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Tuesday 10 August 2021 1:53pm
Suva, Fiji : Tonga, Samoa, and Tuvalu have begun immunizing children to protect them against cervical cancer, pneumonia, and rotavirus, under a project financed by the Asian Development Bank.
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Tuesday 10 August 2021 12:58pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: Some devastating impacts of global warming are now unavoidable, a major United Nations scientific report found. But there is still time to stop things from getting even worse. -
Monday 9 August 2021 8:42pm
Christchurch, New Zealand : Four members of Tonga's Olympic team arrived safely in Christchurch yesterday, on their way home to Tonga, ‘Amanaki Fakakovikaetau, the Chef de Mission of Team Tonga, told Matangi Tonga tonight. They will spend a total of five weeks in quarantine in New Zealand and Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 9 August 2021 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was no well-oiled Pita Taufatofua at the Olympic closing ceremony last night, but it seems he has set a trend as three shirtless Samoan athletes showed up for the final athletes parade at Tokyo 2020. Premium content -
Monday 9 August 2021 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man who raped his adult daughter has been sentenced to nine and a half-years imprisonment, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Monday 9 August 2021 5:03pm
Tokyo, Japan : New York Times reporting: World records are bound to fall at every Olympics, when the world’s greatest athletes compete on one stage and are pushed further and faster by advances in technology. Yet many also wondered whether the impact of a year’s delay would hinder the expected monumental performances. But athletes persevered and world records were shattered in a smattering of sports. -
Monday 9 August 2021 11:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : US border agencies will detain tuna and other seafood harvested by the Hangton 112, a Fijian flagged and owned fishing vessel, under a Withhold Release Order issued by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which claims the use of forced labour on the vessel. Flag states need to uphold international standards and perform proper oversight and safety of their ships, says the chair of a migrant workers union. Premium content -
Friday 6 August 2021 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two hundred homes on 'Eua and Tongatapu have been repaired in a Manaaki Shelter Resilience project funded by the New Zealand Government. The NZD$2.1million project over two years was led by Caritas Tonga in partnership with Habitat for Humanity New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 6 August 2021 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A consignment of 10,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines is scheduled to arrive in Tonga next Tuesday, confirmed Ministry of Health CEO Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola today. More COVID-19 vaccines, including Pfizer doses, will follow to inoculate youth and pregnant women. He said the risk of the Delta variant entering Tonga was increasing. If a Delta outbreak happens in Tonga it might be too late to vaccinate some people to protect them. Premium content -
Friday 6 August 2021 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 23,641 people have received the second dose of the COVID-19 Astra-Zeneca vaccine in Tonga, since the second roll out program started on June 24 in Nuku'alofa. This is nearly a quarter of the population. Premium content -
Friday 6 August 2021 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Magistrate’s Court in Neiafu is expected to hear the cases of those arrested in relation to the cocaine haul that washed up on Vava'u beaches. The cases will be mentioned on Monday, August 9. Premium content -
Friday 6 August 2021 5:51pm
London, UK : The Rugby League World Cup 2021 has now officially been postponed to 2022 by organisers and the UK Government yesterday. Tongan players will use the break as an off-season to rest and recover before resuming their World Cup campaign. -
Thursday 5 August 2021 6:17pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Pacific Civil Society, including youth, has called on Vanuatu’s Prime Minister to raise a proposal on climate change at the upcoming virtual Pacific Island Forum Meeting, on August 6. -
Thursday 5 August 2021 6:11pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Tonga’s first Life Vest Loaner Station was opened at Houmelei Wharf in Vava'u last week. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 6:09pm
Canberrra, Australia : Ms Rachael Moore has been announced as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A training program encouraging qualified and experienced electricians to do business legally and get licensed, as well as understand the laws and regulations governing electrical contractor work, is underway this week in Nuku’alofa. Currently, only 28 electrical contractors are properly registered to service Tonga Power Ltd’s 25,000 customers on Tongatapu, with only one for the whole of Vava'u and none in Ha'apai. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 12:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three people have been arrested in Neiafu and 2kg of cocaine seized by the Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce, in relation to the cocaine that washed up on Vava'u beaches recently. Premium content -
Thursday 5 August 2021 11:28am
Melbourne, Australia : Laws requiring people to be vaccinated if they are going to be in places where they could infect other people are restricting one kind of freedom in order to protect the freedom of others to go about their business safely. Car crash survivors who were injured because they were not wearing seat belts recognize and regret their irrationality – but only when it is too late. We are now seeing a very similar situation with vaccination ...too many people make decisions that they later regret. They cry. And they say they didn't know. By Peter Singer. -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More arrests have been made in relation to the cocaine haul in Vava'u last week. Matangi Tonga understands today the latest arrests included that of a foreign national in Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 August 2021 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Sione Vuna Fa’otusia is now set for September 16 on two charges, relating to interference with the course of justice and use of threatening language to a government servant, during a cow row in 2019. Premium content
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