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Tuesday 3 December 2013 8:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The rescheduling of Tonga's T$119 million loan from China for the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa has not been decided, according to Xu Zhiguang, the first Secretary of the Chinese Embassy, Nuku'alofa this afternoon, December 3.1 comment
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Tuesday 3 December 2013 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Ltd. has announced cheaper tariff rates for the month of December. The new tariff rate for December is 92.82 seniti per kWh, down from 94.45 seniti per kWh (1.63 seniti decrease). Premium content -
Tuesday 3 December 2013 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifita 'Ofa, a mother whose faces manslaughter charges over the death of her 14-year-old daughter, was released on bail after the case was adjourned to 21 January 2014, to allow the Crown to review the evidence and decide on appropriate charges. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2013 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Electoral Boundaries Commission is proposing to alter the electoral boundaries of two Vava'u constituencies by moving 'Utui village from Vava'u #15 to Vava'u #16.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2013 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Lord Tu’iha’ateiho pleaded not guilty today to one count of possession of a firearm without a license regarding a .22 semi-automatic pistol. Tentative trial dates was set for November 2014. Premium content -
Friday 29 November 2013 6:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Development Bank (TDB) opened a new Hihifo district branch at Nukunuku on 27 November, its eighth branch in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2013 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new report states that Tonga is the fourth most over-weight country in the world, and that Non-Communicable Diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, neoplasms and diabetes are a leading cause of adult death, while data showed that 36 percent of Tongan boys and 54 percent of Tongan girls were over-weight or obese. Death rates in the most productive age groups are three times higher than in Australia and New Zealand1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2013 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The World Bank has announced that it has setup a US$5 million support operation to aid Tonga’s recovering economy.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 28 November 2013 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The power distribution network of 33 rural villages in Tongatapu will be upgraded over the next five-years with over $38 million pa'anga, in the continuation of a Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Island nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga have pulled off many upsets in the Rugby World Cup, but we have yet to see one in the cup final. The Pacific Island nations are disadvantaged in rugby, and they could drastically improve their performance on the world stage. - Andrew Joakim.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A suspended Police Constable Valeliano Manu and two accused Asian nationals were found guilty for the importation of the controlled chemical pseudoephedrine, a precursor to manufacture the illicit drug methamphetamine. They are remanded in custody for sentencing in January 2014. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 November 2013 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A seven-member jury has been discharged in a civil trial which has been held for over a week at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, regarding claims brought by the former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga. The case has been adjourned to January 2014. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Victims of domestic violence will have easy access to free non-judgmental counseling and also to a police officer and a registered nurse, who will be stationed at the Women and Children Crisis Centre in central Nuku‘alofa as part of a new “one-stop-shop” crisis service that was launched today. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 6:00pm
Sydney, Australia : The economic loss suffered by the Pacific region could range from 2.9% to as high as 12.7% of annual GDP by 2100, according to Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific, a new study from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that was published recently. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 November 2013 5:00pm
Sydney, Australia : The Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA has become a new partner to the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility PRIF, the Asian Development Bank ADB announced today, 26 November. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A civil-jury trial hearing claims brought by Tonga's former Attorney General John Cauchi against the Government of Tonga is nearing an end as the evidence of witnesses called by the defendant was completed on 25 November, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 9:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A workshop for Town and District Officers, all men to lead the drive to eliminate violence against women, was launched this morning, 25 November by Lord Vaea at the Davina House, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 25 November 2013 3:14pm
Suva, Fiji : News of radioactive water at Fukushima to be dumped into the Pacific ocean is alarming. Our beloved Pacific ocean that our livelihoods depend on is becoming a nukes waste dump. – Nilesh Goundar. -
Friday 22 November 2013 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's former Prime Minister Lord Sevele, a witness at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court this afternoon, denied suggestions that his government had tried to “freeze-out” the former Attorney General John Cauchi. Premium content -
Friday 22 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s public service will break for the Christmas and New Year vacation for two weeks between Monday 23 December and Friday 3 January 2014. Premium content
