Posts Tagged ‘Tongan Methodist Church’

Tongan Churches say no bread for sale on Sundays

Friday, May 13th, 2016

The Tongan government is searching for a compromise after churches demanded that there should be no bread for sale on Sundays. For the largely Christian population, Sunday is celebrated as a strict Sabbath, enshrined so in the constitution. There is a Sunday trading ban with only essential services exempt. The bakeries have been allowed to Read more

Church and government team up on housing scheme

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Twenty-two families from overcrowded homes finally have room to breathe in a new housing scheme opened by a Tongan princess in Mangere. Storeman Sione Leha’uli, his wife Fitalika and what were then their two children were living with Mrs Leha’uli’s parents, grandparents, her brother and his wife and two children – 12 people in a Read more