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Sunday 6 June 2021 8:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A public holiday will be observed on Monday, June 7, to commemorate Emancipation Day, when Tonga’s first Christian King, Siaosi Tupou I officially abolished serfdom in Tonga in 1862.
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Sunday 6 June 2021 8:56pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation, celebrates 20 years of fighting illegal fishing in the Pacific waters of Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, and Tuvalu. -
Sunday 6 June 2021 8:54pm
Honolulu, Hawaii : Leaders of 11 Pacific Island countries and territories elected Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo as the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) new chairperson during a two-day virtual meeting held on June 2 and 3. Premium content -
Sunday 6 June 2021 3:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first Budget allocation of $509,300 for an Anti-Corruption Commission was among nine allocations passed by the Whole House Committee of the Tongan Legislature on June 2-3. Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2021 11:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Cabinet Minister 'Akosita Lavulavu (36) and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu (62) plundered TVET grant funds for themselves in a systemic fraud that a Nuku'alofa Supreme Court judge today called, “an example of the worst sort of dishonesty.” Premium content -
Friday 4 June 2021 3:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cabinet Minister and People’s Representative to Parliament, ‘Akosita Lavulavu and her husband, ‘Etuate Lavulavu, a former Cabinet Minister were both found guilty this morning on criminal charges of obtaining over $500,000 pa'anga by false pretences. They will be sentenced on July 2. It is one of the largest fraud cases in the Tongan courts in recent years. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2021 8:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi team will be based in Tauranga for training before facing the All Blacks in Auckland on 3 July, confirmed head coach, Toutai Kefu today. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2021 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight with around 141 passengers arrived in Tonga today from Brisbane, Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2021 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kautai Moala (38) and Tevita 'Alatini (37) have been jailed for possession of methamphetamine seized in Ngele'ia on September 3, 2019. “A pre-sentence report made really appalling reading that Moala is identified in the community as a supplier of drugs and uses young boys from the community to run drugs for him,” said the Supreme Court judge. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2021 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samisoni Tu’i’onetoa and Sitiveni Pomale Moala have both been jailed for grievous bodily harm on two brothers in an altercation in ‘Utui last year. Premium content -
Thursday 3 June 2021 8:38am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kacific, the broadband satellite company that rescued Tonga from its digital darkness in January 2019 when the Tonga cable was cut, is taking legal proceedings to recover a fee of USD$5.76 million it claims is owed by a Tonga government entity, Tonga Satellite Ltd. By Mary Lyn Fonua.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2021 7:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An exhibition displaying sustainable arts and crafts made from natural materials and plastic was held today in Nuku'alofa, as one of the activities marking Environment Week. By Eleanor Gee. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2021 7:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight with 107 passengers arrived in Tonga today from Auckland, New Zealand. They are being quarantined at Tanoa Hotel in Nuku'alofa and Makeke Camp in Vaini for 21-days. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2021 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Matangi Fetu’u’aho (35) was sentenced to 22-months imprisonment for possession of 257.86 grams of cannabis. Tonga police found the defendant packing cannabis at a Fo'ui residence last December. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 June 2021 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Limoni Tito Siasau (49) was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for serious indecent assaulting a 33-year-old female worker on a yacht in Vaipua, Vava'u in 2020. "You have caused great harm and damage to the good name, honour and dignity of the complainant as a woman," said the judge. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2021 8:17pm
: The proceedings in the Tongan Parliament on Monday, 31 May highlighted an attempt by members of parliament to fulfil their duty, “to oversee the work of the Government of the day,” as stated by King Tupou VI when he opened Parliament on 6 May. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2021 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Traditional outrigger canoes are being reborn in Tonga with a new programme, led by Master Carver, Sione Tu‘ione Pulotu, teaching innovative ways to create canoes in a day, to help revive traditional fishing methods. Fifty-eight people from Ha‘apai completed a week-long training course in building the outrigger canoes and oars at MORDI Tonga headquarters, in Tongatapu, from 24-28 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 1 June 2021 4:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mrs ‘Amelia Fakahikuo’uiha Liliu’okalani Fonua Helu has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Spain to Tonga at an official presentation ceremony held on May 28. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2021 7:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fotua Government Primary School students won the annual Ha’apai soroban competition held last Thursday, 27 May, the first of district competitions this year. Premium content -
Monday 31 May 2021 6:58pm
Geneva, Switzerland : Smoking causes 8 million deaths a year, and now smokers have a greater risk of developing a severe case and dying from COVID-19, says the World Health Organization (WHO) today on World No Tobacco Day, drawing attention to the dangers of using tobacco, and the preventable death and disease it causes. Premium content
