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Monday 25 March 2019 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI, acting on three public petitions, has opened urgent investigations into alleged mal-administration by government, and called for urgent adequate funding of the Anti Corruption Commission. The King has referred three petitions to the Ombudsman, and one also to the Commissioner of Police for investigation and possible prosecution of any breaches of Criminal law.
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Monday 25 March 2019 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A businessman of Asian origin was convicted of failing to declare carrying over $10,000 pa’anga at Fua’amotu International Airport last year, and is expected be sentenced in April. Free to view -
Monday 25 March 2019 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A French Navy Ship ‘La Glorieuse’ and Maritime Patrol Aircraft 'Gardian' are conducting a surveillance mission of Tonga’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) aimed at stopping illegal trafficking. Free to view -
Friday 22 March 2019 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The six “Urgent Bills” of the Prime Minister that the House was supposed to deal with when it extended its proceedings from 14 March to 27 March, remain in limbo.
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Friday 22 March 2019 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Tonga National Rugby League Board of Directors was elected in a Special General Meeting on March 9 replacing an old one, dismissed last year by a Supreme Court judge. Premium content -
Friday 22 March 2019 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight fishing boats donated to Tonga from Dongguan Municipality in China in January this year, were returned when officials discovered, after inspecting the vessels, they were of a low quality and none were up to standard. However, China has provided funds to build the new fishing boats here in Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 22 March 2019 4:53pm
Oslo, Norway : Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will visit Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa from 5 – 11 April, the Norwegian Royal Court announced on March 20, where he will meet Heads of State, including King Tupou VI, and governments. Premium content -
Friday 22 March 2019 2:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand owned Scenic Hotel in Tonga pulled down its sign this morning in an unannounced and unexplained shock closure of its Fua'amotu hotel. Premium content -
Thursday 21 March 2019 8:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A large solar plant is to be built on Tongatapu to start operating by 2020, after a Power Purchase Agreement was signed with Sunergise New Zealand Limited on March 21, in Nuku'alofa. It is to be built over three interconnected sites at Fahefa, Fualu and Liukava.1 comment Premium content
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House passes controversial Foreign Investment Bill
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kaloni j says:
kaloni j says:
Im not sure how many ministers have their own business in the restricted list, if they were open about it in parliament, but they need to justify it with proper arguments.
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A House full of urgencies
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kaloni j says:
kaloni j says:
Tonga doesn't benefit from Restricted lists. Only Tongan businesses make gains at the cost of consumers, and there is no overall improvement.
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Saturday 23 March 2019 6:09pm
Oxford, United Kingdom : The Commons originally elected a Speaker to help it speak truth to power, find strength in numbers, and resist intimidation. The voices of the less important were no longer drowned out or fragmented, and could challenge entrenched authority. Where did the Speaker come from, and why was the position created during England’s so-called “Good Parliament” of 1376? By Marion Turner Free to view -
Wednesday 20 March 2019 8:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kau talanoa atu mu’a ki ha visone ‘oku toutou ho’ata mai mei he Pule’anga fekau’aki mo e liliu Faka-Politikale ‘oku teke ‘i hotau fonua. - 'Inoke Fotu Hu'akau. Free to view
Sports
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Friday 22 March 2019 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The current Oceania Champion archer, Arne Jensen, has broken Tonga’s national archery record twice within a month recently, while training for the upcoming Pacific Games. Free to view -
Thursday 21 March 2019 6:53pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga netball is looking to increase players exposure to advanced level games at the Pacific Nations Cup tournament over three days, at the Phyllis Latour Doyle Gymnasium in Papakura, New Zealand, starting today 21 March 2019. By Eleanor Gee Free to view
Pacific Islands
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Wednesday 6 March 2019 10:13pm
Majuro, Marshall Islands : Pacific Island countries are aiming to improve and expand the management of tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean under the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) through a range of initiatives to be implemented by 2020. Free to view
From our archives
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Thursday 19 March 2009 2:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was a moment of panic as a boatload of observers had a close encounter with an explosive eruption on Hunga Ha'apai yesterday, 18 March 2009, when they moved in close to take spectacular photographs of an eruption that is continuing today only 34 nautical miles off the coast of the capital Nuku'alofa. FROM OUR ARCHIVES. 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.