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Wednesday 10 February 2021 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The forgery trial against a current Cabinet Minister and People’s Representative to Parliament ‘Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband, a former Cabinet Minister, ‘Etuate is now expected to start in April.
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Vasi (35) was sentenced to one year six-months imprisonment, which was fully suspended for possessing 2.8 grams of methamphatamine in 'Utulau. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 February 2021 1:06pm
Washington DC, U.S.A : America and China should cooperate in space. Although the United States can no longer take its extraterrestrial dominance for granted, it remains the leading player, while China’s space capabilities are growing fast. Most important, both countries, along with the rest of the world, would benefit from a set of clear rules governing the exploration and commercialization of space. By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Emily Lawrence. -
Wednesday 10 February 2021 12:08pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A. : New York Times reporting: The House managers prosecuting former President Donald Trump opened his Senate impeachment trial Tuesday with a vivid and graphic sequence of footage of his supporters storming the United States Capitol last month in an effort to prevent Congress from finalizing his election defeat. By Peter Baker. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 February 2021 11:35am
Dubai, United Arab Emirates : New York Times reporting: The first in a parade of three new visitors to Mars has arrived. On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates became just the fifth nation to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars when its robotic probe, named Hope, began orbiting the red planet. By Kenneth Chang Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2021 10:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reconstruction of three buildings with 13 classrooms that were damaged by Cyclone Gita on 17 February 2018, was celebrated this morning with speeches, singing and prayers at the Government Primary School, Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2021 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga could receive the CoViD-19 vaccine “maybe at the end of the first quarter or beginning of the second quarter of the year,” the Ministry of Health Acting CEO, Dr Reynold ‘Ofanoa, said today, 9 February. Home quarantine was no longer allowed, because 27 people had breached the rules, out of 1,624 repatriates. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2021 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Heamani Saafi (66) was sentenced to two-years and six-months imprisonment for cultivation of three cannabis plants at his home in Ha'asini. The illicit drug weighed 59.18 grams. Justice Langi suspended the sentence in full on February 4, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 February 2021 2:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forecast maps for Tropical Depression 09F were released by the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre at 1:00pm today, Tuesday. TD09F is forecast to enter Tongan waters tonight as a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone. -
Tuesday 9 February 2021 1:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre was activated at 6:00am this morning, for Tropical Depression 09F, forecast to bring damaging gales to Tongatapu and 'Eua late this afternoon and overnight. Schools are closed today in Southern Tonga and gale warnings are in force for all Tonga land areas and coastal waters. -
Monday 8 February 2021 8:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), becoming its 84th member at an official flag raising ceremony held at the AIIB headquarter in Beijing, China, on 5 February. The AIIB was established in 2016 with $100 billion capital. It was created with the purpose of serving as a regional financing tool for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2021 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A gale warning is now in force for Vava’u and the two Niuas land areas, while, the rest of the islands remain with a strong wind warning. A heavy rain advisory for all of Tonga was issued today by Tonga Meteorological Services. -
Monday 8 February 2021 2:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All 114 passengers repatriated from New Zealand and Fiji on February 4 have tested negative. However, from this flight onwards, arriving passengers will be quarantined for 21-days at the managed facilities, with no further home isolation required. Premium content -
Monday 8 February 2021 1:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Following the Fiji Government's sudden arrest and deportation of Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the USP Council on Friday, appointed Tonga’s Dr Masasso Paunga as interim Acting Vice-Chancellor. Tonga’s USP representatives are part of sub-committee looking into the deportation issues. -
Saturday 6 February 2021 3:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The COVAX Initiative expects to release first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine and the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine during the first half of 2021 to COVAX Facility participants. Twelve South Pacific countries are included in its first “interim distribution forecast” that targets at least 3% of their populations. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2021 4:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr Nicholas Cooper of the United Kingdom has been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga. He replaces former Justice Cato who retired last year. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2021 4:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 34-year-old Senior Police Constable was suspended from police duty, after he was arrested for domestic violence and child abuse, allegedly committed on his nine-year-old son. Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said Tonga Police must set a high standard for responding to and investigating family violence. Premium content -
Friday 5 February 2021 4:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Foketi Tonga Fate was acquitted of possessing 41.51 grams of cannabis by the Lord Chief Justice, who said the Crown failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt in the evidence of the charge against the accused. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2021 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s first Labour Mobility Policy was launched by Prime Minister Hon Dr Tu’i’onetoa today, 4 February. Thousands of Tongans are employed in labour mobility schemes in New Zealand and Australia in horticulture, meat processing, construction, tourism and hospitality. The policy, which was endorsed by cabinet in 2020, aims to maximize the development impact of circular labour mobility in Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 4 February 2021 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ninety-eight passengers were repatriated on an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland this afternoon, confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma'u today. Premium content
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