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Four community-based aged care centres will be built, with three in Tongatapu and one in Vava’u, under the Tonga Integrated Aged Care Project, said the Minister for Ministry of Internal Affairs, Hon. Fane Fituafe. Her Ministry is also prioritising a review of the Tonga Labour Mobility Policy 2024, and planning renovations to sports facilities in preparation for Tonga's hosting of the Pacific Games in 2031.

The height of steam and vapour emissons from Home Reef have increased in January, during an ongoing eruption. The Alert Colour Code (ACC) for the Aviation Community is now increased to ORANGE, due to the possibility of ash being emitted, the Tonga Geological Services Volcano Watch reported this week.

Kolofo’ou in Tongatapu signed a sister city partnership with East Palo Alto, at the US Embassy in Nuku’alofa today, 30 January 2026, in a first “sister city” partnership between Tonga and the United States of America.

Gout—a chronic condition that disproportionately affects Pacific populations – was the subject of an educational research project led by two Tongan academics, who partnered closely with Pacific groups in New Zealand.

The International Tennis Federation and Oceania Tennis Federation appointed a Tongan, Reuel Lavaka, as the Tour Coach for the Pacific Oceania U12 and U14 Teams Tour.

The new standing committees for the 2026-29 parliamentary term were announced in the Tonga Legislative Assembly, on 22 January after the newly elected Members of Parliament were sworn in. The list of members has been released.

UB40 and Ali Campbell are expected to arrive at Fua’amotu Airport tonight ahead of their Big Love Tour concert, which kicks off at Teufaiva Stadium tomorrow, 28 January.

Twenty-five journalists from the Pacific Islands, Central Africa, and West Africa travelled to India for a media familiarization visit from 13-22 January 2026.

Two cases of typhoid fever confirmed in Tongatapu this week are currently under investigation by the Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health, which is urging the public to practise good personal hygiene. The patients, two males aged 17 and 21 from the same household in Hofoa, were admitted to Vaiola Hospital on 16 and 17 January. They were confirmed as typhoid cases on Wednesday and Thursday and are now reported to be in stable condition.