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Monday 21 December 2020 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The nine-months long, national curfews in Tonga have been lifted for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day and shortened for National Prayer Week 2021. The Declaration of a State of Emergency has been extended from 8:00pm today 21 December 2020 to 8:00pm 18 January 2021, including the National CoViD-19 Restrictions with changes.
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Monday 21 December 2020 12:20pm
New York, USA : Just as vaccines begin to offer hope for a path out of the pandemic, officials in Britain on Saturday sounded an urgent alarm about what they called a highly contagious new variant of the coronavirus circulating in England. Premium content -
Sunday 20 December 2020 4:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Center was deactivated at 1:00pm today, as Tropical Cyclone Yasa weakened and was downgraded into a tropical low as it moved to the south-southwest, further away from Tongatapu and 'Eua this morning. -
Saturday 19 December 2020 8:50am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A gale warning remains in force for Tongatapu and 'Eua land areas this evening, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa, now a weakening Cat. 1 system, is expected to lie at about 335km West of Nuku'alofa at 7:00pm today. Previous hurricane and storm warnings for Tonga have been downgraded by the Tonga Meteorological Service. -
Friday 18 December 2020 3:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repeated drug offender Vainikolo Selu has been jailed for two-years nine-months at Hu'atolitoli Prison. Premium content -
Friday 18 December 2020 3:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first shipment of 16.6 metric tonnes of Tongan watermelons was exported to Auckland, New Zealand on December 17, after the October ban was lifted. It is a new milestone for Tonga's agricultural sector, said local farmer and exporter, Minoru Nishi Jr today. Premium content -
Friday 18 December 2020 3:38pm
Dunedin, New Zealand : Peter Latu was the sole 2020 graduate of the School of Surveying BSurv (Hons) programme, at the University of Otago on December 19. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2020 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is looking to the COVAX Facility to obtain a safe COVID-19 vaccine for Tonga in 2021, the CEO for Ministry of Health, Dr Siale ‘Akau‘ola said today at a press briefing at Vaiola Hospital. Tonga needs to wait for a vaccine that can be stored in the hospital freezers. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2020 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Navy's new patrol boat, the VOEA Ngahau Siliva which arrived from Australia on December 16, remains quarantined with 22-crew at the Nuku'alofa harbour. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2020 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Brides and grooms filled the Registry Office in Nuku'alofa, today December 17 to tie the knot before government closes for the Christmas holidays tomorrow. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2020 4:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An extremely powerful Tropical Cyclone “Yasa”, is threatening Fiji today, where Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama warned people to prepare and evacuate low lying areas. Forecasters warned that wave heights around the eye of the storm could approach 14 meters (45 feet), with momentary gusts of up to 195 knots (390km/hr). TC Yasa threatens to cause damage on the scale of Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016. Meanwhile, a Tropical Cyclone Alert is now in force for Tonga. -
Thursday 17 December 2020 12:52pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand is preparing to support its Pacific partners to access safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines at the earliest opportunity, NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta and Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio said today in a joint statement. -
Thursday 17 December 2020 12:29pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand Government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, meaning every New Zealander will be able to be vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “We have secured more than enough doses to cover our entire population plus the Pacific,” she said. Vaccinations for the public are on track to start in mid-2021. Premium content -
Thursday 17 December 2020 10:21am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A US$30 million Development Policy Operation to support Tonga’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 and Cyclone Harold, was approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on 15 December. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 7:14pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: While many poor nations may be able to vaccinate at most 20% of their populations in 2021, some of the world’s richest countries have reserved enough doses to immunize their own multiple times over. “The high-income countries have gotten to the front of the line and cleared the shelves,” said Andrea Taylor, a Duke researcher who is studying the coronavirus vaccines contracts. But the outlook for most of the developing world is dire. Because of manufacturing limits, it could take until 2024 for many low-income countries to obtain enough vaccines to fully immunize their populations. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 4:47pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: On December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear to be no more than a dime’s width apart in the night sky. The last time that could be seen was in 1226, making the event a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle for most adults. -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 3:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As Fiji braces for severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa (Cat. 5), Tonga Met. Director ‘Ofa Fa’anunu advises that Tonga should prepare too for a potentially severe cyclone over the weekend. Meanwhile, TC Zazu has moved away from Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 2:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan politics are in turmoil after a letter for a motion for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, was tabled into parliament a day before the House closed its 2020 session on 10 December. Details of the letter have emerged, raising seven concerns. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Petroleum and LP gas prices have increased starting today, 16 December, as approved by the Tonga Competent Authority. Premium content -
Wednesday 16 December 2020 12:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A photographic exhibition, presented online, celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Tonga.
