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  • Tuesday 15 October 2024 9:32pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Growth across the Pacific has fallen to 3.6 percent in 2024, down from 5.8 percent in 2023 as the post-pandemic rebound fades, the World Bank reported today, at the launch of its latest ‘Pacific Economic Update’, calling for a major boost in investment to address the region's slowing economic growth. 
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  • Tuesday 15 October 2024 9:20pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Blue Pacific Youth Initiative Week was launched by the US Peace Corps with a welcome Kava Ceremony for Blue Pacific Youth Champions at Niu Lodge in Popua, today, 15 October 2024.
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  • Tuesday 15 October 2024 9:00pm


    Niuafo'ou, Tonga
    : The community living on the remote island of Niuafo'ou, in Tonga's far north, can now access a 24-hour power supply, through a new solar mini-grid that was commissioned by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala on Friday, 11 October, under the Tonga Renewable Energy Project (TREP).
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  • Tuesday 15 October 2024 1:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A reported case of alleged human trafficking was discovered by Tonga's Technical Working Group (TWG) for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) last Monday, 7 October. The suspected trafficker was arrested and held in Police custody.
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  • Monday 14 October 2024 7:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is expecting one to two cyclones with a moderate to high chance (>50%) of at least one severe tropical cyclone occurring, reports Tonga Met today, in its updated outlook for the 2024-2025 Tropical Cyclone Season. Based on the current modelling, the occurrence of tropical cyclones in Tonga is more likely to be from January to March with most events occurring in February.
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  • Monday 14 October 2024 6:11pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A boy aged 20 months was suspected to have drowned, after falling into a pit filled with rain water at private residence in Popua, yesterday, 13 October 2024.
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  • Monday 14 October 2024 6:02pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : One person died and four others sustained serious injuries in a car crash on Tuku’aho Road, at Pelehake, Tongatapu, on Saturday 12 October.
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  • Monday 14 October 2024 5:51pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : David Kent Jr Tau’alupe (35) was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to ‘Alo’i Kei, when he stabbed him with a sharp object, causing a severe wound to his left upper abdomen, during a drink up altercation at the Laione Club in Vava’u.
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  • Friday 11 October 2024 11:28pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The University of the South Pacific celebrated the achievements of 145 graduates of its Tonga Campus today, 11 October, at Falemasiva Hall, in Havelu, Tongatapu.
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  • Friday 11 October 2024 7:51pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Soldiers from the Australian Army and His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) are participating in a Pōvai Training Program at Taliai Military Camp in Fua’amotu, Tongatapu, this week.
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Pacific Islands

  • Wednesday 9 October 2024 9:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The benefits and challenges of the temporary labour mobility programs to Australia and New Zealand was the topic of the Speaker’s second public debate held at Parliament House in Nuku’alofa on Friday, 4 October. While Tonga welcomes the income and social benefits brought by having over 5,000 workers overseas sending money home, the exodus of its prime workforce has led to a critical shortage of labour on farms, in businesses and in government in Tonga, while at home family breakups have increased.
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  • Tuesday 24 September 2024 9:12pm


    New York, USA
    : Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku attended a meeting of the Leaders of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the margins of the High-Level Week of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, on 23 September, in New York.
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  • Tuesday 27 August 2024 11:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A global SOS on sea level rise was issued by the UN Secretary General António Guterres today in Tonga, at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting, calling all world leaders to lead a fast and fair phase-out of fossil fuels. “A worldwide catastrophe is putting this Pacific paradise in peril,” said Guterres.“Global average sea levels are rising at an unprecedented rate. The ocean is overflowing.”
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  • Tuesday 8 October 2024 6:02pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ko e taha e tuʻutuʻuni ngāue tefito ʻa e Pangikē Pule΄ ko e fakapapauʻi ‘oku malu ma’u pē tu’unga fakapa’anga ‘a e ngaahi pangikē ‘i Tonga΄ ‘i he taimi kotoa ‘o kau ki heni hono fakapapau’i ‘oku ‘i he tu’unga lelei ma’u pē ‘a e sino’i pa’anga tefitoˊ (capital) pea fe’unga mo e pa'anga ngāue (liquidity) 'i he kotoa ‘o e ngaahi pangikē ‘e fā kuo laiseni ‘e he Pangikē Pule΄. ‘I hono fakakātoaˊ, na’e ‘i he tu’unga fe’unga pē ‘a e pa'anga ngāue 'o e ngaahi pangikē ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu kuo maliu atuˊ ‘o au mai ki he ‘aho ni.
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  • Tuesday 8 October 2024 5:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The principal statutory role of the Reserve Bank is to ensure and maintain at all times the financial stability of the  overall banking sector in Tonga. This calls for strong capitalisation and ample liquidity in all of the four banks under its licensing regime. Overall, there has been sufficient and ample liquidity in the banking sector in the past decade, to date. “The Reserve Bank reaffirms to the public its commitment to upholding its statutory mandate of maintaining the stability of the financial and banking system of the Kingdom,” stated Governor Moeaki.
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  • Friday 13 September 2024 9:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Oku faka’ilonga’i ‘e he Pangikē Pule Fakafonua ‘a Tonga hono ta’u 35 ‘i he ‘aho Monite 16 Sepitema 2024 ‘aki ha toe makamaile māhanga ko e tupu fakapa’anga (net profit) kuo ‘osi hono ‘aotita’i ‘a ia na’e fe’unga mo e $35 miliona. ‘Oku lahi hake ‘a e tupu ko eni ‘i he 2024 ‘aki ‘a e peseti ‘e 75 mei he tupu fakahisitolia ko ia ‘i he 2023 ‘a ia na’e $20 miliona. Hili hono tali ʻe he Poate ‘o e Pangikē Pule ʻa e Fakamatala Pa’anga Fakata’u ‘a e Pangikē Pule kuo ‘aotita’i ‘e he KPMG Fiji ma’ae ta’u fakapa’anga ‘oku ‘osi ki he ʻaho 30 ʻo Sune 2024, naʻe foaki ai ʻe he Sea ʻo e Poate ‘a e Pangikē Pule, Lord Sevele ‘o Vailahi, ‘i he Fakataha Lahi Fakataʻu ‘o e 2024 ‘a e Pangikē Pule he ʻaho ni ha sieke ʻoku fe’unga mo e $25.1 miliona ki he Palēmia, Hon. Hu’akavameilku ko e ‘inasi fakata’u mei he tupu ‘a e Pangikē.
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  • Friday 13 September 2024 9:24pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) marks its 35th anniversary on Monday 16 September 2024 with an audited net profit of $35 million as its twin milestones.  The $35.8 million profit in 2024 is 75 percent higher than last year’s 2023 record profit of $20 million. Following the NRBT Board approval of the KPMG Fiji external audited NRBT Annual Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 June 2024, Lord Sevele ‘o Vailahi chairman of the Board at the NRBT 2024 Annual General Meeting today presented a cheque of $25.1 million to the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku as its annual distribution of the Bank’s profits.
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