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Saturday 8 December 2018 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty drivers from various companies in Nuku’alofa were awarded certificates after completing forklift training, recently, aimed to prevent accidents in workplaces.
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Saturday 8 December 2018 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty-seven Tongan citizens received scholarships to take up university studies starting next year in Australia and the Pacific region. Premium content -
Friday 7 December 2018 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A two-day Holiday Market Festival Thursday and Friday, at the Tonga Development Bank in Nuku'alofa showcased products of the bank's customers in a Microfinance Scheme and attracted Christmas shoppers. The scheme aims help improve the incomes of the 22.1% of Tonga’s population who live below the National Poverty Line. Premium content -
Friday 7 December 2018 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sami Likiliki Fisilau (52) was sentenced to two and a half-years imprisonment after pleading guilty to serious bodily harm and domestic violence committed on his 44-year-old wife in Vaini last year. “Domestic issues are no justification or excuse for violence and domestic abuse will be met with firm penalties," Mr Justice Cato told him. Premium content -
Friday 7 December 2018 12:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A bid by the Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Rugby Unions to set up a Pacific Islands Super Rugby team has failed after competition organisers decided it was not commercially viable, the Fiji Rugby Union said on Thursday. Premium content -
Thursday 6 December 2018 8:26pm
Geneva, Switzerland : Each year, some 700,000 people die from drug-resistant infections worldwide. But superbugs also pose a threat to the effectiveness of modern medicine; if left unaddressed, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could make more infections untreatable, cancer therapies ineffective, routine surgeries impossible, and even childbirth unsafe. By Seth Berkley and Jeremy Farrar -
Thursday 6 December 2018 8:04pm
Sydney, Australia : The establishment of renminbi-based oil trading at a time when China and many other economies confront aggressive US tariffs, and possible further development of renminbi-based trade in other commodity markets, suggests that the US dollar could face an unprecedented challenge to its hegemony. It may in the near future no longer be seen as the anchor of the international monetary system, bringing to an end to what Valéry Giscard d’Estaing famously called the “exorbitant privilege” enjoyed by the US as a result of the dollar’s centrality in international trade. By John A. Mathews and Mark Selden. -
Thursday 6 December 2018 7:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Building their capacity for generating incomes, nine Tongan women were awarded certificates after completed training under a Women’s Economic Empowerment Pilot Project on December 5. Premium content -
Thursday 6 December 2018 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Geoff Neal, lead veterinarian for South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) is currently in Tongatapu with his team of volunteers offering much needed vet treatment for the island's animals. They say Tonga has the greatest need in the Pacific because vet care is not easily accessible here. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 December 2018 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A seven-country project called “Promoting Nutritious Food Systems in the Pacific Islands” is undertaking a series of regional meetings in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, this week at the Tanoa Int'l Hotel. Yesterday, the first of the meetings aimed to find ways to increase poor rural people’s access to healthy food.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 5 December 2018 8:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s repayment of its $119 million pa'anga loan from the EXIM Bank of China for the reconstruction of the Nuku‘alofa Central Business District has been deferred for another five years.2 comments -
Wednesday 5 December 2018 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new program under the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls was launched in Tonga by Australia’s third Ambassador for Women and Girls, Hon Dr Sharman Stone on December 5. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 December 2018 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 16-year-old boy who assaulted and robbed a Chinese shopkeeper in February this year was discharged without conviction by a Supreme Court judge on November 26 in Nuku'alofa who considered that: “a conviction for such a serious offence as robbery will be far more detrimental than the injury and theft he committed to the complainant."3 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 5 December 2018 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men who were arrested for allegedly selling illicit drugs at the Tonga High School rugby field on November 29 in Nuku'alofa have been charged. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 December 2018 10:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : This month 100 years ago, the Kingdom of Tonga was in a state of distress and alarm after a deadly influenza virus reached its shores, infecting most of the population and killing between 1,000 to 2,000 people (an estimated 4 – 8% of the population at the time) between November 1918 and January 1919. The mahaki faka‘auha - the disease that kills, brought Tonga to a standstill. By Eleanor Gee and Finau Fonua. -
Tuesday 4 December 2018 2:29pm
Katowice, Poland : Stating that we “are extremely concerned about the climate crisis” Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama issued a joint statement, together with three other former COP Presidents, last night calling on countries to send an unequivocal message from COP24 in Katowice, Poland, that they are serious about strengthening their commitments to reduce emissions and help build resilience. Premium content -
Saturday 1 December 2018 3:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Miss Papua New Guinea, Leoshina Mercy Kariha (18), was crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2018 at the ‘Atele Indoor Stadium in Tonga early this morning, December 1.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 30 November 2018 7:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The installation of the first recycling cage/station for rubbish cans at Makave Village, in the Neiafu District Council was commissioned by the Acting New Zealand High Commissioner to Tonga, Elena Procuta, on November 27. Premium content -
Friday 30 November 2018 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six contestants in the 2018 Miss Pacific Islands looked radiant on November 30 as they paraded on colourful floats through central Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 30 November 2018 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fantastic traditionally-inspired costumes and colourful sarongs were showcased at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant on Thursday night, November 29 at the ‘Atele Indoor Stadium. By Linny Folau. Premium content
