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Thursday 2 June 2016 4:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of Tongatapu secondary and tertiary school students led by lively brass bands marched through central Nuku’alofa today, Thursday 2 June, to mark the opening of the 2016 Session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, while passengers from the Pacific Pearl cruise ship berthed at the Vuna Wharf near Parliament House enjoyed the spectacle. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Thursday 2 June 2016 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : President ‘Inoke Fotu Kupu (57) is the first Tongan to become Mission President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Zambia Lusaka Mission in Africa, leaving Tonga with his wife Moana on 1 June for a three year posting. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 8:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This is an opportune time for us to build education in Tonga based on what we have learned from the great teachers and leaders of the Ministry of Education and the different schools in the past. We must improve education, not destroy it. - Dr Sitiveni Halapua. -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A report on Climate Financing and Risk Governance Assessment CFRGA for Tonga, was launched by Tatafu Moeaki, the CEO for Tonga’s Ministry of Finance and National Planning, at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre, Monday 30 May. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Women need to be protected from predatory behaviour in their own homes, said a judge in sentencing Lopeti Talafekau Soafa (18) to four-years imprisonment for the attempted rape of a 23-year-old volunteer from Japan in October last year, at Tofoa. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 2:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s bankers, who fought to stop the imposition of a new Foreign Exchange Levy that came into effect today June 1, say the legislation is poorly drafted and imposes an unfair tax on the financial sector, which will be passed on to the community – particularly affecting remittances. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 11:45am
Facebook : Stoneb Stone comments: Funny thing is that when I see the word 'nationalism' I remember George Speight, a 'nationalist' and the main instigator of the Fiji coup in 2000. And if the Minister is referring to Goodlad and Sirotnik's concept of moral dimension then he's turning a blind eye at how his reforms are being currently carried out in the education ministry as far from being moral. -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 11:00am
Facebook : Laluna Kahuna comments: The whole education system in Tonga needs an overhaul. Starting with the hot shots in Ministry of Education, school Principals, teachers etc. Start by sacking all those teachers who do not turn up for school to teach or for lack of teaching, those who physically, mentally and emotionally abuse the students, eating students lunches, having favourites - just to mention a few of the issues wrong with the education here. Tonga's education is still 30-40 years behind the rest of the world. -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 9:22am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siosaia Langi Naufahu (54) was sentenced to five and a half-years imprisonment for grievous bodily harm for pouring a pot of boiling water on his wife in a "cruel and callous" deliberate action at their home in Sopu last year. The victim, the mother of their nine children, was put on life support with 35 to 40 percent burns of her total body surface area and suffered permanent injury from the terrifying experience. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 June 2016 8:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been arrested and charged with a laptop robbery that injured a shopkeeper on By-Pass Road in Pahu on Saturday evening, 28 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 May 2016 5:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Games Council today declared that a move by Tonga to vacate the Tonga 2019 Pacific Games Organising Committee - CEO/chairman’s position, is “null and void”. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 May 2016 3:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga, rated as one of the highest smoking countries in the world, where 46% of men and 13% of women smoke - and half are expected to die from it, has launched an intensive anti smoking campaign today.1 comment -
Tuesday 31 May 2016 2:26pm
Auckland, New Zealand : An Auckland barrister, Mina Wharepouri, of Tongan descent, will be sworn in tomorrow as Acting District Court Judge, and will be based in Manukau, New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 May 2016 1:57pm
Fort Worth, Texas : Pro-golfer Tony Finau turned up to the front door of a young lady’s house in Texas last week offering flowers, chocolate, a get-well card and his apologies for accidently hitting her on the head with one of his golf balls. Premium content -
Monday 30 May 2016 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Education System is “bad”, Tonga’s Minister of Education and Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva told a gathering at the Loumaile Lodge Nuku’alofa on Thursday, 26 May.3 comments Premium content -
Monday 30 May 2016 3:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a defiant statement to the Pacific Games Council, the Tongan Government today boldly announced it will not let the council dictate who Tonga should employ to facilitate the 2019 Games, and announced that government had replaced Tonga's organising committee chairman Lord Sevele on May 27 with Tonga's Solicitor General Sione Sisifa. Premium content -
Monday 30 May 2016 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A special public holiday will be held in Tonga on Wednesday, 22 June to mark the upcoming 150th Anniversary of Tupou College. Premium content -
Monday 30 May 2016 2:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A beautiful traditional Chinese music concert for the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho's 90th birthday, was performed by China’s National Traditional Orchestra on Saturday night, 28 May at Loumaile Lodge. By Linny Folau. Premium content -
Monday 30 May 2016 11:51am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An allied effort to combat potential drug trafficking in the South Pacific brought together 10 Tongan and American agencies in Nuku'alofa to exchange the latest information on drug identification as part of the Nevada National Guard / Kingdom of Tonga State Partnership Program between May 9-13. Premium content -
Sunday 29 May 2016 7:28pm
London, United Kingdom : The "rampaging" Vunipola brothers helped their club, the London Saracens, to win the 2015-16 Aviva Premiership defeating the Exeter Chiefs by 28 points to 20 in the Premiership final yesterday. Premium content
