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Thursday 20 October 2005 12:15pm
USA : I give credit to Mr. Laki Niu and others for their call for change in the constitution. These proposals are indeed commendable but I beg to differ from Mr. Niu's approach. I have not seen his total proposal, but based on the little information I have, I believe a monster is in the making. - Tamafoa -
Wednesday 19 October 2005 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After two days of camping at Pangai Si'i in central Nuku'alofa, without receiving a response from Cabinet, Tonga's Constitutional change campaigner, Laki Niu, stepped up his call for democratic changes to the Tongan Constitution today by marching with 30 supporters to the parliament house.
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Tuesday 18 October 2005 4:15pm
Re : What Laki Niu is doing, is what a lot of Tongans have been talking about in Faikava's!! Expressing their frustrations and anger towards a government's way of rule but not taking action. Premium content -
Monday 17 October 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan judokas dominated Fiji and American Samoa to win seven of the eight categories in the first Tri-Nations Judo Tournament held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa on October 15. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2005 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan people must be set free from a 1,000-year-old bondage, says Laki Niu, a Tongan lawyer, who will camp at Pangai Si'i with a loud speaker tomorrow morning demanding that the Tongan government agree to a new proposal for constitutional change. Premium content -
Saturday 15 October 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Going out to the movies will be back in fashion on October 27 when the new Star Cinema opens its doors in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Saturday 15 October 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Health took charge of an illegal tobacco problem on Friday when Health Inspectors visited retailers and wholesalers and began seizing cigarettes and tobacco that had no proper "Health Warning" labels. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2005 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new air service flying directly to Tonga from Sydney and Auckland will be launched on October 31 by Pacific Blue, the head of Virgin Blue's Commercial International division, Karam Chand, confirmed in Nuku'alofa yesterday. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2005 1:45pm
Canberra, Australia : The spread of weapons of mass destruction is one of the main threats to international and regional security, said the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Alexander Downer MP in Camberra on October 10 when he officially launched a new government publication entitled Weapons of Mass Destruction: Australia's Role in Fighting Proliferation. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2005 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union this morning, October 12, released the 'Ikale Tahi's schedule for its November tour of Britain, Italy and France. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2005 12:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The decision by Government and its Civil Servants on September 4 to end the Civil Servants' strike by giving in to the strikers demands, was a huge undertaking by a government that has few sources of revenue other than taxes, foreign aid and foreign remittances. Editor's Comment3 comments -
Tuesday 11 October 2005 12:04pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The key rationale behind the neo-liberal reforms is for the private sector to run these activities as businesses, in great anticipation that the returns will greatly benefit the country as a whole. In addition, the whole of the community are expected to pick up some of these functions, where they are to fend for themselves with some basic help from the state. - Dr ‘Okusitino Mahina1 comment -
Monday 10 October 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The funeral of the late Hon. ‘Akau‘ola, the Governor of Vava‘u, will be held on the island of Taunga in Vava‘u this week. Premium content -
Monday 10 October 2005 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's local television stations marked two milestones recently. Premium content -
Friday 7 October 2005 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four outstanding female athletes from high schools in Tongatapu were awarded $100 pa'anga each by Hon. Fanetupouvava'u Tuita at the Prime Minister's Office conference room on October 4. Premium content -
Friday 7 October 2005 1:00pm
Hamilton, New Zealand : Small Pacific islands are being marginalised in the process of trade liberalisation, says Tongan scholar Halahingano Rohorua who has won an award from the New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) for her analysis of a small Pacific island community under threat from global trade liberalisation. Premium content -
Friday 7 October 2005 12:58pm
Las Vegas-Nevada, USA : I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Mahina for his clarification of his theoretical framework of Ta-va social theory. The basis of the approach is clearer to me and its limitless applications on social issues in general. I am particularly impressed with its originality and unique Tongan blend. I wish to briefly discuss some elements of the approach and move into small economic extension of it. - Thomas Monson Uata -
Thursday 6 October 2005 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two senior Tongan noblemen have died suddenly this week - Hon. 'Akau'ola (70) this morning, and Hon. Tu'i'afitu (72) on Monday. They were both Vava'u estate holders. Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first shipment of Tongan squash to Japan for 2005 will leave Nuku‘alofa at the end of next week with 3200 tonnes of Tongan squash. Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2005 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will tender its domestic air service for other operators if the monopoly air service of Peau Vava'u does not improve within 30 days, the Prime Minister told parliament on September 27, responding to criticism over the failure of Tonga's one airline policy. Premium content
