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Friday 19 January 2007 6:05pm
: Personally speaking, I suppose the time for mud-slinging and finger pointing should be over and done with as the authorities are dealing with bringing justice to the situation. A silver lining is definitely looming over the horizon that clouded the tragic events of 16/11, because now probably a better and larger city will be built to accommodate the rapid growth and expansion the business industry had experienced in the past decade. - Tavake Tohi -
Friday 19 January 2007 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongatapu no. 1 People's Representative 'Akilisi Pohiva was released from police custody on bail this afternoon, according to Chief Police Inspector Ashley Fua.
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Friday 19 January 2007 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Supreme Court will be back in service next Monday January 22 after it had been closed down for two months following the destruction of central Nuku'alofa on 16 November 2006. Premium content -
Friday 19 January 2007 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New TBC television and FM Radio stations will go on air in Vava'u in early March, according to the General Manager of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission, 'Elenoa 'Amanaki. Premium content -
Friday 19 January 2007 8:58am
Alaska, USA : Ko e fo'i lea "Faka-ma'opo'opo" 'oku 'uhinga ia ki hano taataanaki 'o 'ete ki'i veve (taunga) 'o fakataha'i pea kapau ko e 'ai ke tauhi pea 'oku kofukofu leva ia 'o nono'o pea hili kihe "Fata" ke toki to'o hifo 'oka fiema'u he taimi faingata'a'ia'. - Siosaia Moimoiangaha -
Friday 19 January 2007 6:15am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Not too long ago the Pro-demos were basking in the sun when their voices were trumpeted by Mr. Moala's "Taimi 'o Tonga." It was OK then to Viliami that Mr. Moala "regurgitated" Pro-demos news releases. - Sione Ake Mokofisi Premium content -
Thursday 18 January 2007 8:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hope for the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was given a boost this morning when the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele, told a meeting of displaced business people that materials for the reconstruction of the CBD would be exempted from certain taxes, and that all government leases in the area will be renewed for 99 years. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 January 2007 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The public will be allowed to return to a changed central Nuku'alofa next week when two months of restricted movement will be lifted and pedestrians and traffic movements will be allowed into the central business district. FROM OUR ARCHIVES. -
Wednesday 17 January 2007 9:04am
New South Wales,Australia : From a man who was persecuted by the Government for being a government watchdog; to regurgitating government press releases on his newspaper website in the place of independent journalism (Kalafi, if I want to find out the Government of Tonga's opinion on an issue, such as the .'Black List', or the abuse of prisoners then I'll go to the PMO or Tonga-Now website - can't you write your own articles on these issues?), to now working for the government? - Viliami -
Tuesday 16 January 2007 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tapuhia Solid Waste Management Facility at Vaini will be open for public use tomorrow, January 17. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 January 2007 3:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two locally recruited engineering student employed by the Palu Aviation Services in Tonga have excelled in aircraft engineering after undergoing further training in New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 January 2007 10:02am
Canberra, Australia : Since the 16/11/06 event, when the mob of anarchists looted and burned down our beloved Capital, with political counter-allegations of countless kinds afterwards as an excuse for their failure to keep themselves at bay with the democratic principles of wisdom, temperance, courage and justice, certain matters are being virtually emerged as actual attributes that seem to have caused this catastrophe, together with some continuing effects of highly disputable and unresolved nature. - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai -
Tuesday 16 January 2007 6:11am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : First, let me say this. After the terrorist act of September 11 in the United States, life has never been the same anymore, anywhere especially the security aspect of it. I would like to think that after 16/11 in Tonga, life is never going to return to what it was before 16/11. For those in Tonga, they should tell themselves to get used to the 'boys in green' with road blocks and roving patrol as a way of life from now on. A necessary inconvenience and we can all thank the Demos and their supporters for their contribution. - Sione Lousiale Kava -
Monday 15 January 2007 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government is taking three days to look at how its information services performed in the lead-up to and following the events of November 16, and the Prime Minister's Office has called in its former nemesis, Kalafi Moala, to lead them through it. Premium content -
Monday 15 January 2007 8:38am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : We keep hearing about how the Tongan Government is financially broke. With so many PhDs per capita, how can this be? Can...t any of you come up with a good idea and execute it successfully? Here are three major reform suggestions from a slow country palangi to get the ball moving with a fresh start when parliament reopens. - Joe Smith -
Saturday 13 January 2007 11:34am
Pago Pago, American Samoa : First, Joe, please, do not insult my intelligence and my honor by apologizing for me and what I said. I meant every word I say. I did not need to be "mafana" as you put it. You and your Demos, have to be drunk "mafana" to be able to do what you did at Nuku'alofa. - Sione Lousiale Kava -
Saturday 13 January 2007 6:09am
San Mateo, California, USA : It seems the continuing bantering and rhetoric by the pro-Temo leaders knows no boundaries. The article published by Mr. Akilisi Pohiva in response to a previous article by Mr. Senituli, exhibits a political ...tethering... mentality ... a war of words to see who can lay claim as the real playground bully. - ‘Alipate Sanft -
Friday 12 January 2007 1:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan police have taken into custody two people who have been charged with sedition and other charges relating to the destruction of the Nuku'alofa Business District on November 16. Premium content -
Friday 12 January 2007 8:52am
Kolomotu'a, Nuku'alofa : However, Mr. Kava went on to accuse the Pangai Si'i faifekaus of, in his own words, "encouraging disobedience to the mob". He called on the faifekaus to, "take themselves and their god to hell, for that is where they belong". And that's when I thought that Mr. Kava stepped out of line. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 January 2007 8:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is unable to fund the reconstruction of its central business district and while it is out looking for international donors to provide finance, the recovery of businesses and the restoration of Law and Order are in slow-motion. By Pesi Fonua Premium content
