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Tuesday 19 June 2018 6:21pm
Geneva, Switzerland : According to an old African proverb, “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” The same is true for full-blown trade wars: when major economies clash, developing countries will be among the hardest hit. -
Monday 18 June 2018 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A diver, Tekitau Fifita (43) drowned on Friday night, June 15 while out diving in Hihifo, Ha’apai, Tonga Police reported.
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Monday 18 June 2018 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 22-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of a 52-year-old man, whom he allegedly hit with his vehicle on Taupi Road, eastern Tongatapu and left lying on the the side of the road, on Friday night, June 15. Premium content -
Monday 18 June 2018 6:21pm
: Uaine Fa Jnr. will go to battle with Mexico’s champion fighter Luis Pascual this Friday 22 June in Auckland, New Zealand. Fa was originally scheduled to fight Ghanaian boxer Richard Lartey. Premium content -
Monday 18 June 2018 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mate Ma’a Tonga will return with most of its star players this Saturday 23 June in a match against Toa Samoa in Cambelltown, New South Wales. Premium content -
Monday 18 June 2018 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Court House in Pangai, Ha’apai was commissioned on Friday, June 15, a century after the old building was first constructed.1 comment Premium content -
Sunday 17 June 2018 1:44pm
Suva, Fiji : The ‘Ikale Tahi scored three tries to defeat Manu Samoa 28 – 18 yesterday 16 June in Suva, Fiji. Despite conceding numerous penalties throughout the game, the ‘Ikale Tahi dominated possession and territory. Star halfback Sona Takulua converted all of Tonga’s penalties and missed only one conversion. Premium content -
Saturday 16 June 2018 7:43am
Cambridge-MA, USA : In the middle of the twentieth century, people feared that advances in computers and communications would lead to the type of centralized control depicted in George Orwell’s 1984. Today, billions of people have eagerly put Big Brother in their pockets. By Joseph S. Nye -
Friday 15 June 2018 7:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crowds of families queued at the government's Treasury today waiting to get cash handouts in the form of cheques from a government account. The people waiting for the handouts said their homes were either damaged or destroyed by severe Tropical Cyclone Gita in February. The hand out organised by the Ministry of Finance they said aimed to help them rebuild their homes.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 15 June 2018 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Heamani Lopeti was found guilty of armed robbery and serious bodily harm when he assaulted a warden’s son with a machete, during an armed robbery at a home in Hu’atolitoli Prison in 2014. Premium content -
Friday 15 June 2018 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Joshua Sefesi has won the Queen’s Young Leader Award this year for his work in raising awareness among young people on sexual reproductive health and women’s rights in Tonga. He will receive the award personally from HM Queen Elizabeth II later this month. Premium content -
Thursday 14 June 2018 9:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Australian Navy Ships, the HMAS Adelaide and the HMAS Melbourne arrived in Nuku'alofa yesterday 13 June. The military vessels are in the Kingdom as part of “Exercise Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018" – an Australian training exchange mission with Pacific Island countries.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 14 June 2018 7:19pm
Suva, Fiji : Professor Pal Ahluwalia is the new Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, starting in November this year. Premium content -
Thursday 14 June 2018 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mahe ‘Uli’uli Tupouniua has been appointed as the Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nuku'alofa, for four-years starting on June 14. Premium content -
Thursday 14 June 2018 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tupou College Toloa pulled off a stunning 34 – 32 victory over Tonga College ‘Atele on Tuesday 12 June, to win the Under-18 Tongatapu Secondary Schools Rugby Finals at the Tupou College rugby grounds at Toloa. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 June 2018 5:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The cause of death of four whale carcasses that were washed up on the shores of ‘Atā Island last month, remains unknown. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 June 2018 4:55pm
Suva, Fiji : Tonga as a tourist destination is attracting only a small share of travellers compared to leading Pacific destinations, which saw large increases in visitors in 2017, according to the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) report released last week.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 13 June 2018 8:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A gift of new medical equipment and materials from Dongguan City in China were handed over to Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa on June 12. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 June 2018 8:05am
Singapore : The United States has disinvited China from this summer’s 26-country Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise. The move has been played up as a potential indication that the US may finally be adopting a tougher approach toward China. Mattis himself has called the decision an “initial response” to China’s militarization of the South China Sea. ... The Pentagon has flaunted its capability to demolish China’s artificial islands, whose creation Chinese President Xi Jinping has cited as one of his key accomplishments. “I would just tell you,” joint staff director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie recently said, “the US military has had a lot of experience in the western Pacific taking down small islands.” By Brahma Chellaney. -
Tuesday 12 June 2018 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Combatting online child abuse is at the forefront of a cybercrime workshop hosted by the Pacific Island Law Officers’ Network in Nuku'alofa this week from June 12-15. Premium content
