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Wednesday 13 December 2017 5:26pm
Gisborne, New Zealand : A 50-year-old Tongan man in Gisborne, New Zealand was sentenced to 140 hours of community work by the Gisborne District Court after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his son with a kafa (taovala belt) for refusing to read the bible.
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Wednesday 13 December 2017 5:21pm
Suva, Fiji : Over US$100M in micro loans has been handed out to tens of thousands of low-Income women across the Pacific Islands, including Tonga, by the South Pacific Business Development (SPBD) since its launch in 2000. Last Friday, 8 December, it gave out its US$100 millionth loan to entrepreneur Vilisi Tabua, a fish dealer at the Suva Public Market in Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 December 2017 10:57am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A video study showing a time lapse of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai island was published on Tuesday by America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The video study by NASA shows the transformation of the volcanic island from 2015 to 2017. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 December 2017 10:52am
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The Pacific Games Council (PGC) will suspend Tahiti for political interference in Tahitian sporting bodies, following the completion of the 2017 Mini Games in Vanuatu this Friday 15 December. The suspension was announced by PGC president Vidya Lakhan yesterday 11 December at a press conference in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 December 2017 10:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Legal action against Tonga for withdrawing from hosting the 2019 Pacific Games has been given full support by members of the Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly at a meeting held last Sunday 10 December, in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The PGC has instructed its legal counsel in Tonga to proceed with an action for damages, which may amount to millions. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 December 2017 9:41am
Princeton, USA : A Saudi prince has been revealed to be the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," for which he spent $450.3 million. Had he given the money to the poor, as the subject of the painting instructed another rich man, he could have restored eyesight to nine million people, or enabled 13 million families to grow 50% more food. - Peter Singer. -
Tuesday 12 December 2017 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The dissolution of the Tongan Parliament on 24 August carried a hope that new members of parliament and a new Prime Minister with a new government might be elected to advance the Tongan democratic reform that was introduced in 2010. But that hope faded with the results of the November 16 snap General Election, when voters re-elected 21 of the 26 members of the dissolved parliament. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 December 2017 2:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has stepped up its efforts to curb domestic violence with a new ‘Access to Justice Project’ legal centre launched last Friday, 8 December, that will provide free legal advice and support to survivors, as complaints of domestic violence continue to rise. It is the first in the Pacific Islands. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 December 2017 12:04pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Tonga’s national 7s and tennis teams have won bronze medals at the 2017 Vanuatu Mini-Games. Premium content -
Monday 11 December 2017 6:22pm
Nadi, Fiji : Tonga will host the 2018 Miss Pacific Islands pageant, which is usually held around the first week of December. Premium content -
Monday 11 December 2017 10:24am
New York, USA : Globalization, which was supposed to benefit developed and developing countries alike, is now reviled almost everywhere, as the political backlash in Europe and the US in recent years has shown. The challenge is to minimize the risk that the backlash will intensify, and that starts by understanding – and avoiding – past mistakes. -
Saturday 9 December 2017 5:37pm
Canberra, Australia : Mate Ma’a Tonga star hooker Siliva Havili has been signed by the Canberra Raiders on a one-year-deal. The Auckland born 24-year-old was instrumental in Tonga’s success at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, setting up numerous plays and scoring a try against England. Premium content -
Saturday 9 December 2017 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A massive mural of the Tongan Lupe (pigeon), painted by five artists over the last four days, graces a wall at the back of the Tanoa Hotel, visible from Tupoulahi Road at Fasi. Premium content -
Saturday 9 December 2017 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A donation of $5100 pa’anga was made to the Alonga Adult Disabled Centre, at Pea on December 8. Tongan artist Uili Lousi collaborated with the New Zealand High Commissioner HE Sarah Walsh in this initiative and presented the cheque to Lavinia Satini, the center’s coordinator with residents present. The amount was raised from the sales of artwork by Lousi. Premium content -
Friday 8 December 2017 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-five students from five secondary schools in Tongatapu completed Kaliloa, a Tonga Youth Leadership Program on December 8, at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo. Premium content -
Friday 8 December 2017 5:31pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Finetu’ui Moala won Gold for Tonga in judo in the men's 100kg division at the Pacific Mini Games 2017, in Vanuatu on December 8.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 8 December 2017 12:40pm
Manila, Philippines : A new Tropical Tunas Bridging Measure was adopted in the early hours of this morning, after a marathon session by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in the Philippines this week. The Chair and the Executive Director today issued a joint statement on the outcomes of the 14th annual meeting of the Commission, which also include a Conservation and Management Measure on Pacific Bluefin, bycatch mitigation strategies and conservation measures on marine pollution. Premium content -
Friday 8 December 2017 10:02am
Manila, Philippines : Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have threatened to pull out of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) if the fishing nations and coastal states who make its membership fail to agree on new rules for all-important tropical tuna. Current rules for the fishery – known as the Tropical Tuna Measure – expire at the end of this year. -
Thursday 7 December 2017 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three of five waste management trucks to be used in Vava'u and Ha'apai were handed over on December 7, to the Waste Authority Ltd from the Government of Japan in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 7 December 2017 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One nomination for a Prime Minister designate was received by Office of the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Lord Tangi on December 5. Premium content
