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Friday 22 November 2013 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga presented the Special Olympics Tonga Association (SOTA) with $2,000 cash to support eight Tongan athletes to the Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle, Australia next week.
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Thursday 21 November 2013 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet Busby Kautoke told the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa this afternoon, that he was not aware of any move by government to force John Cauchi to resign from his Attorney General position in 2010. Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2013 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The case against 151 accused, including 147 students from Tupou College and four adults charged in relation to the violent attack on a home in Tofoa in July was further adjourned to February 2014.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 21 November 2013 6:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A call by the Welsh forward coach, Shaun Edwards for referee Mike Fraser, a New Zealander, to protect the Welsh team and to clamp down on "illegal" and "over the top" tackling style of the Pacific Islanders was considered by the 'Ikale Tahi captain, Nili Latu an insult to himself and his team, as they prepare for Friday's match against Wales. (Tonga, Saturday 23 November, 8:30am). Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s former Attorney General John Cauchi accepted that the Government of Tonga had created circumstances that forced him to resign, which was the basis of his evidence in chief given at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa, on Wednesday November 20. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 6:15pm
Cardiff, Wales : The ‘Ikale Tahi will play the third and last game of their European tour this week, November 22 in Cardiff, Wales. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 6:15pm
Sydney, Australia : Central bankers from six Pacific Island countries including Tonga, are in Sydney this week, looking at ways to strengthen mobile banking in the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 November 2013 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Premature birth of babies is the leading cause of death of newborn babies in the Pacific Islands, according to Dr Karen Allen, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF Pacific Representative in Suva, Fiji at the end of November. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2013 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A three-day civil jury trial to hear claims brought by John Cauchi, Tonga’s former Attorney General, against the Government of Tonga began at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on November 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 November 2013 1:55pm
Nadi, Fiji : An American national of Tongan ethnicity has been charged for bribery of a public official and illegal possession of arms and ammunition after he attempted to smuggle firearms and ammunition past security officials at Fiji‘s Nadi Airport last week. Premium content -
Monday 18 November 2013 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's biggest Christmas tree was lit by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala on 15 November, at an event hosted by Digicel Tonga in the Central Business District. Premium content -
Monday 18 November 2013 8:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Some 40 accused of the 151 persons, including 147 students from Tupou College and four adults charged in relation to the violent attack on a home in Tofoa appeared at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court today. Premium content -
Monday 18 November 2013 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The government has announced significant reductions in fuel prices to be effective from November 16 to mid-December. Premium content -
Monday 18 November 2013 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven District Officers in Tongatapu are now connected to the internet, thanks to a project launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs earlier this month. Premium content -
Monday 18 November 2013 3:34pm
Paris, France : France has avenged its 2011 Rugby World Cup defeat to Tonga. The French scored four tries against the ‘Ikale Tahi yesterday in Paris, producing a decisive victory 38 – 18. Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2013 4:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven players fromTonga’s Rugby League Mate Ma’a Tonga received a heroic welcome and were mobbed by hundreds of ecstatic fans this morning, at Tonga's Fua‘amotu International Airport, when they arrived home after exiting the Rugby League World Cup. Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2013 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union has announced the 'Ikale Tahi team to play France in Le Havre, on Saturday 16 November, with the kick-off time at 18:00 in the Stade Oceane (Tonga time Sunday November 17, 2013 at 6:00am). Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2013 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Deputy Commissioner of Community Policing Soakai Motu’apuaka (60) has retired after 35-years of service. Having served in the US Army and trained at the New Zealand Police College, the top cop was farewelled with a parade at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo, Nuku‘alofa, on Thursday, 14 November. Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2013 11:26am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Commissioner of a newly established Global Ocean Commission, Aliki Faipule Foua Toloa from Tokelau is visiting Tonga this week. He aims to voice Pacific Islands concerns on the ocean to world leaders. Premium content -
Thursday 14 November 2013 1:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An art piece 'Fatu' by Walter Holakeituai (25) of Fanga, a student at Unitech in New Zealand has won the Speaker's Art Choice Award of $1,000 cash prize. Premium content
