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Wednesday 11 November 2015 5:14pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongan Dr Simione Lolohea (48) a surgeon in Hamilton is one of only two doctors in New Zealand offering hot chemotherapy, a rare and controversial cancer treatment.
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Wednesday 11 November 2015 1:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With the current exchange rate…of banks on NZD, this levy would reduce their margin on foreign exchange transactions by 60%. …This seems like a huge tax so one would expect that the banks would simply reduce the TOP paid out or increase the TOP to be paid by 1c for every unit of foreign currency received or paid out. - Peter Goldstern -
Tuesday 10 November 2015 10:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The implementation of the government’s controversial 1% Foreign Exchange Levy has been deferred again for a “few weeks”, stated the Minister of Finance, Hon. ‘Aisake Eke in a letter, dated 6 November, circulated to general managers of financial institutions in Nuku’alofa.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2015 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A convicted murderer, who had received a life sentence for murdering his fiancé in New Zealand in 2003, killed again in Tonga only a few months after his release and deportation to Tonga in December 2013.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2015 6:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of 15 U.S. Peace Corps volunteers were sworn-in on Saturday, 7 November at ‘Anana, Tongatapu. They will teach English at primary and middle schools in rural Tongatapu and two outer islands.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2015 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 18-year-old driver of a vehicle that crashed into the entrance of the Queen Mother’s residence, Tufumahina, on Sunday 8 November. has been arrested and charged. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2015 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two stepbrothers who made a “brutal and ruthless” attack on a market gardener at Longolongo last year, were each sentenced to seven-years nine-months imprisonment. Mr Justice Cato said the sentence "must reflect the need to protect the public from this kind of offending." Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2015 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are looking for three men, including the driver of a vehicle that crashed into the entrance of the Queen Mother’s residence, Tufumahina, on Sunday, 8 November. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2015 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Remembrance Sunday Service to remember the Tongan soldiers who served and fell on the battlefields of the First and the Second World Wars, was held yesterday, 8 November, at a new location at the front of the National Flag Station, Mala’e Pangai. Photos by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2015 9:35am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has accumulated a Foreign Reserve of $311.7 million pa’anga at the end of September, while its domestic inflation rate was 3.2% for September, according to the latest figures on the National Reserve Bank of Tonga website.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 7 November 2015 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The solitary soldier atop Tonga’s Cenotaph was removed from Pangai Si'i on November 5 and crossed Taufa’ahau Road where, dangling from a crane and in the protective arms of a serviceman, he was lowered to a new position next to the National Flag Station - in time for Remembrance Sunday Service tomorrow November 8. Photos by Linny Folau and Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2015 6:16pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongan, Laumanu Mafi was named the winner of the First Overall Pacific Business Student of the Year Award along with Chris Carrington who won the First Maori Prize, at the University of Auckland, recently. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2015 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Afofa Ta’ai (49) was sentenced to prison for two-years six-months for falsification of accounts and embezzling $51,829 pa’anga from his employer Homegas Ltd on 5 October, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2015 10:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An application by Hon. ‘Etuate Lavulavu to add a counterclaim against Viliami Uasike Latu was dismissed by Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on 16 October. The Chief Justice stated that Lavulavu's counterclaim was "both irrelevant and useless". Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2015 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Some of the Pacific’s leading musical talents have come together and collaborated on an upbeat song, 'We are Family' in a recording initiated by Digicel to be launched this month throughout the region to celebrate the importance of families this Christmas. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2015 4:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Bank South Pacific BSP officially took over the Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) operation in the Solomon Islands on 30 October, further expanding its operations in the Pacific Islands. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2015 12:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 18th OE Toshiba Golf Tournament to be held this Saturday (November 7) at the Manamo’ui Golf Course is expected to attract teams of golfers competing for prizes offered by Office Equipment Ltd. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 November 2015 7:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day training programme on gender based violence and trauma awareness for Tongan journalists began today, Wednesday 4 November in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 November 2015 7:01pm
'Eua, Tonga : 'Eua netball players are aiming to make the grade for the national team in time for the Pacific Games in 2019. Some 32 teams from 12 netball clubs on 'Eua competed in the island's netball tournament that finished on Saturday, 31 October at Malau Field. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 November 2015 12:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Foreign Exchange Levy Act 2015 that was originally scheduled to be implemented on 21 October, finally came into force yesterday, November 3, allowing government to collect one seniti from the banks on every pa'anga sold or purchased in foreign exchange transactions. Premium content
