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Saturday 10 October 2020 11:52am
Apia, Samoa : La Niña is officially underway in the Pacific, according to the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Tonga is among the countries in the South-West Pacific that will usually experience higher than normal rainfall, under these conditions that are likely to continue into the first quarter of 2021. The last La Niña conditions in the 2017-2018 season saw three cyclones in the Pacific- Gita, Hola and Fehi. -
Saturday 10 October 2020 8:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight with 141 seasonal workers from Christchurch, New Zealand, arrived at Fua’amotu International Airport late Friday afternoon.
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Friday 9 October 2020 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HE Mr Tetsuya Ishii has completed his term in Tonga, after almost three-years as Japan’s Ambassador. A farewell reception was held at his 'Anana residence last night, October 8, where Mrs Ishii played Tongan songs on a flute. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : CoViD-19 tests are now being offered at Vaiola Hospital for travellers after the Health Services regulation to include CoViD-19 test fees was Gazetted yesterday afternoon. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven men have pleaded guilty to charges that included jointly cultivating 2665 cannabis plants [99.6 kgs] at a tax allotment in Holonga, Vava’u. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 33-year-old man was arrested with 11 packs of methamphetamine (4.02 grams) on Vuna Road at Ma’ufanga on Wednesday, 7 October. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man was convicted at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court for indecent assault and sexual domestic violence of a young girl in Tongatapu. He is detained in police custody for sentencing on October 29. Premium content -
Friday 9 October 2020 11:30am
Kigali, Rwanda : Health-care delivery in nearly every country has been disrupted by policymakers’ mistaken initial assumption that health systems would quickly win the fight against COVID-19. As the pandemic’s caseload and death toll are increasing daily, it is often stalling or reversing hard-won progress on minimizing the impact of other diseases, from diabetes to malaria. By Anatole Manzi. -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Cabinet has approved fees for CoViD-19 testing for outbound passengers travelling from Tonga to another country, confirmed Attorney General Linda Folaumoetui today. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine farm tractors and eight fishing boats donated by China, were handed over to Tonga today at an official ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries (MAFFF) office, Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 57 people were issued with new infringement notices and penalties in Tongatapu for not wearing seatbelts, the use of mobile phones while driving and other offences between October 1-4. A total of 1,900 vehicles were stopped during this Tonga Police operation. Two received notices for causing excessively loud music while driving. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new building for Tonga Post was opened on October 6 in Neiafu, Vava'u, next to the Governor's Office. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The European Union has approved the disbursement of EUR 2.15 million (approx. 5.8 million pa'anga) to the Tongan Government to support renewable energy and energy efficiency. Premium content -
Thursday 8 October 2020 11:27am
New York, USA : Without a vaccine, COVID-19 won't "go away" through a strategy of herd immunity. Two scientific case studies have already confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can reinfect an individual and that our immunity to coronaviruses is alarmingly short-lived. I have previously called herd immunity a “reckless and ineffective strategy.” Now that COVID-19 reinfections are not just a possibility, but a reality, I would add “lethal” to my description. By William A. Haseltine -
Wednesday 7 October 2020 8:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Both matches in the Trans-Tasman Bledisloe Cup battle between the New Zealand All Blacks and Australian Wallabies will be broadcast live in Tonga on October 11th and 18th, Digicel TV announced today. -
Wednesday 7 October 2020 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : COVID-19 is likely to have less impact on world trade in the Asia Pacific region than elsewhere in 2020, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). -
Wednesday 7 October 2020 7:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Loketi Malie (39) is serving one-year three-months imprisonment for seriously harming a 56-year-old man, whom he hit on the leg with a piece of sandalwood in Futu, ‘Eua. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 October 2020 7:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 29-year-old Police Constable who was arrested and charged with the rape and indecent assault of an 18-year-old young woman while she was in police custody, remains detained and will appear in the Magistrate's Court on October 12. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 7:07pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Junior Fa and Joseph Parker will go to battle this December 11 in Auckland, New Zealand. The fight was confirmed this morning in Auckland at a press conference attended by both fighters and their promoters.1 comment -
Tuesday 6 October 2020 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have arrested and charged a total of 3,023 people to date, since the start of the Police COVID19 Operation on March 28, when the State of Emergency was declared in Tonga. This included 1,380 arrests for breaches of the National Emergency Lockdown Notice and the Restriction Notice. Premium content
