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Monday 18 July 2016 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked and repeatedly punched a 56-year-old woman of U.S. citizenship, while she was jogging at the waterfront in Sopu on Saturday morning, 16 July.
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Monday 18 July 2016 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A multinational task group of soldiers from Tonga, New Zealand, China, Australia and the United States are working on projects to improve water storage and sanitation in Tonga as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight 2016, a humanitarian activity focused on disaster relief operations. Premium content -
Monday 18 July 2016 4:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 29-year-old woman is in hospital after she was allegedly stabbed several times by her husband (33) during an argument at a home in Talau, Vava'u, on Saturday morning, 16 July. Premium content -
Monday 18 July 2016 10:51am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A driver and two passengers, including a 14-year-old boy, died when the rental car they were in crashed into a coconut tree at Kolonga early this morning, Monday 18 July. A fourth passenger survived and is in critical condition. Premium content -
Sunday 17 July 2016 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Senituli Penitani contrives to cover-up the evils of non-separation of Church and State. He further sugar-coded Tongan Christian history as corruption-free, unlike European Christian churches. There’s enough historical evidence to show that the joint Church religious influence and Government political authority corrupts. – Sione Mokofisi. -
Sunday 17 July 2016 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four skiers will now have the chance to represent Tonga at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, after the Kingdom was admitted as a member of the International Ski Federation (FIS) in June. Premium content -
Friday 15 July 2016 2:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A goal of year round agricultural harvesting of top quality organic vegetables is within reach for Tonga, except that farmers need to understand just how valuable pig shit really is in order to achieve this. A remarkable method of “biogas farming” using pigs and their waste to produce high yield top quality produce could transform subsistence farming incomes. It’s been demonstrated that a properly run biogas farm in Tonga can earn $200,000 or more a year - yet the opportunity is not being fully realized. By Eleanor Gee -
Friday 15 July 2016 2:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Increase in prices for diesel and kerosene will continue from July to August, while petrol remains steady in Tonga starting on Monday, 18 July. Premium content -
Friday 15 July 2016 2:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When talking about the Separation of Church and State, we need to be reminded of the different historical, political, and social contexts in which this principle was being defined, perceived, and rehashed. – Senituli Penitani.2 comments -
Friday 15 July 2016 11:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Akosita Havili Lavulavu (31) is the new Vava'u no. 16 People’s Representative to the Tonga Legislative Assembly winning a By-election with 39.4% of the votes yesterday, Thursday 14 July. There was an 69% turnout of registered voters. Premium content -
Friday 15 July 2016 11:06am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e palopalema fakatu’utamaki taha ‘o e me’a ko e mafai he ‘oku mu’aki ‘a e kui fakamolale hono tefito, ‘o akafia ai ‘a e fakasosiale, ki ha taha na’e ‘ikai mateuteu lelei ki hono ngaue’aki. Mo’oni e lau, “ko e toe to e ki lalo ‘e taha”. – ‘Inoke Fotu Hu’akau. -
Thursday 14 July 2016 6:26pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : The new Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leaders Summit which ended in Honiara this week, had included civil society organisations as decision makers in regional matters, said the PIANGO chairman Drew Havea, of Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 14 July 2016 6:15pm
Kansas, USA : A young US born Tongan, 'Ainise Havili (20) has been nominated by the University of Kansas for the “Big 12 Athlete of the Year Award” selected from 12 universities in five states. Raised in Texas, 'Ainise, the daughter of Tongan immigrants Moses and Mele Havili, is a star volleyball player and a member of the 2016 United States College Volleyball team. Premium content -
Thursday 14 July 2016 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Fire and Emergency Services firemen were pumped up with their two new fire trucks and fire fighting equipment worth about $100,000 donated by the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Services today. Premium content -
Thursday 14 July 2016 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tatafu Moeaki, the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning has resigned from the Civil Service before the end of his contract. Premium content -
Thursday 14 July 2016 4:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A petition to King Tupou VI from the Public Service Association (PSA) was submitted on Tuesday, 12 July, as the PSA continues to push for defering the implementation of new civil salary structures. The petition was signed by 476 public servants. Premium content -
Thursday 14 July 2016 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Human remains found in a bush area of Tongatapu yesterday have been identified as 'Alekisio Taufatahi Kautai (55), a man who lived by himself at Lapaha, Tonga Police today confirmed today. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 July 2016 10:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are appealing for information that might help to identify the remains of a man, believed to be aged in his 40's, discovered this afternoon, Wednesday 13 July 2016, at Lapaha in Eastern Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 July 2016 6:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The by-election to decide the seat for Vava’u 16 in the Tonga Legislative Assembly will be held tomorrow Thursday, 14 July contested by four candidates, including one woman. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 July 2016 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police have released the name of ‘Unaloto ‘Eli (22) who died after he was hit by a vehicle on Taufa’ahau Road in Pea, early Saturday morning, 9 July. Premium content
