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Breaking news
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Thursday 20 June 2019 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Touch Rugby Men’s and Women’s teams have been busy fundraising to be able to represent Tonga at the Pacific Games next month and are planning their next fundraiser on July 1 - only 12 days before the date they aim to depart.
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Thursday 20 June 2019 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The construction of a new Neiafu Vava’u Police Station started on June 17 to be completed before Christmas this year. Free to view -
Thursday 20 June 2019 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men and one woman were arrested from two different locations in Tongatapu, allegedly with methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and cash in the ongoing drugs operation by Tonga Police. Free to view -
Thursday 20 June 2019 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vitalini Liku’ohihifo (29) was sentenced to one-year nine-months imprisonment, which was fully suspended for reckless driving that caused the death of a male pedestrian in September 2018 in Nualei. “Many a good career and reputation have floundered as a consequence of alcohol abuse, and he would do well to reflect upon this,” the judge said. Free to view -
Wednesday 19 June 2019 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Yesterday in Parliament the Minister of Finance, Hon. Dr Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa, to the surprise of the House, called his 2019-20 balanced budget “just a dream”, during the budget debate on 18 June 2019. Free to view -
Wednesday 19 June 2019 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Beach Volleyball players, Tio Fonohema and Semisi Funaki have partnered for the first time to represent Tonga at the Pacific Games in Samoa next month. Free to view -
Wednesday 19 June 2019 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's fight against illicit drugs continues, with a final consultation phase on a Policy Draft for the first Tonga National Illicit Drugs Policy, held at the Fa'onelua Convention Center this week in Nuku'alofa. It requires whole of government and society involvement to manage the growing problem. Free to view -
Wednesday 19 June 2019 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 56-year-old man was sentenced to 16-months imprisonment for indecently assaulting a child under the age of 12 last year in the Nuku'alofa area. 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
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