A 41-year-old man has been charged with attempted armed robbery relating to the shooting that wounded a 56-year-old man at the American Wharf on Friday April 9.
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Friday 16 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 9 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 56-year-old man was shot and wounded early this morning, at the American Wharf while struggling to overpower an armed assailant.
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Friday 26 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TONGA Police have today charged three people and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd.
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Monday 15 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A contract for the construction of a $900,000 police station at Vaini was signed by the acting Minister of Police, Hon Dr Viliami Tangi and the Country Manager for Fletcher Royco Construction Company, Gary Martin, at the Police Headquarter, Longolongo on Friday, March 12.
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Wednesday 3 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tu'i Uata of Uata Shipping Company, has been charged with bribery, the Tonga Police confirmed today.
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Wednesday 3 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A media restriction was imposed today on the court proceedings of a case between the Police and Ramsay R. Dalgety who is charged with perjury.
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Wednesday 3 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A written Magistrate's Court order for the Arrest of Lord Dalgety on Friday, February 26 was made available by the Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate this afternoon, and it stated that Lord Dalgety was to be remanded in custody for only 24 hours.
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Monday 1 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Dalgety the Company Secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd has been charged with perjury following his arrest at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre on Friday, February 26.
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Friday 26 February 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Dalgety, the Secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd, was arrested just after 5 pm today, when he left the Fa'onelua Centre, after giving evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of Princess Ashika.
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Thursday 25 February 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The captain of the sunken ferry MV Princess Ashika, Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu, was released on bail this morning, February 25, after being arrested and charged on five counts of taking a passenger ferry out to sea, knowing that it was unseaworthy, and it is expected
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Thursday 4 February 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
FROM OUR ARCHIVES. Powerful weapons including a semi automatic assault rifle of a kind used in gang warfare, have been seized by the police in Tonga who are this week urging the public to report the whereabouts of other illegal weapons that may be on the island.
Thursday 31 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Year's Eve revellers in Tonga are being told they should be able to enjoy themselves and be free from bad behaviour by others.
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Thursday 31 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga police are looking for a man who attacked a woman on a Tongatapu beach yesterday.
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Wednesday 30 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Domestic violence in Tonga is increasing, with 19 cases reported to the Tonga Police during the first six days of the Christmas holiday period.
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Wednesday 30 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 71-year-old man died at Tatakamotonga at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning after being hit by a vehicle as he was walking home from a kava party.
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Tuesday 22 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Assistant Police Commander 'Unga Fa'aoa graduated with a Masters degree in Transnational Organized Crime Prevention from the University of Wollongong, Australia, on December 15, 2009.
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Wednesday 16 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man at Talafo'ou on Friday, December 11, police confirmed today.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nine of the 10 male prisoners who escaped from the Hu'atolitoli Prison on Saturday night, November 21 were recaptured by police within seven hours and the tenth later the same day.
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Wednesday 18 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Police Hon. Dr. Viliami Tau Tangi officially opened the Tonga Police Commissioned Officers Annual Conference on Tuesday 17 November 2009.
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Wednesday 21 October 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 3-year old man injured a 52-year old man with a knife in a brawl at a Nuku‘alofa restaurant last Friday night, the Tonga Police reported.
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