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Tuesday 18 June 2019 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI will mark his 60th birthday on July 4, with various events during the week July 1-7, in a program announced at the Palace Office today.
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Tuesday 18 June 2019 5:04pm
Trentham, New Zealand : A Tongan police officer, Constable Samuel Pekipaki, has graduated from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre in New Zealand, under a programme that is training police dog handlers in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands for drugs or firearms and explosives detection work. Free to view -
Monday 17 June 2019 10:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament worked a half-day today, because the Prime Minister and Cabinet had scheduled a visit to the Royal Palace, in the afternoon. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Free to view -
Monday 17 June 2019 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The afternoon session of Tonga’s Legislative Assembly was adjourned last minute to allow Cabinet Ministers participate in Government's traditional presentation to King Tupou VI for his upcoming birthday and on the occasion of the Royal Agricultural Show, which the King will open on Saturday. Free to view -
Monday 17 June 2019 6:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Emilio To’a has been sentenced to five-years and six-months imprisonment for manslaughter in the death of Siaosi Tupa, who he stabbed multiple times with a knife during a drunken brawl at Fangaloto, last year. Free to view -
Monday 17 June 2019 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A network of 88 civil defence sirens will be installed throughout Tonga as part of a new Multi Hazard Early Warning System that is expected to become operational by August next year. Free to view -
Monday 17 June 2019 5:21pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Mate Ma’a Tonga star centre Michael Jennings will miss out against the Kiwis this Saturday 22 June at Mount Smart Stadium, due to a knee injury. Free to view -
Jacksonville, Florida : Tongan defensive tackle Kalani Fuapau Vakameilalo has been recruited to the Jacksonville Jaguar’s off-season roster. Free to view
Opinion
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Saturday 15 June 2019 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It appears that while we don’t yet know the full version of the government’s economic vision for Tonga, we know at least one thing…it is not welcoming to outside ideas and investment. Investors will ask: why should I take the risk caused by Tonga’s Foreign Exchange Act and experience the currently obvious roadblocks to doing business in Tonga? Maybe somewhere else will be better? - Dean Bishoprick. Free to view -
Wednesday 12 June 2019 5:09pm
Melbourne, Australia : There is no such thing as an own goal in rugby, but Rugby Australia, the game’s governing body in Australia, has done its very best to score one by terminating the contract of Israel Folau. In doing so, it has lost the services of a star fullback who has played 73 tests for Australia. ... But once we allow, as a ground for restricting someone’s freedom of speech or action, the claim that someone else has been offended by it, freedom is in grave danger of disappearing entirely. By Peter Singer Free to view
Sports
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Monday 10 June 2019 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four local boxers representing Tonga are being put through their paces by high performance coach Asipeli Fine from Mascot, New South Wales, and China’s high-level boxing coach, Chen Ju, ahead of the Pacific Games held in Samoa next month. Free to view
Pacific Islands
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Tuesday 4 June 2019 1:42pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand Defence Force has taken part in a multi-national fisheries patrol that covered an area 22 times the size of New Zealand. The operation, from 19-31 May involved seven members of the Forum Fisheries Agency, including Tonga. Some 57 vessels were boarded by authorities during the operation in the exclusive economic zones. Free to view -
Friday 31 May 2019 2:51pm
Suva, Fiji : In the Pacific islands, about four in every five children between two to 14 years experiences some form of violent discipline. Violence at school is also high. Yet the impact of violence against children affects their development and continues into adulthood and the next generation, UNICEF Pacific Representative Sheldon Yett told a regional programme in Fiji this week. Free to view
Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.
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