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Friday 25 November 2016 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan's current grant aid to Tonga, including a $66 million upgrade to the Faua Wharf, medical equipment for health services, and around $3.6 million for a program that will help build up sports, reflects close cooperation and a warm friendship, the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga told guests at a reception last night to celebrate the 83rd birthday of the Emperor of Japan Akihito.
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Friday 25 November 2016 3:48pm
Honolulu, Hawaii : American, Dean Jay Fletcher (54), who is wanted for murder in Tonga, was handed over to three U.S Marshalls in American Samoa earlier this week and escorted to Honolulu to appear at a Federal Court.2 comments Premium content -
Thursday 24 November 2016 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Senior Police Officer has been suspended from duty today after reports that he crashed a police car into the entrance gate at the Queen Salote Wharf, early Saturday morning November 19.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 24 November 2016 5:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Burning waste and particularly the burning of tyres is against the law, and creates a serious health hazard, warns Malakai Sika, CEO of the Waste Authority Ltd., which runs the Tapuhia Landfill site on Tongatapu.1 comment -
Thursday 24 November 2016 4:15pm
Suva, Fiji : In the Pacific, non-communicable diseases account for around 70% of all deaths, in Fiji that number is 80%, and the tragedy is that most of these deaths are preventable, Dr Tim Martyn of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation in Fiji told delegates from Small Island States, meeting in Suva. Delegates looked at a Global Action Plan to respond to the food and nutrition challenges. People are eating food they can afford and that "is what is making them sick,” he said. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 November 2016 10:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 21-year-old man from Pahu who is charged in relation to the brutal attack on a 58-year-old woman last week at Pahu, has been further detained in custody to appear at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court on Friday, December 2. The Tongan national has been charged with assault with a weapon, housebreaking and theft. More charges may follow. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 November 2016 9:58pm
Suva, Fiji : A tourism destination brand ‘South Pacific Islands’ was launched in Asia’s largest professional travel show, the China International Travel Mart (CITM) in Shanghai, China this month by the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) aimed at attracting Asian tourists to the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 November 2016 9:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A four-year-old boy died at Prince Ngu Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, November 22 after being hit by a vehicle on Maiva Road in Hihifo, Vava’u. It is alleged that the boy had been left unattended in a parked vehicle before the accident. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 November 2016 10:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first solar powered Tuk Tuk assembled in Tonga was launched by HRH Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tuku’aho at Hala Vuna, Nuku’alofa on 19 November 2016. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 November 2016 6:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan officials burning a large haul of cannabis seized by Tonga Police last week in 'Eua, used tyres as a base for the bonfire at Tapuhia Solid Waste in Vaini, Tongatapu today, Tuesday November 22.2 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 22 November 2016 5:55pm
Lima, Peru : Climate Change, Oceans and Connectivity are three key issues in the Pacific region that need attention was the message delivered in a Pacific Island Forum (PIF) speech to worldwide leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial meeting in Lima, Peru, on 17-18 November. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 November 2016 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A "hopeless" statement of claim filed by the Pacific International Commercial Bank Ltd (PICB) against the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) was struck out by the Lord Chief Justice, who awarded the Reserve Bank indemnity costs in a Supreme Court civil ruling. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 November 2016 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There's an export market for Tongan Kava in Germany, but Tonga needs to produce more Kava to supply it, believes Owen Muller, a farmer from Nukunuku who launched a new "Kava Academy" at Matafonua on Friday. Premium content -
Monday 21 November 2016 8:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi survived a spirited comeback to overcome the United States 20 – 17 in the Spanish city of San Sebastian on Saturday November 19. Premium content -
Monday 21 November 2016 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 33-year-man from Kanokupolu who tried to run from Police after allegedly breaking into a Chinese Shop on Taufa’ahau Road at Pahu on Sunday night, November 20 was apprehended in a chase. Premium content -
Monday 21 November 2016 5:05pm
Vaini, Tongatapu, Tonga : An Eco-tourism project, Vai ko Felefonu (Felefonu Pool) in Vaini was officially launched by the Acting Prime Minister, Lord Ma’afu and his son Hon. Tevita 'Unga last Friday, 18 November, after the area received a $70,000 make-over. The project has provided a landscaped space that can be used for the selling of handicrafts by women and youth interested in tourism activities. Premium content -
Monday 21 November 2016 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty four cannabis plants were uprooted and seized during a Tonga Police Operation in 'Ohonua, ‘Eua, of Friday, in addition to 458 cannabis plants that were initially seized last week. Premium content -
Monday 21 November 2016 4:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A fire gutted a Chinese shop on Vaha’akolo Road at Tofoa on Saturday night, 19 November. The Fire Service said the fire started from a back room where a stove and gas bottle was located and engulfed the building. There were no suspicious circumstances found. Premium content -
Saturday 19 November 2016 8:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's reputation as the Friendly Islands is being threatened by criminal thugs –thought to be from the same group, who are attacking Tonga's Chinese shopkeepers with a brutality that is breathtaking. Shop surveillance videos released to Matangi Tonga this week show extremely violent crimes. The videos record attacks – in one a gun is fired to the side of a woman shopkeeper – and another where a Pahu shopkeeper, hit by a suckerpunch to the face, falls backward suffering severe head injuries. He remains paralysed and fed on a tube.2 comments Premium content -
Friday 18 November 2016 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Elizabeth Kite, Tonga’s first youth representative at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) held in Canada last week, says the experience has been one of the most inspiring events in her life to date. She was inspired to see so many female politicians and how people regarded that as "normal". She now aims to pursue a career in Tongan politics. Premium content
