The master of the MV Princess Ashika admits he sailed the ship because of the pressure from the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd.

The Public Service Association or PSA has revealed that young people entering the civil service are not aware of the work policies.

A Japanese funded project to be implemented in Tonga has been confirmed.

Executive and Alternate Directors of the World Bank will arrive in Nuku'alofa early tomorrow from the Bank's headquarters in Washington DC on an official visit.

Tonga thrives to be well prepared for natural disasters after battling the recent tsunami and earthquakes.

Police have charged a father in his 40's for abandoning his child where he is obliged by the law to take care of.

An official at the Ministry of Transport says a vessel has been found that cou

The long standing and historical working ties between Tonga and Japan still co

The Teacher's Training College together with the Tonga Institute of higher Education's Graduation was held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall last Thursday.

The recent spate of stranded passengers at Fua'amotu Airport has ignited the compensation debate - that is who compensates those left waiting for their flight when it is not the airlines fault.

Tonga will get support from the Asian Development Bank ADB to preserve key Social Sector spending programs that have come under pressure as a result of the Global Economic crisis.

Tourism Week was commemorated at Pangai Lahi in Nuku'alofa with the theme: Celebrating Our Unique Cultural Heritage.

Squash growers are relieved to see the last shipment of squash ship out on the last week of November. The 5th shipment left for markets in Japan, Korea and the U.K.

Tongatapu People's Representative Number 1 Akilisi Pohiva and his co-chair on the People's Committee for Political Reform, fellow MP Uliti Uata, say, despite not agreeing with all of it, they are willing to accept the CEC Report.

Dr Natatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua has flown to Samoa to take up her new post as Manager for the Pacific Future program under the Pacific Island Forum's Environmental arm.

A 69 year old man is on trial after being arrested and charged on indecent assault, following the alleged rape of a girl under the age of 16.

The Jenkin Renovation has received full payment of up to fifty thousand pa'anga from the Waste Management authority today, after receiving a writ of distress from court.

The Tonga Fire Department reports fire has caused more than one hundred and sixty thousand pa'anga worth of damage in two separate house fires.

His Majesty King Siaosi Tupou V received the Ashika inquiry's interim report ahead of schedule when commission members handed it to him at Counsellor House last Thursday.

The parents of three class 3 students are outraged over the corporal punishment of their children after they discovered the welts, scratches and bruising on their bodies upon picking them up from school.

For the second time in a month passengers were stranded at Fa'aumotu Airport as with the Air New Zealand Flight NZ 26 to the US being diverted to Apia due to a runway blackout.

A former cleaner for Attorney General Baroness Scotland, Ms Otolose Loloahi Tapui, has been charged over immigration offences in the UK.

A bus travelling from Taoa collided with a van going into Neiafu from Makaika village. The cause of the accident is yet to be determined.

The Tongan parliament has started their debate on the Constitutional and Electoral Reforms Commission's Final Report.

Captain Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu gave evidence at the inquiry into the disaster of the MV Princess Ashika.

The French Vice Consul to Tonga, His Excellency Jeremie Faucon, says every