This month the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 as no longer a public health emergency of international concern and countries will now transition from emergency mode to managing Covid-19 alongside other infectious diseases. Tonga achieved high vaccination coverage during the pandemic and achieved a low death rate due to Covid-19.
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Thursday 11 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Thursday 11 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A hearing screening project for class 1 and 2 students on Tongatapu is being carried out by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Rotary Club of Hampton from Australia and Rotary Club Nuku‘alofa.

Wednesday 10 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Legislative Assembly of Tonga convened on Wednesday 10 May and started discussing pending agendas, including Government Annual Reports and Constituency Reports.

Wednesday 10 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A ceremonial flag raising was held this morning to open the first United States of America Embassy in Tonga in a historical event, held at the National Reserve Bank Building in Nuku’alofa. However, after the flag was raised it was lowered to fly at half mast today in respect of lives lost in a recent Texas mall shooting attack.

Wednesday 10 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 50-year-old man was sentenced to an aggregate 30-months imprisonment sentence on three charges of serious indecent assaults of a teenager on Tongatapu.

Wednesday 10 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 28-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman from Matahau have been arrested for allegedly importation of over 1kg of methamphetamine from the United States, last month.

Wednesday 10 May 2023
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Apia, Samoa
Tonga A was defeated by defending champions Junior Japan 17-52, in its second match at the Pacific Rugby Challenge on 8 May in Apia.

Tuesday 9 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Students of Government schools throughout Tonga held various tree planting programs to mark the London coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, on Saturday, 6 May.

Monday 8 May 2023
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Bangkok, Thailand
Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho are visiting Bangkok, Thailand, where they are meeting with relevant Thai agencies, in their pursuit of new opportunities for Tonga.

Monday 8 May 2023
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Sydney, Australia
The Australian and New Zealand governments have renewed their commitment to the World Bank’s work in the Pacific through an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the region over the next eight years.

Monday 8 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ten patients in Tonga have received new pacemakers, in surgeries carried out by a a team of cardiac experts from New Zealand last week at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa. The first time this has been done in Tonga.

Monday 8 May 2023
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London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth needs to work and walk together for a more secure and sustainable future, Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku told Commonwealth Leaders in London on 5 May.

Monday 8 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An 82-year-old grandmother and her five-year-old grand-daughter died in a house fire at Tofoa on Saturday morning, 6 May, Tonga Police reported.

Saturday 6 May 2023
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London, United Kingdom
More than 400 military personnel have travelled from Commonwealth nations and British Overseas Territories to participate on Saturday 6 March in the historic Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. From Tonga, Corporal Uheina Halapiapi, of His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga said: “I am so grateful to be here and to represent his Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga”.

Friday 5 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan female boxer, Hainite Tu'itupou (26) won a gold medal at the Chicago Jiu-jitsu tournament earlier this week.

Friday 5 May 2023
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London, United Kingdom
Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met New Zealand's Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins in London this week, as they gather for the Coronation.

Friday 5 May 2023
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Nadi, Fiji
Senior electoral officials, including Tonga's, attended the region's administrators network in Nadi from 2-4 May, the first time they have met since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friday 5 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 63-year-old man was sentenced to eight-years imprisonment with no suspension. for three charges, that included raping a woman on Tongatapu.

Friday 5 May 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and The Queen Consort will be an historic event not only for the United Kingdom but also for the fourteen Realms, the UK Overseas Territories including our fellow Polynesian entity Pitcairn, and also for Commonwealth member-countries such as the Kingdom of Tonga. On 4 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tuita and Lord Tuita graced a Coronation Party hosted by the British High Commission in Nuku‘alofa, together with two hundred guests, to mark the upcoming event. - BHC.
Thursday 4 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Local journalists and special guests gathered on 3 May to commemorate the 30th anniversary World Press Freedom Day hosted by the Media Association Tonga (MAT) in Nuku'alofa.
