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Thursday 13 September 2018 5:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siaosi Helu (33) who was found guilty of possessing 39.65 grams of cannabis was sentenced to one-year and six-months imprisonment. Lord Chief Justice Paulsen said society was calling for and expected a strong response from the courts.
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Thursday 13 September 2018 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vainikolo Selu, a serving prisoner, was sentenced to an additonal two-years 10-months imprisonment, after being convicted of possessing methamphetamine and cannabis, which he smuggled into Hu'atolitoli Prison in November last year. Premium content -
Thursday 13 September 2018 11:08am
Princeton, USA : Next month, a judge in Oregon will begin hearing a case brought against the United States government on behalf of 21 young people, supported by the non-profit organization Our Children’s Trust, who allege that the authorities’ active contributions to the climate crisis violate their constitutional rights. The government defendants have repeatedly tried – so far without success – to have the case thrown out or delayed, and the trial is currently scheduled to start on October 29. - Peter Singer. -
Thursday 13 September 2018 10:53am
Stanford, USA : Although the details of global warming were foreign to most people in the 1980s, among the few who had a better idea than most were the companies contributing the most to it. Despite scientific uncertainties, the bottom line was this: oil firms recognized that their products added CO2 to the atmosphere, understood that this would lead to warming, and calculated the likely consequences. And then they chose to accept those risks on our behalf, at our expense, and without our knowledge. By Benjamin Franta Premium content -
Wednesday 12 September 2018 8:29pm
Salt Lake City, Utah : Pro golfer Tony Finau showed off his dancing skills with an impressive Kailao at a charity luau yesterday in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 28-year-old former professional fire dancer was entertaining guests at the event, organized for his own ‘Tony Finau Foundation’, a charity that helps underprivileged children. Finau tweeted that the dance was also celebration of his recent selection to Team USA in the prestigious Ryder Cup. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 September 2018 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An NZD$30.7 million upgrade to the power distribution network in 55 Tongatapu villages has connected hundreds of households to electricity for the first time and upgraded thousands of rural connections. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 September 2018 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Te'ekiu youth, Solini Lauhingoa (17) has remained missing, since his family reported him missing to Tonga Police on July 18 this year. The family are still looking for any information that might help to locate him. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 September 2018 4:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan-born man, who lost his Fanga property when he became a US citizen, has failed to win an appeal to overturn a Land Court decision. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 September 2018 3:41pm
Canberra, Australia : A prison survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that in December 2017 there were 57 Tongan-born prisoners serving time in Australian prisons. The official Government survey does not record ethnicity, except for that of Australian Aborigines. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 9:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dinah Jane’s first song as a solo artist following the hiatus of Fifth Harmony earlier this year, is expected to be released on 21 September. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 9:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With drier weather forecasts for the next few months, Tonga Meteorological Service is urging people throughout Tonga to conserve water as conditions favour the emergence of El Nino. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 9:17pm
Suva, Fiji : Students in most Pacific Island Countries and Territories face violence in and around the classroom at a much higher rate than the global average, said UNICEF after releasing a new report ‘An Everyday Lesson: #ENDviolence in Schools’, as part of a global campaign on 6 September. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 9:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 25-year-old woman is in Vaiola Hospital after sustaining serious injuries when she was hit by a vehicle while walking in Havelu on Sunday morning, September 9. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 8:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piukala Laumanu (52) was named as the pedestrian who died early Saturday morning, September 8 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, at Nualei. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 8:43pm
Canberra, Australia : In the context of an emerging Indo-Pacific solidarity - how does the Pacific maintain and strengthen its own strategic autonomy? How do we ensure our regional priorities are neither undermined through the breaking of our Pacific solidarity, nor appropriated by the narratives of others not of our region? These are key questions for the Forum Family, says Dame Meg Taylor in her keynote address to the 2018 State of the Pacific Conference, at the Australia National University in Canberra, on Monday, 8 September 2018. -
Tuesday 11 September 2018 5:57pm
London, United Kingdom : This year, extreme weather conditions have ravaged our planet, subjecting vulnerable communities around the world to the ever-increasing impacts of climate change. With each passing day, we learn more about – and experience directly – the dangerous consequences of extracting and burning fossil fuels. Floods, droughts, and wildfires are becoming deadlier, and weather patterns more severe. By Christiana Figueres and May Boeve. -
Monday 10 September 2018 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Foreign Exchange Control Act 2018 that gives the National Reserve Bank of Tonga sweeping powers to selectively stop Tongan residents from investing offshore and from holding overseas bank accounts, property and other offshore assets, is not currently being enforced. The Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, Dr Ngongo Kioa, said today that the new Act awaits regulations and directives from Crown Law.1 comment -
Monday 10 September 2018 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men and a teenage girl accused in the armed robbery shootings at two petrol stations in Fanga and Veitongo, were further remanded in police custody to appear on Monday, September 24 at Fasi Magistrate's Court in Nuku'alofa. Another female accused was released. Premium content -
Monday 10 September 2018 6:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building constructed by the Government of Japan for the students at Hofoa Government Primary School, was commissioned on Friday, September 7. Premium content -
Monday 10 September 2018 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A male pedestrian died on Saturday morning, September 8 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, at Nualei. Premium content
