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Saturday 4 May 2019 10:33am
Denarau, Fiji : With a dire warning that, “If we do not act now, by 2050, 90% of the region’s coral reefs will be dead, and there will be no commercially exploitable wild fish stocks left,” the President of the Asian Development Bank, Mr Takehiko Nakao, launched an ‘Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for Asia and the Pacific’ yesterday, 3 May in Fiji. By Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 3 May 2019 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are concerned with a significant amount of firearms and ammunition that have been smuggled into Tonga and the risks they pose to community safety, a Deputy Police Commissioner warned today, after more seizures of ammunition and cannabis were made by Tonga Police on April 30, at different locations in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 4:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Filipe Jr is the man charged over 242 grams of cannabis seeds brought into Tonga, at Fua’amotu International Airport on March 30. The case was adjourned to May 27. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A workshop to address issues that hinder the delivery of World Bank funded projects in Tonga was opened this morning, 3 May, by the Acting Minister for Finance, Hon Mateni Tapueluelu, at the National Reserve Bank Building in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 4:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lisiate ‘Otuhouma is the 28-year-old man charged after being arrested with three kilograms of methamphetamine at his home in Fahefa on April 17. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 4:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Senior Customs Officer arrested in relation to a major seizure of drugs by Tonga Customs Officers on April 23 at the Queen Salote Wharf, is due to appear at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court on Monday, May 6. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 3:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Energy Minister Hon. Poasi Tei in Beijing, China, recently thanked the Government of China for donating the 2.25 Megawatt wind power station in Tongatapu under the Belt and Road Initiatives. Tonga is one of the 29 global membership of BREP, and the only representative from the Pacific. Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 1:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A team of around 50 medical staff from different countries, including Australia and New Zealand, will volunteer their services to treat Tongans with heart conditions at Vaiola Hospital from September 3-21. Dr Siaosi ‘Aho said healthy Tongans can assist by visiting the hospital to donate their blood. “We need to increase the blood bank before the team arrives and we really need blood donors.” Premium content -
Friday 3 May 2019 12:36pm
New Haven, USA : This is a big year for anniversaries in China. On May 4, the People’s Republic will commemorate the centennial of the May Fourth Movement, the student-led protests in front of Beijing’s Tiananmen Gate in 1919 that marked the birth of Chinese nationalism. And then, one month later, on June 4, will come the 30th anniversary of the violent suppression of pro-democracy student protests on the same site. This milestone, by contrast, will not be officially acknowledged, much less commemorated, in China. -
Friday 3 May 2019 12:01pm
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia : On World Tuna Day we are reminded of the need to maximise the economic and social benefits from tuna for our people, our communities and our Pacific region. We are also reminded of the critical importance of protecting this rich resource,” says FFA Director General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen. -
Thursday 2 May 2019 8:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A deceitful senior loans officer, Finau Heuifanga Vea was convicted of embezzling more than $70,000 pa’anga from her employer, Five Star Finance in 2015. She is remanded in custody for sentencing at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 2 May 2019 4:50pm
Nadi, Fiji : A trust fund to boost climate change and disaster resilience in Small Island States (SIDS) was established by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Ireland on the opening day of the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors on May 1, in Nadi, Fiji. -
Thursday 2 May 2019 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are investigating a break-in at a home in Kolomotu’a, where electronic goods were stolen in April.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 2 May 2019 10:34am
Stockholm, Sweden : The problem is staggering, even existential. Global emissions of greenhouse gases – especially carbon dioxide – are rapidly driving up global temperatures, transforming life as we know it. If those temperatures reach 2oC above pre-industrial levels, scientists warn, the results will be catastrophic. An international conference is called, under the auspices of the United Nations. Politicians declare that the world must curb CO2 emissions to avoid exceeding the 2oC threshold. And then nothing substantial happens. By Mats Persson. -
Wednesday 1 May 2019 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Research Association (TRA) is calling for academic papers or stories based around the subject of ‘Langafonua’ or ‘community’ in any area of Tongan studies, with abstracts due by 31 May 2019. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 May 2019 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siokatame Tupou continues to serve a lengthy imprisonment term for attacking and injuring two men with a machete in 2017, after the Appeal Court dismissed his appeal and said, offenders inflicting serious injury with a weapon must ordinarily expect to serve a term of imprisonment. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 May 2019 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The cases against two Tongan Cabinet Ministers, one over a stolen cow and the other for disobeying a Port Master’s direction in regards to his vessels, are pending at the Fasi Magistrate's Court in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 May 2019 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police has called off a search and rescue operation for Litani Taufa, who was lost at sea on Tuesday, April 23. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 April 2019 9:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s famous bare-chested flagbearer, Pita Taufatofua has revealed kayaking as the third sport he will aim to qualify in for the next Olympics, to be held in Tokyo in 2020. Premium content -
Tuesday 30 April 2019 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A public consultation on six Government Bills will start on Monday, May 6 by members of the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Legislation. Premium content
