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Wednesday 15 August 2007 4:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chair of the Public Service Commission, Mrs. Mishka Tu'ifua, announced today that Cabinet has approved the appointment of three new Heads of Departments in the public service.
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Wednesday 15 August 2007 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Defence Service Second Deployment to Iraq will leave Tonga on Saturday August 18 to serve alongside USA soldiers in a peacekeeping mission in Iraq. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2007 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan policeman who assaulted and raped a young woman while she was held in custody in a police cell on Christmas Eve 2005 was convicted of the offences at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2007 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister has today extended the emergency power made on August 13 by 30 days. Acting on the advice of the Minister of Police that he still is of the opinion that public order continues to be seriously threatened and it is necessary for the purpose of maintaining public order that this proclamation has been made. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2007 5:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Information Unit at the Prime Minister's office will soon come under the jurisdiction of the new Department of Information, said Hon 'Afu'alo Matoto, Tonga's recently appointed Minister of Information. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2007 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 2007-08-14 17:05:00 +1300 Mr Bob Carmichael the Australian Pacific Investment Commissioner is in Tonga, scouting for investment opportunities for Australian companies. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 August 2007 9:54am
Nu'usila : Fakamolemole, tuku mu'a ke 'ata pea ngofua, ke fai atu ha popoaki fiekaungamamahi ki si'i 'Ta'ahine Kuini Fehuhu, he peaukoso kuo ne kapa si'ono lotofale, 'o mole ai si'i Latuniua mo Kalolaine. - Longolongo‘aevalu -
Monday 13 August 2007 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Commencing August 15 the price of all international air tickets for passengers departing the Kingdom of Tonga will increase by $30 due to the inclusion of a $10 Security Fee and a $20 Airport Development Fee. This is in addition to the $25 Passenger Service Charge collected at departure. Premium content -
Monday 13 August 2007 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Amelia Latuniua Taumoepeau-Tupou (62) passed away at the Vaiola Hospital, in Nuku'alofa yesterday, August 12, after an illness. A sister of the Queen Mother, her death comes less than three weeks after the loss of another sister Kalolaine Lataifalefehi Fakafanua on July 26. Premium content -
Monday 13 August 2007 5:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The National Reserve Bank of Tonga is concerned that there is some confusion amongst the public regarding the suspension of credit ceilings on lending to the private sector. Premium content -
Monday 13 August 2007 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House plunged into a debate on the issue of the right of the people to present petitions to the House. Premium content -
Sunday 12 August 2007 12:23pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : I concur with your 19 July, 2007 editorial: "Tonga's political reform process overshadowed by a sense of injustice." - Sione Mokofisi -
Saturday 11 August 2007 11:59am
UK : 'E 'ikai ke tau toe lau ha kovi 'i he kuo hili he koeni kuo fili e timi pea mo e kau officials. Ko 'etau tokoni ki he toenga atu koeni ki he World cup. 'Oku ou kole ke 'oua 'e taku ko e fiepoto pe ko e siolalo ka ko e 'ofa pe mo e poupou. 'Oku ou fakamalo lahi 'aupito kia Tevita Vaikona 'i he fakamatala mahino, akonaki mo e fale'i lelei 'o fekauaki pea mo e 'akapulu pea 'oku 'ikai ke u 'ohovale ai he ko e taha ia 'i he leleitaha 'i he fonua ni 'i he mo'ui fakalukufua. - Tevita Twickenham -
Friday 10 August 2007 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of seven years imprisonment was imposed today on a ringleader in the destruction of a Chinese shop in Nuku'alofa, in the first major prison sentencing handed down on crimes committed during the riots of November 16 last year. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Foreign Reserve of July fell by $1.3 million from $91.6 million in June, to $90.3 million in July, an amount equivalent to 4.3 months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Football Union announced the Firepower 'Ikale Tahi 2007 Rugby World Cup 30 Man Squad and Management this morning, August 10, a day before the 'Ikale Tahi leaves for New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 2:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Education made out a Grant Payment of over $900,000 pa'anga to schools under the Tonga Education Support Program in June. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 12:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 50-year-old father and his 22-year old daughter were acquitted of incest charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on August 8. Premium content -
Friday 10 August 2007 11:48am
New York, USA : The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) - an international network of more than 2,500 non-governmental organizations advocating for a fair, effective and independent Court - urged governments to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Premium content -
Thursday 9 August 2007 1:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reform model proposed for the new Tongan parliament will have more Cabinet Ministers than all other Members of Parliament combined, allowing the Prime Minister and the King to appoint probably 15 or even up to 19 ministers in a 26 member House. Premium content
