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Friday 19 September 2008 11:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot scheme was discussed by an Australian five-members delegation who were in Tonga last week and have completed their first round trip to the four participating island countries.
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Thursday 18 September 2008 2:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women in the countries of the Pacific still have a long way to go in achieving participation of women in decision making at the highest level, while other developing countries are already ahead in this regard, participants at the opening of the first conference of Tonga's university women heard this morning. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 September 2008 6:17pm
Suva, Fiji : Pacific governments are realising the power and value of information and are taking steps to ensure that this common asset is shared equally amongst the population rather than being locked away in government files, benefiting only a handful of powerful people. By Claire Cronin Premium content -
Wednesday 17 September 2008 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's political reform process is currently in a limbo until commissioners are appointed and parliament has agreed on a few issues, the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele confirmed while answering questions at a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa on Thursday, September 11. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 September 2008 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Liku‘alofa Beach Resort, popular in Tongatapu for its Island Buffet and Cultural Entertainment now boasts 11 new seaside cottages for tourists on its sandy coast. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 September 2008 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of women from throughout the Pacific gathered in Nuku‘alofa this week to attend the South Pacific Seminar of the Methodist and Uniting Church Women's Federation. Premium content -
Monday 15 September 2008 3:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A debate in parliament over the reinstatement of the Emergency Powers sparked off comments over what caused the events of 16/11 and a concern that a repeat is still possible. From the House by Pesi Fonua -
Sunday 14 September 2008 9:30pm
Suva, Fiji : The Fiji interim Minister of Education, Filipe Bole, has declared a strike by nearly 400 staff of the regional University of the South Pacific "illegal". Premium content -
Sunday 14 September 2008 6:33pm
Auckland, New Zealand : I was dismayed to read about the passing of the dual citizenship legislation prescribing the charging of a fee of $750.00 per application. -'Amelia Schaaf Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 8:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An argumentative People's Representative 'Etuate Lavulavu was ordered out of the House to cool off, after he refused to sit down during debate on a shipping bill, on Monday September 8. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 8:21pm
USA : The Kingdom is like a poor man with too many obligations, who thinks he must live up to every obligation because someone will always bail him out. Little that he knows, he is doing too many things that keep him in the poor house. If his perception of his obligation changes, he will still be poor but he will not be doggone tired and make an embarrassment of himself. - Tama Foa Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 5:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new low-carb beer was introduced to the top end of the Tongan beer drinking market with a launching at the Janfull International Dateline Hotel on Thursday night, September 11. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 12:28pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific Islanders 2008 rugby team was announced by the head coach Ilivasi Tabua in Suva, Fiji, yesterday, September 12. Premium content -
Friday 12 September 2008 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A paternity suit brought against the Tongan noble Hon. Havea Tuiha'ateiho by his uncle took an unexpected twist yesterday, as the plaintiff told the court he could not recall bringing a claim against the noble. Premium content -
Thursday 11 September 2008 9:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Timo Roder and Tobias Korte are two young "Travelling Carpenters" from Germany, who are traveling the world wearing distinctive clothing and observing an old Geramn tradition, which has brought them to Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 September 2008 9:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Opeti Fekau pleaded guilty to a total of five charges, including an armed robbery outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga commercial branch on May 26, when he appeared before Chief Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Thursday, September 3. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 September 2008 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The People's Representative for the Niuas, Sione Feingatau 'Iloa reported to the House a dangerous voyage by the MV 'Olovaha to the Niuas on August 18. He said that the engine stopped five times and he felt that the lives of the passengers were at risk. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The process of privatising government enterprises in Tonga made two steps forward and one step backward in July. The government sold its remaining 75 per cent shareholding in the Leiola Group Ltd., Tonga's sole Duty Free enterprise, to the Pacific Retail Ltd. for $6.06 million pa'anga; and its 40 per cent shares in the Westpac Bank of Tonga to Westpac for $25 million pa'anga. Then government bought back the national power generation unit from Shoreline Power for $US17.7 million and handed it over to its own company Tonga Power Ltd. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King in Council has repealed the Emergency Powers Regulations 2007 and replaced them with new Emergency Powers (Public Safety and Public Order) Regulations 2008, effective from September 5 for 30 days, over an extended area of the capital Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 September 2008 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Re: Elected members upset that new tax rate hits MP's pockets. "The Prime Minister used the Cabinet Ministers' parliamentary salaries as an example. He said that a minister's Basic Salary was $32,000. The first $7,400 was tax-free, therefore the remaining $24,600 was taxed 10 per cent. He said that even if the allowances of $5,400 were added on it was only going to be the remaining figures above $30,000 that would be taxed 20 per cent." Unfortunately this is not the correct explanation of the new taxation. - Frank Schaper Premium content
