Star rugby players, George Smith, Nili Latu, and Hosea Saumaki, will take the field with local players in tomorrow’s curtain raiser match between the Barbarians and the President’s XV before the ‘Ikale Tahi team take on the Western Force at Teufaiva Stadium.
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Friday 23 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 23 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The young students of Fua'amotu Government Primary School went home with $750 pa'anga cash prize, after winning a cook-off on August 23 in Nuku’alofa.
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Friday 23 August 2019
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Twenty-one of 26 Chinese nationals charged with gambling were fined on August 23 after pleading guilty at the Fasi Magistrate's Court. They were arrested by Police after more than $89,000 pa’anga and other foreign currencies was seized on Sunday, August 18 at a building in Tofoa.
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Friday 23 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s ailing Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva described the sheer determination he mustered to attend what he said was his “last Pacific Islands Forum meeting” while he was still under intensive medical care this month. He related his struggles to the Tongan media in a press conference he called in Nuku'alofa on August 20. Report by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 22 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Saimone Vaka (36), a prisoner, was acquitted of seven counts, including three of sodomy alleged to have been committed on a 19-year-old cell mate, after a Judge found that a confession had been beaten out of him by prison officers at Hu'atolitoli.
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Thursday 22 August 2019
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Tonga’s first ever Mr World contestant, 24-year-old Mikaele 'Ahomana, a talented musician, has won a spot in the top 12 contestants in the pageant’s grand final to be held on 24 August in Manilla, Philippines.
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Thursday 22 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty six Chinese nationals have been similarly charged with gambling after more than $89,000 pa’anga and other foreign currencies was seized on Sunday, August 18.
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Thursday 22 August 2019
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Local business operators will gain an insight into how to win contracts funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB), at an upcoming seminar in Nuku'alofa on 29 August.
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Wednesday 21 August 2019
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Australia’s Western Force rugby team were out training today at Tupou College (Toloa) as part of their preparation leading up to Saturday’s game against the ‘Ikale Tahi in Tonga.
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Wednesday 21 August 2019
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A 21-year-old man was found to have drowned at Vailahi in Niuafo‘ou on August 20.
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Tuesday 20 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tevita Funaki Katoa of Ma’ufanga (19) who was found guilty for the murder of Pita ‘Asipolo (44) was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 19, at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa.
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Tuesday 20 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-six Chinese nationals have been arrested for gambling after more than $89,000 pa’anga cash and other foreign currencies were seized at Tofoa, on Sunday, August 18.
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Monday 19 August 2019
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Tonga's Ministry of Tourism has temporarily suspended the whale watching operator's licence of the Whale Swim, Fish and Dive Tours, operated by Jeff Laurie in Nuku'alofa, after a diver was lost at sea, at 'Eua on August 11.
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Monday 19 August 2019
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A search has been called off for Marina Theresia Trost (43) from Germany, who went missing in Tonga while diving off ‘Eua on Sunday, August 11.
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Saturday 17 August 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spectacular and beautiful Tongan ngatu, kupesi and a variety of treasured koloa may be viewed in a new exhibition at the Langafonua Centre in Nuku'alofa for a month, before the collection moves to a Hong Kong gallery for a display in December.
Friday 16 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five contestants of Pacific Island heritage, including Tongans are taking part in the 2019 Miss South Pacific Plus Australia (MSPPA) Beauty Pageant to be held in Sydney, on September 13.
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Friday 16 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An exhibition held under the theme ‘Increase Climate Action to Save Tonga’ saw government departments, civil society organisations, private sector, and others showcase what they are doing to combat climate change at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall today, 16 August.
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Friday 16 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An Open Day for Youth was held in Nuku'alofa on August 14 as part of a Tonga National Youth Week.
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Friday 16 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Marina Theresia Trost an accomplished German jazz singer, who came to Tonga to “sing” with the whales, remains missing after failing to return to her tour boat after diving in ‘Eua on Sunday August 11.
Thursday 15 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Marina Trost (40) from Munich, Germany, has been identified as the woman who went missing while diving off ‘Eua on Sunday, August 11. A Tonga Police search, and investigation continued today.
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