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Wednesday 6 September 2017 3:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongans will go to the polls on November 16 in a General Election, to be held a year ahead of schedule. The nomination of candidates will be held for two-days from 27-28 September.
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Wednesday 6 September 2017 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Chief Justices from the Pacific Islands are in Nuku'alofa this week, attending a workshop to strengthen judiciaries in the Pacific. The focus on judicial leadership is part of an Initiative funded by the New Zealand Government. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 September 2017 2:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have located missing woman, Hivakakala Lango’ia (20) boarding the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa ferry at Queen Salote wharf at around midnight last night, September 5. Her messages that she was held captive in 'Eua were found to be false. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 September 2017 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Ma‘afu, named as Tonga's new Deputy Prime Minister this morning, has been Tonga's Acting Prime Minister since 1 September. The Prime Minister's Office today announced the backdating of new ministerial appointments. Uncertainty over who was in charge had left the Caretaker Government in a state of disarray, after the PM left for the Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting at the end of last week. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 11:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When Tonga's Prime Minister Hon 'Akilisi Pohiva left Tonga on Friday with his delegation for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting in Apia, Samoa, he left behind a Caretaker Government with its Ministerial portfolios in disarray. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A body of a man was found dead in a waterway next to Popua Park this afternoon, 5 September. Police are investigating the cause of death and his identity. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 9:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for Hivakakala Lango’ia (20) who has gone missing in ‘Eua. She last contacted her father in Tongatapu on Sunday, September 3, messaging that she was being held captive by a man. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 9:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man remains in custody after being arrested for stabbing his girlfriend on the leg with scissors on 25 August at Tokomololo. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for two men who forcefully snatched a 60-year-old woman’s handbag on a road in Kolofo’ou on 31 August. The woman suffered bruising when she fell during a struggle with the men. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 September 2017 11:23am
Cambridge, USA : The United States and China have reached a precarious moment in their relationship. Ensuring a peaceful outcome will be the greatest geopolitical challenge of the twenty-first century. Are our leaders up to it? By Graham Allison and Arianna Huffington. -
Monday 4 September 2017 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s caretaker government is currently in turmoil as Tongans are waiting to find out who is officially the Acting Prime Minister, after the Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva left to attend an overseas meeting last week. Premium content -
Monday 4 September 2017 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samoa will host the 2019 Pacific Games after winning the hosting rights when it was unanimously approved by the Pacific Games Council Executive Board. Premium content -
Sunday 3 September 2017 4:25pm
Sene, 'Aositelelia : Fakamalo atu ki he ‘Ateni Seniale he fakamahino ki he tukunga ‘o e tu’utu’uni kuo hifo mei he’ene ‘Afio fekau’aki mo e Palemia, mo e kau Minisita ‘o e Kapineti pea pehe ki he Pule’anga fakakatoa. -
Sunday 3 September 2017 12:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The dissolution of the Tongan Parliament by HM King Tupou VI on August 24 is a wake up call for Tongans to return their focus to Tonga's modern democratisation process. Since a move to speed up the democratic reform process was initiated in 2010, social and political progress has faltered in an increasingly unsettled and disruptive political environment. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Friday 1 September 2017 6:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI opened the new multi-million Chinese funded "St George Government Building" on a rainy Friday morning, September 1, with Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva on hand, welcoming him to the event. Photos by Linny Folau, Pesi Fonua and Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Friday 1 September 2017 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three suspects have been arrested and charged for allegedly entering a room at the Tanoa Hotel early on August 30 and stealing a laptop and four flash drives, belonging to a team of Australian heart surgeons. Premium content -
Friday 1 September 2017 5:20pm
Suva, Fiji : ‘The Beginning of Life’ a documentary focused on giving children the best possible start to life and reinforcing the proverb "it takes a village to raise a child", screened for the first time in the Pacific region on August 30, in Suva, Fiji. Premium content -
Thursday 31 August 2017 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There should be a Cabinet Minister in the Privy Council. “There should be a connection between the Cabinet and the Privy Council,” said the PM, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva yesterday. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 31 August 2017 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Responding to social media commentary, Tonga's Acting Attorney General 'Aminiasi Kefu came out to set the record straight that the King's personal Royal prerogative to dissolve Tonga’s Legislative Assembly "is not limited by law and any legal action taken against this dissolution will be dismissed immediately by the Courts." He was responding to views circulated by Lopeti Senituli, a former Government CEO, who was urging the government to take legal action against the King's decision. Premium content -
Thursday 31 August 2017 3:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Men do have control over how they behave sexually, and the excuse that they can't control their urges is not valid, especially when it comes to high-risk situations that could lead to sexual assault or rape of a woman or a girl, a male advocacy training group learned in Nuku'alofa.1 comment Premium content
