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A 34-year-old man from Talafo'ou was arrested on 26 February 2026 following information received by Tonga Police alleging that he was selling methamphetamine and cannabis within the Talafo'ou and Navutoka communities.

HM King Tupou VI officially commissioned the Mango Housing Resettlement in ‘Eua on Saturday, 28 February 2026, handing over 12 newly completed homes to families displaced by the devastating Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption of 15 January 2022.

Tonga Police has warned the Public to avoid participation in the BG Wealth Sharing fundraising programme, following a central bank warning about the scheme.

Despite warnings by Middle East experts to Donald Trump that a new military attack against Iran might trigger a much larger conflagration that risks enveloping the entire region, the US and Israel attacked on Saturday following weeks of threats of a major assault, with Iran counter attacking against US bases in the Middle East as well as other targets. It is possible, although unlikely, that the US could conclude a relatively painless military victory. Unfortunately,...the Trump administration is flying blind. As far as any real national defense goes, the U.S. is naked.... - William Thatcher Dowell, Asia Sentinel.

The Tongan Government has urged its citizens in the Middle East and North Africa to exercise heightened caution and register with its embassy following reports of military strikes on Iran by Israel and the United States.

Money laundering has become an increasing concern across the Pacific and Tonga following a surge in crimes linked to illicit drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, said senior officials from the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) today, in Nuku’alofa.

BSP Tonga | Bank of South Pacific Tonga Limited (BSP) today announced a Net Profit after Tax of T$15.2 million for the financial year ending 31 December 2025.

A ‘Walk for Life' walkathon raised 10,000TOP with over a hundred people walking from Teufaiva Stadium to ‘Apifo’oou College, on Tongatapu last Saturday morning. The funds were presented to the Takataka Gym at Teufaiva Stadium to support its stroke rehabilitation work.

Investigations will determine the cause of a major fire that broke out at Loumaile Lodge, a large derelict building in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District, on Wednesday evening.