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Monday 16 January 2017 11:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene have all risen for the next month mid-January to mid-February, following the weakening of the pa'anga. The Tonga Competent Authority approved the prices to be effective from today January 16.
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Monday 16 January 2017 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Police Force has received a donation of $10,000 and two trophies presented by former Tonga Police living in the United States who appreciate their work Premium content -
Monday 16 January 2017 3:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prime Minster, Hon Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva has relinquished his Education and Training ministerial portfolio to Hon. Penisimani Fifita from today, 16 January 2017. The PM becomes Minister of Internal Affairs in a re-assignment of portfolios that was granted by the King. Premium content -
Friday 13 January 2017 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The inaugural declaration by the UN General Assembly for 2017 as the first International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development is a great incentive for Tonga and a time for some serious reflection on why we are failing to build a more sustainable tourism industry - one that can prosper and create more jobs. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 12 January 2017 10:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty Science Scholarships for Tongan students were awarded by the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni yesterday, 10 January at the Kahana Lagoon Resort. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 January 2017 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australian Wallaby lock Adam Coleman has opened up about his Tongan heritage in a recent interview with Rugby Australia. The 25-year-old 6'8 foot lock only debuted for the Wallabies this year. He plays his rugby for the Western Force in the Super Rugby competition. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 January 2017 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been charged with selling 58 bottles of liquor without a license in Fanga. The bust is the latest of a series of raids conducted by Tonga Police over the last month. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 January 2017 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The search for a 46-year-old German visitor missing in Ha'apai has been called off by Tonga Police. Frank Doblitz was last seen on Christmas day heading to a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai for a swim. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 January 2017 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There is more sweltering warm weather ahead, says Tonga’s Meteorology department, with temperatures forecast to remain between 25C – 31C during the week with humidity between 80 - 90%. If you are heading to the beach to cool off, be aware of extreme high tides during the evenings this week. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 January 2017 9:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have named Saia Tapueluelu from Fungamisi as the 28-year-old man charged with the death of 17-year-old Kelekolio Fahiua in Neiafu on New Year's Eve. Premium content -
Monday 9 January 2017 11:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prizes were awarded by the Tonga Leities Association for the inaugural 2016 Tapa Pride Float Parade on December 10, concluding two weeks of activism against gender violence, with Tonga Police Rescue Boat winning $500 for best float. Premium content -
Friday 6 January 2017 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new academy in the United Kingdom that takes an interest in heraldry and the study of noble genealogies, has made Tonga's Lord Fulivai, an Honorary Vice-President and Fellow on January 5.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 6 January 2017 3:02pm
Sydney, Australia : Yesterday hundreds of mourners turned out for the funeral of Tuipulotu Gallaher (14) in Sydney West, Australia. The Aussie-Tongan teen tragically drowned at Sydney Beach last Tuesday, December 27, only two days after Christmas. Premium content -
Thursday 5 January 2017 10:26pm
Apia, Samoa : The village of Siumu in Samoa has bestowed a chiefly title to Sione Niumotu Pome'e, the founding member of 'Three Houses Down', a popular reggae band in New Zealand. The title of Tupuola was originally held by Sione's father-in-law, Fa'alogo Masei Premium content -
Thursday 5 January 2017 5:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Improvements to Nuku'alofa's roads and drainage, under a successful multi-million project started in 2008, are "less than likely to be sustainable" if they are not properly maintained, warns a report released by the Asian Development Bank. "There is a lack of evidence that the government has recognised the importance of maintenance of the improved assets," the report concluded.2 comments -
Wednesday 4 January 2017 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand has honoured Valerie Adams (32) with the title of Dame in their annual New Year Honours list. Valerie Adams is the youngest woman to become a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM). Premium content -
Wednesday 4 January 2017 3:47pm
Nuku'alofa : A blaze engulfed an old timber house on Railway Road, Kolofo’ou, this morning, destroying the property within minutes. Hotspots that spread across the road to the Hilliard Memorial School property were extinguished. Tonga’s Fire Department urges caution, warning that fires can spread rapidly in Tongatapu's current hot, dry, windy weather. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 January 2017 12:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The tsunami threat from a Fiji earthquake today has now passed, the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Ceter in Hawaii, has advised. Fiji coastal areas were warned following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, at 11:53pm local Fiji time today. Tonga Met advised there was no threat for Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 January 2017 11:48am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new government office block, St George Palace at Pangai Si’i, is emerging from its scaffolding wraps in the Nuku’alofa Central Business District, as constuction nears completion.2 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 3 January 2017 6:48pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Emergency response efforts to earthquake affected communities in Solomon Islands, Makira province, are continuing to be supported by UNICEF, with the provision of education, water and hygiene supplies, following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early December 2016. Premium content
