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Tuesday 13 October 2020 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Valikoula (57) was sentenced today to five-years three-months imprisonment for receiving stolen Tongan properties valued at $19,400 pa’anga and encouraging another to steal $17,000 worth of kava plants. The judge said it was despicable the offender had exploited another man to his own advantage.
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Tuesday 13 October 2020 12:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The proceeding of the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 12 October, was deferred because it did not have a quorum, when most of the Cabinet members were stranded at 'Eua, where they had celebrated the first birthday of the appointment of the People's Party Government with fasting and prayers. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 12 October 2020 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new community hall was handed over on Friday, October 9 in Angaha, ‘Eua. It was a joint collaboration funded by the people of Japan and also by the Tonga Government, the 'Eua community, IFAD and MORDI Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 12 October 2020 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Tupou Tonga (24) received a suspended sentence at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court for serious housebreaking and theft of goods worth $4,200 pa’anga in 2019. Premium content -
Monday 12 October 2020 3:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Constituency Reports of People Representatives from Vava’u, and Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou were passed by the House last week from 7-8 October. This year the constituencies budget allocation is the biggest ever at $250,000 for each of the 17 People’s Representatives. Premium content -
Saturday 10 October 2020 12:26pm
Queensland, Australia : A Tongan fruitpicker died after being bitten by a venomous eastern brown snake on a farm near Dimbulah, west of Cairns, in September, and relatives want his body to be flown home to Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 10 October 2020 11:52am
Apia, Samoa : La Niña is officially underway in the Pacific, according to the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Tonga is among the countries in the South-West Pacific that will usually experience higher than normal rainfall, under these conditions that are likely to continue into the first quarter of 2021. The last La Niña conditions in the 2017-2018 season saw three cyclones in the Pacific- Gita, Hola and Fehi. -
Saturday 10 October 2020 8:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight with 141 seasonal workers from Christchurch, New Zealand, arrived at Fua’amotu International Airport late Friday afternoon. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HE Mr Tetsuya Ishii has completed his term in Tonga, after almost three-years as Japan’s Ambassador. A farewell reception was held at his 'Anana residence last night, October 8, where Mrs Ishii played Tongan songs on a flute. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : CoViD-19 tests are now being offered at Vaiola Hospital for travellers after the Health Services regulation to include CoViD-19 test fees was Gazetted yesterday afternoon. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven men have pleaded guilty to charges that included jointly cultivating 2665 cannabis plants [99.6 kgs] at a tax allotment in Holonga, Vava’u. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 33-year-old man was arrested with 11 packs of methamphetamine (4.02 grams) on Vuna Road at Ma’ufanga on Wednesday, 7 October. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man was convicted at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court for indecent assault and sexual domestic violence of a young girl in Tongatapu. He is detained in police custody for sentencing on October 29. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 11:30am
Kigali, Rwanda : Health-care delivery in nearly every country has been disrupted by policymakers’ mistaken initial assumption that health systems would quickly win the fight against COVID-19. As the pandemic’s caseload and death toll are increasing daily, it is often stalling or reversing hard-won progress on minimizing the impact of other diseases, from diabetes to malaria. By Anatole Manzi. -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Cabinet has approved fees for CoViD-19 testing for outbound passengers travelling from Tonga to another country, confirmed Attorney General Linda Folaumoetui today. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine farm tractors and eight fishing boats donated by China, were handed over to Tonga today at an official ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries (MAFFF) office, Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 57 people were issued with new infringement notices and penalties in Tongatapu for not wearing seatbelts, the use of mobile phones while driving and other offences between October 1-4. A total of 1,900 vehicles were stopped during this Tonga Police operation. Two received notices for causing excessively loud music while driving. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new building for Tonga Post was opened on October 6 in Neiafu, Vava'u, next to the Governor's Office. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The European Union has approved the disbursement of EUR 2.15 million (approx. 5.8 million pa'anga) to the Tongan Government to support renewable energy and energy efficiency. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 11:27am
New York, USA : Without a vaccine, COVID-19 won't "go away" through a strategy of herd immunity. Two scientific case studies have already confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can reinfect an individual and that our immunity to coronaviruses is alarmingly short-lived. I have previously called herd immunity a “reckless and ineffective strategy.” Now that COVID-19 reinfections are not just a possibility, but a reality, I would add “lethal” to my description. By William A. Haseltine
