The Tonga Development Bank has won international recognition for offering financial services that are supporting small income generating projects among disadvantaged and low-income earners in Tonga.
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Sunday 15 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Up to 30 new awards are being offered to Tongans to study in Australia and the Pacific in 2017, and students will be selected through a competitive process managed by the Australian High Commission in consultation with the Government of Tonga.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An accomplished Tongan carver and artist, Sitiveni Fehoko (56) will serve as the new Mission President for the LDS Church Lae Mission, Papua New Guinea, starting in July this year, accompanied by his wife Kilisitina
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Around 731 residents of the village of Puke on Tongatapu, now have access to clean water after Japan granted over US$82K to restore the water supply system, which was commissioned on March 12.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Newcastle, Australia
Australian Police arrested 66 activists in a climate change protest that shut down a coal port in Newcastle city last Sunday May 8 according to local reports. Over 1,000 protesters includied members of the Pacific Islander activist group “Pacific Climate Warriors”.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Uini Kava (46) is the man who died after he was allegedly run over by a vehicle while sitting in the middle of By-Pass Road in Longolongo early Sunday morning, 8 May.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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London, United Kingdom
England’s No. 8, Billy Vunipola won England Player of the Year after producing three man-of-the-match performances from five games to help England win the 2016 RBS Six Nations Championship. Another Tongan rugby hero, Former Wallaby, George Smith won the Players’ Player of the Year as he continued his outstanding form with Wasps.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Manchester, UK
Ikale Tahi prop, Halani Aulika, has signed with Sale Sharks earlier this week after spending four seasons with London Irish. Aulika also played for Tonga in the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a member of Tonga’s Pacific Nations Cup Squad last year.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene will continue to increase in Tonga for May to June starting on Monday, 16 May.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Supreme Court judge dismissed an appeal filed by a letter writer, Kele’a newspaper and two others in a defamation case that awarded judgment and costs against them back in 2013.
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Thursday 12 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Half a seniti of "the bank's spread" of every pa'anga that is bought and sold through Tonga's foreign exchange services will be charged, starting 1 June 2016, after a foreign exchange levy was endorsed by Tonga’s government to help fund the 2019 Pacific Games. [updated]
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Thursday 12 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A neighbourly concern for youngsters who go to school hungry, has moved a Kolomotu’a family to provide free breakfasts for over 100 children at their local school twice a week. “I believe that in most communities there are children who go to school without breakfast and the same children may not have food for lunch,” said Dr Taniela Palu, whose family has started the programme.
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Wednesday 11 May 2016
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
The number of sports allowed at future Pacific Games has now been reduced from 26 to 24, with the decision made after a Pacific Games Council General Assembly meeting yesterday in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The number of compulsory sports has increased from 14 to 16, with sailing and triathlon being promoted.
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Wednesday 11 May 2016
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Sydney, Australia
Samoa coach Matt Parish criticized international rugby league organisers in the National Rugby League (NRL) after it was revealed Samoan players received no match payments for their game against Tonga at Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta last Saturday night. The Tonga side received $500 each only after they sourced their own sponsorship.
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Wednesday 11 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Safe drinking water will be easier to access for around 4,000 people in six villages across western and eastern Tongatapu thanks to the New Zealand Government committing NZ$51,000 to Caritas Tonga to restore water supply catchments. Works include renovating and rehabilitating decrepit rainwater tanks and installing new water refill stations.
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Wednesday 11 May 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five new Shared Directors for Tonga's Transport Sector Public Enterprises have been named by the Ministry of Public Enterprises on May 9. The Transport Sector Board includes the Ports Authority Tonga, Tonga Airports Limited and Friendly Islands Shipping Agency.
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Facebook, Robert Blake says: No disrespect to Australia for supporting, thanks- But this is undermining Tonga's Democratic system. ...When Australia help release that pressure by paying AUD$12million...the Government no longer see needs to answer to its people, no longer needs to justify their action to the people. ...coz the Gov't is employed by Australia.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrived in Nuku’alofa yesterday morning, 9 May on a three day routine visit.
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Tuesday 10 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In just two days, today and yesterday, a total of 328 confirmed cases of conjunctivitus (pink eye) have been reported to Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa, as the number of cases continues to rise.
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Tuesday 10 May 2016
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Noumea, New Caledonia
Raising awareness to protect Pacific whales in the face of emerging threats is part of a regional campaign ‘Protect Pacific Whales’ recently launched by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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