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Saturday 3 September 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government has conceded to the basic demands of the national civil servants strike, including back-dated 60-70-80% pay rises, no disciplinary actions, and a two year suspension of the salary review that led to the six weeks old strike.
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Friday 2 September 2005 11:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : High expectations this evening that an understanding would be signed to end Tonga's national strike of civil servants, as it entered its seventh week today, were shattered when the PSA committee postponed a scheduled signing indefinitely. Premium content -
Friday 2 September 2005 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Large groups of civil servants from Vava'u and Ha'apai staged two colourful marches in Nuku'alofa today in solidarity with Tongatapu strikers. Photos and story by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Friday 2 September 2005 6:00pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : This is reflected in the current situation in Tonga, and in the midst of all the upheavals and unrest now experienced by the locals and witnessed by the rest of the world, there is only one assertion I can conclude with that Tonga needs nothing less than a ...socio-political revolution... that will revitalize Tongan democracy, if such ever existed, and move the country toward social justice. - Francis Kolo -
Friday 2 September 2005 5:45pm
Arizona, USA : As I contemplate the on-going struggles between the PSA and the Tongan Government, I feel compelled to vocalize the frustrations that I have been experiencing every time a new article, related to the strike, is released on your website. To my fellow Tongans currently on strike, heed ye not to the monster (Government) yonder! - Sione Laione -
Friday 2 September 2005 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's National Reserve Bank warned the Tongan public today to be on alert for counterfeit notes of all denominations, after counterfeit $10 notes were found by all three commercial banks this week. Premium content -
Friday 2 September 2005 11:00am
Australia : I am a civil servant who somehow got a chance to work here in Australia on a working visa. I have been an active member of the striker movement from the Ministry of Health and I was very happy to see our Hon Minister on the lawn at Pangai Si'i. I am pretty sure that there is no place like Tonga but it will take a lot of courage and sacrifice before such goal will be achieved. - Siu Fietonu -
Friday 2 September 2005 10:30am
New Zealand : The Prime Minister of Tonga has been quoted so many times in Parliament, claiming that people are being incited to riot. Are they? Or, is it the case of people finally getting up to do what is right for Tonga: to demand a change in the way their future is constantly being determined by a handful, whose interests are far from that of making a better life for "ordinary" Tongans? - Finehika Vavatau -
Friday 2 September 2005 10:15am
New Zealand : As you said, a German-owned hotel. Guess what? German is not Tongan. Guess what too, it's Palangis who go to the Pacific and exploit our naivity in human nature that destroys us. Don't come to Tonga ever if that is your wish, coz your kind is not needed, your one minute visit gives you no insight into anything, so keep you rubbish to yourself. - Tei ‘Akaveka -
Friday 2 September 2005 10:15am
Australia : I am writing to express how sad I am about the situation in Tonga. I am sure that I cannot relate to what the government workers are going through because I am not employed in Tonga. I am not a scholar nor am I a politician. - Seini N Kelemete -
Friday 2 September 2005 10:15am
Australia : I sense that the two issues, pay increases for PSA workers, and a move to change the country's political framework, are being driven to achieve the same purpose - equity in pay rights for workers, and a change to the country's political framework. - Jason Faletau -
Thursday 1 September 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Public Servants' Association this afternoon rejected most of the new offer made by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu, this morning, September 1 at Pangai Si'i. Premium content -
Thursday 1 September 2005 4:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Princess Regent offered striking civil servants their 60-70-80% wage increases and a new team of government negotiators, in an effort to encourage strikers to return to work today, and to bring the strike committee back to the negotiating table. Premium content -
Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:45pm
Auckland, New Zealand : What was initially meant to be a PSA-Government issue has created concerns at the regional and international levels. Culturally, we have protocols for solving our problems and the PSA has gone through that peacefully. - Justin Kepa -
Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : We holidayed in Tonga back in 1994 quite by chance - we had intended to holiday in the Soloman Islands - but we missed our flight due to a mix up with our travel agent and had to quickly choose another destination - and so we found ourselves in the glorious Vava'u Islands. The scenery and people were a delight but the poverty that surrounded us was truly shocking. What was more shocking was the obvious corruption that was practiced so openly, which effectively caused the poverty. - Brett Margison -
Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Health outlined salary rises that had been given to 823 of his staff, including 49-100% for lower levels, while some People's Representatives were still calling for a return to the old salary scale. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 August 2005 6:45pm
California, USA : My heart was full of sadness after I heard what happened to our home. Uoleva is one of the most respected homes in Tonga and I don't understand why they burned it or what a respectful home has done to the people of Tonga. - Melelatai Mulikiha‘amea Family -
Tuesday 30 August 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Striking teachers marched through central Nuku'alofa today, this time to present a letter of petition calling for the dismissals of the Director of Education, Viliami Takau, and three of his deputies. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 August 2005 11:00am
Moss Beach, Ca.,USA : In my earlier comments, I noted that the public servants strike in Tonga is laced with danger and perhaps one of disruption as much as optimism. The lack of resolution on the crisis in Tonga has put a cavity on the optimism but accelerated the level of danger and disruption to a potential conflagration...like a volcano that has been passively active but soon to have a devastating eruption. - Mele Payne Lynch -
Monday 29 August 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Essential medical services at Vaiola Hospital remain paralyzed, and stressed medical and hospital staff can only hold on for so long, said the Medical Superintendent Dr Siale 'Akau'ola today. Premium content
