About 6,000 mangroves seedlings were planted at Sopu, in Nuku'alofa, under the 1 Million Trees project of the Department of Environment and Climate Change and NGO Tonga Citizens Science Initiative.
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Thursday 17 August 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 22 April 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tupou Tafuna (39) was acquitted on four counts that included possession of 6.78 grams of methamphetamine and permitting the use of his house in Sopu for drug dealing, after it was not proven beyond reasonable doubt at the Supreme Court.
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Tuesday 21 December 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man was found to have passed away on the side of the road on the waterfront at Sopu, Nuku'alofa, this morning, December 21. Police understood the man was out walking on the road before collapsing.
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Wednesday 29 January 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 25-year-old woman was found dead at a home in Sopu on Tuesday evening, January 28.
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Tuesday 1 May 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man sustained minor injury from a machete attack, during a confrontation at Sopu on Sunday night, April 29, where a group of men turned up with a firearm and a machete and threatened a group who were drinking at the area. A vehicle was set on fire.
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Friday 6 October 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
No suspect has been arrested in relation to an alleged arson at a home in Sopu on Sunday afternoon, October 1.
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Tuesday 27 June 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men were arrested on Friday night, June 23 for theft, assaulting a couple and damaging vehicles at the waterfront area in Sopu.
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Thursday 3 September 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New rainwater harvesting systems, structural reinforcement and weather proofing projects were completed in four Tongatapu villages on 25 August, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Monday 31 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Saia Langi Naufahu (52) accused of a violent domestic assault after he allegedly threw boiling water on his wife in Sopu appeared at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 31 August.
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Thursday 10 July 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five men have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in relation to a robbery at a home in Sopu on 11 June, where a woman occupant was allegedly raped.
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Friday 13 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Police investigation continues into the housebreaking, robbery and rape of a Tongan woman at her home in Sopu in the early morning of Wednesday, June 11.
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Wednesday 11 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Police are hunting four to five male suspects who broke into a home in Sopu early this morning and tied up the occupant, a woman in her 40's who was home alone. One of the men is alleged to have raped the woman during the robbery.
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Tuesday 20 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police have confirmed the name of a victim, Kulisi Kanongata‘a (19) of Hofoa, who died after being trapped inside a cement mixer while he was cleaning it, at a brick manufacturing company at Sopu on August 16.
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Monday 19 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men have been charged in relation to the death of a 19-year-old worker who was trapped inside a cement mixer while he was cleaning it, at a brick manufacturing company at Sopu on Friday, August 16.
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