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Thursday 19 July 2018 11:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is currently in its cool dry season of lower rainfall and cooler temperatures, experienced from May to October. -
Thursday 19 July 2018 4:57pm
Berlin, Germany : Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Tall tales about “clean coal,” “oil pipelines to fund clean energy,” and “gas as a bridge fuel” have coaxed governments into rubber-stamping new fossil-fuel projects, even though current fossil-fuel production already threatens to push temperatures well beyond the Paris agreement’s limit of well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels. By Lili Fuhr and Hannah McKinnon -
Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United Kingdom signed a 1.8 million Sterling pounds grant agreement with the Pacific Community SPC on 13 July to improve the capacity of nine Pacific Commonwealth countries deliver on their human rights.
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Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:48pm
Apia, Samoa : Dr Viliami Fakava has relocated to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia in Budapest, Hungary.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 18 July 2018 9:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The two Tongan men arrested in relation to the seizure of 58 kilograms of cocaine worth around $30 million pa’anga in street value in Ha’apai have applied for bail in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two-time Tongan Olympian Pita Taufatofua has become the first UNICEF Pacific Ambassador, officiated in a ceremony at Tonga Side School, his old primary school in Nuku'alofa today.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:11pm
Sydney, Australia : Protests are being voiced over the Nauru Government's ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover the 49th Pacific Islands Forum in September. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petroleum prices in Tonga have decreased for July to August starting on Monday, July 16. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 July 2018 7:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hinemoa Mahoni (11) died after being hit by an overtaking vehicle on By Pass Road on Saturday, July 14, Tonga Police said today. Premium content -
Monday 16 July 2018 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kaina Handerson Tauvaka (28) Miss Vaheloto was crowned the Miss Galaxy Queen 2018 on Friday night, July 14 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall. Premium content -
Monday 16 July 2018 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been charged after they were arrested in possession of methamphetamine and cannabis at a home in Sopu on July 11. Premium content -
Monday 16 July 2018 6:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of $300,000 pa’anga has been allocated to provide psycho-social support to those dealing with stress after losing homes during severe Tropical Cyclone Gita in February this year. Premium content -
Monday 16 July 2018 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A girl (11) who was hit by a vehicle while waiting for a bus, has died in hospital from her injuries. A male driver, charged in regards to her death, was allegedly overtaking in the face of oncoming traffic on Bypass Road on Saturday. Premium content -
Friday 13 July 2018 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Vava’u Royal Agriculture, Fisheries and Tourism Trade Show was opened by King Tupou VI in Neiafu on Friday, July 13. Premium content -
Friday 13 July 2018 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Joyous ex-students reunited for the Liahona Saineha Alumni Association Tri-Annual celebration, being held in Tongatapu from July 9-15. -
Thursday 12 July 2018 11:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Government of Tonga this year will start repaying the Chinese loan of more than USD$100 million that was taken for recovery after the Nuku'alofa riots in November 2006.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 12 July 2018 11:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Molisoni Moeakiola (49) and Tevita Filikitonga (38) have been named as the men who died in a fatal road crash in Holonga on July 9. Premium content -
Thursday 12 July 2018 11:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Former Minister of Internal Affairs ‘Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband, a former Cabinet Minister, ‘Etuate Lavulavu, who are facing fraud charges had their case adjourned yet again to July 16. Premium content -
Thursday 12 July 2018 11:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet Dr Palentina Langa’oi Tiueti has resigned effective on July 10, after three years in the job. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 July 2018 8:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Supreme Court of Tonga has upheld a decision of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga to revoke the banking licence of the Pacific International Commercial Bank Ltd. Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen in the Supreme Court of Tonga, on 5 July 2018 dismissed a claim by the PICB bank whose shareholders include HRH Princess Pilolevu. The bank's reported accumulated losses exceeded TOP$4.5million, causing reserve bank concerns that PICB was conducting unsafe and unsound banking operations. Premium content
