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Wednesday 28 January 2004 3:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 152 plaintiffs are signatories to a writ, calling for a Judicial Review of the media legislation enacted by the Tonga government last year, which curtailed freedom of speech and introduced restrictive print media licensing.
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Saturday 24 January 2004 3:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The USA government does not like the move by the Tongan government to regulate Press Freedom, according to the USA Ambassador to Tonga, David Laurence Lyon, who visited Tonga January 14-16. Premium content -
Thursday 22 January 2004 12:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first Marijuana case for 2004 was dismissed by Chief Justice Ward at the Supreme Court Nuku'alofa on January 20 because of the irregularities and unreliable evidence provided by the police. Premium content -
Friday 16 January 2004 3:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Czech men were detained overnight at Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport on Tuesday January 13 after arriving without visas. Premium content -
Friday 16 January 2004 3:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The capital's rubbish dump at Popua near Nuku'alofa, has been the source of headaches for the residents in the nearby areas with frequent burning and smoke as experienced on Christmas day. Premium content -
Thursday 15 January 2004 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of 20 new US Peace Corps volunteers for Tonga were sworn in on January 15, by the US Ambassador to Tonga, David Lyons. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 January 2004 3:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Police raided village shops in Tonga last week confiscating copies of the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper, and also seizing cash from shops that had sold newspapers. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 January 2004 12:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man accused of murder will face trial by jury in the Supreme Court of Tonga on 25 February 2004. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 January 2004 9:58am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A national 7-a-side Rugby League team to represent Tonga at the World Sevens League tournament in Sydney at the end of January was announced in Nuku'alofa on January 8. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 January 2004 3:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cyclone Heta has left the isolated island of Niuatoputapu with a limited supply of food crops and a lot of damage to infrastructure, after passing within 45 km of the island in the early hours of January 6. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 January 2004 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prince Tu'ipelehake, in an unprecedented move by a member of the Tongan Royal Family, has called on the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, to use his influence to pressure the Tongan government to further democratise its Constitutional Monarchy system of government. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 January 2004 3:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first Cyclone to threaten Tonga in 2004 moved away from the southern islands of Tongatapu yesterday to the south east after passing on a track that took it south from Tuvalu passing between Samoa and Tonga, but close to the northern island of Niuatoputapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was no Christmas cheer for the Tongan media from the Tonga Government this year. In the Christmas Eve mail postmarked "Nuku'alofa December 24, 2003" were the Gazetted copies of the government's new Media Legislation, which had been withheld from the eyes of the local press after being signed by the King in November this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 3:10pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : These days if Tongans are befuddled by their independent news services, then their government’s information machine is no better. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 3:10pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Between 2,000 to 3,000 Freedom Marchers gathered at the Catholic Basilica of St Anthony of Padua, Nuku’alofa, at mid-day on October 6, and marched to the Tongan Parliament to present petitions calling for protection of Freedom of Speech, threatened by a Government Bill to change the Tongan Constitution. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 3:01pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Now that they are illegal, Tongan adoptions will not be recognised by other countries From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 3:00pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : How they voted in the House, the 16 members who voted to curb free speech were: Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, James Cecil Cocker, William Clive Edwards, Dr Masasso T. Paunga, Dr Viliami Ta‘u Tangi, Hon. Fielakepa, Siosiua Tupou ‘Utoikamanu, ‘Aisea Havea Taumoepeau, Paula Sunia Bloomfield, Hon. Tuita, Hon. Malupo, Hon. ‘Akau‘ola, Hon. Fohe, Hon. Nuku, Hon. Havea Tu‘iha‘angana, and Hon. Tu‘i‘afitu. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 12:29pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Reconstruction of Tonga High School started on October 9, three years after a fire destroyed over $3 million pa’anga worth of classrooms and equipment at the kingdom’s leading secondary school. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 12:05pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Reaching out to Tongan women to explain their rights, and to help eliminate discrimination against them, is the aim of a newly formed women’s working group. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 December 2003 12:04pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Human smuggling in all it forms remain an unforgivable crime, according to Denis Nihill, the regional Representative of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Denis visited Tonga in September. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 3, December 2003. Premium content
