Results for Tonga

The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping has pledged to provide $115 million Yuan (36 million Pa’anga) in aid to Tonga.

Almost 2,000 people turned up to watch the Laughing Samoans in a sold-out concert that left the crowd in fits of laughter last night, at the Queen Salote College Hall.

By Wednesday next week, the 26 newly elected members of the Tongan Parliament should be ready to proceed and elect a Prime Minister, said 'Etuate Lavulavu, the spokesperson for seven independent People's Representatives.

Trade ministers and officials from 16 Pacific countries including Tonga will begin negotiations on a proposed regional free trade agreement known as PACER-Plus (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economy Relations) tomorrow, December 11, in Nadi, Fiji.

Next week the Tonga Government’s public service will close down at 4:30pm Friday, 19 December, its last working day, before the beginning of its Christmas and New Year holidays.

Some 10% of Tonga Police staff (35 people) have been dismissed, are serving time in prison or are under investigation for dishonesty, brutality or bribery since 2012, the retiring Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee said today.

The 26 new elected Members of Parliament MPs will meet for the first time at 10:00am. Tuesday, 9 December at the Fa'onelua Convention Center. King Tupou VI has appointed the Rt. Hon. Lord Tupou K.C. as the Interim Speaker

Alumni of Longolongo Government Primary School raised $60,0000 when they celebrated the school's 50th Golden Jubilee on November 28-30 at Longolongo.

Local climate change activists across the Pacific, delivered letters to ANZ bank management last Thursday November 20 asking them to divest (business boycott) from the fossil fuel industry. In Tonga, a letter was delivered to Nuku’alofa’s ANZ bank by a young volunteer Taufu‘i Naufahu.