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Friday 12 December 2025 8:08pm
: Alfonso Manoa ‘i Loto Iraq Fahamokioa was named the Best Recruit overall and Top in Field Training at HMAF’s 76th Basic Recruit Intake Passing Parade Ceremony today, 12 December, at Taliai Camp in Fua’amotu. -
Friday 12 December 2025 7:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The last minute postponement of a national child protection policy launch this week is frustrating a women's rights advocate and Director of Women and Children's Crisis Center (WCCC) ‘Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki, who fears the policy endorsed by Cabinet in October, may now be rescinded, after new submissions were presented to Cabinet today. -
Friday 12 December 2025 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two written nominations of candidates for Prime Minister Designate were received before the deadline at 4:30pm today, the Chief Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga confirmed this evening. The names will be disclosed on Monday when elected representatives meet to choose the next Prime Minister. -
Friday 12 December 2025 7:09pm
Seoul, South Korea : Tonga's Foreign Minister, HRH Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala attended the 6th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers Meeting held this week, 8-9 December, in Seoul, South Korea. -
Friday 12 December 2025 3:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On Monday, Interim Speaker Lord Tangi 'o Vaonukonuka, will preside over the election of Tonga's new Prime Minister by the 26 new Members of Parliament, at 10:00 am in the Parliament Chamber in Nuku'alofa. -
Thursday 11 December 2025 11:17pm
Manila, Philippines : A USD$80 million grant to finance transformational infrastructure upgrades on Tongatapu including the construction of the Fanga'uta Lagoon Bridge, has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through its Tonga SECURE Proiect, which will be the largest development partner-financed project undertaken in Tonga’s history, with the Government of Tonga providing $25 million in counterpart financing. -
Thursday 11 December 2025 11:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan-designed King’s Baton for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games was revealed in Nuku'alofa this week, ready for Tonga to take its turn in the worldwide relay, which leads up the Games opening in July. The relay is associated with a global Clean Ocean Inititiative, which starts next week on Tongatapu. -
Thursday 11 December 2025 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In New Zealand, Dr. Linda Palavi received her doctoral degree in Population Health from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, this week. Palavi’s family comes from the villages of Kolofo’ou and Kolomotu’a in Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu. -
Thursday 11 December 2025 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siokatame Kupu (28) is serving six months in prison for possession of drugs utensils found on him in a police drugs operation at Matangiake earlier in May. He had just been released from prison before being sent back to prison for this offence. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 10:38pm
Sydney, Australia : Three Tonga XIII officials, including the head doctor, assistant doctor and head trainer, are facing a two-year ban from the National Rugby League after an investigation into player Eliesa Katoa’s head injury last month. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 10:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A former senior customs officer, Mosese Katoa (58), is serving two years in prison on charges that included the importation of prohibited goods. When firearms concealed in a crate arrived in Tonga in 2023 he also attempted to bribe another Customs Officer to avoid the scanner. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repeat offender, Funaki ‘Otuhouma (32) is serving two years in prison on serious housebreaking, theft of goods valued at around $15,806 and serious wilful damage. He also breached a suspended sentence which was added to his sentence. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A grant valued at 400 million Japanese Yen (USD$ 2.65 million) for the implementation of solar power systems for the state-owned broadcaster, Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC), was signed today between the Government of Japan and Tonga. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 4:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second written nomination for the position of Prime Minister Designate was received today, 10 December, by the office of the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 4:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A three-player chess team will represent Tonga at the 2025 Oceania Youth Chess Championship in Brisbane, Australia on 13–17 December. -
Wednesday 10 December 2025 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a Bank Guarantee Agreement in Nuku’alofa yesterday, 9 December. The agreement is designed to help small businesses loan money from the bank more easily. -
Tuesday 9 December 2025 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Minister of Police, Hon. Paula Piveni Piukala, has been temporarily suspended from all ministerial duties, the Prime Minister's Office announced today. The Prime Minister stated that the suspension would allow an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commissioner into serious allegations against the Cabinet Minister to proceed “in the interest of procedural fairness and institutional propriety.”
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Tuesday 9 December 2025 5:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police conducted a series of drug operations on 4-5 December 2025 across Nuku'alofa, Western and Eastern Districts of Tongatapu, arresting seven, as part of ongoing their efforts to disrupt drug distribution networks Premium content -
Tuesday 9 December 2025 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : About 2,000 combat uniforms and eight surveillance drones for His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) will be provided through Japan’s Official Security Assistance (OSA) project, signed between HRH Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala, the Interim Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Tonga, HE Inagaki Hisao. Premium content -
Tuesday 9 December 2025 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Young Tongan lawyers are building their advocacy skills through a three-day workshop in Nuku'alofa, presented by law specialists from the Victorian Bar International Advocacy Training Committee in collaboration with the Tonga Law Society, and Tonga’s former Lord Chief Justice Michael Whitten KC. Premium content
