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Monday 7 June 2010 9:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 25-year-old soldier was sentenced to four years imprisonment on June 4 for the attempted rape and indecent assault of a young woman in Tofoa in January earlier this year.
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Monday 7 June 2010 11:33am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga High School's 63rd Anniversary Celebration was marked on Friday, June 4 with a commemoration service followed by an afternoon of colourful traditional dancing by students who performed Tau'olunga, Me'etu'upaki and Ma'ulu'ulu. Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2010 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's National U-20 Rugby Team is competing in the International Rugby Board IRB Junior World Cup 2010 to be held in Argentina, starting on June 5-17. Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2010 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Isitolo Maka, the Head Coach for the national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi, announced a 30-members squad for the Pacific Nations Cup on Tuesday June 1. Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2010 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A program offered by the Women and Children Crisis Centre to empower Inspiring Young Women Leaders was launched at the WCCC office at Fanga on May 31. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Liahona High School leads the first phase of the inaugural Youth in Business - Dream Big Challenge 2010 and the recipient of a cash prize of $3000 pa'anga in seed capital to set up their business. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2010 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Demolition of an old Vaiola Hospital Building started yesterday June 2, when the Princess Regent HRH Princess Pilolevu officially broke a glass window on the 39 year old building that was opened by her father on June 4, 1971. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2010 2:21pm
Suva, Fiji : The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with the Australian Centre of International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) is organising a half-day seminar to create awareness on the potential of the senile coconut palm with the theme, 'Coconut Wood High Quality Flooring A New Potential Industry for the Pacific'. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2010 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Local business leaders gathered on Friday to take part in a mentors workshop as part of the Business Mentoring Programme which is being coordinated by the Tonga Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the New Zealand organisation, Business Mentors New Zealand. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2010 1:13pm
Lærkehegnet, Greve, Denmark : I read that Tonga gained its full autonomy 4 June 1970. This means that Tonga's 40th birthday is on Friday. Big congratulations! - Mikael Mårtensson. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2010 6:43am
Cliffton Hill, Victoria,Australia : When PACER was tabled in the Australian Parliament for ratification, an accompanying "national interest analysis " found that "without ratification of PACER, Australia would be denied an enhanced opportunity to negotiate better market access to Pacific markets for Australian businesses and industry while any other country could enjoy duty free access to Forum Island Countries for their goods". But somehow along the way, this self-serving trade deal got dressed up as an aid arrangement. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Bidding to operate Tonga's interim inter-island ferry service closed last week and the successful operator is expected to be announced later this month. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:00pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islands Forum's Ministerial Contact Group (MCG) on Fiji met in Auckland, New Zealand Yesterday, 31 May 2010, to continue Forum efforts to engage with Fiji authorities on addressing the situation in Fiji. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Chathams Pacific's two 50-seater Convair aircraft have been cleared to resume Tonga's domestic service today but its small aircraft remains grounded, the Tonga Ministry of Transport has confirmed. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Niuas Noble's Representative in the Tongan Legislative Assembly, Noble Tangipa, was acquitted by a jury on June 1, on the charge of causing grievous bodily harm by stabbing Gerhard Sanft with a knife at the Hotel Nuku'alofa in 2008. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 3:02pm
Sydney, Australia : The parliament of Tonga has failed to learn anything from the Princess Ashika disaster. The idea that is prevalent among the PRs is to implement the new form of government regardless of the faults and leave all their shortcomings for the new parliament to fix, is analogous to the government hoping the rust infested Princess Ashika can survive to the arrival of the new Olovaha. - Inoke Fotu Huakau. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Asian persons residing in Tongatapu were robbed and held at gunpoint early Saturday morning, May 29 at the Tu'imatamoana Wharf on Vuna Road. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 11:30am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Many of my debating colleagues in this forum who professed to support our Monarchy, are not aware they're jeopardizing His Majesty's moral governance as our Monarch de jure. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2010 10:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A security guard was shot in the chest after a person in a passing vehicle in central Nuku'alofa fired at him outside a Nuku'alofa nightclub early on Saturday morning, May 29. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2010 10:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Inter-island air services by Tonga's sole domestic airline Chathams Pacific remain suspended awaiting the completion of investigation into its 8-seater Queen aircraft emergency landing at Fua'amotu Airport on May 26. Premium content
