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Thursday 24 April 2008 5:36am
USA : Ko e ki'i lave nounou atu pe 'o kau atu he lavelave 'a e kau tangata' mo e kau fefine, 'oku ou ki'i tokanga atu ki he Cpt 'o e US Marine (Mafi 'o Amerika) mo e Cpt 'o e US Army (Tama Foa). 'Oku ou lave'i pe kuo fai e ki'i matavalea he laine. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha -
Thursday 24 April 2008 5:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In your Online news article of April 21, 2008; "TBC's political censorship extends to press conferences" 'Inoke Huakau, a political candidate, claimed that the TBC was banning the broadcasting of his campaigning materials because TBC staff were "present" at his press conference. - Siosaia Fatani
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Wednesday 23 April 2008 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tomorrow, April 24, some of Tonga's 68,000 registered electors, will go to the polls to choose their nine representatives to sit in the Tonga Legislative Assembly, possibly for the next three years. By Mary Lyn Fonua -
Wednesday 23 April 2008 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, April 14-17, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. -
Wednesday 23 April 2008 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The last Speaker of the House, Hon Tu'iha'angana, lost his Ha'apai seat when Tonga's 29 nobles this morning, April 23, elected their nine representatives to the Tongan Legislative Assembly for 2008-10. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 April 2008 10:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-nine Tongan nobles are eligible to go to the polls and elect their nine representatives to the Tongan Legislature tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 April 2008 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King George Tupou V returned to Tonga on Saturday, April 19 after making a seven days state visit to China to reaffirm and strengthen the foreign relations between the two countries. Premium content -
Monday 21 April 2008 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Both Tongan teams, the Tautahi Gold and Tau'uta Reds, lost to their Fijian and Samoan opponents in the opening round of the 2008 Pacific Cup that kicked off during the weekend. Premium content -
Monday 21 April 2008 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Defence Services Third Deployment to Iraq is currently serving alongside USA soldiers in a peacekeeping mission after arriving in Baghdad on February 18. Premium content -
Monday 21 April 2008 2:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This month's controversial clampdown on political broadcasting imposed by the board and management of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission has been extended to include press conferences. Premium content -
Monday 21 April 2008 5:23am
Paris, France : A message from the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura to mark the 60th celebration of the 2008 Press Freedom day on May 3. Premium content -
Sunday 20 April 2008 9:41pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : An essential approach to addressing national challenges in the Pacific is through closer regional cooperation, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Pacific Department, Philip Erquiaga, said yesterday. Premium content -
Sunday 20 April 2008 6:34am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : I hope the Government do realize that your actions only benefits and further fertilize the anti-government sentiment in Tonga. No news is good news to some people. To a lot people, the worse that could happens is anticipated when there is no news. To most reasonable human beings, when information is deliberately withheld, something negative and serious is wrong. - Mafi ‘o Amerika Samoa -
Friday 18 April 2008 10:10pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : In Neiafu this week eight Tongan business people and community organisers, completed a three-day training program that will help them run better organizations. Premium content -
Friday 18 April 2008 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The IRB Pacific Cup starts today at Churchill Park, Lautoka where the Fiji Warriors meet the Tongan Tautahi Gold, while in Apia the Savai'i Samoa meet the Fiji Barbarians at Marist Stadium. Premium content -
Friday 18 April 2008 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two students from the South Westland Area School in Hari Hari on the West Coast of New Zealand will come to Tonga especially to see the historical Coronation of Tonga's King George Tupou V on August 1. Premium content -
Friday 18 April 2008 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Setaleki Tu'itavake (33) received a suspended sentence of 18 months imprisonment today for the theft of barbed wire and diamond wire, committed in October 2007. Premium content -
Thursday 17 April 2008 12:24pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Developing an International Airport at Vava'u, is something the Tonga government is now considering, but because of the limitations of the outer island runways, they need to consider all the options. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 April 2008 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's second domestic airline Chatham Pacific, carrying the Prime Minister and VIPs aboard its 50-seater Convair, made its inaugural flight to Ha'apai and Vava'u on the afternoon of Monday, April 14. -
Tuesday 15 April 2008 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, April 3-10, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content
