Heavy machinery, including trucks, excavators and tractors, were handed over to Waste Authority Ltd. and Tonga Water Board, from Japan under its Non-project grant aid (NPGA) worth about USD$6 million.
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Friday 29 November 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 18 November 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Crews from various emergency response agencies in Tongatapu conducted a live emergency response for a simulated aircraft incident over Nuku'alofa's waterfront, this morning.
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Friday 8 November 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new water laboratory for Tonga Water Board (TWB) was launched earlier today, 8 November 2024, at Mata-ki-Eua in Tongatapu, to help the water board provide cleaner and safer water for the community.
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Wednesday 16 October 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new World Bank report "Tonga Poverty and Equity Assessment" was launched today, in Nuku’alofa. The report found that poverty in Tonga has declined between 2015 and 2021, and people's livelihoods improved. Remittances played a significant role in alleviating and reducing poverty but that "relying on, solely, remittances is a risky approach,".
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Friday 20 September 2024
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Baku, Azerbaijan
The Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, established to aid developing countries that are vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, is meeting this week in an international effort to get the Fund operational and recognised as a financial institution within the world bank system, ahead of COP29 the World Climate Summit to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The fund will help small island states and others with funding for climate resilience.
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Saturday 14 September 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Breadfruit (Mei) Festival will be held on Monday, 16 September at the MORDI Tonga Trust centre in Havelu. The festival will see over 100 participants and visitors arriving from 15 Pacific and Caribbean countries.
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Tuesday 10 September 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two villages, ‘Utulau in Tongatapu and Koulo in Ha'apai, each received a Grant Assistance for Grass Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) contract, signed today by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr. Inagaki Hisao.
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Tuesday 27 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The communities of Kanokupolu and Ha'atafu in Hihifo, Tongatapu, welcomed the United Nations Secretary General Mr. António Guterres ahead of his departure from Tonga today. He visited two of the areas that were most affected by the events of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami in there.
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Friday 23 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The newly constructed Tonga High School Indoor Stadium, as the main venue for the 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leader’s meeting next week, was opened yesterday, 22 August, in Nuku’alofa, with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque by HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala.
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Wednesday 21 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On a first visit to Tonga and the Pacific, US Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn from Washington DC, was welcomed by the Peace Corps Tonga staff with a traditional Kava ceremony on Tuesday, at the Peace Corps Office in Nuku'alofa. During her visit this week, Director Spahn will administer the oath of services to 19 new Peace Corps volunteers on Friday.
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Sunday 18 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A cluster of container houses assembled at Popua was officially launched on Saturday, 17 August, when HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala unveiled a plaque revealing the name "Niu Lodge". The units will help to accommodate delegates attending the 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leaders' Meeting, which opens in Nuku'alofa on 26 August.
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Wednesday 14 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New runway lights for the Salote Pilolevu Airport in Ha’apai were turned on by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku with the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Brek Batley on 12 August 2024. The TOP$1.8 million project was funded by the Australian Government.
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Tuesday 13 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The rapid construction of 150 prefabricated container houses in and around Nuku'alofa, should be completed by Friday, 16 August 2024, the CEO of Tonga Assets Managers and Associates (TAMA), Tevita Hu’akau, told Matangi Tonga today.
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Tuesday 13 August 2024
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Washington D.C., U.S.A
US Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn will Tonga next Tuesday, 20 August to meet with partner government officials, volunteers, and community partners. During her visit, she will administer the oath of service to 19 new Peace Corps volunteers.
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Monday 12 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A US$1.9 million grant from the Government of Japan will provide Tonga Fire & Emergency Services with firefighting trucks including two pumper trucks, two water tanker trucks, and three pick up trucks. Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku signed this grant under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid (NPGA) this morning, at his office, at St. George Government building, Nuku’alofa.
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Monday 5 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Stray dogs are being rounded up in Nuku'alofa this week, ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting here at the end of August. Assisted by Tonga Police and volunteers, a team of vets from Animal Fiji has commenced a “Trap Neuter & Return” program around the designated hotel accommodation and conference areas. The neutering is expected to make the dogs less aggressive and less likely to roam and fight.
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Tuesday 23 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new tugboat for Tonga was commissioned by HM King Tupou VI today, 23 July, at the Taufa'ahau Domestic Wharf, Nuku'alofa. The new tugboat, named "Fanga'ilifuka" by the King, is a grant from the Government of Japan
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Monday 15 July 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wharf no. 1, the latest milestone of the Nuku'alofa Port Upgrade, was commissioned in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 12 July 2024 in Tongatapu. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku was joined by Asian Development Bank (ADB) Director General for the Pacific, Leah Gutierrez, the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, Brek Batley, and Tonga's Minister of Infrastructure, Sevenitini Toumo’ua.
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Saturday 22 June 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nineteen Peace Corps trainees were welcomed to Tonga with a traditional Tongan Kava Ceremony at Fasi in Nuku'alofa on Friday 21 June 2024.
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Friday 10 May 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) celebrated the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, today, 10 May, at its national headquarters in Nuku’alofa, inviting high school students in Tonga, to honour the work of humanitarian organizations around the world, and to encourage volunteerism. The theme for Red Cross societies in 2024 is "Keeping Humanity Alive."
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