Tag: Tongan Parliament
Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline
COMMENTARY: By Lopeti Senituli in Nuku'alofa
In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan Parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no...
Education minister Sovaleni elected as Tonga’s new prime minister
Kaniva News
Tonga’s Parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace Dr Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa.
Siaosi Sovaleni, 51, the current Minister of Education, has won convincingly...
No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story
ANALYSIS: By ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki
As in 2008, 2010 and 2014, none of the female candidates standing in Tonga’s 2021 general election this week have been...
Colombian drug lord’s capture a reminder of Tonga’s cartel links
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga
The arrest of Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, has re-opened deep seated concerns about...
