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Monday 4 August 2025 10:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Saione Funaki (19) received a suspended sentence for common assault when he punched a 16 year old on the mouth, causing him to loose consciousness, when he was walking back to Nukuleka, after a social gathering in Makaunga on eastern Tongatapu.
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Monday 4 August 2025 10:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Commissioner of Prisons, Mr Laini Koula ‘Univesiti Manuofetoa (42), was appointed on 29 July 2025. He has served as the Deputy Commissioner of Prisons since 2019. Premium content -
Friday 1 August 2025 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Na’e fakahu mai ki he Potungaue ‘Atakai ‘o e MEIDECC he ‘aho 2 Siulai, 2025 ‘a e lipooti fakafuofua ki he uesia ‘o e ‘Atakai (EIA) mei he Poloseki ‘a e Tonga Hawaiki Submarine Cable Branch System. Ko e fakataumu’a ke fakatoka ‘a e keipolo (uaea) mei loto tahi ki he lotofonua ‘o Vava’u.’ ‘Oku ‘ataa ke fakahoko mai ha fakatalanoa fekau’aki mo e lipooti’ mei he 8:30 pongipongi Tu’apulelulu 31 Siulai ki he 4:30 efiafi Pulelulu 6 ‘Akosi, 2025. -
Friday 1 August 2025 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Public Notice of Development Application for the Tonga Hawaiki Submarine Cable Branch System Project. The development consists of activities in the deep water and shore of Vava’u. MEIDECC has received the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report and is seeking public comments on the EIA from 8:30am Thursday, 31 July 2025 until 4:30pm Wednesday 6 August, 2025 -
Thursday 31 July 2025 10:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three urgent Government Bills, including a Constitutional amendment, were passed by the Legislative Assembly of Tonga this week, in Nuku’alofa. The Constitutional amendment introduces the word “customs”. People’s Representatives Vaipulu and Sovaleni expressed concerns about the future limitations of using “customary law” and potential confusion in court. Premium content -
Thursday 31 July 2025 6:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The retail prices for all petroleum prices for Tongatapu will increase by 10 seniti/litre in the next month, the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) advised. Premium content -
Thursday 31 July 2025 3:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in Tonga at 2:33 pm this afternoon, 31 July. The earthquake had a depth of 14 kilometers and was located 80 kilometers to the southeast of Nuku'alofa. There is no tsunami threat. -
Thursday 31 July 2025 12:21pm
Zurich, Switzerland : Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have been aggressively promoting the idea that everyone – children included – should form relationships with AI “friends” or “companions.” Meanwhile, multinational tech companies are pushing the concept of “AI agents” designed to assist us in our personal and professional lives, handle routine tasks, and guide decision-making. But the reality is that AI systems are not, and never will be, friends, companions, or agents. They are, and will always remain, machines. The most deceptive term of all is “artificial intelligence”. By Peter G. Kirchschläger -
Thursday 31 July 2025 11:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No damage has been reported from a tsunami wave that passed through Tongan waters last night. A tsunami warning was cancelled at midnight after the wave was recorded at 30cm in the Niuas and 5-10 cms for the rest of Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 July 2025 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National U16 women’s football team, Young Mataliki will compete in OFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2025 in Samoa from 1-14 August. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 July 2025 4:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : UPDATE: 31 July 2025: This Tsunami warning for Tonga was cancelled at midnight on 30 July 2025. A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings and evacuation alerts across the Pacific region. Public who were in the tsunami threat area were advised to prepare to evacuate. -
Tuesday 29 July 2025 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Scammers who targeted a Tongan Public Enterprise have succeeded in taking $270,000 panga, Tonga's Minister of Public Enterprises, Hon. Piveni Piukala has revealed. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 July 2025 5:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man and a woman from Halaleva in Tongatapu were arrested yesterday during a police investigation into housebreaking and the theft of Tongan koloa valued at $20,300 pa'anga. The accused remain in police custody and were scheduled to appear in court on 4 August 2025. Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2025 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An arsonist, Taniela Matangi (38) will serve seven years imprisonment, for serious housebreaking and stealing tapa and mats from a church minister's home in Longolongo. The charges included serious arson after he set fire to a bedroom at the home. Three others were jailed for receiving the stolen property. Premium content -
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The suspension of Lulutai Airline’s engineering licence on 19 July was due to a "misunderstanding between the Civil Aviation Office and Lulutai regarding the hangar.” the Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Taniela Fusimalohi, told a media briefing today. MPE Minister Piukala said he received multiple complaints from whale watching companies, businesses, private individuals, and also Ministers over the suspension of flights to outer islands for several days earlier this week. Premium content -
Saturday 26 July 2025 12:03am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An informal educational program for young adults, called ‘Family Life Education Out of School’ was launched in Nuku'alofa today, 25 July 2025. The program delivered by the Talitha Project in partnership with UNFPA, aims to help young people learn how to make better decisions. Premium content -
Friday 25 July 2025 11:36pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : A former US mormon missionary, who served in Tonga, was arrested yesterday, 24 July, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges related to the exploitation of minors who had been entrusted to his care. A U.S. Department of Justice investigation so far has identified 14 minor victims throughout Tonga in offending that began in 2017. William James Purdy of West Valley, Utah, was arrested by Tonga Police in October 2022 but fled the kingdom before his scheduled trial. Premium content -
Thursday 24 July 2025 9:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In its first-ever ruling on climate, the International Court of Justice (the “World Court”) makes it clear that States have an obligation to protect the environment from greenhouse gas emissions and act with due diligence and cooperation to fulfill this obligation. The legal initiative taken by Vanuatu to the ICJ was inspired by its youth. "This is a victory for our planet, for climate justice and for the power of young people to make a difference," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. -
Thursday 24 July 2025 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Oku fiefia ‘a e Poate Vai ‘o Tonga ke fakahoko atu kuo tali ‘e he Poate ‘a e Kau Talēkita´ ke holoki ‘a e totongi mo’ua vai´ ‘aki ‘a e pēseti ‘e 9 ‘o e vai ngaue’aki ki he kau ma’uvai´ ‘i he ngaahi ‘api nofo’anga, kamata ia ‘i he ‘aho 1 ‘o Siulai 2025. -
Thursday 24 July 2025 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Water Board is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved a 9% discount on water usage for all active residential customers (domestic only), effective from 1 July 2025.
