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Thursday 6 October 2005 11:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 occurred close to Nuku'alofa, at 11.07 p.m. local time last night, but no damage has been reported.
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Wednesday 5 October 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It will be a big pay day for many of Tonga's civil servants next week when they collect back pay for the weeks they were on strike. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2005 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More Tongans will die prematurely from diseases associated with tobacco smoking as a result of the government's recent changes to tobacco policy, warns the Tonga Medical Association this week, charging that government has allowed itself to be influenced by the tobacco industry to quietly lower taxation on tobacco. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, told parliament last week that the country cannot afford to pay for the demands won by civil servants. He said that during the six week strike the Government's stance was to maintain peace. They could not afford the demands they had agreed to and that was basically what the country would find out. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2005 10:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Following the acceptance by government of the demands of Tonga's striking civil servants for a 60, 70, 80% salary rise on September 4, Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Siosiua 'Utoikamanu has been attending development and finance meetings in New York, and recently in Barbados, in the West Indies. Premium content -
Monday 3 October 2005 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six of Tonga's oldest women including 105 year old Funaki Hafoka of Afa and103 year old Sesilia Pau'u Lakie of Houma, were treated to free phone cards so they could call their families and friends on the women's day Faka-Sepitema last Friday. Premium content -
Saturday 1 October 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While the Friday Taimi 'o Tonga and the Talaki claimed that the Ministry of Forestry has been operating illegally, the other three newspapers, the Tuesday Taimi, the Kele'a and the Kalonikali featured other lead stories. Premium content -
Saturday 1 October 2005 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will host the 19th Miss South Pacific Pageant on November 11 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 29 September 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fine Titaa was found not guilty today, September 29, by a jury on charges of manslaughter by negligence and reckless driving. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 September 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When Virgin Blue starts flying to Tonga from Sydney and Auckland on October 31 with its renown cheap airfares, it could start a price war with the other airlines currently serving Tonga - Air New Zealand who launches a new Airbus service on the same date, Polynesian Airlines who have recently increased flights to Tonga, and Air Pacific. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 September 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was Faka-Sepitema today, September 28, for hundreds of women lay preachers of the Church of Tonga and other Wesleyan churches who, dressed in white, gathered for their annual roll calls. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 September 2005 4:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fewer customs officers and a restructured Customs Department were the secrets for a successful tax collection by the Customs and Trade Division (CTD) during August, according to the Commissioner for Revenue, Sifita Tangi. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 September 2005 3:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Following the success of the Public Servants strike, and the people's first taste of political power, Minority rule, which has been the tradition in Tonga's Constitutional Monarchy, is coming under great pressure to change to be in line with the aspirations of Tongans today for a more democratic form of government. Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Tuesday 27 September 2005 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Life was much simpler then, for there was structure. There was genuine regard all around of people to their ruler, to the royal family and nobility, to the leaders of church and village life, to the heads of family and extended family, to brothers and sisters, to friends and to visitors alike. This genuine regard was reciprocated. - M. Latu -
Monday 26 September 2005 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fine Titaa appeared in the Nuku'alofa Supreme court this morning, September 26, charged with manslaughter by negligence following the death of her husband in an accident on By Pass Road, Nuku'alofa last June. Premium content -
Monday 26 September 2005 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The coverage of the local newspapers published in Tonga last week, from September 20-22, focused mainly on the aftermath of the national strike by the Civil Servants, and a proposal by politicians for political change. Premium content -
Monday 26 September 2005 4:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Malakai Paua (22) was acquitted by Mr Justice Anthony Ford on the charges of manslaughter by negligence and driving without due care. Premium content -
Monday 26 September 2005 12:54pm
Auckland, New Zealand :Dear Editor
Re. Operations of things as they really are vs. Their imaginings as we would like them to be
With deep admiration and sincere appreciation, I would like to thank Mr Thomas Monson Uata, PhD Scholar, Capella University, for his thoughtful reflection "Forces of social change ", 21 Sept., 2005) on some aspects of my brief philosophical exposition of the problematic relationship between language hierarchy and social hierarchy as opposed to reality in Tongan society.
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Monday 26 September 2005 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police prosecutors are appealing a magistrate's decision to dismiss charges against 15 Tongan College students who were allegedly involved in damaging offices and computers at the College during the civil servants strike. Premium content -
Friday 23 September 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's six week long strike by the Civil Servants could have been avoided, believes Sione Tu'alau Mangisi, a retired Chief Establishment Officer. Premium content
