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Wednesday 25 October 2017 8:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga needs to elect the right people and voters need to carefully consider what type of candidate they want to vote into parliament, HRH Princess Pilolevu said this morning, in opening a National Dialogue on Democracy Symposium at the Fa'onelua Centre. "We utterly need to elect the right people. We need those that would not change their colours like an octopus," the Princess said.1 comment
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Wednesday 25 October 2017 6:24pm
Beijing, China : A leading University in China, the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), last week officially launched a Tongan Language Program, the first of its kind to be offered by an education provider in China. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 5:21pm
Manila, Philippines : Urging countries to conserve and protect Blue Sharks, delegates from Samoa and Sri Lanka are defending the future of the migratory species at a conference on conserving wild animals held in Manila, Philippines from October 23-28. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 October 2017 5:16pm
Wellington, New Zealand : MP Jenny Latu Salesa of the New Zealand Labour Party, will become the first Tongan-born New Zealand Cabinet Minister tomorrow October 26, when her party leader Jacinda Ardern assumes office as the newly elected Prime Minister of New Zealand, replacing the outgoing Prime Minister Bill English. Ardern announced her 21-member cabinet last Friday, including Jenny Salesa. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 10:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A "Tax Week" was held for the first time in Tongatapu on October 16-22, under the theme, Revenue From The Community, For The Community. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police are seeking two men who committed armed robbery of a man of Asian origin at his home in Fasi on Sunday, October 15. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan heavyweight boxing prospect Junior Fa (Uaine Fa Jnr.) is scheduled to fight in the United States on 10 November in the City of Cleveland. He will face an undefeated U.S boxer, Fred Latham of Pittsburgh, who boasts a record of 9 wins and 2 draws. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More kava plants were reported to have been stolen from a plantation in Neiafu over the weekend, after kava was stolen at Vaimalo the previous week. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 9:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 62 kava plants worth $6,200 pa’anga were stolen from a plantation in Masilamea on October 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 3:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 27-year-old man has been charged with raping a 26-year-old woman alleged to have occurred at a bush allotment in Tokomololo, on October 19. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 October 2017 3:28pm
Manila, Philippines : The Earth today is more than 1°C hotter than it was in pre-industrial times, and the terrible symptoms of its fever are already showing. This year alone, back-to-back hurricanes have devastated Caribbean islands, monsoon flooding has displaced tens of millions in South Asia, and fires have raged on nearly every continent. Pulling the planet back from the brink could not be more urgent. Those of us who live on the front lines of climate change – on archipelagos, small islands, coastal lowlands, and rapidly desertifying plains – can’t afford to wait and see what another degree of warming will bring. By Loren Legarda Premium content -
Monday 23 October 2017 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Vikilani from the Legislative Assembly confirmed this afternoon that they had nothing to do with the pollster statistics circulated from an email address called "falealea2017 @yahoo.com". He believed this anonymous group was just using the word Fale Alea (Parliament) as their name. Premium content -
Monday 23 October 2017 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government's public service will close down for their holidays, starting on December 20, 2017 until January 2, 2018. Premium content -
Monday 23 October 2017 6:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga A rugby team collected two wins out of three games at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2017 held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 7 – 15. Tonga A defeated Canada A (31 – 15) and Samoa A (31 – 28). Their only loss was to hosts Uruguay A (34 – 25). Premium content -
Monday 23 October 2017 4:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new classroom building for GPS Havelu/Tofoa was officially opened by the Japanese Ambassador, HE Mr Yukio Numata, at handover ceremony on Tuesday 17 October 2017. Mr Numata this month completes two and a half years as Ambassador of Japan in Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 21 October 2017 12:20pm
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia : Mate Ma’a Tonga defeated a gutsy Italian team in an error-ridden game last night 20 October, at Innisfield, Queensland, Australia. Italy trailed 10 – 6 at half time, and their only try was scored from an interception. Konrad Hurrell scored the first try of the game for Tonga within four minutes after kick-off. Premium content -
Friday 20 October 2017 6:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan Statisticians gathered to celebrate World Statistics Day with the theme ‘Better data, Better lives’ today with the launch of the 2016 Population Census Report, and the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2015/16 Report (HIES), at the Basillica of St Anthony of Padua in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 20 October 2017 6:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 37-year-old Palangi woman from New Zealand residing in Neiafu, Vava’u, allegedly obtained $9,720 from nine tourists as payment for whale watching activity, which was not booked when they arrived in September. Police confirmed today, 23 October, that the woman was not a Tongan as initially stated. Legitimate tourism operators in Vava'u complained today that there are many illegitimate foreign operators selling holiday packages online during the three month whale season and undermining the tourism industry. -
Friday 20 October 2017 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been arrested after they were allegedly found with cannabis and methamphetamine at a home in Tu'atakilangi on October 12. Premium content -
Friday 20 October 2017 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 195 kava plants worth $19,500 pa’anga were stolen from a plantation at Vaimalo in Vava'u on October 9. Premium content
