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Monday 30 August 2021 9:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kolomotu'a Eagles won the Tongatapu 2021 Rugby Clubs Championship,beating Toloa Old Boys 18-17 at Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, on Saturday, 27 August. Photos by Pesi Fonua.
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Monday 30 August 2021 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Around 27,274 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in Tonga to date, confirmed the Ministry of Health today, 30 August. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2021 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government had no involvement whatsoever on why there was no Tongans on a flight from Vanuatu to Tonga on 26 August with only 14 Chinese. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2021 6:56pm
Tokyo, Japan : Shot putter Lisa Adams and swimmer Tupou Neiufi, both of Tongan heritage, won gold medals for New Zealand at the Paralympics in Tokyo last week. -
Monday 30 August 2021 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Asaeli Teuilo and Petelo Tu’ipulotu have been found guilty on a joint count of possessing 0.13 grams of methamphetamine, seized at Sopu on September 18, 2020. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2021 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Netane Taufa (29) was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for cultivation of 23 cannabis plants that were seized at a residence in Nukunuku. The sentence was fully suspended on conditions. Premium content -
Monday 30 August 2021 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Health State of Emergency has been renewed for another month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, starting from 8:00pm today until 8:00pm September 27. This is the 18th month it has been in force, including a curfew. Premium content -
Sunday 29 August 2021 7:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fakatapu ki he Hau ‘o Tonga mo e fale ‘o Ha’amoheofo, hou’eiki ‘o e fonua, Pule’anga mo e Fale Alea ka e ‘uma’aa ‘a e Tonga kotoa. Fakamolemole ka e fakaa’u atu ha fakatalanoa hei’ilo na’a ‘aonga ki he halafononga ‘oku foua ‘e Tonga ki he kaha’u. -‘Inoke Fotu Hu’akau. -
Saturday 28 August 2021 12:00am
New York, USA : The magnitude of the United States’ failure in Afghanistan is breathtaking. It is not a failure of Democrats or Republicans, but an abiding failure of American political culture, reflected in US policymakers’ lack of interest in understanding different societies. And it is all too typical. Almost every modern US military intervention in the developing world has come to rot. It’s hard to think of an exception since the Korean War. By Jeffrey D. Sachs -
Friday 27 August 2021 10:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Legislation to introduce the death penalty for the most serious illicit drugs offences stirred vociferous debate in the Tongan parliament yesterday evening, 26 August 2021. Although a majority of members were unhappy with death penalty clauses, they proceeded to pass the bill without the changes they wanted being written. From the House by Pesi Fonua.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 27 August 2021 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 21 people have to date been arrested and charged in relation to the estimated 14 kilograms of cocaine seized in Vava’u, after two people were arrested at Ta'anea, Vava'u on August 23. Premium content -
Friday 27 August 2021 5:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A suspended Tonga Police officer ‘Isitolo Sakopo (30) and Kaniteli Guttenbeil (32) were each sentenced to one-year 10-months imprisonment for possession of methamphetamine. Premium content -
Friday 27 August 2021 5:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s first strategic roadmap for Emergency and Disaster Risk Management was launched by MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma’u today, 27 August. Premium content -
Friday 27 August 2021 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 100 Tongan picture books printed on banana paper and 1,540 sorobans were gifted to the Ministry of Education and Training by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today, 27 August. Premium content -
Friday 27 August 2021 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) took part in a six-week Pacific Leadership Development Programme workshop in New Zealand that will help them deliver the HMAF’s first Lead Teams Leadership course in Tonga in the coming weeks. Premium content -
Thursday 26 August 2021 10:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Ambassador, HE Mr Viliami Va‘inga Tōnē fist-bumped Nicolás Maduro Moros, the controversial President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Tuesday August 24 in the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, after he presented his Letter of Credence. Premium content -
Thursday 26 August 2021 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sioeli Tapueluelu (37) was sentenced today to 12-years imprisonment for manslaughter in the death of a 27-year-old, whom he punched and hit on the head with a wok frying pan. “His history and senseless outburst of violence in this case, resulting in the death of an innocent young man, make him a serious danger to society, which this Court must strive to protect,” said Lord Chief Justice Whitten. He called the defendant’s savage attack “a gutless act of cowardice in initiating the assault.” Premium content -
Thursday 26 August 2021 7:50pm
Majuro, Marshall Islands : A proposal to decarbonise the shipping sector by 2050, was submitted by the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands to the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the body responsible for regulating international shipping. Tonga’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom supported the proposal. Premium content -
Thursday 26 August 2021 7:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Human remains of a man found in an area near the sea in the Puke area of Tongatapu, on August 19 have not been identified. Premium content -
Thursday 26 August 2021 4:55pm
Jersey City, NJ, USA : Professional golfer, Tony Finau, who is of Tongan heritage, won the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open on Monday, 23 August, surpassing world no.1 Jon Rahm who was leading on Saturday, and beating Cameron Smith in a playoff in Jersey City, New Jersey. The win is Tony’s first since he took out the 2016 Puerto Rico Open, and he now leads after the first of three events in the FedExCup Playoffs.
