support in promoting peace and stability in the world, by providing troops to Iraq and now Afghanistan. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 November 2010 5:24am
Auckland, New Zealand : 'Oku ou fakamalo atu kia Lou 'Uhila he'ene tafulu pongipongia mai he vahaope. Kataki ko e me'a 'oku ke hoha'a kiai 'oku ou tau'ataina pe au ke fakahoko 'o tatau pe mo ho'o tau'ataina keke tafulu mai he kolomu ni. 'Ofa mai aa Lou 'Uhila 'o tukuaa hono feinga'i ke fakapulou'i e mo'oni he ho'ataa malie. - Dr Fotu K.V. Fisi'iahi. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 November 2010 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "Quashing an indictment - is NOT the same as acquitting a defendant", Justice Robert Shuster stated in an 11 page document titled "Clarification of the reasons for quashing the indictment in file CR64-2010" - the perjury case brought by the Crown against Ramsay Robertson Dalgety. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 November 2010 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While the domestic economy shows signs of recovery, the outlook looks weak, according to the National Reserve Bank of Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 8 November 2010 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a dramatically worded official statement Tonga's Minister of Information 'Eseta Fusitu'a on November 4 denounced a group that is questioning the King's sale of the 'Atalanga royal residence in Auckland, apparently for daring to ask questions of Tonga's king. Premium content -
Monday 8 November 2010 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Basic health services should continue to be easily accessible for all Tongans, believed a panel of candidates discussing health, although the issue of life style diseases such as diabetes was also raised as a concern. Premium content -
Sunday 7 November 2010 8:34pm
Washington,USA : The World Bank on October 19 announced a new strategy of support for Tonga to reduce the impact of economic shocks on the country and assist with longer term growth and development opportunities. Premium content
