Results for Tonga

Two electricity generators went down last week, forcing Tonga Power Ltd. to carry out emergency load shedding or rolling power cuts on Tongatapu to avoid power blackouts. Tonga Power said today the generators have been fixed, and since Saturday evening, 18 February all seven generators went into full operation to meet increased demand during the hot season.

Tonga High School students held their Inter-House Athletics Competition, singing and dancing to cheer on their teams, at Teufaiva Stadium from February 16-17.

Tonga was the first country to complete its disaster risk survey out of 13 Pacific islands countries. The results of the survey under the PCRAFI II project were presented at a half-day workshop yesterday, 15 February, 2023.

A forensic grade data training course is being held for Tonga Police investigators to improve not only their technical capability but that of the region in the fight against crimes, from 14-17 February. Forensic grade data extraction devices (cellebrite, that can extract the contents of cell phones) were supplied for 12 Tonga Police investigators, through the British High Commission in partnership with Australia.

Three new grant projects valued over USD$250,000 that includes constructing a new classroom building and a new water supply system for the re-settlement of Kanokupolu.

Cold and hungry, after a day-long ordeal, some 50 Tongan orchard workers, who were stranded on their bungalow rooftops by rising floodwaters near Hastings, New Zealand, were rescued by the New Zealand Defence Force yesterday evening.

Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia, Princess Latufuipeka Tuku’aho extended condolences to Turkey and Syria, after devastating earthquakes on 6 February claimed more than 36,000 lives.

With 2023 the year of revival, the local tourism industry that was hit hard with the closure of Tonga's international borders in 2020 has 18 cruise ships listed to visit.

An estimated 30,000 scrapped cars are piled high on dumping sites in Tonga. To help reduce the waste for recycling, car compacting machines will be introduced under a cooperation agreement with the Government of Japan. “Please imagine, how splendid it is, if we could get rid of all the abandoned, discarded cars which now we can see everywhere. WAL is trying to make it happen, and Japan is going to support its plan by providing scrap equipment,” said Japan’s Ambassador.