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Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second fault on the international submarine cable, which connects Tonga through the Southern Cross Cable Network to Fiji, was located further out to sea from the first fault, early this morning, 30 January.
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Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Fakalelei Valuvalu Manu received one-year six-months suspended prison sentence for serious arson, when fuelled by alcohol and anger he set fire to a house, which he occupied with his family in June 2018. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 January 2019 7:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hateni Kaufusi (32) was sentenced to five-years nine-months imprisonment for manslaughter, when he stabbed Tolifili Tu'alau with a pair of scissors during a fight at Te’ekiu in February last year. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In an unanimous verdict this afternoon, a jury found ‘Atonio Moeaki (40) guilty of murdering Dr Sione Feo Lau’i (23). He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Supreme Court judge. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Reliance has located the damaged fibre optic internet cable at sea today, 29 January, near Tongatapu, but they found cable was lying around 100 metres south-east off-course from where it was originally laid. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 January 2019 3:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The final submissions by legal counsel in the trial of ‘Atonio Moeaki (40) charged with the murder of a young dentist, Dr Sione Feo Lau’i (23,) was completed on January 28 at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A submarine internet cable maintenance ship Reliance arrived in Nuku’alofa, this evening, and berthed at the Queen Sālote Wharf, after sailing to Tonga from Samoa over the weekend. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Digicel Tonga’s CEO Francis Thomsen said today that the outage in the submarine cable network that connects the Kingdom to the outside world has put “the country into digital isolation”. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is currently playing an active role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Lopeti Senituli, a personal adviser to the Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, told Matangi Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 28 January 2019 5:52pm
Hamilton, New Zealand : Tonga managed to win two games in its first outing this year in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Hamilton on the weekend, after being absent from the circuit since 2014. Premium content -
Sunday 27 January 2019 11:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is being assisted to restore communications that can be used during natural disasters, MEIDECC stated Friday, and also advised the public to note that social media is filtered in order to speed up internet access for essential services. Tonga's fibre optic cable blackout entered Day 7, today Sunday. Premium content -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been rescued from a very serious communications black-out this week by a small tech start-up venture in Nuku'alofa, run by smart, young adventurous Tongans and their partner company in Vanuatu, who have managed to swing some extra satellite capacity to Tonga. By Mary Lyn Fonua1 comment -
Saturday 26 January 2019 11:07am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's fibre optic submarine cable is cut in two places — between Nuku’alofa and Fiji, and Nuku‘alofa and Vava‘u, according to ‘Etuini Liava‘a, the Chief Executive Officer for Tonga Cable Ltd. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A legal workshop to draft an Act for Tonga’s Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) which will oversee its ocean space was discussed by legal advisers and policy experts across government ministries yesterday, 24 January, at the Tanoa Hotel. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search and rescue operation to find ‘Alakoni Moala (40) after he went diving at the Liku in Ha’asini for a week now was called off by Tonga Police. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Claude Tupou, the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Education and Training had his Contract of Employment terminated. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new building for Fasi moe Afi Kindergarten run by the Free Wesleyan Church was handed over on January 22 from the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 7:11pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga has announced its squad, led by Captain Tana Fotofili, for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Hamilton, New Zealand, which kicks off tomorrow, 26 January. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva raised laughter at an Australian function last night before proposing a toast to HM Queen Elizabeth II, when he said that he may need god's smile as another petition was being filed to the King to dissolve parliament. Premium content -
Friday 25 January 2019 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan scholars who will be studying in New Zealand and Fiji in 2019 under New Zealand scholarships were farewelled by the New Zealand High Commissioner, HE Tiffany Babington on Friday 18 January 2019. The High Commissioner also launched the New Zealand-Tonga Alumni Association. Premium content
