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Tuesday 2 May 2023 8:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-year-old passenger died when the vehicle she was in crashed into a tree on the side of a road at Navutoka, eastern Tongatapu on Saturday evening, 29 April.
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Tuesday 2 May 2023 8:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kaufana Maile (36) was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs including 2.12 grams of methamphetamine at a home in Hala’ovave, in 2022. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 May 2023 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An “Essentials of Humanitarian Practice” course is underway in Nuku’alofa this week. The course is aimed to provide 27 participants with an understanding of the complexity of the international relief system when responding to disasters and conflict-induced emergencies. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 May 2023 8:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : South Pacific Business Development (SPBD Tonga) Microfinance announced its new business partnership with the Vava’u Shopping Centre #2 on its White Good Financing Loan Program in Vava’u, signed on 21 April 2023 by Mrs Finelanuatoutai Tu’ipulotu and Mr Kong Hao Lin in Neiafu Vava’u. -
Tuesday 2 May 2023 11:57am
Gold Coast, Australia : Tonga’s national netball team, the undefeated Tala took over Malawi 41-54 in an electrifying match to win the PacificAus Sports Netball Series 2023 on 29 April, in Australia. -
Monday 1 May 2023 9:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u will be attending the Coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Camilla in London on Saturday, 6 May. Premium content -
Monday 1 May 2023 8:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Princess Fusipala Hospital in Ha'apai received new medical equipment during a handover event by the Ministry of Health, on 29 April. Premium content -
Monday 1 May 2023 8:52pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The South Pacific Sailing Network Conference, “Reviving South Pacific Cruising” was held from 26-27 April 2023 at Orams Marine Boat Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The conference targeted marine authorities, individuals, organizations, and businesses involved with yachting around the South Pacific. Premium content -
Monday 1 May 2023 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mate Ma'a Tonga will play their first test series in England this year. England Rugby League has confirmed they will host Tonga in three tests in St Helens on October 22, Huddersfield on October 28 and Leeds on November 4. The test series will be the first in which England has hosted a Pacific nation. Premium content -
Friday 28 April 2023 10:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 96th Inter-Collegiate Athletic Competition closed this afternoon, 28 April, with fantastic performances by the young athletes both on track and field at the Teufaiva Stadium. -
Friday 28 April 2023 9:08pm
Gold Coast, Australia : Tonga’s national netball team, Tala defeated Samoa 79-53 and advanced into the semi-finals tonight undefeated, during the 2023 PacificAus Sports Netball Series this week, in Australia. Premium content -
Friday 28 April 2023 8:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Community’s (SPC) Polynesia Regional Office opened on 27 April in Nuku'alofa to serve as a hub to enhance support for Polynesian member countries. Premium content -
Friday 28 April 2023 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is the first island nation to sign-up to a competition, which aims to drive a new level of innovative thinking and problem-solving amongst the country’s youth. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has partnered with the Tonga’s Ministry of Education in the competition 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow' for students this year. Premium content -
Thursday 27 April 2023 9:04pm
New York, USA : The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, Lord Fakafanua led Tonga’s delegation to the 2023 United Nations Economic and Social Council Youth Forum held in New York on 25-27 April. Premium content -
Thursday 27 April 2023 8:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga A men's squad for the Pacific Challenge 2023 hosted in Apia, Samoa from 3-13 May, met with the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku today ahead of their departure in the weekend. -
Thursday 27 April 2023 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Toyota Hilux Utility vehicle and some much-needed rugby equipment were donated by the Australian Defence Force Sports Program to His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) recently. Premium content -
Thursday 27 April 2023 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Matangi Malupo (35) was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods, including Tongan crafts valued at around $11,600 from a home in Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 April 2023 8:13pm
Gold Coast, Australia : Reigning netball champions, Tonga's Tala remains undefeated at the start of the 2023 PacificAUS Netball Series in Gold Coast, Australia, with two strong wins so far. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 April 2023 7:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Lest we forget' the ANZAC Day commemoration in Tonga on 25 April, remembered the day when ANZAC forces consisting of Australian and New Zealand forces (including Tongan soldiers) landed at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War One in 1915. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 April 2023 3:41am
Bangkok, Thailand : Multilateral cooperation and solidarity in global trade is needed more than ever as the world navigates a “polycrisis” of climate change, pandemic, economic slowdown, inflation, food insecurity, and depletion of the oceans' resources, the World Trade Organisation Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told an outreach for Southeast Asian and Pacific journalists yesterday. Premium content
