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Monday 22 October 2007 10:13am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Wearing pink, Tongans have joined in a Pink October campaign to promote awareness of breast cancer, organised by the recently formed Tongan Breast Cancer Society Inc
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Monday 22 October 2007 7:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When Commodore Bainimarama, the Interim Prime Minister of Fiji, announced in Neiafu, Vava'u, on October 17 that Fiji will have a Parliamentary Election early in 2009, it was welcomed by Pacific Islands leaders who gave him their overwhelming support- but not the leaders of Australia and New Zealand, he explains in an interview in Tonga. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 21 October 2007 5:40am
Nu'usila : Ne u lau hifo e lau 'a 'Akilisi Pohiva 'i he taha e ngaahi website 'i Nu'usila ni peau faka'ise'isa he tangata 'o mahino mai 'oku 'i ai hono palopalema. Ko e ki'i konga ena he fo'i ongoongo 'i he lea fakapilitania: - Pola Loiti -
Sunday 21 October 2007 5:08am
San Mateo, California, USA : It's been enlightening to observe the unwillingness of neighboring countries even western countries where thousands even tens of thousands of Tongan expatriates reside, turning away Tonga's request for reconstruction loans. And we all know why, and whom. - ‘Alipate Sanft -
Saturday 20 October 2007 10:38am
Noumea, New Caledonia : People living in remote islands and rural areas of the Pacific will soon be able to connect to the internet via a new, low-cost, satellite-based system called Pacific RICS (rural interconnectivity system). Premium content -
Friday 19 October 2007 10:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's government this evening committed to a USD$56 million concessional loan from China to help with the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa's Central Business District, using a Chinese leading contractor. Premium content -
Thursday 18 October 2007 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pasifiki Trade Fair 2007 was officially opened by the Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries, Hon Lisiate 'Akolo at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall yesterday, October 18. Premium content -
Thursday 18 October 2007 1:42pm
Bangkok, Thailand : Ricky Westerlund's father told his son not to become a farmer. The Westerlund family had been farming for generations in the Alaisa district of their Pacific island country Samoa. But Ricky was highly educated and already working as a civil engineer. That's rare in Samoa, where about 90 percent of the people till the land. Premium content -
Thursday 18 October 2007 1:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The French Minister for Overseas States Christian Estrossi and a French delegation to the Pacific Forum meeting were welcomed to Tonga by the Tonga Rugby Union at a dinner reception at the Liku'alofa resort last night. Premium content -
Thursday 18 October 2007 1:20pm
Brussels, Belgium : Today, October 17, the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Global Call to Action against Poverty GCAP's members and supporters, united by wearing white wristbands, are standing up to protest against the massive levels of poverty and inequality still persisting today. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 October 2007 6:14pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : The Republic of Fiji will hold a Parliamentary Election during the first quarter of 2009, Commodore Frank Bainimarama told Pacific Forum leaders in Neiafu, Vava'u this morning. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 October 2007 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark was not snubbed when she arrived at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa yesterday, 'Eseta Fusitu'a the Master of Ceremonies said today, blaming a faulty sound system for her apparent failure to announce the entrance of Miss Clark. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 October 2007 9:04am
Paris, France : Eritrea has replaced North Korea in last place in an index measuring the level of press freedom in 169 countries throughout the world that is published today by Reporters Without Borders for the sixth year running. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 October 2007 7:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Islands Forum leaders are on retreat at Neiafu, Vava'u today. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 October 2007 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The independent countries of the Pacific can be proud of the achievements of the South Pacific Islands Forum and owe a debt to two great statesmen who founded it, Tonga's King George Tupou V noted in opening the 38th meeting of the Forum at Pangai Lahi in Nuku'alofa this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 October 2007 9:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement, Jonah Lomu and the Whale Pacific Strategy, and the Regional Information Technology may have very little in common, but after a cocktail that was hosted by the Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat Greg Urwin last night, they appeared to have all agreed, that it was a good evening out. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 October 2007 9:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The European Union EU will give a grant of 43 Million Euros to 13 Forum Island Countries on Thursday, October 18, after they sign the Country Strategy Papers, the European Commission Director General for Development, Stefano Manservisi told Pacific Leaders in Nuku'alofa yesterday, October 15. Premium content -
Monday 15 October 2007 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Highights from Tonga's newspapers, October 3-11, 2007. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 15 October 2007 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An unhealthy life-style in the Small Island States of the Pacific is a problem of the greatest concern to SIS leaders, the Prime Minister of Niue, Mr Young Vivian, told a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa this afternoon. Premium content -
Monday 15 October 2007 4:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The situations in Fiji and in the Solomon Islands are two of the main issues that will be discussed in the Forum Island Leaders Meeting opening tomorrow, October 16, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
