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Sunday 29 November 2015 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva has brought Tonga to an all-time moral low! The "new standard" for government officials is that it is okay to be corrupt as long as you admit you are corrupt when you get caught. We must remove the Prime Minister Now! – Sione Masa.1 comment -
Sunday 29 November 2015 12:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On its current track Tropical Cyclone Tuni is expected to lie 180km east of Niuatoputapu at 07:00pm this evening, the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre advised at 10:00am Sunday 29 November 2015. The next advisory will be issued at 1:00pm. -
Sunday 29 November 2015 12:05pm
Paris, France : This weekend, representatives and heads of government from around the world arrive in Paris to prepare for the two weeks marathon negotiations that is expected to come up with a legally binding global climate agreement. The new agreement on 11 December could be the most important and significant achievement of any climate summits since Kyoto in 1997. By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor at COP21 .
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Saturday 28 November 2015 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tropical depression TD03F center (996hpa) located to the north northwest of Niuatoputapu is slowly intensifying and could possibly become a tropical cyclone in the next 6-18 hours the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre advised this afternoon at 4:00pm Saturday 28 November 2015. -
Friday 27 November 2015 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva this afternoon, at a Press Conference, sentenced Hon. ‘Etuate Lavulavu for corruption by terminating his ministerial post as Minister of Infrastructure but retained him as Minister of Tourism without pay for five months as from January 2016. No questions were allowed.3 comments Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2015 5:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Susitina Ta’ai (17) of Matahau was named Dux of ‘Apifo‘ou College on Friday, 27 November at the Bishop Patelesio Finau and Knight Sofele Kalala Hall, in Ma'ufanga. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2015 4:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Former Prime Minister Lord Sevele will lead a Commonwealth Observers Group to the Seychelles Presidential Election that will be held on December 3-5. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2015 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A specialist urology team from Australia with local health staff provided free diagnostic and treatment services at Vaiola Hospital from November 17-23. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2015 4:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have named a drowing victim, as Haini Muller (24) from Fatai, who drowned at Hufangalupe Beach, Vaini on 26 November. Premium content -
Friday 27 November 2015 2:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Meeting business women in Tonga and learning about their entrepreneurial journeys, was Christine Forster from the Asian Development Bank Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), who was in Nuku’alofa from November 23-17 as part of a review across six Pacific countries. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 24-year-old man drowned at Hufangalupe beach in Vaini this morning 26 November after falling off the cliff while another man who jumped in to rescue him was saved by Tonga Police. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A trial to hear an election petition filed against the Minister of Infrastructure and Vava’u No.16 People’s Representative to Parliament Hon 'Etuate Lavulavu started on Wednesday, 25 November only to be adjourned to Monday, 30 November in Neiafu. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s biggest Christmas tree was lit by Prince Taufa’ahau Manumataongo Tuku'aho on Tuesday, 24 November in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 1:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (TCCI) returned John Paul Chapman as President, with 'Aloma Johansson as Vice President in uncontested ballots last night at the 2015-16 Annual General Meeting. Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Traditional Chinese medicine was offered for two days, from November 26-27, at Vaiola Hospital by three visiting doctors from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 26 November 2015 10:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is one of three Pacific Islands countries that has achieved over half of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with only two countries Cook Islands and Niue achieving all of the MDGs, by the end of the first 15 year plan 2000-2015. Now a new plan called the UN 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), forms a “Global Agenda” that will guide Tonga during the next 30 years.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2015 12:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Care, share and act! We all have a responsibility to break the cycle of violence and must signal that “enough is enough”, Tonga's Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell, said this morning at a program to mark White Ribbon Day, an international campaign by men who are speaking out to end violence against women and girls. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 November 2015 10:48am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In memory of Jonah Lomu, a condolence book for the Lomu family has been made available for members of the public to sign at the New Zealand High Commission in Nuku’alofa. ‘I he fakamanatua ‘o Jonah Tali Lomu, ‘oku i ai ‘a e Tohi pōpoaki fiekaungāmamahi ma’ae fāmili ‘o Jonah Tali Lomu ‘oku faka’atā ki he kakai ‘o e fonua ke nau fakamo’oni ai ‘i he ‘Ofisi ‘o e Talafekau Lahi Nu’usila. -
Tuesday 24 November 2015 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan products such as vanilla and Japanese taro have been successfully promoted in the Japanese market, facilitated by the Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) in Tokyo. By Linny Folau. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 November 2015 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Noa Niua (23) from Hofoa was announced the Dux of Montfort Technical Institute today, 24 November, securing his place in His Majesty’s Armed Force’s next recruitment in 2016. Premium content
