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Monday 9 April 2018 2:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man remains missing at the Houma Blow Holes (Pupu’a Puhi) after he allegedly jumped into the sea on Sunday, April 8.
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Sunday 8 April 2018 12:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, made conflicting statements about Tonga’s political reform and the administration of law and order in the country this week, during his latest bid to take over executive powers that were given by parliament to the Privy Council under Constitutional changes in 2010. - By Pesi Fonua. -
Friday 6 April 2018 6:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prizes were awarded to winners of an Easter Quick Rip Rugby Lightning Tournament, by the New Zealand High Commissioner to Tonga HE Tiffany Babington. The event included mixed teams. "I encourage the girls to get out there because they are just as good as the boys," she said. Premium content -
Friday 6 April 2018 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A dormitory building for the Montfort Technical Institute is being constructed with USD$87,831 Japanese grant ($186,000 pa’anga) at Fangaloto. Premium content -
Friday 6 April 2018 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a cow that was stolen from a plantation at Sia’atoutai in Tongatapu on March 26. Premium content -
Friday 6 April 2018 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than $1,000 pa’anga was stolen during a break-in at a business operated by the ‘Uiha and Sons Ltd on Salote Road on March 29. Premium content -
Friday 6 April 2018 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Moli Vakalahi (51) has been named by Police as the pedestrian who died on Tuesday night, April 3 after he was hit by a vehicle, while walking on the side of Taufa’ahau Road at Veitongo. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2018 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Swimmer, Finau ‘Ohuafi was just inched out of third place in the 50m Butterfly heat 1 this afternoon. In Lawn Bowls, Malia Kioa lost to Australia and current world champion, but won against Zambia, and in Boxing, John Moleni narrowly went down to Scotland. -
Thursday 5 April 2018 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four students at the Christ’s University in Pacific in Nuku’alofa were awarded scholarships to study Marine Biology in China, by Princess Pilolevu Tuita, on April 5. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2018 5:42pm
Canberra, Australia : ACT Brumbies back-rower Lachlan McCaffrey will visit Tonga on April 30 to assist with coaching clinics in various communities and give away rugby kits. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2018 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two civil servants working for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning have pleaded not guilty to fraud charges, at their arraignments at the Supreme Court in Neiafu on Wednesday, April 4. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2018 3:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Historical film footage of the visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga in 1953, and her friendship with Queen Salote, is shown in a new 58 minutes long documentary film, broadcast for the first time on BBC One in the United Kingdom last week. It will broadcast again on April 12 in the UK. Presenter George Alagiah's journey starts in Tonga, one of the furthest-flung stops on the Queen's first Commonwealth tour in 1953. Premium content -
Thursday 5 April 2018 12:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Flag bearer and boxer, Magan Maka, dressed in traditional tau'olunga costume, led Tonga’s contingent of athletes to a loud cheering crowd at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, last night. King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho are at the Games to support the team.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 4 April 2018 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rain is slowly easing today on Tongatapu after a bout of heavy rain, which has fallen almost continuously since the end of last week, causing widespread flooding especially in low lying areas. Roads around Nuku’alofa were still flooded today, although the water should start subsiding as rain eases over the next few days. -
Wednesday 4 April 2018 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 51-year-old man from Folaha died on Tuesday night, April 3 after he was hit by a vehicle, while walking on the side of Taufa’ahau Road at Veitongo. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 April 2018 7:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Selemana Fonua was sentenced to two-years imprisonment after being convicted of theft and false accounting of $21,299 pa’anga from Tanoa Hotel (Tonga) in 2015. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 April 2018 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In early March, a “Floating Budget Analysis Unit” that includes seven researchers from the Parliaments of Fiji, Tonga, Australia, New Zealand and New South Wales travelled to the Solomon Islands to increase the capacity of the National Parliament’s secretariat during the parliamentary review of the 2018 budget. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 April 2018 1:39pm
London, UK : It’s not just in America that a youth-led revolution is coming alive. Around the world, young people are becoming a power in their own right. These new movements reflect our current digital age, in which young people can increasingly connect with one another in their own countries and across borders. In doing so, they are exposing the gap between the promise of opportunity and the grim reality of unequal chances – especially for girls. The torch is not being passed to a new generation; this new generation has had to seize it. They deserve our support. By Gordon Brown -
Tuesday 3 April 2018 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A criminal trial that was to start on April 3 in Neiafu, Vava'u, during a Supreme Court circuit has been adjourned after a man accused of indecent assault was reported to have fled Vava'u. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 April 2018 10:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men, who were arrested in relation to the seizure of methamphetamine and cannabis at a home in Ngele'ia on Thursday, March 29, have been charged. Premium content
