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Thursday 26 April 2018 5:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A married man, Talanoa Fainu, aged in his 40s, a father of nine children, was convicted of raping his 20-year-old girlfriend in a car in a bush area near Houma on 15 May last year. He was remanded in custody after the ruling was made by Justice Cato of the Tonga Supreme Court on Monday 23 April.
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Wednesday 25 April 2018 9:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI laid a wreath at the Cenotaph, Pangai Lahi, in Nuku'alofa, this morning, for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service. The ceremony marked the 103rd anniversary of the landing of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey on 25 April 1915, and remembered the 460 Pacific Islander soldiers who served in those armies in 1914-18. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 April 2018 1:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Passport holders of the United Arab Emirates can enter and stay in the Kingdom of Tonga for 60 days without a pre-entry visa, starting from May 24, according to reports from Abu Dhabi this week. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 April 2018 10:00am
Basel, Switzerland : Ending an epidemic is a marathon undertaking, and in the case of malaria, we are nearing the finish line. But we will need to keep up the momentum. Still, mounting challenges such as drug and insecticide resistance threaten to reverse the progress we have made. For two consecutive years now, malaria deaths have risen, while funding has flatlined. This year’s World Malaria Day (April 25) should thus spur a redoubling of our efforts. Eradicating malaria will require new medical and health-policy solutions as well as stronger political will. -
Tuesday 24 April 2018 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Britain will reestablish its diplomatic mission in Tonga during the coming years, Lopeti Senituli an adviser to Tonga’s Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva confirmed this morning, 24 April. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2018 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men charged in a methamphetamine shipment bust from the United States on April 17 have been released on bail pending trial in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2018 5:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 54-year-old man was arrested with 4.72 grams of methamphetamine and cannabis at premises in Ma’ufanga on April 23. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2018 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New solar power generation for the people of Pangaimotu and ‘Otea Islands in Vava’u was commissioned on April 19, by the Japanese Ambassador HE Tetsuya Ishii. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 April 2018 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, hopes to visit Tonga "in the near future", Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva announced today. Premium content -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 103rd anniversary of the landing of ANZAC forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey during World War One will be marked with a Dawn Service at the Cenotaph, Pangai Lahi on Wednesday, April 25. Premium content -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for 300 kava plants estimated to be worth almost $13,000 pa’anga stolen from a plantation in Fo’ui earlier this month. Premium content -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The summary trial against four police officers charged with common assault during the arrest of a group of youths was adjourned after a video footage of the alleged assault was admitted into evidence, at the Fasi Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakano had his case adjourned again to May 28, after appearing at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court today, when the evidence against him was served by the prosecution. Premium content -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:39pm
Sydney, Australia : The Tonga Under-18 Rugby 7s team finished fourth at the U18 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship in Sydney, Australia. The two-day tournament ended yesterday 22 April with Australia taking Gold after comprehensively defeating U18 Samoa 32 - 7. -
Monday 23 April 2018 8:36pm
'Eua, Tonga : Vanilla-growing communities in ‘Eua affected by Tropical Cyclone Gita in February, have received supplies donated by a group of New Zealand businesses, donors, and individuals. The vanilla harvest this year was destroyed by the cyclone. Premium content -
Saturday 21 April 2018 9:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Traditional dance and musical performances by 28 students were presented at a recital held by the ‘Atenisi Foundation for Performing Arts at the Tanoa Tonga Hotel on April 19. -
Saturday 21 April 2018 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new community project, the Tonga Private National Health System, which will help deliver a wide reaching health information system, was officially opened by HRH Princess Latufuipeka Tuku’aho via Skype on 19 April, in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 20 April 2018 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Selemana Fonua who received a prison sentence after being convicted of theft and false accounting, was granted bail pending her appeal against conviction and sentence, that will likely be held in September this year. Premium content -
Thursday 19 April 2018 8:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A controversial offer made by the PM Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva to return to the British Government their former seafront residence in Nuku‘alofa - in anticipation that Britain will come back to the Pacific Islands when they exit the European Union within 12 months - has caused an uproar in Tonga's Office of the Lord Chamberlain, which is located on the property. Premium content -
Thursday 19 April 2018 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Methamphetamine with a street value of around $297,000 pa’anga concealed in a shipment from the United States was seized by Tonga Police on Tuesday, April 17 in Nuku'alofa.2 comments Premium content
