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Wednesday 17 December 2014 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An outbreak of the viral mosquito-borne disease chikungunya in April that infected about 10,000 people throughout Tonga, started in Ha‘apai after foreign assistance arrived for victims of Cyclone Ian, Tonga's Director of Health said today. -
Wednesday 17 December 2014 3:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Government along with other Pacific Island states have urged world leaders to take action against climate change, at a climate change conference in Lima, Peru that ended last week December 14.1 comment
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Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The establishment of a regional media self-regulation model is supported by media industry employees from 11 Pacific Island countries. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Nobles Representatives withdrew their nomination of Lord Vaea for Prime Minister, and the independent People's Representatives nominated Samiu Vaipulu for Prime Minister when the two groups of newly-elected Members of Parliament met last night, Monday 15 December. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Supervisor of Elections has received a new complaint against Semisi Fakahau the newly elected Tongatapu 8 People's Representative for alleged breach of election regulations.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:15pm
Suva, Fiji : Tonga’s Under-15 Aussie Rules Football team, the “Tonga Thunder” finished third out of five teams at the 2014 Oceania Youth Cup held in Suva, Fiji last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 5:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HE Mr Huang Huaguang, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Tonga handed over $40,414 worth of digitizing equipment and a video camera to Siale 'Ataongo Puloka, the Deputy Private Secretary to the King of Tonga on 12 December. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 4:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fuel prices have been significantly lowered for the month starting today December 16, 2014. The cuts follow significant reductions made last month. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 2:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A container-load of rotten meat in plastic wrappers dumped off Tongatapu's scenic cliffs at Makeke yesterday, with the knowledge of the Ministry of Health, left a trail of stinking sausages on the lookout, foul plastic strewn down the cliff face and a sea of brown boxes and plastic bags washing against the coastline.6 comments -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 11:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Etuate Lavulavu and his school the ‘Unuaki-‘o-Tonga Royal Institute vacated the Tonga National Centre compound at Tofoa on Friday, 12 December, as ordered by Tonga's Court of Appeal.2 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 16 December 2014 11:31am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping has pledged to provide $115 million Yuan (36 million Pa’anga) in aid to Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 12 December 2014 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Viliami ‘Unga Fa‘aoa has been made the Acting Commissioner of Police effective from 5 December, following the retirement of Police Commissioner Grant O’Fee. Premium content -
Friday 12 December 2014 3:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Almost 2,000 people turned up to watch the Laughing Samoans in a sold-out concert that left the crowd in fits of laughter last night, at the Queen Salote College Hall. Premium content -
Friday 12 December 2014 3:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A network of civil groups in the Pacific has made a plea for Pacific Island Governments to end current free trade negotiations, ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum dialogue on PACER-Plus in Nadi today. Premium content -
Friday 12 December 2014 2:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongans received cash prizes for their short stories on ‘Human Rights in Everyday Life’ marking the International Human Rights Day on Wednesday, 10 December in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 11 December 2014 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : By Wednesday next week, the 26 newly elected members of the Tongan Parliament should be ready to proceed and elect a Prime Minister, said 'Etuate Lavulavu, the spokesperson for seven independent People's Representatives. Premium content -
Thursday 11 December 2014 7:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The PACER Plus negotiations were launched at the Cairns Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting in 2009, marked the start of negotiations on PACER-Plus, a trajectory that has actively discounted the concerns of the Forum Island Countries (FICs) in favour of the policy interests of Australia and New Zealand. – Pacific Civil Society. -
Wednesday 10 December 2014 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government has made millions of pa'anga available on soft loans for business investors, and Tatafu Moeaki, the CEO for the Ministry of Finance are calling on Tongan businesses to take advantage of the opportunities.3 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 10 December 2014 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 400 graduates from three Government Post-Secondary Education Institutes received their certificates and diplomas today during a combined award ceremony in Nuku‘alofa. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 December 2014 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Trade ministers and officials from 16 Pacific countries including Tonga will begin negotiations on a proposed regional free trade agreement known as PACER-Plus (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economy Relations) tomorrow, December 11, in Nadi, Fiji.
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