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Tuesday 22 October 2019 10:55pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga's Royal Corps of Musicians along with more than 1,500 international performers taking part in The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo have officially marched out of Sydney, following spectacular performances in the biggest-ever show in the Tattoo's 69-year history. It was highly appreciated by Australian audiences.
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Tuesday 22 October 2019 10:21pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : Although multilateralism is in crisis, different fates await the multilateral institutions that were created under the Bretton Woods Agreement 75 years ago. While the International Monetary Fund has found renewed relevance in a world of crises, the World Bank has suffered under the poor leadership of a parade of American men. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 9:49pm
London, United Kingdom : By broadening the nexus between economic interest and national security, Trump is encouraging the decoupling of the world’s two largest economies and the emergence of a bipolar world order led by rival hegemons. Beyond fragmenting the trade and financial system that has underpinned the global economy for decades, the stage would be set for a devastating conflict. By Paola Subacchi. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A verdict is expected this week in a jury trial against Viliami Mangisi (59) charged in relation to the seizure of 1.9 kilograms of methamphetamine at Fua‘amotu International Airport. The trial is underway at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One or two cyclones may be expected in Tongan waters, in the coming cyclone season (November-April) according to a weather outlook by Tonga's Meteorological Service. There is a high chance that one might be severe. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Wallaby prop Sekope Kepu has officially retired from international rugby following his team’s defeat to England and exit from the 2019 Rugby World Cup over the weekend. The 33-year-old announced last month that he would retire at the conclusion of Australia’s World Cup campaign and is set to move to England, where he will play for London Irish in England’s Gallagher Premiership. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:20pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Australian-Tongan actor Uli Latukefu stars in the highly anticipated action comedy, which centres around a Tongan character set in New Zealand. An official trailer of “The Legend of Baron To‘a” was released yesterday 21 October. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Health today issued a Measles Alert after 13 members of a Tongan school rugby team developed measles after returning from New Zealand this month. Measles is a highly infectious disease and the public is urged to be vigilant for symptoms and to get immunized, especially if they are traveling overseas. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:57am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 20 people were arrested by Tonga Police, in relation to illicit drugs and drink driving, in a combined operation over the weekend in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's emergency services are practicing their response to the scenario of an aircraft crash at Tongatapu's Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:10am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : People living in remote communities on the outer islands of Ha‘apai and Vava'u were made more aware of a range of social support services, after teams after visits from a mobile service, called “Rights, Empowerment and Cohesion (REACH or A'u Tonu Ki Ai). Premium content -
Monday 21 October 2019 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young pharmaceutical scientist, Vincent Luscombe, who is a New Zealander of Tongan descent, has won a full post graduate Clarendon Scholarship to the prestigious Oxford University in England, where he is undertaking a DPhil in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease. -
Monday 21 October 2019 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piliote Uasike (23) was sentenced to two-years nine-months imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs and bribery of a police officer, by a Supreme Court judge who warned drug dealers to expect punishment. Premium content -
Monday 21 October 2019 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Women’s Sevens rugby team will compete in the Pacific Military (PACMIL) Tournament held in Canberra, Australia between 22 – 28 October 2019. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 7:26pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have prematurely ended their Rugby League 9s World Cup campaign with a disappointing 20 – 24 loss to Samoa. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 4:13pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have kept their semi-final hopes alive after defeating Fiji 21 – 17 in extra time in the second round of the Rugby 9s World Cup. Tonga's semi-final chances have been boosted after their fellow pool opponents Samoa defeated the Cook Islands 17 – 4. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 12:16pm
Sydney, Australia : The Cook Islands are the talk of the Rugby League 9s World Cup after they decimated Tonga’s Invitational team 30 – 7 in the first round of the competition last night 18 October in Sydney, Australia. In order for Tonga Invitational to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition, they will need to achieve two landslide victories over their remaining pool opponents Toa Samoa and Fiji Bati, and hope that the Cook Islands lose at least once. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of teenagers aim to influence Tongans to say No to violence, especially violence against women and girls, after attending a ‘Front Row Against Violence’ boys weekend camp recently run by the Talitha Project. By Eleanor Gee -
Friday 18 October 2019 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a man from Houma accused of obtaining money by false pretense from a client in Kolomotu’a. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Former Mate Ma’a Tonga back Solomone Kata is switching codes, signing a three-year contract with the Plus500 Brumbies. It marks an end to Kata’s five year NRL career in which he played for the New Zealand Warriors. Premium content
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