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  • Monday 2 October 2023 11:27am


    Marseille, France
    : The 'Ikale Tahi managed three tries in a loss to the Springboks in a hard contest this morning.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 9:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Siaosi Havea (28) was sentenced to three-years five-months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and the theft of goods valued at $10,118 pa’anga from a shop at Poutaha. ““It is quite obvious from the defendant’s previous convictions that he is a habitual property offender and is a high risk of re-offending,” said the judge.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 9:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Folauola Kamoto was sentenced to 34-months imprisonment with the final-18-months suspended on conditions for various drug offences that included possession of 2.35 grams of methamphetamine. Her husband Koloa Kamoto was sentenced to 12-months imprisonment.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 8:52pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : For the first time, more women than men marched out in completion of their Tonga Police Residential Phase Training, yesterday 28 September. The Baton of Honour for Recruit Wing 51 was awarded to Probation Constable Toketa Prescott.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 8:45pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Pacific leaders attended the second U.S.-PIF Summit in Washington this week on the invitation of President Joe Biden, who pledged to work with Congress to provide $200 million in funding for the region. Tonga's Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that the United States is also dedicated to working together with the Pacific region to support the successful delivery and implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent (2050 Strategy).
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 4:19pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Police raided a Kolomotu'a residence and arrested two men (aged 35 and 38 years) on 20 September.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 3:07pm

    : A security guard at a bar in Nuku'alofa was arrested and detained by Tonga Police on Tuesday night, 26 September, for selling cannabis during his work shift.
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  • Friday 29 September 2023 9:30am
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga and other small island developing states require greater access to concessional finance to support our development endeavours and to strengthen our resilience against external shocks, the Prime Minister Hon. Hu‘akavameiliku told the United Nations.
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  • Tuesday 26 September 2023 9:15pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new Judge of the Court of Appeal of Tonga, Hon. Justice Jean Hazel Dalton, took her oath before Cabinet Ministers, on 25 September, at St George Government Building, Nuku’alofa.
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  • Tuesday 26 September 2023 9:06pm
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    Sydney, Australia
    : Tongan hip-hop dance crew, Onion Squad, aim to be the first Tongan representatives at the prestigious World Supremacy Battlegrounds (WSB) International Street Dance Championships in Sydney this week.
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  • Tuesday 26 September 2023 8:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fakanonoa Fonua (42) of Fo’ui was sentenced to two-years five-months imprisonment (29-months) for serious fraudulent conversion of fuel valued at $27,493.87, from a petrol station in Kolomotu’a. “...he shows no remorse, rather the will to continue to cheat those around him whenever he can,” said the judge, who declined to suspend any part of his sentence.
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  • Tuesday 26 September 2023 8:49pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Oceania Sport Education Program (OSEP) has conducted training courses for team managers and trainers in Tonga, this month, held at TASANOC, in Haveluloto.
  • Tuesday 26 September 2023 8:41pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An El Niño has been officially declared for Tonga today, by the Tonga Meteorology Department, meaning that the Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean is now warmer than usual, expecting warmer temperatures, less rainfall, and a more active cyclone season.
  • Monday 25 September 2023 9:35pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A team of 48 specialists who volunteered from Open Heart International (OHI) to return to Tonga for their biannual operations, have successfully performed 22 surgeries, after a four years pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  • Monday 25 September 2023 8:59pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men have been jailed for the theft of Tongan koloa worth over $30,000 pa’anga and a vehicle in two separate incidents. While, a co-accused received a fully suspended sentence for receiving one of the stolen goods.
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  • Monday 25 September 2023 8:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A repeat drug offender, Paula Keni Moala (53) was jailed for over seven years for possession of 28.66 grams of methamphetamine and 3.81 grams of cannabis seized by Police, who received information that he was driving around selling illicit drugs in the Nuku’alofa area. The time includes a previous suspended jail sentence that was activated.
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  • Friday 22 September 2023 7:23pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 56-year-old Customs officer was arrested by Tonga Police after Customs seized an illegal shipment of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition from the USA, concealed in a personal consignment.
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  • Friday 22 September 2023 7:13pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Aiming to improve Tonga’s aviation security, New Zealand Civil Aviation (NZCAA) officials delivered two separate trainings funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 5-14 September 2023 in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Friday 22 September 2023 6:38pm
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    New York, USA
    : Tonga co-hosted a Climate Mobility Summit on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held under the theme “Harnessing Climate Mobility for Adaption and Resilience”, on 18 September, in New York, organised by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility.
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  • Friday 22 September 2023 6:29pm


    New York, USA
    : Developed countries should "have a moral obligation to do more" for those at the front line of Climate Change, Tonga's Parliamentary Speaker, Lord Fakafanua said in New York, at a meeting he co-hosted.
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