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Wednesday 22 July 2020 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A husband and wife who pleaded guilty to possession of methamphatamine were sentenced at the Supreme Court on July 20. One received a suspended sentence, while the other was placed on a good behaviour bond. The Chief Justice warned if they continued to live a lifestyle or associate with others that might tempt them to use drugs again, they should “just look at their children and think what it would be to lose them.”
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Wednesday 22 July 2020 11:29am
Geneva, Switzerland : During the 2009 swine flu pandemic, a few countries cornered the vaccine market, leaving the vast majority of the global population with no vaccine at all until the outbreak was effectively over. This scenario must be avoided at all costs during the current crisis – and, thanks to the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility, it can be. By Seth Berkley, Richard Hatchett, and Soumya Swaminathan. -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 5:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Finau Finefeuiaki Penitani (27) was sentenced to two-years four-months imprisonment for the theft $66,500 pa’anga from customers at the ANZ Bank. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siliako Matangi To’aho was sentenced at the Supreme Court to three-years imprisonment for serious bodily harm, when he fractured the bone on his wife's hand with a hammer. The repeat offender has anger management issues. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sustainable energy courses will be offered in the first semester of 2021 to support Tonga’s ambitious targets in achieving 70% renewable energy by 2030. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 July 2020 4:17pm
Auckland, New Zealand : An action plan to ensure Pacific learners and families achieve their educational dreams and aspirations was released today by Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan health officials will cautiously assess procedures around the first repatriation flight including quarantine, and ensure issues are addressed before the second repatriation flight arrives in Tonga. By Eleanor Gee. -
Monday 20 July 2020 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Filomila Kaufusi (28) who pleaded guilty to cultivating 17 cannabis plants at a tax allotment at Hauloto in Tongatapu, received a suspended sentence at the Supreme Court, on July 17. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Uasila’a Halasima was found guilty at the Magistrate’s Court in Nuku'alofa for extorting $200 pa’anga from two men of Chinese origin, at Tanoa Hotel in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 5:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been set for 23 July 2021 after the games were postponed this year due to CoViD-19. Premium content -
Monday 20 July 2020 12:14pm
New York, USA : Even if one or more vaccines emerge that promise to make people less susceptible to COVID-19, the public-health problem will not be eliminated. But policymakers can avert some foreseeable problems by starting to address key questions about financing and distribution now. The toughest political question of all, though, is likely to concern access. Who should receive the initial doses of any vaccine? Who determines who is allowed into the queue and in what order? By Richard N. Haass -
Saturday 18 July 2020 9:41pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Shot-putter, Dame Valerie Adams has been honoured with a Barbie doll made in her likeness, after she was chosen as New Zealand’s Barbie Role Model for 2020. The doll is dressed just like Valerie. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two urgent bills to amend the Traffic Act and the Roads Act, as well as a Petition alleging unfairness in awarding government roads deals, stirred a few aggressive exchanges in the Tongan parliament on Monday and Tuesday this week. There was an objection that the urgent bills had not gone to the Standing Committee on Legislation before they were tabled. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were jailed by the Supreme Court for serious causing bodily harm to a victim whose jaw they fractured by kicking him. Premium content -
Friday 17 July 2020 5:57pm
Sydney, Australia : The Oceania Rugby Men’s XV Championships to be held in August in Papua New Guinea has been cancelled due to CoViD-19. Postponed fixtures include the Oceania Rugby Women’s Repechage qualification between Samoa and Tonga. -
Friday 17 July 2020 5:53pm
Suva, Fiji : A total of $24.2 million has to date been provided by the United States to support efforts to prevent and respond to the spread of COVID-19 in the Pacific Islands, through support for humanitarian partners, including Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and UN World Food Program (WFP). -
Friday 17 July 2020 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt, 93% of Pacific businesses reported that not knowing how long the crisis will last is their main challenge. In Tonga 47% of businesses surveyed said they were not very confident in business survival after CoViD-19. Another 33% said they were somewhat confident, but only 20% of businesses in Tonga were very confident that their business would survive the CoViD- 19 crisis. Premium content -
Thursday 16 July 2020 8:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Like the humpback whales born in Vava'u, Vaiufia Makatu'u Latu, a young Tongan mariner sailing on a tall ship, has worked her way across the Southern Ocean to reach the frozen waters of Antarctica. Now she longs to return to the Port of Refuge. By Mary Lyn Fonua -
Thursday 16 July 2020 7:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Matariki Art Trail exhibition featuring work by Tongan and New Zealand artists, including Visesio Siasau and Serene Tay, was launched by New Zealand High Commissioner HE Tiffany Babington last night at the Waterfront Restaurant and Lodge, Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Thursday 16 July 2020 7:55pm
Palmerston North, New Zealand : A study led by Massey University to look at the barriers to self-management of asthma in Pacific children has been awarded $971,541 by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. Pacific people are three times more likely to be hospitalised with asthma than Europeans or other New Zealanders, said Principal Investigator Dr Sunia Foliaki. Premium content
