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Thursday 11 April 2013 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three of the six men accused of manslaughter in relation to the death of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka will face trial at the Supreme Court, while three others were released today in Nuku‘alofa.
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Thursday 11 April 2013 4:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga have decreased for the first time in five months. The official reserve for the month of February was T$258 million. This is $2.3 million less than the reserve of $260 Million for January. Premium content -
Thursday 11 April 2013 4:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia is granting AUD$18 million to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The grant is part of Australia’s commitment to its partnership with the Secretariat and the development of South Pacific Island Nations. Premium content -
Thursday 11 April 2013 11:32am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A very high-ranking Tongan police officer was dismissed last month for serious misconduct after he took a prisoner to his home in Nuku'alofa on New Year's Day. The prisoner attacked the officer's wife while he left the house. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 April 2013 3:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kalafitoni Latu, the Principal of Tonga College ‘Atele, apologized yesterday for the vicious beating of students by a prefect at the all boys school in a 2011 incident. The incident was captured on video and appeared on the internet last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 9:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men age 24 and 51 have been charged for the rape of a mentally disadvantaged 20-year-old woman alleged to have taken place separately at different times in Pangai two-years-ago.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 9:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society that is challenging a Senior Law Practitioner and Cabinet Minister, Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, has not received his written submission in regards to alleged professional misconduct that was due in February.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Police are investigating evidence of a brutal beating of young male students by another male student, said to be a prefect, in a corporal punishment rite captured on a grainy video that was posted on the internet You-Tube last week and quickly spread to other webpages. -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : China's first Film Festival in Tongatapu this week marks the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Tonga and China. The festival opened on April 5 with a special screening of a Chinese Film, attended by Queen Nanasipau'u at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 10:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Court of Appeal Session began at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on 8 April with a new judge Hon. Sir Peter Blanchard, and will hear 10 cases, including appeals over sentencing in two rape cases. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 6:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Violence is a learned behavior. Community violence is a traumatic event that is a bad symptom of something that has reached deep into our society. It is a behavior of citizens who are stressed, who are trying to cope and solve problems. Some of the sources of stress include poverty, lack of housing, joblessness, family pressures, and hopelessness. ...In random community violence, like we are seeing here in Tongatapu, there are no warnings. This should make us all realize that something like this could happen to us. By Kristi Seymour. Premium content -
Friday 5 April 2013 11:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are investigating the homicide death of a young man who died in a machete attack in a village hall in Vava‘u.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 5 April 2013 11:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga A will walk away empty handed in the 2013 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup after finishing its New Zealand tour of the tournament with a 70-19 thrashing by the Crusaders Knights in Christchurch last Thursday March 28. Premium content -
Friday 5 April 2013 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ofa Tu'ikolovatu, of Gio Recycling, was elected as the new President of the Women in Sustainable Enterprises (WISE) Tonga Inc. at its second Annual General Meeting in Nuku'alofa, on Wednesday 3 April. Premium content -
Friday 5 April 2013 10:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Justice Hon. Michael Scott is to decide whether the Supreme Court has the jurisdiction to review the internal proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, in an application brought by Tonga's former Prime Minister Lord Sevele and Paul Karalus, a former Minister of Transport, who are claiming that their reputations were damaged by the Report of a Parliamentary Select Committee. Premium content -
Thursday 4 April 2013 7:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six overseas Tongans have been deported to Tonga or have voluntarily left New Zealand after their criminal records were wrongly wiped-off by Tonga Police under a former practice that remains under police investigation in Nuku'alofa, while New Zealand immigration alerts have been issued at borders on the names of other Tongan individuals who have been identified to have concealed criminal records.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 3 April 2013 4:45pm
Suva, Fiji : The 44th Pacific Islands Forum and related meetings will be held from 3 to 6 September 2013 in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 April 2013 7:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Medical equipment and supplies worth $2.9 million pa'anga was handed over by Japan's Ambassador to Tonga HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro at Vaiola Hospital today. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 April 2013 7:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Training Tongan law enforcement officers how to detect concealed drugs, particularly methamphetamine, was the aim of a Drug Identification Course held at the Tonga Defence Services headquarters on March 26-27. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 April 2013 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Parliamentary Select Committee that was established to further consider the Nuku'alofa Development Corporation Report, met today for the second time. Premium content
