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Tuesday 20 July 2021 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga. : A petition that was tabled into Parliament to stop the construction of a restaurant/burger bar at the ocean swimming pool on the Touliki waterfront in the capital, was deferred for government to make a final decision. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Team Tonga swimmer, Amini Fonua (31), is looking forward to a memorable third Olympic Games in Tokyo. He has represented Tonga at three consecutive summer games. He is set to compete in the 100m breaststroke event on 24 July. By Eleanor Gee -
Tuesday 20 July 2021 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A delivery of 9,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, manufactured in Australia, arrived at Fua’amotu International Airport today, July 20. These doses will be used for vulnerable groups on the outer island of Vava'u. -
Tuesday 20 July 2021 6:31pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji has recorded 784 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24-hour period ending at 8am on July 19. There have also been 15 new COVID-19 deaths from July 12-19, raising the death toll to 113, according to the Fiji Ministry of Health and Social Services latest data update. -
Tuesday 20 July 2021 6:15pm
Tokyo, Japan : New York Times reporting: The opening ceremony is Friday and the first competitions are Wednesday. But organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, delayed one year by the pandemic, are struggling to manage public anxiety about the Games after a cluster of coronavirus cases that threaten to overshadow the festivities. As about 20,000 athletes, coaches, referees and other officials have poured into Japan in recent days, more than two dozen of them have tested positive for the virus, including three cases within the Olympic Village. -
Tuesday 20 July 2021 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : To date, over 10,758 people have received their second AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination on Tongatapu. Premium content -
Monday 19 July 2021 9:43pm
Sydney, Australia : Telstra Corp Ltd on Monday, 12 July was in discussions to buy the Pacific operations of the telecom company Digicel Group, Reuters news service reported yesterday, 18 July. Premium content -
Monday 19 July 2021 9:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A virtual Pacific Islands Leadership Training School for Polynesian Women held by the US-based International Republican Institute was joined by aspiring women leaders from Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 19 July 2021 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kautai Moala (38) who is serving five-years imprisonment for possession of 19.49 grams of methamphetamine seized at Ngele'ia, was denied bail pending his appeal. Premium content -
Monday 19 July 2021 1:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s new Miss Galaxy Queen 2021-22, Lavenda Mosay (Miss Nauti Ruby’s Bar) was crowned on Friday night, July 16, in a colourful show at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall. The new Tonga Leitis' Association President Taufu'i Naufahu said the pageant brings together various people to have fun and witness the talented young drag queens. Premium content -
Monday 19 July 2021 12:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Manu Samoa on Saturday, 17 July won the two-legs play off wtih the ‘Ikale Tahi to become the Oceania No. 1 representative for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. -
Saturday 17 July 2021 10:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Oceania gold-medalist Malia Paseka will make Tongan history as our first female Taekwondo Olympian when she takes part in the Tokyo Olympics later this month. She will be one of Tonga's flagbearers. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight people have been arrested in Tongatapu with sizeable quantity of drugs including 15.93 grams of methamphetamine and 153 cannabis plants over the last forthnight. This included an 11-year-old boy found with drug utensils at Pahu in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight from Auckland will arrive in Tonga on July 28. While, other flights from Brisbane in Australia, Vanuatu and Pagopago have not been confirmed. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 7:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Essential medical equipment for COVID-19 will be distributed to 11 Pacific Islands from the government of the United Kingdom and World Health Organization. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Epuefi Laimani who is currently serving five-years imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs, including 5.15 grams of methamphetamine, and bribery of a police officer was denied an application to appeal against his conviction, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. However, he was granted leave to appeal his sentence. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Toutai Kefu the coach of the ‘Ikale Tahi has made three changes to his team to play the Manu Samoa in Hamilton tomorrow, Saturday 17 July. Premium content -
Friday 16 July 2021 12:16pm
London, United Kingdom : With England trapped in what it calls a vicious circle of junk-food consumption, the authors of a government-commissioned review into the nation’s food industry have put sugar and salt in their crosshairs. Poor diet contributes to about 64,000 deaths in England each year, the review found, with Type 2 diabetes projected to cost the National Health Service $20 billion a year by around 2035. Childhood obesity levels in Britain are at a critical level, says the Food Foundation. -
Thursday 15 July 2021 11:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister delivered a preacherly message, intending to clarify the direction of the Ministry of Finance for the coming year. He was making a keynote address on launching a new “Foundational Ministry of Finance Week” in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 15 July 2021 7:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Weightlifter, Kuinini Manumu'a, is proud to represent Tonga at her first Olympic Games in Tokyo, the first Tongan woman to do so in the sport. By Eleanor Gee.
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