Tonga

The Chief Justice, Owen Paulson, dismissed Lavulavu's two applications for adjournment as well as an application for the Chief Justice to recuse himself from hearing the petition.

Matangi Tonga reports Judge Paulson said the applications were frivolous and intended to delay the hearing.

The Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), the Tonga Institute of Science and Technology (TIST), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are behind the project, in which students were selected because they were starting to disengage from school.

The one seniti levy has been deferred twice and was due to come into effect on Friday but has been put off again until next year.

The levy is to help pay for the 2019 Pacific Games which Tonga will host.

Former All Black Lomu, whose parents are Tongan, died in Auckland as a result of cardiac-arrest related to his long-running battle with kidney disease.

The New Zealand born Lomu was taken back to Ha'apai until he was five and the local governor Mo'ale Finau says villagers there have been sharing stories of the then-toddler.

Finau says the islands will pay respect to Jonah Lomu in a special way.

The cost for project is about $100,000, said ‘Elisiva Tapueluelu.the Secretary of the Tonga Water Board.

Two new underground water supplies were identified and established for the distribution of water to ‘Ohonua district.

The new supply of water will be just as good as water provided to consumers in Nuku‘alofa, Vava‘u and Ha‘apai.”

The Minister for Revenue and Customs and representative of the people of ‘Eua to Parliament, Tevita Lavemaau was chief guest at the commissioning of the water project.

The consultation involved discussions on the setting up of regulations on food standards to supplement and implement the Food Act, which came into force on October 16, 2014.

Canterbury University Press (CUP) has published the third edition of Dr Ian Campbell’s Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient and Modern. This book has been Tonga’s only comprehensive history since it was first published in 1992.

Speaking at a workshop to review the Medical and Dental Practice Act 2001 at the Tonga Family Health Association Building in Nuku’alofa this week, Dr. ‘Ulufonua said it is important for a doctor to know his or her role and the legal implications linked to that.

“This workshop is about raising the awareness of how a dental and a medical doctor works here in Tonga,” Dr ‘Ulufonua said. 

“The committee that looked after this whole program hopes to review the Medical and Dental Practice Act 2001 and see how best that can be tailored for the work that we do here in Tonga.

Sullivan operates many businesses in the Kingdom of Tonga.

On the list is the well-known and popular bar and restaurant called Billfish.

She also owns a catering business, liquor store and conference room for meetings and events in Nuku’alofa.

The 2nd Commonwealth Businesswomen Awards in 2015 on the eve of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and 1st Women’s Forum will be held in Malta next week.

Speaking exclusively to One News Epi Taione said he had resigned Friday but will still remain involved at some level.

Tonga lost every game but one at the World Cup in England, including a 47-9 loss to the All Blacks.