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Wednesday 12 May 2004 3:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Royal Tongan Airlines has confirmed today that using other airlines they have uplifted nearly all of the 1,300 passengers stranded in Nuku'alofa, Auckland, Sydney, Rarotonga and Honolulu since the RTA international service was grounded on April 22.
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Tuesday 11 May 2004 3:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The people of 'Eua will soon experience better roads thanks to a $313,375 New Zealand-funded project, which will start to upgrade the island's agricultural and tourism roads beginning next week. Premium content -
Monday 10 May 2004 4:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Newspaper activist 'Alani Taione pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the importation of an unlicenced newspaper the Taimi 'o Tonga, and will face trial by jury on a date to be set. Premium content -
Thursday 6 May 2004 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eighteen local Tongan rugby players and 12 from abroad grabbed the ‘Ikale Tahi Jersey when Tonga's national Rugby team was announced by new coach, Viliami ‘Ofahengaue, on May 5. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 May 2004 3:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga copied Singapore's suppressive media laws when it drafted its new media legislation that came into force this year, Tongan journalists marking World Press Freedom Day in Tonga on May 3 were told. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 May 2004 9:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan boxer Douglas Hawke has qualified to represent Tonga in the Athens Olympic in the Super Heavyweight boxing. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 April 2004 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Cabinet today, was to decide the fate of 1,300 Royal Tongan Airline passengers who are stranded in Nuku‘alofa, Auckland, Sydney and Rarotonga, following the suspension of its international services. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 April 2004 9:26am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan heavy weight boxer, John Argall, was disqualified this morning, from the Olympic Qualifying Oceania Championships currently being held in Tonga at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium, Ha'ateiho. Premium content -
Friday 23 April 2004 3:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Royal Tongan Airlines has stopped selling its international flights today. Premium content -
Thursday 22 April 2004 4:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Justice Frederick Gordon Ward has offered his early resignation and will leave Tonga at the end of June, to take up a new position as the Chairman of the Appeal Court of Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2004 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan family who stole fine mats from a princess were sentenced in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on April 16. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2004 4:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two former school prefects received six months jail sentences, while 161 other school boys received suspended sentences and fines for their part in a night attack on a rival school, Tonga College, in 2002 that caused over $490,000 damage to property. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 April 2004 4:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An $8-million project to construct a new rubbish dump for Tongatapu was officially launched at the Dateline Hotel, Nuku'alofa on April 8. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 April 2004 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although the long-awaited report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the operation of the Royal Tongan Airlines was approved by the Privy Council on April 8 for release to the public, the report can't be printed until government makes funds available. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 April 2004 3:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One Tongan fisherman died and another was bitten by a shark after five fishermen were left floating in the water 35 miles to the north west of Tongatapu, for over six hours last night April 13, after their 10m boat sank in rough seas. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 April 2004 9:29am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The young ‘Ikale Tahi beat Russia 22-7 in their final game at the IRB Under19 Championship in Kings Park, Durban, South Africa on April 12. Premium content -
Thursday 8 April 2004 9:41am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a Tongan parliamentary By-election on April 7 the Noble Fotofili was elected as the new Noble's Representative of Niuatoputapu and Niua Fo'ou islands to the Tongan Legislative Assembly. Premium content -
Thursday 8 April 2004 9:32am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The young ‘Ikale Tahi lost its chance of getting into the semi-final of the IRB Under 19 World Championship, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, when they were beaten by Uruguay on April 4. Premium content -
Thursday 8 April 2004 9:30am
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : In a tough contest that saw 27 new records set, and Vava‘u schools competing for the first time, ‘Apifo‘ou College won the most gold medal in the 2004 Tonga Inter-College Sports. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 April 2004 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A six-year-old girl was rescued by passers-by after a man forced her into the public toilets at Talamahu Market on April 4, in broad daylight in the busiest part of the Tongan capital. Premium content
