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Friday 7 October 2016 8:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven Georgians who arrived in Tonga on September 22 with allegedly stolen Greek passports, were arrested today and charged with dealing with forged documents. They are to appear at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, October 10.
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Friday 7 October 2016 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s preparations to host the 2019 Pacific Games are late, the Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva told the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 6 October. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Friday 7 October 2016 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new shooting range for Tonga’s emerging sport of clay shooting, where one shoots flying clay targets with a shotgun, was launched today at Mataki'eua Clay Target Range. Premium content -
Friday 7 October 2016 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Attorney General’s Office is asking the United States for a provisional arrest warrant of Dean Jay Fletcher, who is accused of murdering his wife in Neiafu, Vava'u. Fletcher fled police custody on September 29 and sailed to American Samoa in his yacht Sea Oak. Tonga is seeking an extradition - a complex process which is expected to take "some time". Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2016 10:30pm
Canberra, Australia : A new DNA study by scientists at the Australian National University has indicated that the first people to live in Tonga and Vanuatu originated directly from Taiwan and the Northern Philippines. The study Named “Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific” bases its findings from DNA tests conducted on ancient skeletal remains uncovered in Tonga and Vanuatu.3 comments Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2016 10:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This country is a playground for criminals, the Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva warned the Tongan Legislature yesterday, 5 September. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2016 9:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Rugby Union (TRU) today named Siale Piutau as Captain to lead the 30 man 'Ikale Tahi squad to tour Europe next month playing three test matches in Spain and Italy. Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2016 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan farmers might expect some rain early next week to relieve the current dry conditions in Tongatapu, Ha’apai, ‘Eua and Niuafo’ou, according to the Tonga Meteorology Department today. However, water conservation is still advised as below average rainfall is persisting for the season. Premium content -
Thursday 6 October 2016 1:12pm
Sydney, Australia : A 17-year old Australian boy of Tongan heritage, Tyrone Taukamo, is the most wanted rugby player in Australia according to local media reports. Tyrone has been approached by 15 of 16 NRL clubs, and has also received two offers from French Rugby clubs Bordeaux and Toulon. He is a graduate of Newington College, an acclaimed rugby school in Sydney. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2016 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister and his Cabinet struggled to answer hard questions in Parliament yesterday. Members were demanding to know how an American, charged with murder escaped from prison in Neiafu and managed to sail away on his yacht? They also wanted to know when the construction of sports facilities for the 2019 Pacific Games will start? And what is the government's foreign policy on West Papua? From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2016 7:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petitioners who are concerned with the leadership of Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva as Minister for Education and Training, this morning presented a petition to the Speaker of the House Lord Tu’ivakano from a Working Committee of educators. They cite "maladministration, incompetency, destruction or embezzlement of government property" and creating "difficulties with another country". Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2016 4:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione ‘Uhilamoelangi Liava’a (74) the Chairman of the Public Service Commission passed away suddenly on Tuesday morning, October 4 at Vaiola Hospital. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 October 2016 3:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Indonesian diplomat said that Indonesia is “shocked” at six Pacific Islands governments, including Tonga, for accusing Indonesia of human rights violations in West Papua. Nara Masista Rakhmatia during a speech at the 1st Session of the General Assembly of the UN in New York on 24 September 2016 also accused PM Pohiva and other Pacific leaders of using the General Assembly to advance their domestic agendas and to divert attention from political and social problems at home. -
Wednesday 5 October 2016 11:18am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Escaped prisoner Dean Jay Fletcher, who fled Tonga, was arrested in American Samoa yesterday because he entered the Pago Pago harbour without a permit, Tonga's Minister of Police Hon. Pohiva Tu'ionetoa told parliament this morning. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2016 6:08pm
Apia, Samoa : A young Samoan women who has claimed stigmata on a few occasions since Easter this year, has converted to the Catholic faith in order to fulfill her mission of travelling to Rome after she says she received messages from God. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2016 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho are travelling to Fiji to attend the funeral of Tongan Law Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga (59), Fiji's former Vice-President on Friday, October 7. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2016 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police have confirmed late this afternoon that their escaped prisoner Dean Jay Fletcher had been located in Pago Pago, American Samoa this morning where he has been now apprehended. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2016 3:33pm
Pago Pago, American Samoa : The yacht Sea Oak sailed into Pago Pago Harbor this morning with one caucasian man on board believed to be murder fugitive Dean Jay Fletcher, according to reports coming out of American Samoa this afternoon. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 October 2016 10:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament resumed its 2016 session yesterday morning October 3, amid disarray. Apparent procedural inefficiencies wasted much of the day. Firstly, a letter protesting against a Bill for a Water Resources Act was read even before the Bill was read in the House. Then legislators spent over an hour listening to motions from one member, even though the Legisture had already voted on and decided for the motions to be lowered into the Whole House Committee. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 3 October 2016 5:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 30-year-old year old Indonesian fisherman drowned on Friday night, September 30 after falling into the sea at Tu’imatamoana Wharf at Ma’ufanga in Tongatapu. Police alleged he was under the influence of alcohol. Premium content
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