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Monday 25 July 2016 4:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Training for Tonga Police, Defence and airport staff aiming to better coordinate their responses in major operations - whether natural disasters or man-made emergencies - was held from July 20-21, at Police headquarters in Longolongo.
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Monday 25 July 2016 2:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While the world trashed monarchy as evil, and idolized democracy as the best form of government, Tonga proved otherwise. While world trashed the Church as detrimental to politics, Tonga proved that the Church has immensely and positively supported politics. - Senituli Penitani.14 comments -
Monday 25 July 2016 12:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The King’s Matapule Motu'apuaka was laid to rest at Fakaulunafa Cemetery on Saturday, 23 July attended by King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u. Photos by Caroline Manu Moli. Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 10:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new LPG refilling station owned by Tonga Gas Ltd. and Homegas Ltd., was opened today by Crown Prince Tupouto'a ‘Ulukalala at Mataki'eua to provide better accessibility to customers who live in the rural villages of Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A newborn baby girl was found alive, after being abandoned in a bush area wrapped in a plastic bag, near By-Pass Road at Halaleva in Nuku'alofa this morning, Friday 22 July. Temperatures dropped to about 18-19C in the early morning. Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 10:03pm
Christchurch, New Zealand : Australian-Tongan boxer Solomon Haumono was defeated last night by number one IBF contender and New Zealand champion Joseph Parker at the Horncastle fight arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. The fight was ended by a controversial stoppage in the fourth round. Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police have released names of three men who died in a crash on Talasiu Road when their rental car hit a coconut tree early Monday morning, 18 July. Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The public has a right to know about MP ‘Akosita Lavulavu’s state of mind while her husband was misusing his authority. Was she just a silent partner who went along for the ride? – Sione Mokofisi. -
Friday 22 July 2016 2:42pm
California, USA : A 46-year-old Tongan man living in California was among 112 people (100 men, 12 women) arrested in an operation by United States law enforcement last week. According to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E), the four-day operation was targeting “convicted criminal aliens” and that “the arrested were immigrants who were involved in gang activity or had three or more misdemeanor convictions or a conviction for a ‘significant’ misdemeanor'.” Premium content -
Friday 22 July 2016 1:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A four-man technical team known as CERT (or the Tonga National Computer Emergency Response Team) was launched by government on 15 July as a step toward enforcing the new Communications Act 2015 and the Communications Commission Act 2015 that were passed by Parliament last year, to guard Tonga from the dark side of the internet. Premium content -
Thursday 21 July 2016 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven athletes will represent Tonga at the Rio Olympic Games, starting on 5 August, competing in the fields of Archery, Track, Swimming and Taekwondo.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 21 July 2016 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The body of a 56-year-old Canadian woman who was found dead in a yacht in Neiafu, Vava’u earlier this month has been brought over to Vaiola Hospital in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 21 July 2016 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are appealing to the public for help in finding a young man, aged in late teens or early 20's, of Tongan or Polynesian appearance who might be connected with the attack of a United States Peace Corps staffer on Saturday morning, 16 July at Sopu. A person of interest was seen in the area wearing dark green patterned shorts and a t-shirt and holding a green towel over his head and face.r Premium content -
Wednesday 20 July 2016 9:41pm
Suva, Fiji : The Pacific is highly vulnerable to human trafficking, especially where developing countries have poor social and economic systems, high rates of poverty, under-resourced judiciary and government agencies, and inadequate laws, said Patricia Kailola at the 2016 Pacific Update Conference at the University of the South Pacific in Laucala yesterday. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 July 2016 7:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Coming home to her roots, American-Tongan singing star Dinah Jane Hansen (19) took up paddling an outrigger canoe today, July 20, with the Tu’i Tonga Mafua and Tu’avivi Teams of the Nuku’alofa Outrigger Canoe Club at Faua Wharf in the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa. Dinah is visiting Tonga for the first time with her mother Milika. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 July 2016 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The draw for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup was announced yesterday, July 19, by its organising committee. Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have been confirmed as the hosts of the World Cup, from October 27 to December 2 next year. Tonga will play in pool B of the World Cup matched up against New Zealand, Samoa and Scotland. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 July 2016 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The building of a 1.3MW wind power generation system is possible for Tonga following a preparatory survey by Japan International Cooperation Agency conducted from June 29 to July 15. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 July 2016 5:37pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A Tongan dance artist, Tuiahai Tu'i'afitu, is the first international recipient of the Pacific Dance Artist in Residence 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand, who will get the chance to work with local schools, teach dance and deliver public workshops over a four week period from mid August to mid September. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 July 2016 6:12pm
Christchurch, New Zealand : Family, friends, fans and teammates of a promising young Tongan rugby player Uto Enosi Tu'ipulotu are in mourning after the 19 year-old passed away from cancer last week July 14 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Uto was selected for the New Zealand Area schools rugby team, and was awarded Under 18 player of the year by his rugby club, Ellesmere. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 July 2016 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A United States Peace Corps staffer (56) has left Tonga today with her husband after she sustained injuries and bruises to her face in a brutal attack, while jogging on the Sopu waterfront on Saturday morning, 16 July at about 9:30a.m. Tonga Police are searching for a man who attacked the woman from behind, in a secluded area. It is likely that the attacker had blood on his clothing when he left the scene.4 comments Premium content
