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Thursday 9 November 2023 7:20pm
London, UK : The United Kingdom Minister of State for Indo-Pacific, Rt. Hon.Anne-Marie Trevelyan will pay a high-level visit to Tonga, on 14 November, being her first official visit since the UK High Commission in Tonga re-opened in 2020.
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Thursday 9 November 2023 6:06pm
: BSP Financial Group Ltd., announced this week, a change to their leadership team in Tonga, following the appointment of Marcellina Wolfgramm Haapai to the position of Head of Customer Experience, Brand & Marketing, based in Papua New Guinea, where she will be accountable for driving initiatives to achieve world class customer service standards for the Group. -
Wednesday 8 November 2023 10:29pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : The impacts of sea level rise and climate events on development were a common concern for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) attending the 52nd Pacific Leaders Meeting in the Cook Islands this week. Attending the Forum is HE Mr Dennis Francis, the new President of the UN General Assembly, who held a bilateral meeting with Tonga's Prime Minister on important issues for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Premium content -
Wednesday 8 November 2023 10:04am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Grant agreements worth an additional USD30 million, for the Nuku'alofa Port Project, were signed by Tonga's Minister for Finance, Hon Tiofilusi Tiueti and Asian Development Bank Director General for the Pacific, Leah Gutierrez, in a virtual meeting on 2 November. The additional financing from the ADB and Australia will address cost overruns under the AUD126 million total project, Premium content -
Tuesday 7 November 2023 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Liuaki Fainu (23) who was sentenced to two-years six-months imprisonment, for dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm to a police officer in Vava’u had his sentence fully suspended on conditions. The officer who suffered a broken leg, in December 2022, awaits bone reconstruction experts from Australia next month who will operate to re-connect his fractured femur. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 November 2023 5:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 15-member Tonga Table Tennis Federation (TTTF) National Team for the 2023 Pacific Games consists of five officials and 11 athletes, including three para-athletes. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 November 2023 3:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of agricultural researchers led by Professor Dorin Gupta from the University of Melbourne, have established a research site at Haveluloto, Tonga, called the “Mother Site”, to develop their Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Project (SAI), focusing on improving traditional farming practices. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 November 2023 3:39pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : A new website launched by the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) yesterday, 6 November, 2023, will help stakeholders and the public to actively engage with FFA initiatives, “fostering a greater understanding of the challenges and successes in the Pacific region,” said FFA Director General, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen. Premium content -
Monday 6 November 2023 10:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s economy is performing strongly but faces growing headwinds, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in its country report for Tonga published on 3 November. Although tourism-related services are recovering, tourism receipts as a share of GDP are anticipated to remain below pre-pandemic levels until FY2026 due to slow reconstruction of damaged facilities. Worker migration is causing severe labour shortages. -
Sunday 5 November 2023 8:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's delegation, led by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, arrived in the Cook Islands on 3 November for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum meeting to be held from 6-10 November. The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and climate change is high on the agenda. The Forum Secretary General Henry Puna said that the Pacific priorities and messages would be taken to the annual COP negotiations in UAE at the end of November. -
Friday 3 November 2023 10:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u exchanged gifts with HE Mr Munenaga Kensaku and Mrs Yoshiko Munenaga during a Royal Audience at the Palace in Nuku'alofa today, 3 November 2023. HE Munenaga who has served three years as Ambassador said the cordial relations between the two countries were founded upon the warm friendship between the Royal Household of Tonga and the Imperial Household of Japan. Premium content -
Friday 3 November 2023 9:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Aleki Tamale was jailed for serious causing bodily harm, when he hit his wife on the head with an iron, leaving her with laceration to her scalp, after he became drunk and violent at his home at Tokomololo in March this year. Premium content -
Friday 3 November 2023 8:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : TASANOC - the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee, received a $600,000 pa'anga cheque from the Tonga government, yesterday 2 November, to fund the national teams going to regional competitions. The Pacific Games and SOL2023, are coming up from 19 November – 2 December in Honiara, Solomon Islands. -
Friday 3 November 2023 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Kingdom of Tonga and the People's Republic of China celebrated their 25th Anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations, last night, 2 November, at a dinner reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 2 November 2023 3:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The cruise ship, MS Noordam, docked at Vuna Wharf in Nuku’alofa this morning, with over 1,500 tourists. The vessel arrived at 8:00am after departing Vava’u at 5:00pm yesterday. While in Nuku'alofa, the ship delivered over 500kgs of school library books and other resources that were purchased with donations from passengers on the ship. Premium content -
Thursday 2 November 2023 1:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Akosita Lavulavu’s application to the courts for leave to appeal against a ruling by Acting Justice Langi, was refused in Nuku’alofa. Justice Randerson stated he had no hesitation in concluding that this appeal had no merit. There was nothing to suggest the judge will not deal with the case fairly, objectively and in accordance with her judicial oath, he said. Premium content -
Thursday 2 November 2023 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Habitual property offender, Siaosi ‘Ulukivaiola (25) a prisoner, got more jail time for breaking into the Ministry of Revenue office and stealing laptops and other property worth $34,650. His two co-offenders who received the stolen property were also sentenced to jail, with one sentence suspended. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 November 2023 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister said, “We are not trying to impress anyone. This was a sovereign decision made by the Government of Tonga...,” when he was asked why Tonga had opposed the UN General Assembly resolution that called for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. Tonga was one of only 14 countries, including the US and Israel, to reject the resolution, which urged the cessation of hostilities. -
Tuesday 31 October 2023 10:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new mammogram machine for Tonga will be purchased with support from the Australian Government, the Australian High Commissioner, HE Rachel Moore, said during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister, Hon Hu’akavameiliku today, 31 October 2023. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 October 2023 10:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mo’unga Koluse (45) was sentenced to six-months imprisonment fully suspended for reckless driving causing harm to a man, after he ran over his foot with a police vehicle, when he responded to an incident at Kelana rugby field in Vava’u. Premium content
