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  • Tuesday 27 March 2018 5:15pm

    : Over 200 Class 4 and 5 students from primary schools throughout Tonga competed against each other in the 8th Tonga National Soroban Competition at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall on March 22.
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  • Monday 26 March 2018 9:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An emotional evening of National Prayer, organised by the Tonga National Forum of Church Leaders was held at Pangai Lahi, Nuku'alofa, yesterday evening, 25 March, following a month of shocking murders and road deaths in Tonga.
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  • Monday 26 March 2018 9:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The composition of the Tongan Cabinet has not been completed, “we are still working on it,” the Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva told a Press Conference that he called on Friday, 23 March. By Pesi Fonua.
  • Monday 26 March 2018 9:20pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : Three container loads of building supplies from Fletcher Building South Pacific are set to arrive in Tonga to assist in rebuilding cyclone-damaged homes of people most in need. "We had 20 tonnes of donated roofing iron, which is enough to help repair around 25 homes,” said South Pacific General Manager Brent Leach.
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  • Monday 26 March 2018 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tongan noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano had his case adjourned to April 23 after appearing at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court today, where the Crown revealed he will face additional counts relating to unlawful possession of a firearm.
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  • Saturday 24 March 2018 3:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva yesterday announced that a recent ban that restricts Government school girls from playing rugby is “not Government policy”. However, the Prime Minister did not state if he had uplifted the ban nor explain why he had allowed the ban to be imposed in the first place.
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  • Friday 23 March 2018 8:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police have charged two teenage boys aged 16 and 17 with assaulting and robbing a 61-year-old Chinese woman in Lapaha on Sunday night 18 March. The woman, Rui Yun Chen, remains in hospital and is in stable condition.
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  • Friday 23 March 2018 7:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hon Julie Bishop visited Tonga today and announced that her Government would contribute AUD$10.5 million towards Tonga's recovery from Cyclone Gita.
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  • Thursday 22 March 2018 9:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Kuou lau hifo he ongoongo kuo ke tuku mai “man loses land after being time-barred by the Judge at Land-Court decision” and it raises a very interesting issue of an “illegal-activity vs time”. Are we saying that an illegal activity of an illegal land grab will be legal after ten years if no action was taken by the owner to reclaim his land? Are we witnessing the most dangerous precedent case in our land laws since its inception in circa 1862.
  • Thursday 22 March 2018 8:41pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A man is in Vaiola Hospital after he was shot in the chest at Fo’ui on Tuesday, March 20. The man claims he accidentally shot himself while cleaning a .22 rifle.
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  • Thursday 22 March 2018 5:26am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The reasoning behind the Tongan Parliament's urgent push to work seven hours overtime on the 8th and 12th March in order to pass five bills that don’t address Tonga’s immediate Cyclone Recovery needs, remains a mystery to the public and some Members of Parliament. Three of the five bills grant the Reserve Bank more control over moneylenders while the two other bills regard foreign exchange levies and Pacific Games taxation incentives.
  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 5:41pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Siotasia Malolo is Tonga’s first and only female surveyor, the Ministry of Lands and Resources revealed yesterday. The 23-year-old began working for the Ministry after she graduated from the University of Technology in Papua New Guinea in 2015.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 5:16pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 24-year-old woman was found dead at a home in Pahu on Tuesday morning, March 20.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 5:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 51-year-old man is in hospital at Pangai, Ha'apai after a man allegedly stabbed him on the head with a knife, during a fight on Tuesday afternoon, March 20.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 5:10pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Ten representatives from ten Pacific Island countries, including Tonga, are working with experts to improve data collection and planning to improve the lives of the most vulnerable families and children, at a workshop this week, 19-27 March.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 5:02pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : A new study reveals that indigenous Fijian women living in New Zealand have a lower rate of awareness and practice of family planning compared to women living in Fiji. The study raises questions on the accessibility to family planning services among Pacific minority groups.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 4:49pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Discussions around the overall health and safety of Pacific Islands impacted by extreme weather events induced by climate change were discussed at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting last week over two days on 15 and 16 March in Suva, Fiji.
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  • Wednesday 21 March 2018 9:21am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Sinaitakala gave birth to her third child, a baby girl at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand yesterday, Tuesday 20 March 2018.
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  • Tuesday 20 March 2018 7:26pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : Tonga’s Growers Council are looking for more sustained opportunities to market their food especially root crops, while attending a Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand’s Pasifika Market in Auckland this week.
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  • Tuesday 20 March 2018 7:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The night curfew for the Central Business District was extended on March 19 to April 2 as Tonga remains under a State of Emergency after Tropical Cyclone Gita.
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