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Friday 13 May 2016 4:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Uini Kava (46) is the man who died after he was allegedly run over by a vehicle while sitting in the middle of By-Pass Road in Longolongo early Sunday morning, 8 May.
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Friday 13 May 2016 2:58pm
London, United Kingdom : England’s No. 8, Billy Vunipola won England Player of the Year after producing three man-of-the-match performances from five games to help England win the 2016 RBS Six Nations Championship. Another Tongan rugby hero, Former Wallaby, George Smith won the Players’ Player of the Year as he continued his outstanding form with Wasps. Premium content -
Friday 13 May 2016 2:57pm
Manchester, UK : Ikale Tahi prop, Halani Aulika, has signed with Sale Sharks earlier this week after spending four seasons with London Irish. Aulika also played for Tonga in the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a member of Tonga’s Pacific Nations Cup Squad last year. Premium content -
Friday 13 May 2016 1:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene will continue to increase in Tonga for May to June starting on Monday, 16 May. Premium content -
Friday 13 May 2016 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Supreme Court judge dismissed an appeal filed by a letter writer, Kele’a newspaper and two others in a defamation case that awarded judgment and costs against them back in 2013. Premium content -
Thursday 12 May 2016 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Half a seniti of "the bank's spread" of every pa'anga that is bought and sold through Tonga's foreign exchange services will be charged, starting 1 June 2016, after a foreign exchange levy was endorsed by Tonga’s government to help fund the 2019 Pacific Games. [updated] Premium content -
Thursday 12 May 2016 1:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A neighbourly concern for youngsters who go to school hungry, has moved a Kolomotu’a family to provide free breakfasts for over 100 children at their local school twice a week. “I believe that in most communities there are children who go to school without breakfast and the same children may not have food for lunch,” said Dr Taniela Palu, whose family has started the programme.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 11 May 2016 9:03pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : The number of sports allowed at future Pacific Games has now been reduced from 26 to 24, with the decision made after a Pacific Games Council General Assembly meeting yesterday in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The number of compulsory sports has increased from 14 to 16, with sailing and triathlon being promoted. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 May 2016 9:01pm
Sydney, Australia : Samoa coach Matt Parish criticized international rugby league organisers in the National Rugby League (NRL) after it was revealed Samoan players received no match payments for their game against Tonga at Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta last Saturday night. The Tonga side received $500 each only after they sourced their own sponsorship. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 May 2016 8:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Safe drinking water will be easier to access for around 4,000 people in six villages across western and eastern Tongatapu thanks to the New Zealand Government committing NZ$51,000 to Caritas Tonga to restore water supply catchments. Works include renovating and rehabilitating decrepit rainwater tanks and installing new water refill stations. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 May 2016 12:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five new Shared Directors for Tonga's Transport Sector Public Enterprises have been named by the Ministry of Public Enterprises on May 9. The Transport Sector Board includes the Ports Authority Tonga, Tonga Airports Limited and Friendly Islands Shipping Agency. -
Wednesday 11 May 2016 11:39am
: Facebook, Robert Blake says: No disrespect to Australia for supporting, thanks- But this is undermining Tonga's Democratic system. ...When Australia help release that pressure by paying AUD$12million...the Government no longer see needs to answer to its people, no longer needs to justify their action to the people. ...coz the Gov't is employed by Australia. -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 8:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrived in Nuku’alofa yesterday morning, 9 May on a three day routine visit. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In just two days, today and yesterday, a total of 328 confirmed cases of conjunctivitus (pink eye) have been reported to Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa, as the number of cases continues to rise. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 6:23pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : Raising awareness to protect Pacific whales in the face of emerging threats is part of a regional campaign ‘Protect Pacific Whales’ recently launched by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Premium content -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 4:18pm
London, United Kingdom : Tonga and other small states that are the most vulnerable, socially and economically in the world will be the focus at The Commonwealth’s Fourth Global Biennial Conference held in the Seychelles this week. Tonga’s Executive Director of the Civil Society Forum of Tonga (CSFT), Emeline Siale Ilolahia, will make a presentation at the event. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will receive AUD$4 million in Budget Support, helping to prop up government salaries and other expenses, for each financial year over the next three years, from the Australian Government. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 May 2016 1:14pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : Dr ‘Ofa Keitu‘u of Tonga, has been appointed as Director of the Statistics for Development Division at the Pacific Community (SPC) based in Noumea, New Caledonia, taking effect on 1 July 2016. Premium content -
Monday 9 May 2016 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A conjunctivitis (pink eye) outbreak in Tongatapu, has seen 135 people flocking to Vaiola Hospital this morning with confirmed symptoms of the virulent eye infection. In the last five weeks the hospital has registered more cases of conjunctivitis than for the whole of 2015. Premium content -
Monday 9 May 2016 4:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The court case against Lord Tu’iha’ateiho has been adjourned to Tuesday 17 May, Tonga Police confirmed today. Premium content
