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Wednesday 21 May 2008 7:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of US$11.3 million dollars ( $22 million pa'anga) for Tonga's Integrated Urban Development Project aimed at redeveloping roads and rehabilitation of the drainage system in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 21 May 2008 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The celebrations for the Coronation of HM King George Tupou V will begin in the capital on July 26 with various activities running until August 2, according to a sporting programme that was released today. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 May 2008 11:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, Dr Bruce Hunt, donated $4,991 pa'anga to the Tonga Red Cross today under its Direct Aid Programme. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 May 2008 10:32am
Suva, Fiji : As discussed in a May 12 meeting between Secretary of State Rice and Tonga Prime Minister Dr. Feleti Sevele, the U.S. Government is making a good-faith effort to find a way to provide periodic non-immigrant visa (NIV) services in Nuku‘alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 May 2008 10:24am
By Mohammad Bashir Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : Preparations for Papua New Guinea's new national television station is on target and will be launched on September 16 as promised by the Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 May 2008 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tautahi Gold will play the reigning champions Upolu Samoa in the final of the 2008 Pacific Nation Cup on Saturday, May 24, in Samoa. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 May 2008 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kelepi 'Inoke pleaded guilty to stealing a safe containing $2,000 pa'anga from the TCF supermarket during the riots of November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 May 2008 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siosifa Kafalava (24) received a three years suspended sentence imposed by Chief Justice Anthony Ford at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 9. Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Potential police commanders and assistant commanders for the Pacific are currently being trained for the top job in a Pacific Regional Policing Training course that opened in Nuku'alofa today. Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 7:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A meeting of the University of the South Pacific Council in Tonga is keeping the press at a distance, while it discusses what is understood to be important issues over the future leadership of the under-funded university, which has its main campus in Fiji. Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sangster Sauala, the former General Manager of the Oceania Broadcasting Television OBN, appeared for the first time in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 16, charged with two counts of sedition and riotous assembly relating to the November 16 riots. Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight men appeared in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 16 charged with multiple offences including attending a riotous assembly and taking part in the destruction of Molisi Supermarket, the Shoreline Building and the Pacific Royale Hotel during the riots of November 16, 2006. Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fapiano Kali of Fanga appeared in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 16, and pleaded not guilty to the destruction of a Chinese shop during the Nuku'alofa riots of November 16, 2006 Premium content -
Monday 19 May 2008 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chinese Government has declared a mourning period from May 19-21, 2008, following a strong earthquake that hit Sichuan Province of China on May 12 claiming the lives of thousands of people. Premium content -
Saturday 17 May 2008 6:33pm
Nomuka, Tonga : Kuo hoko 'a e "16/11" pea mo pule'anga "temokalati tikitato" lolotonga 'o Fisi ko e fakatokanga fakamanavahee (brutal warning) pea mo e fakamo'oni ta'etoekofukofu'i (naked witness) ki he Tonga kotoa ke tau ki'i toloi atu 'a e feinga 'a e kau Temo-Tonga exteremists ke fakamalohi'i 'a e liliu ke fakahoko he 2010. Te u lave ki ha 'elia lalahi 'e ua 'oku ha mahino ai 'a e ta'efalala'anga 'enau fokotu'utu'u ki he kaha'u 'o Tonga. -Uili Finau Premium content -
Saturday 17 May 2008 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's official foreign reserves for April, that was held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga NRBT fell by $6.6 million to $89.7 million, the equivalent of 3.6 months of imports of goods, and the lowest that our foreign has ever been for a few years. Premium content -
Thursday 15 May 2008 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongatapu no. 2 People's Representative, 'Isileli Pulu, has pleaded not guilty to charges of abetment to murder and abetment to arson at the Shoreline Building on November 16 2006. Premium content -
Thursday 15 May 2008 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Japan will set up an Embassy in Nuku'alofa in January 2009, the Deputy Secretary for Tonga's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Tevita Kolo, confirmed this afternoon. Premium content -
Thursday 15 May 2008 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, has agreed to a request from Tonga's Prime Minister, Dr. Feleti V. Sevele, for applications by Tongan citizens for Non-Immigrant Visas to the United States to be lodged and processed in Nuku'alofa, during a bilateral meeting in Washington DC on May 13. Premium content -
Thursday 15 May 2008 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Total Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Kingdom of Tonga will increase from an estimated $15.7 million in 2007-08, to an estimate of $19.3 million in 2008-09, this includes an increase in bilateral assistance from an estimated $12 million in 2007-08 to an estimate of $13.2 million in 2008-09. Premium content
