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Monday 10 August 2020 7:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Chief Justice has ordered that the defunct Tonga Weekly Newspaper Ltd. be restored to the Register of Companies, in the latest twist of a defamation suit brought against the government-owned newspaper by Mele 'Amanaki in 2014.
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Monday 10 August 2020 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Fusitu’a has lost his seat in parliament after a long absence from the Legislative Assembly since 5 August 2019. His seat for the Nobles' Representative of Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou has been declared vacant. Premium content -
Monday 10 August 2020 4:56pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand and the Cook Islands are moving closer to the establishment of a travel bubble, to recommence quarantine-free travel between the two countries before the end of the year, and as soon as it can be safely achieved. -
Monday 10 August 2020 2:26pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A new tropical cyclone outlook model will generate much earlier predictions for the number of tropical cyclones than current models used in Pacific Island countries, says the University of Newcastle in Australia. According to its current predictions, Tonga should expect one or two cyclones for the upcoming cyclone season (December – April). -
Monday 10 August 2020 2:11pm
London, United Kingdom : This week's dialogue on economic strategies by the Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting, 11-12 August, is critical to building back better, or differently, for the Pacific Forum Islands. By Amelia Kinahoi Siamomua. (Tonga’s candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat).1 comment -
Monday 10 August 2020 11:30am
Melbourne, Australia : Many ethicists conclude that fully informed volunteers should be allowed to sign up for a potentially dangerous trial that will reduce the time required to bring an effective vaccine to everyone who could be exposed to SARS-CoV-2. The alternative is that the virus will continue to impose much higher levels of risk on other people, especially health care workers, older people, and people with underlying health conditions that reduce their chances of surviving infection. We should praise the young and healthy volunteers for risking their safety in order to save others. By Peter Singer and Isaac Martinez -
Friday 7 August 2020 8:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together, is the first televised and digitally streamed concert by the United Nations to call on leaders and citizens across the region to work together with the rest of the world in the fight against COVID-19. Tonga's massed Tupou College Choir and Mia Kami will perform. It premiers on August 15 on Television Tonga and other broadcasters around the region. Premium content -
Friday 7 August 2020 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 150 passengers repatriated from New Zealand on Tuesday have all tested negative for CoViD-19 confirmed MEIDECC CEO, Paula Ma’u today. Currently, over 2800 people are registered on the government’s repatriation list wanting to return to Tonga, The next repatriation flight is booked tentatively for 25 August. Premium content -
Friday 7 August 2020 7:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Halavavae Sosaia Tameifuna was convicted at the Supreme Court for dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm to a 36-year-man on Vaha'akolo Road, by intentionally swerving his car to hit the victim, who did not see the car coming. The judge found it was premeditated causing of serious injury. -
Friday 7 August 2020 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Iasinito Mataele Toke (38) pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court to serious fraudulent conversion of $39,596 pa'anga from his employer Pacific Energy Ltd. He will be sentenced on September 11. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2020 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Businesses and workers are finding it hard to repay loans in the CoViD-19 economic downturn. A national rapid assessment on the impact CoViD-19 is having on businesses and employment will run from 10 August until 7 September, the Tonga National Tripartite Committee (TNTC) announced today. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The case against Siosaia Tu Maile the 19-year-old who is charged with the murder of Tonga's Salvation Army leader Ned Cook (67), was adjourned to September. Premium content -
Thursday 6 August 2020 5:46pm
Oxfordshire, UK : Former 'Ikale Tahi player, Soane Tonga’uiha (38) has signed up with Chinnor Rugby Club in the UK as player-coach. He is a former Tongan international player. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2020 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's ratification yesterday, has made the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour the first labour convention ever to be ratified by all the member states. Tonga was the last to ratify. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2020 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The case against Viliami Malolo Talivakaola (44) who is charged with the importation of prohibited firearms and ammunition, allegedly smuggled through in a shipment from the United States, was heard this week at the Supreme Court. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2020 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Table tennis is catching on at Niuafo’ou and Niuatoputapu High Schools, with sports equipment delivered by the Tonga Table Tennis Federation last week. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 August 2020 2:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Fotu Fisi’iahi, CEO for the Ministry of Internal Affairs was pleased to finally return to Tonga on yesterday’s repatriation flight, after being stranded in New Zealand since March 23. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 August 2020 7:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s second repatriation flight arrived this afternoon with 150 passengers coming from New Zealand. One very happy family was waiting beside the road at Fua'amotu village near the airport, to welcome home one of the passengers, a 70-year-old father and grandfather, whom they hoped could see them as the quarantine buses left the airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 August 2020 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s State of Emergency has been extended because of the COVID-19 Pandemic from 8:00pm today, Tuesday, 4 August until 8:00pm 31 August. -
Tuesday 4 August 2020 4:22pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The New Zealand Pacific Business Council will hold a free webinar tomorrow, Wednesday 5 August, to hear from a diverse range of speakers who will provide their views on the prioritisation of a Pacific Bubble. Premium content
