Results for Tonga

A stepfather was sentenced to 12 and a half years imprisonment for numerous offences that included serious indecent assault of his two young stepdaughters and raping one of them. The mother (42) who helped him commit some of these serious sexual offences was sentenced to seven years and three months imprisonment. The judge agreed that the offendings constituted a grave breach of trust and the sentence imposed should reflect it.

A complaint has been received by Tonga Police from a victim who alleged to have been assaulted by soldiers on November 4 in Vaini. At the same, His Majesty’s Armed Forces said they are investigating the alleged assault.

Around 200 students at the Malia Tupu ‘Imakulata Primary School in Ma’ufanga celebrated the handover of a new building with two classrooms on November 15.

The ‘Ikale Tahi team to play Wales at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff at 14.30 on Saturday 17 November was announced this morning during a Skype Press Conference with Coach, Toutai Kefu, Scrum Half Sonatane Takulua and the Manager Lano Fonua.

The return of seven graduates, including Tonga's first woman Meteorologist, will boost the Meteorology Department, said ‘Ofa Fa’anunu, Tonga's Director of Meteorology.

Five men were arrested on Thursday, November 15 after illicit drugs and a pistol were seized in a vehicle during a police routine traffic stop on Hihifo road and at a property in Fangaloto.

Grant and sponsorship funding was awarded today by the Tonga Health Promotion Foundation to support healthy living initiatives to strengthen, prevent and control Non Communicable Diseases (NCD's) which have reached a critical level in Tonga.

The death of an eight-year-old girl in Nuku’alofa last week, an inquest has confirmed was a suicide. It is the youngest known suicide death in Tonga.

A 34-year-old man from Holonga was arrested with methamphetamine and cannabis on Monday, November 12.