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Tuesday 12 September 2017 10:11pm
Apia, Samoa : An agreement to achieve universal health coverage and address non-communicable diseases in the Pacific region was signed by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Pacific Community (SPC) on 8 September in Apia, Samoa.
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Monday 11 September 2017 10:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samoa and the Pacific Games Council signed the 2019 Pacific Games Host Agreement in Apia this afternoon, 11 September 2017. Premium content -
Monday 11 September 2017 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police today confirmed they are treating the death of Kevini Maka (22) whose body was recovered from a waterway next to Popua Park as a homicide. Premium content -
Monday 11 September 2017 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Liahona High School celebrated its 70th birthday on 7 September, with activities that emphasized healthy living. Premium content -
Monday 11 September 2017 6:44pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : An audio recording of the 2014 courtroom shooting of Siale Angilau (of Tongan descent) has been published in Utah. In the dramatic 3-minute long audio recording, at least four gunshots can be heard as Angilau was shot by a U.S. marshal, after he charged towards a witness during a federal racketeering trial aimed at the Tongan Crip Gang. Premium content -
Sunday 10 September 2017 7:46pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongan-New Zealanders last week celebrated “Tongan Language Week” (Uike Katoanga'i 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga) an annual event to celebrate Tongan culture and language in New Zealand. The theme of this year’s Tongan Language Week was “Fakakoloa Aotearoa ‘Aki’ A e Nofo ‘A Kainga” (Enriching Aotearoa with our Family values). Premium content -
Sunday 10 September 2017 7:36pm
: American cultural and educational documentaries for public screening will be showcased in Tonga between 8-11 September in Nuku’alofa, organized by a group from the American Embassy in Suva, Fiji. Premium content -
Sunday 10 September 2017 7:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A fireman was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for assaulting a fellow fire officer with an iron rod at the Central Fire Station in Longolongo last year. The victim suffered a fractured skull. Premium content -
Sunday 10 September 2017 7:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men, convicted of rape and attempted rape in separate cases that took place in Tongatapu last year, awaits sentencing at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Sunday 10 September 2017 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Internet outage on Thursday, 31 August, caused internet disruptions for customers of Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC), who were unable to access websites such as Google, Gmail and Yahoo and also experienced slow connections. Premium content -
Saturday 9 September 2017 5:06pm
New Delhi, India : With every new crisis that the world faces, humanity’s differences appear increasingly intractable. Religion, ethnicity, history, politics, and economics have all become tools to denigrate and demean. People seem to be drifting apart, and no country is immune from divisive discourse. But there is one fundamental issue where contrasts dissolve into consensus: the desire to keep children safe. By Kailash Satyarthi. -
Saturday 9 September 2017 9:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Met reported that a tsunami wave of less than 0.1M (0.3ft) was recorded at Nuku’alofa Tide gauge at about 08:15am this morning. The Tsunami Marine Warning previously in force for Tonga is NOW CANCELLED. The tsunami generated from the M8.2 Chiapas, Mexico earthquake was observed by coastal and deep-ocean gauges in the eastern Pacific, Samoa and Tonga and other places. -
Friday 8 September 2017 9:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tsunami generated by a big Magnitude 8.1 earthquake off the coast of Mexico this evening is being projected toward the Pacific Islands. "The main beam is toward our area," said 'Ofa Fa'anunu tonight, after the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) activated a Tsunami Marine Warning, with a wave expected to reach Tonga at around 6:15am tomorrow morning (Saturday). Tonga is being "just cautious," said 'Ofa. "We are expecting less than one metre. It may be over one foot in Tonga but the tsunami warming centre is giving 1M for Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand." -
Friday 8 September 2017 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sacked Minister of Finance Hon. Tevita Lavemaau said yesterday that it was his vote in Parliament that made Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva the Prime Minister. Without being specific, he alluded to a conviction that Cabinet decisions should not be made by one man or a minority in Cabinet. Premium content -
Friday 8 September 2017 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are waiting for a post mortem report on the death of Kevini Maka (22) to determine whether there are any suspicious circumstances. The decease's body was recovered from a waterway next to Popua Park in Tongatapu on Tuesday, September 5. Premium content -
Thursday 7 September 2017 10:10pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A 26-year-old man in New Zealand, Gustav Sanft (of Tongan heritage), has been found guilty of manslaughter by a New Zealand jury in relation to the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Amokura Daniels-Sanft, in 2016. He was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment today. Premium content -
Thursday 7 September 2017 12:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Folaha residents celebrated having access to clean water thanks to a Japanese Government project that upgraded their deteriorating water supply system, with the installation of a new solar power water pump unit set, a new tank stand, a new water tank and fence around the solar and pump house systems. Premium content -
Thursday 7 September 2017 12:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's former Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni emotionally bowed out yesterday, saying; “On no occasion did I try to undermine the support and cohesion within Cabinet.” Premium content -
Thursday 7 September 2017 12:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 29-year-old man was reported to have committed suicide on Monday, September 4. Premium content -
Thursday 7 September 2017 12:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kevini Maka (22) has been identified as the man whose body was found dead in a waterway next to Popua Park on Tuesday, September 5. Premium content
