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Friday 28 May 2021 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new cyclone-resilient three-classroom building for Tonga Police College was opened today, 28 May, as part of a multi-million pa'anga recovery program for schools damaged by Tropical Cyclone Gita in 2018.
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Friday 28 May 2021 6:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repatriation flights from New Zealand and Australia are expected to arrive in Tonga on June 2 and 3 respectively, confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma’u. Free to view -
Friday 28 May 2021 6:39pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji has 151 active cases of COVID-19 in isolation including the 28 new cases recorded yesterday, 27 May, according to its Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Free to view -
Friday 28 May 2021 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Songo’imoli (40) of Popua was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment for possession of 0.08 grams of methamphetamine. This was fully suspended at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Free to view -
Friday 28 May 2021 6:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siua Palanite Hufanga (49), who is currently in jail for theft, was sentenced to 21-months imprisonment for possession of 2.13 grams of methamphetamine and 8.16 grams of cannabis, seized by Police at a curfew checkpoint at Mu’a. Free to view -
Friday 28 May 2021 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Faleu Tailoni Mafi was found guilty of serious housebreaking and serious indecent assault committed on a woman, who was asleep at her residence in Tokomololo. Free to view -
Thursday 27 May 2021 3:55pm
Canberra, Australia : Prizes of up to AUD$3,000 are being offered in an amateur photographic and media competition for seasonal workers launched by the Tonga High Commission in Canberra, Australia. Free to view -
Thursday 27 May 2021 10:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce seized two rifles, cannabis and drugs utensils and arrested seven people from four different locations in Tongatapu last week. Free to view -
Wednesday 26 May 2021 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With 28,150 people vaccinated to date, only 40 vials (less than 480 doses) of the COVID-19 vaccine remain to be administered before the batch expires on 31 May, the Ministry of Health said today. Free to view -
Wednesday 26 May 2021 6:56pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga Sevens has named Adriaan Ferris as head coach for the side taking part in the Olympic Sevens Qualifier in Monaco next month. Former 'Ikale Tahi player, Viliami Vaki, was named as manager for the tournament. Free to view
World
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Wednesday 26 May 2021 4:47pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New York Times reporting: More than 50,000 New Zealanders have flocked home during the pandemic, offering the country a rare opportunity to win back some of its best and brightest. The question is how long the edge will last. The Ardern government has announced no specific measures aimed at retaining citizens who return. But it is using its border shutdown as a moment to “reset” its immigration priorities, saying last week that it would loosen controls for wealthy investors while curtailing temporary visas for the migrants the country has long relied on as citizens moved away. -
Tuesday 25 May 2021 4:16pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: Fiame Naomi Mata’afa walked toward Samoa’s beehive-shaped Parliament House on Monday morning intending to be sworn in as the first female prime minister in the Pacific Island nation’s 56-year history. What she and her fellow party members found instead were locked doors. The speaker of parliament had issued orders to keep them out. And so deepened a constitutional crisis that has convulsed this long-stable nation and thrown into doubt whether Mata’afa, whose party won the April 9 election, would actually take office.
Opinion
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Thursday 27 May 2021 2:57pm
Cambridge, United Kingdom : For over a century, the size and role of the state has been a hotly debated issue, and is so once again in the wake of COVID-19. With the world reeling from the pandemic and struggling to address complex systemic issues such as climate change, it is vital that we return to the fundamental question of politics: how a government should be. If we don’t ask it – and ask it often – we risk ending up with a government we would never choose. By Jaideep Prabhu Free to view
Sports
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Monday 17 May 2021 9:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union has elected the Prime Minister as its new President on Friday, knocking out the current President Siaosi Pohiva, who had held the post since 2019.
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Monday 1 December 1997 7:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While their political views may differ widely, the one thing that most people agree on is that Tonga as a nation is a special case. ...While Tonga enjoys a certain status among nations under a constitutional monarchy form of government, any move to replace it with an elected form of government will be a step into the unknown. Matangi Tonga looks at what different people in the community have to say about their current system of government. FROM OUR ARCHIVES, by Pesi Fonua. Free to view
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Friday 7 May 2021 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Communications Corporation, a public enterprise, paid a total dividend of over $2.59 million pa'anga to the shareholder this year, the Information, Communication and Technology Sector Shared Board announced today, following TCC's annual general meeting. Free to view -
Friday 7 May 2021 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Bank of South Pacific increased its digital footprint by opening its 15th ATM in Tongatapu to support the banking needs of customers in the Hihifo district (Western suburbs). Free to view
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This sounds somewhat like reinventing old solutions to long-standing issues.
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