Spain’s Los Leones (The Lions) defeated the ‘Ikale Tahi today (29-20) at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. In the first half, Spain’s Gonzalo Vinuesa scored two penalty goal kicks while Tani Bay scored the team’s first try.
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Friday 19 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 19 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Starlink has been granted a “provisional temporary permit” to operate in Tonga, MEIDECC announced today, 19 July. This was in response to a “significant amount” of public concern after the Tonga government instructed Starlink to cease its services in Tonga, stated MEIDECC CEO Sione 'Aka'oula.
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Thursday 18 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spain is set to take on Tonga at the Ikale Tahi's home ground at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa, tomorrow afternoon, 19 July 2024. Kick-off is scheduled for 3:30pm local time. Both teams are closely ranked teams in the World Rugby standings. Tonga, currently sitting at 16th place and Spain, who are just three spots behind at 19th.
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Thursday 18 July 2024
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will send four athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Tonga Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) announced the team and officials today. The athletes will compete in three different sports, athletics, boxing, and swimming.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lulutai Airlines has leased an additional aircraft, a SAAB 340B, from Air Chathams out of New Zealand for three months to increase the number of seats on the domestic inter-island service. Tonga’s national carrier airline announced that the aircraft arrived in Tonga on 16 July and would begin operating this week, under Lulutai Airline’s Air Operating Certificate.
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Tuesday 16 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The critical components required to restore Fire Services at Lupepau'u Airport in Vava'u are expected to arrive in Tonga tonight, Tonga Airports Ltd. (TAL) stated today, 16 July. International flights from Nadi to Vava'u have been downgraded over the last two weeks, and TAL said they were working to reinstate Category 4 airport rescue fire operations there.
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Monday 15 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wharf no. 1, the latest milestone of the Nuku'alofa Port Upgrade, was commissioned in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 12 July 2024 in Tongatapu. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku was joined by Asian Development Bank (ADB) Director General for the Pacific, Leah Gutierrez, the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, Brek Batley, and Tonga's Minister of Infrastructure, Sevenitini Toumo’ua.
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Monday 15 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Around 50 smallholder farmers gained new skills in organic agriculture and agroecology, under training sessions run by the Pacific Organic Learning Farms Network (POLFN) project.
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Monday 15 July 2024
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Beijing, China
Eight Tongan students have completed their studies and graduated from various universities in China in the past academic year.
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Monday 15 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is still in progress with preparations for the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting to be held on 26 - 30 August, in Nuku'alofa.
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Sunday 14 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Due to a safety issue with the fire services at the Vava'u Airport in Tonga, Fiji Airways has downgraded its aircraft on the Nadi to Vava'u route from an ATR72 to a smaller ATR42 aircraft. This was after Flight FJ295 from Nadi heading to Vava‘u, was turned around on Thursday 4 July 2024 and did not land. The airline stated it was organising alternative travel arrangements for guests affected by the decision to reduce seats on the route. Smaller aircraft are scheduled this week as a temporary measure.
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Friday 12 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Last Tuesday 9 July, Tonga's communications Regulator, MEIDECC, notified Starlink, the global satellite internet network, to cut off all services to its roaming subscribers across Tonga's land and seas. The government will not allow the use of Starlink in the current ongoing communications crisis in Tonga, because they have not given Starlink's fixed broadband services a license to operate here. The regulator is not allowing the roaming services either, after the nation's domestic fiber optic cable failed on 29 June. “With understanding of the inconvenience, at the same time the law cannot be put aside just because you have slow internet,” the Prime Minister told Starlink users yesterday, many of whom had raised safety concerns.
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Friday 12 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi was defeated by Italy (14-36) on their home turf at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa today, 12 July 2024.
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Friday 12 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The new Miss Galaxy Queen for 2024-25, Giovanna Lisha Mafi (Miss Tasmania Australia) was crowned last night, 12 July at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa, by Patron of the Tonga Leitis' Association, Hon Sālote Lupepau’u Tuita, after a final night of judging events
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Thursday 11 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five contestants are vying for the Miss Galaxy Tonga 2024-25 title and crown in Nuku'alofa this week. Last night 10 July, saw three judging events, at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall. This year, the colourful annual event, organized by the Tonga Leiti’s Association (TLA), is celebrating its 31st anniversary.
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Thursday 11 July 2024
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
I run the Island Cruising Pacific Rally. We currently have 129 yachts sailing through the Pacific Islands, with many of them currently cruising in Tonga and others heading your way shortly from French Polynesia. Many of them use Starlink as their primary means of communications on board their vessels. By allowing Starlink to continue operating as it has been for the last 16 months, our rally participants will be able to be safe and continue safely cruising in Tonga, and will also enable your local businesses to continue to operate. - Viki Moore
Thursday 11 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Yesterday, Starlink notified its roaming customers located in Tonga that Starlink has been directed by the Tonga government to disable their internet services to users in the country. The 10 July notification shocked internet users especially those who have turned to Starlink's high-speed roaming service as a life-saver, after the domestic submarine cable failed for the third time a fortnight ago, following an earthquake. Concerned users raised a petition yesterday: “To Allow Access to Starlink Internet Services in Tonga” which is directed to the regulators and members of Cabinet.
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Wednesday 10 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total communications failure on Tonga's only inter-island domestic submarine cable has disrupted normal telephone and internet services to the outer islands since 29 June and it is likely to be several weeks before it is known how long it might take for normal services to be restored. In the meantime, the local providers are running on low bandwidth satellite links with limited capacity. It is Tonga's third major internet outage, following the severely disruptive national and domestic cable blackouts in 2019 and 2022.
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Wednesday 10 July 2024
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi, captained by Ben Tameifuna, is set to clash with Italy at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa this Friday 12 July 2024, with kick-off set for 3:30pm Tonga time. Tonga Rugby Union and the ‘Ikale Tahi management released their Team List this afternoon, 10 July.
Tuesday 9 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Viliami Kioa (43) of Sopu caused serious bodily harm to a woman who was cleaning a neighbour's property, when he assaulted her with a 4ft long aluminium pipe during a verbal altercation, which was witnessed by the victim's young daughter and another woman.
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