US Peace Corps in Tonga welcomed nine new volunteer teachers today at the start of a redeployment of volunteers in Tonga. Peace Corps Group 85 made their pledge of service before the US Ambassador Marie Damour, at a swearing in ceremony held at the Kupesi Hotel, Fua’amotu.
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Suva, Fiji
Seventeen Tongan graduates were awarded their degrees, diplomas and certificates, during the two-day graduation ceremonies at the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Laucala Campus, on 31 August and 1 September, at the Vodafone Building, Suva Fiji.
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Pulotu 'Akau'ola was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for MEIDECC, the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change, Communication and Cert, today, 7 September.
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Senior Pastor from the Good News Gangnam Church in South Korea, Rev. Dr Ock Soo Park, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Hon Hu’akavameiliku, on 5 September, at St George Building, Nuku’alofa.
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister Hon Hu'akavameiliku received a courtesy call from the Saudi Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the Saudi Fund for Development HE Mr. Ahmed Al Khateeb, with delegation, on Friday 1 September, at the St. George Government building, Nuku’alofa.
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Thursday 7 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Irish financial technology and business services company, Fexco Group, is set to further extend its support of rugby in the Pacific Islands. Fexco is announcing an expansion of its commitment to the development of rugby through a new corporate sponsorship deal with the Tongan national rugby union ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku holds on to his leadership tonight, after a ballot for a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence failed to gain a majority, with members voting 11-For and 14-Against the motion, during the second day of two-days of sometimes heated deliberations, 5-6 September 2023.
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Tuesday 5 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police headquarters welcomed children from the Maamaloa Kindergarten, who visited under an educational program, on Friday, 1 September.
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Monday 4 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A ground breaking ceremony of the Lakalaka-‘i-monū development site, marked the beginning of construction of Tonga’s new Parliament House on Friday, 1 September, at Talangaholo, Tufumahina Royal estate.
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Monday 4 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 30 new houses have been completed, with more under construction for families in Tongatapu and ‘Eua, whose homes were destroyed by Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita in 2018.
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Monday 4 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Office of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga has advised the Matangi Tonga Online to retract its report of 22 August 2023 titled “Parliament goes dark while Auditor General's Report exposes financial ‘weaknesses’ ”. Their advice was issued in a Press Release published on the Fale Alea website on 30 August. Our article stated that the radio had been silenced during debate on the Auditor General's Report. We have corrected our sentence to read: “The live broadcasts on the radio were disrupted during the week when the Auditor General's Report for 2020/2021 and 2021/ 2022 was returned to the House for debate.”
Friday 1 September 2023
Suva, Fiji
Solomon Islands Governor General, Honourable Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi, was installed today as the 30th Chancellor of The University of the South Pacific (USP) during the Laucala Campus graduation ceremony held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji.
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Friday 1 September 2023
Paris, France
Tonga Rugby Union announced ‘Ikale Tahi will begin their RWC 2023 campaign against Ireland, on Saturday 16 September, at the Stade de la Beaujoire stadium, in Nantes, France.
Friday 1 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New postal equipment was donated by the Australian Government and the people of Australia through Australia Post, to Tonga Post on 31 August.
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Friday 1 September 2023
Auckland, New Zealand
Vanuatu have kept their hopes live of qualifying for the semi-finals at the OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifier after a 3-0 win over Tonga at The Trusts Arena in Auckland, yesterday, 31 August.
Friday 1 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Meeting in Nuku'alofa this week, representatives of four countries, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, have engaged in a planning consultation process for the Pacific’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
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Thursday 31 August 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Rugby Union launched a Red Friday Campaign, starting from tomorrow Friday 1 September, in support of the 'Ikale Tahi team for the upcoming Rugby World Cup.
Thursday 31 August 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Lord Chief Justice, Michael H. Whitten KC, had his last sitting in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today and was farewelled in a ceremony held at the court.
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Thursday 31 August 2023
Auckland, New Zealand
Respected amateur boxing judge and referee, Ina Ruby Schuster, passed away on Wednesday 30 August, in hospital, in Auckland New Zealand, after a long battle with cancer, her family confirmed via FB. Ruby was of Tongan descent.
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Thursday 31 August 2023
Nassau, the Bahamas
Gender equality remains far from being a reality. “This is not just a concern for people who advocate for women’s rights; it impacts everyone, shaping the world we all share,” the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland KC, told Commonwealth women leaders gathering in the Bahamas last week for the Commonwealth 13th Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting.
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