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Tuesday 25 April 2017 1:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man in his 30s has been reported missing since Saturday, April 22 when he left on his small boat from Manuka on the eastern side of Tongatapu to ‘Eua.
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Tuesday 25 April 2017 1:24am
Portland, Maine, USA : A new study has found that 96 percent of women of childbearing age living in four Pacific Island countries who were sampled have elevated levels of mercury in their bodies.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 21 April 2017 10:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 2017 Inter-Collegiate Athletics Competition will be held at Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium for four-days starting on April 25-28. Work had already begun at the stadium to put in an irrigation system to lift the field up to standard for the upcoming Pacific Games. Premium content -
Friday 21 April 2017 10:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two key challenges that the Tongan government faces now are to manage carefully its wages bill and also its financing of the 2019 South Pacific Games related constructions. The World Bank also believes that Tonga should undergo an economic reform to shore up its revenue, “contain unproductive spending while boosting critical expenditures on health and education, and build up buffers against shocks.” Premium content -
Friday 21 April 2017 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A four-day Vaini Day celebration this week started on Thursday, April 20 bringing together Vaini people from throughout Tonga and abroad. Premium content -
Friday 21 April 2017 9:22am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Trade Ministers from fourteen Pacific Islands Forum Countries yesterday concluded their negotiation of over 7 years on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus, PACER Plus, and plan to sign the agreement at a ceremony in Tonga on 16 June 2017. Premium content -
Thursday 20 April 2017 8:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will host the Oceania Judo Championships for the first time over two days on 28 – 29 April at the ‘Atele Indoor Stadium. Around 131 athletes from 12 countries, including four from Tonga, have registered to take part in the competition and will look to improve their world ranking points. Premium content -
Thursday 20 April 2017 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building for the Upper Room Primary School at Ha’ateiho was handed over by Japan’s Ambassador HE Mr Yukio Numata on Thursday, April 20 in Ha'ateiho. Premium content -
Thursday 20 April 2017 1:45am
Apia, Samoa : Samoa is leading the Asia Pacific region in statistical data transparency becoming the first country in the area to launch a new National Summary Data Page (NSDP), a one-stop statistics shop for publishing essential macroeconomic data, critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies. Premium content -
Thursday 20 April 2017 1:43am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's state owned enterprises are featured on an updated website of the Ministry of Public Enterprises, that was launched by Hon. Poasi Tei, the Minister of Public Enterprises and Tatafu Moeaki, the Asian Development Bank Representative this morning, 19 April at the Tonga Post Building. Premium content -
Thursday 20 April 2017 1:26am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's MA60 aircraft remains in operation and continues to fly domestically to Vava’u weekly, since the controversial aircraft gifted by China resumed flights last year. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 April 2017 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men were arrested by Tonga Police in different locations in Nuku’alofa for possession of cannabis over the Easter weekend. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 April 2017 11:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to 249 cannabis plants uprooted and seized during a search warrant executed by police at a bush allotment in Lokupo on 'Eua island on April 10. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 April 2017 10:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forty-seven people were arrested for drunk driving and drinking alcohol in public places mainly in central Nuku'alofa, during the Easter weekend from April 14-17. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 April 2017 10:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The government of China has agreed to fund a $55 million sports complex at Tonga High School for the 2019 Pacific Games after signing an implementation agreement with the Tonga government last week. Preparatory works are scheduled for August 2017 with construction expected to start in October 2017 and be completed by May 2019. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 April 2017 10:03am
London, United Kingdom : On April 22, scientists from around the world will mark Earth Day by participating in an unprecedented “March for Science.” The aim of the march will be to “celebrate and defend science at all levels – from local schools to federal agencies.” It is important to understand why the usually sedate community of scientists will take to the streets in a global demonstration of concern. -
Monday 17 April 2017 2:19pm
Bangkok, Thailand : In 2015, an estimated 85,000 women died of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth across the Asia-Pacific region – 28% of the global total. Up to 90% of those deaths, which were concentrated in just 12 countries, could have been prevented. Papua New Guinea has -
Monday 17 April 2017 11:31am
California, USA : A senior US police officer in California, Capt. Joe Duffy of the Douglas County Sherriff’s Department, has expressed his concern with the presence of deported criminals and gang members in Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 14 April 2017 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : If Pacific Islands Countries could improve the efficiency of their electric lighting, by replacing incandescent bulbs with new types of lights, it would reduce not only their Green House Gas emissions but also reduce the cost of electricity, and boost their economies, according to a report that was published this month by the Pacific Community (SPC). Premium content -
Friday 14 April 2017 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Empowering the ta'ahine Tonga to go forward to be good leaders, good mothers "at home and in the whole world", is a mission of the Girl Guides in Tonga, says Chief Commissioner Halaevalu Palu, who has volunteered most of her time over the last decade to lead the movement here. Premium content
