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Spreading Christmas cheer, the Tonga Royal Corps of Musicians, performed lively Christmas carols in the Nuku'alofa, Central Business District, today, 19 December 2023.

The Ambassador-designate of Japan to Tonga, HE Mr. Hisao Inagaki arrived in Nuku’alofa on Friday, 15 December 2023. Mr. Inagaki will be the sixth resident Ambassador of Japan to Tonga.

Tonga Meteorological Services (MET), forecasts cloudy periods, light showers and mainly fine weather for the next 10 days for Tongatapu and 'Eua. However, for the two Niuas, there is a 50 - 90 per cent chance of rain or heavy showers from 18 - 22 December.

The tsunami-damaged ‘Ohonua Police Station on 'Eua, reopened last week on 13 December, after major renovations following the HTHH disaster in January 2022.

“Whilst we didn’t turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end,” said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in his closing speech, as COP28 concluded, on Tuesday, 12 December, at Expo City Dubai.

Making history at Teufaiva Stadium next year, Moana Pasifika and the Highlanders will clash in the first Super Rugby game to be played in Tonga on 4 May 2024.

Azerbaijan is set to host next year’s COP29 Climate Change Summit, after winning backing from other Eastern European nations.

Fili Napa’a (31) was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment partially suspended for charges including possession of 329.98 grams of cannabis at Veitongo in March this year.

The Tonga Supreme Court has refused to grant an injunction that was sought by plaintiffs to stop Parliament from sitting until the final determination of judicial review proceedings. The Acting Chief Clerk of the Legislative Assembly said that the Supreme Court also heard submissions on a separate application by the Speaker and the Legislative Assembly that disputes the jurisdiction of the court to investigate the internal proceedings of the House on the September vote of no confidence motion in the Prime Minister.