Results for Tonga

The smashing of the protective walls around Tonga’s War Memorial and removal of its memorial plaques, during the site clearing for St. George’s Palace construction at Pangai Si’i last week might possibly be illegal.

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).

A 12-year-old boy from Ha'ano was allegedly beaten up several times with a piece of timber and a machete. Ha'apai Police expect to arrest two male suspects in relation to the incident on the small island of Ha’ano.

When the Prime Minister told the House this week that the Reserve Bank should tell the commercial banks to reduce their interest rates and to reduce their profit to not more than $2 million pa’anga per annum - one wonders if the Prime Minister had discussed the issue with his Minister of Finance? Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.

The construction of a new government building named ‘St George's Palace’ has begun after HM King Tupou VI planted a black foundation stone at Pangai Si’i at an official groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, 25 August.

Tonga has been included in the first destinations to be analyzed with the potential to become Whale Heritage Sites.

Solar power is the most efficient renewable energy method in Tonga, students from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand found after investigating various renewable energy projects during a one-week trip.

Recycled clothing, a popular informal business in the Pacific Islands, has become a highly-organised industry across the region and now in Tonga, with the opening of a new business venture by the 'Uta'atu family, called Value City (Tonga) Ltd. on Saturday.

New off field kit for the ‘Ikale Tahi was donated by former English prop Phil Vickery who urged the people of Gloucester to support the squad during the Rugby World Cup that starts on 19 September in England.