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Saturday 27 June 2020 3:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Burial mounds are widely scattered across the Tongatapu landscape. When you land at Fua’amotu airport, they line the runway. When you drive into Nuku’alofa, they can be seen to either side of the road. All but a few are without name, and the individuals buried within are long lost to history. Yet these mounds represent a story that literally is inscribed on the landscape. Using airborne LiDAR data, a computer application was developed to count the mounds. The total was astounding, including upwards of 10,000 of these sites on Tongatapu - about 40 mounds for every square kilometre. By Travis Freeland and David V. Burley. -
Saturday 27 June 2020 2:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga can boost its foreign earnings significantly if we are able to export quality Tongan kava, the Prime Minister, Hon. Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa announced at the launching of the Tonga Kava Quality Standard on 25 June at the Ancient Tonga Centre, Fangaloto, Nuku'alofa. The two main suppliers of Tongan kava, Vava’u and ‘Eua Island, have already heavily invested in planting.
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Friday 26 June 2020 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new seawall at the low-lying areas of Kolovai and ‘Ahau on western Tongatapu was commissioned on June 26, as part of a development to withstand storm surges and protect communities. Premium content -
Friday 26 June 2020 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Joint Operations Room at His Majesty’s Armed Forces was refurbished with $25,000 pa’anga by the Australian Defence Cooperation Program. Premium content -
Friday 26 June 2020 7:30pm
Tokyo, Japan : Tonga’s Ambassador to Japan, HE Tevita Suka Mangisi presented his credentials to Japan's Emperor Naruhito on June 24 in Tokyo. Premium content -
Friday 26 June 2020 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Parties involved in international business disputes can be certain that the arbitration awards will be enforced in Tonga, after the Kingdom became the 164th state to join the United Nation’s Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention) on 12 June. Premium content -
Thursday 25 June 2020 6:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although Tonga remains CoViD-19 free, the Minister of Health told a WHO Global Forum that government expects the CoVid-19 virus to come into Tonga when the border reopens. She said Tonga is doing its very best to prepare for that. Premium content -
Thursday 25 June 2020 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fili Langi Ta’ai (57) who pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a member of Tonga Police was sentenced to nine-months imprisonment, which was fully suspended at the Supreme Court on June 25. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 June 2020 10:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Six bills presented to the House by the former government in 2019 were withdrawn this week by the Prime Minister, further distancing himself from the work programme of the previous government. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 June 2020 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A USD$45 million port upgrade project is being proposed to develop Queen Salote Wharf as an international gateway container and general cargo terminal. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 June 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were arrested with methamphetamine and over $1,500 pa’anga cash seized at two different locations in Tongatapu yesterday, Tuesday. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 June 2020 5:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifty volunteers from Tonga Red Cross took part in the second CoViD-19 repatriation drill yesterday in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 June 2020 5:42pm
Melbourne, Australia : Tongan-Australian musicians and siblings, Vika and Linda Bull have reached number one on the Australian Aria charts with their new album ‘Akilotoa. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 June 2020 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A payment program to help alleviate financial constraints many poor and vulnerable households are facing to keep their children in school, was launched today in Nuku’alofa. Payment will be made to 1,162 Tongan households to support over 2,000 secondary students through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 June 2020 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prolific thief, Sione Mafi Lolohea (34) was sentenced to seven-years six-months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft, when he stole around $19,400 pa'anga worth of heritage koloa in 2019. The judge said the thief had made a life of crime and caused much misery and sorrow to many victims. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 June 2020 5:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were arrested with methamphetamine on June 19, in ongoing Tonga Police operations targeting drug dealers in their vehicles. Premium content -
Monday 22 June 2020 9:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The water lens reservoirs supplying households in the Hihifo District are safe, Silia Leger, said today, after the lens reservoirs were tested for E Coli last week. However, Tonga's first State of the Environment Report released this month, underscores a continuing concern with sanitation and poorly managed septic tanks that can leak into water supplies. Premium content -
Monday 22 June 2020 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa,Tonga : One of three soldiers, jointly charged with causing serious bodily harm to a civilian two-years ago, was found guilty by the Supreme Court, on June 18, while two soldiers were acquitted. Premium content -
Saturday 20 June 2020 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Parliament yesterday 18 June, passed its $589.6 Million pa’anga national Budget for 2020-2021 with votes of 21-0. With Tonga’s biggest-ever deficit of $60 million, debate has been tense at times over the last two weeks. A 20 per cent salary cut for MPs, proposed by the PM, did not happen. From the House by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Friday 19 June 2020 5:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tests for CoViD-19 can now be processed in Tonga in a new laboratory extension which was officially opened today by the Prime Minister Hon Dr Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa at Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu. By Eleanor Gee. Premium content
