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Monday 19 December 2016 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : China has committed to provide financial assistance to construct a new Tonga High School Sports Complex for the 2019 Pacific Games, and construction is expected to start soon. The amount of the Chinese funding and the cost of the project has not been released.
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Monday 19 December 2016 4:51pm
Perth, Australia : A Perth family have publicly expressed their gratitude to retired UFC fighter Soa Palelei for attempting to save their nine-year-old boy, Tyreez Mundroina, who collapsed during a basketball game. Premium content -
Sunday 18 December 2016 3:11pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Israel Folau and Manu Vatuvei are helping to tackle suicide in New Zealand, by hosting talks about depression as part of a "Road to Redemption" tour around the country this week. Premium content -
Sunday 18 December 2016 3:00pm
Nasinu, Fiji : A former coach of Tonga's national rugby 7s team, Etuate Waqa (54) who died on December 7, was buried on Friday December 16 in Nasinu, Fiji. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 7:17pm
Cancun Mexico : Tonga is among Pacific Islands countries that have identified important marine areas that are ecologically or biologically significant, and Vava'u is one area that has sites that need protecting. “There is an urgent need for follow-up activities to manage and mitigate threats on 22 sites identified as priorities. Seven of these sites are awaiting to be gazetted as conservation areas, with different levels of protection,” said Tonga's representative at the global biodiversity conference (CBD COP13) in Cancun, Mexico this week. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:52pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji U20s narrowly defeated Tonga U20s 18 - 13 last weekend in Suva, winning the U20 Oceania Rugby Championship. Tonga were dissallowed a try in the last five minutes of the match after the referee ruled a forward pass. The try would have given Tonga a dramatic victory. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A construction worker who reportedly fell off a ladder while painting St George's Palace in the Central Business District sustained head injuries and was flown to New Zealand for medical treatment this week. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Fijian, Manoa Kamikamica was announced today as the new Country Head ANZ Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With 16 road deaths recorded in Tonga so far this year, a Road Safety Campaign was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala on 13 December aimed to reduce road accidents and deaths. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : People on the small island of Mo’unga’one in Ha’apai are receiving assistance from FINPAC, a four-year regional project that has provided a new boat, and installed a multi-purpose siren to improve warning of natural disasters. Premium content -
Friday 16 December 2016 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sioseti Koluse (30s) drowned on Wednesday, December 14 when he tried to save a 13-year-old boy who was being sucked into a hole on a fringing reef, while swimming at Fotua Beach in Kala’au, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 8:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new domestic air service of the Tonga Airways that was scheduled to start next week has been cancelled after it failed to win Ministerial approval, Samiu Vaipulu, Chairman of the Tonga Airways confirmed this afternoon, 15 December. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Airports Ltd. has declared a $2 million pa'anga Annual Dividend for 2015-16, payable to its shareholder, the Government of Tonga, its highest-ever dividend pay out. -
Thursday 15 December 2016 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : December is the wedding season in Tonga and today Thursday, December 15 recorded one of the busiest days for nuptials for the year, when 31 marriages were registered in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man aged in his 30s drowned on Wednesday, December 14 when he tried to save a 13-year-old boy who was being sucked into a hole on a fringing reef, while swimming at Fotua Beach in Kala’au, Tongatapu, during a camping trip by LDS youth of Te'ekiu. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 6:42pm
: A nine-year-old boy drowned while swimming at a causeway from Tu'anekivale to Holeva at around 8:00pm on Wednesday, December 14. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 6:05pm
Sydney, Australia : The NRL has announced that Mate Ma'a Tonga front-rower Andrew Fifita, who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, was issued a breach of notice with five days to respond. The notice comes after months of controversy surrounding Andrew Fifita's public support for a friend currently serving a 10-year jail sentence for manslaughter. Local reports state that Fifita is likely to receive a fine rather than a suspension. Premium content -
Thursday 15 December 2016 3:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There is no tsunami threat for Tonga following a magnitude 5.2 earthquake located 74km south of 'Eua at 2:18pm, according to a Tonga Met advisory issued at 2:30pm (+14hrs UTC). Premium content -
Wednesday 14 December 2016 8:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three women have been recruited as new Chief Executive Officers by the Public Service Commission for a period of four-years. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 December 2016 8:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Kupu (21), who was arrested and charged with the brutal assault of a 58-year old grandmother at Pahu, on Thursday, November 17 is detained until 2017. Premium content
