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Monday 31 May 2010 10:12am
Geneva, Switzerland : In observance of World No Tobacco Day 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging global action to protect women and girls against the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use
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Saturday 29 May 2010 10:28am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The jury trial of Noble Tangipa who has been charged with the causing of grievous bodily harm by stabbing a young man with a knife in 2008 continued at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 28. Premium content -
Saturday 29 May 2010 10:15am
London, United Kingdom : Loloahi Tapui from Leimatu'a Vava'u, was found guilty at the Southwark Crown Court on April 9 for fraud, possession of false identity documents and overstaying her student visa in the United Kingdom. Premium content -
Friday 28 May 2010 4:07pm
Nomuka, Ha'apai,Tonga : Mokofisi misleads the public by claiming that "Christian belief praises men to rule over women," and unfairly critiques Tongan government, Tongan culture, and Tongan churches for being male-dominated. Nowhere in the Bible supports the above claim about Christianity. Making such claim without any further qualifications distorts biblical teachings about the status of women in society. - Senituli Penitani. Premium content -
Thursday 27 May 2010 11:00am
Toulouse, France : Finau Maka, a Tongan Rugby star in France, was arrested and subsequently released by police who were investigating a charge of keeping an illegal immigrant as his personal slave at his home in Toulouse this week. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 5:00pm
Fua'amotu,Tongatapu : Six passengers and two pilots are safe after an emergency landing of a Chathams Pacific's 8 Seater aircraft this morning when the nose wheel failed to lock and collapsed on landing at Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A parliamentarian, Noble Tangipa is appearing at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this week charged with the offence of causing grievous bodily harm in a stabbing incident committed in July 2008. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At approximately 11:15am this morning (Wednesday 26 May) Chathams Pacifics 8 Seat Queen Air Aircraft suffered a nose wheel collapse on landing at Fuaamotu Airport. - Chathams Pacific Premium content -
Wednesday 26 May 2010 12:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Talia'uli (31) of Popua was sentenced on May 21 to life imprisonment for the murder of his four-year-old-son Tutei Talia'uli whom he repeatedly assaulted at Popua, in September last year. Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Luani (50) who passed away in Vava'u on 12 May was laid to rest at the Tufu mo Kale Cemetery, at the village of Malapo. Tongatapu, on Friday, May 21. Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 9:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The issue of waste management for Small Island Pacific nations is a highly challenging one and is no stranger to Tongan shores Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 6:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine competing High Schools will be competing today for the four top teams to be awarded an initial capital to set up their businesses, manufacture their products and start selling them to the public. Premium content -
Monday 24 May 2010 6:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A meeting was held in Nuku'alofa last week to discuss ways in which the Tongan tourism industry can benefit from the recently signed Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM). Premium content -
Sunday 23 May 2010 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : THE Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was carried throughout Tongatapu on Friday, May 21 by over 100 bearers, including sportsmen and women, enthusiastic Primary School children, business people and diplomats. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 9:58pm
Vatican City, Rome : Tonga's Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele met the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI on May 20 in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 9:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A senior police officer, sent to prison for one year for assaulting and injuring a man in custody in 2008, was told by Tonga's Chief Justice that the sentence would deter other police officers from taking the law into their own hands. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Chinese national, a woman residing in Tongatapu who appeared at a Preliminary Inquiry at the Fasi Magistrate's Court on May 19, will be charged in the Supreme Court with trafficking persons into Tonga, keeping a brothel and trading in prostitution. Premium content -
Saturday 22 May 2010 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga to look at small business development was Ronald N Langston from Washington D.C. who spoke at a Tonga Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Billfish Bar, Nuku'alofa on 17 May on theme of developing opportunities for small and medium enterprises, and building strategic alliance between businesses to help them grow. Premium content -
Friday 21 May 2010 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Taimi Media Network, operator of the Television Tonga 2 Channel, ceased broadcasting on May 7. Premium content -
Friday 21 May 2010 5:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Licenses for the harvesting and the exporting of Bech-de-mers from Tonga have been issued to eleven operators so far, since the beginning of the Bech-de-mers harvesting season on April 1. Premium content
