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Wednesday 8 December 2004 5:00pm
‘Atata Island, Tonga : The Royal Sunset Island Resort has new owners, after a group of Italian investors purchased the 19 year old icon of the Tonga tourism industry recently.
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Wednesday 8 December 2004 11:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The AUD$5 million Tonga Tourism Development Project ended in November after six and a half years of Australian funding. The project, which started in 1997, was administered in Tonga by Geoff Mort and Jennuy Calkin of the Calkin and Simpson Tourism Group. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 December 2004 2:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An application for bail by two former bank officers who were sentenced to prison terms for dishonesty, was rejected by Justice Ford at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, on November 24. Premium content -
Monday 6 December 2004 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : FROM OUR ARCHIVES December 6, 2004. In this age of globalisation and Free Trade we are told we need to label our precious products. Therefore we should make sure that our "Made in Tonga" stamp sticks as Tongan youth move overseas to pursue their careers. Tonga has to handle its citizenship issue carefully. After years of being relaxed with the dual citizenship issue, why is government now disowning Tongans who have made us proud in the world sporting arena? - Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.2 comments -
Friday 3 December 2004 3:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 407 students from three Tonga Government Tertiary Institutes were awarded Certificates and Diplomas on Wednesday, November 1, by HM Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho. Premium content -
Thursday 2 December 2004 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ana Tupou Kaitapu 19, was crowned last night by the Hon. Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Tuita as the Miss Face of Tonga 2004. Premium content -
Monday 29 November 2004 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 2005 Parliamentary Election will be in March, and the registration date for candidates will be one day in January, according to Pita Vuki, Tonga's Senior Electoral Officer. Premium content -
Monday 29 November 2004 4:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifty-Seven girls graduated last Friday evening, November 26 from the Saint Joseph Business College. During the Graduation Ceremony at the Patelesio and Sir Sofele Kakala Hall, 'Apifo'ou, Ma'ufanga the 57 graduates were awarded with certificates in Computer and Secretarial Studies by the guest of honour, Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki. Premium content -
Monday 29 November 2004 2:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The export of the seaweed Angel's Hair, to Japan this year is expected to bring in $6 million worth of foreign currencies earnings for Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 29 November 2004 2:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When the last squash ship left Nuku‘alofa early this month for Japan it concluded the 2004 squash season. Tonga exported a total of 13,00 tones to Japan this year. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2004 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rea Noponen from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Suva was in Tonga to run a three-days workshop to develop Safe Blood strategies for Tonga. The workshop ran from November 22-24 and was attended by 20 participants from non-government organisations, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Police. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2004 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank for October increased by $8.1 million from $79 million to $87.1 million, an amount equivalent to 5.4 months of imports of goods. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2004 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr Justice A. Ford of the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, on November 17 passed a decision over a dispute over Taxation of Cost. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2004 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : he evolution of political reform in Tonga made a giant leap earlier this month. On November 10 the Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata announced that four new ministers will be appointed by the King following the Parliamentary Election in February next year, 2005. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 November 2004 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first Aussie Rules school team will leave for Samoa tonight, November 24, where they will play two games, the first on November 26 followed by a test match on November 28. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 November 2004 5:00pm
Suva, Fiji : The PINA executive members were pictured following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement on November 19 at the Forum Secretariat Office Suva, merging the Pacific Islands News Association PINA and the Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association PIBA. The new organisation will be called PINA. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 November 2004 10:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Government offices will be closed from Wednesday 22 December 2004 and public servants will not resume duty until Monday 3 January 2005. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2004 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The German Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr Eric Riedler, presented a gift of 800 copies of the new book Songs and Poems of Queen Salote to principals of all schools in Tongatapu on November 22, during a function hosted by the German Consulate at the Queen Salote College Hall . Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2004 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Proposals for votes for 18 year olds, for the establishment of a Department of Youth, and for a National Youth Policy, were among seven proposals made by the 2004 session of the Tonga Youth Parliament that ended on November 19. The 2004 session of the Tonga Youth Parliament ended on November 19 with seven proposals including a resolution proposing that Government establish a separate Department for Youth. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2004 11:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The sentencing of two 20 year olds for theft of nearly $2,000 worth of goods was postponed by Chief Justice Robin Webster to December 2, awaiting a mental health report on one of the offenders. Premium content
