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Friday 1 February 2019 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 32-year-old man from Longolongo has been charged with possession of illicit drugs namely cannabis, after being arrested in the Central Business District on January 20.
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Friday 1 February 2019 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a cow that was stolen from a plantation at Ha’ateiho on January 22. Premium content -
Thursday 31 January 2019 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three brothers who were accused of serious bodily harm when they allegedly attacked another man during a fight at Hofoa in 2017 were found not guilty, at the Supreme Court on January 30. Premium content -
Thursday 31 January 2019 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A satellite service provider has helped Digicel Tonga continue to quickly restore critical mobile and broadband connection for its business and regular customers after Tonga's fibre optic submarine cable was damaged on 20 January, causing an internet and data services blackout. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-four talented cooks from Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Samoa, will compete in a reality TV cooking show competition hosted by celebrity chef, Robert Oliver, encouraging Pacific Islanders to make good food choices in a bid to fight non-communicable diseases.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second fault on the international submarine cable, which connects Tonga through the Southern Cross Cable Network to Fiji, was located further out to sea from the first fault, early this morning, 30 January. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Fakalelei Valuvalu Manu received one-year six-months suspended prison sentence for serious arson, when fuelled by alcohol and anger he set fire to a house, which he occupied with his family in June 2018. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hateni Kaufusi (32) was sentenced to five-years nine-months imprisonment for manslaughter, when he stabbed Tolifili Tu'alau with a pair of scissors during a fight at Te’ekiu in February last year. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In an unanimous verdict this afternoon, a jury found ‘Atonio Moeaki (40) guilty of murdering Dr Sione Feo Lau’i (23). He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Supreme Court judge. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Reliance has located the damaged fibre optic internet cable at sea today, 29 January, near Tongatapu, but they found cable was lying around 100 metres south-east off-course from where it was originally laid. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 3:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The final submissions by legal counsel in the trial of ‘Atonio Moeaki (40) charged with the murder of a young dentist, Dr Sione Feo Lau’i (23,) was completed on January 28 at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A submarine internet cable maintenance ship Reliance arrived in Nuku’alofa, this evening, and berthed at the Queen Sālote Wharf, after sailing to Tonga from Samoa over the weekend. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga’s CEO Francis Thomsen said today that the outage in the submarine cable network that connects the Kingdom to the outside world has put “the country into digital isolation”. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is currently playing an active role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Lopeti Senituli, a personal adviser to the Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, told Matangi Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 5:52pm
Hamilton, New Zealand : Tonga managed to win two games in its first outing this year in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Hamilton on the weekend, after being absent from the circuit since 2014. Premium content -
Sunday 27 January 2019 11:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is being assisted to restore communications that can be used during natural disasters, MEIDECC stated Friday, and also advised the public to note that social media is filtered in order to speed up internet access for essential services. Tonga's fibre optic cable blackout entered Day 7, today Sunday. Premium content -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been rescued from a very serious communications black-out this week by a small tech start-up venture in Nuku'alofa, run by smart, young adventurous Tongans and their partner company in Vanuatu, who have managed to swing some extra satellite capacity to Tonga. By Mary Lyn Fonua1 comment -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's fibre optic submarine cable is cut in two places — between Nuku’alofa and Fiji, and Nuku‘alofa and Vava‘u, according to ‘Etuini Liava‘a, the Chief Executive Officer for Tonga Cable Ltd. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A legal workshop to draft an Act for Tonga’s Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) which will oversee its ocean space was discussed by legal advisers and policy experts across government ministries yesterday, 24 January, at the Tanoa Hotel. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search and rescue operation to find ‘Alakoni Moala (40) after he went diving at the Liku in Ha’asini for a week now was called off by Tonga Police. Premium content
