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Friday 23 August 2019 9:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-one of 26 Chinese nationals charged with gambling were fined on August 23 after pleading guilty at the Fasi Magistrate's Court. They were arrested by Police after more than $89,000 pa’anga and other foreign currencies was seized on Sunday, August 18 at a building in Tofoa.
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Friday 23 August 2019 9:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s ailing Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva described the sheer determination he mustered to attend what he said was his “last Pacific Islands Forum meeting” while he was still under intensive medical care this month. He related his struggles to the Tongan media in a press conference he called in Nuku'alofa on August 20. Report by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2019 9:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Saimone Vaka (36), a prisoner, was acquitted of seven counts, including three of sodomy alleged to have been committed on a 19-year-old cell mate, after a Judge found that a confession had been beaten out of him by prison officers at Hu'atolitoli. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2019 5:57pm
Manila, Philippines : Tonga’s first ever Mr World contestant, 24-year-old Mikaele 'Ahomana, a talented musician, has won a spot in the top 12 contestants in the pageant’s grand final to be held on 24 August in Manilla, Philippines. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2019 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty six Chinese nationals have been similarly charged with gambling after more than $89,000 pa’anga and other foreign currencies was seized on Sunday, August 18. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2019 5:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Local business operators will gain an insight into how to win contracts funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB), at an upcoming seminar in Nuku'alofa on 29 August. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 August 2019 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia’s Western Force rugby team were out training today at Tupou College (Toloa) as part of their preparation leading up to Saturday’s game against the ‘Ikale Tahi in Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 August 2019 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 21-year-old man was found to have drowned at Vailahi in Niuafo‘ou on August 20. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 August 2019 7:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Funaki Katoa of Ma’ufanga (19) who was found guilty for the murder of Pita ‘Asipolo (44) was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 19, at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 August 2019 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-six Chinese nationals have been arrested for gambling after more than $89,000 pa’anga cash and other foreign currencies were seized at Tofoa, on Sunday, August 18. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 August 2019 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Supreme Audit Institution (the Office of the Auditor General) was reappointed by the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions Congress PASAI as the representative of the Polynesian countries in the PASAI Governing Board for the coming three years, from August 2019 to August 2022. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 August 2019 4:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Dear Australian Deputy PM ... Your fruit grows with the phosphate taken from the islands...where they can no longer bear fruit. Yuki Kihara 2019.1 comment -
Monday 19 August 2019 9:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Tourism has temporarily suspended the whale watching operator's licence of the Whale Swim, Fish and Dive Tours, operated by Jeff Laurie in Nuku'alofa, after a diver was lost at sea, at 'Eua on August 11. Premium content -
Monday 19 August 2019 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search has been called off for Marina Theresia Trost (43) from Germany, who went missing in Tonga while diving off ‘Eua on Sunday, August 11. Premium content -
Saturday 17 August 2019 7:44pm
Wellington, New Zealand : A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion has located the last crew member reported overboard from the Jin Xiang 6, a Chinese fishing vessel damaged by fire. The man clinging to a buoy near where the vessel was discovered yesterday, about 400 nautical miles west of Tuvalu. Premium content -
Saturday 17 August 2019 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The final day of deliberations by Pacific Islands Forum leaders ended in a disagreement on how they might tackle the issue of climate change. Tonga's PM caught media attention for Tonga’s participation when he was reported to be in tears during tense exchanges between the Tuvalu PM, Hon. Enele Sosene Sopoaga and the Australian Prime Minister, Hon. Scott Morrison. Premium content -
Saturday 17 August 2019 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Spectacular and beautiful Tongan ngatu, kupesi and a variety of treasured koloa may be viewed in a new exhibition at the Langafonua Centre in Nuku'alofa for a month, before the collection moves to a Hong Kong gallery for a display in December. -
Friday 16 August 2019 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five contestants of Pacific Island heritage, including Tongans are taking part in the 2019 Miss South Pacific Plus Australia (MSPPA) Beauty Pageant to be held in Sydney, on September 13. Premium content -
Friday 16 August 2019 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An exhibition held under the theme ‘Increase Climate Action to Save Tonga’ saw government departments, civil society organisations, private sector, and others showcase what they are doing to combat climate change at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall today, 16 August. Premium content -
Friday 16 August 2019 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Open Day for Youth was held in Nuku'alofa on August 14 as part of a Tonga National Youth Week. Premium content
