Sosiua Totau [25] was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for possession of 400.37 grams of cannabis, seized at his home in Tofoa earlier this year.
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Tuesday 10 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 10 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Paula Moala aka Kenny [51] from Tokomololo was sentenced to four-years and nine-months imprisonment for possession of 25 grams of methamphetamine. $16,000 in drug proceeds was forfeited to the Crown.
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Monday 9 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Court of Appeal has acquitted Lord Tu'ivakano on two charges of making a false statement to obtain a Tongan passport and perjury, after quashing the convictions in a 22-pages written judgment released in Nuku'alofa on Friday.
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Monday 9 November 2020
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Auckland, New Zealand
Hakula Tonga women’s rugby league team proved too strong for Niue Rugby League winning 66-8 in the ‘Clash of the Pacific’ test on 8 November in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-one police officers had their employment terminated by Tonga Police Board due to serious disciplinary breaches and criminal convictions.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An online remittance service, called ‘Ave Pa’anga Pau TDB Ltd., which will allows Tongans in Australia to send money to Tonga and vice versa, was launched today in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A soroban team from primary schools on the eastern district of Tongatapu won the 2020 Tonga National Soroban competition on November 5, in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga government's infrastructure planning procedures along with the associated budget and aid management systems will be improved by the end of the year, with assistance from the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility.
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Thursday 5 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A six-day training program on building different types of fale Tonga (Tonga house) for cyclone preparedness was completed after 25 people, including 11 women, were awarded certificates at the Free Constitution Church of Tonga in Pahu today. By Eleanor Gee.
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Thursday 5 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men will be tried at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on a charge relating to the seizure of just over 2.1 kg of methamphatamine last year. Police allege that the haul had a street value in Tonga of just over $2 million pa'anga.
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Thursday 5 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Ikani Pailate (25) has been jailed for raping a 38-year-old woman in Tongatapu last year.
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Thursday 5 November 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
PUBLIC NOTICE: To regulate and supervise non-bank financial institutions, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga developed the Moneylenders Act 2018. This Act was proclaimed by Cabinet to come into force on 30th September 2020, and a Gazette notice has been publicly posted and published on the Reserve Bank’s website and Facebook page. The Reserve Bank is requesting that those moneylenders listed in the following Table below please contact the Reserve Bank as soon as possible to apply for a moneylender license. For more information in English and Tongan ... Lao ki hono Tokanga’i mo Pule’i ‘o e Ngaahi Kautaha Nō atu ‘o e Pa’anga ‘i Tonga΄ ...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is one of eight countries in the Pacific region that remain CoViD-19-free as of today 4 November. In the Pacific, the Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna and the Marshall Islands recently reported CoViD-19 cases. Only two other countries worldwide have not reported any cases,
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Wednesday 4 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Likamani Fa’aoso was sentenced to 16-months imprisonment for possession of 165.37 grams of cannabis, at a police checkpoint in Tofoa during a routine COVID-19 inspection.
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Wednesday 4 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Ilona Maria Ika (27) was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for the theft of $18,000 pa’anga from a customer’s account at ANZ Bank. Nine withdrawals were made over several months.
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Wednesday 4 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The dates for public holidays in 2021 have been confirmed by the Tonga Government, with most observed on the actual day.
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Tuesday 3 November 2020
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Queensland, Australia
One hundred and fifty seasonal workers from Tonga arrived in Queensland on October 29 to fill the shortage of workers needed for the agriculture and horticulture industries between now and Christmas.
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Tuesday 3 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All passengers repatriated to Tonga from Auckland and Brisbane tested negative for CoViD-19 after arrival, said Ministry of Health CEO, Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola this afternoon.
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Tuesday 3 November 2020
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Suva, Fiji
Most of the Revenue and Customs administrations around the Pacific, including Tonga, have agreed to work together to ‘ride out the CoViD-19 pandemic’ after they reported a drop in revenue this year, at the Oceania Customs Organization Secretariat (OCO) Heads Annual Conference held virtually on October 20.
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Tuesday 3 November 2020
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Canberra, Australia
The Australian Government has committed an additional $500 million to supporting access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia through a range of advance purchase agreements with manufacturers and through participation in the multilateral COVAX Facility.
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