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Wednesday 11 November 2020 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lisiate ‘Otuhouma (29) was sentenced to 15-years imprisonment at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court for possession of 3 kilograms of methamphetamine at his home in Fahefa in 2019.
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 73-year-old man was sentenced to four and a half-years imprisonment for seven counts of indecent assaults on a teenager. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 12:34pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The voter fraud, perpetrated Monday in New Zealand, was real. And the contenders were, er, fowl. As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. The scandal has roiled Bird of the Year 2020, an online popularity contest among the native birds of New Zealand. ... Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 8:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Board of the Tonga Rugby Union has agreed to reform the structure of the dysfunctional organisation, that has faced financial disarray. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Team Tonga, Tuiohu Mafi and ‘Amelia Asi were recognized today for placing second in the regional Pacific Island Food Revolution (PIFR) cooking show competition. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sosiua Totau [25] was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for possession of 400.37 grams of cannabis, seized at his home in Tofoa earlier this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Moala aka Kenny [51] from Tokomololo was sentenced to four-years and nine-months imprisonment for possession of 25 grams of methamphetamine. $16,000 in drug proceeds was forfeited to the Crown. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2020 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Court of Appeal has acquitted Lord Tu'ivakano on two charges of making a false statement to obtain a Tongan passport and perjury, after quashing the convictions in a 22-pages written judgment released in Nuku'alofa on Friday. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2020 5:05pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Hakula Tonga women’s rugby league team proved too strong for Niue Rugby League winning 66-8 in the ‘Clash of the Pacific’ test on 8 November in Auckland, New Zealand. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2020 5:02pm
Pittsburg-PA, USA : New York Times reporting: Hours after President-elect Joe Biden declared the coronavirus a top priority, the magnitude of his task became starkly clear Sunday as the nation surpassed 10 million cases and sank deeper into the grip of what could become the worst chapter of the pandemic yet. An astonishing number — 1 in 441 Americans — have tested positive for the virus just in the last week. Premium content -
Sunday 8 November 2020 6:09pm
Melbourne, Australia : Joe Biden has won the US presidency, but he will have a hard time restoring ethical concerns in a country with so many voters who have become indifferent to the well-being of those outside their immediate communities. Donald Trump has been defeated, but the election showed that more Americans than ever have come to identify with his narcissism. By Peter Singer -
Sunday 8 November 2020 5:35pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory in the US Presidential election. “The campaign by the President-elect has also shown the shared interests we have in addressing global challenges like Covid-19 and climate change.” she said in a statement today, “the message of unity from Joe Biden positions us well to take those challenges on.” Premium content -
Sunday 8 November 2020 5:07pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The former vice president achieved victory offering a message of healing and unity. He will return to Washington facing a daunting set of crises. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2020 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-one police officers had their employment terminated by Tonga Police Board due to serious disciplinary breaches and criminal convictions. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2020 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An online remittance service, called ‘Ave Pa’anga Pau TDB Ltd., which will allows Tongans in Australia to send money to Tonga and vice versa, was launched today in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2020 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A soroban team from primary schools on the eastern district of Tongatapu won the 2020 Tonga National Soroban competition on November 5, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 6 November 2020 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government's infrastructure planning procedures along with the associated budget and aid management systems will be improved by the end of the year, with assistance from the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2020 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A six-day training program on building different types of fale Tonga (Tonga house) for cyclone preparedness was completed after 25 people, including 11 women, were awarded certificates at the Free Constitution Church of Tonga in Pahu today. By Eleanor Gee. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2020 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men will be tried at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on a charge relating to the seizure of just over 2.1 kg of methamphatamine last year. Police allege that the haul had a street value in Tonga of just over $2 million pa'anga. Premium content -
Thursday 5 November 2020 6:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ikani Pailate (25) has been jailed for raping a 38-year-old woman in Tongatapu last year. Premium content
