Results for Tonga

Tonga is among Pacific Islands countries that have identified important marine areas that are ecologically or biologically significant, and Vava'u is one area that has sites that need protecting. “There is an urgent need for follow-up activities to manage and mitigate threats on 22 sites identified as priorities. Seven of these sites are awaiting to be gazetted as conservation areas, with different levels of protection,” said Tonga's representative at the global biodiversity conference (CBD COP13) in Cancun, Mexico this week.

A construction worker who reportedly fell off a ladder while painting St George's Palace in the Central Business District sustained head injuries and was flown to New Zealand for medical treatment this week.

With 16 road deaths recorded in Tonga so far this year, a Road Safety Campaign was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala on 13 December aimed to reduce road accidents and deaths.

Sioseti Koluse (30s) drowned on Wednesday, December 14 when he tried to save a 13-year-old boy who was being sucked into a hole on a fringing reef, while swimming at Fotua Beach in Kala’au, Tongatapu.

December is the wedding season in Tonga and today Thursday, December 15 recorded one of the busiest days for nuptials for the year, when 31 marriages were registered in Nuku’alofa.

A nine-year-old boy drowned while swimming at a causeway from Tu'anekivale to Holeva at around 8:00pm on Wednesday, December 14.

Three women have been recruited as new Chief Executive Officers by the Public Service Commission for a period of four-years.

‘Aisea Taumoepeau became Tonga’s first Ombudsman on 2 December after HM King Tupou VI in Privy Council consented to the Commissioner for Public Relations (Amendment) Act 2016 on 24 November.

A young Tongan Santa Claus in full suit and snowy white beard, visited sick children in Vaiola Hospital's Paediatric Ward today and handed out presents with a friendly smile.