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Friday 28 October 2016 6:25pm
Suva, Fiji : Two young Tongan swimmers, Finau ‘Ohuafi (15) and Noelani Day (13) brought home a total of 16 medals between them, including 9 gold and 7 silver after competing in the SC Central Region Age Group Invitational 2016 in Suva, Fiji.
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Friday 28 October 2016 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in Tonga "no doubt about it", said Dr ‘Ana ‘Akau’ola today at a breast cancer awareness Pink October morning tea event hosted by Tonga Communications Corporation at Fasi. Premium content -
Friday 28 October 2016 6:03pm
Guangdong, China : A Tongan cultural group was among performers from three countries opening the show at the Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo on 27 October, a four-day event that has attracted over 40 countries with more than 2000 booths and over 100,000 people at Dongguan City, People's Republic of China. Premium content -
Friday 28 October 2016 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Shot Put champion Valerie Adams will visit Nuku’alofa next week promoting healthy lifestyles and sports participation as part of her newly appointed role as New Zealand’s Pacific Sports Ambassador. Premium content -
Thursday 27 October 2016 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A four-day regional training workshop to support school readiness and reading for Pacific children and teachers, is underway in Nuku’alofa this week with 50 participants from eight Pacific Island countries and development partners including practitioners attending. The workshop is part of the Pacific Early Age Readiness and Learning (PEARL) Program funded through the Global Partnership for Education and led by the World Bank. Premium content -
Thursday 27 October 2016 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An inaugural Pacific-China Friendship Association conference was opened by HRH Princess Pilolevu, who welcomed the new regional alliance which she hoped would strengthen co-operation in the region and form a framework for Pacific nations to interact in a single forum. Participants from six countries met on October 26 at the Loumaile Lodge in Nuku'alofa.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 27 October 2016 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has decided to adopt daylight saving and will advance its clock one hour ahead on Sunday, November 6 for two-months, in order to allow more daylight hours in the evening during the longer summer days. The change will put Tonga 14 hours ahead of UTC during the summer. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 9:17pm
Pangai, Ha'apai : A new $307,000 fire station in Pangai, Ha’apai, funded by the National Emergency Management Office and Committee was officially opened on 25 October 2016 by Pangai District Officer, Mr Langi Tonga'onevai. The new fire station replaces the old one destroyed by Cyclone Ian in January 2014. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 9:13pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia will have the option of accessing faster international broadband connectivity as part of a 14,000km submarine cable project run by the Hawaiki company between the United States, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand scheduled to be completed in mid-2018. The system promises to deliver more than 30 terrabytes per second of capacity. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 9:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six Georgian nationals who pleaded guilty to knowingly dealing with forged documents, after entering Tonga on stolen Greek passports, were each given two-years suspended prison sentences, and ordered to pay $1,000 pa'anga each to the Supreme Court today. They are ordered to leave Tonga within two weeks, ordered a Supreme Court judge in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 8:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men and a 16-year-old boy have each been charged with the murder of ‘Aiveni Teisina (36) who died at Vaiola Hospital on Monday October 24 from serious injuries sustained after being allegedly assaulted with a machete, at a solar farm parking lot in Vaini. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 7:05pm
Honolulu, Hawaii : Encouraging Tongans in Hawaii to hold on to their heritage, an early Mormon missionary in Tonga, Elder John H. Groberg, said that people are forgetting that it’s sacrifice that brings forth blessings, not entitlement. It’s hard work and its patience over long periods of time, he told the Morman Pacific Historical Society at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 6:54pm
Newcastle, United Kingdom : Taione Vea has announced his retirement from professional rugby two months after suffering a spinal injury during a rugby match. The 27-year-old Prop who plays for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Aviva Premiership said, “I was left paralyzed for five or six minutes on the field, where I couldn’t feel my whole body. That is enough for anybody in a lifetime, and the risk of that happening again if I was to return to playing is quite high.” Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 7:35am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan couple residing in New Zealand have legally adopted a baby girl who was abandoned in a bush area in Nuku'alofa, where she was found wrapped in plastic on July 22. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 7:18am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has made an investment in its children by making a commitment to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the visiting UNICEF Representative to the Pacific Mr Sheldon Yett observed. He attended an event celebrating United Nations Day and the launch of Cyber Safety week at Fa’onelua Convention Centre in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 7:05am
Apia, Samoa : A new Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), jointly funded by the Governments of Japan and Samoa as well as the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) will be based in Apia, Samoa and ready by 2018 to address climate change challenges in the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 October 2016 7:01am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Government’s public service will close down on Tuesday, December 20 at 4:30pm for the beginning of their Christmas vacation. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 7:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifteen films from across the Pacific, including four from Tonga, screened at the second Nuku’alofa Film Fest held over two days on 19 and 20 October. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 7:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first tourism promotion artistic group will represent and promote the country at the 2016 Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Expo to be held from October 27-30. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 36-year-old man died at Vaiola Hospital early this morning Monday, October 24 from serious injures sustained after he was assaulted with a machete at a solar farm parking lot in Vaini early Sunday morning, October 23. Premium content
