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Wednesday 6 June 2018 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Falanisi Taufa (16) was named as the victim of a car crash on Sunday June 3 at Fungamisi, Vava’u.
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Wednesday 6 June 2018 7:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The body of the Chief Engineer of the MV Tongiaki was recovered at sea in the Neiafu Harbour, Vava'u, yesterday June 5. The man's name has not been released by Tonga Police and the Friendly Island Shipping Agency (FISA) while an investigation into his death is underway. He was 48 years old from Kolonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 10:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's parliament were reminded to watch their grammar and correct their spelling when they prepared an 11 paragraph letter of response to HM King Tupou VI on Tuesday morning, 5 June. The King is in New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 9:48pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji’s leader of the opposition Sodelpa Party, Sitiveni Rabuka, a former coup leader and former Fiji Prime Minister, has been charged by anti-corruption officials relating to an alleged anomaly in his financial declarations for 2016 –17, ahead of Fiji’s upcoming general elections due to be held this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 9:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A cyclone recovery program to assist in rebuilding homes is training Tongans how to safely use a portable sawmill to utilise timber felled by Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita in February. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 5:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tou’anga Kamea (37) has been named as the man who died on Friday night, June 1 after the car he was driving was involved in a collision at a Vaha'akolo Road roundabout in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 16-year-old boy died on Sunday afternoon, June 3 after his vehicle crashed into a power pole at Fungamisi, Vava'u. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 June 2018 4:01pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : Tonga’s national Under-19s soccer team have successfully qualified for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-19 Championship tournament in Tahiti, after forcing a 1 – 1 draw against Samoa on Saturday 2 June. The game was the final round of the U19 OFC Championship Qualifiers tournament in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Premium content -
Sunday 3 June 2018 1:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man (37) from Fangaloto died on Friday night June 1 after the car he was driving was involved in a collision at a Vaha'akolo Road roundabout. A police officer (51) is charged with reckless driving causing death. Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2018 5:50pm
Nukua'lofa, Tonga : The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has called up Tongan soccer referee, Tevita Makasini, to be an assistant referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia later this month. Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2018 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new modern domestic wharf and terminal named Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Wharf was commissioned by King Tupou VI this morning, Friday, June 1. Funded with over $60 million pa’anga by the Government of Japan - its biggest grant aid to Tonga to date - the new wharf is expected to significantly boost domestic cargo volumes and passenger traffic. Premium content -
Friday 1 June 2018 9:29am
London, United Kingdom : A big reason why Western politics is in such disarray is voters’ pessimism about the future. Today’s naysayers come in three shades: Accepting pessimists; Anxious pessimists and ...finally, Angry pessimists – often populists and their supporters – who think economies are rigged, politicians corrupt, and outsiders dangerous. They have no desire to manage decline; they want to destroy the status quo. And they may pursue lose-lose outcomes simply so that others will suffer. What these groups have in common is a dearth of viable solutions. Philippe Legrain. -
Thursday 31 May 2018 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI urged Tonga's government to speed up its reconstruction work because he said many people are still living a hard life following the devastation inflicted by Cyclone Gita on Tongatapu and ‘Eua on February 12-13 this year. He was also concerned that government lacked long-term vision for the future of Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2018 6:46pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : The Tonga Under-19’s soccer team have a chance to qualify for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-19 Championships in Tahiti this year if they defeat Samoa this Saturday in the Cook Islands. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2018 6:43pm
Kowloon, Hong Kong : An impressive Tonga Rugby League development team defeated all its opponents to win the Hong Kong Nines tournament on Sunday 27 May in Kowloon. The team was made up entirely of local players. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2018 5:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Molisi Kilisimasi (31) is the champion of a Toyota Tsusho South Pacific Service Advisor Award, which takes him to Japan later this year. Premium content -
Thursday 31 May 2018 11:10am
London, United Kingdom : It has been nearly two years since the United Kingdom narrowly voted in favor of leaving the European Union. As the march toward Brexit – formally set for the end of next March – proceeds, fundamental questions about the nature of the future UK-EU relationship remain unanswered. As the reality of Brexit sinks in, members of Britain’s cabinet and leading Brexiteers have turned on one another, while attempting to cast blame on everyone but themselves. The UK must plunge ahead, they insist, because that was “the will of the people," while they prepare their excuses for the impending debacle. By Chris Patten. -
Wednesday 30 May 2018 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of young local artists in Nuku'alofa who lost their workshop and clubroom in Cyclone Gita have been assisted with donations of art materials coming to Tonga all the way from London, United Kingdom. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2018 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A container of relief packages and food items for families in Tongatapu and ‘Eua who were affected by Cyclone Gita in February were handed over by Sela Tukia from the Tonga Consul General Office, San Francisco, USA to representatives of the residents of Siesia and Popua in eastern Nuku’alofa yesterday 29 May. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 May 2018 8:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Alfred Cowley, the great-grandson of Tonga's first baker, and his family have launched a new automated bakery plant today at Fasi-moe-afi in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
