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Monday 18 November 2024 9:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A medical team from China will be delivering free medical services at the Ngū Hospital in Vava’u, starting this week on 20 November, after working for four months on Tongatapu.
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Monday 18 November 2024 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crews from various emergency response agencies in Tongatapu conducted a live emergency response for a simulated aircraft incident over Nuku'alofa's waterfront, this morning. Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2024 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lautaimi Tu’itavake (40) was jailed for 24 months in Hu’atolitoli Prison for charges including supplying 0.14 grams of methamphetamine, during a police undercover operation at Malapo in August 2023. Premium content -
Friday 15 November 2024 1:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Under-15 Junior men and women's basketball teams made their debut at the 2024 FIBA U15 Oceania Cup, with both teams entering the semi-finals in a winning streak this week. The matches are scheduled for this afternoon, Friday: U15 Junior women semi-finals: Australia v Tonga - 2:00 PM (GMT +11) and U15 Junior men semi-finals: New Zealand v Tonga - 4:30 PM (GMT +11). -
Friday 15 November 2024 1:18pm
Wellington, New Zealand : A New Zealander of Tongan descent, Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu from the University of Otago, Wellington, has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Callaghan Medal for science communication. Premium content -
Thursday 14 November 2024 7:59pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : A group of scientists working aboard a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean has discovered the world’s largest coral. Measuring 34 meters wide, 32 meters long and 5.5 meters high, with a circumference of 183 meters, the gigantic organism is a complex network of coral polyps — tiny individual creatures — that have grown over a span of three centuries. In contrast to a reef — which is a network of many coral colonies — this structure is a standalone coral that has grown uninterrupted for hundreds of years. -
Thursday 14 November 2024 7:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia will support development of a new solar training facility at Tonga's School of Science and Technology, the Acting High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Erin Gleeson, announced today, when she opened a changing facility for female students at at Fokololo 'oe Hau Technical Institute in 'Anana. Premium content -
Thursday 14 November 2024 2:57pm
Baku, Azerbaijan : Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku made an urgent appeal for global cooperation and immediate action to address the escalating climate crisis yesterday, at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan. Premium content -
Thursday 14 November 2024 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Diabetes, heart diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer have become common “NCDs” in Tonga, Dr. Viliami Puloka told the first National Non-Communicable Diseases Forum, held in Nuku’alofa this week. NCDs can't be cured. “The best time to look after your health is when you’re healthy,” he said. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 November 2024 7:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sosaia Vatikani (40) was jailed for serious housebreaking and theft of property, including electrical goods, worth $15,200 pa’anga, from the Nursing School at Vaiola Hospital, in Nuku'alofa - where he left a trail of fingerprints. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 November 2024 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three men were found guilty on charges including serious housebreaking and unlawful imprisonment of another man, when they took him by force from his home at Sopu to Kahana Resort on Tongatapu because of a disputed loan of $150,000. One of the defendants was armed with a knife. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 November 2024 4:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A team of Tonga and New Zealand Rugby Union officials delivered a Team and Event Management training in the outer islands of Ha’apai and Vava’u, on the last week of October. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 November 2024 9:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of creative resources for teaching and learning in the classroom were displayed by future early childhood education (ECE) and primary school teachers from Tonga National University (TNU) today, at Queen Salote Memorial Hall, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police officers seized several packs of methamphetamine, cannabis, cash and drug-related utensils in Tonga over the past week. Premium content -
Monday 11 November 2024 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An application by Lord Luani to grant and transfer over to him Lord Nuku’s tax allotment and two of his leases, was dismissed by Justice Tupou, who, among other reasons, was not convinced this was a genuine request for directions in the Land Court. Premium content -
Monday 11 November 2024 9:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Invasive rats were successfully eradicated from the uninhabited islets of Kelefesia and Tonumea in the Ha'apai group, over five weeks of eradication processes by ten “invasive battlers”. Premium content -
Monday 11 November 2024 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Kangaroos won by six points against the Mate Ma’a Tonga (20-14) at the Rugby League Pacific Cup finals yesterday at the CommBank Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Premium content -
Friday 8 November 2024 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new water laboratory for Tonga Water Board (TWB) was launched earlier today, 8 November 2024, at Mata-ki-Eua in Tongatapu, to help the water board provide cleaner and safer water for the community. Premium content -
Friday 8 November 2024 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Cabinet yesterday approved Lulutai Airlines Limited to become a public enterprise, Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku told a media briefing today, at St. George Government building. Premium content -
Friday 8 November 2024 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Alipeti Tu’i’ile’ila was found not guilty on possession of 3.29 grams of methamphetamine at Popua last year, after a Supreme Court judge found that a Police Diary of the events was not a reliable record. Premium content
