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Wednesday 12 June 2019 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A handful of church leaders and groups attended a public consultation session on the PACER-Plus Agreement on 10 June at the Wesleyan Church Moulten Hall, in Nuku’alofa. PACER-Plus promotes a free trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific countries.
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Wednesday 12 June 2019 9:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sepuloni Mateo (24) received a two year suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to seven counts of forgery and knowingly dealing with forged documents, in which he got more $8,000 pa'anga by false representing his employer to a customer in 2017. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 June 2019 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 22-man preliminary squad for Mate Ma'a Tonga was announced this afternoon, June 12, 2019 by Tonga National Rugby League Board in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 June 2019 5:37pm
Manila, Philippines : Several Asian countries are experiencing unusually high numbers of dengue cases for this time of year. With the rainy season approaching, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for action to minimize illness and deaths from dengue. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 June 2019 5:09pm
Melbourne, Australia : There is no such thing as an own goal in rugby, but Rugby Australia, the game’s governing body in Australia, has done its very best to score one by terminating the contract of Israel Folau. In doing so, it has lost the services of a star fullback who has played 73 tests for Australia. ... But once we allow, as a ground for restricting someone’s freedom of speech or action, the claim that someone else has been offended by it, freedom is in grave danger of disappearing entirely. By Peter Singer -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 6:55pm
Brisbane, Australia : Melefifita Percilla ‘Alovili from Brisbane will participate in the Miss Heilala Pageant, from June 26 to July 5, a highlight of the Heilala Festival in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 35-year-old woman has been charged with bodily harm after she allegedly stabbed her husband with a knife, during a domestic dispute on June 5 at Veitongo. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are investigating a break in at the University of the South Pacific Tonga Campus at Ha'ateiho on Friday night May 31. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An exhibition explaining the science behind climate change and its effects was officially launched on 11 June at the Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Domestic Wharf. The exhibition was initiated by scientists working in Antarctica who felt the public needed to be informed about the impacts they were seeing caused by climate change. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 2:28pm
Berlin, Germany : After three decades of moving toward a single global market governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization, the international order has undergone a fundamental change. The United States and China are locked in a tariff war that at first seemed to be about the bilateral trade balance, but has turned out to be about much more. Until recently, one could find hope in the fact that, despite frequent exchanges of threats, the two countries were negotiating. Not anymore. - By Joschka Fischer. -
Tuesday 11 June 2019 9:14am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Debate by Parliament over Tonga’s 2019-20 National Budget got off to a fractious start yesterday morning, 10 June 2019. The Speaker admitted a clash between government and the House and its Committees over scrutiny of the National Budget. From the House by Pesi Fonua. -
Monday 10 June 2019 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four local boxers representing Tonga are being put through their paces by high performance coach Asipeli Fine from Mascot, New South Wales, and China’s high-level boxing coach, Chen Ju, ahead of the Pacific Games held in Samoa next month. -
Monday 10 June 2019 5:56pm
Geneva, Switzerland : Tonga is spearheading increased support at the regional level for improved meteorological and hydrological services at the 18th Session of the World Meteorological Organisation Congress in Geneva. Premium content -
Monday 10 June 2019 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Naitoko (59) the Senior Customs Officer charged in the major seizure of illicit drugs in April at the Queen Salote Wharf, had his case adjourned to June 17. Premium content -
Monday 10 June 2019 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Loketi Veimau the man arrested with cannabis, a firearm and ammunition smuggled in a shipment from the United States last month has been released on bail. Premium content -
Monday 10 June 2019 9:15am
Bangkok, Thailand : After decades as an unconsidered backwater, the South Pacific Islands have become a strategic frontline in a multi-nation contest for power and influence in Greater Asia. A report this week by the British-based global risk assessment company, Oxford Analytica, says China has four objectives in extending its reach into the South Pacific. By Jonathan Manthorpe. -
Saturday 8 June 2019 3:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A cheque for $7.5 million pa'anga was paid to the Tonga Development Bank from the Public Service Retirement Fund Board (PSRFB) for its purchase of a 15% shareholding in the government-owned bank, increasing the number of shareholders to three. Premium content -
Saturday 8 June 2019 1:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s .TO domain appeared in the five top level domains containing child sex abuse material alongside Colombia (.CO) and Russia (.RU) as well as .COM, and .NET, according to the Internet Watch Foundation’s 2018 annual report, published on 25 April 2019. Premium content -
Friday 7 June 2019 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI awarded Service Medals to 248 Tonga Police recipients at the Police College parade ground, Longolongo on June 7. Five police officers were distinguished with a Commissioner's Gold Merit Award recognizing their acts of bravery. By Linny Folau. Premium content -
Thursday 6 June 2019 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A $5 million grant has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue helping Tonga strengthen its fiscal position on June 6. The funds will be released after Tonga adopts prudent policies and better public financial management, aiming to improve Tonga’s business climate with policy, regulator and public enterprise reforms. Premium content
