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Tuesday 18 November 2025 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Electoral Commission in Tonga shared the allocated locations for polling booths today, ahead of the general election on Thursday, 20 November. There are also special polling places in each island group for constituents who are regisered on other islands. -
Monday 17 November 2025 10:10pm
Nuku’alofa, Tonga : A special shipment carrying 50,000 litres of petroleum - enough for one day’s supply on Tongatapu - is expected to arrive in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday - a day ahead of Thursday’s General Election - and bring relief to a severe shortage of petrol that has fettered the capital for the last week. The Prime Minister Hon. Dr 'Aisake Eke said Tonga's two main suppliers, TotalEnergies and Pacific Energy, were collaborating on distribution efforts to ease queues at service stations.
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Monday 17 November 2025 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There are eleven public holidays set for 2026 in Tonga, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has confirmed today. Most of the public holidays will be observed on the date of occurance. -
Monday 17 November 2025 6:40pm
Geneva, Switzerland : November 17 marked the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day – mandated by the World Health Assembly – a historic milestone in global efforts to end a preventable cancer. This day of action...highlights a critical opportunity: cervical cancer – the fourth most common cancer in women – claims over 350 000 lives each year, yet it is a disease that we have the tools to eliminate. -WHO -
Saturday 15 November 2025 11:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new water supply system for the Hangai Tokelau settlement in Tokomololo was handed overrun 14 November, by the Acting Ambassador of Japan to Tonga, H.E. Mr. Daishouji Toshiyuki. Premium content -
Saturday 15 November 2025 11:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 3,400 senior students throughout Tonga are sitting their national exams, including Form 5 students who have been brought back into the Tonga School Certificate (TSC) national examination. Premium content -
Thursday 13 November 2025 10:46pm
Washington DC, USA : Tonga’s economy expanded by 2.7 percent in FY2025, supported by robust reconstruction activity, strong remittance inflows, a rebound in tourism, and stronger-than-expected grants inflows, the International Monetary Fund reported on 10 November, after concluding its Article IV consultation with Tonga. “The outlook is favourable but subject to significant risks.” Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2025 8:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The purchase of a new transport incubator for the Paediatric Ward at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku’alofa, supported by the Tanoa Hotel with a donation of $60,000, will significantly enhance neonatal care in Tonga. It can be transported by plane, offering crucial assistance for premature emergency cases arriving from the outer islands. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2025 8:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A petroleum shortage in Tongatapu yesterday, caused a rush on bowsers many of which are now awaiting resupply, expected at the end of the month. It was the fourth rush on bowsers in the last two months. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2025 7:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Speedcuber, Rosabella Pepa (14) was named Tonga’s first national title holder at an inaugural National Rubik’s Cube competition in Nuku'alofa. Seventeen participants included 11 foreign nationals from Europe, Singapore, United States, Australia and New Zealand. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 November 2025 3:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In Tonga, six to seven cervical cancer deaths are recorded annually, caused by the Human papillomavirus infection (HPV). Awareness and early vaccination can protect girls but, at the moment, only 62% of Tonga's eligible girls are vaccinated. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 November 2025 9:28am
Honolulu, Hawaii : A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa published on 6 November in Nature Communications is the first-of-its-kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in the Pacific’s biodiverse Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) could disrupt marine life in the midwater “twilight zone. -
Sunday 9 November 2025 4:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s newest volcanic island, Home Reef, now over 1km in diameter and 70 metres high, remains active and its vent has risen above sea level, the first volcanology observation mission to the volcano reported on 7 November. There are very high levels of gas release in the area and magma is close to the surface. -
Friday 7 November 2025 10:20pm
Doha, Qatar : The Minister for Health, Hon. Dr 'Ana 'Akau'ola, reaffirmed Tonga's commitment to inclusive and sustainable social development at the Second World Summit for Social Development, this week, 5 November, in Doha, Qatar. -
Friday 7 November 2025 10:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Public Service Christmas vacation 2025/2026 will begin from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stated. Essential services will continue to operate during this break. Premium content -
Friday 7 November 2025 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Retail prices for all petroleum in Tongatapu remain unchanged, while prices for kerosene is increased by 5 seniti/litre starting this week, 5 November. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2025 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan tennis players from around the kingdom and from overseas competed in a national tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Centre in Tongatapu from 31 October to November 4. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2025 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 15 Tongans have been listed as part of the new Moana Pasifika 2026 Squad, announced by Head Coach, Fa'alogo Tana Umaga, today, 6 November 2025. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2025 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Voter registrations have closed for the 20 November general election, the Tonga Electoral Commission (TEC) announced today, 6 November. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2025 8:40am
Baku, Azerbaijan : The world arrives in Belém for COP30 at a moment of profound division. The international system is being tested in ways we have not seen in decades. Yet the climate crisis does not wait for stability. It touches every community on Earth. For small-island developing states, climate finance means coastal protection, food security, and survival. When I visited island nations from the Pacific to the Caribbean during our presidency, their moral leadership inspired the principle that guided our work in Baku; those who have contributed least to climate change should not face it alone. A crucial measure of success in Belém will be whether donor countries honour the promises they have already made. By Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President.
