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Tuesday 23 February 2016 5:45pm
Ngerulmud, Palau : Palau has signed a National Energy Act into law to completely reshape its energy sector. The Act will enable an Administration to be formed to better coordinate and manage energy to meet policy goals, especially through renewable sources.
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Tuesday 23 February 2016 2:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Apart from loss of agricultural food crops, some damage to schools, Ngu Hospital and HMAF Camp Fangatongo, Vava‘u has emerged from Cyclone Winston’s two close passes without significant damage to major infrastructure, an official assessment survey has concluded. Australia delivered 400 mosquito nets in partnership with the Tonga Red Cross Society to help control the spread of Zika virus after the cyclone.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 22 February 2016 7:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will receive an additional cruise ship visit to Neiafu and Nuku'alofa this month after the Pacific Pearl cancelled two Fiji ports on its February voyage. Premium content -
Monday 22 February 2016 5:42pm
Canberra, Australia : Tonga was just one of 170 different nationalities on show at the 20th National Multicultural Festival held in Canberra, Australia, on 12-14 February 2016. -
Monday 22 February 2016 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : "Malo and thank you!", was the feeling of most people in Vava‘u at the weekend, after escaping the worst of Tropical Cyclone Winston - one of the strongest cyclones to ever visit the region - when it passed Vava’u twice in one week, firstly on Monday February 15 and returning on Friday February 19, but without making as much damage as they feared it might. Premium content -
Monday 22 February 2016 11:08am
Suva, Fiji : Tongan USP students living in the Laucala Campus in Suva, Fiji, are safe after Cyclone Winston left a path of destruction yesterday, 21 February 2016. However, USP students living in Labasa and Lautoka had not yet made contact and attempts to contact them were "futile" due to a nationwide power outage affecting communication, USP's Dr Masasso Paunga stated this morning. The Suva campus has closed. Premium content -
Monday 22 February 2016 10:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tropical Cyclone Winston, category 4, was continuing to move west, away from Tonga and Fiji, at 14km per hour (8 knots) after directly hitting Fiji over the weekend with hurricane force winds. TC Winston is expected to remain a category 4 cyclone today and with a forecast track turning south to south east. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will have the opportunity to market its culture, products and tourism when it takes part in the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO 2017 in Kazakhstan, one of the largest international Expo to date. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The latest Tropical Cyclone Advisory (No. 29) for Tonga on Tropical Cyclone Winston issued by the Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre at 4.30 pm Friday, 19 February 2016 has downgraded a storm warning to gales for Vava'u, Niuatoputapu, Niuafo’ou and Ha’apai. A strong wind warning remains in force for Tongatapu and ‘Eua. -
Friday 19 February 2016 5:46pm
Suva, Fiji : The ‘Epeli Hau’ofa Dance Festival II, showcasing art, music, education, culture and heritage is planned by the University of the South Pacific’s Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, on 21-26 March 2016 in memory of the late Professor ‘Epeli Hau’ofa. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 4:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A proposed new university for Tonga’s capital - reportedly inaugurated by Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva in February, has not been properly assessed and accredited. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 3:32pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : The US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel, will travel to Apia, Samoa; Nuku'alofa, Tonga; and Koror, Palau, February 20-25, for bilateral meetings and regional consultations. Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift will accompany Assistant Secretary Russel. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Government yesterday committed NZD60,000 to Tonga to immediately assist with Cyclone Winston response, NZ High Commissioner in Tonga, Sarah Walsh said today. Premium content -
Friday 19 February 2016 2:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, Category 4, at noon today was located about 140km north-northwest of Neiafu, Vava’u. Various weather models forecast the dangerous storm moving toward Fiji over the weekend. -
Friday 19 February 2016 1:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The causeway at Foa in Ha’apai was closed off early this morning due to high tidal waves brought by Tropical Cyclone Winston (cat. 4) located north east of Vava'u. Evacuation centers were opened to people on the outer islands of Vava'u and Ha'apai, housing thousands of people overnight. -
Thursday 18 February 2016 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Debate on the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2016 has been going on for days, and Lord Fusitu'a, presenting the strongest opposition to the Bill, has pointed out a number of times that government is trying to rush the Bill through, because three other bills, which he said are inter-related had been sent back for corrections. Meanwhile, the PM reckoned that the law in Tonga is not the same to all. From the House by Pesi Fonua1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 18 February 2016 6:59pm
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Efforts to reach an agreement between Pacific parties and the US on the fishing treaty is still ongoing. The US request for fewer fishing days was discussed at a Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) meeting in Nadi, Fiji, last week. Premium content -
Thursday 18 February 2016 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga High School started its two-day Inter-House Athletics competition today, Thursday, 18 February, to select the best athletes for the upcoming Inter-College Athletics competition. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Thursday 18 February 2016 4:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The very large Tropical Cyclone Winston (Cat. 4) currently has hurricane force winds across its 150kms diameter and the intensifying storm might become a high Cat. 4 – or even Cat. 5, sometime before midday Friday, north of Vava’u, warns Tonga Met. NEMO was meeting this afternoon and may possibly declare a state of emergency for Tonga later today, based on emerging models of the intensifying and dangerous storm. -
Wednesday 17 February 2016 5:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s island groups of Tongatapu, Vava’u, Ha’apai and ‘Eua escaped major damage from Tropical Cyclone Winston as it passed through Tonga yesterday and today, Tuesday, 16 February with winds gusts of 120km. Forecasters warn that the cyclone, now Cat. 3, is intensifying to the north east of Vava'u and may return for another pass through Tonga over the next few days.
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