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Tuesday 29 April 2014 9:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four former Westpac bank employees have been sentenced to jail for embezzlement and false accounting, by Mr Justice Cato in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 28 April 2014 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 21-year-old prisoner detained in a cell on the night Kali Fungavaka was brought into the custody told the court today, he used a piece of mirror and saw police officers in overalls beating Kali Fungavaka in front of the search room at the Nuku'alofa Police station. Premium content -
Monday 28 April 2014 5:45pm
Singapore : Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano arrived in Singapore yesterday to renew relations with the Government of Singapore. His visit will end on Thursday, 1 May. Premium content -
Saturday 26 April 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A very large earthquake rocked Nuku'alofa minutes ago, just after 7:00pm local time. Houses shook violently and people could be heard shouting warnings to each other with babies crying. There has been no tsunami warning. No damage has been reported. Updated 7:53 pm. Premium content -
Friday 25 April 2014 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Parliament, for the fourth year in a row, on March 31 rejected the 2010-2014 Annual Report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission. From the House, by Pesi Fonua2 comments Premium content -
Thursday 24 April 2014 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner who was detained in a cell at the Nuku'alofa Police station told the court today he saw through a mirror the accused Police Inspector holding Kali Fungavaka in a chokehold and two other officers punching the victim, while another accused officer later stomped on his head. Premium content -
Thursday 24 April 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Tonga High School students, Mahima Parekh and Ineti Felemi are being recognised for essays on “Sustainable Living” that they submitted in an International Schools Essays Competition. Premium content -
Thursday 24 April 2014 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Methodist schools, Tupou College Toloa and Tupou High School have dominated the medal tally for this year’s Tonga national inter-school athletics competition. Premium content -
Thursday 24 April 2014 11:47am
Suva, Fiji : Widespread coverage by Pacific immunisation programmes is a significant reason why deaths to children under the age of five have dramatically declined in the Pacific countries and territories. But there are still too many children who are not fully vaccinated and not only are they at risk, but they tend to be in groups who are susceptible to an outbreak, warns Dr Karen Allen, the Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund in the Pacific, at the start of World Immunisation Week, today. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 April 2014 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three days of Inter-College Athletics attracted hundreds of competitors from Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu, and ended with a parade at Teufaiva on Thursday 17 April. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 April 2014 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Police Constable told the court today he saw the accused Police Inspector hold Kali Fungavaka in a chokehold inside a watch house room while another accused officer later stomped on his head with his foot when dragging him to the prison cell, at the Nuku'alofa Police station. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 April 2014 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A government decision and a Parliamentary Motion to stop the construction of temporary houses for the victims of Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai has left the reconstruction in limbo, as the government pursues its objective of allowing only the building of 800 permanent houses at a cost of $48 million, even though no one knows where the funding will come from. From the House, by Pesi Fonua1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 22 April 2014 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Detainees who were in Cell 7 on the night Kali Fungavaka was in custody at the Nuku'alofa Central Police station said the accused civilian Semisi Kalisitane Manu punched the victim, causing him to fall hitting his head on the cement floor. Another witness heard the sound of a beating when Kali was brought into the station by the police officers, the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa heard this morning. Premium content -
Monday 21 April 2014 6:43pm
Hong Kong, China : The Tonga Under-20 rugby team was beaten by Japan 35-10 in the final of the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy (JWRT) at the Hong Kong Football Club on April 19. Premium content -
Friday 18 April 2014 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The price of petroleum for Tonga for April-May has dropped by a few seniti, effective from 16 April 2014, according to the Tonga Competent Authority. Premium content -
Friday 18 April 2014 12:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An attempt by the former Minister of Finance Lisiate 'Akolo to make a direct in-put into the 2014-2015 National Budget with nine Motion Resolutions that he tabled into the Tongan parliament on 24 March was deflected by the Minister of Justice, Hon. Clive Edwards. From the House by Pesi Fonua.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 17 April 2014 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kali Fungavaka died from blunt force head trauma, after suffering multiple injuries ranging from multiple skull fractures, subdural haemorrhage and bruising to his brain, neck trauma with bruises to other parts of his body, a New Zealand forensic pathologist's report revealed. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 April 2014 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four former bank tellers who embezzled over $70,000 from the Westpac Bank of Tonga, were further remanded in custody for sentencing on Wednesday, April 23 after the judge heard submission from their counsel. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 April 2014 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A policeman, appearing as a witness, told the court on Wednesday, April 15 he saw the accused Police Inspector Hala'ufia strangling Kali Fungavaka on the neck and pushing a torch onto his chest when he was inside the watch house, at the Nuku'alofa Police station. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 April 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has acquired a septic tank truck and two rear-package trucks for solid and water waste collections for Tongatapu. Premium content
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