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Monday 17 December 2012 1:27pm
Fua'amotu, Tonga : A strong wind warning remains in force for Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu coastal waters this morning, 17 December, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Evan (cat. 4) located near Fiji moves to the southwest.
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Saturday 15 December 2012 10:46pm
Fua'amotu, Tonga : A tropical cyclone gale warning remains in force for Niuafo'ou, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Evan moves north of the Niuas tonight, on southwest track toward the Fiji Islands. Tropical Cyclone Advisory Number 10 for Tonga, issued from Fua'amotu, 10:00pm, 15 December 2012. Premium content -
Saturday 15 December 2012 5:25pm
Fua'amotu, Tonga : A tropical cyclone alert remains in force for Niuafo'ou. Tropical Cyclone Advisory Number 8 for Tonga on severe Tropical Cyclone Evan issued from Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Center at 12:45pm 15 December 2012. Premium content -
Saturday 15 December 2012 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Tonga has retained ownership of the Janfull International Dateline Hotel on November 30 after it was placed under liquidation to be put up for sale. Premium content -
Saturday 15 December 2012 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kilifi Nau (52) of Ma'ufanga has been further remanded in police custody after he was charged with the murder of his 25-year-old female partner at his home on December 13. Premium content -
Thursday 13 December 2012 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 52 year old Ma'ufanga man was charged with the murder of his 25 year old female partner at his home this morning. Premium content -
Thursday 13 December 2012 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HRH Princess Latufuipeka Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, was in Nuku'alofa today and visited the Women's Affairs Division, on a fact finding mission to see how she might assist in the development of women's group in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 13 December 2012 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vaipua Bridge which provides a vital short cut to Neiafu for the people living in the western district of Vava'u will be opened on Friday 14 December by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala. Premium content -
Thursday 13 December 2012 12:11am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tailulu's Netball Teams won three categories of the inaugural Te Tau Lava National Netball tournament on Saturday 8 December. This is the second win for the netball champions after taking home the Mo'onia Cup earlier this month. Premium content -
Thursday 13 December 2012 12:01am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga, Senator Louise Pratt of Western Australia, presented new uniforms to Tonga Police officers at the Police Headquarter in Longlongo today. This is part of a Tonga Police Development Program funded by a Tri-Partite Development Agreement between Tonga, Australia and New Zealand. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 December 2012 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A third diver has died after using a dangerous method known as 'hookah diving' while diving for sea cucumbers this week in Ha'afeva, Ha'apai. Tonga's Police Commissioner is appealing to divers never to use the illegal method. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 December 2012 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Uluaki Falealea Vaka'uta (27) of Ma'ufanga was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for serious offences of housebreaking, theft and causing grevious bodily harm committed from June to July this year in the Nuku'alofa area. Crimes included breaking into Chinese shops, a local joinery business and stabbing a Tongan man at his home. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 December 2012 5:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new Vuna Wharf welcomed its first cruise ship, the Ocean Princess this morning with over 700 passengers mainly from Australia. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Monday 10 December 2012 6:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Leuma La’ulu (52) a Samoan national living in Tonga was sentenced to six and a half years at Hu'atolitoli Prison for indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl at 'Utulau in July earlier this year. Premium content -
Monday 10 December 2012 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI unveiled a plaque and cut a ribbon to open a new Vuna Wharf, reconstructed with a $32 million pa'anga loan from China, in time to welcome its first cruise ship, the Ocean Princess tomorrow Tuesday 11 December. The new wharf is expected to help drive the economy by attracting more cruise ships to Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 10 December 2012 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The last day for government operation for this year is Thursday 20 December 2012 before government offices close for the Christmas and New Year break. Premium content -
Monday 10 December 2012 2:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : I understand that there is a lot of pressure on unemployed youth in Tonga and through our business we are trying to help in some small way. The three youths that attacked me on November 26 are most likely disillusioned with their current station in life but . . . I hope that they will now try to find ways to add value to the community rather than take from it. I praise the Nuku'alofa police. Their professional police work delivered a result. Ian C. Jones, President, Vava'u Business Chamber. -
Friday 7 December 2012 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga College is celebrating its 130th Anniversary in a four-day event that started on Thursday 6 December. King Tupou VI is expected to attend the commemoration service on Saturday 8 December at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Friday 7 December 2012 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police have not yet confirmed the cause of death of Milan Rindzak (35) the Slovak national whose badly decomposed body was found on 'JeReVe' yacht with over 200kgs of cocaine on 7 November, on an atoll in the Vava'u Group. Premium content -
Friday 7 December 2012 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan businessman Ross Chapman, the Chairman of Pacific Finance and Investments Ltd., today donated $15,000 to help support a local child cancer foundation. Premium content
